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In space...no one can hear you work out.



I saw Prometheus last night in 3D and, overall, was very disappointed.

The cinematography, art direction, and creature design are great and the first half hour builds nicely, but then the characters and story quickly begin to fall apart and never recover.

It's like they couldn't decide to what kind of movie to make (thought-provoking creation mystery or the Alien action-horror sequel they originally set out to do), so they jumbled both together with unrealistic one-dimensional characters (and certainly the most un-scientific and irresponsible scientists ever assembled) and then just hoped for the best.

Such a shame.



Charlize Theron looked lovely, but she spent most of the movie doing just that.

Standing and staring, with little to do.

I'm not gonna spoil it for anyone, but if you want to see it anyway (I still wanted to see it on the big screen, regardless of the reviews), I recommend you see it in 2D and not 3D (really not used effectively) and go in with VERY low expectations.

It's not an awful movie, it's just not a very good one.

Bummer.

If you've seen the movie, then you'll enjoy this funny video of a guy sitting in a room asking every question about the plot of "Prometheus" that you had when you left the theater...

Lee Press-On Abs

Although I was disappointed with Prometheus, I still thought the production design was great. It also turns out that, although the Engineer aliens appeared to have some secret solution to working out on a barren wasteland, the reality is far different.



It looks like the makeup folks added quite a bit of realistic muscle to the actor who first appears in the film.  They also seem to be working uncomfortably close to his...engineering room.







I don't think that older alien actually ended up in the film. Maybe they thought no one wanted to see his wrinkled pecs-less torso.



I'm sure it's only a matter of time before men can start buying and wearing "enhanced" muscles (like gals can do with bras).

Hopefully they'll come with a team of people to apply them as well.

You can see a lot more behind-the-scenes makeup photos from Prometheus on their Facebook page here (you'll have to login).

Old Chum

Award-winning creature designer and judge on Face Off (and my old roommate), Neville Page, recently uploaded some of the cool Klingon designs to his site that were being considered for Star Trek Into Darkness. Pretty awesome...









They look so life-like and, oddly...kind of attractive.



How YOU doin'?



It's really inspiring when someone you know is so talented, works very hard, and then ends up building an amazing career out of doing something that they actually love.

I remember when Neville was just one of my roomies, sitting around the apartment molding utensils out of Silly Putty so he'd have something to eat his instant Ramen Noodles with...and now look at him...



I told him those soups had too much salt and were bad for his skin.

No one ever listens to me...

The last pic is really Neville made up as one of the Romulans he designed and wore in the first Star Trek movie he did with JJ Abrams.

His actual moisturizing regime is Hollywood-approved and child-safe.

To see more samples of some of his work from such films as Prometheus, Avatar, Cloverfield, Tron, and more..check out his cool Web site.

via: Gawker

Mirror, Mirror

That's what usually happens when I look in the mirror in the morning.

The latest trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman was released last week and, like the trailer for Prometheus, it's looking really good.



Cool visuals!

So much better than the Julia Roberts Snow White movie.

That will be an OnDemand viewing experience for sure.

Guardians and Aliens

A couple new trailers were released last night...the first, for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...



Looks like they're keeping things light and action-y...just like the first one.



Also, we got a new Alien: Covenant trailer....



Maybe it should have been called Jurassic Alien Park instead.

They certainly upped the alien quota compared to the disappointing Prometheus.

Well played.

Spine-tingling

The first new trailer for Alien: Covenant was released....



This one definitely looks a lot closer to the first two Alien movies, rather than the painfully slow Prometheus.

I guess they finally realized that audiences probably want to see more scary aliens and less pretty landscapes.

Duh.

The movie opens on May 19th.

Prometheus

A new extended trailer was released today and, as George Takei would say...Oh, MY!

Definitely enlarge the video player window to get the full effect!



If this movie is half as good as these trailers, it's gonna kick ass!

Also, here is the UK version, which features slightly different footage and keeps a quieter tone.