tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post3780083732507191531..comments2024-03-28T16:47:27.333-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: The Evolver Virus: PROMETHEUS, THE DEAD FILESErich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-16857089316510667342015-09-24T06:30:00.948-05:002015-09-24T06:30:00.948-05:00Prometheus lost me when they started yapping about...Prometheus lost me when they started yapping about a particular arrangement of stars in another galaxy - a constellation. There's no way we would see them in that arrangement from here even if the planet in question were in another solar system in our galaxy.<br /><br />And of course, 12 foot blue beings have identical DNA to humans... <br /><br />The whole deus ex machina storyline for our existence is hackneyed too boot. I didn't expect much when I heard writers from Lost were involved & I wasn't disappointed.<br /><br />Pretty images though.al kimeeahttp://quackademiology.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-6624336380288728822012-10-30T18:45:59.997-05:002012-10-30T18:45:59.997-05:00You, Sir, are on fire lately! When I saw Promethe...You, Sir, are on fire lately! When I saw Prometheus I left with pretty much the same feeling of, who are these hand picked clowns on the ship, what was that all about, why do I have so many etceteras about the blown opportunity this movie seemed to have promised (or maybe I projected). My friends all facebook linked or wrote their own huge list of What Didn't Work, and Failures of Logic, problems with the movie - and all of them, to me, were, You're upset about the wrong failures! It wasn't continuity or logic or plot holes, it was a failure of imagination that sunk this ship (though I did love the stone recording effects). You really nailed it on this one.johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11799326880962880585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-26328527939401803272012-10-23T22:49:23.528-05:002012-10-23T22:49:23.528-05:00I don't step foot in movie theaters very often...I don't step foot in movie theaters very often, but I saw "Prometheus" this summer.<br /><br />The first third - maybe the first half - was good, with interesting themes, asking the questions you mention here.<br /><br />The second half sucked. It reminded me, in this respect, of "Inception" (another rare example of a film I saw in first run): It was as though a different person or persons wrote the first half and the second half!<br /><br />The first half is a great premise, fantastic ideas, and the second half ignores those themes and blows stuff up, wasting the promise.<br /><br />In "Prometheus," they even appeared to let go of promised imagery and connections from the first half. The Christmas tree a crew member was decorating suggested obvious "God among us" and "God-man" type ideas, but was dropped, and, well, "We were wrong" is the only thematic remnant that remained. <br /><br />It had interesting pieces! I saw it in 3D and there were amazing elements visually, too.<br /><br />But it didn't bring it home. <br /><br />Damn.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com