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Lately do you feel that by the time movie’s home release actually hits Blu-ray or DVD that you’ve seen most, if not all, of the worthwhile bonus features? The build-up for big movies on disc has begun to rival that of the theatrical releases themselves. The Avengers is a prime example of this, and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is keeping this trend alive. We’ve seen a couple of deleted moments and extras from the film already, and now comes another behind-the-scenes video of Scott dropping some surprises on his cast.

Love it or hate it story/plot/character wise, the look of Prometheus is pretty spectacular. On set, Scott’s use of practical sets and effects when possible provided him ample opportunity to pull real fear out of his actors. An old school approach, he rigged a prop corpse in order to capture real-life fear on film. You can see the clip over at io9.

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is a sprawling sci-fi epic, full of big ideas, scenes, and sets. On a production of this scale you can imagine that there’s a lot of material that didn’t make it into the final cut. The Blu-ray release, which hits the streets on October 8th, looks to be full of scenes and moments trimmed from the theatrical version of the film, including this deleted scene.

With only a week until Ridley Scott’s Prometheus is released on Blu-ray/DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has released the official Blu-ray trailer. The theme of the trailer centers on the idea that “Questions Will Be Answered.” Check out the trailer below:

When it was released this past June, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus had its fair share of critics who blasted the film for being full of narrative problems and questionable character moments. Well, you can add another negative critical response to the heap, because the Catholic Church feels the sci-fi adventure is a “dangerous film.”

Prometheus opened in Italy on September 14th and the official Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, said the film “mishandles the delicate questions raised by… the battle eternal between good and evil in yet another attempt to steak the secret of immortality.” [We're guessing that's supposed to be "steal" rather than "steak," but that's how THR has it. - Ed.] The Italian newspaper continued by saying, “The journey of Prometheus should instead symbolize the search for the supernatural.” This is in reference to the original Greek mythological tale of Prometheus, who stole Zeus’ fire and created man from clay.