Prometheus: 10 Years Later...
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- Happy 10th anniversary to Prometheus! Sharing some thoughts on the release of Ridley Scott's prequel, and, a little more. I take a trip down memory lane and revisit June 8th, 2012.
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Jesus, has it really been 10 years since this came out...
I know I was thinking the same thing, man it felt like years not a decade. 😳
Yeah no kidding. I thought maybe it was 5 years ago at most.
My husband and I was so excited to see this movie when it came out. And I'm embarrassed to say we both didn't like it at all. But recently I have dipped my toe back into the black goo and have found a new love for this movie.
@@chrissyknowsitall5170 your first impression was correct.
How the time flies.
I will always love how beautifully shot this film was and I love how we had so many questions about David. I love how Scott continuously delves into the idea of what life is when in it comes to androids and AI.
No film has grown on me with each viewing like this film has. I must of re-watched this 100's of times now and every time I watch it, I notice something new I appreciate. Its just a brilliant sci-fi film that has all the aspects of an epic sci-fi story, Amazing visuals, questioning our place in the universe, elements of horror and some stand out performances (Fassbender of course). It really should be remembered as one of the greatest 100 sci-fi films.
Absolutely brother.better every time I watch it.
Thx for saying this
* I must have re-watched
Alien 1979. Watched when i was a kid. When ever i went on top of my house at night stare at the stars i always used to wonder what horrors are lurking in those stars. The funny feeling is the ship and the space jockey. what kind of a being was it ?????? what was he looking at in that huge telescope ???????? Space jockey used to make me think a lot and added to the xenomorph.
Space jockey in the Prometheus was good but it would have been great if it was a bio ship. Maybe it is, since the space jockeys? engineers were were wearing bio suit. H R Giger was the BesT.
I like the bit when the engineer said "it's promethean time" and then he went and prometheaned everything.
Underrated comment.
loooololol
I cried in the theater. Tears of joy
The cross promotion and product placement of Taco Bell really made this universe feel like it was actually a part of ours.
@@RowdyBoy82 well taco bell was the only restaurant to survive the franchise wars so...
I remember suddenly realising during this film that the androids were coming out in alphabetical order - Ash, Bishop, Call, David.
I found the film disappointing. I think one of the things that really frustrated me was having the strange space jockey being a big, bald headed person in a rubber suit. Just like some monster from a 50s B movie. I always felt that the first film was called Alien for a reason. We weren't expected to have any point of common reference with the creature, ship or anything related to it. The crew encountered something which they simply couldn't understand. Echoing Stanislaw Lem's idea of 'alienness' where truly alien beings would be something beyond our understanding. Prometheus somehow reduced the mythos that had been built up in my own mind to just another bunch of Star Trek style rubber forehead aliens. Aliens with a small 'a' rather than a big 'A'.
There were a lot of good things about the film - the cinematography, soundtrack, designs. But script and characterisation felt like a let-down. I remember feeling that the characters in Alien and Aliens made mistakes, but they were trying their best against appalling circumstances. Here, the characters felt lazy. A team of highly trained scientists who just felt unprofessional and amateurish. I know that this was needed in order to move the story on, but I felt like it could've been handled better.
Still, at least it gave us the legendary, "Prometheus School Of Running Away From Things".
They took a cheap way out and made Space Jokeys some kind of Engineers big bold bodybuilders race. Pure "cough" shit. That's why movie sucked, it took cheap shortcuts. The space jokey should have been elephant like thing/creature, should have been a unique creature totally different from humans but instead we got a stupid angry bodybuilder.
@@UnchartedWorlds the movie really didn't look cheap
@@starwarsroo2448 you got me there buddy 👌
Next is Esther from AF:E
Ash, Bishop, Call, David…Walter?
The musical score is incredibly good- like you, I’m surprised that it was never nominated for an Academy Award. I have watched this movie more times this year than I did when it was new- and yeah, it’s really become one of my favorites. And thanks for the walk down Nostalgia Boulevard-👍🏻
Idk, I feel like this was a legitimate effort to expand the universe that is more thoughtful than most people give it credit for. Rather than just the same Xenomorph XX121 it gives an idea of what came before and a whole foundation for how it works. I think it's convoluted but builds my curiosity on how these events may have led to the 'perfect specimen' 29 years later from when Promethius takes place up to when Alien takes place.
I remember feeling a little conflicted after seeing Prometheus, both me and my wife liked it but wearnt 100% on everything, but the more I've seen it the more I love the film, it's got it's dumb parts, what film doesn't, but it feels like a film set within the Alien universe, from the look to the sound, and the scifi horror elements are implemented well, Covenant is a bit of a polarising sequel, but this one did a lot right... also Noomi Rapace was a great lead and different enough to Ripley but still as tough, I get why people don't like it or have issues with the film, I have issues with the film, but at the same time I like it and it has grown on me.
