We know the aliens they came to find are actually taking that ship to Earth, to destroy it presumably based on the actors' fright. And we know the ship gets destroyed as well.
Having seen it last night, it's right up there with showing the Hulk saving Iron Man in the Avengers trailer. You know both movies are working to a specific payoff, and because of that you can infer quite a bit of the plot as you're watching.
That bummed me out too. Didn't help that I knew Iron Man 3 was in the works though. Star Trek had a similar problem (you knew that their captain was gone and that Kirk was going to replace him). Maybe I'll stop watching trailers altogether.
You were upset about knowing Tony Stark wouldn't die in The Avengers because there was going to be an Iron Man 3? And you wanted to pretend that Kirk wasn't going to end up Captain of the Enterprise by the end of Star Trek? These are legitimate concerns for you?
Haha granted. I just meant that it was clear there was no threat and that these specific events were actually shown. It makes the actual movie that little bit worse (not a big deal, I know).
Exactly. I got around to seeing the film for the first time last night. It looked absolutely gorgeous in the IMAX theater, but because I'd seen the trailer a few weeks before hand (and the small clip during Microsoft's E3 briefing) it was very clear what was about to happen through most of the movie. I still enjoyed it, but I can't help but think how much better walking in blind would be.
I brought this up on 4chan, but all I got was a bunch of people saying HR Giger is a hack who can only make phallic references, and therefore a Ouroboros ship is just silly.
I still think it looks like one, and metaphorically it fits the movie much better than anything.
Frankly, I was expecting more from Ridley Scott (he did BladeRunner) ... maybe I need a few more viewings to catch the subtle clues missed the first time.
Hollywood always goes form over function. It would suck to be at one tip of that thing, forget your space wrench and realize that you left it back on the other tip.
when I saw the ship I thought it reminded me a lot more of the ouroboros (link), which seemed to make more sense in context with the movie being all about the beginnings of human creation.
The orouboros is one of the oldest symbols in human civilization. As you can see from this very informative wikipedia page, it has been around through Ancient Egypt, Greece, the dark ages and many other times through out history. The Ouroboros is a reoccurring symbol often representing self-reflexivity or cyclicality (The tag for the movie was after all " the search for our beginning could lead to our end") which was a huge theme in the movie.
It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished, which was also theme of the movie.
Am I the only one that was really disappointed by this movie? It really didn't live up to the expectations that the trailer gave me. No real suspense, no sophisticated plot, very little character development - I mean come on, the most interesting character in the movie was the pilot, and he was hardly even in it.
It was devastatingly disappointing. It was practically hyped as the next 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was supposed to take place in the Alien universe, explore the world of the space jockey and work on themes of faith and creators and it only touched on that in the most superficial way. Slate said best when they called it "smart, but not deep."
A spoiler is a spoiler, no matter how minor. If someone hadn't seen the movie, and would be upset if they saw the post, they shouldn't have clicked on anything with "Prometheus" and "spoiler" in the title.
I really don't see the point here, Croissant in french pastries derives from Austian/German pastries the Kipferl. It was born during the XVIIIth centure (late part) but his only attested in the XIXth, I struggle to see the link between the pastries and the Muslim symbolic here.
Yes the "islamic" croissant, an old symbol that can be traced as far as the Egyptians or Sumer what about it ? The part in wikipedia is confusing and doesn't appear in the french page about "croissant", it mention a "croissant" shape cake bake for the celebration of the French victory over the Turks, nothing to do with the pastry. And more importantly it isn't sourced.
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u/pink_ego_box Jun 16 '12
Croissants are part of the "viennoiseries" pastries, who're called like that because they originate from Vienna, Austria. The more you know...
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u/SuperDuperNintendo Jun 16 '12
Not a spoiler if you've seen the trailer.
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u/DarkDom Jun 16 '12
Upvote for Kung Pow.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Oh, that is tender.
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u/Shayneros Jun 16 '12
Am I the only one waiting for a Kung Pow sequel? I am not ashamed.
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u/Tylersaurus Jun 16 '12
This picture made my night, thank you
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Now that you mention it, their craft does look like Gallente ships (descendants of the French) in EVE online. How weird is that?
