June 23, 2012
— LauraW He has a few questions about the film.
SPOILERS.
It's all spoilers.
You are warned.
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Posted by: soothsayer at June 23, 2012 07:30 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: lauraw at June 23, 2012 07:35 AM (wphKT)
Posted by: eman at June 23, 2012 07:35 AM (ejmiE)
Posted by: Vic at June 23, 2012 07:39 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 23, 2012 07:39 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: soothsayer at June 23, 2012 07:40 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: eman at June 23, 2012 07:42 AM (ejmiE)
Posted by: soothsayer at June 23, 2012 07:42 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: Long Island at June 23, 2012 07:44 AM (kzp9t)
Posted by: Vic at June 23, 2012 07:46 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: soothsayer at June 23, 2012 07:46 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: AOSHQ Flaming Skull at June 23, 2012 07:48 AM (0WvoA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 23, 2012 07:49 AM (whS+7)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 23, 2012 07:52 AM (UTq/I)
Posted by: eman at June 23, 2012 07:55 AM (ejmiE)
Not bad, but it wasn't very cohesive and not nearly as good as the original Alien movie. It was my first Imax 3D flick, so there's that.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 23, 2012 07:56 AM (d0Tfm)
And not his nerdy real life sockpuppets!
Posted by: Elize Nayden at June 23, 2012 11:33 AM (mnEHf)
According to RLM, a new Plinkett is coming, but it takes a couple of months to do all the editing that is required for such lengthy reviews, whereas their "Half in the Bag" shows take only a day or two (the clip above is part of their full review of "Prometheus," which is about 20 minutes long).
Posted by: Synnerman at June 23, 2012 07:59 AM (0Bdlg)
Posted by: soothsayer at June 23, 2012 08:00 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 23, 2012 08:07 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at June 23, 2012 08:10 AM (WvXvd)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at June 23, 2012 12:10 PM (WvXvd)
It's coughing up a lot of blood.
Posted by: real joe at June 23, 2012 08:12 AM (uT8L4)
Heh. I wonder what would happen in the sequel to the prequel if the doctor-lady and the robot got to the engineer's home planet to discover them all dead too.
That movie would only be about 15 minutes long.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 23, 2012 08:13 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Little Boomer at June 23, 2012 08:16 AM (3qM/W)
Prometheus is what happens when liberals attempt to be philosophical about religion.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 23, 2012 08:18 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 08:24 AM (Ts9tU)
Posted by: nickless at June 23, 2012 08:25 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 08:25 AM (Ts9tU)
Posted by: Sonnybobiche at June 23, 2012 08:28 AM (orN15)
Posted by: booger at June 23, 2012 08:39 AM (HI6wa)
Posted by: SurferDoc at June 23, 2012 08:42 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 23, 2012 08:45 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Catbert at June 23, 2012 08:46 AM (HiKk0)
The indies have done a few, might be all I can hope for at this point.
Oh, and fuck George Lucas.
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at June 23, 2012 08:52 AM (luqsa)
Posted by: RWC at June 23, 2012 08:56 AM (BLIQK)
Posted by: Darth Rove at June 23, 2012 09:03 AM (ED8o6)
Questions....questions.
All these....questions.
Gee, I hope they make a sequel so maybe they will answer all these questions.
Wait....what?
What do you call a movie that is sort of a prequel to an old movie, but that takes the old story in another direction, creating so many questions, that it becomes mandatory to follow up with a sequel?
A....'Y-splitter prequel'?
Looks like a new genre has been created.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 09:04 AM (M2JTb)
Answer to that is easy. 'Prometheus' takes place on LV-223. 'Alien/Aliens' takes place on LV-426. Totally two different incidences on two separate space crafts that are the same type of craft.
Posted by: Darth Rove at June 23, 2012 09:07 AM (ED8o6)
So for philosophically stunted sensory exploitative entertainment, there you have it in special effects? Not great. Not the worst.
Posted by: Wizard of Id at June 23, 2012 09:14 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2012 09:16 AM (eoFv8)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2012 09:17 AM (G9qZk)
Lots of plot holes.
Not great casting.
Odd looking female lead.
