AVS › AVS Forum › Other Areas of Interest › Movies, Concerts, and Music Discussion › Alien Prequel - Prometheus
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Alien Prequel - Prometheus - Page 26

post #751 of 2341
4/30/12 at 9:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Stewart View Post

Didn't they show 10 minutes and even 25 minutes of AVATAR before it premiered? So how did that work out?

Touchy. Was it a 25 min Trailer or a 25 min chunk of footage? Id be much happier with a 15-20 min chunk of Prometheus.
Reply
Reply

Gear mentioned in this thread:

post #752 of 2341
4/30/12 at 11:25am
Quote:
Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

I've simply noted that, for instance, in the new trailer featuring sections of dialogue, Charlize to me is coming off as a one-note corporate baddie. I have not therefore declared the acting in the film a failure: I have simply expressed hope that there will be more nuance (and hence that we get a good script/performance from Ridley on this one). We'll see.

Ever consider she might be a damn robot? Ash's Mommy? Who knows

Looks like a nice mix of nerds, jarheads, Pilot, evolving synthetic.
Reply
Reply
post #753 of 2341
4/30/12 at 11:30am
Quote:
Originally Posted by PooperScooper View Post

No problem now waiting for the BD.

Aren't you curious as to how RS handles the 3D?
I know I am....

JC is the King of 3D, but there are few directors as sharp or who knows more about shooting a movie than Scott.
Reply
Reply
post #754 of 2341
5/1/12 at 10:10am
Quote:
Originally Posted by thedeskE View Post

Ever consider she might be a damn robot? Ash's Mommy? Who knows

Ridley Scott pretty much said as much at Comic-Con last year. He said that there would be at least two robots in the movie. We know that Michael Fassbender is one. Watching the trailers, I'll leave it to you to put 2 and 2 together.
Reply
Reply
post #755 of 2341
5/1/12 at 10:13am
Quote:
Originally Posted by oink View Post

Aren't you curious as to how RS handles the 3D?

Nope.

larry
Reply
Reply
post #756 of 2341
5/1/12 at 11:32am
I'm getting the feeling that Fox dropped the ball somewhat on this last trailer.
It was too much.

As someone eagerly awaiting this film, I would search the news and blogs whenever a new trailer/teaser/viral video came out. Up until now the blogs and comments sections have been characterized by pretty much unanimous positive praise for the web campaign for this film. It's been continuously held up as a model of building hype while maintaining mystery, hence heightening intrigue.

But now for the first time I'm seeing negative comments on the fan sites. And not just a little: there is even a skew towards a higher proportion of negative comments in the comment sections. Many are disappointed, even flat out angry, that this trailer has come out showing so much - seemingly the major plot points, even some of the alien forms. It's like seeing the movie will now mean just filling in the spaces between a plot you already know. It even seems to show the "ultimate solution" used by the crew in the final act. I've seen people saying their anticipation has now dropped somewhat for the film, because of this last trailer tipping the scales to overload in hype and in giving away the content.

It's really weird, and truly too bad, that a campaign that was looking like the gold standard for how to do it, would suddenly drop the ball with such a misstep. Certainly it's standard in movie trailers to give away too much info, but that seemed precisely what Scott and company were aiming to avoid. So it's baffling why Scott would have signed off (if he does) on these final moves.
Reply
Reply
post #757 of 2341
5/1/12 at 11:35am
Quote:
Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

I'm getting the feeling that Fox dropped the ball somewhat on this last trailer.
It was too much.

As someone eagerly awaiting this film, I would search the news and blogs whenever a new trailer/teaser/viral video came out. Up until now the blogs and comments sections have been characterized by pretty much unanimous positive praise for the web campaign for this film. It's been continuously held up as a model of building hype while maintaining mystery, hence heightening intrigue.

But now for the first time I'm seeing negative comments on the fan sites. And not just a little: there is even a skew towards a higher proportion of negative comments in the comment sections. Many are disappointed, even flat out angry, that this trailer has come out showing so much - seemingly the major plot points, even some of the alien forms. It's like seeing the movie will now mean just filling in the spaces between a plot you already know. It even seems to show the "ultimate solution" used by the crew in the final act. I've seen people saying their anticipation has now dropped somewhat for the film, because of this last trailer tipping the scales to overload in hype and in giving away the content.

