Comments on: Prometheus – what a pile of shite

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:25:24 +0000

My suspension of disbelief broke, I’m looking on ebay to try to find a new one

Very good article.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:19:47 +0000

Testicles

By: alan

alan — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:27:25 +0000

That’s what we need – more Hulk movies!

I have tentative hopes for Judge Dredd. Tentative.

By: Hamish

Hamish — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:54:38 +0000

Ohgodohgodohgod…………. I… um….. quite liked it. Until talking with you Alan, I had not analysed it too much. Maybe I have an inbuilt protection device that blocks any bad Ridley Scott thoughts from surfacing. That device is now splashed to the four winds.
Incidentally, I just had a look at the Dredd trailer. Ohhh dear. Karl Urban seems to be aping Sly Stallone for some reason . Why didn’t they spend the money on making another Hulk reboot?

By: alan

alan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:20:57 +0000

Maintain the rage, B Djinn. I’ve addressed the subject of the raging debate in a more recent post. You’ll find it under the title of Maintain the rage.

By: Bleu Djinn

Bleu Djinn — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:47:28 +0000

Thank you Alan, excellent review and compilation of the PROMETHEUS debacle…I feel your disappointment and I like your categories of Allegory /Plot / Misogyny ….while nothing can save this movie and conversely mankind [as you can see I have excluded women for their own good]…I took a perverse pleasure in the upmarket wrappings of this turd of a cultural artifact…the audacity was mind boggling. It is on par with Stephen Sommers Van Helsing and I enjoyed both flawed epics immensely ….for PROMETHEUS the viral rage and debate it has provoked is in itself more interesting. Regarding Scott; he is a 75 yrl old man helming a 150 million dollar movie and while about as successful as Weyland in achieving his goals with 30 trillion……managed to stir up a shit storm that would put the red eye of Jupiter to shame. I still like the old bastard, the naked emperor himself…rock on baby boomer, don’t ever let it go…get down in that arena and battle it the fuck out! For the Lost writer, JJ Abraham collaborator AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON PROMETHEUS i save my particular kind of black goo…I actually loved Star trek 2009 [ there were some ridiculous things but greatly outweighed by real emotional clout-he didn't write this one though ]…but yes executive producer is a credit that is little understood by Australian audiences…Americans take the word EXECUTIVE very seriously…no doubt there was pandering and the LEGEND was given his dues…But Damon Lindelof WROTE and EXECUTIVE PRODUCED that little face fucking flick…and may he meet his CREATOR as we met them in his abomination…

Plot-0; Character-0; Hard Science-0; Misogyny-10; Allegory-10

= 20%

The trick to watching this movie …is not minding that it hurts.

Live Long and Panspermia

B. Djinn

By: alan

alan — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:17:46 +0000

I’m still dubious about the new Dredd film, but I’m hoping for the best!

By: shaolin_monkey

shaolin_monkey — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:47:55 +0000

I feel your pain. I also agree that if a giant wheel is rolling towards you, you DO NOT run the same direction the wheel is going. Stupid stupid stupid scene, amidst other scenes also remarkable for their complete idiocy. Fuck me, after this disappointment, Dredd had better be bloody good!

By: Terry Ervin

Terry Ervin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:35:20 +0000

Sounds like the movie would be prime fodder Mystery Science Theater 3000, if it were still creating episodes.

By: alan

alan — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:04:10 +0000

Yep. And disappointed doesn’t begin to describe it.