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Watchin' Prometheus again. I love how the ARCHAEOLOGISTS are all spine-chillingly spooked by the fact that everyone at their extraterrestrial ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG SITE is totally dead. It's like walking into the Great Pyramid and being shocked to find that "THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOMB!" Yes. Yes, it is.
If they're disappointed and creeped out by dead people and civilizations, maybe they should pick another line of work. They are shitty enough at science that they make Indiana Jones look like the height of careful proceduralism. Maybe they could get work as a demolition squad instead. They seem to be really good at that.
The movie's not bad, but I have to say I still haven't decided if it's an Alien movie. Mostly because I was disappointed with the explanation of the Space Jockey. The vague ideas I had in my head were a lot cooler.
Anyway. If you want a hilarious blow-by-blow recap, go check out![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cleolinda's Prometheus in 15 minutes. And don't worry. She thinks they're terrible scientists, too!
ETA: ... And an hour and a half into the movie somebody finally utters the line "I wouldn't touch that if I were you." Maybe somebody should've said that BEFORE the terrible space explorers decided to take off their containment suits, the terrible self-serving CEO lady installed a custom medical kit that has never heard of so-called "women," the terrible archaeologists breathed and sweated and stomped and knowing these guys probably pooped all over the site, the terrible forensic surgeon exploded her sample, and the terrible biologist decided his first response to a newly discovered alien life form is not to observe it, but to jam his finger down its throat. WHY START NOW?
If they're disappointed and creeped out by dead people and civilizations, maybe they should pick another line of work. They are shitty enough at science that they make Indiana Jones look like the height of careful proceduralism. Maybe they could get work as a demolition squad instead. They seem to be really good at that.
The movie's not bad, but I have to say I still haven't decided if it's an Alien movie. Mostly because I was disappointed with the explanation of the Space Jockey. The vague ideas I had in my head were a lot cooler.
Anyway. If you want a hilarious blow-by-blow recap, go check out
cleolinda's Prometheus in 15 minutes. And don't worry. She thinks they're terrible scientists, too!ETA: ... And an hour and a half into the movie somebody finally utters the line "I wouldn't touch that if I were you." Maybe somebody should've said that BEFORE the terrible space explorers decided to take off their containment suits, the terrible self-serving CEO lady installed a custom medical kit that has never heard of so-called "women," the terrible archaeologists breathed and sweated and stomped and knowing these guys probably pooped all over the site, the terrible forensic surgeon exploded her sample, and the terrible biologist decided his first response to a newly discovered alien life form is not to observe it, but to jam his finger down its throat. WHY START NOW?
