'Prometheus' Teaser Trailer: A New 'Alien' Threat

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[url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/12/01/prometheus-isnt-an-alien-prequel-swears-fox-studio-chief/"]"Prometheus" isn't an "Alien" prequel[/url], you say? Sure fooled me — because the just released trailer for director [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/97929/personmain.jhtml"]Ridley Scott's[/url] long awaited return to the science fiction arena looks [i]exactly[/i] like a continuation of his 1979 horror masterpiece, in the very best of ways.



The [url="http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/prometheus/"]trailer[/url], which hit the web today, is a teaser in the truest sense… which, admittedly, is a little bit frustrating considering [url="http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/12/19/prometheus-trailer-teaser/"]the three back-to-back trailer teasers[/url] that were previously released this week; their combined runtime extends longer than the full "Prometheus" teaser itself!

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Regardless of length or structure, the "Prometheus" teaser is a big win for fans who've been waiting for something — [i]anything[/i] — tangible on this project. Here, we get quick, out-of-context glimpses at the epic size and scope of the story, setting and scares, all while the "Prometheus" logo slowly forms on the screen, much in the way the "Alien" title originally manifested.

"They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end," the teaser warns. Exactly what that end entails? We'll have to wait for that answer until June 8, 2012.

In previous "Prometheus" trailer teasers, Scott described the film as "epic, not just by definition of the scale of the sets, but by the very grand ideas and notions, the surprising things that would appear to be small, but yet will be enormous."

"I'm thrilled to be doing another science fiction [movie]," he also said. "The cast find an establishment which is not what they expect it to be. What we find in it [are] dangerous elements that, in a heartbeat, are capable of eviscerating all of them."

<i>What did you think of the first "Prometheus" teaser? Let us know in the comments section and on [url="http://twitter.com/mtvmoviesblog/"]Twitter[/url]!</em>



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