Prometheus Forum - General Discussion

Movies you dislike

pro_metheus_fan — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:32:34 -0400

Seeing as john has the essential movies list i was wondering what movies have you seen that you dislike?

Can be as many as you like but.............................................NO PROMETHEUS!, for obvious reasons

Also this is a light hearted thread guys, more jovial then anything else, it's just what personally doesn't float your boat, none of the movies you post on here are necessarily bad, just films that you don't like for whatever reason

Funny Pictures Thread.

Jonesycatpants — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:32:21 -0400

.GIF Wars 'The battle for Middle Earth is about to begin...'

carolerious — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:41:40 -0400

You asked for it ...

RULES OF WAR

1. You do not talk about gif wars.

2. You do NOT talk about gif wars!

3. If someone says, 'stop' or goes limp, the war is over.

4. Only one war at a time

5. No shirts, no shoes.

6. War will go on as long as it has to.

7. If this is your first night in .Gif Wars, you have to post!

* Please try to avoid posting more than two consecutive gifs, as it becomes tedious to follow!*

Best movie shootouts and action scene's

pro_metheus_fan — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:49:42 -0400

What are your favourite action scene's that involve firepower or explosives?, they can be anything from westerns to animated movies, post a clip if you can find one or just name a scene from a movie

Your perfect scary movie? (or what scares you?)

pro_metheus_fan — Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:56 -0400

I've looked around the forum a bit and found some threads that ask people what there favourite horror movies are and recommendations and i have also had discussions across various threads as to what makes a film scary.

So my question is this, what scares you? What kind of horror movies do you like and why? What in terms of story or technique gets you, is it psychological horror like the silence of the lambs?, supernatural horror like paranormal activity, poltergeist, the exorcist? more violent horror like the hostel movies, found footage movie's like blair witch.

This isn't a thread for bashing horror movies either just a thread for people to discuss what scares them in a movie and why, so if you were making a horror movie what kind of film would it be, would it be more like texas chainsaw or would it be more like dracula. I think it would be cool to have a general discussion about what scares people or keeps them on the edge of there seat. You don't even have to name a movie you like it's more of a what conventions work. For instance i have heard people say alien and the descent is claustrophobic etc.

I would just like to get a good idea of what for you makes a perfect scary movie, also if you want discuss where you think or feel movies fail, like with alien people say it is good that he didn't reveal to much of the monster whereas in alien 3 i have heard people complain about the cgi etc.

Unfortunately for me i'm very unmoved by horror films, i don't find them scary for whatever reason so i'm interested as to why they work for you?, which also in a way plays into the whole suspension of disbelief thread that pritzker made.

The ^ < v Game!

fifield — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 03:01:56 -0500

Here's a fun posting game I ripped from another forum I used to be a part of some four hundred years ago.

Anyway, it's really fun, don't know if it'll take off but I'll give it a shot, huh?

Okay, this is how it works.

^ = Answer the question from above

> = Give a thought about your day or what you're up to right now.

V = Ask a question for the next poster!

So for example, a post would work like this.

Say that question is asked like "what color shirt are you wearing"

^ Purple

> Today was fun!

V What is your biggest fear in life?

So let's get this started! I'll pose the first thing.

^ There was nothing above thing

> I hope this thread takes off

V Who is your favorite director?

celebrity jerks

pro_metheus_fan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:52:04 -0500

I have seen a few appreciation threads on the forum for celebrities or actors that prometheusforum users like, but there isn't a thread for those celebrities we dislike.

So here is one.

Rules, you have to name one celebrity you dislike the most at this point in time and post a picture of them and give a reason, please no arguing.

For example

Which movie stars past or present do you have the hots for?

pro_metheus_fan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:49:51 -0400

Which movie stars float your boat?

Post a name or a pic of a celebrity you think is hot from any point in movie history

For example here are some of mine

Raquel welch

Eva mendez

Hallie berry

Sofia vergara

Rosario dawson

Olga kurylenko

Claudia cardinale

Misc News And Current Events

kjohnson26 — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:10:53 -0400

Just a place for some general commentary:

At least the North Koreans were unable to blow up Viscal with their big missile this morning! Maybe they wanted to take out this site because they are mad about the Prometheus speculations.

Oh, Happy Friday the 13th!!!! Seems to be working out in unexpectedly good ways.

