Hammer
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The original films were dreadful, is this any better?
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Dan H
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went to see this at midnight when it was relesed, it seemed abit weird tbh, i dont mind some stuff like that but it just baffled (sp) me so ended up having a nap through it... thats how exciting it was lol
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Ojc
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Have you watched the original Alien films? This is what has happened to society put a bit too much thought into it and the general public aren't interested would rather watch Avengers
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Ojc
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Originally posted by Hammer
The original films were dreadful, is this any better?
Got to be a troll.
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Dan H
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Have you watched the original Alien films? This is what has happened to society put a bit too much thought into it and the general public aren't interested would rather watch Avengers
nope, was free entry to see if off my mate who works in cinema so thought i would see what it was like. dont get me wrong, some of the film was decent but should have had abit more story as i didnt really get it untill it was about 30mins before the end. And there was a few others saying they didnt really enjoy it
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Ojc
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Enjoy or get? Suck me off please
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Ben G
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why are you wanking off other some generic sci-film film, ojc?
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Ojc
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It's a loosely based prequel to my favourite trilogy
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adiohead
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It's a loosely based prequel to my favourite trilogy
Shame it's loosely based 
Should have been strongly based
Ps. Alien on ch4 tonight 
[Edited on 02-06-2012 by adiohead]
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Alien is on c4 at 2305 for anyone who wants to see it before Prometheus
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Ojc
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Ash being placed on the Nostromo is the answer I wish to now know
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SetH
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Ollie I simply cannot be arsed to discuss this film with these Avenger worshipping and transformer loving morons.
Also I did not know that you could get poo skinned trolls 
Let's go down your local to discuss this and then back for some Seeding.
[Edited on 02-06-2012 by SetH]
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Ojc
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How does that final scene link up with Alien? Why has the ship on LV246 got a chestburster coming out of it? Does that mean that alien at the end planted an egg on one of the other ships on LV223 and as it went to search for Rapace and Fassbender the SJ got a face hugger attached and crashes on LV426
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Ojc
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Why have I now got more questions than answers it's ridiculous.
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Ben G
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Wtf ollie, you need to get out more mate. That shit is not natural.
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Originally posted by IMDB
Ollie I simply cannot be arsed to discuss this film with these Avenger worshipping and transformer loving morons.
Also I did not know that you could get poo skinned trolls
Let's go down your local to discuss this and then back for some Seeding.
[Edited on 02-06-2012 by SetH]
Ok mate.
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Ojc
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Originally posted by Ben G
Wtf ollie, you need to get out more mate. That shit is not natural.
These questions have haunted my dreams since 1994
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SetH
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Just for you nath :
IMDB 8.5/10
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Ojc
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Answer my questions
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Nath
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Just for you nath :
IMDB 8.5/10
I care not for this film.
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SetH
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***** SPOILERS ******
FFS I have had to get the laptop out and logon to answer your questions you fucking lovely man you.
1) How does that final scene link up with Alien?
I don't think that it links up? I assume you are talking about the Alien bursting out of the Engineers chest? I believe this is just to show an early version of the Xenomorph. It almost looks more like a template for the versions you see in the Alien films in that it is a little bland and featureless.
If you are referring to Shaw and David flying off on one of the engineer ships because Shaw is 'still searching' then this is a scene that made me rage. I believe it was put in there so that religious people did not kick off because throughout the entire film there were many references that God was basically a crock of shit. Although Shaw did raise the question that if we were created by the Engineers then who created them (insinuating god).
2) Why has the ship on LV426 got a chestburster coming out of it?
It is obvious that the bio-engineered weapons that the Engineers have created are so efficient and deadly that they actually have problems containing them. Perhaps the ship on LV426 had a containment breach and crashed whilst enroute to a planet that had been selected to have life erased by said bio-engineered weapons. Maybe it was enroute to earth, maybe not. What is clear is that it contained much later models of the weapons.
3) Does that mean that alien at the end planted an egg on one of the other ships on LV223 and as it went to search for Rapace and Fassbender the SJ got a face hugger attached and crashes on LV426.
Who knows what happened to that Alien, if it were just a drone and not a queen then not much it could have done to be honest. It probably perished after some time, perhaps the engineers code a finite life cycle into the creatures. Once they have cleansed a planet you would not want them hanging around would you?
With regards to your comments earlier about life on earth being an accident I think the engineers actions were intentional and effectively this is how they seeded Earth.
I am not even sure if the Engineers even changed their minds about returning to Earth to unleash the weapons. I think the only reason they did not make it is because they had a containment issue and were all killed (bar the one who survived and went into stasis).
I did ponder why they would want to do such a thing and perhaps they had decided that Humans at the peak of their Civilisation were cunts. Ie raping the Earth etc and decided to wipe them out and maybe re-seed the planet at a later date. However, the first engineer they find is carbon dated at 2000 years old, thus if he died during a containment breach it would have been 93AD on Earth.
Also remember that this started out as a full on Alien Prequel until Damon Lindelof came on board and rewrote the script. We were kept guessing as to how much a back story it would be to Alien to maintain all the hype and guess we were suckered into it.
To summarise the Film, well I thought it was a bit muddled but it has moments of brilliance and the Environments that Ridley Scott has created are utterly convincing. Be interesting to hear the opinion of someone who goes to see this having never seen ANY of the Alien films.
[Edited on 02-06-2012 by SetH]
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SetH
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Just found this review and without doubt it is the most honest and spot on review on the whole interwebz IMHO
Prometheus Review
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R Lee
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Just watching an interview - Prometheus Discovered.
Ridley Scott left the film like that so there is room for a follow up, if the demand to answer more questions is there. Apparently.
I love Alien films but, I felt Prometheus didn't actually answer that much.
Also, that must've been a queen?!? A drone wouldn't be able to spawn off any more Xenos, right?
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Am going to the IMAX this evening to watch this... can't wait 
Disappointing film tbh
Wish I had watched it in 2D also.. 3D is too overhyped IMO and the sacrifice of comfort and clarity isn't worth it
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Ojc
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That review is exactly how I felt when I left the cinema
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