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Still to this day, visually - this film is easily one of the most visually stunning films I've ever seen on the big screen 👌 I personally liked it, flawed as it was... But I think of it as a lone sci-fi film and it's far more enjoyable that way
Exactly
The problem was that it got out that it was an alien prequel and so I think a lot of casual watchers bought into that.
I also remember a bunch of reviewers saying it had plot holes without understanding the definition of that term.
And then all the interesting questions brought up in Prometheus were ignored in covenant.
Sure film had flaws but it was frustrating to see people hate it because ‘I didn’t understand what was going on’.
Then you'll love SCORN ! That game oozes with Alien atmosphere!!
@@thewanderingartists oh yeah I heard of tbis game is it out yet
@@illatek October this year ! *Fingers crossed.
I’m so glad someone else enjoys this movie as much as I do! You nailed all of my thoughts exactly. Most video reviews seem to hate it and I’m glad there’s a movie reviewer with a different opinion
well said i enjoyed both of Ridley's new Alien moves its wasnt disappointing with either quite content to how covenant flowed
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I thought that Prometheus was a really good Sci Fi movie- I love it!
Everything about it works for me, the fantastic Soundtrack Score, the Amazing Cinematography, the Innovative Story, and a great cast that makes it so thoroughly engrossing!!
A movie with depth and meaning, and like ZS Man of Steel, Prometheus seems to get better with every passing Year…..it has a timeless quality that’s for sure!
At the time I was one of the unhappy fans who expected to see the Xenomorph. But after several re-watches the movie absolutely grew on me. I now totally love this movie and my only negativity about the movie is that Ridley didn't stick to his guns and continue to explore this story...Alien Covenant is out of sync and clearly a reaction to the negative reaction Prometheus got. I wish Ridley had stuck with his plan and given us the story of the engineers and thus where the Xenomorph comes from.
Nostalgia babies are the worst.they are ruining cinema. Not you in particular just so frustrating
A year late, but great point! I know some Alien fans were disappointed by this movie at the time too but the casual movie goers were really what did this films future development in. They were too loud and influential, and ultimately not just Ridley but twentieth century Fox need justification to keep it going or at least something that guarantees more revenue, so I’m sure they took a lot of his creative freedom away before Covenant. It’s such a shame that we may never get a direct follow up to this to explore this side of the franchise. Honestly, and I idc if I get hate for this but it’s got way more substance and incredibly powerful theories to explore than the original 4 movie run. This movie has had me pondering its many themes, getting me knee deep in lore more so than any other movie in the series, it just has an incredible level of detail and for lack of better terms “Easter eggs”, yet so much ambiguity and openness to interpretation. Really and truly underrated! Year later rant over😂
Still crying about this fact... covenant was such a boring hybrid...
Unfortunately it came down to the Studio, they wanted to change the Direction. AC was not the Sequel he would have wanted.
@@DiegoMagengoI'm also late to the party on this thread. I get some of the criticism of this film but I love it. Scott always tried to say it wasn't a full prequel to Alien . It was more of a prequel to the lore of the whole universe. I was gutted about the flack that it got for not being an Alien film, so the studio jumped too far forward rushing the reappearance of the xenomorph. I really wanted more of the engineers after Prometheus as well as the other themes explored. Fassbender's David is an excellent character, bringing in feels of Ash from the original. The movie has such a great tone. I really hope Scott gets to complete this side of the story or at least expand on it. Proper sci fi.
My thoughts are, I'm still angry at Ridley over his pressure to cancel Alien 5. I got no problem with Ridley making movies except when he tries to chase new blood out of "his" yard
Aline 5 was never more than a few pictures, a bit of concept art. Who knows if it would have even gotten off the ground.
@@braxxian Ridley claimed there was no script, but at San Diego Comic Con in July 2016 both James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver said Blomkamp’s Alien script is “innovative, amazing and performs fan service. That and if there was no script then why would Weaver, Henn, Biehn and Henriksen be down to reprise their roles (or that's what I heard).
Agree, and it's not even his yard to even be pulling this bull.
@@braxxian bullshit.
Right. And although I love District 9 I have serious doubts about Bloomkamp putting together a decent story. Chappie is brutal
Time is flying by. A decade. Good lord. I still love the movie. I can have it playing in the background as I do other things and never get bored of it. Or just give it a full watch from start to finish.
Saw it in theaters, was super hyped. I convinced a buddy to go with me. I enjoyed it, though i had gripes, my buddy , not so much. Upon later viewings, i ended up loving it more and more. I love David, he's such an interesting character and really adds an element of mystery we havent had since Aliens.
