I thought he said, "I'm dying"
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I thought he said, "I'm dying"
I want a flashback in P2 where Jesus the alien is being whipped and crucified. They must have used an extra big cross for him.
Lol you're going to post that on every page aren't you?
Clusterfuck, thy name is Prometheus mythos.
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will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
It's really weird how people who hate the movie are the ones spending so much time making it more convoluted than it already is, but I guess that's how people vent frustration?
dilatedmuscle
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This movie is like the last 10 minutes of Mass Effect 3 lol
Ridley Scott confirms the Jesus theory. OMG.
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/ridley-scott-prometheus-interview/8232
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. LOL.
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/ridley-scott-prometheus-interview/8232
Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. LOL.
I will try!
Didn't have an elementary class with us no.
It's probably my english, but I don't see that as a confirmation for space-jesus canon.
Even if it would be awesome.
dilatedmuscle
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I dont hate it, Im frustrated by it. I posted some of the reasons why in my last couple of posts... SOME of the reasons.
If i hated this movie i would just trash it and move on. The problem is that this movie couldve been so amazing. Instead it was visually amazing, poorly paced, poorly written and too many loose ends (not just the open ended ending). People like me who are going into depth about what they didnt like are frustrated because they probably wanted to like it aswell. I didnt know anything about the film, i had no idea it was tied to the alien universe. I saw it and judged it on its own merits and i felt as if it was a state of the art Ferrari with amazing features that dont work that only has 50 horse power.
Proving yet again that fan theories plugging plot holes are more complicated and probably sound than whatever the actual author has to say.
No. ME3 is much worse by leagues.
symphonask
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If Jesus existed in this universe, then quite clearly he would be an alien, and not of earth. What's wrong with the space Jesus idea? It's not like the movie forces it, it's just another theory.
Also, this is awesome.
Also, this is awesome.
What the hell is he saying here??
Yeh, this circus just gets dumber.
He basically confirms that the allusions to the space-jesus theory are intentional and what they had in mind. They just didn't want to come out and say it in the actual movie because it would be too tacky.
Jesus the Xenomorph. That's the meaning of that cave paiting. And not to defend our ancestors but would you blame them for crucifying Jesus Xenomorph? Yeah, yeah, one should not judge on another's physical appearance but when you bleed acid.....
heliosRAzi
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Yeah, I agree with you there. Prometheus is disappointing all around, but there are a lot of good parts in ME3 and then the ending happens and it completely fucks up the game and the previous games.
The Elite
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This was confirmed a few days ago. That's pretty much where a lot of the "Jesus" stuff stemmed from. So glad he didn't include it. I like the movie, but this would have destroyed it for me.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
LOL you know I don't know why the Alien Jesus idea is so silly. Everybody thinks Stargate and stuff is cool and it's about aliens posing as non-Christian ancient gods.
So why not Jesus? Give him some space love too.
So why not Jesus? Give him some space love too.
The ending was some passive-aggressive bullshit that displayed incompetence of the highest order. This is bad too but ME3 literally wrecked the universe and canon.
The theory was already being thrown around, because of that "2000 years ago" comment and Lindelof talking about "something having happened on Earth back then that pissed the Engineers off", but yeah, Scott then went ahead and said that was indeed the idea. To my delight.
mickcenary
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Just coming in here to say this:
Why, oh, FUCKING WHY do people try and outrun falling/rapidly approaching objects length-ways?!
Fucking scientists. You dickheads all did physics.
Why, oh, FUCKING WHY do people try and outrun falling/rapidly approaching objects length-ways?!
Fucking scientists. You dickheads all did physics.
Omg I laughed way too hard. Thanks.
The Elite
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Panic and fear can lead to even an intelligent person making a stupid decision.
Spotless Mind
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Jesus would have been an engineer not a xenomorph. Thanks for putting the image of a crucified xenomorph in my head though. LOL.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
When we saw it here, our comment on Shaw and then Vickers reaction to the crash was:
"Oh no, our only weakness, THE ROLLING SPACE DONUT!"
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I didn't think there was much of a push. Just a focus on faith vs. science. The only heavy handed christian image besides Shaw's cross with the "crucified" xenomorph and they didn't focus on that at all.
Shaw literally rolled to safety. All Vickers had to do was pretty much sidestep it.
I wish I can claim the credit but I didn't do that. The film did:
Prometheus said:
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Yup. Stupid decision.
Messypandas
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I was theorising the meaning of the cave painting back when trailer 2 was released. If the planetary system truly is out of view from the early human race than that implies some sort relationship between the engineers and humans as to how we discovered the map. I think the sequel may shed some light on this, but i believe there were agents of the engineer who lived among us and shared some evolutionary advancing theories (probably fire and the like) to gauge our capabilities for intellectual development. I think the Jesus theory (which i posted a while back as a joke) maybe true too, and that was some kind of test that back fired on them and initiated the doomsday device
Spotless Mind
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Oh wow. I didn't even notice that. Hmmm...
