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Mungeclimber
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the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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cool
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mark miller
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Reno
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I was pretty young at the first showing of Alien.... but with Post Traumatic stress Syndrome, I didn't sleep for 3 days. S Ridley does a darn good job.
OK ...I'm scared... Give me a run out .10b pitch and don't take me yo the movies.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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I absolutely cannot stand it when you hear a spacecraft making noise in the vacuum of space. Kubrick was the only one with the sack to do that.
Same with lightning. Flash and sound arrive together.
I renounce sounds in vacuum. I renounce not adhering to the speed of sound.
Sound demon be gone!
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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I loved alien, liked aliens, and thought that the rest of the films in the franchise sucked. From the looks of the trailer, this one seems to have potential. I will probably watch it.
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 11, 2012 - 05:01pm PT
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Just saw it in IMAX 3D, it felt like you were there!
Three thumbs up!
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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Jun 11, 2012 - 05:07pm PT
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i'll see it just to watch charlize theron doing push-ups
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Jun 11, 2012 - 05:25pm PT
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Saw it on Saturday and fully recommend it.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Jun 11, 2012 - 06:03pm PT
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Oh sh#t, thats where i had seen her. Noomi did really well. Def recommend on the film.
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go-B
climber
Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 11, 2012 - 08:09pm PT
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Noomi was in the original,"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy, before the Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara remake.
I would like to see a sequel to this one!
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hb81
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Jun 11, 2012 - 08:27pm PT
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So is this an "Alien" movie? And if yes, is it better than numero 3 and 4 ?
Still think the first Alien movie is one of the scariest things ever. Second one was good too but after that they went a bit out of the window...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Jun 11, 2012 - 09:17pm PT
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yes, it is an "alien" film. It is the prequel.
I'd watch it again.
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Snorky
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Carbondale, CO
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Jun 13, 2012 - 12:28am PT
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Prometheus is awesome. The surgical scene is quite hardcore.
Raises a lot of questions...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jun 13, 2012 - 12:39am PT
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I saw it last weekend. Definitely worth the time. Visually very good and paced pretty well (a couple slow spots)
Any movie with a synthetic humanoid talking head that helps save the day is probably an Alien movie ;-)
(Total Recall excepted)
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Jun 15, 2012 - 10:16am PT
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Saw it finally. Oh boy. Certainly not a family movie. Scary for sure at times, but interesting.
Perhaps these are questions only Ridley Scott can answer:
So why did the Engineers boot-up life on Earth, only then to want to come back and wipe out mankind and perhaps all life as is known here on earth with the most hideous zoo of aliens?
Was Earth only meant to be a food farm?
Seems it took them out also. That's karma.
Yes, and who made the Engineers?
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Jun 15, 2012 - 01:54pm PT
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I saw Alien with Tom Higgins and Christian Griffith,
and Christian was 14 then and had to step out into the
lobby a couple of times to keep from breaking into pieces
from fear. A really good movie for its time. One strength
is that you never really saw the monster. You got glimpses,
and thus the mind could participate and create the monster.
And the mind is far more creative than any filmmaker. The
film got very weak at the very end, where suddenly you could
see the lizard-like thing, and it seemed so weak at the end,
that creature whose blood was acid that could burn through
hulls and such...
The instant and obvious weakness of the second Alien was
that it immediately showed you the whole monster. No more use
for imagination. A very weak sequel, in my eyes, just a lot
of special ops-type people doing a lot of shooting. No real
story.
I haven't seen Prometheus. Might take my daughters to it, just
for summer fun.... So is it really intended to be a
modern, high-tech remake of Alien?
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Jun 15, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
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Patrick, that was my conclusion.
I had no prior knowledge of what this film was, and part way through I thought "this is a remake of Alien!"
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Brian
climber
California
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Jun 15, 2012 - 04:58pm PT
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Guess I'm in the minority here. Prometheus was a deeply disappointing movie. It had a lot to live up to, and that might account for part of my reaction. However, the enormous plot holes ultimately had more to do with it. I'm fine with unanswered questions, but this really fell flat. Too bad, as I'm a big fan of other Scott films (Alien, The Duelists, Blade Runner, etc.) and a fan of the Quadrology. Been looking forward to PRometheus for months, and I'm bummed with the result.
