Just purchased my ticket for an IMAX 3D showing at 12:01AM on Fri June 8. Anticipation is driving me crazy.
The night before last, I re-watched
Alien: Director's Cut on Blu-Ray. Then I watched
Aliens: Director's Cut on Blu-Ray last night. Both movies are great in their own ways. I am extremely relieved and happy that Ridley wasn't forced to release a PG-13 cut. Many of the elements that made
Alien great couldn't be included in a PG-13 movie.
I also re-watched the theatrical trailer for
Alien (1979) and noticed more similarities to the
Prometheus trailer. I knew the title appears in a similar way, but it also has the same escalating mechanical scream/shriek sound...and it's
very effective. It's impressive that, back then, Ridley and crew made something that is still just as effective 33 years later. Also impressive that they had the idea to go back to the old trailer and reference it in this way. Brilliant.
I'm conflicted about recommending that anyone watch the
Prometheus trailers. They are amazing, but they all contain what I believe the be
MASSIVE spoilers for anyone that watched
Alien. I'm also slightly concerned that they seem to have a bit of
Avatar style mixed in there (not a fan of James Cameron's
Avatar). Still, I think Ridley knows what he's doing.
If you're going to watch them, I recommend watching these back-to-back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFfhttZYoEw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf99ouvFBJw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0WUpsErUBA#t=54s
If you're excited about this movie, I suggest you install / tolerate QuickTime and watch all of the content here:
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/prometheus/
It's probably the only place to find most of the content in high-quality.