Until today I didn’t know much about the forthcoming movie Prometheus. A lot of info has become available, but I wasn’t paying attention to it. I knew what I needed to know — that it was a sci-fi film and that Ridley Scott directed it. A sci-fi film made by the director of Alien and Blade Runner, and his first return to the sci-fi genre that launched his career in almost 30 years? Fuck yes, that’s a movie I was going to see, regardless of plot, actors, reviews.
Today I saw the first official trailer for Prometheus, thanks to a tip from Quigs. My reaction — the first two words that came to mind? “Holy shit.” It’s visually stunning, and the bits of story line that emerge are intriguing, to say the least. The trailer is also intense, and there’s a lot of screaming at the end. There was a lot of screaming when I saw Alien for the first time, too, most of it coming from me.
Having been sucked in this far, I decided to read more about the movie. It stars Noomi Rapace, (who was great in the Swedish original of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Michael Fassbender (who was great as Magneto in X-Men: First Class), Guy Pearce (who was great in Memento, L.A. Confidential, and everything else he’s done), Idris Elba (from The Wire), and Charlize Theron (who has been great in everything of hers I’ve seen, especially Monster and In the Valley of Elah).
So, lots of great actors. The plot also sounds interesting. Although originally conceived as a prequel to Alien, it has evolved into something more, though still set in the same universe as Alien.
Here’s a synopsis from The Font of All Human Knowledge: “In the late 21st Century, humankind has discovered hieroglyphs common to each world — including Earth — suggesting a common origin to life in the universe. The crew of the spaceship Prometheus is sent on an expedition as part of a mission to uncover these origins, but soon discover a malevolent entity that threatens humanity’s very existence.”
And here’s another synopsis that accompanies the new trailer on YouTube: “In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous race of bio-mechanoid killers.”
The movie will be released on June 8, and a 3D version will be shown on IMAX screens. Sign me the fuck up!
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Noomi Rapace is the Swedish actor who was in the original “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”. Rooney Mara was in the Hollywood remake.
Should of course have said actress.
And I should have waited to write this post until after my head completely stopped ringing like a bell.
Having read the detailed plot transcript, which was then strenuously disavowed… but then having seen the trailers in which HUGE SWATHES of the transcript are clearly shown… it’s definitely an Alien prequel. Though functions entirely as a stand alone piece.
Looks awesome!
And I haven’t even watched that fancy rectangular movie displayamajigger.
Watching the displayamajigger will make it look awesomer.
I don’t think I need to now :D. I saw a commercial for it.
It takes a lot for me to go full fangirl, but that just did it. All over my computer screen.
Abe Lincoln + Prometheus = Good fuckin’ summer for movies
I’m not up on movie news…but Abe Lincoln isn’t going to be a biopic, is it?
Abe Lincoln – Vampire Slayer
So maybe 😛
*It was a book first, you should read it.
*Hunter
Derp.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34x6m-ahGIo
The Lincoln movie looks soooooo awesome.
Lincoln movie directed by Timur Bekmambetov, who is unfortunately billed as the director of “Wanted” and not of the Nightwatch movies as he should be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMHQsjgQDrA
I don’t go see movies in the theaters much these days; Iron Man 2 and Revenge Of the Sith are the only ones I have ventured out to see in the past 10 years or so. Prometheus could be the next to get me out of the apartment or away from putting in extra hours at work.