tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post99160732936632308..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: PrometheusJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47074833636071555542011-11-28T23:26:31.293-05:002011-11-28T23:26:31.293-05:00Even Scott can't resist the Orange/Blue lights...Even Scott can't resist the Orange/Blue lights, filters, and set dressing these days. BlechDangersaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096368280263953809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-90622638920431126882011-11-27T08:21:57.266-05:002011-11-27T08:21:57.266-05:00"The theatrical cut of KoH is horrible, but I..."The theatrical cut of KoH is horrible, but I'd advise you to take a look at the director's cut. It actually makes the move more than watchable."<br /><br />People always say this but the director's cut is the only version I've seen and I still thought it was stupid...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47051152895812061562011-11-27T01:01:25.329-05:002011-11-27T01:01:25.329-05:00http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2011/11/26/exclusive-new-...http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2011/11/26/exclusive-new-prometheus-trailer-footage/I.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04345074915911014741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91512633557699857162011-11-27T00:59:47.948-05:002011-11-27T00:59:47.948-05:00Just in: a bad dupe of the upcoming Prometheus'...Just in: a bad dupe of the upcoming Prometheus's trailer:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watchv=3idSf4q2fVI&feature=player_embedded<br /><br />Now that's what I call an Alien sequel!I.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04345074915911014741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32656575823339894892011-11-26T07:55:05.877-05:002011-11-26T07:55:05.877-05:00Weren't you touting Malory the other day?
I do...<i>Weren't you touting Malory the other day?</i><br /><br>I don't think the fact that a reboot or re-imagining <i>can be done well</i>, as I think Malory's is, makes my general feeling nonsensical. I can count the number of reboots that, to my mind, work on both my hands probably. They are exceptions that prove the rule.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39091020759383392412011-11-26T04:41:29.259-05:002011-11-26T04:41:29.259-05:00I have come to loathe prequels, reboots, and re-im...<i>I have come to loathe prequels, reboots, and re-imaginings, especially when they are made decades after the originals.</i><br /><br />Weren't you touting Malory the other day?<br /><br />Remakes/reimaginings decades apart? Try <b>centuries</b>.Turkish Proverbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423061909797064886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-70220952736165773802011-11-26T01:38:13.366-05:002011-11-26T01:38:13.366-05:00I believe that the actual background was much more...I believe that the actual background was much more fully developed in Cameron's Aliens, especially if you go with the director's cut.<br /><br />Scott's has some hints, but everything is very vague and generic, almost as if they did not want to commit to locking it into any sort of hypothetical future/history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37477347245487630552011-11-25T16:19:40.477-05:002011-11-25T16:19:40.477-05:00@Anarchist:
$ome my$teriou$ rea$on.
LOL. Yes, my...@Anarchist:<br /><br /><i>$ome my$teriou$ rea$on.</i><br /><br />LOL. Yes, my question was worded incorrectly. What I meant was something more like, "Why would I want to watch it?"<br /><br />@John Hendry <i>"Okay, enough with the rape shit. We get it. Now tell us more about that freaky space jockey thing!" </i><br /><br />I suppose. I mean, fanfic has its place. If somebody wants to make a family-oriented rom-com about Kirk and Spock settling down together in a beach house on some tropical planet and adopting a family of adorable Tribbles, that's fine, but it's not really a Star Trek movie at that point. It's just kitsch, like a truck decal of Calvin peeing on a Chevrolet logo.Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75165853189224174012011-11-25T14:19:25.955-05:002011-11-25T14:19:25.955-05:00his 2 "bad" films
Kingdom of Heaven?
...his 2 "bad" films <br /><br />Kingdom of Heaven?<br /><br /><br />The theatrical cut of KoH is horrible, but I'd advise you to take a look at the director's cut. It actually makes the move more than watchable.Robot Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13324743539848241679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-611638852880863412011-11-25T09:04:11.267-05:002011-11-25T09:04:11.267-05:00That's not a movie, that's a Mass Effect s...That's not a movie, that's a Mass Effect sequel. Right? Right?Charles Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00941603544547428940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13256980606813966092011-11-24T20:42:08.157-05:002011-11-24T20:42:08.157-05:00Most of the Tarrintino movies are connected via &#...Most of the Tarrintino movies are connected via 'the same world.' Inglorious, reservoir, pulp and kill bill are tied by the same fictional cigarette brand. There are other ties that are stronger (one of the inglorious shares a last name with someone from reservoir or pulp, can't think of which one at the moment). So there's an example of an interconnected world mythos that doesn't trod upon itself.zer01337https://www.blogger.com/profile/05501080933322264366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54015801738668127222011-11-24T15:44:52.714-05:002011-11-24T15:44:52.714-05:00This, instead will be in the same universe and hav...<i>This, instead will be in the same universe and have some relation to 'Alien' in theme but not be a direct start to the story.<br /><br />Now, what that exactly means, I have no idea. It could easily be awful as all of the Alien-franchise has been since 'Aliens'.</i><br /><br />See also <i>Blade Runner</i> and Kurt Russell's semi-sequel <i>Soldier</i>. Or rather, see the former, don't see the latter.<br /><br /><i>It's mostly the blonde dude that looks plastic.</i><br /><br />That's Michael Fassbender, recently seen in <i>X-Men: First Class</i>. He is a bit hit-and-miss.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54798062621122080802011-11-24T12:50:51.712-05:002011-11-24T12:50:51.712-05:00"Okay, enough with the rape shit. We get it. ...