tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post5233972903866611377..comments2023-08-25T13:02:43.876+01:00Comments on Life vs. Film: Prometheus Plot HolesJayCluitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-85179020055833573052013-09-10T11:20:22.107+01:002013-09-10T11:20:22.107+01:0016 - Also, Bishop survived in Aliens. 16 - Also, Bishop survived in Aliens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-68272569100519328552013-06-06T23:11:18.860+01:002013-06-06T23:11:18.860+01:00To Beta Maxes Question (#30). In the Original Alie...To Beta Maxes Question (#30). In the Original Alien screenplay it mentions That there are Professional Dreamers and that dreams can be recorded, an capitalists dream for hundreds of hybernating astronauts all around space. This is also in the 1st Chapter of the Alien Novel by Alan Dean Foster. Since it was cut from that movie I asume Mr. Scott still liked the idea and wanted to include it once he got the chance.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671168385807306823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-26636879540619920352013-04-07T06:11:42.285+01:002013-04-07T06:11:42.285+01:00David needed the dream reader to communicate with ...David needed the dream reader to communicate with Weyland, who was too weak to wake. There's a scene where David is shown communicating with Weyland using the dream helmet. Spying on the dreams of the others was just curiosity/fun. 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The film's awful and that's all that needs to be written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-56556650878279494182012-10-15T07:48:10.580+01:002012-10-15T07:48:10.580+01:00Why is it that this film is under such a microscop...Why is it that this film is under such a microscope? People are clamoring to point out any little questionable detail like the bratty kid at a magic show. Hardly any of these are plot holes - and it ain't like the original films were perfect either. <br /><br />It's this film and TDKR. Like for some reason people got it in their heads that these films were inherently infallible, and feel proud picking them apart to excess. And most of the time their claims are nothing more than stupid questions/assumptions that could have a million possible answers. <br /><br />It's getting pretty boring. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-33875699735270544512012-09-15T22:15:27.102+01:002012-09-15T22:15:27.102+01:00re: #29
>but he doesn’t really do a lot of pilo...re: #29<br />>but he doesn’t really do a lot of piloting, in fact he even says “Hands off” of the steering to crash into the ship.<br /><br />In motor racing it is standard procedure to take your hands off the steering wheel when you realise you are going to crash. This prevents your wrist from being broken due to high g-forces when you slam into something.<br />Since the three guys know nothing much of them will remain after the crash, this "Hands off!"-command is actually not the worst of jokes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-20743792869092522572012-09-13T06:25:54.242+01:002012-09-13T06:25:54.242+01:00One question that is driving me insane. Did I miss...One question that is driving me insane. Did I miss something? Because I'm 100% positive that after the alien ship nearly landed on Shaw and Vikers, Shaw's suit said "warning, 2 minutes of oxygen remaining" before she made her way back to the ship, was attacked by the alien guy, then went back outside. It was already more then 5 minutes after the suit had gave her the warning, yet she was able to breathe perfectly fine, and even make her way all the way back over to the alien ship? I get that they can breathe inside the alien ship, but to my understanding they could not outdoors, which is why they kept putting their helmets back on when heading back to the ship. Did I miss something? Did she manage to refill her oxygen supply when she got back to their ship, or are we just supposed to assume that she did or she changed suits? lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-48605969842082974122012-06-19T09:19:59.133+01:002012-06-19T09:19:59.133+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-32542635856124039922012-06-19T02:07:17.644+01:002012-06-19T02:07:17.644+01:00When they checked the age of the aliens head (or h...When they checked the age of the aliens head (or helmet really...)<br />You can't use carbon dating on creatures in an alien atmosphere. Carbon dating works on earth due to that sun rays are creating C-14 in the same pace as they are decaying for a certain concentration of C-14. This concentration needs to be known in order to use carbon dating. The atmosphere in the alien ship is totally new to the crew and if no new c-14 is created within this ship its fair to assume that the c-14 would decrease in the air in the same rate as in the dead bodies.