Originally Posted by
hifi_dave
Oh right. Did it start with a timeline to give us a clue as to when ?
Why did the Engineers then decide to wipe us out ?
Because they could.
All our (and the main characters) "search for meaning" meant nothing in the face of an uncaring creator.
That (for me) was Ridders' take on the "horror" aspect of the movie.
a Less visceral and elemental take than the original...or was it the sequel?...but the stuff with the Engineer vs the BIG face hugger was genuinely unsettling for me.
Kinda cool Scott didn't want to recycle something he had done before but have a different take on it...shows a set of cahonies.
Arguably it didn't work, for me elements of the script were stupid and took me out of the movie, but it was a good effort. B-
More looking forward to Neill Blomkamp's take on Alien than Promethius 2 have to say though....
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables