If the trailers are any judge, 2012 should be a good year for movies aimed at the geek demographic. Next summer brings Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s kinda-sorta Alien prequel. The trailer is certainly reminiscent of Alien; everything from the slow reveal of the title to the glimpses of an alien ship’s interior seem to intentionally evoke the 1979 film. How this film fits into the previously established Alien mythology will probably be the subject of much fanboy speculation over the next several months.
Next December brings the first part of The Hobbit. The first moments of the trailer are a bit heavy on the slapstick, but then the tone seems to shift to something more foreboding. We don’t get to see Mirkwood spiders or the dragon Smaug, but Gollum and The One Ring make appearances. And check out Thorin Oakenshield as the first sexy dwarf in cinematic history.