<br />/OderionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-75932979886570437792012-06-18T19:48:21.986+01:002012-06-18T19:48:21.986+01:00Be fair, it's more than 2. I've had this d...Be fair, it's more than 2. I've had this debate with someone else, and most of them can be read as being plot holes, and very few of them were resolved in the script to my knowledge. Plus, the characters having different lettered surnames was more of an aside on another point, and was just something I found amusing, before realising that in fact there was a character called Ford (Kate Dickie) who was in the caves at the same time as Fifield, so it seems Damon Lindelof would have failed Screenwriting 101.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-11126258647129026012012-06-18T16:31:12.467+01:002012-06-18T16:31:12.467+01:00very, very few of these are "plot holes"...very, very few of these are "plot holes"... like 2 out of 40? most have perfectly good answers right there in the movie, or don't even require answers. surnames starting with different letters, seriously? <br /><br />that's a screenwriting/moviemaking 101 convention.raf jordanhttp://www.imdb.me/rafaeljordannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-54990815205338578932012-06-18T03:54:29.539+01:002012-06-18T03:54:29.539+01:001 - He could perform system diagnostics some other...1 - He could perform system diagnostics some other way, sure. But he's designed to emulate human behaviour, so he can practice his ball/coordination skills and test his systems at the same time.<br />16 - Call from Alien Ressurection.<br />18 - when the ship lands on her you see sparks, evidently that was her life-support system getting squished (rather than her chest).<br />19 - Aliens have always grown much bigger than they should be capable of, without anything to feed on. It's part of the fiction of the Alien universe.<br />25 - The first scene shows green on the hills and mountains. The Engineers did NOT seed Earth with its first life.<br />37 - Whatever disaster befel the ship happened only 2000 years ago, so the map is fine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-21919473133883029762012-06-17T13:56:15.334+01:002012-06-17T13:56:15.334+01:00Apologies if this has been already question and an...Apologies if this has been already question and answered - why did the Engineers put their Killer Black Goo in containers that open by themselves? Surely that's a bad way of storing biohazardous material. And probably what killed them in the first place. Why did the canisters in one room open automatically but not the canisters in another?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-8155407066205729422012-06-16T21:42:28.127+01:002012-06-16T21:42:28.127+01:00That annoyed me too. I thought it might have been ...That annoyed me too. I thought it might have been a re-brief, as they may have forgotten some of the key details during the 2-year cryo, but it was a bit clunky.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-53562605449926617202012-06-16T21:37:41.824+01:002012-06-16T21:37:41.824+01:00Good spot, missed that one.Good spot, missed that one.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-37945223998175841592012-06-16T21:35:01.913+01:002012-06-16T21:35:01.913+01:00Maybe the goo acts differently depending on the en...Maybe the goo acts differently depending on the environment it's in? If ingested into the mouth it goes directly to the eyes, and in the womb it... nope, I don't know, I agree with the previous answer.JayCluitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16972011198109066985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-3038337905375244652012-06-15T13:31:54.873+01:002012-06-15T13:31:54.873+01:00When Shaw is leaving the crashed alien ship, with ...When Shaw is leaving the crashed alien ship, with David's head and body in tow, she has to rappel down. Presumably she entered the ship the same way. So how’d she get up there?<br /><br />At the end, Shaw and David (does he qualify as split personality or bipolar at this point ), leave in another alien ship. Destination: the aliens’ home.<br />Probably a long flight, yes? So we can assume that they figure out how to adapt the alien technology to support Shaw going into suspended animation for however long it takes?<br /><br />No worries . . . the prequel/sequel will explain it . . .<br /><br />M. Joseph<br /><br />mjg2tfa@comcast.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-16394127807832289732012-06-13T21:33:33.673+01:002012-06-13T21:33:33.673+01:00This is not a plot hole but can someone please tel...This is not a plot hole but can someone please tell me how a violent windstorm with winds strong enough to hurl ppl through the air,and also spewing thousands of rocks at speeds likely in excess of 125 mph neither injure a single person nor damage the ship in any way? I've been hit with a baseball travelling approx. 