tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post5393813523220215477..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: PrometheusAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-20848590991759445042019-03-24T23:39:25.125+00:002019-03-24T23:39:25.125+00:00i haven't seen the movie, but maybe the "...i haven't seen the movie, but maybe the "i choose to believe" comment is a reference to the same (equally moronic, in my opinion) statement made by people who believe in a god despite a lack of evidence of the existence of one.messyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17862523259996972681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-58771244464134984362012-06-11T19:27:21.492+00:002012-06-11T19:27:21.492+00:00+1 to Prankster. I believe that with such amazing ...+1 to Prankster. I believe that with such amazing atmosphere, cast and budget, what the screenwriters did was no less than a crime against humanity (not to mention the weird giant dudes and the xenomorphs). What... the... hell...?! I will never understand this. The scripts are the cheapest part of any film!Sideritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900117719824630437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-85202798692623319312012-06-11T01:11:50.237+00:002012-06-11T01:11:50.237+00:00You're very kind, Adam. I don't think I...You're very kind, Adam. I don't think I've ever seen this big a disparity between the amazing, immersive world and visuals of a movie, and the utterly hackneyed script, which manages to be boring and unoriginal AND make absolutely no sense from one scene to the next. And yes, the flaws of Lost are manifest here times ten. Drew McWeeney at Hitfix has a great breakdown of just SOME of the nonsensical plot holes in this movie: http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/prometheus-second-look-digging-deep-into-spoilers-and-questions<br /><br />Honestly, if you were to read the script of this movie with no indication of who was making it, you'd think it was a crappy early-80s knock off of the original ALIEN, something from Golan-Globus maybe, not an expensive prestige movie from the director of the original.Pranksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00676528953675160889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-58962346161503026962012-06-10T20:25:26.850+00:002012-06-10T20:25:26.850+00:00"Also I wished they had explained the connect..."Also I wished they had explained the connection between this and first Alien movie better, how those jar like things "evolved " into eggs if they ever did, or why the facehugger in the end was that big."<br /><br />The theory I'm favouring now is that the Engineers regarded the xenomorph, which existed already, as a 'pure' entity of destruction, hence why they painted a mural of it. They had a stockpile of 'real' xenomorphs but lost them on the ship that crashed on LV-426 (the equivalent of a plane carrying nukes which crashes and you don't want to go down there in case you get fried by radiation/facehuggered to death), so had to fall back on their own genetically-engineered equivalent. This substance then went nuts and backfired, wiping everyone out.<br /><br />The inefficient 'giant facehugger' creature, weird worm things etc are a result of the liquid trying to behave like the xenomorph life-cycle but malfunctioning, or at least that's how I took it. I liked a theory on a forum where someone suggested the black goo is the distilled essence of the xenos, so when Fifeld's corpse is infected with it, he starts behaving like a xeno, curling up in a weird ball and then jumping up the walls and killing everyone in sight.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-84775490567010583422012-06-10T18:53:42.053+00:002012-06-10T18:53:42.053+00:00"I blame Lindelof."
