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They wanted to keep the length down so they can have more showings per day.
That's what I meant by ticket sales. Longer run times = fewer showings per day = fewer ticket sales.
They wanted to keep the length down so they can have more showings per day.
Ridley Scott already said that the studio pressured them into shortening the movie. The director's cut, according to what he says, will be about 20 minutes longer and explain a lot of the unanswered questions.
Not surprisng, going over the 2hr+ mark AND making it rated R really affects the ticket sales.
Avengers is one of those rare examples where it was god awful long, YET didn't feel that long AND was a box office sales smash despite the length.
The movie left with with more questions than answers. And I personally don't think it answers how the Aliens were created. The "Deacon" is the first creature from where the aliens come from. But Prometheus happens in LV-223 whereas Alien happens in LV-426. And in Alien there's a dead "Engineer" in the Delerict ship whereas the "Engineers" in Prometheus all die outside the ship. This means that whatever happened in the Delerict ship in LV-426 is not told in Prometheus.
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The movie left with with more questions than answers. And I personally don't think it answers how the Aliens were created. The "Deacon" is the first creature from where the aliens come from. But Prometheus happens in LV-223 whereas Alien happens in LV-426. And in Alien there's a dead "Engineer" in the Delerict ship whereas the "Engineers" in Prometheus all die outside the ship. This means that whatever happened in the Delerict ship in LV-426 is not told in Prometheus.
Ridley Scott already said that the studio pressured them into shortening the movie. The director's cut, according to what he says, will be about 20 minutes longer and explain a lot of the unanswered questions.
Maybe he can explain why everyone was nonchalant about the surgery after it happened.
I saw the Blu-ray version yesterday (I don't think it was the director's cut) and I was disappointed. The opening scenes were awesome and everything went downhill once the crew landed on the alien planet. The sheer amount of stupidity by the crew simply prevented any suspension of disbelief for me. The movie did have amazing visuals, but the script was just down right terrible.
This sums up my feelings about the movie quite well.