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re: After giving Promet[h]eus a shot on cable
Posted on 4/11/13 at 11:39 am to CocomoLSU
Posted on 4/11/13 at 11:39 am to CocomoLSU
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But again, it doesn't have to explain it...at least not to me; not yet. I know that the goo (assuming that's the same thing the engineer drinks at the beginning of the movie) can create life. I also know it can destroy life. And create new life out of that. And change existing life. Etc.
But I don't need to know about it because watching the movies, it seems like the engineers don't even know about it completely. What they do know is that it's bad shite, and affects the bilogy of things that it comes in contact with. Which is why they store it on a "remote planet in the middle of space." (Charlize quote I believe)
I almost feel like I liked Prometheus because I went into it expecting a decent thrill ride and for it to have some small tie to the Alien series, whereas I think a lot of others went into it expecting Alien 0.
I completely agree with Cocomo. I think films get way too bogged down explaining their mythology and at the end of the day, I don't care. I'll use the old maxim that advanced science to a primitive people is no different than magic. The goo is technically science, but to us, its magic. The important thing is that WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, but we try to harness and use it anyway.
It's likely that the Space Jockeys had the same hubris.
I disagree about the opening sequence. It established that the goo can create life. It is Chekov's gun, and in the second act, it goes off. The Jockeys are the masters of the goo, but it ultimately destroys them as they cannot control it anymore than we can.
And it does work as an Alien prequel. The alien is in the final scene. It is born out of genetic experimentation. It is not "natural", it is the result of scientific engineering, which ties neatly into the themes and narratives of the first three films. The alien is "perfect", as described in the first film. Prometheus points out that "God does not build in straight lines". Hence, God does not build a perfect organism. It can only be designed through engineering. This film showed how, even if it was an uncontrollable accident.
Posted on 4/11/13 at 11:55 am to Baloo
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I completely agree with Cocomo. I think films get way too bogged down explaining their mythology and at the end of the day, I don't care.
I think it depends on the film.
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I'll use the old maxim that advanced science to a primitive people is no different than magic. The goo is technically science, but to us, its magic. The important thing is that WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT, but we try to harness and use it anyway.
Fair enough. Even if I take that stance, it just seems to freewheeling of a device. I don't know. Maybe if the goo had some more rules in place I might be more forgiving. But it could do anything, it was a little ridiculous.
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And it does work as an Alien prequel. The alien is in the final scene. It is born out of genetic experimentation. It is not "natural", it is the result of scientific engineering, which ties neatly into the themes and narratives of the first three films. The alien is "perfect", as described in the first film. Prometheus points out that "God does not build in straight lines". Hence, God does not build a perfect organism. It can only be designed through engineering. This film showed how, even if it was an uncontrollable accident.
I don't remember the last version of the alien, but I remember being very confused. Was it the alien? The queen? Etc.
I plan to watch it again, just an FYI. I literally have not seen it since Opening night.
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