I saw this with my ..."I blame Lindelof."<br /><br />I saw this with my girlfriend todau and after it, I told her "the writer was one of the Lost guys" she said " aha! so obvious now that you say it!"<br /><br />I understand leaving some stuff unexplained, especially in a SF movie like this but when Lindelof is involved I cant help but thinking he just writes anything he wants without worrying about explaining it later with logic (even movie logic). <br /><br />I also didn't quite get what was so important about C. Theron's character being Weylnd's daughter, nor why writer kind of wanted audience to hate her..the scene where the last alive Engineer woke up felt beyond stupid, Shaw asking questions and Weyland trying to stop her like Engineer had a quote of words he is allowed to hear before he explodes or something..<br /><br />Also I wished they had explained the connection between this and first Alien movie better, how those jar like things "evolved " into eggs if they ever did, or why the facehugger in the end was that big..maybe I'm just dumb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-85246722749094374772012-06-10T10:30:56.271+00:002012-06-10T10:30:56.271+00:00Maybe there will be a 'directors cut' that...Maybe there will be a 'directors cut' that will flesh out the story better and fix various plot points. Kind of like Kingdom of Heaven. Scott just might have had too much film and had to make big cuts for the theatrical release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-78272718103274076212012-06-10T10:20:37.079+00:002012-06-10T10:20:37.079+00:00Damon Lindelof delivers a script with a terrible e...Damon Lindelof delivers a script with a terrible ending that doesn't make any sense?<br /><br />Well colour me shocked, I say.Wastrelhttp://vacuouswastrel.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-26836202703212570442012-06-10T09:52:24.697+00:002012-06-10T09:52:24.697+00:00"Shaw and Holloway's theories about human..."Shaw and Holloway's theories about humans being the result of alien genetic engineering are never backed up by evidence (when asked about how her theory is disproved by evolution, Shaw's answer is a moronic, "I choose to believe,")"<br /><br />Wouldn't it be kind of trite and uninteresting to say: "look, folks, this is how it really was"?<br />I mean the possibility acquires arguably more interest if it's left without a definite answer (or with more questions).<br /><br />This guy likes the movie (there also seems to be a different interpretation of Shaw's character):<br />http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120606/REVIEWS/120609989Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-70638943794790234842012-06-10T09:26:45.155+00:002012-06-10T09:26:45.155+00:00It is still up there with the best sci-fi movies t...It is still up there with the best sci-fi movies to appear in the last few years, but did not live up to the hype or lineage.<br /><br />There was something not quite right about the script and pacing. I blame Lindelof.<br /><br />Also, what is up with the music score? The score was straight out of Saving Private Ryan or some other cheesy Spielberg production. Totally inappropriate for an epic sci-fi movie like this, and shows the poor judgement that Ridley Scott took with many elements of this film.Yohannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-28159473417934214362012-06-10T09:23:42.979+00:002012-06-10T09:23:42.979+00:00The c-section sequence is truly bonkers and horrif...The c-section sequence is truly bonkers and horrifying. It reminded me of the birth of my son when I popped a look at proceedings. Needless to say I nearly fainted. Though he didnt look like a baby Cthulu. <br /><br />I enjoyed the film but felt it was let down by the coda in the lifeboat. That felt like a sop to the studio/ fanboy community. I feel hopeful for any sequel.Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071546979497176969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-26173767684238857952012-06-10T06:46:56.352+00:002012-06-10T06:46:56.352+00:00Great review! I saw it today and am still unsure ...Great review! I saw it today and am still unsure of exactly how I feel about the movie, but I think I'm leaning more towards "awesome" than not. <br /><br />I also felt the music was odd in places, but mostly because it kept reminding me of Star Trek...SunnyReadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663743946262759579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-3152912219534123282012-06-09T22:38:22.830+00:002012-06-09T22:38:22.830+00:00I found the movie dull, to be perfectly honest. It...I found the movie dull, to be perfectly honest. It rushes to the planet so that we can get the movie going, and then slows down - at which point, you can guess how virtually everything is going to go down if you've ever seen an Alien franchise movie before. Even the acting couldn't save it, and I felt no emotional involvement in the story at all.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-52169435135313476772012-06-09T22:11:06.783+00:002012-06-09T22:11:06.783+00:00It's rare these days to encounter a movie that...It's rare these days to encounter a movie that has this kind of craft put into the visuals and atmosphere, and particularly not into the scares. Seriously, the studio wanted this to be a PG-13 and Scott fought them tooth and nail to get an R, as it should be. They then thought the film would only take $30 million in the first weekend and it's on course for twice that. So Scott poking 'perceived studio wisdom' in the eye is quite satisfying :-)<br /><br />The plot holes are a major problem, no doubt, but in the case of movies the visual impact and the quality of the acting (which I found to be very high in general) does count for a lot.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-87172471463199433402012-06-09T21:38:48.186+00:002012-06-09T21:38:48.186+00:00I'm surprised that given the weaknesses, you g...I'm surprised that given the weaknesses, you gave it 3.5 stars, Adam.<br /><br />I am not so kind and generous to the film, myself (just saw it a few hours ago)Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.com