Favorite Youtube Videos

Viscal — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:08:04 -0500

Whatever you want: post your recommended or recently liked YT vids

Have you seen UFOs?

Brandon_XenoPredFan — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:56:12 -0400

Well, how do I begin? OK, first off, I believe in aliens & UFOs for a very long time I have had experiences witnessing UFOs. Below is My sightings. I have called MUFON and they were no help and the investigate I had, she looked for further info but then she said she has better cases to do. I called S.E.T.I. and they don't see anything. I called NASA a few times and they never can confirm what I have seen. I ask do you have or anybody have satellites or space stations up there that is visible from My area an they said no, we have nothing there and no did we see anything on our radar and so on. Well, I always feel alone. The MUFON message board was no help either and I thought maybe you guys here would have an interest and maybe actually have seen the same ones or sightings that is similar like Mine or even more significant?

I hope you guys believe Me cuz I ain't joking around here, I am not one to joke around and make up stories. My sightings below is the honest truth. They are what I posted to MUFON and talked about to others with a couple recent ones that I didn't waste My time reporting to them or anyone because I feel it will be the same old answer. Please read it and see what you think and reply with you explanations or experiences, thanks!

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PREVIOUS SIGHTINGS & INFORMATION

I saw this UFO on August the 30th, 2008 at 2:15 in the AM CST in St. Louis. It appeared to be just a plane with regular lights and such so I wasn't excited about it at first. It was high up like the vapor-trail jets. Then several seconds later all of a sudden it changed. From regular blinking lights to one big bright light that resemble like a planet. It was traveling slow and then it transformed again into fading lights which appeared to be fading in and out which seemed like it was flying even higher. When it was further down south a shooting star-like object shot next to it. Shooting stars can't control their speeds but this one did. It was going slow and then it hurried up and zoomed off! I'm not sure what that was but I think that the one that transformed was a hybrid ship being built at Area 51 with alien technology but flown by humans. This craft made no sound at all and I saw it for a couple minutes. I am now aware to looked at even what appears to be regular Earth air vehicals as this really fooled Me! Did anyone else see this activity at the same time or date I did? Let Me know!

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This happen on August 25th, 2008 around 9:30 PM Central Time in Saint Louis. I'm a usual stargazer as I love to look at the sky and admire its beauty in our front yard. I have had UFO experiences previously so I also go outside to see if I can see any activity up in the sky. (Please read below for more!). I saw this star-like UFO traveling North West. It was extremely high up. It seemed hundreds if not thousands of feet above the atmosphere. It has no blinking lights as it looked like a star. It was traveling straight and slow and then it slowly disappeared because of the streetlight. When I saw it I was excited and had My eyes on it for most of the time and I knew it wasn't a plane and then with further observing I knew it wasn't any earth vehicle or satellite, it was one of them!This happen on August 11th, 2008 around 9:30 PM Central Time in Saint Louis. I'm a usual stargazer as I love to look at the sky and admire its beauty in our front yard. I have had UFO experiences previously and I also go outside to see if I can see any activity up in the sky. (Please read below for more!). I saw this star-like UFO traveling down south. It was extremely high up. It seemed hundreds of feet above the atmosphere. It has no blinking lights as it looked like a planet. It was traveling straight and slow and then it slowly disappeared which appeared the object had cloaked. When I saw it I was excited and had My eyes on it for most of the time and I thought is that a plane and then with further observing I knew it wasn't any earth vehicle or satellite. I have had many experiences like this in the past since 2001. I have seen several like this one this year. I seen a ginormous UFO a few weeks prior which appeared to be as big as Jupiter traveling north which behaved like the one I saw on the 11th. I have seen these behave different in many ways. I have seen them travel back and forth, and cloak and uncloak like a peek-a-boo or a now you see Me, now you don't game. I have recently seen one that was going down east which the entire object was flashing but it was a very slow flashing characteristic. Now, I have seen two that were not like these a couple years ago. These were on two separate days. They both were extremely high but had a very unusual red flashing characteristic and the one went into hyperspace or warp speed like you see in the Star Wars and Star Trek films. That was incredible to witness! I believe these red ones are man made but has alien technology. I have been wondering so long what these are and who/what might be piloting them. It is a wonderful but creepy feeling that I get when I see these objects because I wonder are they the grays, the insectoids or something that we know absolutely nothing about or all of these different species. By seeing these UFOs I know that We are not alone!