Thanks for uploading the OG review of prometheus, you are truly a die hard Alien fan and i, amongst others truly appreciate your passion and uploads. Keep up the great work and as always, "Stay Frosty"
while I hold a large amount of disdain for all but two elements of this movie, I do appreciate your thoughts, commentary, and feelings and sharing them with your viewers.
I saw it on opening night. I remember being stoked to see this movie before and when it came out. There was even a cryptic website put out by the studio at the time. We (my friend and I) visited it often and tried to figure the clues out… with no luck of course. We were hoping it was a full on prequel but it wasn’t, and we were kinda bummed but it was okay. However, it was an amazing looking movie with a few bread crumbs and nods to the Alien trilogy that left us feeling good after. As a stand alone movie, I still think its great today.
A lot of ppl gave it tons of hate. I still like it even today.
I still like it too. It's not the best in the franchise but it doesn't deserve all the bs people fling at it.
Alien trilogy? There are 4 Alien movies.
@@SniffHeinkel …
I don’t care for Aliens Resurrection very much I sometimes forget it exists.
@@formallyknownasj.a.2074 Regardless of your feelings regarding Alien: Resurrection, it exists and has a fan base. And, in my opinion, it was far superior to Alien 3.
Shit it's been 10 years? Fuck. I had an amazing time with it at the cinema though :D
I just finished watching this last night. I really enjoyed it again. I love all these new situations/new worlds ridley scott makes as well as the questions of life we all ask “where do we come from?” I always think of these things as well. Also tentacle facehugger was freaky lol
I REALLY liked Prometheus. I wish he had stuck to his vision for the sequel that was to be titled "Paradise", but in both movies the studios made Ridley Scott bend to a more popular direction. This is a great sci fi movie that more appreciate now with time.
This is one of those movies that I have grown to love as I saw it more. I got lost in the lore, and the expanded universe. I really liked it, however, I could also see the critics points. The real critics, not the people paid to pander. I could understand where they were coming from, but I loved it none the less. I have a hard time with 10 years. Where does the time go? It feels like it is only a couple of years old.
The only fair critiques are the ones saying how Prometheus destroyed the headcanon most people had back then. I still love the direction the prequels took with AI and the act of creation, but I agree it can look lazy to connect the Space Jockey and the Xeno to humans instead of making it truly… Well, ALIEN.
10 years has flown by wow. I love this movie and was really bummed Noomi Rapace was not used in Covenant. I would put this movie in my top 3 alien franchise films.
Behind Alien & Aliens?
I'd say Alien 3 was better than this film. Just my opinion. 👍
Visually stunning as you professed and the imagination required to conjure up this story is very admirable. I've only got one major issue with the film, that being the physical activities Shaw performs after her cesarean section. Too unbelievable
To be honest, she keeps expressing physical pain and discomfort up until the last scene and if you watch closely hits herself up several times with the pain killers, even booze. I'm fine with it. I mean she's not jumping around like nothing happened.
My appreciation for this movie grew quite a bit over time. The first time I've seen it I thought it was riddled with plot holes, but now not so much. I think it was subtle in many ways. I would put it in my top 3 movies in the Franchise.
You were smarter when you were younger.
No one does anything logical in this movie, every action is to drive the plot forwards, no matter how utterly riidiculous it is. Sound, set design, camerawork are excellent, everything else is terrible.
@@M1ggins David’s character is great.
Similar to 'Alien', the characters are representative of certain emotional and ideological behaviors human beings have. All the talk about them acting irrationally is true, but its also the point. We are irrational, especially in difficult circumstances. Yes, the film has flaws but I feel the film has gotten better over time as well. I enjoyed the experience of it in theaters but never thought much of it beyond simple entertainment. But there's some depth to it and it's beautifully filmed. SRS used tricks from his earlier work like 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner', giving everything incredible detail with his "Layering" technique. I also love enough the continued use of practical effects. While the situation feels isolated, the film itself still has an epic quality to it by shooting in real locations whenever possible instead of relying on studio sets.
Test for true Prometheus fans
_assemble in chronological order_
A. Vickers, are you a robot?
B. Hands off!
C. Try not to bugger eachother
D. Its Christmas!
I Failed, I have no idea the sequence, but that still does not negate my love for this film. 👍🏼
D.
C.
A.
B.
@@TheAngmarwitch You deserve a Juggarnaut vacation with Vickers. Well done
@@blitzmotorscooters1635 as long as it doesn’t involve running away from large donut shaped spacecraft…I’m in!
