Comments on: Watch: Even More New Footage In Latest ‘Prometheus’ Featurette That Asks “Where Do We Come From?” https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-even-more-new-footage-in-latest-prometheus-featurette-that-asks-where-do-we-come-from-20120501/ Fri, 13 May 2016 12:32:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: DJCJ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-even-more-new-footage-in-latest-prometheus-featurette-that-asks-where-do-we-come-from-20120501/#comment-78847 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:32:14 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/watch-even-more-new-footage-in-latest-prometheus-featurette-that-asks-where-do-we-come-from-110885/#comment-78847 It actually wouldn't surprise me if Scott, being the cunning old warhorse that he is, is potentially throwing a few curveballs at us in these trailers and that we are lulled into knowing (or think we know) the general plot. Additional sequences may have been shot for use purely in promotional material that may not be seen in the final cut (that's hardly a precedent – has been done countless times before). Even careful editing of trailers and ordering of scenes can give viewers a false sense of knowing what the plot might be. All we might be witnessing in these trailers are merely multiple sub-plots and that the main plot/antagonist has yet to be seen.

I find it difficult to believe that Scott would be wanting to reveal the plot to all and sundry before the film is released – especially given the lengths he's gone to to keep the film and its storyline a secret……or is it just wishful thinking on my part?!

]]> By: Ted https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-even-more-new-footage-in-latest-prometheus-featurette-that-asks-where-do-we-come-from-20120501/#comment-78848 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:32:14 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/watch-even-more-new-footage-in-latest-prometheus-featurette-that-asks-where-do-we-come-from-110885/#comment-78848 First thing, does anybody else think that Ridley Scott gives incoherent interviews? Every interview I see of him is either non-sensical or self-contraditory. Even in just a few seconds of a clip we get a taste. Around 1:15 he claims the film isn't speculation, but it's about "what there may be out there" … uh, what?

I think I'm going to stop watching these trailers and featurettes. We're still a month out from the release and it seems like we are getting bombarded with footage and hints that give away a bit too much. Also, the more footage I see, the less I'm am convinced by their constant insistences that this is not an Alien prequel. I'm sure it will work fine as a stand-alone film, but I'm just guessing that (though not speculating!) that the marketers involved want to distance the film from the original Alien because they fear the young, male demographic they are targeting may be unfamiliar with the original 1979 Alien film – which, if true, is a bogus argument because young male audiences will go to any movie that has a cool trailer with screaming, stuff blowing up, and a hot blonde like Charlize in it.

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