Okay, he is full of shit. The reason why the "black slime" became a serpent had nothing to do with intent. Did he miss the earlier shot where there were worms under David's feet? The worms hit the black slime and became the serpent.
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
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le nubian - Jun 11, 2012 2:46:40 am PDT #21112 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 11, 2012 4:21:10 am PDT #21113 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
OK, I graduated magna cum laude with a minor in English that emphasized British drama. So I feel pretty confident that if I come out of a movie completely mystified as to what was actually going on in the plot and what the screenwriter and director were trying to convey, it's not a case of me just being a yokel who's too dumb to "get it." That, my friends, was a beatifully shot Hot Mess. Sort of the cinematic equivalent of Batman Odyssey.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2012 5:02:36 am PDT #21114 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt,
yeah, you are Beau (Ph.D. in Lit) had a similar reaction. My bar is a bit lower with regard to strict adherence to plot coherence. But Beau is still yelling about there being no plot.
Say what you will about the weaknesses of the Matrix trilogy, but even the last 2 weren't as big of a hot mess as Prometheus.
Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2012 5:08:02 am PDT #21115 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When the opening credits rolled, I thought, oh, hey, Guy Pearce is in this movie!
During the movie, I never thought, hey, it's Guy Pearce!
When the closing credits rolled, I thought, oh, hey, Guy Pearce was in this movie!
Tom Scola - Jun 11, 2012 5:11:39 am PDT #21116 of 30000
hwæt
I want to see this movie.
Polter-Cow - Jun 11, 2012 5:12:54 am PDT #21117 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ha ha ha, gingerhaze and Kate Beaton need to collaborate on something.
tommyrot - Jun 11, 2012 5:53:21 am PDT #21118 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About.
That kind of makes me want to see it again.
I want to see this movie.
Heh. Me too.
SailAweigh - Jun 11, 2012 7:07:40 am PDT #21119 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Not to mention that as fucking expensiveas that self-surgical thing is, it fucking better work on men and women. WTF is the point then. in the theater, when the machine said that, I said out loud "fucking typical."
I thought that was just foreshadowing that the shuttle was meant to hold a male passenger, who we discover later is Welyand, NOT Vickers. It would only be programmed for that one person, screw the rest of the ship, not just females.
§ ita § - Jun 11, 2012 7:14:17 am PDT #21120 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think there was any evidence that pointed to it being an issue, an auto-doc being for just a specific person. Yes, it was an anvil that it wasn't Vickers, but Weyland's, but why would you think they're programmed to work for one person?
SailAweigh - Jun 11, 2012 7:23:31 am PDT #21121 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
ita,
why would you think they're programmed to work for one person?
Eh, I just didn't think my sentence through well. Male=Weyland=one person came out being all the same in my head.