Bingowings said:
Oh brother, the Engineers sound like Klingons.
That voice will need changing come the inevitable fanedits.
It would have been better if Weyland rebuked David saying something like, "I didn't ask for that I just wanted to live a bit longer!" (suggesting that David calculated the provocation).
Hmmm, I know what you mean...as the 'Engineer' suddenly took on a kinda 'Trek villain-of-the-week' vibe for me when he spoke in that deleted scene. :D
Maybe it was his 'angry gesturing' rather than his voice that gave me that impression, but I think I may prefer him to remain silently enigmatic and 'controlled' right up until the point he rips David's head off. However, I guess I'll just have to wait a little longer to see how that *whole* deleted scene eventually plays out, before I decide 100% on how I feel about it.
Anyway, here's a couple of short clips from that particular 'DAVID/WEYLAND/ENGINEER' scene that are online at the moment, for anyone that hasn't seen them yet -
1st clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK684Ti1KyI
2nd clip -http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/09/18/prometheus-extended-scene
The thing is, although we now hear David saying "I told him you wanted to live forever" to Weyland (which kinda confirms what the movie's linguist revealed at this link here, that David had initially said "This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life" to the 'Engineer' just beforehand in the 'Theatrical' cut - http://thebioscopist.com/2012/06/20/the-linguistics-of-prometheus-what-david-says-to-the-engineer )...NOW we don't know what the hell the *'Engineer'* himself is supposed to have said, as there's no 'subtitles' for him either!
I outlined a few early potential editing preferences of my own for the movie back on page 22, but at the moment, until I see how this *full* deleted scene plays out, I'd rather the alternative possibility of using just *some* portions of the deleted footage, while *removing* the shots of the 'Engineer' speaking to keep him silent and enigmatic.
So the shots of the 'Engineer' speaking and gesturing angrily, along with Weyland then asking "What did he say?, what did he say?" could be removed altogether, and we'd instead immediately cut at the point where David has finished speaking to the 'Engineer' in the 'Theatrical' version, and then go directly to the portion of the deleted scene in the 1st clip above where David says "I told him you wanted to live forever"...and then cut to the rest of the footage shown in the 2nd clip above where Weyland then tells the 'Engineer' about how he created David and how he reckons he's superior and worthy of longer life etc., just before the 'Engineer' continues to study them *silently* before ripping David's head off.
This would mean that we'd still get to see Weyland and Shaw getting to know what David *says* he said to the 'Engineer', even though the big guy stays *silent* up until the point where he reacts badly. (*NOTE* - personally, I also like the possibility of David's words saying "This man is here because he does not want to die. He believes you can give him more life" being added in 'subtitles' when he speaks to the 'Engineer'...but this particular edit of the scene would *still* work fine even if they're not. And importantly, the background music cues can still work quite seamlessly together with the particular shots I've mentioned)
However, I'm still hopeful that the complete deleted 'talking Engineer' scene will play out nicely when we see it's *full* version eventually.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling that a lot of the scenes are unlikely to fit into any future edits *seamlessly* quality-wise judging by some of the screenshots and comments over at avpgalaxy.net currently, as it looks like there's some unfinished stuff on them - http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=45595.0
For instance, there's some incomplete greenscreen work during the Janek/Vickers conversation scene, and the extended fight scene between Shaw and the 'Engineer' *doesn't* have the 'Engineer's burns/scarring effects included on his face from his crash, unlike the 'Theatrical' footage. So big continuity flub there, dammit!
Also, while I'm certainly gonna buy the blu-ray of this when it's out in my region come October, I've already had a squint at a reasonable quality 'preview' source now, and it looks very 'blue-tinted' to me overall...*SHUDDER*. I reckon 'ol Ridley has been messing about with it's colour-timing since it's 'Theatrical' release, as I don't recall those particular hues on the Fox logo from the cinema showing I originally went to! So I have a feeling that the deleted scenes may have a different colouration to them compared to the actual blu-ray release, when it comes to edits. :(
I sure hope I'm wrong about that.