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.
Jeez, don't get all Movie of the Week. I was just too cheap to buy you a real present.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
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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
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 11, 2012 7:27:05 am PDT #21122 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
Oh! Another big issue I had apart from the general lack of common sense or survival instinct among the crew was the complete ignorance of basic physics and biology on the part of the writers. Like aliens whose DNA is just like ours except they apparently react to mild electrical stimulus by instantly rotting and exploding. Funny, I don't remember hearing about people doing that. Or a freaky fetus that can make someone's womb run at 200x speed and not cause all sorts of complications beyond a couple of cramps. Or said freaky fetus then being able to gain hundreds of kg of mass out of thin air over another couple of hours post-extraction, as that infirmary didn't seem to have big crates of supplies it could have fed on.
Finding out that one of the Lost writers got a screenplay credit explains a lot...
Zenkitty - Jun 11, 2012 7:33:01 am PDT #21123 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Prometheus sounds like I can just pretend I'm having an awesome freaky dream and it's so over-the-top and unreal that it doesn't bother me that it doesn't make any damn sense.
sj - Jun 11, 2012 7:35:18 am PDT #21124 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Today's Dork Tower link the Dark Knight meets the Avengers.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2012 7:39:46 am PDT #21125 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Matt,
I think those examples you cite are of the weapon and not the progenitors' DNA.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 11, 2012 7:43:33 am PDT #21126 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
I was assuming that for what happened to Charlie and Elizabeth, while still being skeptical about changes that fast not killing the person they're happening to. But you're thinking the alien head was contaminated as well, and the electric charge "woke up" the bioweapon to make it go kablooey? Why wouldn't it have exploded the head 2,000 years ago ?
Juliebird - Jun 11, 2012 7:45:09 am PDT #21127 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Man, I'm gonna have to go to the movies now so that I can read the whitefont.
Finally saw The Woman in Black. I was glad Arthur wasn't played by a better actor, because I was able to stay mesmerized watching the background and the shadows.
le nubian - Jun 11, 2012 7:45:10 am PDT #21128 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yes. only because of the image of the black grime from the ears? (and that there was something moving on the scalp before they hooked the head up).
I don't recall if electricity killed the aliens in the previous movies, but perhaps this was a nod to that?
le nubian - Jun 11, 2012 7:50:23 am PDT #21129 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Jun 11, 2012 8:13:14 am PDT #21130 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.
Or said freaky fetus then being able to gain hundreds of kg of mass out of thin air over another couple of hours post-extraction, as that infirmary didn't seem to have big crates of supplies it could have fed on.
The same thing happened in either Splice or Species. (I saw them back-to-back and they sort of ran together in my head.)
Anyway, I recommend Splice. The secret to watching it is to ignore all the bad science and major ethical lapses of the characters and just look at it as an incredibly fucked-up family drama.