Official "Ridley Scott's Prometheus" Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

[Biojex]

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clever.

Oh, That little U. Get where you're supposed to be.

 

[The Ween]

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Proper alien hive:

Awwww.....King took all the Hello Kitty stuff out of his bedroom. Glad he kept the pink though!

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

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Just got back from another showing. Just can't say how much I loved this movie!

And this is coming from a guy who has been waiting for a good Alien movie for 20 years. That's right, I liked Alien 3.

 

[Frank]

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Nope. Because acid for blood ACTUALLY MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME than organisms growing to thousands of times their original size with zero food [energy] input - and inside a few hours, to boot. I just usually ignore the INSTANT BIOMASS IN A CAN! thing as the price I pay for good entertainment, much as I ignore the real-world physics of people flying around in fusion-powered battle armor - because I like that concept and find it fun.

If people want to love Prometheus despite its many flaws, go ahead and love it. I have a lot of bad films I love too. I love them *while* admitting their many flaws to myself.

Technically, Pre-natal Proto Xeno Sperm Squid had already grown many thousands of times its size by the time she woke up on the gurney. Perhaps it grabbed some uterus juice to go?

The thing about science fiction for me is that it's more important to have a consistent logic running throughout the story than to be able to stand up to rigorous scientific scrutiny. I mean acid for blood is kind of far fetched to me, but it's a great element for the monster itself and provides a miriad of hazards for the protagonists to work around. Prometheus just didn't seem to care much about either, which kind of ticked me off.

Instead of a coherent, intriguing window into the Engineer civilization, we got a gothic carnival maze with a boogeyman at the end of it. The black goo might as well have been magic sauce. Could it have hurt to develop a method to the mutations? They were all so random and came off more like a Lovecraft variety pack.

Yeesh, looks like something from a Tool video.

I am not an ANIMAL!

I am falling in love with the Engineer suit..Hot Toys or Sideshow need to show somthing soon.

Looks like it molds into their skin.

Yet another piece of technology I would have loved to learn more about instead of watching the old man Weyland suit in action.

 

[Ramatuelle]

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Technically, Pre-natal Proto Xeno Sperm Squid had already grown many thousands of times its size by the time she woke up on the gurney. Perhaps it grabbed some uterus juice to go?

Who knows; I am still befuddled by an umbilicus with... you know, err.... what? Where was the placenta that the umbilicus attached TO?? Can placentas happen outside of a uterus? What would the fetus draw nutrition FROM.... ok, obviously overthinking this.

The thing about science fiction for me is that it's more important to have a consistent logic running throughout the story than to be able to stand up to rigorous scientific scrutiny. I mean acid for blood is kind of far fetched to me, but it's a great element for the monster itself and provides a miriad of hazards for the protagonists to work around. Prometheus just didn't seem to care much about either, which kind of ticked me off.

Agreed, and I share your disenchantment.

Instead of a coherent, intriguing window into the Engineer civilization, we got a gothic carnival maze with a boogeyman at the end of it. The black goo might as well have been magic sauce. Could it have hurt to develop a method to the mutations? They were all so random and came off more like a Lovecraft variety pack.

"Lovecraft variety pack," LMAO.

For a much better analysis than I am willing to post as to my many objections as to what went on during the film and its trailers, please go here:

https://alienseries.blogspot.com/

.... and scroll a bit down to "Prometheus review." He pretty much at least mentions all the things wrong with what we saw; hopefully this has not already been posted.

 

[marker2037]

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Just saw the movie last night. I really liked it but like everyone, it leaves many questions unanswered or even unexplained. Still a great movie and I plan on seeing it again in the theaters.

Some observations after reading through this entire thread...

This might be the funniest thing I have ever seen

That is all.








Seriously, I love all the thoughts and ideas going on. Can't wait to see it again. Only thing that REALLY bugs me about this movie.....

How on earth Idris Elba determined that it's a friggin military base out of nowhere. Just seemed random. I mean it makes sense, but how did he deduce this out of nowhere??

 

[Sachiel]

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I guess he found out some stuff while Shaw was taking a nap?

 

[CelticPredator]

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He didn't determine ____. He said "I THINK..." he never said "I KNOW".

 

[Frank]

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Some observations after reading through this entire thread...

This might be the funniest thing I have ever seen

That is all.

^^^ You know I don't consider myself a devil worshipper but everytime I read his posts, I genuflect in lolz.

.... and scroll a bit down to "Prometheus review." He pretty much at least mentions all the things wrong with what we saw; hopefully this has not already been posted.

I gotta give Ridley credit; no one alive today knows how to create more intellectual discussion for their films than this guy does. It's incredible. He reminds me of Kubrick that way. As much as I might disagree with some of the assessments out there, it really does help enrich the experience for me!

If any animal deserves a God status it's the Crocodile. Sweet; imagine giant Croc dudes on a spaceship...

You should work for the SyFy channel!

 

[Sabres21768]

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Not sure if this has been posted yet.

https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/4083772/1/Engineer?h=977393

LOTS of Engineer behind-the-scenes stuff.

Also shows that the Elder Engineer scene was filmed.

 

[Sabres21768]

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Not sure if this has been posted yet.

https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/4083772/1/Engineer?h=977393

Spoiler

LOTS of Engineer behind-the-scenes stuff.

Also shows that the Elder Engineer scene was filmed.

 

[Wor-Gar]

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[Sabres21768]

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Fixed it...try it again.

https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/4083772/1/Engineer?h=977393

 

[Wor-Gar]

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Cool.

But why is this "engineer" so small compared with the seemingly identical one in A L I E N?

 

[JonWes]

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That's not how big the Engineer is in the actual film. He's bigger. That's just how tall the physical actor is. That's the magic of movies.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Because..........

 

[Wor-Gar]

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That's not how big the Engineer is in the actual film. He's bigger. That's just how tall the physical actor is. That's the magic of movies.

But even in the movie he was not as big.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

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I can't remember where..but I remember reading that the Engineers are supposed to be nine feet tall. Maybe it's in the art book.

 

[Wor-Gar]

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In Alien they sure look bigger than 9 feet.

Ridley must have decide that the original size was just too unweilding to deal with and 'shortened' them a bit.

 

[CelticPredator]

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Well, those are children crawling up the Jockey,.