Prometheus: Everything Has a Beginning...Ours Is Not What Is Seems - Comments

I wouldn't consider that a narrative...it just seems to be the most basic "story-line" Ridley could receive funding for. It could have been vastly improved upon, namely by taking the time to build up the characters and allow for the viewer to emotionally invest in them while adding more of a concrete background for the who's and why's.

Your right its not that complicated but it seems to me David does feel a little something becausr out of all the people he could have infected with that black goo he chose Dr. Holloway. Why? Maybe he held a sort of resentment toward him because before he put the goo in Holloways drink his facial expressions showed a bit of disliking...eh, maybe that's just my veiw of it.

I also must add,

1.) David didn't plot against the ship. He had his own experiments. He's an AI, and doesn't have feelings thus, no remorse when infecting the doctors.

2.) What killed the Engineers was their own creating that they were going to use against earth. David put it best, "To create, one must first destroy."

3.) The narrative of the story is quiet simple. Set up, conflict, and resolution.

OK! Set up-There are maps around the world of a star "invitation" from Engineers and humans go seeking for it in space. Fast forward two years, and their at the planet found using these maps.

Conflict-The Engineers are dead! And the thing that killed them is left, which poses a threat to the rest of crew. Later, they find one living engineer and kill it. Also stopping the ship from taking off and taking death to Earth.

Resolution-Alien has been created. Plus scientist is still out looking for answers. The End.
Seriously, did you guys watch the same movie? It wasn't that complicated.

Gahh I'm so traumatized after seeing this movie! I saw it with my mom, and when the scientist who was pregnant had the surgery to remove the alien baby she turned to me and said, "That's how you were born," because I was breach baby and so they cut me out of her. "Thanks for that," I said sarcastically. I will not get that scene out of my head. I have new respect for my mom. Thank goodness she was asleep during the procedure.

Oh shoot, oops I got two actresses mixed up oops i'm sorry haha... sorry :/

Noomi Rapace was never in snow white and the huntsman.. the last movies she did was Sherlock Homes and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (the original, which is swedish, and best of the two versions).

I have never really taken a shine to the Alien series. One, they were set on a ship in outer space, a setting I am not particularly fond of, and two, I hate alien movies. They're disgusting and they end up coming with every possible scenario imaginable to either creep you out or disgust you. The Aliens series is a perfect example of this. Prometheus was actually great, for what it was. An alien, space, action movie. As for the unanswered questions, there weren't many of them. I agree that they did never explain what killed the Engineers but it can be assumed that it was possibly the aliens, that probably died out after their DNA or whatever that was, was stored in those jars. David plotted against the crew out of curiosity. He had no real purpose for being there, he wasn't required to help them beyond the basic duties and helping out the old man Guy Pearce played. There is a bit of resentment from him about the humans and how they scorn him for not being so. Perhaps jealousy, so he wanted to create something to make him feel some sense of superiority and to see what would happen. Simply because he could. He had no feelings or compassion for humans so why would he care what happened to anyone but his creator? His only mission was really to carry out the old guy's orders and he did just that. I think they explained why the Engineers wanted to destroy Earth. They created us apparently, left or got stranded on that new planet. Weren't satisfied with our original planet so they wanted to plant an entirely new species that they would attempt to control and start all over in a planet that they ruled. Where they had failed the last time they would succeed with the aliens so to speak. This did spark a deeper interest in those life-searching questions that never seemed to be answered and I thought it was well done with special effects especially which it has been praised for by the majority of critics as well as Michael Fassbender's character who was very engaging and interesting if not likable. I couldn't help being annoyed at Noomi Rapace simply because her character seemed personality-less and rather pushy and ignorant but she regained the role as the powerful woman towards the end which was gratifying to see. I can't say I hope for a sequel but as it is...it was a well done film. Albeit the gory, graphic alien scenes hard to stomach.

I, too, saw Prometheus over the weekend, and I have to say, I was not a fan. It seemed mish-mashed together, without an actual narrative to be followed. Too many questions were left unanswered (what killed the Engineers, why David plotted against the crew of Prometheus, why the Engineers were set to destroy Earth, etc.), I feel, in hopes for a sequel, which can be dangerous. Ridley Scott has stated that Prometheus was not a direct prelude to Alien, but, if he wanted to create and spawn a separate franchise, why even bother with the ending scene that shows the inception of the alien? I could also be entirely bias toward the Alien franchise itself, as I am not a huge fan of sci-fi. However, I did enjoy the questions it posed, as you mentioned, as food for thought.