<i>"Okay, enough with the rape shit. We get it. Now tell us more about that freaky space jockey thing!"</i><br /><br />Yes please.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48627006381124797912011-11-24T05:36:02.939-05:002011-11-24T05:36:02.939-05:00Maybe he is artificial.Maybe he is artificial.Joshua Caynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962863971789126204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20125983659972975202011-11-24T03:26:05.310-05:002011-11-24T03:26:05.310-05:00It's mostly the blonde dude that looks plastic...It's mostly the blonde dude that looks plastic. Noomi Rapace looks a little plastic, the dark haired guy looks fleshy. The blonde dude looks as artificial as <a href="http://www.lazytown.com/public/images/character_profile_robbie_rotten.jpg" rel="nofollow">the villain from Lazytown.</a>Jon Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270477004436129556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58639293402362515662011-11-24T01:29:03.476-05:002011-11-24T01:29:03.476-05:00i can guess the ending, humans created the aliensi can guess the ending, humans created the aliensJeremy "frothsof" Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663928183049867947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31052062827058074142011-11-24T01:26:18.170-05:002011-11-24T01:26:18.170-05:00Dunno this picture reminds me more of Alien's ...Dunno this picture reminds me more of Alien's spiritual successor Planet of the Vampires in style and look. That is sort of a winning point in its favor for me.fauxcryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772555578908486849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86835736855052607182011-11-24T01:12:29.885-05:002011-11-24T01:12:29.885-05:00That pic is some of the worst photoshop work I hav...That pic is some of the worst photoshop work I have seen this year. No wonder they look plastic.Sagawork Studioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058142023159479268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12311936855235533442011-11-24T00:10:56.375-05:002011-11-24T00:10:56.375-05:00" What does that even mean? Alien was a movie..." What does that even mean? Alien was a movie about pregnancy, rape, and the commoditization and exploitation of the human body by mechanistic corporate bureaucracy. If this new movie isn't trying to extend those themes (which got explored in various ways in the four Alien films), then why the hell would you use the same setting?"<br /><br />Because there's more to talk about in that setting than rape metaphors and corporate corruption? Stuff that hasn't been even vaguely addressed by any of the movies?<br /><br />"Okay, enough with the rape shit. We get it. Now tell us more about that freaky space jockey thing!"Jon Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270477004436129556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-22383968155951730472011-11-23T23:04:13.213-05:002011-11-23T23:04:13.213-05:00It's well known Ridley Scott doesn't think...It's well known Ridley Scott doesn't think much of the last few Alien films. Plus, I wouldn't totally judge the look on the film from the Entertainment Weekly pics, as they tend to photoshop and highlight the pics a bit too much. But from some of the Comic Con footage I saw, the film looks like it might be a pretty dark and closer to spirit to the original.<br /><br />BTW-Scott has done a few sci-fi related things since Blade Runner.. Such as this spot he did a few years ago for Barclays:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/85jo7ywI.F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04345074915911014741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58600057384418934772011-11-23T21:54:26.870-05:002011-11-23T21:54:26.870-05:00@Picador:
"If this new movie isn't tryin...@Picador:<br /><br />"If this new movie isn't trying to extend those themes (which got explored in various ways in the four Alien films), then why the hell would you use the same setting?"<br /><br />$ome my$teriou$ rea$on.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9501337491051201432011-11-23T21:51:29.181-05:002011-11-23T21:51:29.181-05:00The cast have quite typical looks, but when you co...The cast have quite typical looks, but when you compare them to the Alien cast they seem impossibly plastic. Maybe there was a Eugenic War at some point?anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74738268723131522752011-11-23T20:52:51.692-05:002011-11-23T20:52:51.692-05:00I do like the image, given that's my bag and a...I do like the image, given that's my bag and all, but it doesn't quite 'look' the part, if you've an idea of what I mean. But that is just me and one sole image to assume upon.<br /><br />The idea of being set within the universe, but not directly correlating with events of the Alien films seems pretty ace to me. I've always been pretty big on expanded universe stuff, especially if it can avoid just rehashing what we've already seen many a time and going in its own fresh direction.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009433185355976238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77923076834528162592011-11-23T20:48:25.901-05:002011-11-23T20:48:25.901-05:00The look of this film looks much more like '90...The look of this film looks much more like '90s style sci fi to me.<br /><br />Like Babylon 5 or the lousy Lost In Space movie. Padded spandex with plastic armor and crew cuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62796254642285728762011-11-23T19:12:06.372-05:002011-11-23T19:12:06.372-05:00Has there ever been a movie prequel/sequel set in ...Has there ever been a movie prequel/sequel set in a particular universe established by another film that isn't directly connected to it? <br /><br />The Kurt Russell film <i>Soldier</i> was written by the screenwriter of <i>Blade Runner</i> and has some strong hints they are set in the same "world", though there is no specific continuity or common characters between the two films. <br /><br />There are other examples in literature, from Greek myth onward. For example, <i>The Horse and His Boy</i> is a Narnia tale with no direct connection to the other books.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08868302412533031659noreply@blogger.com