Prometheus 2 aka Alien: Paradise Lost

No1newts · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:08

http://m.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/fe...e-date-cast-and-spoilers.html#~ppIixUt7xF7QZe

Well I loathed the first film, though the more I read up on it I can possibly see where the strands can be pulled together, but reading the link I'm actually dating to be a little hopeful. Scott abandoning all his bull**** and admitting it's an Alien prequel and actually commuting to closing the loop with the next 1-2 films is a pretty great thing.

Never thought I would say this after the travesty of to first but I have some hope. Ditching the god awful script writer and going back to the original is also good to see, he contributed to the first film **** up.

2017 release as well! Here's hoping!

Jono8 · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:10

I enjoyed Prometheus to be honest.

yes it was a bit silly in places but that is sci-fi for you.

No1newts · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:13

Jono8 said:
I enjoyed Prometheus to be honest.

yes it was a bit silly in places but that is sci-fi for you.

I couldn't stand it at first but when you read up a lot of the dumb **** begins to make a little.

The only unforgivable element was the woman running in a straight line away from the huge ship at the end when a quick hop, skip and jump to the side would keep her alive

spoffle · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:14

I enjoyed it too. I was hoping there'd be a sequel.

Uncle Petey · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:15

I'm just disappointed that it's pushed Blomkamp's Alien film back for a while.

Liquiduk · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:16

Great news! Thoroughly enjoyed the first

Vonhelmet · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:17

Nope.

Nope.

Let me just check again...

Nope.

No1newts · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:18

1 or 2 sequels both properly titled; Alien: Paradise Lost and rumoured Alien: Engineers

My biggest gripe was the farcical attempt at separating it from Alien mythos after the initial panning it got by fans, the fact that they are committing to closing out the story has me completely back onboard.

spoffle · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:54

No1newts said:
My biggest gripe was the farcical attempt at separating it from Alien mythos after the initial panning it got by fans, the fact that they are committing to closing out the story has me completely back onboard.

I hadn't even realised they were trying that

R3X · 29 Sep 2015 at 23:56

Loved prometheus

Can't wait to see the sequels to expand the alien universe

Malevolence · 30 Sep 2015 at 06:32

I wonder if she's learned to run at 90° to the shadow if she encounters another slowly falling alien spacecraft.

Cosimo · 30 Sep 2015 at 07:25

Hopefully not as bad as Prometheus but I'm not getting excited.

edscdk · 30 Sep 2015 at 07:31

There was so much stupidity in the film it just gets anoying, stupid on top of stupid on top of stupid... i think some of it was due to scenes being cut... ... some parts were so stupid they made my head hurt

Random Guy · 30 Sep 2015 at 07:57

edscdk said:
There was so much stupidity in the film it just gets anoying, stupid on top of stupid on top of stupid... i think some of it was due to scenes being cut... ... some parts were so stupid they made my head hurt

Elaborate please? I hear this quite a lot whenever a discussion about Prometheus comes up.

I enjoyed it a lot and I am a lifelong sci-fi fan. You're putting me off with your high expectations

SixTwoSix · 30 Sep 2015 at 08:22

Uncle Petey said:
I'm just disappointed that it's pushed Blomkamp's Alien film back for a while.

He's only actually made 1 good film in 3 though, District 9 which is a superb piece of sci fi.

Elysium is a very standard formulaic movie and badly written, Chappie was only watchable because Sharlto Copley did the voice.

maun · 30 Sep 2015 at 08:23

edscdk said:
There was so much stupidity in the film it just gets anoying, stupid on top of stupid on top of stupid... i think some of it was due to scenes being cut... ... some parts were so stupid they made my head hurt

I loved Prometheus (probably because I'm an alien fanboy) but I agree the crew were so stupid it was a joke. The guy who talks to and tries to pet the snake thing like a dog, but was previously scared of a skeleton etc.

But I still enjoy watching it hehe.

SixTwoSix · 30 Sep 2015 at 08:24

maun said:
I loved Prometheus (probably because I'm an alien fanboy) but I agree the crew were so stupid it was a joke. The guy who talks to and tries to pet the snake thing like a dog, but was previously scared of a skeleton etc.

There is a cut scene from earlier in the movie where Milburn has already seen and handled worms/snakes and they aren't aggressive, it demonstrates why he is so relaxed towards the one that attacks him.

Kill_Phil · 30 Sep 2015 at 09:04

SixTwoSix said:
There is a cut scene from earlier in the movie where Milburn has already seen and handled worms/snakes and they aren't aggressive, it demonstrates why he is so relaxed towards the one that attacks him.

I never realised this - and they thought it was a good idea to cut this from the movie?

Uncle Petey · 30 Sep 2015 at 09:51

SixTwoSix said:
He's only actually made 1 good film in 3 though, District 9 which is a superb piece of sci fi.

Elysium is a very standard formulaic movie and badly written, Chappie was only watchable because Sharlto Copley did the voice.

Yeah, sure.
I wasn't interested in it because it's Blomkamp though. I just want an Alien film that has Hicks and Ripley.

MookJong · 30 Sep 2015 at 11:10

How can Prometheus have been set in the same Alien world at all. The technology shown was totally different to the other films which were set after it.

If you are going to do a prequel then rule number 1 is get the continuity correct.