One of the things I loved about Alien was the suspense. The "Jaws in space" aspect of the movie was perfect. From the face-hugger to the full grown alien, everything had its time. After Aliens, everything seemed rushed. One minute there was a face-hugger, and five minutes later there were eight full-grown aliens running around. Prometheus felt like it was going 100 miles an hour to me. Regardless of how well the film looked, I never could get past the feeling that the characters only did the things they did because it was in the script. It seems like they crammed a couple of films worth of material into Prometheus, and expected that and the special effects to carry the movie. It didn't. But I will say, it did look amazing.
Thanks for sharing the old review!
Aliens.... The 2nd movie by far was the best one for me. The whole Ripley as a mother figure... Battling the Queen. Dam so good. A strong female lead. She was so bad ass in that movie.
Rewatched recently. Loved it. I want more of this storyline and Engineer/Humanity backstory
So true.
Aaaah damn. Didn't even notice.
I can't believe how fast 10 years have gone! I appreciate you sharing your review , thanks 👍
I really love this movie. it's one of my favorites but my goodness does it have some big glaring bad moments hold it back.
And what's annoying is a lot of them are just the smallest Script changes or just visual changes.
Ten years have passed already
Dang I feel Ancient lol
I absolutely liked the movie it was decent i scenerio as well as great in effects and athmosphere
Fantastic movie. And I’m someone who didn’t like it when I first saw it. Over the years, I realized I loved it, and how it ties into Alien, and aliens. I liked Covenant too, and really hope Ridley finishes this “trilogy”. Give me more movies and shows in this same universe. Please!
Same here. Although I did like it when it first came out, I don't think I appreciated Prometheus until the second or third time I watched it. Now it's one of my favourite movies in the franchise.
You 2 must be gluttons for punishment.
@@MaliceAttention I've watched it more than once but a poor movie is still a poor movie. There is little to link it to Aliens beside the deacon scene that never really went anywhere and is flat out ignored in Alien Covenant. Prometheus does not link up with Alien and creates more plot holes and questions than answers. The comic books that expanded upon it did far better jobs with the lore.
I loved Prometheus. Thank's for the 10th Anniversary vid!!
I went and watched Prometheus at the cinema on its release and was suitably impressed. Even with the presence of the modern internet with its good/bad/indifferent critiques I wasn't going to miss it. In the weeks following, when I did take notice of the reviews, I was relieved to see many others were mystified by certain actions of the crew which are well known and I won't re-iterate here. All in all I was happy to see Sir Ridley back in the Alien fold and, almost definitely, laying the groundwork for more movies that would follow on.
But - and this is a big but (if you'll pardon the phrase) - I was not at all happy with the interpretation given for the identity of the ''Space Jockey''. I know from reading the many comments on the net that I am far from being alone with this viewpoint. Here I have to give some history going back to 1979 and the weeks/months leading up to Alien's release. Please bear with me...
Back in 1979 the only news about upcoming films were those given in magazines or, possibly, newspapers IIRC. From those word of mouth also spread. The thing about Alien was nobody knew much about it; pictures were scarce (certainly no give-aways of the monster), the plot seemed thin and everywhere you looked there was just the guarantee that you'd never seen anything like this and it would scare the shit out of you. I always find it hard to impress anyone of a younger generation just how unprepared we were and the level of anticipation. Very few people had heard of H.R.Giger, much less seen his art. I owned a copy of The Necronomicon (I still have it) and had been led to him by articles/artwork in OMNI. I was in my late teens and I remember going to great lengths to ensure neither of my parents came across it. I would no longer be welcome to stay under their roof if they did. And don't make the mistake of thinking there were any paintings relating to Alien in it, this was published well before 1979. Anyway, cut to 1979, sitting in trepidation as that (now infamous and much lauded) title unveils itself to a very creepy set of sound effects. We are introduced slowly to the spaceship Nostromo which wakens the crew. So far, so good, a fair chunk of time has already been taken up. But then, before too long, we see the derelict spaceship (is it a ship? Damn peculiar!) and we start to get the vibe that - maybe - we'd rather be elsewhere. The ship doesn't match our usual expectations. You'll notice that by now I'm totally identifying with the characters, the movie has me. They enter and I'm jumpy. Surely there's something waiting and it's unpleasant.
Like a jump scare that's drawn out over 20 seconds we view a monstrosity that seems ossified to its seat, a creature totally alien to us and threatening if only due to its size. Now if the movie had ended at that point I would have been happy. Here was something so far off the beaten track, so ALIEN, that it deserved its existence by that alone. And remember, this is before we meet the face hugger, the chestburster and then the worst monster in film history up to that moment. Scott just kept piling it on.
