OK, my last thread was trolled to death, but a lot of people are getting hot under the collar because they think Prometheus is getting panned for "not being Alien enough", when it's not supposed to be compared with Alien. They just both happen to inhabit the same universe. Right.
If we're not supposed to compare Prometheus with Alien, why are there so many blatant similarities? Let's list a few:
1. Chestbursters/headbursters... creatures that violently exit the human body, resulting in death.
2. A company android causing tension amongst the crew. Decapitation.
3. A corporate conspiracy ("must get Alien tech... use a clueless crew, they're expendable...")
4. A reluctant female lead, who will grow into her warrior role, and become the sole survivor. Who is, incidentally, shown in skimpy white undies.
5. Flamethrowers. Not the most practical of futuristic weapons, really. Bullets go where you shoot them (ricochets notwithstanding). Fire burns uncontrollably. But hey, Dallas had one, the marines had them, and they look good on screen. I'll let this one go.
6. Phallic black monsters. Ridley said the Xeno was done to death. I agree. Showing a proto-xeno Engineer chestburster is just crowd-pleasing. There's simply no need. We were told to expect the Engineers' story. It doesn't have to have any Xenos in it at all!
7. Oh, and finally, the entire plot structure (ship sent to alien planet under false pretenses, crew discover nasty surprise, crew gets wiped out by mindlessly-violent monsters).
How are we not supposed to compare Prometheus to Alien?
If we're not supposed to compare Prometheus with Alien, why are there so many blatant similarities? Let's list a few:
1. Chestbursters/headbursters... creatures that violently exit the human body, resulting in death.
2. A company android causing tension amongst the crew. Decapitation.
3. A corporate conspiracy ("must get Alien tech... use a clueless crew, they're expendable...")
4. A reluctant female lead, who will grow into her warrior role, and become the sole survivor. Who is, incidentally, shown in skimpy white undies.
5. Flamethrowers. Not the most practical of futuristic weapons, really. Bullets go where you shoot them (ricochets notwithstanding). Fire burns uncontrollably. But hey, Dallas had one, the marines had them, and they look good on screen. I'll let this one go.
6. Phallic black monsters. Ridley said the Xeno was done to death. I agree. Showing a proto-xeno Engineer chestburster is just crowd-pleasing. There's simply no need. We were told to expect the Engineers' story. It doesn't have to have any Xenos in it at all!
7. Oh, and finally, the entire plot structure (ship sent to alien planet under false pretenses, crew discover nasty surprise, crew gets wiped out by mindlessly-violent monsters).
How are we not supposed to compare Prometheus to Alien?