Ridley Scott's Prometheus

[Hood]

Originally Posted by Robert

What's wrong with duffle bags holding valuable irreplacable specimens?

And no security force on board ship, plus idiot scientists rushing in with no protocol, and not knowing what they signed on for, plus proto-facehuggers growing huge on air, and an evolutionary step being taken in one go (the alien at the end), plus why, when the SJ took off as quickly as possible, why did he seek revenge before going to get another ship, and can you run when you've just had your lower stomach muscles cut through etc etc.

The problem for me isn't the plot holes/questions that let it down it's the sheer lack of anything approaching even remotely what a real scientific exploration into the unknown would be like. It's a very well made and stunning looking film but it falls short of what I expected.

And the SJ at the beginning could be seeding life or seeding death - there is nothing to say it pre or post-dates events in the film. We don't even know if it's Earth. I have no idea if this has been covered in interviews etc.

Just my opinion of course.

Hood