You know, you're exactly right. I was excitedly anticipating the movie after seeing the trailers, only to have that anticipation fully kicked in the crotch. I guess that's why it irritates me so; there was so much promise there.
On Jun 15, 2012, at 9:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Well, you know, what's 90 years when millennia are involved? Time frame works > just fine. > > This isn't explicitly said in the movie, so there's no reason why you should > have "gotten it." You guys can let yourselves off the hook. > > It's been interviews afterward that this has been discussed. > > Maybe getting lost in all of this is how amazing the trailers were for this > movie. Even knowing how bad the film is, I went back and re-watched. I want > THAT movie. What a great trailer. boy! > > Caw! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adama <[email protected]> > To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]> > Cc: Ronald Methvin <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 6:57 am > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] A few questions about "Prometheus" - Spoilers > > Yeah, I'm confused too. The only thing I can think of is that the aliens were > killed about 2000 years ago, but that's the only even remotely Christ > connected plot point I can think of. And since the story takes place in the > 2090's, that time frame doesn't even fit. > > Adam T. > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:29:34 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > Uh, I kind of missed that as the reason they wanted to wipe us out. Not sure > where that comes from. The lady at the end specifically said she wanted to > know why, as in, she didn't know. Whose interpretation was that? > > But, over all, yeah, not worth seeing in the theater. Maybe not even on DVD. > > ~Ron > > From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:45 PM > Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] A few questions about "Prometheus" > > I've been told that spoiler, too. It made me want to punch a baby. > > The full review by those guys is pretty spot on and entertaining to boot. > > > On Jun 12, 2012, at 8:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> That is spot on and very funny. I'll have to watch the whole thing. >> >> Movie was terrible. We DID walk out. Looked great, but script was a total >> dumpster fire full of half-considered and poorly-executed ideas. Easily >> worse than Avatar (which I kinda liked) and AI (which I hated). >> Almost good as garbage, but not really. Sunshine was better. >> >> Very disappointing, and not because I was comparing it to Alien or anything >> else. Fails miserably on its own merits. >> >> BTW - BIG SPOILER >> . >> . >> . >> . >> . >> The aliens were created to kill us to punish us for murdering Jesus. Not >> kidding. The xenomorphs are punishment for our having mishandled Christ. >> Check please. >> >> >> Caw! >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cary Preston <[email protected]> >> To: Unique Geek Google Group <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Jun 12, 2012 4:17 pm >> Subject: [The Unique Geek] A few questions about "Prometheus" >> >> >> >> http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/-this-relentless-video-runs.html >> >> Danger, this is about as spoiler-y as you can get. 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