It's really weird, and truly too bad, that a campaign that was looking like the gold standard for how to do it, would suddenly drop the ball with such a misstep. Certainly it's standard in movie trailers to give away too much info, but that seemed precisely what Scott and company were aiming to avoid. So it's baffling why Scott would have signed off (if he does) on these final moves.

I just voiced the same POV in the above thread.
Reply
Reply
post #758 of 2341
5/1/12 at 11:42am
Quote:
Originally Posted by oink View Post

Aren't you curious as to how RS handles the 3D?
I know I am....

JC is the King of 3D, but there are few directors as sharp or who knows more about shooting a movie than Scott.

Scott has never shot a 3D movie before, But he will have help from an onsite stereographer.

Of all the directors in Hollywood, Cameron has the most experience with 3D by far.
Reply
Reply
post #759 of 2341
5/1/12 at 1:03pm
BTW, another tidbit:

In one comment thread, a person said they knew people who were brought into work on FX for Prometheus. He said they were bummed out by having to spend their time having to fix poor FX work done by others for the film. And that the impression of the film given by these FX people did not leave him optimistic.

FX-wise, all the trailer stuff looks stellar to me so far.
Reply
Reply
post #760 of 2341
5/1/12 at 1:40pm
hey careful guys, getting awfully close to spoilers for people like me and oink
who want to see this flick with virgin eyes.
Reply
Reply
post #761 of 2341
5/1/12 at 1:51pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr. wally View Post

hey careful guys, getting awfully close to spoilers for people like me and oink
who want to see this flick with virgin eyes.

Easy solution, don't visit this forum until after watching this movie.
Reply
Reply
post #762 of 2341
5/1/12 at 3:11pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr. wally View Post

hey careful guys, getting awfully close to spoilers for people like me and oink
who want to see this flick with virgin eyes.

please take a look at the sticky thread at the top of this forum about spoiler protocol
Reply
Reply
post #763 of 2341
5/1/12 at 4:50pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mr. wally View Post

please take a look at the sticky thread at the top of this forum about spoiler protocol

Yeah, but expecting humans to follow it perfectly would lead to unwanted surprises. By not lurking here, "It's the only way to be sure."
Reply
Reply
post #764 of 2341
5/1/12 at 10:18pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

I'm getting the feeling that Fox dropped the ball somewhat on this last trailer.
It was too much.

That's nothing compared to the featurette that followed or Fox releasing the FULL cast list after that.

I never think anything's a spoil, but I can agree for those who have the 'Don't Tell Me Anything' attitude.
Reply
Reply
post #765 of 2341
5/1/12 at 10:41pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Stewart View Post

Scott has never shot a 3D movie before, But he will have help from an onsite stereographer.

Of all the directors in Hollywood, Cameron has the most experience with 3D by far.

Agreed, but I'll bet dollars-to-donuts RS "talked" to JC before shooting Prometheus...


Quote:
Originally Posted by bcruiser View Post

Yeah, but expecting humans to follow it perfectly would lead to unwanted surprises. By not lurking here, "It's the only way to be sure."

True.
However, I have a lot of faith in the "regulars" concerning spoilers...
Reply
Reply
post #766 of 2341
5/1/12 at 10:55pm
Its not a trailer, its an invitation.
Reply
Reply
post #767 of 2341
5/2/12 at 8:44am
Quote:
Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

So it's baffling why Scott would have signed off (if he does) on these final moves.

Trailers are put together by the studio's marketing department. Directors very rarely have any input or participation in the process.
Reply
Reply
post #768 of 2341
5/2/12 at 8:52am
I was unaware of yet another trailer. Clearly I shall do my best to avoid. Hopefully it won't be in front of The AVENGERS, otherwise I will have to close my eyes (I've done it before).
Reply
Reply
post #769 of 2341
5/2/12 at 10:44am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

I was unaware of yet another trailer. Clearly I shall do my best to avoid. Hopefully it won't be in front of The AVENGERS, otherwise I will have to close my eyes (I've done it before).

