Scott Tortorice
Senior Member
Re: Alien Prequel Killed by Prometheus
So Kawaiku and I have been having one of our regular sci-fi confabs again and this dog of a movie came up. While looking up some stuff, I came across this spot-on review. Now, I will warn you that the reviewer has a way of speaking that can be a bit exaggerated at times, but his deconstruction of everything wrong with this movie is well worth watching. It can be hilarious, too! Like he said: this movie just makes no sense on any level. The plot is just incoherent.
Part 1
[video=youtube_share;iKyZ0BF7gcE]http://youtu.be/iKyZ0BF7gcE[/video]
Part 2
[video=youtube_share;c3AYzX919TM]http://youtu.be/c3AYzX919TM[/video]
My only disagreement with the reviewer is how he rejects the idea that Shaw clings to her faith despite the events of the film. Shaw wears a cross, so as a Christian she would be well acquainted with the Christian concept of the "Suffering God" even if such a concept is a relatively recent and isn't accepted in all Christian circles. Regardless, even a basic knowledge of scripture would reveal many faithful who endured real suffering in life and still persisted in their faith (Job, for example). So the idea that Christianity is a sunshine and lollipops religion, and idea often expressed by those with no or little understanding of Christianity, is a false one. If anything, I find it completely believable that Shaw would grasp her faith all the more tightly after experiencing the (entirely nonsensical) horrors of this movie. If hell is the impossibility of reason, than Shaw was most definitely in hell, and the only possible way out would be for her to bear her cross all the more closely.
Be that as it may, this touches upon a problem Ridley Scott exhibits time and again. His movies often touch upon issues of religiosity, as seen here and in the equally incoherent Kingdom of Heaven, but it is clear that the man never bothers to pick of a book on theology, so he sort of wings it and projects what he thinks religion and faith are all about. As a direct result, movies that should shine all the brighter because of their religious ponderings either flounder as with Prometheus, or just come across as cynical and superficial, as with Kingdom of Heaven.
BTW: I love his t-shirt. Have to get one of those.:smoke:
So Kawaiku and I have been having one of our regular sci-fi confabs again and this dog of a movie came up. While looking up some stuff, I came across this spot-on review. Now, I will warn you that the reviewer has a way of speaking that can be a bit exaggerated at times, but his deconstruction of everything wrong with this movie is well worth watching. It can be hilarious, too! Like he said: this movie just makes no sense on any level. The plot is just incoherent.
Part 1
[video=youtube_share;iKyZ0BF7gcE]http://youtu.be/iKyZ0BF7gcE[/video]
Part 2
[video=youtube_share;c3AYzX919TM]http://youtu.be/c3AYzX919TM[/video]
My only disagreement with the reviewer is how he rejects the idea that Shaw clings to her faith despite the events of the film. Shaw wears a cross, so as a Christian she would be well acquainted with the Christian concept of the "Suffering God" even if such a concept is a relatively recent and isn't accepted in all Christian circles. Regardless, even a basic knowledge of scripture would reveal many faithful who endured real suffering in life and still persisted in their faith (Job, for example). So the idea that Christianity is a sunshine and lollipops religion, and idea often expressed by those with no or little understanding of Christianity, is a false one. If anything, I find it completely believable that Shaw would grasp her faith all the more tightly after experiencing the (entirely nonsensical) horrors of this movie. If hell is the impossibility of reason, than Shaw was most definitely in hell, and the only possible way out would be for her to bear her cross all the more closely.
Be that as it may, this touches upon a problem Ridley Scott exhibits time and again. His movies often touch upon issues of religiosity, as seen here and in the equally incoherent Kingdom of Heaven, but it is clear that the man never bothers to pick of a book on theology, so he sort of wings it and projects what he thinks religion and faith are all about. As a direct result, movies that should shine all the brighter because of their religious ponderings either flounder as with Prometheus, or just come across as cynical and superficial, as with Kingdom of Heaven.
BTW: I love his t-shirt. Have to get one of those.:smoke: