So awesome. Love how he references Prometheus but then becomes even more arrogant. Excited to see how this plays out.
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So is this set a bit of a while before the film actual? - I see it's pre Weyland Yutani at least..
Not bad for a piece of exposition that doesn't feature at all in the film.
Nice to see CEOs are still pompous in the near future.
Anchorhead said:
If I may; When Alien was released, I became an instant fan. A huge nerd, in fact. I went to see it weekly, as I had Star Wars a couple of years earlier. I bought a book that told the story in screencaps, wore out the soundtrack (one of only two pieces of vinyl I still have). I still listen regularly to the CD conversion of that very album, pops and all. I also keep a full audio rip of the film in my car and on my iPod for long trips and commutes. I would estimate that I listen to that audio rip 5 or 6 times a year. Like I said, lifetime Alien nerd.
When the sequel was announced several years later, I was uninterested. Alien was a complete story and I had no desire to see it being expanded into a franchise. To this day, I've not seen any of the sequels, nor will I ever.
Fast forward to now. I've been keeping up with Prometheus peripherally. The more I see, the more I know I'll be there opening week. I love the idea of having completely unrelated stories taking place in the same location, separated by many years. I may not dig it, but at this point I'm looking forward to it. Scott has made two of my all-time favorites (Alien and Blade Runner), and a couple of others that I enjoy. I feel like the story is in good hands.
I'm constantly intrigued by your film watching habits when it comes to sequels and your comments in recent days about BTTF and it's sequels made me think of Ridley Scott and Prometheus, which led me to here to see if you had posted on the matter
I assumed you'd be a fan of Alien (I didn't know you were the Alien uber nerd) and wanted to know if you'd watch Prometheus, that question is answered.
While I'm not a fan of directors revisiting worlds they've created on film 30 years later, I'm cautiously optimistic, and will go into Prometheus treating it as a stand alone movie.
Since you're such a fan, I'm curious to know if you've seen the pretty harmless and not Scott's preferred version, Fox marketed "Director's Cut" and what you think of it?
And since you brought up Blade Runner being one of your favorites I'm also curious to know which version that is and if you've seen the other cuts?
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I'm not sure if it's a mistake in the viral website or a clue but Peter Weyland's biography says he was born in India at the turn of the milennium, this would mean he is 22 at the time of the TED talk but he looks exactly the same age as Guy Pierce now, 44.
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And since you brought up Blade Runner being one of your favorites I'm also curious to know which version that is and if you've seen the other cuts?
The director's cut from the 90s is my go-to these days. It's a fine version of the film. I'm glad it's minus the voice-over and the footage from The Shining because they seemed out of place from the start. The unknown, dark ending is perfect for me. That said; like Star Wars and Alien, I saw the thing weekly during it's theatrical release, so I'm ok with that version too (although I don't own it).
Regarding other versions; I saw what may have been the work print in a ratty old theater in L.A. back around 1990 or so. It was a short run and there was some nerd buzz surrounding it, but truthfully, I'm, not sure which version it was.
I do not own the multi-version - uber-release because the Director's Cut is fine for me. Blade Runner falls into a weird niche for me because it's a movie I've seen probably 100 times and has had viewing restrictions since its release - ONLY on rainy, cold nights. Period.
I'm not a fan of multiple versions of something I love, particularly when they're offered up decades after the original version has become so engrained in my world.
I guess in answer to your question, I haven't seen, nor do I own, the other versions of Blade Runner because I don't need them for the mental escape.
Blade Runner was one of the very first (if not the first) films I made an audio rip of. If I've seen it 100 times, I've listened to at least that many.
*edit*
I've only ever seen, and own, the theatrical version of Alien. That's also the version I regularly listen to my audio rip of.
Thanks for response Anchorhead.
You obviously have not made the upgrade to blu-ray in regards to your home movie library.If you ever do you'll have to own the directors's cut of Alien (featured seamlessly branched alongside the theatrical cut) and in order to get the 90's director's (approximated) cut of Blade Runner you'll have to buy the uber-set.
That's not a bad thing though. Alien looks great and I love the little introduction Scott gives the film. Like I mentioned earlier the director's cut is harmless, for me it's more a curiosity to see one significant deleted scene reinserted and some other minor scenes/shots.
Also since you watched Blade Runner so many times in the theatre back in the day having the theatrical cut to revisit every now and then could be pretty cool. The movie also looks amazing. I'm 90's director's cut fan myself, but I'll also watch the final cut, I don't notice the minor differences.
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Actually, I have made the jump to Blu-ray. I just don't buy too many of them because I can't make full-film audio rips from them. Not yet anyway. I know it sounds restrictive to base my purchases on whether or not I can rip the audio track, but it really is a big deal to me.
Sometimes I buy two copies - one DVD, one Blu-ray - so I can have both a great picture and an MP3 of the film. True Grit and Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes both came packaged as a Blu-ray\DVD\Digital, which was really nice.I haven't watched either of the digital versions, so I can't speak to the quality. I may be able to pull my rips from those digital versions. I haven't looked into it.
I don't have anything against the Blu-rays of Blade Runner and Alien, they just aren't a priority because I'm happy with the DVDs. I'll eventually get there.
