re: The Prometheus (Major Spoiler) Discussion Thread

I am aware of the effect I have on women.

For those who were disappointed, here's an interview that explains it.

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It's an interview with Damon Lindelof. I haven't finished reading it but here's something that both caught my eye and chapped my caboose:

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A couple hours later, a guy showed up at my house, handed me a script and said, "Enjoy. I'll be waiting in my car. When you're done, you can give this back to me." I read the script—it was written by John Spates—and I thought it was great, but it was definitely a dyed-in-the-wool Alien prequel in the sense that there was a direct and clear connectivity between the movies. It relied pretty heavily on the face hugging and chest bursting and acid-for-blood xenomorphs that we'd seen in the other movies. All that was wrapped around this incredibly original and cool sci-fi idea about scientists thinking that they had a bead on what mankind's origins on the planet might be. So I wrote an email that night saying, "I think that that idea is strong enough to carry the movie. We can get to some of that Alien stuff that the audience is definitely going to want to see, but you did that 30 years ago and it's been done many times since. And it would be great to not rely upon it so heavily and here's how you might do that..." And for some crazy reason they hired me, and that was the next year of my life. Read more: Prometheus Writer Damon Lindelof on the Non-Prequel Alien Prequel - Popular Mechanics

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It needs to be. There are so many gaping plot holes, pointless characters, obvious tacked on scenes, piss poor writing, unanswered wtf questions. Very disappointing flick.

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Here's why questions are unanswered, from the interview I posted above:

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Some of these questions we wanted to answer directly and some of these questions we didn't want to answer directly, which sets you up for a certain level of frustration and disappointment that I am well familiar with, but I'll take it any day of the week because I also feel like it forces you to fire your own imagination. Read more: Prometheus Writer Damon Lindelof on the Non-Prequel Alien Prequel - Popular Mechanics

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Some of these questions we wanted to answer directly and some of these questions we didn't want to answer directly, which sets you up for a certain level of frustration and disappointment that I am well familiar with, but I'll take it any day of the week because I also feel like it forces you to fire your own imagination.

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There's nothing wrong with questions.

But not 2 hours and 15 minutes of them.

It wasn't in the same league as "Alien", but it wasn't as terrible as you make it out to be. I think Leauxgan summed it up nicely a few days ago. It's a decent action/science fiction movie.

I actually can think of answers to most of your questions, but I'm too lazy to address all of them.

I'm not sure many people really saw TGWTDT when she was wandering around with bloodstains until she got back to wash up.

To address Fassbender. First, he got so much arse in "Shame" that he's still a little woozy and not acting rationally. Second, most of his actions were to serve three purposes: Guy Pearce's wishes, own desire to be independent and, finally, his curiosity about humans.

And it's not a planet. It's a moon. In fact, I suggest it is the very moon visited by the Nostromo in "Alien".

Sorry, I've got more but I want to catch "The Killing">

I just saw it for the 2nd time, what is the green crystal looking thing under the mural of the queen in the face tomb, Holloway says "This is just another tomb." Didn't remember this part, and haven't seen it talked about.

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it forces you to fire your own imagination

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I'm not imagining - it was a bad movie - and as I said before - pointless characters, obvious tacked on scenes, piss poor writing.

When answers are straightforward, it makes for boring storytelling. I like having mystery attached to it. It's intriguing.

flvelo12, you've made your point. We get it. I would love for you to offer some constructive critism to keep the haters & fans engaged. Your rehashed statements come off as lazy and unintelligent, you can do better.