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Hi, My name is Brandon. Well, I believe in UFOs, Aliens and other life on other planets and have since I was little. I have had My experience of UFO sightings over the last 11 years and usually they are the same but sometimes their more significant than others. I have posted several times to MUFON and one investigator gave up and couldn't help Me. I want to know if anybody had the same experience and can help Me out here. Please carefully ready below!OK, this was only a matter of hours ago in between 4:15 and 4:30 AM CST Tuesday Morning on 5/22/12. I was outside getting some air looking around in the street when I saw a huge glowing orb about the size of Jupiter in space. It was that color as well. It was moving very fast but at a slow pace from South to North going toward Downtown St. Louis. I followed it till I couldn't see it anymore as it went behind the trees. A minute later I saw another one coming from and going to the same direction but it seemed way higher. Then about a couple minutes after that I saw the unbelievable. I saw four (4) more UFOs coming from the same area but these were different. They were traveling together in a group and pulsating then cloaking then reappearing. After that I was so excited and stopped looking because it was getting daylight. I did not film them nor take pics.I know they weren't airplanes or helicopters because they were too high and didn't have sound and I'm quite sure they were not satellites.So I want to know did anybody else see anything like this at the same time I did in Missouri possibly Downtown because that's where they were heading or anybody see these ships before? I have seen one similar like them before just not that many at one time though. Again, I asked MUFON to help before but they can't help. Any help from you guys will be appreciated!

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Guys, It was unreal on Thursday morning about 1:30 AM. Since I saw those last week I have been going out to see what's going on out there cause that was so cool and freaky. At about 1:30 AM Thursday I saw one coming North going South. It did very different behavior than the others. It was going about the same speeds as the other but then it slowed down, turned a bit then pulsated, got brighter and stayed stationary acting as it was a planet!I called MUFON and NASA about this to see if there was anything going one that was strange and foreign or if it couldn't have been a satellite but I serious don't that but as usual nobody knows anything about it so they couldn't help Me much. I not waiting for a phone call from them soon.So did anybody see this anywhere in MO or the rest of the US?I tell ya, we better watch out, something is going on up there and I wanna know what it is!By the way, I saw one disappear to the East and a red one near the Moon South West a few days prior! I'm not joking people!

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On Halloween, 2012, I saw one about 6:15 AM going East to West, it was the usual bright orb but a smaller one.

Back in Jan, 2013 I saw a Jupiter sized UFO going West to East about 6:30 AM just just moving slow and have no characteristic beside just floating/flying and staying bright. I watched till I couldn't follow it anymore.

On 5/15/13, I saw a small one that was like the others like an orb but quickly cloaked/disappeared North East

comcast redflagging bittorrent users?

NickIsSmart — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:49:33 -0400

Apparently we got red flagged because I torrented Game of Thrones and our Comcast rep threatened to blacklist us and remove our internet privileges permanently if I used bittorrent, again. Have any of you guys had this issue, before? Can they do that? I used BT for plenty of legal file sharing reasons and don't want to get black-listed if I try using it, again... : (

Fake Internet Chatter

Beer — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:25:49 -0400

So how much cyber warfare and propaganda is happening?

Studios posting fake positive light user reviews, manufacturers posting fake product reviews, politicians/groups with fake banter, fake quotes in news from sources that must remain anonymous cuz they don't fucking exist.

I can see it with movie and tv torrents too. I bet rival studios are buying legit dvds and offering them up as torrents to cut into competitors' bottom line. This may or may not be even more prevalent in the porn industry.

There really is no way to tell what is real on the net.
Hell, there could be a program artificially creating millions of fake chatter just to sway public opinion and behaviour.

I can see this potentially coming full circle and having emphasis and credibility shift back to word of mouth only.

Screw tv and the internet.

SciFi/Genre Book Cover Artwork

kjohnson26 — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:28:12 -0400

Electric car thread

Jonesycatpants — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:56:19 -0400

This is an interest of mine i follow closely, i'm hoping my next car will be an all electric of some sort in a few years

I'd love one of these :)

Rants N' Rages

Nragemachine — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:15:52 -0500

DISCLAIMER: Any and all rants in this thread are all the posters opinion and is intended for entertainment purposes only. If its content is offensive or you disagree with its message then go home and kill yourself and film it on a video camera so we can rejoice at watching you die.

