Prometheus - Spoiler filled discussion

[bonocomet]

rich has railed about this on FB and in text conversations...

Ah kay. (I don't go on FB much anymore.) So does anyone know why?

What are you lookin' at, Butthead?

 

[Jive Turkey]

I rolled my eyes when Vickers got crushed by the rolling spaceship.

RUN TO THE SIDE, YOU DUMB-ASS!

I've heard a lot of this, but it's not like she'd have lived if she ran to the side. The writers wanted her dead. Running the length of a rolling ship is just more visually appealing

 

[corianderstem]

Well, if you want to bring screenplay logic into it ......

 

[bonocomet]

Didn't Shaw run to the side and live?

 

[Jive Turkey]

Ah kay. So does anyone know why?



What are you lookin' at, Butthead?

We're only in part 1 of a movie that's almost sure to have a sequel. Maybe there's something planned. Also there are scenes where he wears that exoskeleton contraption to aide his walking. If they had a truly elderly man play the part, there would be no feasible way to do that as the technology doesn't really exist. Also, they show his feet in close up after he is removed from stasis and his feet appear much younger than rest of him (and theyre rubbing some sort of ointment (hate that word. Uh) on them. I think it's supposed to hint at his desire to stay young. Maybe he should try rubbing that crap on his face

 

[Jive Turkey]

Didn't Shaw run to the side and live?

At the last minute she rolled

 

[bonocomet]

Yeah the sequel thing. Still though, I'd have WAY preferred 2 different actors to play the same role as young and old. It's done all the time and works fine. Much better than having Biff Tannen star in this movie.

I must have missed something on the exoskeleton. Huh?

 

[bonocomet]

At the last minute she rolled

Ah the old roll to the side as opposed to the run to the side.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I must have missed something on the exoskeleton. Huh?

They attached it to his legs before they went to meet the engineer. Made him walk like a drunken Frankenstein

 

[Jive Turkey]

Every time he was on I couldn't help but thinking, "Now don't con me BIFF!"

This is funny

I have to say though, Guy Pearce did an awesome job playing an old man. I could hardly tell it was him in regard to mannerisms, voice, etc

 

[bonocomet]

We're only in part 1 of a movie that's almost sure to have a sequel. Maybe there's something planned. Also there are scenes where he wears that exoskeleton contraption to aide his walking. If they had a truly elderly man play the part, there would be no feasible way to do that as the technology doesn't really exist. Also, they show his feet in close up after he is removed from stasis and his feet appear much younger than rest of him (and theyre rubbing some sort of ointment (hate that word. Uh) on them. I think it's supposed to hint at his desire to stay young. Maybe he should try rubbing that crap on his face

Haha just saw your edit!

 

[Jive Turkey]

Ah the old roll to the side as opposed to the run to the side.

stop drop and roll

 

[corianderstem]

Good advice for fires AND runaway space ships!

 

[bonocomet]

They attached it to his legs before they went to meet the engineer. Made him walk like a drunken Frankenstein

I still think they could find an old guy that could walk like drunken Frankenstein.

 

[bonocomet]

Good advice for fires AND runaway space ships!

And screenwriters apparently!

 

[Jive Turkey]

I find it disturbing that in all the Alien universe movies, they think it's acceptable to LIGHT THEIR FRIENDS ON FIRE to end their misery. That's gotta be the worst way to die

 

[bonocomet]

I find it disturbing that in all the Alien universe movies, they think it's acceptable to LIGHT THEIR FRIENDS ON FIRE to end their misery. That's gotta be the worst way to die

Except for maybe alien through the chest?

 

[Jive Turkey]

I think i'd still go for an Alien through the chest. At least it's sensational

 

[corianderstem]

And probably much quicker than burning to death ... although the part that leads up to the chest-bursting looks awfully painful.

 

[I Move in Mysterious Ways]

Except for maybe alien through the chest?

I always liked the lady in Aliens who got both. Alien pops out of chest and I get torched . . . could this day get any worse?

 

[bonocomet]

I always liked the lady in Aliens who got both. Alien pops out of chest and I get torched . . . could this day get any worse?

Probably ought to spoiler other Alien movie stuff... although the movie is sorta crap...

Spoiler

Do you mean Ripley as she did a Smeagol into Mt. Doom? She almost seemed to enjoy that little alien though.

They kinda bonded for a few seconds there.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Probably ought to spoiler other Alien movie stuff... although the movie is sorta crap...

Spoiler

Do you mean Ripley as she did a Smeagol into Mt. Doom? She almost seemed to enjoy that little alien though.

They kinda bonded for a few seconds there.

Spoiler

I thought that was so lame. Oh, nice timing! It would've been cooler if the heat from the lava somehow made the chestbuster panic and come out squealing into it

 

[I Move in Mysterious Ways]

Probably ought to spoiler other Alien movie stuff... although the movie is sorta crap...

Spoiler

Do you mean Ripley as she did a Smeagol into Mt. Doom? She almost seemed to enjoy that little alien though.

They kinda bonded for a few seconds there.

Nope, the cocooned woman the Marines find in the second one.

 

[DRay9911]

after searching on youtube for about 15 minutes, i finally found it:

Aliens Space Marines colonial marines - YouTube

it's at about the 2:07 mark.

someone decided to put a horrible music track behind it, so turn the volume down.

 

[I Move in Mysterious Ways]

At least it's not "Bodies" by Drowning Pool.

 

[bollox]

If infected-Holloway wanted to be put down (he seemed to welcome his bbq-ing), why not just take his helmet off instead? Asphyxiation is a bad way to go, but it probably beats being burned alive.

Also, when Shaw uses Vickers' personal med-pod thing to have her alien c-section, why is it calibrated for a man? This really bothered me.

(After thinking about more, maybe it's meant for Weyland? That makes sense, but I prefer my initial theory: Charlize Theron is a man!!)

 

[Jive Turkey]

Also, when Shaw uses Vickers' personal med-pod thing to have her alien c-section, why is it calibrated for a man? This really bothered me.

(After thinking about more, maybe it's meant for Weyland? That makes sense, but I prefer my initial theory: Charlize Theron is a man!!)

Ya, it was definitely meant for Weyland. That's why someone refers to it as a bypass machine at one point

 

[DRay9911]

If infected-Holloway wanted to be put down (he seemed to welcome his bbq-ing), why not just take his helmet off instead? Asphyxiation is a bad way to go, but it probably beats being burned alive.

i was hoping for this too. guess torching him scored better with test audiences.

 

[Steved1998]

cavalorn: Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About

Interesting theories on the movie. Can't wait to see a director's cut

 

[corianderstem]

Charlize looks like Sharon Stone and Fassbender looks like Draco Malfoy.