Prometheus – Special Edition

While I enjoyed the original Prometheus I had many of the same problems others had and this cut does much to correct those issues. This is a superior version of the film and with that being said I am going to hold it to a high standard of review.

I have very little issues but I will say that while I applaud your attempt to make the 2 scientists less annoying you cut too much footage of them and it kinda stands out when they just disappear from the group. I will say that the editing was seamless for me up till the point when David starts to read the alien script on the wall. Just then the music swells and cuts to a different shot with no music in the background. Other than that the only real problem I had with the editing was the 2 scientists being a little to absent.

I was a little surprised you left the Fifield zombie attack in. I never like that scene and it was never part of the original movie, it was ordered as re-shoots for more action by Fox.

With all that in mind, I feel this version told a similar enough story and completed all the tasks the original set out to that if were the only version of the movie you saw, you would probably be doing yourself a favor.

Hi there!

I find this fanedit to be technically perfect. The work is awesome from the beginning. I also find it a success to start with the TED speech and what follows gives the movie a great start.

However from then on, I find the original movie to be almost unfixable, and I find the edits fall too short. I rather Beezo's work on the first alien encounter, and also his corrections as far as the ending go.

However I must say I am grateful for this edit, and the great work behind it. But this movie needs more than a fix... can anyone save Prometheus?

Just finished watching the edit.
The technical side of it was certainly very strong. The cuts, the integration of the deleted scenes (save for Vickers/Janek intercutting with Shaw/David), the colour correction, the cleaned up FX were all flawless. The audio was pretty good as well, even if there were some mixing problems from time to time (dialogue mixed in the front channels, the score turned up too loud). All in all, brilliant work.

The only problem was that the movie felt a bit disorganised. I can't quite put my finger on it but I think the film flowed a bit better when I last watched the theatrical version. That said, I remember feeling the same way when I first watched it at the cinema, so perhaps it's just a question of repeated viewings.

I'll have to re-watch the Prometheus Unbound edit to see if it's still a more favorable edit than this as I originally pegged Unbound as the near perfect edit, but narrative-wise this feels like a close call.

This edit has a ton of re-working done to [mostly] seamlessly remove not only the larger issues, but nearly all of even the small things without affecting the original narrative. While I'm not happy that the TED talk made it in here as well (I seriously don't get why people think it belongs), everything beyond that is pretty smooth. There are some minor issues with audio editing where it clips in, as well as some of the 3rd act editing can get a bit choppy but nothing that stands out too much. Ultimately, the narrative here is smooth and I'm glad it didn't include any of the Earth/excavation scenes, and the Fifield departing from the crew bit - actually the whole Fifield subplot - worked very well.

Outside of the narrative, my only issues are with audio and video editing and [take this with a grain of salt] the video quality of the 1080p release that I happened to watch. It was very blocky, blurry, and just looked like it was encoded with a low bitrate even though the bitrate is 11mbps. Maybe it's just my source. I don't remember where I got it from to be honest, but if the version I watched is an official release, it looks upscaled. Regardless, it's a great edit and potentially in the run for best edit out there... I recommend this and Prometheus Unbound. Both are great edits.

I really thoroughly enjoyed this edit when it came out as it fixed a lot of the issues I had with the theatrical.
I love that the engineer fight came back along with the fifield scene and such, really added to it.

What felt wrong with this edit as with the theatrical though, is the colouring and cripsness of the film. This really needed a much more grim feel like the original alien had rather than the mostly sleek hd vibrancy it ended up having.

I also can't work out why every edit of this film I see includes the TEd talk, usually at the beginning, its such an uninspired promo scene that doesn't really set up the atmosphere or the narrative in a meaningful way.