Over the years I've remained a fan and watched all the movies with varying degrees of admiration/disappointment but the question of the identity of the Space Jockey was never clarified. Then Scott said he would do just that. Now consider a quote from Ridley during the making of Alien where he complained that all monsters in SF films before Alien just looked like men in rubber suits (hence the Giger monster) it seems ironic to me that in Prometheus, by turning the Space Jockey into an Engineer wearing a bio-suit, he has both physically and conceptually turned the very first space monster of Alien into just that. I'm sorry but that won't wash. Apparently, in the Alien comic series, there is a race called the Mala'kak who sit above the Engineers in the cosmic hierarchy and who resemble exactly the Space Jockey. Shoehorn them in Ridley and restore my faith.
If anyone has made it this far, thank you for reading my memories as a wall of text and I hope you enjoyed them. Thank you to Alien Theory for giving me the impetus and all I'll say is
Derek237
You can open the pod bay doors now
Adieu
I really liked the new direction and ideas Prometheus and Alien Covenant brought forward. David was a terrifying villain with so much depth.
I STILL LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
So do I
Same!
Omg!! I agree %100. And I’ve watched ur review hundreds of times. U were the first and are still the best.
I love yr review from back then, I'm so glad others love this film
I love the first half of the movie - scenography, tension, effects, cinematography, music - just perfect. Then comes the second half and all falls apart like a house of cards. Sure, I still like to watch it, I even enjoy the second half, but the negatives are there for sure. This could be a fantastic sci-fi horror movie, but it ended to be just mediocre (not that bad as some are claiming) with too much forced philosophy. And... seriously... 10 years already...
It has its flaws , but 10 yrs holy shit.
Love this movie, just finished watching it,was never a fan until the engineers entered the picture ,made way more interesting
Good to see a Classic video of yours. Sure it was a little rough quality wise but it comes across as good as any video that you'd make today.
Glad you let us see you back in the beginning. Just now hearing your dialog back then I can tell you would be a hit
I had a good experience seeing it on my bday, two days after its release, on June 10th. My friends were shocked by the c section scene. But overall, we liked it. However, I would have liked some of the original ideas that have recently come out regarding this film to be used. The emphasis on AI being the villain and then the progenitor of the Alien in the Prometheus sequel, Covenant, spoiled what could have been something grander.
Wtf....10 years????? I still remember commercials on tv before it come out in theaters. I can't believe its freaking 10 years. My god how time flies
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed your narration and ideas.
I can't believe that it's been 10 years already. A lot has changed...
It's definitely a masterpiece. I just like you feel the same about this movie. I liked the fact that it was a humanoid that had a huge part in creating the Alien instead of some weird looking alien creature. A lot of fans hated that.
The large bald male (pale) is an actual type of alien. But we were created by a different alien race/beings. Yeah and black goo is real too, in a different way than the movie.
Definitely not. No masterpiece is so flawed.
Made space feel small and nature unscary. First movie space big unknown, a chance encounter with a fossilised pilot from across the galaxy who's race we'll never find again and nature scary as the xeno simply evolved as far as we know, like parasitic wasps drifiting in from a bottomless void.
But ok dey made humans then they made an android who designed the thing
Jesus…definitely not a masterpiece. Ridley hasn’t done that since bladerunner.
@@tau-ceti Stop embarassing yourself.
I feel the same way you do and have watch alien, aliens,prometheus, and covenant tens to hundreds of times. I wish they had used the other "Fifield zombie" rendering
This movie is so captivatingly beautiful. Fassbender's acting is brilliant. I liked hearing ur original review. Thanks for being brave enough to share.
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Omg that growl made me laugh harder than it should have. I started watching your comic reviews a year ago. I’m glad I subscribed
Prometheus: Interesting ideas, bad execution
Covenant: no ideas, worse execution
i don't think it's bad execution, i think its execution didn't live up to your idealistic expectations. seriously, give your head a shake
@@willznuts "oh no, a difference of opinion: attack! attack!"
@@Bale4Bond finish him!
@@Bale4Bond ATTACK! ATTACK! KILL THEM ALL! 🙂
@@Bale4BondI probably shared the same disappointed reaction as you did upon initial viewing; the only difference is that I eventually asked myself Why was I disappointed? Once I realized the answer to that, I found it to be one of the best science fiction movies of all time. Sure, it's got imperfections, but it made me think. I'm still thinking about it to this day and that's a powerful thing, man. PS You probably smell like something unpleasant! ha!
I really loved this one. It’s gotta rank third for me amongst the series. I liked that it explored some thought provoking ideas and didn’t just try to be a horror movie or just full of kills. I have ran into so many people who act like they absolutely hate this movie. It is a shame really and I guess it comes down to expectations for them. I had high expectations for the movie but also an open mind.