Except it's littered throughout the film, and explains why the theme of God vs. its creation is so literal and heavy-handed.
Also because of the 2000 odd years ago line it's still the only explanation that makes sense. The film is a complete clusterfuck of Ancient Aliens meets the Bible meets the Alien franchise. Who in their right minds thought that was a good idea?
Space Jesus wept.
They why are they saying that the opening scene is not on Earth? If the point of the movie is that we were made in their image and we do not come from some benevolent God then what the fuck? Who cares if they are seeding life on other planets? It only makes sense, given what we learn in the movie, that the opening scene actually takes place on Earth. If we are their children then the opening has to be Earth.
Are they saying that the cave paintings are an invitation only? That they did not actually affect the creation of life on Earth just merely visited and invited us to find them? How does that make any sense at all? They were just curious about us and left some cryptic star map cave paintings? This movie is so all over the place. Fuck it.
Keylime
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About the whole "just roll to the side" angst...
From our perspective, it's obvious that the thing is rolling like a gigantic wheel towards them...we can see all 40 stories of the thing from the side.
From their POV, it's entirely plausible to think that "run away from the falling ship in the opposite direction" is a completely reasonable thing to do.
It ends up looking comical to us, but if you're focused on hauling ass in the opposite direction, you probably aren't checking to see if the thing behind you is going to travel like that and not just fall.
...not to mention that it DOES just fall after it rolls a bit.
Just shot in a way that makes it look worse than it is, I think.
From our perspective, it's obvious that the thing is rolling like a gigantic wheel towards them...we can see all 40 stories of the thing from the side.
From their POV, it's entirely plausible to think that "run away from the falling ship in the opposite direction" is a completely reasonable thing to do.
It ends up looking comical to us, but if you're focused on hauling ass in the opposite direction, you probably aren't checking to see if the thing behind you is going to travel like that and not just fall.
...not to mention that it DOES just fall after it rolls a bit.
Just shot in a way that makes it look worse than it is, I think.
The Technomancer
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Yeah, when that happened I was just like "guys...guys...guys...run sideways. Turn left. Like now."
I thought the actual story was great. It needed editing and changes but the meat of the story is pretty cool and I like that they left it open-ended for now.
Nobody asking about the baby was ridiculous. Even though they were suiting up to go speak to their makers, and obviously that's a big deal, it was bizarre for no one to ask.
The scientist who was so scared he wanted out of there then petting the creature was pretty far out of character and dumb. It could have just shot out of the water at him anyway and I would have changed that scene for sure.
symphonask
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I actually don't mind all the unanswered questions and theorising. Makes me want to watch the film again, if I'm honest. The fact that it's beautiful is an added bonus.
I just wish it was better scripted and edited.
I just wish it was better scripted and edited.
The Technomancer
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Thinking about it David was far and away the best character in this film. One of the best portrayals of an android I've seen on screen.
Keylime
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Fifield getting lost makes sense when you remember he was high at the time, btw.
Why the biologist thought it would be cool to pet an alien cobra...I've got nothing. THAT'S the stupid thing done by a person in this movie similar to the dude looking into the hatching egg in Alien. Or the engineer guy chasing his cat alone through the ship. This one just seemed MORE stupid.
Them taking off their helmets is entirely fine...because I don't think it's at all a stretch to think that their censors could pick up if it would have been dangerous or not. Clearly not advisable, but the "believers" dictated that behavior, not the clear thinkers. I probably would have had one of the other scientists raise a bit more of a stink about it to get the point across, though.
Edit: Not trying to be a Prometheus apologist, I just think that of the things to get upset about, some people are focusing on the wrong stuff.
Why the biologist thought it would be cool to pet an alien cobra...I've got nothing. THAT'S the stupid thing done by a person in this movie similar to the dude looking into the hatching egg in Alien. Or the engineer guy chasing his cat alone through the ship. This one just seemed MORE stupid.
Them taking off their helmets is entirely fine...because I don't think it's at all a stretch to think that their censors could pick up if it would have been dangerous or not. Clearly not advisable, but the "believers" dictated that behavior, not the clear thinkers. I probably would have had one of the other scientists raise a bit more of a stink about it to get the point across, though.
Edit: Not trying to be a Prometheus apologist, I just think that of the things to get upset about, some people are focusing on the wrong stuff.
The thing could be recut better and shown on the History channel with the clips serving as reconstructions of what happened. Then none of it would have to flow, be coherent, or even make sense.
Is such a thing even possible? Yes it is!
Fassbender was the best part of the movie. Only actor who didn't buckle under the weight of lumbering dialogue.
Then again, when dealing with a "nobody talks/reacts like that" kind of script, the guy playing an android has a bit of an advantage.
Fassbender always brings his A+++ game to every role. I'm very impressed with all of the characters he's played so far. Each one is very different from the one before it.
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