Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!
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View Poll Results: Are you going to watch prometheus?
Try and stop me! 28 36.36% Yes 35 45.45% No 9 11.69% If there is nothing else on 5 6.49%
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How F***ing cool?!I can't believe Ridley Scott hasn't made a sci-fi in 30 years especially since Blade Runner and Alien were arguably his biggest hits.
Anyway, it looks amazing and is my most anticipated movie this year, joint with The Dark Knight Rises. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!I've got a feeling the Avengers is going to be poor. There are so many characters I think they will struggle to give them all the screen time they deserve.(Original post by Tabris)
Though I'd put The Avengers slightly ahead of TDKR.
This films looks really cool though! The summer is looking good for films, although I would throw The Bourne Legacy in there, may not have Damon but Renner is a good replacement! -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!from the ad im a bit worried its gonna look too futuristic... for me part of the appeal of Alien was the way that even though it was set far in the future, everything was a bit clunky and and weather beaten. ties in to the whole sci fi thing that no matter how much we develop were always gonna be flawed. the neat, white prettyness of a lot of modern sci fi just doesnt do it for me
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!Looks good, but I want to see his adaptation of The Forever War, which is his next project (you wait thirty years for a Ridley Scott sci-fi and then two come along at once).
That's going to be aaaa-maaaa-ziiiing; I love the book. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How F***ing cool?!So it is in the alien universe i was wondering. Anyway it is on my "im gonna go see that on my own like a saddo as soon as i can"(Original post by Ape Gone Insane)
Looks fantastic.
There's been a drought of good space science fiction films since Sunshine and Moon and this has tie ins with the Alien universe. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!Most directors don't write their movies. Directing takes a lot of skill. The story is written, now you have to tell it.(Original post by Notethis)
It's not Ridley Scott's Prometheus. He didn't even write it. The completed film will owe more to the special effects team than it will to Scott. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!The actors tell the story, in an environment created by set designers or a special effects team. The director simply marshals everybody into their correct position and provides the editors and producer with a plethora of shots to choose from.(Original post by silent ninja)
Most directors don't write their movies. Directing takes a lot of skill. The story is written, now you have to tell it.
I didn't suggest most directors write their movies. I am implying that for it to be considered Scott's Prometheus, as the title suggests it ought to be, Scott should have at the very least co-wrote it. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!The fact that the director guides the actors and actresses as well as the technical teams and control the artistic direction and tone of the film - seeing as they have fingers in most if not all pies of the film's development - suggests they have more responsibility than most of the overall performance of the film. I'd say that justifies it...(Original post by Notethis)
The actors tell the story, in an environment created by set designers or a special effects team. The director simply marshals everybody into their correct position and provides the editors and producer with a plethora of shots to choose from.
I didn't suggest most directors write their movies. I am implying that for it to be considered Scott's Prometheus, as the title suggests it ought to be, Scott should have at the very least co-wrote it. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!The director doesn't have the technical expertise to guide the SFX teams, set and costume designers. Set designers design the set, if the director doesn't like it, they will design another set; there's minimal director input.(Original post by Mo-Amin)
The fact that the director guides the actors and actresses as well as the technical teams and control the artistic direction and tone of the film - seeing as they have fingers in most if not all pies of the film's development - suggests they have more responsibility than most of the overall performance of the film. I'd say that justifies it...
The director doesn't guide the actors and actresses; the script and their own talent do that. It's said that the director's role died with the advent of sound, because he could no longer instruct actors/actresses mid-shoot, and while saying the role is dead may be an exaggeration, it had certainly been diminished- to the extent that it is no longer reasonable to suggest it is a director's film. People only do it because they see it in the papers.
He certainly does act as an interface for different areas of the film industry- as you say, he has his fingers in every pie. Perhaps he should be called Interpersonal Relations Manager. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!If the director didn't like the set, he wouldn't just send them away for them to just make another set. He'd give them reasons why, he'd give them pointers, something to work with - a vision. I would've thought he guided them towards said vision, and then they, the technical experts, did the heavy lifting and smoothed out the bumps.(Original post by Notethis)
The director doesn't have the technical expertise to guide the SFX teams, set and costume designers. Set designers design the set, if the director doesn't like it, they will design another set; there's minimal director input.
The director doesn't guide the actors and actresses; the script and their own talent do that. It's said that the director's role died with the advent of sound, because he could no longer instruct actors/actresses mid-shoot, and while saying the role is dead may be an exaggeration, it had certainly been diminished- to the extent that it is no longer reasonable to suggest it is a director's film. People only do it because they see it in the papers.
He certainly does act as an interface for different areas of the film industry- as you say, he has his fingers in every pie. Perhaps he should be called Interpersonal Relations Manager. -
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Re: Ridley Scott's Prometheus: How ***ing cool?!Not only that but scriptwriters also leave a lot of interpretation open for the directors to use their ideas. You're right that directors are the creative centre of any film production, they even validate costume designs from costume makers. Dialogue gets changed to fit the actors. The director controls how the film looks visually and the tone, which means he gets the final say in the sets, the soundtrack and the actors. He may not be able to change a horror script set in space to a rom-com in London but he chooses to do this film. The script is just a guideline.(Original post by silent ninja)
Most directors don't write their movies. Directing takes a lot of skill. The story is written, now you have to tell it.
As for the thread topic, I really need to see Alien before I see this. I doubt seeing Prometheus before Aliens would be bad.Last edited by Snagprophet; 30-04-2012 at 01:45.