Slightly less than worthy of being the prequel to Alien.
Posted by: typo dynamo at June 23, 2012 09:18 AM (FU9ql)
It must be summer, with all the incessant talk about lousy movies whose main attraction is air-conditioning.
;;;;
Next up in a few weeks, UFOs! It's that time of year.
Posted by: The Chicken at June 23, 2012 09:19 AM (jTKU5)
58 Good morning all from sunny MCAS Miramar CA.
Morning, Nevergiveup.
Wait....what' good about it....the SCoaMF is still in office.
[sorry...couldn't resist...heh]
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 09:21 AM (M2JTb)
It's funny if you're not a rube just cross the Rubicon...with a Rubix cube ... whilst drinking Rooibos ...
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 23, 2012 09:23 AM (famk3)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2012 09:24 AM (eoFv8)
Posted by: Andrew at June 23, 2012 09:25 AM (HS3dy)
@69, Nevergiveup
Was that a nude beach?
Doing a little research on anatomy?
Heh. Well, I hope you get to enjoy some RandR on your trip, Nevergiveup.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 09:30 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: soothsayer at June 23, 2012 11:47 AM (jUytm)
Well Sooth you probably are not still here, but no I haven't seen the sequel. The thing about the original Ghost Rider though was yeah, the movie was kinda camp and cheesy, but if you are a biker or an ex biker you loved it.
Posted by: Vic at June 23, 2012 09:33 AM (YdQQY)
7170 First mistake: hiring" Lost" writer.
Didn't know that, steevy.
Oh well, it all makes sense now....doesn't it....creating 'questions' by design, to be answered later.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 09:33 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at June 23, 2012 09:36 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 23, 2012 09:36 AM (eoFv8)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 09:37 AM (Ts9tU)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 09:38 AM (Ts9tU)
Somehow or another I always wound up out in the bars.
Posted by: Vic at June 23, 2012 09:39 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at June 23, 2012 01:33 PM (YdQQY)
I liked the origninal Ghost Rider too, Vic.
Nice good-vs-evil theme, running throughout....some good special effects.
Haven't seen the sequel yet.
When it comes on the movie channels, I probably will watch it.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 09:39 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Vic at June 23, 2012 09:41 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 23, 2012 09:41 AM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Junshin at June 23, 2012 09:42 AM (VWlmO)
Oh well, it all makes sense now....doesn't it....creating 'questions' by design, to be answered later.
...in the movie Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money, just as Yogurt foresaw. MTSBWY.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 23, 2012 09:43 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at June 23, 2012 09:43 AM (C8mVl)
Heh. If I want to freeze to death while listening to people cuss on their cell phones, I can go into work, and it won't cost me $12.
Posted by: Kinder, Gentler HeatherRadish™ at June 23, 2012 09:44 AM (/kI1Q)
77, 74 Yep,as soon as I heard that,I knew it would be a frustrating movie.
Yeah....like when I heard that the writers from Battlestar Galactica, were doing Stargate Universe....it explained why it was being screwed up with all the dark, depressing, emo bullshit.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 09:45 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 23, 2012 09:46 AM (G9qZk)
http://t.co/xfgEYBK9
God sits back, laughs, and chides See? I warned you about playing ME.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 23, 2012 09:56 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Kensington at June 23, 2012 09:58 AM (uaEZS)
Oy vey.
I suffered through Prometheus, but there's no way I'm coughing up the cash for Prometheuss or Prometheus^3.
Posted by: Kensington at June 23, 2012 09:59 AM (uaEZS)
Posted by: Ridley Scott at June 23, 2012 10:01 AM (uaEZS)
http://t.co/xfgEYBK9
God sits back, laughs, and chides See? I warned you about playing ME. Posted by: Niedermeyer's
If you're out of skepticism, go borrow some from your neighbor. The story? She smells.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 23, 2012 10:01 AM (famk3)
Posted by: Scobface at June 23, 2012 10:05 AM (IoNBC)
THE FEAR FACTOR:
A study published in the scientific journal PLoS One by University of OregonÂ’s Azim Shariff and University of KansasÂ’s Mijke Rhemtulla finds that people who believe in hell are less likely to commit a crime while people who believe in heaven more likely are to get in trouble with the law. -- Seattle cbs local dot com
Hell fire v. Grace
If the glass is already half empty, one budgets the balance carefully anticipating difficulty refilling during drought v. half full and still spending like a glutton because "you're special" and you "deserve" all the refills you could imagine?
