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Back in the day, when Alien came out, before the Web and i-phones.... you just knew you had to go and see Alien, by the fantastic "word-of-mouth" recommendations.
Few movies prior to that had created the kind of buzz on the street that Alien had.
The Exorcist did. Jaws did. 2001:A Space Odyssey did. Star Wars did.
I remember seeing Alien at one of the few large single screen theaters left in Dallas, The Medallion, where it was shown as an exclusive engagment in the summer of 1979.
The Saturday night crowd packed the theater. There were no cell phones then, but what I do recall is that everyone in the audience sat spellbound, watching Alien. There was no looking down or filddling with things or "chatting" with their friends.... And because it was a night show, there were no crying babies, or really any children in the theater. Very few people got up and left for a bathroom break.
It was one of those rare, magical times when seeing a movie was an "experience".
Perhaps this Ridley Scott presentation will indeed live up to that high expectation.
The music played with the Prometheus trailers made me think of the group, The Crystal Method, that had it's music used in several Sc-Fi films...
"Busy Child"
I too recall the same experience as Bond_Ed, though I actually saw the very first matinee showing of ALIEN in the UK, which was sadly 4 months after the US release and by that time we'd already had the spoilers on the scary scenes. Still, it didn't ruin the pleasure of watching it on the big screen and in stereo!!
(I have so much memorabilia from this film that it is second to my Bond collection!!)
I have seen the trailer but that's it
What I can say for sure is that I´m pretty much hooked by the trailers and the clips.
Probably just for marketing and not in the film, but pretty cool:
If you haven't seen the previous Alien films, watch them. If you aren't convinced by 1 and 3 (2 wasn't very good imo), then you won't like Prometheus.
Alien 1 is not a huge epic space adventure. Its more of a claustrophobic horror film, where the ship lands on a mysterious planet after receiving a signal, and an alien gets on-board. As they leave, it starts attacking them on their journey home.
Prometheus is presumably a sequel to the first Alien. It has similar elements, and even a wall mural similar to that of the alien in Alien. I have yet to see the 3rd one, but I hear its the best (apparently I hear wrong). I'll be catching up on the whole series before going to see this, but its very good as a whole.
lol JK
Actually I did look further into Prometheus and I can't believe I didn't put it together: this is Ridley Scott's first Sci-Fi movie in 30 years!
I wanna know where you've been listening!
Alien 3 is probably the weaker of the films and even 4 is a strong contender for being just as bad. 1 and 2 are, by a mile, the best of the series for many. Highly recommend to anyone who hasn't seen them.
And I just looked up Alien 3 on imdb.. apparently its nowhere near as good. I'll have my ears checked ;)
IMHO the second one was a perfect sequel exactly because it went the 80´s action flick route ;-) .
Considering imdb in order to find out how good a film is seems highly insane to me. No offence meant.
It is set in the same surrounding, but all involved in the film so far spoke of something like a prequel. And from one of the trailers it seems evident that the big horseshoe-shaped spaceship is in a state of function that it can only be in before the events of Alien.
I don't necessarily go by the score, but by the user reviews ;)
That part makes me smile everytime for some reason ;D
Back on topic, I intend to watch the first Alien as soon as I get the time in preparation for seeing Prometheus
You who haven't seen them before must all be quite young. (Not that I'm "old" in my late twenties)
And judging by the trailers and videos I'd say there's a lot of Alien in this. Not the least Weyland Corporation, space jockeys, similar interiors, androids and what have you.
I think 1 and 2 are equally as good as each other while being very different movies. They complement each other.
Alien 3 is very flawed but is a lot better than its reputation. When I watched the work print DVD I was amazed at how good it was. Considering they started building sets before they had a complete story and all the other production problems it turned out quite well. It looks stunning and I love the music. It does suffer from two many bald English guys cursing and its hard to tell them apart. Some nice dark humour though.
4 is just a mess and the tone was so wrong it felt like they were almost making a comedy. If you have to miss one miss that one.
The new movie appears to be a prequel in the same universe but maybe doesn't have any aliens in it, therefore they aren't calling it Alien 0 or whatever. (Alien Begins? Alien Origins?)
And it's Ridley Scott. Doing science fiction for the first time in 30 years!
This "prequel" is actually the movie this year, together with the Hobbit, that I have the greatest anticipation about.
It just wasn't what I expected from a sequel. 'mor splosions' is a five-year-old's idea for a sequel. Quick and a money-maker. Blech. I wanted something truly creepy. Though, I did like the story line with the child. I'll have to re-watch 2 in new light, now that I know what to expect.
And I don´t see where that´s supposed to be a five-year-old´s idea. Alien wasn´t an action film at all, so I find it hard to speak of ´mor splosions´.
Taking my words a bit too literally there, bud. I'm simply stating I would have preferred an attempt at another eery, creepy adventure, just possibly on a bigger scale. Not a 'buncha guys goin' to kill the baddie, that just happens to be an alien. Felt cheap to me. IMO Now don't go at me saying it has a big budget, I meant cheap in a figurative, story approach :P
One of the other marines has a great line when Gorman tells them they can use their guns. "What are we supposed to use, harsh language?"
I like all of them but I have to admit the first one is probably the worst of the four (ducks for cover). It was a great film the first two times I saw it but after that it loses it's effect. The others I can watch over and over because they're not strictly horror, with the exception of the third movie, I consider it half horror half action.
It is just another prequel and this trailer gives the ending away and Alien!
Will go see the prequel just out of curiosity as i do like the Alien franchise.
I'm thinking about catching it on sunday :)
I think it was thelivingroyale definitely a member who saw it premier and posted their review of it, just don't know where. Maybe the action movies/coming soon to cinemas thread?