[Movie] Prometheus - Page 20

On Channel 4 this Sunday, a brand new international trailer for Prometheus will be unveiled during the first commercial break of the latest episode (to air in the UK) of Homeland confirm Brand Republic. 20th Century Fox has teamed with the broadcaster in a special event which will see fans Tweet their reactions with the #areyouseeingthis hashtag. A selection of the responses will then be featured in a 40 second TV spot during the next ad break. The "Weyland Investor Blog" on Tumblr also reveals that the film has received a provisional 15 rating in the UK. Whether or not this means that it will ultimately get a PG-13 classification in the US remains to be seen, but it seems unlikely at this point.

In Alien, the Nostromo was an old decrepit ship, a towing spaceship. In Prometheus, it's very different. This is the leading/admiral ship of the Weyland-Yutani fleet. He's much bigger and has state of the art navigation and exploration equipement. That being said, the interior achetecture is very close. Some aspects of the Prometheus evoke directly the Nostromo but here everything is in perfect shape. If I had to compare them I would say that the Prometheus is the latest high end executive Cadillac car and the Nostromo is an old Ford Pick up.

On May 02 2012 04:09 zoLo wrote:
In regards to the technology between Prometheus and the other Alien movies. An SFX French magazine interview with Production Designer Arthur Max.

On May 02 2012 07:14 DeepElemBlues wrote:


i dont understand why some fanboys get all huffy about this

if ridley scott just disregarded most of the technological advances in special effects made since 1979 just to satisfy some sense of "internal consistency in the fictional universe he created with Alien" these same fanboys would be screaming at how shit the movie looks.

On May 02 2012 07:38 zoLo wrote:


I agree. The most common comparison used against Prometheus is the technology from the prequels and the original trilogy of Star Wars. I can understand why the production team is doing this since the film is targeted for today's audience. I mean, it is obvious that we are living in a more advanced age than the 70's during the creation of the first Alien. It is common for people to have iPads, iPods, smart phones, etc.The main link is the visual consistency of corridor designs, door designs, etc. There are some shots of inside the Prometheus ship that looks like the Nostromo. Besides, the most common possible answer is that after all, the Nostromo is a deep space mining ship while the Prometheus is a high tech scientific ship. If I can remember correctly, the Colonial Marines tech manual described the Nostrmo to be a couple of decades old already.

On May 02 2012 09:29 Endymion wrote:
god this movie is going to be so good, but it better actually have atleast ONE fucking alien in it, i'll be upset if it's just these new ones =[

On May 10 2012 08:59 kef wrote:


Sorry to burst your bubble, but there was an interview where Ridley Scott specifically said the "Aliens" won't be in Prometheus. That being said, he could be skirting the truth or telling an outright lie so as not to ruin part of the movie (which I wouldn't mind :p)