Thanks for sharing your old video, i dont make the same content but i love alien and you do inspire me. So yeah, nice video.
I applaud your relooking of Prometheus and your revisiting of the earlier review you did. Cool
10 years already.. tempus really fugits! It was a masterpiece for me from the start and remains up there with my sci fi favourites still. But i can't help wonder why they didn't insert all the sentences of dialogue between the resuscitated engineer and David, just as we read them later on and saw you on your channel as well as many others review the omitted lines from the actual script that were never included in any cut unfortunately. Cause that would've impacted the overall mood of the ending and meaning of that journey we went on with the Prometheus crew in a much more existential way and philosophy that was just not included. There were so many avenues after that which could've been amazingly explored but unfortunately never came to be realized. Covenant was such a disappointment for fans of both Alien and Prometheus. We got loads of biblical references with an Ark , all couples and in an attempt to reseed a new possible homestead through a ship named covenant of all names.. which '79 spoiler : got a distress signal from a nearby planet that they decide to inspect. We all saw and loved that movie before.. it was called *Alien* . If only Ridley could return to this universe which is so rich and open for exploration and questioning more of the historical and philosophical notions. Great post as always. Much respect.
big things have small beginnings
SOOOO Siked this came across my home screen!!!!
really neat getting to hear the old review; real quality
Got my own channel growing now and just wanna say , you’re still one of the only channels I still don’t miss a video. Get in bed , chilling , weekends and I stick the channel on. Always a joy and journey listening to your videos man
Respect and well done on all the hard work you have put in.
Holy shit, 10 years, I remember when I went to the cinema, I enjoyed it a lot.
Amazing!
very good movie, fine work on the small details as usual Ridley.. and all star actors, love it.
Noomi Rapace is aging like a fine wine:)that's all I've got:)...
10 years?God definitely has his foot on the accelerater!:)
Good video and you make some great points about strengths that Prometheus had, particularly on David.
The more I've seen the movie, however, the less I like it. It feels weaker and didn't really hold together or age well. Ancient Alien Marble Men, microwaving the Engineer head, etc, balanced hard against the great David arc, great visuals and ambitious plot. It ended up attempting to be thoughtful but fell well short, killing the real deep space horror of the unknown that the original Alien presented with deeply stupid lines like "100% DNA match" between humans and Engineers.
Fassbender's great performance as an android mimicking T.E. Lawrence is primarily what's brought me back to it.
The « 100% DNA match » is actually the dumbest thing about the prequels lol. But I still love them.
@@Infiny92 No, the 100% DNA match is part of a horror hinted at, but something not realized by the crew.
Think again about what you saw, and don't take for granted what Shaw 'chose to believe'. Shaw wanted to see an invitation left by a creator, so that's what she saw. What do you see when you look at the crude stick drawings?
Does it seem like an invitation done in a cramped cave by a 9ft extra terrestrial who has faster than light technology?
If not, then isn't the alternative explanation obvious? These drawings are a depiction of some of the tribe being shown where they will be taken.
That is why the workers in this dangerous isolated lab share DNA with humans. Their ancestors landed on LV 223 as cargo. That's the reason why there is breathable air in the sealed tunnel from the cargo hold to the chamber with the urns.
The 'engineers' themselves have been adapted to breathe far more toxic air. Remember, the one who chased Shaw had run across open ground for quite some distance. A normal human would have passed out in seconds and died in under two minutes given the amount of Carbon Monoxide in the atmosphere, but inside the dome the air was as clean as pre industrial earth, just as tribal humans would have been breathing.
We've not seen the masters of LV 223 yet, just the slave caste they bred to work in the biolab.
My thoughts exactly man. Perfectly conveyed. Thanks for the insight. I can’t wait to see your thoughts on Covenant these days. There’s a lot to appreciate in that film too.
I loved it then and I love it even more now for what it attempted to do. I think it was brave. I'm going to watch it again this weekend. Thanks for the video and channel. You are awesome!
I remember leaving the cinema feeling underwhelmed but my appreciation of it has only grown since. I saw it again at a screening a couple years later and it is a gorgeous looking movie and the score is so evocative. Me and a pal still quote David quoting Lawrence of Arabia!
I guess my only real beef is that we never got another movie with Noomi Rapace in it (not alive anyway).
I’m so happy that someone else loved Prometheus from the start! I could never understand the criticism. It’s such an intriguing and beautiful movie.
love youre videos all the way
One of my favorite movies of all time. I still get completely baffled that people don’t like it. Everyone is entitled to an opinion of course, but this movie is spectacular. Every time I watch, my love for the alien series gets re-ignited!
I love Prometheus
Beautiful cinematography,
And I like the angle he took with “where are we from”
Wow, has it been 10 years?! It’s a masterpiece and exactly for the reasons you mentioned in 2012.
