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22 March 2012

the fact that I hadn't seen this yet.. [More:]
Means I really have been too out of the loop. Wow. I didn't even know this was being made. Want to see this right now.
I'm not sure if I want to see this or not. And hi. Long time no see.
posted by arse_hat 22 March | 02:53
I read some time ago that Scott was working on an "Alien" prequel, but I didn't know he'd finished it. Wow, that looks interesting. (I'm a big fan of "Alien.")
posted by BoringPostcards 22 March | 06:28
I can't watch any more previews for this. I want to be surprised.
posted by Splunge 22 March | 06:57
The original Alien trailer is one of the best (and scariest) ever made. I love that the new trailer uses that same screeching sound in the background. I'm impressed at the cast although it's hard to beat the cast of Alien. Seriously: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto?
posted by octothorpe 22 March | 07:57
Looks like another Avatar to me.

sorry
posted by mullacc 22 March | 09:43
Some fan art for the film.
posted by BoringPostcards 22 March | 10:29
Idris Elba! Idris Elba! IDRIS ELBA!
posted by Elsa 22 March | 13:29
That preview is delightfully scary (the soundtrack has the hair standing up on the back of my neck). Can't wait to see the film.
posted by deborah 22 March | 15:17
Idris Elba! Idris Elba! IDRIS ELBA!


Well, did she appear?
posted by Splunge 22 March | 16:09
Well, did she appear?

He, baby. He.

I had forgotten that the extraordinary (and until recently, criminally overlooked) Idris Elba was in Prometheus until he appeared in the trailer, at which point I remembered why I had been SO VERY EXCITED about this flick months ago. (Also, Alien is a favorite of mine, so I'm hesitantly hopeful that this will have some of the same magic.)

After "The Wire," I was so discouraged by how many of the series' very fine black actors dropped back off the map when they should have been headed for stardom. For a while, I made a half-hearted effort to watch some of Idris Elba's films, but too many of them were just plain awful, or he was only in them for a few lines.

There's no reason for this guy not to be an enormous international star: fantastic actor, strikingly handsome, great range, and comedy chops to boot. I really hope that's finally happening for him.
posted by Elsa 22 March | 16:32
I recognize the name but I don't really remember his character in The Wire. I gave up on the show after the first season, was he in it that year?
posted by octothorpe 22 March | 16:43
I'm prepared for disappointment but this movie could be half as good as the first Alien was and it would still be the best sci-fi movie I have seen in years so I am just going to try to go in with reasonable expectations.

At least it is almost guaranteed to be visually impressive from start to finish. I am tempted to try to see it in a 3D theater but I think the closest one is 2 hours away so not sure if I can bother to do that. Maybe if I see it and I am blown away, then I'll go to the trouble on a second viewing.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs 22 March | 16:55
octothorpe, Elba plays Stringer Bell, who is one of the chief characters in Season 1. Here's his first appearance, early in the first episode, where McNulty sees him watching a trial; Stringer Bell's the suited fellow with the legal pad.
posted by Elsa 22 March | 17:17
Hmm, I don't remember him at all, but the show didn't really make much of an impression. Mostly I just remember the white detective with the bad American accent.
posted by octothorpe 22 March | 17:35
Well? Did he appear? ;-p
posted by Splunge 22 March | 17:56
Must resist Prometheus advertising so I remain completely surprised. Let's see how long I can be on the net without knowing anything about the project.
posted by MonkeyButter 22 March | 18:20
I only know Elba from watching Luther, so hearing him rocking the down-home 'merican drawl is pretty funny.
posted by Thorzdad 23 March | 17:04
This one's for you, Deborah || Freak Snowstorm in S. Willamette Valley Yesterday

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