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MemberOvomorphOct-26-2012 2:23 AMbasically, did we need the (constant) back referencing to Alien throughout the Prometheus film?
the angle of the derelict in every shot
the giger design lingering
the arrangement of ampules-that-weren't-eggs
the space jockey chair
LV-this or that
I know Ridley said that he [b]wanted[/b] to explore who that SPACE TRUCKER was, and who commissioned his eggy cargo, but he seems to have gone off on a totally different cinematic voyage in the thirty years it took him to make this film.
Now, I have no problem with this, BUT would Prometheus have been attended with such enthusiasm had Ridley just released what was essentially just another Stargate Remembered film?
Was there enough in the film to strip it of its ALIEN lineage? And this is a serious critical question, i.e. not for the Prometheus fanboys (yes, I realise this is a fan site) to just go loony about.
Come on, "Would Prometheus have stood up as its own story?"
I personally (for what it's worth) think we could have had a better version of Battlefield Earth as a movie, visitors coming to claim their land?
Not sure, help...
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Indy John
MemberOvomorphNov-20-2012 6:30 AMIf what you say is treeu that the film is a cluster #$%&*^%^ then why all the attention?
AS f#$%%$##$ up the script, movie even actors you would think that it would be a waste of time, something to kicked to the curb, something to be forgotten.
Instead the threads have taken a life of their own and the Prometheus movie experience is still expanding.
So I sort of believe everything and anything until I see the next installment and observe the future storyline.
My problem is as I now watch the movie all the scrips all the threads and all the pooster's ideas come into the mind and causes me to replay a scene and observe different elements of the action.
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