I hadn't realized Prometheus had come to a decade of release. i never saw it in theaters , i got a copy and watched it. i find it a rather amazing film for the scope of ideas explored and the richness of the darkness it puts up on screen. i found that all teardowns of this film were based on it being an Alien prequel and seeing it through those eyes .. if you judge it by a film that's in the Alien universe but not bound by the other alien films , it becomes a very different experience that it should be.
I fine look by you sir from a decade of distance.
Honestly really cool listening to past you reviewing the film! You can definitely see all of the earlier passion and makings of what you do today. I actually really enjoyed Prometheus. I go back and forth with preferring it being a standalone film and with it connecting to the films. I mostly find myself preferring it as a standalone film.
I remember getting really excited for this because the last Alien movie I saw in the theater was Alien Resurrection (which was also at the time the only Alien Movie I saw in theaters.) I never have (and still to this day) watched any of the AVP movies, I didn't want to. I didn't see it opening night, I saw it a couple of weeks after. My girlfriend at the time and I saw it, I loved it, and like you, I was pretty perplexed why people pissed on this movie so much. I recall a Cracked article that tore it apart, but I don't remember the details. Didn't matter though, bought it on Blu-Ray as soon as it came out. Funny enough I hadn't watch the movie in a good 2 years, but last week got a wild hair up my butt and decided to dust off the Blu-Ray and enjoy it. I clenched my stomach when I saw Dr. Shaw rip the umbilical cord out of her, no matter how many times I see that movie, that particular seen can be hard to watch. Still a great movie, and an excellent presentation, I really enjoy your channel! Keep up the great work!
The lore about engineers was a brilliant idea - It was the first time a big budget movie pushed the 'alien astronaut' concept and themes of panspermia.
The wake-up scene of the engineer especially is one of the most chilling and ambient scifi moments Ive ever experienced, absolutely stunning.
Combined with subliminal messages of religious rituals, mysterious substances, the dangers of alien bioforms and awesome music makes it a great movie in my eyes aswell.
I've always enjoyed it. Nothing will ever live up to the ideas you've built up in your head, but this came pretty close. It takes a lot of ideas from the original Alien script that were abandoned, such as the preserved head.
Mr Theory - your review from 10 years ago is perfectly fine: thoughtful, insightful, intelligent and revealing. The technical issues with your audio which seem so huge to you are inconsequential. And it helped lead you to become Alien Theory! It's like an egg, shrouded in mist and bursting with potential. Well done, and thanks for sharing it again.
I was disappointed. I desperately wanted to love this movie. It's a beautiful movie, great cinematography, amazing effects. The philosophical questions were interesting. But the characters were so stupid, the writing was too full of itself, too many plot holes, and I hated that the space jockeys were basically human so we could have a stupid chariot of the gods thing. It felt so unimaginative, so uninspired. The story I thought I deduced from this biomechanical space jockey with no legs was far, far more interesting and alien than.... Space Jesus.
The alien creature felt real and alien. The engineers didn't.
Alien³'s killing off my favorite characters made me mad. Prometheus didn't make me mad, just disappointed. I don't mean to attack a movie anyone enjoys. If you love it, good far you. But for me it was very disappointing. I hope we can acknowledge its faults as well as its strengths.
man ridley scott is the GOAT. hope he makes another sci fi hit like bladerunner in his time
I enjoy your enthusiasm, it reminded me seeing ALIEN in the thearter 3x and every time I did, I wondered why I was putting myself through this again! LOL! It scared me every time! Loved it!
I was just watching this on the patio while painting the fence. I really like it. The characters are all deep and complex and describable as more than a name and an appearance.
So very happy you did this!!!! This film is my scifi fave for all these years now. I'm totally mystified more folks don't love it as much we do. The Engineers were so incredibly fascinating! I wish there was a director's cut where we could hear the full conversation between them all at the end. So much was cut! I hope Scott agrees to return to the Engineers again as I want to learn so much more about them! Noomi Rapace was so wonderful in this film! I loved her character and imagined her exploring the Engineer homeworld with David and finding the answers she was seeking, but alas Covenant went an entirely different direction which quite disappointed me. :( I, too, bought the soundtrack afterwards and still play it to this day! Most definitely should have at least received an Oscar nomination. I have watched this film so many times now I've lost track. I never tire of it. Much better than it's sequel Covenant, IMHO. I guess we'll never get that final prequel trilogy entry of Awakening. So sad and disheartening. :(
And this is where opinions differ greatly. I find the spacejockeys and the mystery around them much more interesting then having some musclebound Kratoses creating us for no reason and want to kill us for no reason. The premise of the movie is BS of the highest order and these are the dumbest "scientists" in the whole galaxy. Calling this a stupid b-movie is a big understatement and no mental gymnastics will make anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together believe that this is a well thought out movie because it isn't. I throws in philosophical questions to sound deep but because it doesn't really explore those it remains shallow as a puddle. I'm dismayed that they threw away the totally alien spacejockeys for bodybuilders in biomechanical space suits.