Oh well.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jun 15, 2012 - 05:07pm PT
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Totally agree with Brian.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 15, 2012 - 05:23pm PT
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I saw it last night. Great visuals and a few very tense moments. There were a few plot holes I noticed, so I wouldn't put it quite at the level of Alien. Which I saw in a theater and was very scared. The woman in front of us launched her tub of popcorn during the chest-burster scene.
Aliens wasn't the same kind of movie. Action movie instead of horror. Still thought it was pretty well done.
Couunt me in the Ridley Scott fan club.
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ELM !
climber
Near Boston
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Jun 15, 2012 - 08:10pm PT
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I have to admit I have seen it twice in the past two days once normal view and once IMAX...my first time and amazing!!. Haven't seen a movie more than once in 25 years.
I did see a couple plot issues; they are issues if you apply an Alien movie brush and don't look further. The diversity of the "bugs" in this one is an area that I really liked. Yes it diverged from the others. But in the other films there was a clear evolution of the creature and that evolution fits with this film. I can go on here but I won't.
The one thing I caught the second time is the DNA planting issue is incomplete. There is no accounting for plants etc...this is small but it gnaws at me.
I love that Scott kept alot of the basic staging, the super white areas of the ship, the hall padding and kidney shaped halls of the engineer areas. Great continuity.
Overall it is a great film. I really concur that it is a stand-alone film yet it does fit into the Alien films well. By that I mean : Alien, Aliens and Alien 3...no others count for me.
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Mees
climber
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Jun 15, 2012 - 10:18pm PT
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a disappointing film with way too much hype for what was delivered. This was alien redone with modern CGI. They could have done so much more with this if someone actually came up with a decent script. Hollywood is really putting out regurgitated crap now, time and again riding on technology for entertainment value or even reusing ideas that have already been played out. Personally, I've been desensitized to the realism good effects provide, it's nothing new. Give me a decent story that I can't figure out before a film even gets going. Also, make it a unique interesting story and get over the freaking remakes, be creative ffs!!
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Jun 16, 2012 - 10:46am PT
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I liked it but was expecting more. Great visuals/design but not the best plot. I would give it a 7 out of 10
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drljefe
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El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jun 17, 2012 - 04:01am PT
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As long as Paul Reiser isn't in it.
Can I tell you?
A friend stopped by with a fresh sheet of checkerboard and we dosed. The plan was the midnight showing of Aliens. We had to sit up front because it was so crowded. So close we couldn't really tell what was going on. We had a bunch of those nitrous canisters, too. All I really remember was developing a deep dislike, ok, hatred of Paul Reiser. Oh, and that grungy little girl called Newt. I don't hate her, I just remember her.
Anyway, 25 years later, or whatever, I can't stand Paul Reiser. Neither can my bro, we're still friends, and we speak often of that night, and of our deep issues with Paul Reiser.
In fact, neither one of us can stand Helen Hunt either, because she was in that TV show with Paul Reiser.
Come to think of it, I've never had a friend named Paul either. Coincidence....I think not.
SO, as long as this movie is better than Aliens, and has no Paul Reiser in it, I'll be stoked to see it.
Can anyone who's seen it CONFIRM Paul Reiser isn't in this movie?
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jun 17, 2012 - 07:11am PT
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That's some funny sh#t Dr.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Jun 17, 2012 - 08:51am PT
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Patrick Oliver: I saw Alien with Tom Higgins and Christian Griffith,
and Christian was 14 then and had to step out into the
lobby a couple of times to keep from breaking into pieces
from fear.
I just wanted to go to the movies and it was either Alien or Howard the Duck so I went into Alien and sat at the end of a row. The first time it got completely horrific I, out of fright, unconsciously grabbed the thigh of the girl sitting next to me instead of the arm rest. She screamed and we both jumped out of our seats. After profusely apologizing to her and her very large boyfriend we all managed to survive the rest of the film, but I was pretty shook up by the time the ride was over.