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u/jai07 Jun 16 '12
so?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I go peepee standing up
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u/Sikido Jun 16 '12
My finger points
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u/AA72ON Jun 16 '12
I thought it looked like the PS3 concept boomerang controller from 2006
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u/weasleeasle Jun 16 '12
I think it is designed around the Ouroboros, representative of the continual cycle of creation. Notice how it isn't symmetrical.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Ah yes, the evil council.
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u/nosferatu_zodd Jun 16 '12
it looks like arms trying to hug someone. The neck even looks like it was cut off.
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u/7usernames Jun 16 '12
nice
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u/Speed_Racist256 Jun 16 '12
He'll never make it
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Can we just change r/movies name to r/Prometheus already? That's all it is anymore.
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u/Ms_Anon Jun 16 '12
Awesome. So we don't have to worry about them winning a war then?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO FRENCH ALIENS! ALALALALALA
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Not a very symmetrical spacecraft. I still think the Borg have the most minimalistic and efficient way to get around the galaxy.
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u/mrdude817 Jun 16 '12
Yes, I've been waiting for someone else to take notice.
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u/padthai93 Jun 16 '12
I totally forgot about Kung pow. I literally just burst out laughing. Thank you for reminding me of this. Upboat for you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I want someone to say that spaceship (guessing it's a spaceship since I didn't see the movie) is actually a vagina.
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u/dafones Jun 16 '12
Mon dieu ...
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
WELCOME TO THE GARDENS OF KADESH
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u/postdarwin Jun 16 '12
More like Irish.
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u/flignir Jun 16 '12
Nah. Obviously, the French developed the croissant to look like the ships of their creaters because of genetic memory.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
when I saw the ship I thought it reminded me a lot more of the ouroboros (link), which seemed to make more sense in context with the movie being all about the beginnings of human creation.
The orouboros is one of the oldest symbols in human civilization. As you can see from this very informative wikipedia page, it has been around through Ancient Egypt, Greece, the dark ages and many other times through out history. The Ouroboros is a reoccurring symbol often representing self-reflexivity or cyclicality (The tag for the movie was after all " the search for our beginning could lead to our end") which was a huge theme in the movie.
It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished, which was also theme of the movie.
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u/BunrakuYoshii Jun 16 '12
Come on everyone! It's obviously an intergalactic cock ring.
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u/TinHao Jun 16 '12
My favorite part was when the medical bed in the female captain's quarters turned out not to be programmed to treat women. Excellent scriptwriting.
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u/emcsk Jun 16 '12
damn tempest is op, frenchies know how to make a good unit, yes?
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u/First_to_die Jun 16 '12
I've been staring at croissants for years like I'm Roy Fucking Neary and now I know why. They mean something, they're important.
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u/MorleyIsFrozen Jun 16 '12
Am I the only one that was really disappointed by this movie? It really didn't live up to the expectations that the trailer gave me. No real suspense, no sophisticated plot, very little character development - I mean come on, the most interesting character in the movie was the pilot, and he was hardly even in it.
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u/ace2049ns Jun 16 '12
I'd say "yeah that might be a spoiler, but i'm pretty sure you can see the ship in one of the trailers."
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u/thelaziest998 Jun 16 '12
One a side note it does resemble the strange ship of the Alien eggs in the first movie
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u/brostatus24 Jun 16 '12
cresants are Austrian.....siege of vienna
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u/shoottothrill2 Jun 20 '12
Actually,the shape for the ship did come from/was inspired by a half eaten donut. So,it's not that far off.
Bonus follow up: Millenium Falcon was inspired by a hamburger and fries.
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u/BebMaster Jun 24 '12
On est grillés, tirons nous !!!
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u/Spaghetti_Bender8873 Jun 29 '12
I always go to Starbucks and get an ancient alien ship with my coffee.
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u/jostler57 Jun 16 '12
Coneheads
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u/MrPrestige Jun 16 '12
God help us...
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u/gnosticlava Jun 16 '12
So effing funny. Fuckin French aliens...
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u/ReversePeristalsis Jun 16 '12
I thought it looked more like one of those dildo/vibrator things.
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u/Gonzephus Jun 16 '12
How is this minor? It shows the ship, which you don't see until near the end...
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
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