Only one point: you know a person by his works. This "study" is likely as sci-fi as Prometheus.
Posted by: Wizard of Id at June 23, 2012 10:05 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 10:07 AM (Ts9tU)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 10:08 AM (Ts9tU)
*****
Her answer to the "One Wish" question cracked me up. THAT is why she's so adorable.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 23, 2012 10:08 AM (piMMO)
Wait, she spoke? I will have to see this again.
Posted by: real joe at June 23, 2012 10:20 AM (uT8L4)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 10:25 AM (Ts9tU)
Posted by: real joe at June 23, 2012 10:25 AM (uT8L4)
Didn't they make Attack of the Giant Space Butt back in the 50s?
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 23, 2012 10:26 AM (xm1A1)
Posted by: OregonMuse at June 23, 2012 10:28 AM (xm1A1)
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...?
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at June 23, 2012 10:31 AM (0d0K7)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 23, 2012 10:34 AM (d0Tfm)
Why?
Posted by: Fritz at June 23, 2012 10:40 AM (ZN5qR)
Posted by: Preznit Training Pants at June 23, 2012 10:43 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 23, 2012 10:44 AM (+Myj9)
Did it grow back?
Posted by: catman at June 23, 2012 10:48 AM (NYdB8)
110I thought Cuomo was the Dem rising star
Actually, it was Weiner who was the Dem rising star.
--------
Show us on the doll where the 'Dem rising star' touched you.
........[credits to nickless]
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 10:49 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Riding Through! Pardon Me! at June 23, 2012 10:50 AM (qBtUE)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2012 10:58 AM (5H6zj)
For a cheap belly laugh, read the nightmare scenario of the top commenter (if McCain won the election) in this Sept 2008 post.
****
Idiot. Nuclear war, huh.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 23, 2012 11:04 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Thread's Vital Signs Monitor at June 23, 2012 11:07 AM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 23, 2012 11:10 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Red, red wine from La Rioja or Bordeaux? at June 23, 2012 11:10 AM (HOOye)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 11:19 AM (Ts9tU)
Posted by: Gerg at June 23, 2012 11:20 AM (YKUmW)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at June 23, 2012 11:21 AM (PH+2B)
121 Greetings!
Hey, Y-not.....someone took a picture of you guys on the way to the dump.
Linky in my sig.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 11:23 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Thread Killer at June 23, 2012 11:28 AM (fJztH)
Posted by: Riding Through! Pardon Me! at June 23, 2012 11:32 AM (U7Ivf)
Posted by: real joe at June 23, 2012 11:38 AM (uT8L4)
If you gheys can't appreciate Kate Upton in a wet t-shirt or the awesomeness of military aircraft, I can't be blamed for that.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 23, 2012 11:39 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 23, 2012 11:43 AM (6GRGd)
Posted by: Riding Through! Pardon Me! at June 23, 2012 11:44 AM (Os+6p)
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 11:46 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2012 11:47 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Any Nick Cage movie is better than Prometheus at June 23, 2012 11:49 AM (tcFym)
"Dad....I think he's dead."
Dad: ...."Prolly just playing possum."
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The link didn't work for me but I know exactly the commercial. I giggle every time.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 23, 2012 11:50 AM (piMMO)
Note that the *real* nightmare for these guys wasn't that McCain would stupidly nuke Iran. (That much is arguable - McCain was and remains a warmongering fool. See: Libya, and now Syria.)
No, the real nightmare was, of course, that McCain would only serve one term and then that his Vice President would step forward. Nuclear war? Pfft. Palin's the real threat to us all.
On that topic, someone left this around this morning: http://tinyurl.com/7e6wc2l
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 23, 2012 11:51 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: steevy at June 23, 2012 11:51 AM (Ts9tU)
2 quotes from the great Thomas Sowell worth sharing:
--For a long time, Democrats have gone to Washington to win at all
costs, while too many Republicans went to Washington to compromise with
Democrats. The rise of the Tea Party may change that.