So I'm watching this video on the yewtoob that is a parody of this DJ doing his dubstep shit. Pretty much during this DJ's "performance" all he does is press play on his laptop and dance like a dumb cracker-ass virgin. Then I realized something, a DJ has got to be one of the, if not the most useless jobs in existence. I've gone to bars and seen the DJs at the clubs, yeah pretty much thats all they do is press play and dance the "forever alone" dance behind big ass turntables that are collecting dust. Are you kidding me? You're actually PAYING this wanker??? MONEY????REALLY???????? WTF!!!! Here's an idea fuckin Einstein, just plug in your ipod to the sound system in the bar/club and don't even hire a DJ stupid ass, save some money and some self-respect you fucking shit sucking rubber dildo gargler!

Expectations when watching a movie!

John_Stark — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:13:53 -0400

I can't remember when exactly, but we had this talk about managing expectations and how to react to movies and i felt curious.

People react very differently in general when dealing with what surrounds them. And movies are no different.

I see many people walking into a movie expecting it To entertain them.

Other want to be surprised.

And even others want to be blown away or taken for a spin.

And even besides that, there are people who enjoy walking into a movie going completely blind and knowing nothing about it.

And others prefer to have knowledge of what the movie is about.

So i guess my questions is, in general, what kind of expectations or reactions do you have towards a movie before seeing it?

For example i like to know a few things about a movie before entering it. Nothing major, of course.

And usually, i tend to be curious about the movie rather than expecting it to blow me away.

I watch movies because i am interested in seeing the director's vision and what the movie has to say rather than how it can entertain me for an hour.

But there are many POV'S here and of course i'd be interested in knowing yours.

What are your expectations walking into a movie?

Projects you're working on

Jonesycatpants — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:59:31 -0400

I'm in the middle of building up a commuter bike for work, after my recent getting hit by a car walking i think this should lower the odds of survival significantly, plus it would be good to document my build somewhere, so why not here.

Pretty much just bought it for the frame, 80's malvern star, which was in pretty poor condition paint wise as where the rims.

I have since stripped it and gotten it powder coated in satin black

Next step is to get the bottom bearings crankset, headset and neck and handle bars, and rims and tyres.

Quotes And sayings you like.

Jonesycatpants — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:46:18 -0400

I see a heap of these all the time, i'm usually not a fan ( they are a little cheesy) but some are decent.

Analysis Sullying the Experience?

Beer — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:12:50 -0400

For most of my life I've been easily accepting of plot points and other aspects of film. But lately I've been critical of silly or misplaced plot elements, dialogue, and acting.

It might be ruining the fun for me.

Like with Iron Man 3. In the past I woulda just eaten it up with a spoon and moved on. Now I am scouring blogs and reviews to see if other ppl dislike the story.

Now I'm reading plot spoilers for star trek, man of steel, and other upcoming films, and I feel I should stop lest I reduce my enjoyment of those films too.

I read the spoiler for Iron Man and I regret it. But even without spoilers, is it sorta bad to look back on a film and criticize things?

Ray Harryhausen dies

Carrot — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:38:12 -0400

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/05/07/ray-harryhausen-obit/2141651/

Script Writing - style and technical details

ummester — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:44:47 -0400

So as not to take the competition announcment entirely OT, I thought it best to start a thread for this.

I have been researching how scripts should be written a fair bit lately and am interested in the opinions of others who have tried/are trying.

The 'professional' scripts I have read are both Prometheus scripts, The Thing and Alien. In all of these scripts certain technical details seem to be handled differently.

A tool like CeltX does a wonderful job of formatting but does not assist with the specifics of script writing style.

I have read some articles, such as

http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com.au/2009/08/when-to-capitalize-and-underline.html

http://scripped.com/help/nav/_screenplay_basics

The elements I can not seem to find definate resolution on are CAPITALS and underlines.

I remember reading something in Lindy's Prometheus script like Shaw has to COWBOY THE FUCK UP but everything I have read on script writing says that character emotions should only be in (parenthesis) before dialogue and never shown as action. Action can only be used for just that, a physical, visual or audio action that can occur on screen.

