I have to agree with Jedi2016, it can be judged as neither a complete success nor failure (mostly depending on the expectations of the viewer) but it still has a significant number of glaringly unexplained faults which are provoking all the discussions.
The interest in the thread did significantly tail off until the arrival of the DVD and its all the extensive background information that has reignited the talking points. Its interesting to note that nothing in all that info has really significantly explained the editing decisions taken with the film, though many mysteries concern the scripting, character dialogue and behaviors, and the whys and wherefores of the deleted or alternate scenes have been.
I've got to say I feel about done with Prometheus now. I was pretty disappointed when I saw it for the first and only time at the cinema but subsequent reviewing on DVD has changed my opinion of it, helped by many of the arguments and explanations put forward on this thread. I don't agree with many of them but the quality of discussion has been very good and very interesting, and its been a revelation just how certain snippets of information,the dialogue and the scenes that are meant to impart the narrative strengths of the story played out so differently with every persons perceptions.
I hope FOX and SRS appoint a writer(s) for the sequels soon and I pray they make a very good job of it, or they will face an absolute disaster if they fail to meet audience expectations with the next. I guess it will be a bit of a poisoned chalice for anyone to do,given the vitriol Damon L received and I would recommend they get at least a couple of people working together on it to share the blame next time.
There are plenty of ideas to play with. With all those solar systems displayed in the pilots Orrery there were obviously dozens of other planets, presumably with other life forms the engineers created over the millions of years , and no reason to think if they could produced human beings on Earth, they didn't manage the same on an other world, or a slightly different intelligent species. And that doesn't include the "Paradise" of the Engineers origin I guess. But they will be faced by some pretty big ideas and they need to be really well thought out. Lets hope they don't drop the basket and smash all of those eggs,
I hope the film they produce will generate as much discussion as has taken place here.Its been alot of good ,thoughtful and occasionally challenging fun. But its time to move on.
The interest in the thread did significantly tail off until the arrival of the DVD and its all the extensive background information that has reignited the talking points. Its interesting to note that nothing in all that info has really significantly explained the editing decisions taken with the film, though many mysteries concern the scripting, character dialogue and behaviors, and the whys and wherefores of the deleted or alternate scenes have been.
I've got to say I feel about done with Prometheus now. I was pretty disappointed when I saw it for the first and only time at the cinema but subsequent reviewing on DVD has changed my opinion of it, helped by many of the arguments and explanations put forward on this thread. I don't agree with many of them but the quality of discussion has been very good and very interesting, and its been a revelation just how certain snippets of information,the dialogue and the scenes that are meant to impart the narrative strengths of the story played out so differently with every persons perceptions.
I hope FOX and SRS appoint a writer(s) for the sequels soon and I pray they make a very good job of it, or they will face an absolute disaster if they fail to meet audience expectations with the next. I guess it will be a bit of a poisoned chalice for anyone to do,given the vitriol Damon L received and I would recommend they get at least a couple of people working together on it to share the blame next time.
There are plenty of ideas to play with. With all those solar systems displayed in the pilots Orrery there were obviously dozens of other planets, presumably with other life forms the engineers created over the millions of years , and no reason to think if they could produced human beings on Earth, they didn't manage the same on an other world, or a slightly different intelligent species. And that doesn't include the "Paradise" of the Engineers origin I guess. But they will be faced by some pretty big ideas and they need to be really well thought out. Lets hope they don't drop the basket and smash all of those eggs,
I hope the film they produce will generate as much discussion as has taken place here.Its been alot of good ,thoughtful and occasionally challenging fun. But its time to move on.
