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Custodian
MemberOvomorphJuly 29, 2012I know it's petty and pathetic but the one thing that really annoyed me about Prometheus was
"PROMETHEUS HAS LANDED"
it's something everybody had been 'conditioned' to expect from viral clip after trailer after exclusive content after TV spot prior to the film's release, and I realise that 'some times some things get cut out'.
But there was just no point, for this [i]cruelest cut[/i].
There was space in the narrative, it didn't cut to anything else. There was occassion, they'd just landed. There was an opportune moment to rally We The Viewers around 'the game's afoot', the horror about to unleash.
[url=http://www.fxguide.com/download/?force_file=/2012/06/Prometheus_has_landed.mp4][i]The landing Prometheus spacecraft follows shots from outer space through the planet’s harsh atmosphere and onto the surface.[/i][/url]
But no, Ridley took out this FUNDAMENTAL line. And that deletion gave the start of the film a really bizarre "SOMETHING IS MISSING here" moment. Like "Am I watching an honest version of the film?" here or something else? Anyone else?
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