Alien felt 'real' - Prometheus feels 'surreal'

yeah it was awesomely realistic

I think the scares will come from the story and disturbing realizations about the creation of man. The realism of "Alien" won´t be the focus of Prometheus IMO. Strong visuals and great acting will probably be there, but this is layed out as a philosophic "big picture" movie, not at claustrophobic horror movie.

If you try to set up the same atmosphere you will lose always against Alien ..and people and critics will compare immediately ... they want to avoid that . To be honest from the trailer Prometheus dont look as a philosophic "big picture" but an horror/action movie of great breath and intriguing premises ..i will not go more deep than that .

from what i get of the plot most of it will be in space, so you can get that claustrophobic feeling to an extent, but you cant compare it to alien. plus you have to make this its own indiviual film, like aliens, for it to hold water. i just hope they dont show the beast as much. as i said in previous posts, makes him all the more terrifing the less i see it

[quote]If you try to set up the same atmosphere you will lose always against Alien ..and people and critics will compare immediately ... they want to avoid that . To be honest from the trailer Prometheus dont look as a philosophic "big picture" but an horror/action movie of great breath and intriguing premises ..i will not go more deep than that [/quote] A revelation that we were created for some nefarious purpose by coldly malevolent "Gods" from outer space, isn't really all that deep, but it could be effectively,[i] very[/i] dark; particularly, if the protagonists believe that their makers were necessarily enlightened.

You know I still can't play the Marine roles in the video games because they give me that same feeling. The Descent Is another movie very effective with making you feel 'in' the movie.

@Frantz A movie with the tagline "The Search For Our Beginning Could Lead To Our End" hopefully isn´t settling for the basic "things-that-jump-at-you-from-the-dark" approach, when it comes to thrilling its audience. If so, Ridley Scotts sci-fi grandeur ambition and the apocalyptic premise are surely misplaced. Sure, the trailer focuses on moments suspense and action, but trailers sometimes convey a different feeling and atmosphere than the movie itself, and just because the movie contains horror and action, it doesn´t necessarily mean, that the movies main focus is horror and action. My point is, that although we´ll probably see plenty of heart pounding action and intense horror, the primary focus is shaking us through a provoking theory about the creation of mankind. The visuals we have seen so far, doesn´t exactly ooze dirty, gritty Nostromo atmosphere with "real people" experiencing Alien-terror IMO. Quote from interview with Ridley Scott: [i]While Alien was indeed the jumping off point for this project, out of the creative process evolved a new, grand mythology and universe in which this original story takes place. The keen fan will recognize strands of Alien’s DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative.[/i]

'Truckers in space' was the idea for the look/feel of the crew & environments of the Nostromo in Alien. I doubt it will be the same with Prometheus. But I'm sure we will get the same claustrophobic feel from the interiors of space craft.

Part of the reason for this realistic feel to alien was the set designs I believe. It really felt like plausible or familiar surroundings indeed (very industrial). It is just like working on a sea going vessel for example, or a refinery, but in space. The "hospital" scene in the trailer does feel very familiar though.

In my opinion the feel of the original was due largely to the characters, they were everyday working joe's who were easy to relate to, they spoke and acted like real people. Prometheus' characters will probably be more of the stodgy scientist type and less likeable. But the characters were what made Alien so unique, they were just ordinary people who where put into extraordinary circumstances that they were totally unprepared to deal with & that movie was not really about the alien, but more about how the characters dealt with it.

@RickK Remember there are Mercenary characters and various Techie types which I am sure would add the necessary colors to the whole movie

For me the original had nothing to do with characters, the scenes, directions or anything else like that. I saw the move 30 years ago when I was not even 10. It was my imagination that made it so real. That ability as a child to place yourself in the film. It would be unfare to require that same type of feeling today. I still get chills watching Alien, but no where near the nightmares (I secretly relished) I had as a child. For those that claim that Prometheus does not have that same feel. Ask yourself these questions: 1. How old were you when you first saw Alien? 2. Did you watch previews of Alien for months prior to watching the film? 3. How many years have passed since you first saw Alien and today? 4. What would a child under 10 today feel about Prometheus? Again this is all from my experience and perspective, but when I try to look at Prometheus with that understanding... I feels real to me.

Also when Alien came out, there was no internet, a lot of people back in those days went into the theater not knowing what to expect. The first spoilers I got were from a couple dudes in the mall who had just seen the movie and I overheard their discusion. Seemed to me the thing that they kept coming back to was the scene where Ash was discovered to be a robot and all the milky stuff coming out of him grossed them out and one of the guys said he felt like he was going to puke during that part. Surprisingly they didn't mention the chestburster scene.