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We’ve heard all about the Blu-Ray release of The Avengers, now it’s hype time for that other big summer movie, Prometheus. It hits DVD October 11th, and LatinoReview (via PrometheusNews) has a cut of some of the deleted scenes. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can see what all the fuss was about over Idris Elba’s Southern accent. Worse than Keanu’s British? Than Connery’s Irish? Than Snow’s Jamaican? You decide. There’s also quite a bit more of Charlize Theron’s Miss Vickers, who I can only assume was an attempt to test out the merits of the Supreme Court’s corporations-are-people decision. “I minimize risk, and maximize profits, you see! It is my only personality trait!”

I guess what I’m saying is, I really wish there was a rom-com subplot where she and free-spirit Elba fall in love where he throws her space Blackberry in the ocean to teach her a valuable lesson about not being such a workaholic. “My whole life was in there!” “No, darling. Your whole life is out here. With me. Living in the moment.” (*montage set to Coldplay*)

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A lot of people were disappointed with Prometheus, both high-profile and low. I thought it was laughably stupid at points, but still enjoyed it overall — Bret Easton Ellis agrees with me (follow him on Twitter, dude has LOTS of opinions). Tyler Perry, on the other hand, in a recent interview with Blackfilm…

What kind of movies did you used to watch growing up and how did they influence you?

TP: The first movie I ever saw was The Wiz and I danced all the way home. I was 5 or 6 years old and I danced all the way home from The Gallo Theatre down in New Orleans to my house. But when it comes to movies, I never really saw them in the theater. We didn’t have that kind of money so we would always have to wait for them to come on television. I love Sci Fi, I love the Alien movies and the Alien franchise. I was very disappointed with Prometheus, but I love that whole franchise. Those are my favorite movies. I’m actually working on a sci-fi movie right now.

Can you tell us a little bit about that?

TP: No but I’m writing a sci-fi movie that I’m really excited about. But I don’t have any one movie that made me say ‘Ooh this is it’ but The Wiz was my first film experience.

Easy joke of all easy jokes: Tyler Perry probably had trouble wrapping his mind around the fact that it wasn’t a film about a man named “Darrell Prometheus,” who struggles to raise his metheing above an amateur level through prayer. Or maybe he’d steal fire from the Gods, but only because he and the other Titans were barely struggling to make ends meet, and the Gods would eventually hire Prometheus as their housekeeper, and everyone learn a valuable lesson of some kind.

Anyway, the rest of the interview isn’t especially noteworthy, but Tyler Perry does mention formerly dating Tyra Banks. I either never knew that or forgot, but my God, can you imagine a more blowhardy power couple? That’d be like Aaron Sorkin banging Gloria Allred, a couple whose combined hot air could create a hurricane that could knock out power in Bermuda. If I got cornered by Tyra Banks and Tyler Perry at a cocktail party I’d probably jump out the window.

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In the scene David is learning the building blocks of language and we see him taking a lesson in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) Linguistics, where a holographic professor, takes him through the ABC’s and recites Schleicher’s Fable. An artificial text composed in the reconstructed PIE, in 1868, to demonstrate the language’s use.

hjewɪs jasmə hwælnə nahəst akʷunsəz dadʳkta (Translated as: a sheep that had no wool saw horses) – Excerpt from Schleicher’s Fable – The Sheep and the Horses

The ‘Professor’ in the clip is in fact the real-life linguistics consultant used for the film and taught Michael Fassbender (David) the dialogue. I managed to track down the consultant, a Dr. Anil Biltoo of the SOAS Language Centre in London, to see if he could shed some light on the mysterious final scene. He was most helpful and provided the following:

BWAHAHAHA, “DR. ANIL!” HIS NAME IS DR. ANAL! Oh, man. I don’t know if “Dr. Anal” is the right person to teach me about PIE, ifyouknowwhatahmsayin.

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"I created mankind in my own image. Underpants? Sorry, no time for that. Hand me that rag."

What with That’s My Boy and Rock of Ages opening this weekend, you’ve probably already forgotten all about Prometheus. But if I could refresh your memory for just a few minutes, thanks to the Prometheus Forums, we have a behind the scenes look at creating the character they’re calling “the elder engineer,” the really buff guy who goes for a weird swim at the beginning of the film. It’s probably the least-sexy look at a six-foot-five bodybuilder getting a prosthetic butt glued on that I’ve ever seen, but it’s a pretty cool set aside from that.

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