--Some people who are belatedly seeing what Obama is really like are saying that he has changed. This is probably easier to say than admitting that you were blind to the man's whole history before, and were taken in by his rhetoric and geniality.
Posted by: mallfly at June 23, 2012 11:52 AM (bJm7W)
It's nuclear-hot here today. Blech.
Same here....I'm hiding out in the air conditioning.
Grilling is the way to go, too.
Keeps the heat outside....instead of the kitchen....we're doing some kabobs later.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 11:53 AM (M2JTb)
The link didn't work for me but I know exactly the commercial. I giggle every time.
Uh oh....sorry, NDH...I have no link-fu.
And yeah, out of all the money that Geico has blown on shitty commercials...that one is their funiest one ever.
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 11:57 AM (M2JTb)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2012 12:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2012 12:03 PM (5H6zj)
(farm raised, regrettably I don't know how to catch 'em yet)
#12 Royal Wulff with a Grasshopper on it...No Trout can resist.
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2012 12:06 PM (JtErG)
"Dad....I think he's dead."
Dad: ...."Prolly just playing possum."
https:/ /www. youtube.com/watch?v=QuNihdGBu8k
Posted by: wheatie at June 23, 2012 03:46 PM (M2JTb)
Shatner played the best possum death scene in Over The Hedge.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 23, 2012 12:16 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Anna Wintour at June 23, 2012 12:21 PM (IoNBC)
Each had a dollar and a quarter.
Jill came back with two and a half...
She did something she shouldn't oughta.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 23, 2012 12:32 PM (/izg2)
Some of their complaints were valid, some were just pointless sniping, such as the complaints about the geologists getting lost in passages they were mapping. As a cave surveyor, I can say that happens <i>all</i> the time. In fact, it's par for the course.
Anyway, I think the film could be totally changed by the addition of one subtitle where the Engineer said something to David before ripping his robotic head off. "There's been a biogenic mutation and containment failure. I cannot allow anyone to leave this planet." That twists the whole storyline into the crew thinking the Engineers are trying to destroy humanity while the Engineer is intent on saving humanity from the ingorant, if not evil, crew of the Prometheus.
Posted by: George Turner at June 23, 2012 12:33 PM (aXYT9)
Posted by: Riding Through! Pardon Me! at June 23, 2012 12:34 PM (MG6Y6)
Each had a dollar and a quarter.
Jill came back with two and a half...
She did something she shouldn't oughta.
Posted by: NC Ref at June 23, 2012 04:32 PM (/izg2)
That fucking whore.
Posted by: Dice at June 23, 2012 12:35 PM (p9yIY)
Posted by: Y-not at June 23, 2012 12:49 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Scobface at June 23, 2012 01:03 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2012 01:25 PM (JtErG)
Posted by: garrett at June 23, 2012 01:27 PM (JtErG)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 23, 2012 02:38 PM (r4wIV)
Quite amusisng.
http://tinyurl.com/7mtqoms
Posted by: Sonnybobiche at June 23, 2012 12:28 PM (orN15)
I just got back from watching the movie, and the I09 link makes it ALL better. Now I just need The Husband to shut up about it being just like Avatar, when he never even watched that turd-fest. Although, this was equally turd-y, so I suppose I'll have to let him be right...again.
Posted by: Feynmangroupie at June 23, 2012 04:06 PM (oI744)
I saw it tonight with my sons. The oldest one looks at me at the end and says "Wait? This was a pre-quel to Alien?" He's been out of the country (Afghanistan) for most of the last 8 months or so and hadn't heard much about the Prometheus.
We both thought it was odd that the main woman in the movie had facial features that made her look like the Engineers.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at June 23, 2012 09:17 PM (eHwT1)
Posted by: Linlithgow at June 25, 2012 12:44 AM (Gim9y)
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It's just a damned movie!
Yeah, I liked it, and will probably buy it when it comes out on DVD, but still....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 23, 2012 07:25 AM (nEUpB)