Meh. The movie was OK, I feel like it tried to do too much and didn't finish anything it started
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 10/06/2012 03:24:16 AM
(spoilers, obviously)
There are all these different plotlines that are basically... dropped.
Like, we have the "David the robot is super creepy and shady." It's half-explained by saying "oh, he's following the old guy's orders, and also he is passive aggressive towards humanity," but it doesn't really feel... right.
And we have the whole "The Engineers wanted us to come find them." What? Why? If the point of creating the Aliens was to create a weapon to send to Earth and kill us, then why did they want us to come find them?
And the planet wasn't even important! It was just where the ships had landed. It was like the Engineer version of Bikini Atol where we tested our nukes.
What was with that first scene, where an Engineer ate some goop and dissolved into the water? ( I assume this is how they seeded life onto Earth, but still, weird).
What was with the weird historical record holograms? Why were the jars of Alien Goo in a room with a giant Engineer head?
And, ok, at the end, "Oh, all right, there are other ships." Do they also have any survivors? Do they have any Alien Goop on them?
Why was the Engineer they revived so hostile?
Did anyone else think that when Shaw was going to say "ABORTION" instead of "CESEARIAN?"
EDIT- Also!:
What was the point of the dream monitor?
Why was there a young girl playing violin in the life support pod (I realize it was a hologram, but it still felt pretty deliberate)?
Finally, the imagery seems... haphazard? Like, it's there, but doesn't really click well? The name "Prometheus" sounds heavy handed. Shaw getting pregnant screams of Elizabeth (John the Baptist's sterile mother), David turns into an oracular severed head, etc.
There are all these different plotlines that are basically... dropped.
Like, we have the "David the robot is super creepy and shady." It's half-explained by saying "oh, he's following the old guy's orders, and also he is passive aggressive towards humanity," but it doesn't really feel... right.
And we have the whole "The Engineers wanted us to come find them." What? Why? If the point of creating the Aliens was to create a weapon to send to Earth and kill us, then why did they want us to come find them?
And the planet wasn't even important! It was just where the ships had landed. It was like the Engineer version of Bikini Atol where we tested our nukes.
What was with that first scene, where an Engineer ate some goop and dissolved into the water? ( I assume this is how they seeded life onto Earth, but still, weird).
What was with the weird historical record holograms? Why were the jars of Alien Goo in a room with a giant Engineer head?
And, ok, at the end, "Oh, all right, there are other ships." Do they also have any survivors? Do they have any Alien Goop on them?
Why was the Engineer they revived so hostile?
Did anyone else think that when Shaw was going to say "ABORTION" instead of "CESEARIAN?"
EDIT- Also!:
What was the point of the dream monitor?
Why was there a young girl playing violin in the life support pod (I realize it was a hologram, but it still felt pretty deliberate)?
Finally, the imagery seems... haphazard? Like, it's there, but doesn't really click well? The name "Prometheus" sounds heavy handed. Shaw getting pregnant screams of Elizabeth (John the Baptist's sterile mother), David turns into an oracular severed head, etc.
I amuse myself.
This message last edited by beetnemesis on 10/06/2012 at 04:08:22 AM
Prometheus discussion [SPOILERS]
10/06/2012 02:51:16 AM
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In the interest of fairness, I refuse to discuss this without having an Antimetheus opinion present. *NM*
10/06/2012 03:13:32 AM
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Meh. The movie was OK, I feel like it tried to do too much and didn't finish anything it started
10/06/2012 03:24:16 AM
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Even I thought she would say abortion
10/06/2012 04:15:57 AM
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How about a spoiler tag? *NM*
10/06/2012 05:31:52 AM
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I call schenanigans. It says "Prometheus Discussion."
10/06/2012 08:59:40 PM
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fair enough
11/06/2012 01:52:52 AM
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Not really.
11/06/2012 06:50:01 PM
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I'm fine with avoiding spoilers- I'm just saying, it's called "Prometheus Discussion"
12/06/2012 06:34:43 PM
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Nothing in this post can spoil the film as badly as the script writer did, so it could be worse *NM*
12/06/2012 08:41:36 PM
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Re: Prometheus discussion [SPOILERS]
10/06/2012 01:00:05 PM
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I have always detested movie scientists since I saw "Creature from the Black Lagoon" as a kid
13/06/2012 12:53:05 PM
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The Vickers stuff is pretty annoying. There are no good villians.
13/06/2012 03:01:28 PM
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Re: Eggs
13/06/2012 03:43:41 PM
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Scott confirmed that they are on a different planet/moon than the one in Alien
15/06/2012 04:58:05 PM
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You relize the book contact was based off of was writen by one of the best scientits of our time...
14/06/2012 01:36:49 AM
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Prometheus -> Alien
13/06/2012 07:22:05 PM
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Eh. most of your complaints rely on the idea that this is an immediate prequel to Alien
13/06/2012 07:38:49 PM
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Not really......
13/06/2012 09:15:33 PM
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Re: Not really......
13/06/2012 09:23:11 PM
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Holy crap, I forgot about the most cliche, idiotic part of the movie!
13/06/2012 07:43:16 PM
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Hmmm...pretty much. Its amazing they were able to get into space at all. *NM*
13/06/2012 09:18:24 PM
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Looks like I enjoyed this more than the average internet poster
08/08/2012 10:21:36 PM
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