Prometheus (Ridley Scott's Alien "Prequel" )

[jyook]

This is pretty much me walking out of the theater after Prometheus... WARNING!! VIDEO CONTAINS SPOILERS!!

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[El Argentino]

After reading all this, I am all the more motivated to go see it.

 

[Blackfyre]



This is pretty much me walking out of the theater after Prometheus... WARNING!! VIDEO CONTAINS SPOILERS!!
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THIS!

 

[Blackfyre]

Hitler weighs in

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[TheDarkKnight]



THIS!

Hitler weighs in
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LOLOLOL!! That had me crying with laughter! Genius

 

[TheDroog]

Saw the movie last night. I'm a big Alien fan, both from the movies and the comics, and overall I really liked it -- it adds significantly to the xenomorph mythology and poses some nice philosophical questions about life and death. However, as that awesome Hitler video above mentions, there are some huge plot holes that could have been so fixed so easily. A few thoughts that might not have come up yet:

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1. I love the rapid mutation of the Engineers' organisms: This has been alluded to in the other films, as the aliens always derive characteristics from their hosts (eg. dog-alien, Pred-alien). But this film raises the ante. In Dr. Shaw's case, the worms reproduce into a squid that reproduces into the first "alien." This suggests that mutation is fundamental to Engineer DNA and their bioweapons' DNA. These things, if unleashed into any environment, would survive. It also gives context to the opening scene, when the Engineer sacrifices himself, releasing his DNA to mutate and form all the world's creatures. Pretty nifty.
2. I also love the theme of death being the first step of life. The opening scene is rich in symbolism, and serves as a microcosm of the entire xenomorph life cycle as we know it.
3. The Engineers are modern humans to the nth degree. Like us, they can create instruments of life (terraforming) just as easily as they can create instruments of death (aliens). And they do it because the can.
4. Holloway is terrible character. He talks like a total dude, but he's also some hotshot scientist? He looks like he's freaking 26 years old. Bad casting.
5. Guy Pierce's make-up was awful. Why not just hire a really old guy to play Weyland? Bad casting.
6. What kind of doctor is Shaw? She seems to be an archaelogist from the early scenes, but she also know how to operate on herself with complex machinery? What?
7. The geologist and biologist are ridiculous. Great death scene, but they act like morons and are nothing but alien-bait.
8. I actually like the zombie attack scene. Totally unexplained, but I like the idea that the black ooze/worms can infect their prey in more than one way.

 

[ThinkDerm]



Totally agree. I think that's a much better story arc than the "we created you but you displeased us" theme that is dominating the interpretations. My wish for a sequel is what I stated earlier: the Engineers created humans for nothing but xeno hosts. But I'm 90% sure that's not where the story is going.

Ridley outright stated in interviews that the engineers are evil, so this might be true.

Why were the dead engineers and green holo images running around with the elephant helmets on?

We see when the remaining engineer goes to take off, the elephant trunk breathing tube gets fitted to his face.

Why does he need a respirator for his space travels when humans did not?

 

[ThinkDerm]

In the next film, the pre-alien eats David and spawns the biomechanical version of the aliens...

 

[whiteslashasian]



In the next film, the pre-alien eats David and spawns the biomechanical version of the aliens...

Don't the xenomorphs eat parts of the ship to grow faster? I would not be surprised...

 

[gort]



Ridley outright stated in interviews that the engineers are evil, so this might be true.
Why were the dead engineers and green holo images running around with the elephant helmets on?
We see when the remaining engineer goes to take off, the elephant trunk breathing tube gets fitted to his face.
Why does he need a respirator for his space travels when humans did not?

Who knows. There were suits in the hallway also.

 

[TheDarkKnight]



Don't the xenomorphs eat parts of the ship to grow faster? I would not be surprised...

In the book Alien Vault, it is thought the original alien ate parts of the Nostromo to grow so fast, and it is thought that fits in well with their biomechanoid physiology.

As for the mutation of the alien and the black goo diagram of development, it's worth noting that there was a large mural of a typical alien on one of ship's walls in Prometheus. To me that suggested the end point evolution of the alien was already known and less chaotic.

 

[in stitches]



BAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

this movie is really nice to look at. Should get nominated and win many artistic Oscars
reminds me of the Planet of the Apes movies for some reason
Michael Fassbender is hot

Fassbender is more classically handsome than hot.

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7. The geologist and biologist are ridiculous. Great death scene, but they act like morons and are nothing but alien-bait.

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i think very often in hollywood nowadays they deliberately portray characters that are going to be killed off as idiots, jerks, deserving of bad..... the mainstream train of thought seems to be that most people will be too upset if a character that is liked is killed, especially in this case where they are just killed for the sake of showing what the aliens can do. there was no great need, or public service/sacrifice to their death.

its a pisser, but hollywood panders to the average moron most of the time, especially in big budget arenas. at this point when i identify a character like that i almost assume they will die.

 

[Texasmade]

Hitler video said it best, " a team of idiots on the greatest space mission in history."

If Prometheus didn't have that problem it would be a lot more enjoyable.

 

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Spoiler

Even more pics: http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/2118

 

[TheDarkKnight]



Spoiler

Even more pics: http://www.prometheusforum.net/discussion/2118

Fantastic link. I didn't realise Game of Thrones Ian Whyte, who plays The Mountain in season 2 was the last Engineer