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Posted by HuDaFuK
 - Sep 27, 2017, 11:14:17 AM
Quote from: Ash 937 on Sep 17, 2017, 05:30:15 AMOne of the beautiful thijngs about Prometheus is that it even makes sense s a sequel to Alien Resurrection. The only thing you would have to change is the year that it takes place in.  That alone makes is an amazing film.

Lol wut?
Posted by Ash 937
 - Sep 20, 2017, 04:34:20 AM
Bambi 2 isn't a real sequel because it went straight to video.  When Fox starts releasing Alien movies straight to video they won't be real sequels either, they'll just be part of the expanded universe.
Posted by Olde
 - Sep 17, 2017, 05:43:59 AM
Right, that alone makes it an amazing film. That's like saying Bambi 2 makes sense after Bambi 1, ergo Bambi 2 is an amazing film.
Posted by Ash 937
 - Sep 17, 2017, 05:30:15 AM
One of the beautiful things about Prometheus is that it even makes sense s a sequel to Alien Resurrection. The only thing you would have to change is the year that it takes place in.  That alone makes is an amazing film.
Posted by Baron Von Marlon
 - Sep 03, 2017, 05:20:45 AM
Hi, bit late to the party.

At first I was disappointed with the movie.
I was expecting an proper Alien prequel or at least something less vague.
But over the years I've come to love it.
Thing is, I think you have to be a more than average movie lover, willing to put the time into research(The minimum being googling for answer, the max I don't know. Maybe registering to this forum  :)) and there's always the matter of personal taste.
I got a certain interest in mythology, archaeology and exploration. I love animal/nature documentaries.
Since Earth has been entirely mapped and science explains almost everything, the exploration of unknown, even if fictional, worlds interests me.
And I like reading up on subjects that I like. If I really like a band, I watch their documentary and read their books.
In the case of the movie, reading the script, seeing concept art and knowing what could've been,...
Overal, I'm glad this movie got made.  But I can totally understand if people don't like it.

Posted by Illegal_Alien
 - Sep 02, 2017, 08:39:55 PM
Quote from: PierreVW on Aug 29, 2017, 09:56:14 PM
Prometheus was a very, very beautiful film.

I worked as D.P. and Photographer so I love Visuals over anything else.

By my parameters, Prometheus is a Masterpiece in Terms of Visuals, D.P. and Cinematography.

Yes it looks great, really liked the opening credits and the Orrery/holograms.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Sep 01, 2017, 07:42:32 AM
Quote from: Iron Infililtrator on Aug 31, 2017, 11:34:18 PM
Quote"It would be very convincing to say that there's no hope for movies – that audiences have been so corrupted by television and have become so jaded that all they want are noisy thrills and dumb jokes and images that move along in an undemanding way, so they can sit and react at the simplest motor level. And there's plenty of evidence, such as the success of Alien. This was a haunted-house-with-gorilla picture set in outer space. It reached out, grabbed you, and squeezed your stomach; it was more gripping than entertaining, but a lot of people didn't mind. They thought it was terrific, because at least they'd felt something: they'd been brutalized. It was like an entertainment contrived in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World by the Professor of Feelies in the College of Emotional Engineering."
Pauline Kael.
God what terrible reviews

QuoteHis post literally said 'If you don't like the movie you either didn't get it or are an idiot.

Quote
People who dislike it are labelling it as an 'incoherent mess' just because they didn't get answers or are the ones who also happen to not have paid attention to so many things (for instance, Vickers and Shaw turning a sharp 90 degree turn at one moment and not just running in straight line) or are downright stupid (such as expecting the 2094 medicines to today's standards)
What's wrong with this he isn't being specific.

Right there at the end of that quoted paragraph.
Posted by Iron Infililtrator
 - Aug 31, 2017, 11:34:18 PM
Quote"It would be very convincing to say that there's no hope for movies – that audiences have been so corrupted by television and have become so jaded that all they want are noisy thrills and dumb jokes and images that move along in an undemanding way, so they can sit and react at the simplest motor level. And there's plenty of evidence, such as the success of Alien. This was a haunted-house-with-gorilla picture set in outer space. It reached out, grabbed you, and squeezed your stomach; it was more gripping than entertaining, but a lot of people didn't mind. They thought it was terrific, because at least they'd felt something: they'd been brutalized. It was like an entertainment contrived in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World by the Professor of Feelies in the College of Emotional Engineering."
Pauline Kael.
God what terrible reviews

QuoteHis post literally said 'If you don't like the movie you either didn't get it or are an idiot.

Quote
People who dislike it are labelling it as an 'incoherent mess' just because they didn't get answers or are the ones who also happen to not have paid attention to so many things (for instance, Vickers and Shaw turning a sharp 90 degree turn at one moment and not just running in straight line) or are downright stupid (such as expecting the 2094 medicines to today's standards)
What's wrong with this he isn't being specific.
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Aug 31, 2017, 08:13:45 AM
Quote from: Whos_Nick on Aug 30, 2017, 10:43:54 PM
Alien was a hit when released

Just as some extra fun info - https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/bad-alien-reviews/

QuoteAlien is, along with Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and George Lucas' Star Wars, a science-fiction landmark; the rod by which all subsequent sci-fi horror movies (and subsequent Alien sequels) are measured. It's funny to think that, as a landmark film, its critical reception upon release was not as positive as those gushed upon it by modern media and fans. In fact, critical response was quite mixed. Here are some of the best of the worst reviews.
Posted by SiL
 - Aug 31, 2017, 04:53:24 AM
His post literally said 'If you don't like the movie you either didn't get it or are an idiot'.
Posted by Iron Infililtrator
 - Aug 31, 2017, 03:13:47 AM
Quote from: SiL on Mar 02, 2017, 11:14:59 AM
You're seven posts in and you've already decided that the best course of action is to be condescending to anyone who disagrees with you. Not a great start.
That's stupid, you are the one doing the exact same thing. I liked Prometheus and I liked OP's thread.

Quote from: Whos_Nick on Aug 30, 2017, 10:43:54 PM
Alien was a hit when released
Prometheus will never beat Alien though, that film was a classic!
Posted by Whos_Nick
 - Aug 30, 2017, 10:43:54 PM
Alien was a hit when released
Posted by PierreVW
 - Aug 30, 2017, 08:53:51 PM
To each their own.

To me, it's a masterpiece.

You two could be sarcastic with your friends.
Posted by Ingwar
 - Aug 30, 2017, 12:05:33 AM
Quote from: SM on Aug 29, 2017, 11:56:42 PM
Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 29, 2017, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: SM on Aug 29, 2017, 11:19:50 PM
If you have a very specific and unique definition of masterpiece, then it's a masterpiece...

There is nothing specific and unique about visuals as part of a movie. Masterpiece (regarding films) is considers as something more than that. Movie is not a painting.

I was being sarcastic.

You sounded very ... convincing :)


Quote from: Scorpio on Aug 29, 2017, 11:54:34 PM
Mona Lisa is a very boring painting, I've seen better on deviantart.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Posted by SM
 - Aug 29, 2017, 11:56:42 PM
Quote from: Ingwar on Aug 29, 2017, 11:51:15 PM
Quote from: SM on Aug 29, 2017, 11:19:50 PM
If you have a very specific and unique definition of masterpiece, then it's a masterpiece...

There is nothing specific and unique about visuals as part of a movie. Masterpiece (regarding films) is considers as something more than that. Movie is not a painting.

I was being sarcastic.
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