Neb on 8/3/2017 at 14:00
Aren't planned perpetual sequels something that RedLetterMedia were ripping on? I'm completely out of the loop on that kind of thing.
N'Al on 8/3/2017 at 19:59
Quote Posted by Kolya
Says he might make 6 more Alien films.
Suck it 5 Avatar films!
Renault on 8/3/2017 at 21:00
Prometheus was awful. Watch it again and drink less while doing so.
Sulphur on 8/3/2017 at 21:04
What. If I were going to watch Prometheus again, I'd want to drink more. That's the only way it'd be bearable.
While watching Prometheus, take a shot if:
David shows randomly psychotic behaviour
One of the 'scientists' does something scientifically questionable
One of the 'scientists' does something personally life threatening and dumb
One of the 'scientists' does something personally life threatening and dumb and/or imperils everyone else around them
Charlize Theron gets bitchy for no particularly good reason
There's ancient alien technology inspired by a live Pink Floyd stage set
Someone dies because of any of the above
Thiefgarett on 8/3/2017 at 21:28
I enjoyed prometheus too. Sometimes its better not to get into too much detailes to enjoy a story. The more questions you ask the more you find awefullplotholes :erm:
Nicker on 9/3/2017 at 02:37
Quote Posted by Sulphur
What. If I were going to watch Prometheus again, I'd want to drink
more. That's the only way it'd be bearable.
While watching Prometheus, take a shot if:
The captain of your starship (who is coincidentally the bestest starship captain in the galaxy) abandons his watch (right after telling two marooned crew members that there might be an unidentified life form approaching their position) to have sex with the expedition commander.
A robotic surgery pod which is "not configured for females" produces a pair of obstetric forceps.
Kolya on 9/3/2017 at 08:20
To say something positive about Prometheus: It is exciting and manages to tap into some dark fears. I can appreciate that on a superficial level but from an Alien film I expect characters that aren't stereotypes that bend over backwards to make a situation dangerous/exciting and a story that can stand a thought.
It's the same reason why I dislike Joss Whedon's stuff so much, because he gets one half right and then totally drops the ball on the second. It's just sloppy and self-indulgent story telling.
Sulphur on 9/3/2017 at 09:42
Honestly, I think the things Prometheus did well were restricted to the quality of its production design. It's a decent modern update to Alien's setting, even if it's also not as visionary or compelling without Giger around.
From a plot/narrative standpoint, the primal fears it was attempting to tap into made little sense -- do children really want to kill their parents? Do creators really fear their spawn? It's fine for philosophical musing, even though the resolute answer to both is: 99.9% of the time, not really, no; and that's where David's little arc makes zero sense.
As for Weyland's clichéd fear of mortality, how does getting frozen and travelling in secret to meet a Space Jockey have any more than a 50-50 percent chance of conferring the secret of immortality to him, when it's perfectly clear that the aliens are as mortal as anyone else, and there's not a single clue in the narrative that says they would know how to extend the human lifespan?
It's just, well, not good really.
Thirith on 9/3/2017 at 09:48
Quote Posted by Sulphur
From a plot/narrative standpoint, the primal fears it was attempting to tap into made little sense -- do children really want to kill their parents? Do creators really fear their spawn?
Symbolically? Absolutely, though it's less children and parents than it is fathers and sons. This is a motif you find throughout history and in most cultures.
Vivian on 9/3/2017 at 10:15
If you read the original script (which is better generally, although there is an element of grass is greener about that), Weyland corps evil motivation makes much more sense. They wanted alien terraforming tech to make Mars habitable, and what Watts and Hollandaise had found on earth was archaeological evidence that the engineers had partially terraformed earth around the time of the last ice age. Still silly, but plausible and more logical. There's also a way better explanation for why Laurel and Hardy get lost in the ruins, and why they're so up for fondling bugs (the suits are explained as being hardcore bulletproof jobs).
