The movie was pretty good since we've been in a sci-fi drought lately when it comes to a good alien flick. I can see how people can get confused, but it's not like it's some mind bending movie like Inception was. Things are pretty straight forward as long as you...
- Know the story of Prometheus - Explains the first scene
- Have seen Ridley Scott films - Explains the last scene
The first two viewers in this thread must have had the film go over their heads, because I didn't get "plot holes every 10 minutes". Also isn't this supposed to be part of a trilogy or was that just rumor? Either way it's already made it's money back as far as production goes.
I think Prometheus just uses very strong and evident themes that if you're not aware of can make this movie seem like a mess. I really can't recount any super obvious plot holes in the movie. More like what Drew said, it's "small questions" not outright plot holes. Which is why we'll more than likely see a second and probably third film.
My only complaint about the movie is it seems like the last quarter of the movie the acting kinda went downhill... Felt almost as if they were running out of time to make the movie and had to go with their best shot. Also that and some of the deaths were a bit cornballish and really anti-climatic. Other than that I thought it was a pretty decent sci-fi film. Not amazing, but as far as aliens go one of the better ones as of recently.
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the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
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lol do you guys not think the picked up pace was necessary? they carried out the mission exactly as planned by the weyland guy. a mission we had no idea about till the second half of the movie. then the engineer started smashing peoples faces. the only thing different would have been if they stayed on the planet a little longer than a day. But weyland was going to die so he barely had time, wanted to speak to the maker.
or am i crazy?
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the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
1. an engineer sacrificing himself and seeding life on a planet, possibly earth
2. a weapon that destroys organic life
3. evolutions of the worms shown in the dirt when they first walked in
movie had mad potential, but it was all over the place
really need to change my name to "hey im a big fan"
the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
1. an engineer sacrificing himself and seeding life on a planet, possibly earth
2. a weapon that destroys organic life
3. evolutions of the worms shown in the dirt when they first walked in
movie had mad potential, but it was all over the place
1. dont understand how that makes sense. i just decided that my theory is that the spaceship flying away were the creators of the engineers. at one point shaw says something about how the engineers made humans and changed their minds and how someone created the engineers as well
2. but who made it? for what purpose?
3. that actually makes sense, never thought about that
you have good theorys. this movie confuses me but i like it
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the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
1. an engineer sacrificing himself and seeding life on a planet, possibly earth
2. a weapon that destroys organic life
3. evolutions of the worms shown in the dirt when they first walked in
movie had mad potential, but it was all over the place
1. dont understand how that makes sense. i just decided that my theory is that the spaceship flying away were the creators of the engineers. at one point shaw says something about how the engineers made humans and changed their minds and how someone created the engineers as well
2. but who made it? for what purpose?
3. that actually makes sense, never thought about that
you have good theorys. this movie confuses me but i like it
1. the spaceship at the beginning were engineers as well as the guy next to the river. they were leaving him simply because he was sacrificing himself (a common theme in the film) to give life to that planet
2. the end results of the black slime are directly related to their host. if their host sacrificed THEMSELVES for the good of others (such as the guy at the beginning) then organic life would be produced. Where as if the host were greedy and were to sacrifice OTHERS for the sake of itself living the black slime would develop off that internal choice the person was making and would create the aliens.
-Thats why when the engineer tried to kill Shaw he held her in contempt after dying because she sacrificed him by feeding him to the giant facehugger. Saw the fail of not sacrificing herself for the good of others (but i mean in this case what was she really to do? ) so he gave up hope on the humans (the engineer's creation) and the alien was born from his stomach.
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the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
1. an engineer sacrificing himself and seeding life on a planet, possibly earth
2. a weapon that destroys organic life
3. evolutions of the worms shown in the dirt when they first walked in
movie had mad potential, but it was all over the place
1. dont understand how that makes sense. i just decided that my theory is that the spaceship flying away were the creators of the engineers. at one point shaw says something about how the engineers made humans and changed their minds and how someone created the engineers as well
2. but who made it? for what purpose?
