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**inFeZa** · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 12:31 AM

i heard it was average. i dont think its y kind of movie. but i have no idea about the story etc.

NDG.Stitch · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 12:49 AM

My response to watching Prometheus. It was disgusting, slightly scary, but has a billion loopholes in its plot.

**nirvAnA** · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 2:05 AM

haha stitch that video was hilarious!!!!

omg this imdb thread is super funny

What David Said to the Engineer

"I Read Your Dreams"
"Would you mind massaging my neck, it's a little stiff."
"If you can perfectly manipulate DNA, why haven't you found a cure for baldness?"

Also this guy explains the movie and sums it up quite well. Still its not the tightest script.

+ [ Theme of the Movie] +

The whole movie is about a lack of purpose. David, during his two years on the Prometheus while it traveled, developed a God complex. He realized that he was more able then his human creators, which are mortal (unlike him) and less able to do/learn like David. He watched Shaw's and everyone's dreams to learn about them. He watches Lawrence of Arabia (a movie about a man leading a rebellion against his superior officers), chooses to dress like the main character and practices his speech. David doesn't seem to follow orders (like opening the tomb door when Shaw says not to, or taking the vase back, or departing from the crew to explore for the Engineers, and not wanting to tell Vickers what her father had told him). He increasingly becomes overly confident in his superiority (even says "not too close, I hope" when Weyland says that androids are as close to being human as ever) when David gains a "soul," for what is a soul but a profound purpose of being. It satisfies him when the humans learn that their creators were nothing special, and that their existence is nothing special. He probably told the Engineer something to deliberately anger the Engineer and put the crew in harms way. It is not until his head if ripped off and he is completely helpless that he remembers his place, a creation of humans, and becomes subservient to Shaw.

This is a perfect mirror to the Engineers and humans.

God is used not to refer to Jesus, but to reference the connection between creator/created and what being a "god" means. That is why there were so many biblical references in the movie (such as Elizabeth's name, washing Weyland's feet before his death, the xeno mural, the necklace, the planet's name, and so on). Prometheus deals with the idea of "why does humanity exist?" and "who is God?" If God is the one who created life, then that is the Engineers (not a very exciting or supremely awesome result), and if humans created androids, then are they Gods? Better question, what is the purpose of creating life other then "just cuz?" The movie challenges the entire notion that life is sacred or special and makes people think about what it means to exist.

That, and a bunch of awesome space scenes and scary moments.

This is also obvious in the scene where they stick a probe into the Engineer's head's neck and electrocute it to "bring it back to life" in a way. It is a direct reference to Frankenstein. The title of which is actually: Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus, and Victor Frankenstein happens to be married to a woman named Elizabeth. The book deals with the creation of life, and how that life becomes a monster and kills everything. Just as how the black goo alters life and turns it into something evil.

The movie was well thought out, it deserves to be watched a few times.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/...nest/200474498

TAriiChard · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 8:28 AM

I watched Prometheus a week ago and was pretty disappointed. There were soooo many loopholes that I left the cinema asking my mates so many questions. Oh and I read on imdb that Prometheus was a standalone movie, not the prequel to Aliens

LOL at Stitch's video!!

Snx.FigJig · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 1:01 PM

So many people have said there are loopholes but never say what they are, i didnt really find any that stick out. There will also be a sequel to it, so of course they will leave things unanswered to be revealed in the next film, otherwise no one would see it. Have to realise too you dont catch everything or understand it in your first viewing. If you watch it again you'll most definitley pick things up you didn't the first time. I also like films that leave me with questions and make me think, rather than them just telling the audience straight out. When they just tell the audience and not make them think i feel like it insults the audience saying "you're not smart enough to figure it out yourself, so we'll just tell you."

Anyway end rant, I liked Prometheus, had some good themes and messages but was not overly complicated at all or amazing. Would give it a 7.5/10, worth seeing but not a MUST see.

JoFritzMD · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 1:21 PM

The loopholes I saw were more to do with how stupid all the scientists were. It was pretty fun to watch though and it's interesting to read all of the meaning people have tried to get out of it.

Snx.FigJig · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 1:48 PM

Its an action/horror/thriller, there has to be stupid people otherwise the movie wouldnt progress

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NDG.Stitch · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 5:05 PM

Basically. I think some general questions are really in the video I posted.

But some main problems that the director had in this movie was just that they emphasized the alien'ness' too much. Basically pulling out all common sense of a human being such as going into the Alien Ship without weapons, scientists who are complete cowards, and the 'smartness' of the humans just aren't there. It's too vague, with movies today with so much detail, I feel that you can't just produce a very vague interpretation of year 2089 that humans can fly anywhere and go anywhere but not explain how they do it and why they do it. Just that itself already kind of turned me off at the start. I was really impressed with the graphics and the animations, but then again, it was just a average day sci-fi horror movie from the 90's that got pimped with better graphics.

raycey · Sat, 16th-Jun-2012, 10:19 PM

I haven't seen the movie yet but pretty sure I don't need to now after watching Stitch's vid. I might anyway though, since I've seen all the Alien movies. May as well I guess.