**** The Official Prometheus Spoiler Discussion Thread ****

eekfek said:
Overall a brilliant film, okay it wasn't a 'by the numbers' Sci-Fi that spoonfed the story for easy viewing instead it thundered along leaving you thinking wth was that all about?!!! ;)
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Serious? :p

It left you thinking wtf because it made no sense not because it was tough or complex in any way :D

Really gutted it was that bad but ho hum, I suppose I have Batman to look forward too and at least Nolan is pretty consistent as a director.
 
brilliant parts for me were: the space jockey's ship crashing (3d is amazing), David 'being' Ash, the jars in the head chamber (obv. paying homage to Alien/Kane), the flight deck of the space jockey's ship coming to life as David watched (that for me, was 'the money shot).

i thought the film was great, and answered the "who is the space jockey?" question perfectly. the concept of the film for me is that the xenomorphs are (now) a result of something (in this case; the engineer's weapon experiments) rather than a species of some planet who arrived on LV426 with the space jockeys.

i hope RS doesn't leave it too long to get a sequel sorted out because there was a 7 year gap between Alien and Aliens and he's not getting any younger
 
Charlize played a cruel and selfish character - I don't think I'm alone in finding that sexy.

The alien at the end was a touch predictable, but prequels always walk that line - I thought it was done as well as anyone could have hoped.

It could have had more depth, a conversation with the progenitor would have been a bit interesting.
 
What an absolute let down, points already covered by everyone else. So many plot holes, no sense, some absolutely stupid writing and I'm no better off in my knowledge of the Alien universe than I was before.

One more question for everyone.

The Engineer who was awoken by the crew and then went on a rampage. If he was well enough to be in stasis why didn't he just complete his mission 2000 years ago? Why wait to get woken up by your darling offsping. Why would any intelligent being go on a rampage like that anyway?

Pointless film.
 
what did David say to the engineer at the end. i was hoping for subtitles.

the engineer went mental after he finished speaking. almost like he cussed him mum or something.

he got holloways thesis wrong loool
 
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I think the whole film pivots on what David said to the engineer, For all we know the engineer might have been peaceful. Imagine your the Engineer and you wake up surrounded by Aliens but one of them speaks your language and tells you they've killed everything you know and love and your next! Your gonna go ape aren't you?
 
pumaz said:
I think the whole film pivots on what David said to the engineer, For all we know the engineer might have been peaceful. Imagine your the Engineer and you wake up surrounded by Aliens but one of them speaks your language and tells you they've killed everything you know and love and your next! Your gonna go ape aren't you?
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ahhhh I smell a directors cut!
 
http://www.weylandindustries.com/

There may be some background information in the above site. I had a look and certainly felt the atmosphere of a world where 'The Company' runs everything when it told me I must download Internet Explorer 9 to continue...

One of my thoughts about Prometheus was, if one of the characters in your movie is an old man close to death, why not cast an older actor to play him? Instead of using heavy old-age makeup on a young actor which hardly ever looks convincing. Now after seeing Guy Pearce playing the younger Weyland on that website, I think I understand. But I feel it's a bit the wrong priority.
 
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pumaz said:
what David said to the engineer,
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David was following a definite agenda, I think.

I wonder why he was trying so hard to destroy Dr Shaw's faith, for example.
And at the end, she asks him if he has her cross... and he does, right there. Now why did he have it with him at all?
I think he was manipulating events all along and it could even have something to do with what Weyland pointedly said at the start in his video: David doesn't have a soul.
Hmm!
 
markweatherill said:
David was following a definite agenda, I think.

I wonder why he was trying so hard to destroy Dr Shaw's faith, for example.
And at the end, she asks him if he has her cross... and he does, right there. Now why did he have it with him at all?
I think he was manipulating events all along and it could even have something to do with what Weyland pointedly said at the start in his video: David doesn't have a soul.
Hmm!
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Just a particularly half-baked attempt at adding subtext and gravitas, in my opinion. It tries to be lofty and fails miserably.
 
I'm curious as to whether David has emotion or not. Remember when he first enters the map room and the holograms are floating around him, he's smiling like he's genuinely happy about what he has found.

There is no one else present so the smile could be for his own benefit only.
 
no_sleep_til said:
i thought the film was great, and answered the "who is the space jockey?" question perfectly. the concept of the film for me is that the xenomorphs are (now) a result of something (in this case; the engineer's weapon experiments) rather than a species of some planet who arrived on LV426 with the space jockeys.
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The film did not tell you anything about them at all, it was only the humans guess at what was going on...

we don't even know it was earth that alien man dissolved on, and what stupid technology requires a crew member to kill the self !!
 
Pestilence said:
Just a particularly half-baked attempt at adding subtext and gravitas, in my opinion. It tries to be lofty and fails miserably.
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Exactly.

Typical Lost style plotting and storylining.

I wish I had enough money to take out a contract on the life of everyone involved in Lost in any capacity so they could not taint any future productions. It is painful to watch the industry flock round them because they are still seen as "in thing" and "cool" producers/writers whereas in reality most viewers actually hate the **** they spew out.

After I have calmed a little from my initial loathing of the turd they produced I still don't see how they can produce a sequel/trilogy that can make any sense with such horridly large plot holes. I am not expecting/wanting everything explained but it needs to be set in a context where it makes some sense and logical conclusions can be drawn not complete **** that makes no sense and you have to make up the story yourself, thats just lazy/poor writing. I just cannot see how they can get beyond the mistake they make in opening minutes, why make a star map sending people to a planet where you are creating weapons? There is no reason at all unless they have sent them there so they can test the weapon on them. I suppose there are ways they can get round it but they will be dumb and stupidly overcomplicated. To be completely honest I have no desire to even see a conclusion to any cash cow mini series they are intending to make of this as it was just so bad, will consign it to the past and try to forget it instead! :p
 
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