3. that actually makes sense, never thought about that
you have good theorys. this movie confuses me but i like it
1. the spaceship at the beginning were engineers as well as the guy next to the river. they were leaving him simply because he was sacrificing himself (a common theme in the film) to give life to that planet
2. the end results of the black slime are directly related to their host. if their host sacrificed THEMSELVES for the good of others (such as the guy at the beginning) then organic life would be produced. Where as if the host were greedy and were to sacrifice OTHERS for the sake of itself living the black slime would develop off that internal choice the person was making and would create the aliens.
-Thats why when the engineer tried to kill Shaw he held her in contempt after dying because she sacrificed him by feeding him to the giant facehugger. Saw the fail of not sacrificing herself for the good of others (but i mean in this case what was she really to do? ) so he gave up hope on the humans (the engineer's creation) and the alien was born from his stomach.
idk where u comin up with that homo shit about internal thoughts shit sounds gay as hell and makes no sense
the worms did not sacrifice themselves to evolve into the snake thing
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I heard that they cut like 30 mins of the film, that probably explains why it felt rushed. The extra parts will probably be on the DVD.
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the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
1. an engineer sacrificing himself and seeding life on a planet, possibly earth
2. a weapon that destroys organic life
3. evolutions of the worms shown in the dirt when they first walked in
movie had mad potential, but it was all over the place
1. dont understand how that makes sense. i just decided that my theory is that the spaceship flying away were the creators of the engineers. at one point shaw says something about how the engineers made humans and changed their minds and how someone created the engineers as well
2. but who made it? for what purpose?
3. that actually makes sense, never thought about that
you have good theorys. this movie confuses me but i like it
1. the spaceship at the beginning were engineers as well as the guy next to the river. they were leaving him simply because he was sacrificing himself (a common theme in the film) to give life to that planet
2. the end results of the black slime are directly related to their host. if their host sacrificed THEMSELVES for the good of others (such as the guy at the beginning) then organic life would be produced. Where as if the host were greedy and were to sacrifice OTHERS for the sake of itself living the black slime would develop off that internal choice the person was making and would create the aliens.
-Thats why when the engineer tried to kill Shaw he held her in contempt after dying because she sacrificed him by feeding him to the giant facehugger. Saw the fail of not sacrificing herself for the good of others (but i mean in this case what was she really to do? ) so he gave up hope on the humans (the engineer's creation) and the alien was born from his stomach.
idk where u comin up with that homo shit about internal thoughts shit sounds gay as hell and makes no sense
the worms did not sacrifice themselves to evolve into the snake thing
the fuck was the opening scene all about... someone please explain it to me.
in fact, i have many unanswered questions this movie failed to address:
1. the fuck was up with that opening scene?
2. what was the black shit then, war materials or whatnot? what does it do anyway?
3. the fuck were the small snake things?
so many more questions. im just higly confused...
1. an engineer sacrificing himself and seeding life on a planet, possibly earth
2. a weapon that destroys organic life
3. evolutions of the worms shown in the dirt when they first walked in
movie had mad potential, but it was all over the place
1. dont understand how that makes sense. i just decided that my theory is that the spaceship flying away were the creators of the engineers. at one point shaw says something about how the engineers made humans and changed their minds and how someone created the engineers as well
2. but who made it? for what purpose?
3. that actually makes sense, never thought about that
you have good theorys. this movie confuses me but i like it
1. the spaceship at the beginning were engineers as well as the guy next to the river. they were leaving him simply because he was sacrificing himself (a common theme in the film) to give life to that planet
2. the end results of the black slime are directly related to their host. if their host sacrificed THEMSELVES for the good of others (such as the guy at the beginning) then organic life would be produced. Where as if the host were greedy and were to sacrifice OTHERS for the sake of itself living the black slime would develop off that internal choice the person was making and would create the aliens.