Things I think should be in capitals are the full name of a character, FX creation or major prop (only the first time it appears in the screenplay). Many sites and forums suggest not using capitals on repeated use for ease of reading.

The Thing screenplay reads very much like this - correct sentence structure, minimal capital or underline use. But the Thing screenplay was written in the 80s - have things changed?

Also, what is the rule on camera or scene directions - some opinions seem to be include them, others seem to be just tell a story and leave that to the director/camera operators.

Is it as simple as character intros, important sounds and transitions are in capitals and underlines are just to highlight an important word in dialogue or action?

Anyways, thought it would be interesting to have this discussion - I'll see if anyone else thinks the same:)

Writer's thread

Terraformer — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:47:04 -0400

I was inspired to start this thread based on a post by NickIsSmart.

Any budding writers? or anyone who just writes for fun, or for a hobby or just for the damn hell of it or to just simply troll fan sites with fake scripts written in the space of a couple of hours whilst drunk? :P

Disscuss what drives you to write, what inspired you to write and what kind of material you have written.

Personally I love writting, I'm very good at it when sober but very bad when its a troll attempt or when im drunk. (yes i write when drunk but mostly to ex GF's)

What inspired me is when I was 8 years old. My dad told me this one story that i loved and kept asking him to tell me. He got annoyed so told me to write it down and read it to myself. I did exactly that. Ever since I've been writing my own stories. When i was a teenager i use to watch really bad VERY BAD films and then write a script for it, something like a remake, fixing bad ideas and making it better.
I have always wanted to get into the writing business, screenwriting that is. Even had a stint with Channel 4 and wrote 3 episodes for a really bad programme named Hollyoaks. The money was good but i didnt like it and they didnt want to read my own original material so they got rid of me.

how about you?

Prometheus Forum Users as Horror Movie Cliches

fifield — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:46:29 -0400

Who would be who?

I'll start with these stereotypes:

-The Non Believers:

-The Guy Who Dies During Sex:

-The Chick Who Dies During Sex:

-The Blonde:

-The Jock:

-The Virgin:

-Black Guy Who Dies First:

-The Drunk/Stoner:

-The Controlling Villain Behind It All:

Hipster Appreciation Thread.... 2deep4u

Jonesycatpants — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:14:12 -0500

Beards

Bikes

beanies

beer

"Golden Age Science Fiction"

kjohnson26 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:50:19 -0400

I'm using the Wikipedia entry as a starting point for this discussion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age_Science_Fiction

"Golden Age" in science fiction is primarily used to reference a particular time period, roughly late 1930s through the 1940s (early 1950s by some), of written science fiction. Authors that are considered to have contributed significantly to this time period or began their careers during this period include (selected from the Wikipedia entry):

Poul Anderson

Isaac Asimov

Alfred Bester

Ray Bradbury

Robert Heinlein

Fritz Leiber

Walter Miller

Frederick Pohl

EE Smith

These writers produced stories with quite varied situations and narrative focus. Many used the old scifi tropes of spaceships and futuristic cities but the tropes were used much as a given. It was not so much the gee-whiz of futuristic technology but what effect they had on men and by extension on civilization. Bradbury's stories are of a more fantastical and nostalgic nature. EE Smith could be said to be more of a "hard" science fiction writer. Asimov wasn't so interested in expanding on the marvels of robots but rather what were the ramifications of the three laws on human/robotic interaction and how the three laws could be circumvented. These stories of course had a major effect and contributions to the films that came later; the B-movies of the 50s and on more contemporary scifi films. Lumping everything that has a spaceship or a person wearing a spacesuit with being "Golden Age" regardless of the date created runs the risk of diluting the meaning of the term to its being pointless and just becoming identical with the overall term "Science Fiction". Anyway, besides possible discussion of the definition of the term itself, the floor is open to discussing the specific authors mentioned in the Wikipedia entry, additional influences the authors/stories from that time period have had on more recent stories/books/movies, etc

Scott Free (ridley) Inks First-Look Deal With AMC, Sets Up Futuristic Drama Project

Jonesycatpants — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:13:39 -0400

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/scott-free-inks-first-look-deal-with-amc-sets-up-futuristic-drama-project/

The terror sounds pretty good too.

The post a picture of yourself thread

Chloe835 — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:51:48 -0400

I want to match usernames with faces, people!