**Minor spoilers – watch at your own risk
I’m having difficulty putting into context just how badly I want to see Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. Say my grandmother was kidnapped by terrorists and held for ransom on June 8. It would be unfortunate, and I would be sad for her. But we’re going to have to deal with that shit in the AM. Because A. I never negotiate with terrorists, and B. Have you seen this trailer?
Which brings us to this clip of Prometheus (the name of the ship) landing on a planet not-at-all-dissimilar to the one Scott visted in Alien. Oddly, I get more of an Event Horizon vibe from this scene:
Am I the only one who finds Idris Elba’s thick Texas accent out of place? He sounds like a medicated Jim Varney as Slinky Dog from Toy Story. I’m hoping it’s less jarring once I’m dialed in to the film on release day. I happen to like Elba and Scott’s earned my trust at this point. Prometheus drops in the first week of June.
Source: iTunes
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Actually seems like a completely different planet. The one in Alien had raging storms and a more rugged terrain. This one seems much more serene with a totally different color palette. Maybe a different moon orbiting the same large planet in Alien.
What’s the spoiler?
The spoiler is how he would not save his grandmother from terrorists.
Looks really good, but I hope the approach and landing don’t happen nearly as quickly in the actual movie. I want all that taking place over the course of at least 5-10 minutes. I’m hoping for a nice, slow, tension-building pace for this, like in the original.
I would probably care more about this if I saw it in the film, but for a stand-alone clip it’s like I was waiting for a xenomorph to jump off a cliff and scurry into the turbine which causes the obligatory hull breach chirping.
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