Tujague, gasping out before another swirly posted:

Prometheus is just one of those movies that causes tragically un-self-aware pseudointellectual pieces of human garbage to identify themselves at the top of their lungs. It does it better than, say, Inception, that old Zippy the Pinhead Clown comic strip or Frank Zappa music. There's just something about it that stimulates fat dopes who have been surfing an ego wave since they banged out a good score on a standardized test in middle school. I couldn't make the point any more clear than this thread already is. Never fails.

Tujague posted:

Prometheus is just one of those movies that causes tragically un-self-aware pseudointellectual pieces of human garbage to identify themselves at the top of their lungs. It does it better than, say, Inception, that old Zippy the Pinhead Clown comic strip or Frank Zappa music. There's just something about it that stimulates fat dopes who have been surfing an ego wave since they banged out a good score on a standardized test in middle school. I couldn't make the point any more clear than this thread already is. Never fails.

Spakstik posted:

in the movie prometheus why didn't they just make a good movie instead of making prometheus

Tujague posted:

Yeah, why don't you dramatically leave the thread again, and then return all full of bluster like my fat-rear end little cousin after we all make fun of him at family gatherings and he needs to go cry in the bathroom. I'm sure that will make it seem more like I'm the one who *really* got picked on the entire time he was a schoolboy.

Really selling it. No, really.

Former Human posted:

So you know two people who are smart but impractical? Those types probably wouldn't be selected for a secret interstellar mission.

Pulp Can Move posted:

Finally got around to seeing this movie, and a lot of it doesn't make sense. For instance, in the first scene (the prologue), we see the Muscular Albino Alien dissolve himself into a waterfall; clearly this is the aliens' seeding of the infant Earth. But how are we supposed to believe that this alien is that exact same one that comes out of Dr. Shaw's tummy millions of years later? They don't look anything alike, and I'm not sure how such a thing is even possible. Did she drink some water out of that waterfall before leaving Earth?

Black Bones posted:

No, she got knocked up by Holloway, who drank a pure black goo drop (no albino, no waterfall) mixed with champagne and that drop granted her deepest wish, just not in the way she wanted.

So you see, Prometheus is a movie about Life (and also death-loving )

Former Human posted:

Perfect example right here of all the mental gymnastics and explanations that people have to make up themselves to fill in plot holes and contradictions and help themselves believe the movie was actually more interesting (less stupid) than it is.

Stop spending so much energy putting lipstick on a pig. Movie is bad. Deal with it.


So fill the entire ship with androids then.

Tujague posted:

Prometheus is just one of those movies that causes tragically un-self-aware pseudointellectual pieces of human garbage to identify themselves at the top of their lungs. It does it better than, say, Inception, that old Zippy the Pinhead Clown comic strip or Frank Zappa music. There's just something about it that stimulates fat dopes who have been surfing an ego wave since they banged out a good score on a standardized test in middle school. I couldn't make the point any more clear than this thread already is. Never fails.

SuperMechagodzilla posted:

Tujague posted:

Yeah, why don't you dramatically leave the thread again, and then return all full of bluster like my fat-rear end little cousin after we all make fun of him at family gatherings and he needs to go cry in the bathroom. I'm sure that will make it seem more like I'm the one who *really* got picked on the entire time he was a schoolboy.

Really selling it. No, really.

ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:

Shove a wine bottle up your rear end and thrust until you can no longer walk. Then tell the police you were raped. Duh. Look, I don't know why I have to repeat myself. This should be your go-to solution. Consider all other advice to be a sound Plan B. Why? Because the cops never ignore rape victims, and accused rapists are always, always convicted on the strength of the victim's testimony.

Pulp Can Move posted:

How could Captain Janek possibly think that the Prometheus could survive ramming into the alien ship? And not only that, but still be in good enough shape to get back to Earth?

SuperMechagodzilla posted:

I'm really confused about why he died after smoking weed in this slasher movie.

I think Damian Lindeloff is hiding secret information from me, that would explain this complex plot.

second-hand smegma posted:

Unless the mission is put together by a superstitious trillionaire?

Tujague posted:

Prometheus is just one of those movies that causes tragically un-self-aware pseudointellectual pieces of human garbage to identify themselves at the top of their lungs. It does it better than, say, Inception, that old Zippy the Pinhead Clown comic strip or Frank Zappa music. There's just something about it that stimulates fat dopes who have been surfing an ego wave since they banged out a good score on a standardized test in middle school. I couldn't make the point any more clear than this thread already is. Never fails.

Former Human posted:

I wonder how he made his trillions. Not by having good judgment, apparently. Maybe he won the space lottery?

Former Human posted:

Please reiterate your theory re: the subtext when the geologist character becomes a zombie and he's crouching on the ground and it has significance... because rocks.

Fascinating


A superstitious trillionaire who deliberately hired idiots so his expensive, multi-year mission would have a 99% chance of failure?

I wonder how he made his trillions. Not by having good judgment, apparently. Maybe he won the space lottery?

Black Bones posted:

Well I gotta go to bed and dream about Noomi, g'night GBS see you in the morning *dramatically leaves thread crying*

Tujague posted:

Prometheus is just one of those movies that causes tragically un-self-aware pseudointellectual pieces of human garbage to identify themselves at the top of their lungs. It does it better than, say, Inception, that old Zippy the Pinhead Clown comic strip or Frank Zappa music. There's just something about it that stimulates fat dopes who have been surfing an ego wave since they banged out a good score on a standardized test in middle school. I couldn't make the point any more clear than this thread already is. Never fails.

Why cookie Rocket posted:

Nothing says you're above the middlebrow hoi paloi like a MLP avatar you jackass.

Retarded_Clown_ posted:

the more you guys hate this movie the more i like it

Maldoror posted:

experts are often overconfident and do dumb things because they think hey i'm an expert, this is more true if the expert has never had a serious accident

for example steve irwin

the biologist also thought the geologist was cool and wanted to impress him, he knew the geologist thought he was lame and he wanted to prove his coolness

Why cookie Rocket posted:

Nothing says you're above the middlebrow hoi paloi like a MLP avatar you jackass.

Pitdragon posted:

They should have kept the original CGI psuedo-alien monster that this guy turns into, not sure why they decided to turn him into a hills have eyes mutant

Prometheus was pretty stupid btw, I don't understand the point in stressing that the characters are all highly educated professionals if they are just going to all act like idiots without any kind of training

henpod posted:

The movie itself was pretty well shot and looked good. The thing that got me the most was how little of a poo poo everyone seemed to give. Oh here we are, a new planet! An alien spaceship!