Michael Fassbender in android viral for new Ridley Scott epic Prometheus

Date
17 April 2012

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I thought the term “gripping” was only used by badger-like film critics born in the 1950s. I was wrong, just you try blinking while you watch this viral, directed by Johnny Hardstaff, for Ridley Scott’s much, much, much anticipated new film Prometheus. It’s a fine and brilliantly gauged two and a half minutes, shot in an aesthetic from an undefined era of science fiction, with a simple script delivered with total emotive brevity by an android called David (Michael “Should’ve won an Oscar for Shame” Fassbender). If this is the effect of a single viral (i.e. unutterably sinister – “I can carry out directives that my human counterparts might find distressing or unethical” shudder, shudder) then the full feature is likely to blind us all. Can’t wait!

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Bryony Quinn

Bryony was It’s Nice That’s first ever intern and worked her way up to assistant online editor before moving on to pursue other interests in the summer of 2012.

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