I came across this link to a pic of the 'Space Map' shot which can be 'enlarged' to a really high quality.
Check out the detail on it here - http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/node/54106
And there's a new PROMETHEUS trailer coming out on March 17th... :)
Here's the details - Live Q and A with Ridley Scott and the premiere of a new PROMETHEUS trailer!
Anchorhead said:
Actually, I have made the jump to Blu-ray. I just don't buy too many of them because I can't make full-film audio rips from them. Not yet anyway. I know it sounds restrictive to base my purchases on whether or not I can rip the audio track, but it really is a big deal to me.
Sometimes I buy two copies - one DVD, one Blu-ray - so I can have both a great picture and an MP3 of the film. True Grit and Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes both came packaged as a Blu-ray\DVD\Digital, which was really nice.I haven't watched either of the digital versions, so I can't speak to the quality. I may be able to pull my rips from those digital versions. I haven't looked into it.
I don't have anything against the Blu-rays of Blade Runner and Alien, they just aren't a priority because I'm happy with the DVDs. I'll eventually get there.
I don't think I've ever heard of someone ripping the audio of a movie to listen to it on its own. Do other people do this? What inspired you to start doing this, Anchorhead? I'm fascinated!
I used to do it quite a bit when I was a kid I think I've still got Blade Runner and The Wrath Of Khan around somewhere (a hang over to the time when I was subject to my parents control of the only television in the house).
I love audio dramas and radio drama/comedy.
I would probably still listen to some sound rips if I was on the move more and I didn't still have so many Big Finish audios to listen to..
asterisk8 said:
I don't think I've ever heard of someone ripping the audio of a movie to listen to it on its own. ...What inspired you to start doing this, Anchorhead? I'm fascinated!
Oh man, I started back in the early 70s when I was a kid. I used to record my favorite comedians when they were on The Tonight Show. I used a portable tape recorder, which I placed in front of the 12" B&W television in my bedroom. It was my window to the world. I would listen to those recordings over and over. I can still remember some of them, verbatim, even though I haven't heard them in nearly 40 years.
By the late 70s I was recording movies the same way. There was no way to own my favorite films, so that was my solution. Those cassette tapes, coupled with the film's soundtrack would hold me for years. By the early 80s, I'd moved to my Pioneer Laserdisc\Marantz\Teac set up. At that point I was just digging the texture of the audio, since I already owned the films.
Fast forward to about eight years ago and the folks on this very board put me onto the software I still use to rip full-film audio into a single MP3. If I had to guess at numbers, I'd say my audio library consists of about thirty films, ten episodes of M*A*S*H, several episodes of Columbo, a few episodes of King Of Queens, and a few Genesis documentaries\interviews. I've also ripped several official concert DVDs of Genesis. A great way to get high quality live "albums", if you will, that were never released on vinyl or CD.
The richness and the subtleties of films-as-audio are huge in my world.
It would be great if all the unused Alien 3 scripts were turned into audio dramas and we could then use the special effects of the mind to produce those astonishing visuals.
Vincent Ward's seems a bit too visual for audio though with all those hallucinations but I can certainly imagine a wooden monastery in space under siege by the Devil in the form of Giger's big pal.
Gibson's script would make for a very good outer space audio thriller.
There could be a whole series of audio dramas based on lost films or un-filmed scripts.
Sad to read Jean 'Moebius' Girauld has popped his clogs :-(
Indeed. Like Ralph Mcquarrie, 'Moebius' left an awesome body of work behind.
Okay, here's a little taste of the latest trailer that's coming on 17th March - http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/199
The main trailer is going to be reveal tomorrow.
There is an online trailer party if such things interest you.
A truncated version of the second trailer is up.
Don't look if you want to remain spoiler free.
MMMMM, Alien-y.
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Some nasty things hidden in there and some very weird things which I'm not sure are genuinely strange or just the picture on the flip because of the lowish resolution.
It's funny how early on Sir Ridley was saying this wasn't a prequel but rather a film with Alien's DNA. It's quite clear this is a prequel and I guarantee that the xenomorphs will make an appearance in some form at the end.
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Until the FULL-length 2 mins. 33 secs. version of the 'Theatrical' trailer appears online sometime soon, here's another neat 'viral' clip that's now appeared - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEO3lmVy-tU
I'm so excited for this film.
The only thing missing that makes it a true Alien film is Sigourney Weaver and the xenomorph, but it makes sense why they aren't putting her in it, however wouldn't it be awesome if towards the end of the movie, all the chaos is over, and an Alien emerges from someone's chest?
I don't know anything about the plot yet, but what a great way to tie it in to the first film.
The trailer earlier today is almost completely different from the main trailer.
Trying to stay as spoiler free as possible, I hate to say this but the beginning of it reminded me very much of AVP.
It kicked into gear towards the end but for the first time I'm a tad worried about this film.
Don't worry, Damon Lindelof from LOST came onboard to help with the script. If anybody knows how to weave various sci-fi elements into a coherent, plausible narrative, it's him!
;)
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Bingowings said:
It kicked into gear towards the end but for the first time I'm a tad worried about this film.
I had the very same reaction after watching the new trailer. Not sure why (because I never saw it), but it made me think of Avatar. It has a sort of fantasy-meets-sci-fi vibe.