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Hey people; I'll try and relax and enjoy the rest of this Saturday night in a few minutes (btw, I'm delaying "that" comic by a couple of days; I need some time to chill off), but I just wanna get a few things off my chest. Scott's recent film Prometheus...I have not seen such a backlash against a film on the internet in quite some years. There almost seems to be a scathing sense of hatred from the supposed base, i.e Alien and sci-fi fans. And that doesn't begin to mention the people who just didn't understand what the fuck the film was trying to do. Let's just say I've read some posts on various sites that aren't alone in their voice, and at time seem to drown out the proponents in favor of the film.
I myself would recommend anyone to see it in theaters, and in 3D if possible. As said before, it's not a perfect film by any means and may fall short of Alien, but I personally am not willing to slam or condemn it from just ONE SINGLE VIEWING. I went to that theater to be entertained, and to see a film that would do well w/ being out at midnight in a last showing of the night. And damnit, was Prometheus that sort of movie and damnit was it worth it. There are 'little things' I picked up that bothered me certainly, but since I was being thoroughly entertained I dismissed them. There's no word of exactly when the film will fit DVD and Blu-Ray, but you can bet your ass I will pick it and Alien up and watch them back-to-back before drawing any definitive conclusions on Prometheus, tho some of the harder-hitting criticisms have given me ideas on what to look out for when that time comes.
Even so, there have been far worst movies over the years that easily deserve this sort of backlash well before Prometheus...I almost get the sense most of the bickerers are just "riding the wave" of the moment and hating on it b/c a few prominent critics did so too. Ugh, imitators....
Speaking of 'haters', surprise surprise..Tyler Perry (yep, that Tyler Perry) also came away disappointed from Scott and Lindolof's epic. Now, I would-in a more immature form of myself-be quick to dismiss Perry's opinion given the dubious quality most of his own efforts have consisted of. However, if his appearance in that new cop-drama is any indication, he might actually have interests beyond the mainly mundane, and who knows, the guy might even be able to do a sci-fi epic of his own that won't devolve into dress-up caricatures and potty jokes. So when I heard he was writing his own sci-fi script...well I'll be honest I'm very skeptical here. Dude's gonna have to do a lot to prove he has the chops, but (and this is some honesty here) he can at least avoid some of the biggest mistakes in Lindolof's script for Prometheus...I still can't understand how some of that got through without rewrites. Then again, this is Tyler Perry we're talkin' about here *so*....
Okay, I'm off for the weekend. Uploads for Surco Fresco pages over on my dA resume Monday, which is when I'll also debut the new comic project. Until then, stay frosty kids. L8r.
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