Glad you enjoyed it but for me, I'd prefer an actual TRUE prequel to the Alien series than whatever the hell Scott was smoking while making this story
He was getting older and completely lost track of his vision...the only thing good about Prometheus was the soundtrack and the visuals and that's it! They tried to modernize it for the modern generation and reduced the IQ of the characters so they would do things a 10 year old with a common sense wouldn't do. As a huge Alien fan I don't even want a prequel though...those huge creatures should remain a mystery forever...
@@xenomorphlover yeh that image tat the aliens were made by a human android.. what the?! besides all the terrible things in this film (not terrible scary... but terrible... just pathetic..) that was the worse..
it is like the recent dr who were they learnt the regenerating from killing a child over and over again - so glad i gave up watching dr who years before....
I too really loved this. I think it was well done
Nice to see some Prometheus love: my initial reaction was exactly the same as yours and I still regard the film highly. Covenant on the other hand is like an abstract idea I still can't quite get traction on.
I loved this movie, when I first saw it back in 2012 it blew my mind, it reinvigorated my love for the Alien series, I’ve been a fan since I was a lil kid.
It was the first Alien related movie I saw in the Theaters and I can still remember the hype I felt when I first saw the trailer, even saw Alien Covenant a few years after, I still have it on DVD, such great memories and such a great film despite the criticisms
I don’t care what anyone says. I love Prometheus. I’ve re watched it many many times
Without being dissected and considered a movie That belongs to the Alien Franchise, Prometheus is a CLASSIC Sy-fy Horror movie.
Loved it the first time I saw it in 2012 & I only love it more now, it's not a film it's an experience it bombards your senses.
Still my favorite film! I watch it way more than I should. It’s very easy to get lost in it.
Mhhm yes, the film that introduced the world to the "Prometheus School of Running". In hindsight, I'm not really fond of the story and some of the character motivations but Meredith Vickers in her skin-tight suit still mesmerizes me to this day...Absolute perfection on display, until she fails at the "Prometheus School of Running" which was a somewhat hilarious ending...
I liked Prometheus, but always think of that scene when I think of the film. "Just run to the side and you won't die"!
ok dude
Brings new meaning to a girl being flat...☺
This man is the best narrator of any video on you tube.a naturally gifted story teller.
Hey Alien Theory! Happy Birthday Prometheus!
Looks great sounds great and would have loved it had it been its own thing but I think they ruined alien and the lore by connecting it. The film alien has now forever been spoilt by having all the back story explained and all the awe and mystery taken away. As a stand alone I think it would have been great to have had a franchise about these really exploring who the engerneers are and why they made us and then made the bio weapon to destroy us ( I just wish that bio weapon was just the black goo that made people onto the zombies and not become aliens. There's just too many stupid things happening in it and it took me out of it. The map guy getting lost, the biologist guy trying to look at the snake thing, everyone taking their masks off even though there is air ( post COVID this is just really stupid) guy pieace being in it as an interesting character but being old so we don't see it and cutting out the interesting bits of him from the movie. Running round after stomach staples - no way. All these things took me out of it and made it look rushed and not thought out.
Your review was interesting to hear and not as bad as ya think.
This was the first Alien movie I was able to go to the Cinema to see and I was very disappointed. I was so hyped going in but when I left I was super bummed. Big letdown and yet I still went back for Covenant and was bummed out even more. I just want a great Alien movie to watch in the Cinema god dammit.
Too bad you never got to see the first one in a theater. Intense doesn't begin to cover it. I had to leave the first time I went to see it...went back again and gutted through it...albeit scared witless!😃
@@mantia39 i live in hope that one day someone will make a really good Alien movie and when they do I'll be there.
I think Prometheus is an absolutely fantastic movie, and I will NEVER understand the hate and Negativity that it received from some groups of over obsessed fans that you get with any film from the different Genres.
I loved Prometheus because it offered us something different and new, while offering all the stunning visuals that we have come to expect from a Ridley Scott Movie, and a great cast, headed by strong performances by Naomi Rapace, Idris Elba, and the ever reliable Michael Fassbender, they were all just brilliant!
A fantastic Music Soundtrack only further enhances the unique Prometheus experience, and I can’t enough of this film!
It’s a solid 9/10 for me folks!
Brilliant as ever…
Wow 10 years. Time flies