-Thats why when the engineer tried to kill Shaw he held her in contempt after dying because she sacrificed him by feeding him to the giant facehugger. Saw the fail of not sacrificing herself for the good of others (but i mean in this case what was she really to do? ) so he gave up hope on the humans (the engineer's creation) and the alien was born from his stomach.
idk where u comin up with that homo shit about internal thoughts shit sounds gay as hell and makes no sense
the worms did not sacrifice themselves to evolve into the snake thing
The fight between sacrificing oneself for the good of others vs sacrificing others for the good of yourself was a very reoccurring theme throughout the whole movie so it's no surprise the black liquid reacts to it. Lets run through some examples:
1. Not shown in the movie but Prometheus creates humans and gives them fire and fire was supposed to be sacred only to the gods. As a result the gods sentence him to eternal punishment by chaining him to a rock and every day having an eagle feed from his liver, only to have it grow back the next day. (essentially sacrificing his life for the creation of humans).
2. The first engineer you see in the film again sacrifices himself to create life on the planet he is on.
3. The first time they go into the cave with the giant head, Shaw points out the giant mural on the ceiling that depicts Prometheus with his stomach ripped open due to the eagle eating his liver (reference to the original prometheus to remind you of the reoccurring theme).
4. Holloway sacrifices himself by allowing Vickers to kill him with the flamethrower (nice reference to the original story again) otherwise he would become a monster like Fifield and potentially wreak havoc upon the ship.
5. And finally the captain of the ship along with the two pilots sacrifice themselves to save Earth by running Prometheus into the Engineer's ship.
-You'll notice that Weyland is the exact opposite of all these examples. He tells David seperate objectives from the crew and to "try harder" to find the Engineers which could potentially wipe out his whole crew. Weyland doesn't care if he sacrifices the crew members as he only wants to see the Engineers and wants to learn where he came from (for his own personal gain).
idk where u comin up with that homo shit about internal thoughts shit sounds gay as hell and makes no sense
the worms did not sacrifice themselves to evolve into the snake thing
The fight between sacrificing oneself for the good of others vs sacrificing others for the good of yourself was a very reoccurring theme throughout the whole movie so it's no surprise the black liquid reacts to it. Lets run through some examples:
1. Not shown in the movie but Prometheus creates humans and gives them fire and fire was supposed to be sacred only to the gods. As a result the gods sentence him to eternal punishment by chaining him to a rock and every day having an eagle feed from his liver, only to have it grow back the next day. (essentially sacrificing his life for the creation of humans).
2. The first engineer you see in the film again sacrifices himself to create life on the planet he is on.
3. The first time they go into the cave with the giant head, Shaw points out the giant mural on the ceiling that depicts Prometheus with his stomach ripped open due to the eagle eating his liver (reference to the original prometheus to remind you of the reoccurring theme).
4. Holloway sacrifices himself by allowing Vickers to kill him with the flamethrower (nice reference to the original story again) otherwise he would become a monster like Fifield and potentially wreak havoc upon the ship.
5. And finally the captain of the ship along with the two pilots sacrifice themselves to save Earth by running Prometheus into the Engineer's ship.
-You'll notice that Weyland is the exact opposite of all these examples. He tells David seperate objectives from the crew and to "try harder" to find the Engineers which could potentially wipe out his whole crew. Weyland doesn't care if he sacrifices the crew members as he only wants to see the Engineers and wants to learn where he came from (for his own personal gain).
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pretty sad how everyone automatically believes that crazy article that some dude posted on live journal.
i can buy some of the prometheus myth being involved, but a lot of it is ridiculous. such a joke how writers can just cop out, not give any resolution to questions, then just say "oh well its up to your own interpretation". nah son, you're just being lazy.
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heres my theory about the black goo...
Any organic life form that touches or gets in to contact with the goo becomes ultra violent. The worms on the ground in the tomb that later changed into what killed the two scientists, and then there was the goo that was on the head of the dead engineer that later exploded the head. Also holloway became a zombie after drinking it.
I'm thinking the reason for all the dead engineers on the ship was because of the goo. Maybe one of them became a zombie and killed everyone on their ship. And after realizing how deadly the goo could be, they wanted to go back to earth and kill the humans that they just created.
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