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In Reply to: RE: Promethius questions....MEGA SPOILERS. Don't look if you ain't seen it. posted by Enophile on June 16, 2012 at 15:15:32
Based on what we know before we start watching the movie we are inclined to think, 'oh look...the aliens are spreading their DNA, they are going to take this humanoid lookig guy and change him into a human'.But they don't change him. They KILL HIM.
And if you watch the animation of what's happening to his DNA it is not CHANGING so it can be spread through the eco-system. It is BREAKING DOWN. IT IS BEING DESTROYED.
So this 'they're using this guy to spread their benevolent dna improvement through the planet' is WRONG.
But who is this guy? Is he an engineer doing some religious sacrifice? Is he a humanoid who was changed to be like the engineers who is now being killed by them? Is this a 'one time' sacrifice or will the black goop spread through the entire planet? What is this? Ritual or genocide?
If that's the case and the engineers made us, why don't WE look like THEM?
This is frankly, a story-telling mess. Ridley, Ridley. Exposition has never been his strong suite. Blade Runner looks great (classic) but the plot is a mess.
Oh well. I guess we'll have to get our answers from 'Ancient Aliens' on tv.
But the fact that the movie does not answer the 'ritual sacrifice' or 'genocide' question is really annoying.
Joss Whedon said, 'TV shows are about questions. Movies are about answers'. Ridley Scott said, 'Exposition? What's that?'
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
Edits: 06/18/12Follow Ups:
...maybe we see what we want to see.
Also, "If that's the case and the engineers made us, why don't WE look like THEM?" Maybe something went wrong and that's why they were going to eradicate the deviant strain. Who knows? Guess we'll have to wait for upcoming prequels.
...and even turned a pretty pale pink/coral color, for those in the audience who aren't color blind.The "primordial ooze" jump started this way, seems absolutely clear and essential for giving premise to the film's contexts.
I'm so very glad that R. Scott did not dumb down and spoil a good film, and chose to provide enough clues for most everyone to come away with at least a sense of what was happening.
In this way I feel cleansed from Scott's "Gladiator".
Edits: 06/19/12
both physically and emotionally. By the drawings spread around the earth they knew we were of different races and temperaments.
Remember Elizabeth's driving outrage was "Why did they want to kill us?" So didn't get it.
Why would I 'want to see' the DNA turning black and falling apart and not 're-creating' itself? It's a movie. I don't care what it does, I just want to watch a good movie.
It's obvious from all the debate the introductory scene obscures more than it reveals of the story. I thought I read somewhere Ridley was toying with deleting it from the blu ray.
And no, I don't want to 'see the sequels' to enjoy the first movie. I want the first movie to be less of a feast for the eyes and a famine for the mind.
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
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