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adatesman
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philadelphia, pa
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Jun 17, 2012 - 08:31pm PT
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Just a quick thanks for the thread... Apparently my wife's never seen Alien, so guess what we just put on! Been having a craving for Ridley Scott scifi lately, and this should satisfy it nicely.
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adatesman
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philadelphia, pa
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Jun 17, 2012 - 09:53pm PT
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Crap. She fell asleep halfway through. The first and only time she's agreed to watch scifi horror. :-(
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Tarbuster
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right here, right now
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Jun 17, 2012 - 10:13pm PT
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Thanks for the link to the robot short Stich!
That was imaginative and playful: have not yet seen Prometheus.
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adatesman
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philadelphia, pa
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Jun 17, 2012 - 10:42pm PT
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Hadn't seen it in years, Stitch, and yup, noticed/commented on all of those things. Plus I found the evolution of the "futuristic space suit" over the past 30 years quite fascinating, as well as how the models and suits used in filming looked better/more convincing than all the cgi crap nowadays.
In any event, I apparently live in a bubble (don't watch tv) so hadn't heard of Prometheus and am now pretty psyched after reading some of the links to thematic analysis of the film. So thanks again, folks.
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go-B
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Habakkuk 3:19 Sozo
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 17, 2012 - 10:48pm PT
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adatesman, sounds like your gal was scared and didn't want to watch and fell asleep?
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adatesman
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philadelphia, pa
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Jun 17, 2012 - 10:53pm PT
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Nah. More like we took the weekend to help my brother/sis-in-law with their 1-month-old, otherwise known as test driving what it's like to have an infant and a 2 year old, and it wiped her out. To the point that poking her during the scary bits didn't even get a response. Good movie though, and quite satisfied that craving that Blade Runner just wasn't filling.
Oh, and speaking of scary.... Combining an infant with a 2 year old??? How do people survive???
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Jun 17, 2012 - 11:20pm PT
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Going to see it this week. Cannot wait.
BTW, going to see this at the AMC with "Cinema Suites." Did this once before and will probably never see a movie in a regular theater again. For those that don;t know, "Cinema Suites is an upscale movie theatre with comfortable, premium recliners, an extensive menu, full cocktail bar and service at the push of a button." During the week the price is only $9 here in Phoenix. IMHO, it is more than worth it. Having a hot waitress serve me cold beers and calamari during a good movie rocks!
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ncrockclimber
climber
The Desert Oven
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Jun 21, 2012 - 11:52pm PT
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Just got back from watching it. Solid B+ / A-. I would recommend it. It has lots of subtlety, lots of good action, is visually impressive and shows Charlize Theron in with very little clothing. Nice to see a movie that does not answer everything directly and makes you think a little.
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Tony Bird
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Northridge, CA
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Jun 25, 2012 - 11:08pm PT
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i don't know if anyone still wants to discuss this, but i saw the movie today--attracted not by ridley scott's special effects prowess but by the thematic material, especially because none other than alex jones seems to have gotten his tits in the wringer over it.
a disappointing movie, with the sensual overload all too typical of scott. it touches on profound matters without delving into them. i shouldn't have hoped for better. panspermia soldiers onward through the sort of varmint which has lost its novelty since 1979, although kids still seem to love it all. klimmer and his ilk will be comforted: that cross dangling around your neck can yet keep vampires at bay.
one little bit of dialogue worth thinking about, though. the humans are speculating with dave, their super-robot, about human origins. approx. dialogue:
why do you think they made us?
why did you make me?
maybe we made you because we could.
maybe that's why they made you.
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LuckyNeck
Trad climber
the basement of Lou's Tavern
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Seems like a few different comments, negative ones, towards Scott for posing big or profound questions and topics, an then not addressing them.
I liked that aspect of the movie. Sort of starting the conversation on origins and creation, but then really offering no opinion, or offering many equally, without suggestiing any one answer. I felt like the whole point was more to get the viewer to think about our origin, and consider things for yourself.
That link to the commentary on reddit was pretty cool. Way more insight than I came up with on my own.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jan 31, 2013 - 02:05am PT
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finally saw this on DVD. lots of loose ends, but still very enjoyable.
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