88 mph and it hurt like hell. Imagine hundreds or thousands of rocks pelting your entire body for over a minute. You wouldn't walk away from it. Just saying <br /><br />Let's say the air is clean. Free of any microbrial bacteria etc etc. What about the rain water that fell all over Holloways face. They never tested the water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-36642323214226194402012-06-12T22:39:09.201+01:002012-06-12T22:39:09.201+01:00Oh, I forgot to answer the "why didn't th...Oh, I forgot to answer the "why didn't they check on Fifield and the other dude" question. At that point, there was no reason to fear anything. There was no hostile environment and they thought they were safe. Why would you check the recording if you expect them to be there the next morning? Does a security detail rewatch all tape when there hasn't been any interactions or activities to report? At that point, they don't even think there's anything alive other than them. <br /><br />This also explains the "why didn't they bring an arsenal with them?" It's a scientific exploration. This is my response to someone on this board also assuming that everything should be executed militarily. They weren't expecting to die. Hell, most people were doubting that the engineers and planet even existed or had anything on it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319137353098867957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-15347387989322710412012-06-12T22:28:09.325+01:002012-06-12T22:28:09.325+01:00My answers to some of the main questions. Your lis...My answers to some of the main questions. Your list is WAY too long to directly correlate to your list. <br /><br />1. The beginning sequence is kind of ambiguous. Most of the people here believe that the scene was the "Engineers" creating life on Earth. While this is the theory most commonly used, I hope that the scene is actually the kick off to the destruction of LV-223. Sacrificing himself by drinking the WMD and seeing what it would do to that planet if released in an uncontained environment. Which is why he was making sure the others were safely away. <br /><br />2. Why does the black goo effect people differently? Or why did the "engineer" in the beginning disintegrate, Fifield became a zombie, Holloway was dying and had an "infection" in his eye, etc. I could argue that maybe Holloway was disintegrating, but at a much slower rate than the "engineer" in the beginning because his anatomy is different from the "engineer. But my main argument would be that the WMD was a smorgasbord of nasty evolutionary versions of the xenomorph to compensate for differences in anatomy and species. And that's why it has different results. No biological experiment will have the exact same results each time. <br /><br />3. If the "engineers" wanted to destroy us, what were the paintings? Were they a warning, invitation or a means to save the "engineers" from a trip to destroy us? Maybe that's the closest point of contact between Earth and their home world, which is obviously NOT LV-223. So, initially, it was a checkpoint and an invitation to see if their creations could even get that far. You know, before they deemed us a failure. I'm also thinking that they expected to be able to control their experiments and that maybe other outposts on LV-223 were used for other purposes. <br /><br />Some answers to your minor questions and common problems with many: <br /><br />1. Why was Weyland hiding? <br />Maybe he honestly thought he would have died by that point. Regardless, does the owner of the company HAVE to announce his presence? I'm not entirely sure if even my CFO and CEO of my company is here. That doesn't mean that they aren't or that they're "hiding" from me. <br /><br />2. How did the squidee grow so much? <br />Well, there was a lot of blood around. I couldn't really see around the room, but maybe it was eating machinery. Or maybe there's biological equipment that it was eating. Like the cart where Ripley, I mean Shaw, got her injections from. It did bother me for a sec, but they didn't really scan around the room and it's pretty hypercritical. <br /><br />3. Most of your other plot holes. <br />Do you really want them to break down the science of every single thing they're doing? The movie would not only be 10+ hrs long. YOU would then complain that they're explaining too much about everything. <br /><br />For example. The point of the DNA analysis isn't to show how it's done, it's to show a proxy of it being done and the result of it. A DNA test also doesn't show results in 10 seconds. But do you really want the movie to be bogged down by making sure everything is accurate or scientifically possible. <br /><br />The only question that kind of boggled or TRULY bugged me was the full "engraving" of a xenomorph. If they technically haven't been "created" yet. The only explanation I can think of, and I'll run it by everyone, is that they didn't "create" the xenomorph. They reverse engineered them to an evolutionary stage so that it would be deliverable as a bio-WMD.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319137353098867957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7072729371563273515.post-56665827306208139612012-06-11T21:31:53.472+01:002012-06-11T21:31:53.472+01:00part two of two
23. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1...part two of two<br /><br />23. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/board/nest/200177706 Here is a great analysis on the subject. Long story short, as silly as it sounds, 2000 years ago, humans fucked up and made the Engineers mad. How? They killed one of their emissaries named Jesus Christ. Yep, Jesus was an engineer. And for that reason they see that humans are becoming evil and they must be killed. I think the black goo would have had different effects on them, but even if it did make them go crazy, they'd probably all kill each other. We don't ever see what happens in long term effects of the black goo when it gets into the wrong hands. Perhaps it does kill a person after their crazy phase?<br /><br />24. Your personal theory sounds correct.<br /><br />25. You know how in evolution, first there was mud, and then there was life? In the beginning when Prometheus sacrificed himself, he gives up the very small strands of life. Next came the tiny organisms, then the fish, then the monkeys, and then the humans.<br /><br />26. I would agree with this one. My biggest complaint with the movie is the characters. Mostly their motives.<br /><br />27. That storm seemed to travel fast. It is possible they couldn't have seen it coming down. And no, they don't have larger versions of the puppies to scout out the terrain first. Are you serious? If they had them, they would have used them.<br /><br />28. She does inject herself with space-age medicine. This might counteract everything you described in your post.<br /><br />29. I thought the characters staying on board were silly too. Even Janek crashing into the ship was silly, even though he was doing it to save Earth. It seemed like he knew what he was doing, but didn't understand why he was doing it. Same goes for his two co-pilots. They seemed too happy to be an the verge of sudden death.<br /><br />30. It could be for the purpose of David coming to understand his shipmates better.<br /><br />31. You know how Weyland is very selfish, with evidence of him wanting to survive forever? He intended this machine to be built ONLY for him, including the male-specific feature. Remember, only a few of these have ever been made. It's possible that they haven't been able to combine both male and female technology yet.<br /><br />32. "He must have needed the helmet to breathe". Why? Through generations of Engineers, I'm sure that their superior bodies have adapted to the atmosphere of their own planet.<br /><br />33. Because he had a hidden agenda for being there. He wanted to find a way to live forever. This would have brought up issues earlier within the crew who are looking for aliens. And like I've said earlier, Vicers being Weyland's daughter does reveal more of her character. Though they should have said she was his daughter near the beginning.<br /><br />34. What you have in brackets is a good theory. I also thought that it was a map to the black goo that, if humans remained pure, they would be able to create life on other planets too, similar to what Prometheus did in the beginning of the movie.<br /><br />35. I'll give you this one.<br /><br />36. "...deadly black goo" But no, it's not deadly in the right hands. In fact it's a very important substance to the Engineers, of course they're going to want to protect it.<br /><br />37. ...But they CLEARLY have returned to Earth since the dawn of man. Remember the Egyptian, Mayan, and Scottish drawings of the star map? They visited them WAY after the dawn of man. The most recent trip they took there was around 30AD. ALSO, if these guys have the technology to show the ENTIRE universe, you'd think that they'd have a way to keep it updated. Jesus. This is one of the stupidest complaints on here. They didn't even spell dawn right.<br /><br />38. What the brackets said, but also, he still believes that these aliens are inviting humanity up here and will be friendly.<br /><br />39. This is where the xenomorphs could be at play. OR, you could actually try to come up with your own theory instead of looking for definite spoonfed answers.<br /><br />40. This is just silly. What a note to end on.Thomasnoreply@blogger.com