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Friday, December 23, 2011

Film / Nerd What Do You Think of the Prometheus Trailer?

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:10 PM

After a week of bullshit PR buildup, the trailer for Ridley Scott's new sci-fi movie, Prometheus, is out. It sure does look like he's revisiting his Alien universe with this one:

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None of your options is worthy of a vote. This is a boner. This is a boner like I haven't had since the age I was when the art from Alien made the cover of Omni magazine, and we nerds passed it around like other boys did Penthouse.

Posted by gloomy gus on December 23, 2011 at 1:17 PM

Why is it that in movies, whenever there something tall and huge is about to fall on and fatally squish some of the characters, the characters always run in the same direction as the falling object, thus staying in its path? Clearly the correct path is to run perpendicular out of the path of the object.

Posted by RVPMB on December 23, 2011 at 1:20 PM

My hearts desire for the Alien films was a film that explored the actual origins of the species, so I'm totally looking forward to this one

Posted by hal on December 23, 2011 at 1:21 PM

YES YES YES YES YES. Total boner, per @1.

Posted by Andy on December 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM

As an ALIEN geek, I felt my nips get hard at the brief shot of the alien cockpit at 0:44.

Posted by Bub on December 23, 2011 at 1:42 PM

#2 because the movie would be over in 10 minutes. Really dude. Otherwise I like people running around in a panic looking into the camera.

Posted by Sargon Bighorn on December 23, 2011 at 1:48 PM

Ha, I remember it well, @1. H.R. Giger.

Posted by rob!

on December 23, 2011 at 2:01 PM

charlize + noomi = 2x boner.

Posted by Max Solomon on December 23, 2011 at 2:14 PM

I think I just nerd-gasmed all over my keyboard.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on December 23, 2011 at 2:26 PM

Will never forget standing in queue outside the UA 150 in '79, yakking away in line with friends when from inside the cinema came the sound of hundreds of people simultaneously screaming in terror. The entire line went silent for a good five seconds or so, and then everyone said, "Oooooooooo."

Can't wait.

Posted by Laurence Ballard

on December 23, 2011 at 2:48 PM

Paul. It's a prequel. It's kinda supposed to look like he's revisiting his Alien universe with this one.

Posted by starsandgarters on December 23, 2011 at 3:05 PM

I like the way it echoes the original Alien trailer. I suspect this movie will be better than Alien^3, which was the only Alien movie I didn't like.

Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings

on December 23, 2011 at 3:12 PM

Noomi Rapace sends shivers down my spine. Also, yes, boner.

Posted by The Striking Viking on December 23, 2011 at 3:23 PM

if he wants to revisit the Alien universe, fine by me. and yeah, if it is meant to be a prequel, awesome.

Posted by onion on December 23, 2011 at 3:34 PM

I'm soooooo excited for this! SPACE JOCKEY.

Posted by lizlemon on December 23, 2011 at 3:41 PM

I see a few close-in action sequences shot with shaky-cam. Aside from that, it's nice to see quality camera work coming back into vogue.

Posted by eclexia on December 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM

Fassbender, Rapace, Theron . . . Yeah, I'm with the boners.

Posted by thelyamhound

on December 23, 2011 at 3:45 PM

-Watching trailer

-Space Jockey's chair @ :44

"It sure does look like he's revisiting his Alien universe"

Ya think?

Posted by Herpin in my Derpin on December 23, 2011 at 5:45 PM

Obvious reasons to be cautious: involvement of the Lost screenwriters, the fact that Ridley Scott hasn't made an interesting movie in well over a decade.

But fuck it, I'm in.

(My money is on him revisiting the fakeout of the first Alien movie: Idris Elba will be the only survivor.)

Posted by Doctor Memory

on December 23, 2011 at 6:38 PM

Alien was the scariest film I'd ever seen. Great that he's revisiting that universe: plus Elba, Rapace, Thieron? Wow. Go Ridley.

Posted by UnangryTranny

on December 24, 2011 at 10:21 AM

Gotta say; Huge girl boner!
Ridley sci-fi plus that succubus Rapace... They had me at "Prometheus", and by the end of the trailer I squealed and came a little... Plus a little Fassbender and Elba to sprinkle on top. Total Spoolsh!!

Now I have to wait 6 months, hope it's not another Cloverfield though [huge buildup, months of anticipation for a moderately alright movie]

Posted by Kamikazekitty on December 25, 2011 at 2:10 PM