# The trailer for Prometheus **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132 "2012-03-18T13:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132/41 "2012-05-23T20:05:52Z")
I’ll go ahead and see it, but I can’t help but think that they’ve covered all the major plot points, start to finish, in the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132/42 "2012-05-24T00:56:01Z")
Well, I suspect there will still be some twists, turns and reveals in store for us. Can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132/43 "2012-05-24T03:56:22Z")
I’m in! Love this type of SF. Not enough of it around - they seem to prefer to throw money at plots that emphasize big explosions and not big themes. We’ll see if it lives up to the talk. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132/44 "2012-05-25T02:29:24Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > So is this a prequel or not? From what I can surmise it definitely exists in the Alien universe, and is set before the first film (around 2080 I think?) Ridley Scott has just been downplaying the p-word (‘prequel’) because, well, it has become synonymous with crass, fanboy, money-grubbing, ah, crap. Mostly (and deservedly) because of George Lucas. The Space Jockey, the snake-like ship, and maybe even a facehugger all seem to be present in Prometheus. I think Scott wants people to realize though that these elements are just window dressing to a mostly original, independent story. I would bet a million that there will definitely \*\*\*not \*\*\*be any adult Xenomorphs to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tom\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_P)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132/45 "2012-06-01T07:08:40Z")
I saw Prometheus in the theatre yesterday, and I liked it. The trailers made me a bit anxious, but Scott managed to pleasantly surprise me. From what I’ve seen, the critics are also overall positive in their reviews. There was a scene at the end before the credits which had the look of an after-credits scene. You’ll know it when you see it, and you should see it, I won’t spoil anything specific here unless asked 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132/46 "2012-06-01T14:05:02Z")
By the way, wiki already has the plot outline up. (spoilers, obviously) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-prometheus/616132.md?page=2)