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Writer Adrian Bott has posted an extremely detailed and well thought-out ideas on what’s really going on in Prometheus.
I’m not going to post an excerpt, as out of context it won’t mean much, and to post too large a section may spoil things.
Click here to read more – but DO NOT read until you’ve seen the movies, as it is riddled with spoilers!
Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts. The film stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Patrick Wilson and Kate Dickie, and is now on release around the world.
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Our Alien T-Shirt contest has now closed.
Here’s reminder of the questions and answers we were looking for.
- Before being brought in by 20th Century Fox to write the sequel to Alien, James Cameron had directed just one film. What was it?
- What’s the name of the dog in Alien 3?
- Alien Resurrection star Brad Dourif had the lead role in which other hit horror franchise?
We’d like to give a special thanks to late entrant Dan Simmons, of Tea Design, who gave the following, sadly wrong but nevertheless highly immaginative, answers:
- Brian the robot killer from da future
- Spottywoofbark
- Flipping heck what’s that crawling up my leg 2
And now, on to our winners:
- Ian Simpson, Whitstable, UK
- Brian Carter, Brooklyn, USA
- Gary Healey, Limerick, Ireland
- Gonzalo Martinez, Leon, Spain
Many thanks to all who entered this and our previous contests. We’re giving them a rest for now, but will hopefully be back with more soon!
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Just a reminder that there are just 5 days left to enter our contest to win one of 6 copies of the excellent Alien Vault book.
You can read our review here, our chat with author Ian Nathan here, and enter the contest here. Good luck!
If you can’t wait, or don’t feel lucky, you can buy a copy in the UK from here for just £16.99, and in the US from here for just $23.10.
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In all the excitement over Prometheus, it also slipped our mind that we also keep an eye on the Predator franchise.
With that in mind, check out the work of Shawn Snyder, and extraordinarily talented Lego sculptor, who has built a stunning collection of Lego Predator sculptures. You can see a few below, and the full collection here.
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The release is still some way off, but Fox has now started the marketing for Prometheus with the launch of new pages on Facebook and Twitter, which you can access here:
Twitter
Facebook UK
Prometheus is directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay by Damon Lindelof, based on an earlier, abandoned Alien prequel script by Jon Spaihts. The film also stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Logan Marshall-Green, Ben Foster and Kate Dickie, and is due for release on June 8th 2012.
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Due to lack of available time to keep their respective sites up to date, we have some domains for sale. Click here for more information…
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Predators hits UK Blu Ray and DVD on Novermber 1st.
The 3-Disc Blu Ray can be pre-ordered herefor just £17.99, and features the film in Blu Ray, DVD and digital versions, with the following special features:
- Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal
- Tactics of War: Featurette
- Fox Movie Channel Presents Making A Scene
- Motion Comics
- Deleted & Extended Scenes
- Evolution of the Species: Predator Reborn
- The Chosen: Character Featurette
The 2-Disc DVD is just £12.93 here, and features:
- Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimrod Antal
- Tactics of War: Featurette
- Fox Movie Channel Presents Making A Scene
- Theatrical Trailer
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After being released to generally positive reviews, and respectable box office, it seems that Fox’s gamble on a mid-budget Predators film has paid off, as IGN reports, according to producer Robert Rodriguez, they are now likely to request another chapter.
Speaking at Comic-Con, Rodriguez said:
[The studio] said, ‘Let’s do some other ones. What other story ideas do you have?’ Because it was like, let’s test out the market with this one. They really wanted it to be pretty contained, pretty scaled-back. They didn’t want to put too many of the ideas into it that we could save for a second one. So we could see what the appetite was, because the bigger movie would actually be what comes following that. That kind of sets up a new storyline, new location and world, and then you can really go crazy from there.
Rodriguez says the next step it to now work with writers to to flesh out the ideas he currently has. Considering the quick turn-around for the current film, it might not be too long before we get Predators 2
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Predators
Predators is now out in the wild.
The weekend box office was respectable, but not stellar – perhaps potential viewers had been put off by the atrocious AvP movies that preceded it…
Anyway, reviews around the net, as well as in print, were generally positive.
According to Massawyrm at Ain’t It Cool News:
… it is the sequel that the original PREDATOR always deserved. It is faithful, fun, loud and hits every note that you want out of a PREDATOR film. More importantly, it is without a doubt the very best PREDATOR sequel thus made, one that will make you completely forget that the property was nearly buttfucked into oblivion by the unholy pairing of it with the ALIEN series …
Awesome summer fun, this is the film that will wash the taste of the AVP series out of your mouth and remind you why you dug this series so much in the first place…
Capone on AICN also had fun:
I thought this fairly faithful sequel to the original PREDATOR got the job done, and I had a blast watching a group of seriously talented and fun actors get put through the paces on a game preserve planet being hunted by a handful of predator creatures…
My only complaint was that I would have liked a few more surprises in terms of who lives and dies. It’s pretty clear from the first 10 minutes who’s going to make it to the end of the film and perhaps live to fight more predators in a possible sequel.
The team at CHUD were all pretty much in agreement in their review:
an adrenaline-fueled action film that has more than enough dismemberments, explosions, and f-bombs, with ample artillery, sweat, and masculine posturing to be a memorable night out during a truly drab summer…
Predators is the ultimate fan flick, except it’s been made by pros. The concept is threadbare, extremely so for a major motion picture. The idea is that of a child’s with a handful of toys thinking of the quickest way to get down to business. It’s even more raw and basic than the plot of the first Predator. Tough guys sent to an alien world to be hunted by the fan favorite monster. Without a one stop shop like Robert Rodriguez pulling the strings something like this could never get past the focus group studio mentality of today…
Meanwhile, according to the folks at Empire Magazine:
A solidly okay Saturday night effort, but unambitious considering the talent involved. Maybe Rodriguez should direct Predator Resurrection, but get a science fiction writer to script it.
So, what did you think? Share your thoughts below…
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