The new trailer really is too much. I'm sorry I watched it, because it very much feels like an elided version of the full story from beginning to end.
Reply
Reply
post #770 of 2341
5/2/12 at 11:26am
Quote:
Originally Posted by David F View Post

The new trailer really is too much. I'm sorry I watched it, because it very much feels like an elided version of the full story from beginning to end.

The orginal Alien trailer was really the way you should do a trailer.
Reply
Reply
post #771 of 2341
5/2/12 at 12:33pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by MovieSwede View Post

The orginal Alien trailer was really the way you should do a trailer.


Damned straight.

One of, if not THE best trailers of all time. It gives me chills. I liked the TV spots as well with the EGG...just an overall feeling of mystery and dread.

The original Jaws commercials were classic as well. No one has equaled, to my mind, the narration of Percy Rodrigues...the voice of cold authority:

"It is as if God created the devil, and gave him...Jaws!"

"None of men's fantasies of evil, can compare to the reality...of Jaws!"
Reply
Reply
post #772 of 2341
5/2/12 at 2:06pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

I was unaware of yet another trailer. Clearly I shall do my best to avoid. Hopefully it won't be in front of The AVENGERS, otherwise I will have to close my eyes (I've done it before).

Better plug your ears too!
Reply
Reply
post #773 of 2341
5/3/12 at 8:56am
There are more than enough blogs making noise about the spoil factor. You can step back and realize it's just saturation. What percentage of the potential audience is digging out every morsel? It has to be small.
Reply
Reply
post #774 of 2341
5/3/12 at 9:27am
Quote:
Originally Posted by thedeskE View Post

What percentage of the potential audience is digging out every morsel? It has to be small.

Probably true for most movies...
Reply
Reply
post #775 of 2341
5/3/12 at 9:38am
The hate on the new trailer is huge, so wouldn't it be nice if the studio listened for once and pulled it? Just yank it off the net and from theaters. The prior trailer, the one we all got excited over, was enough. More than enough.
Reply
Reply
post #776 of 2341
5/3/12 at 10:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by matt_stevens View Post

the hate on the new trailer is huge, so wouldn't it be nice if the studio listened for once and pulled it? Just yank it off the net and from theaters. The prior trailer, the one we all got excited over, was enough. more than enough.

+1
Reply
Reply
post #777 of 2341
5/3/12 at 10:41am
Quote:
Originally Posted by oink View Post

+1

+2
Way too much info given in the new one, I wish I could unwatch it. The prior trailer was perfect as is. I'm still looking forward to seeing this but I feel like I have much more info than I like going into a new movie.
Reply
Reply
post #778 of 2341
5/3/12 at 10:52am
Thank goodness I didn't watch the new trailer like I did with TDKR! Trailers are absolutely horrible these days. Subtlety is lost on the studios and they end up giving away far too much in almost every preview I watch. Normally, I avoid them at all costs, but every so often it can't be helped and I'm stuck watching a condensed version of the full-length feature. That's not what a trailer should be damn it!
Reply
Reply
post #779 of 2341
5/3/12 at 11:51am
I'm glad I didn't watch the new trailer.
Considering what everyone has been saying, it would probably piss me off more than anything else.

As it stands right now, I have decided I won't be watching late trailers to movies I know I am going to see.

I'll watch trailers to movies I don't know about or haven't decided on, but that is about it.

lwright has been great about posting up trailers for movies that fly under the radar; I have "discovered" a lot of fine films thru his links and will continue to view them.
Reply
Reply
post #780 of 2341
5/3/12 at 11:53am
Quote:
Originally Posted by oink View Post

I'
As it stands right now, I have decided I won't be watching late trailers to movies I know I am going to see.

Yes and Luke Skywalker decided that he wouldnt pick up his lightsaber in Episode VI.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home

Gear mentioned in this thread:

AVS › AVS Forum › Other Areas of Interest › Movies, Concerts, and Music Discussion › Alien Prequel - Prometheus