Tempy wrote:Silicon storm was crazy! IMAX 3D is gorgeous, crisp and colourful. A world apart from normal 3D. The bit where David sees Shaw's dream looked great too.
g.man wrote:How are the glasses they sell you at these 3D showings Tempy? Can you get them on over your regular specs? If not it's a bit of a fail for me.
regards
g.man
Tempy wrote:The Horseshoe ships appear to be military/science vessels, so maybe the big circular one was just something normal?
Shinji wrote:On the ship rolling over them at the end, anyone else get the same feeling when you watch Road Runner cartoons and you see Wile E Coyote run away from a falling tree and you just think "Why are you running in the same direction that the tree is falling? Run to the side!". Except that was a Saturday morning cartoon and wasn't designed to crush the dreams of over hopeful 20-30 year old menThe Horseshoe ships appear to be military/science vessels, so maybe the big circular one was just something normal?
g.man wrote:Thinking more about this... I'm inclined to think that the screenplay would have been about a million times better if it had been Meredith Vickers that was infected by David rather than Shaw. There is an interesting dynamic between David and Vickers. Weyland refers to David as the closest thing to a son he'll ever have, whereas Vickers is apparently Weyland's daughter. Weyland clearly doesn't want to die and leave the corporation in his daughters control and there are some interesting allusions made to David being among his creators. Weyland is both his father and his God. Both David and vickers clearly resent each others position in the Weyland universe. Sadly, this all kind of peters out and goes nowhere in the screenplay as it exists, but imagine David had infected Vickers, the daughter of his creator, rather than Shaw. That makes for a far more interesting story from both a logical and theological viewpoint. Given that it is also heavily implied that Vickers has sex with Janek during the course of the mission, this would have meant she could have infected Janek, and upon his realising he was doomed by the presence of the parasite inside him, would have given him a credible motivation to pilot the Prometheus into the alien spaceship at the end. regards g.man
g.man wrote:So many missed opportunities that could have so easily been put right or improved on. I'm not saying that ZOMG my screenplay would be moar betta, but if I can come up with suggestions like the above in the space of about five minutes, then what the fuck were the producers smoking? regards g.man
Tempy wrote:Thing is Reg, I'm not poring over details, these are things that struck me during the film itself. If that stuff hits you whilst you're watching pure spectacle then it has to be pretty severe.
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