re: After giving Promet[h]eus a shot on cable

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I remember that being a HUGE point of contention from people in the threads when it was in theaters. Everyone seemed to question why David did that, what was the point, etc. To me, it was as simple as David was sent there basically to find out what was up, and by any means necessary. So the crew were expendable for the larger mission of "answers."

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which, BTW, ties back to the events on the Nostromo. The Company has always believed the crew is expendable. The reason it feels different in Prometheus is because David is our point of entry. He's the first character we meet, and we feel attached to him in a way we never were to Ash. Let's face it, Ash was creepy from the start. Here, we feel David's wounds whenever he is treated as less than human (which also, morally, kinda frees him to do what he wants to the crew).

As for explaining things, I look at it like this: I'd hate if they spent 30 minutes in Hunt for Red October explaining how a submarine works. And I don't actually know how one works, I just know it does. I accept it, and I move on.