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RE: What does it all mean?

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Jazz Inmate

In Reply to: RE: What does it all mean? posted by mkuller on August 03, 2014 at 14:29:47

I agree with some of that, especially the significance of the abortion scene, which most certainly WAS in the movie. The space Jesus WAS NOT in the movie, and the idea that engineers living millions of light years away would have been upset about the crucifixion of a single man (the Romans crucified about 10,000 people and murdered a million in their conquest of Judea. Moreover, every life form shows cruelty, it's not just humans.

My interpretation of why the engineers turned against humanity is that humans were developing the ability to harness technology in ways that reminded the engineers of their own shorcomings, and were using technology in harmful ways. This is paid off by the large role David played in the film, and the hostility of the surviving engineer. The way that scene unfolded was very significant, when confronted by David and Weyland, the engineer yanked off David's head and used it to strike Weyland as if the intent was to punish humanity for its own technological attempt to create life.

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LOL! - mkuller 17:24:45 08/03/14 (4)
...they would only be concerned about that single Man if they had put Him here.

That interpretation takes into consideration things Ridley Scott has said about the film.

Interpret the film any way you want.
- RE: LOL! - Jazz Inmate 18:19:49 08/03/14 (3)
  You mean things Ridley Scott supposedly told a journalist, who supposedly wrote an article, which was supposedly read by someone who posts on a blog that you supposedly like. As wonderful as all that is, no mention--not even a small hint--was made in the movie of an "engineer Jesus" that the engineers might have put in Bethlehem. If you want to talk about the movie, you'll have to admit that it just doesn't support that idea.
  
  Edits: 08/03/14
  - Yup, all hearsay. And that guy is obviously compulsive-obsessive. Not everything in a film is - tinear 08:43:43 08/05/14 (1)
    meaningful. A person looking for a thread will find thousands of them. Whether or not they are meaningful is a question for common sense. Would Scott make a gigantic Christian allegory film? I doubt it.
    - Read the interview with him...(nt) - mkuller 10:05:19 08/05/14 (0)
      (nt)
  - LMAO! - mkuller 21:48:05 08/03/14 (0)
    ...with you it's always a zero sum game.
    
    You have to be right and everyone else is wrong.
    
    Get over yourself.
    
    As I said, interpret it however you want.

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