A preliminary post on Prometheus

[gominokouhai]

One of the key images from the film for me was that of the Last Engineer who, waking from cryosleep, says nothing, notes that he's been disturbed by humans, and effortlessly proceeds to murder the fuck out of everyone. In a film full of intense horror-movie experiences, I found this one deeply unsettling. A group of people visit their demiurge and, completely implacable and impassive, he says: oh, it's you bastards. EVERYBODY DIES NOW.

I now know why the Last Engineer did it. I looked at the TV schedules tonight. I know what we're broadcasting.

Giant, pasty white dudes with incredible abs are watching, guys.

Comments

[scotm]

If it's the ass end of space, he's yet to get Hitler opening the 1936 Olympics. Just wait till they get to Doctor Who.

[gominokouhai]

They specified exactly how far away it was in an on-screen title at the beginning, in what was possibly the first usage of scientific notation in mainstream cinema. We could work this out if we wanted to.

[andrewducker]

I think he was disgusted by Weyland's prolonging of his life, disgusted by the robotic semi-person, and disgusted by the way they were treating Shaw, and that mere moments before (for the Engineer) he'd been about to leave for Earth to kill everyone on it anyway.

[gominokouhai]

> I think he was disgusted by Weyland's prolonging of his life[...]

He doesn't know such stuff. He only makes eyes He'd been snoozing for two millennia. And besides, if he was sticking up for Shaw he didn't make much effort to treat her any better afterwards.

[digitalraven]

Given the actual justification that Ridley Scott's given in interviews in the past, I much prefer your version. Or any version.

Imagine the Engineer. He's just gone to sleep (I'm trying to think of why, and can't) and suddenly it's the fucking Planet of the Apes. Only instead of a silverback gorilla it's some weedy hairy things. Ugh. Like being woken up by a rat crawling over your face.