I'd like to thank you all for coming
here today. I know this has been a difficult and confusing
experience for many of you, and I realize you have a lot of
questions. Fortunately, I'm used to people questioning me, so I will
try to handle this as smoothly as possible so we can all get home
before dinner.
According to Greek mythology,
Prometheus was a Titan, (not a god... perhaps if he applied himself
more) who got himself banished to Hades for bringing fire to man. If
you should want to visit him, he should still be there where he
suffers every day by having his liver eaten out by a bird for his
crime... And you thought angry birds only hated pigs.
Prometheus the
movie, has nothing to do with any of that.
Do you remember in 1979, when Alien
was released, which was a simple monster story in space starring
Sigourney Weaver in her underwear? Well Prometheus
doesn't have much to do with that either.
So what is Prometheus
about?
It appears to be about a bunch of
scientists who discover a sort of ancient map to the stars. After
leaving most of their common sense at home, they travel millions of
light years on the spaceship Prometheus,
to visit a planet that is NOT the same planet from the
original Alien.
Do you remember the Space Jockey
sitting in the big chair with his chest burst open from the original
Alien movie? He may (or may not) be in it. Do you
remember the crashed ship from Alien? It may (or may
not) be in it.
Maybe only Damon Lindelof knows
what all this is really about. To me, Damon will always be one of
the writers for the TV series Lost. Lost was
one of those shows we watched regularly cause everyone said it was
cool, even though none of us really understood it. Maybe Damon
should have stayed on the island. Okay, maybe he can share a bamboo
hut with Prometheus co-writer
Jon Spaihts.
However, for as much damage as Damon
may (or may not) have caused this movie, Ridley Scott picks up
the slack in the most awesome way! It's all sooooo pretty!
There is a reason the first Alien and Blade
Runner are still popular today. Director Ridley Scott.
Visually it is well worth the price of admission and made me want to
frame some scenes and display them proudly in my living room above my
Alien action figures. Also huge thumbs up to a very creepy surgery
scene! And by the way, did anyone else have flashbacks of driving
the Mako from Mass Effect ?
We also get some decent characters with
equally decent acting. The best of which, is David, (Michael
Fassbender). He's the creepy android (or do the kids still call
them Synthetics these days?). Charlize
Theron was also worth watching as Vickers and convinced us
all she had a stick buried rectally. I also enjoyed Noomi
Rapace as the eager curious and stupid scientist,
Elizabeth Shaw. And why was Guy Pearce playing
Peter Weyland, in the worst old man makeup ever???
Were there no older actors available???
It's not that I didn't like this movie.
I enjoyed it. But with such a confusing story, and so many moronic
decisions from supposedly 'smart' people, it's difficult to say
Prometheus was awesome. The internet tells me there
may (or may not) be a sequel planned that should tie all these
confusing bits together very nicely. Although, we all know how the
internet tends to lie to us sometimes.
Anyway... Did I mention we get to see
Charlize Theron in her underwear?
In space, no one can hear you drool...
Deeesher
