Forum Overview :: Peter Molyneux's The Movies :: Prometheus' "Message"

[quote name="Mischief Maker"](Crossposted from the discission on the <A HREF="http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27478">Shmups Forum</A>) I really don't think Prometheus is pushing an agenda. It's just suffering from the same Prequel malaise that turned Darth Vader into Space Jesus. Sequels are hard enough as it is, you have to make a movie that OUTDOES the original, and worse, you often have to use characters who were never intended for additional stories whose arcs are already complete (eg. Neo in the Matrix Sequels). Make it a prequel and not only do you have to accomplish those two goals, but you also have to insert a magic reset button that puts things back where they were in the first movie. I'll probably get some flak for saying this, but Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds is a more complex and interesting character than his inspiration, Han Solo. Reynolds has all sorts of history behind him, complex relationships with his crew, etc. Even after the movie Serenity there's plenty of Reynolds to support further films or a relaunch of the TV show. Han Solo, on the other hand, was a common criminal who by chance got involved in something bigger and more important than his standing in the Space Mob, uncovered that deep down he had a heart of gold, and craziest of all, a crook like him wound up with a princess in the end! How do you fulfill the 3 prequel requirements of outdoing Star Wars, using this character whose entire arc is complete, AND putting him back in the position of saying "Better her than me!" in Star Wars? Alternate universe rebellion with a hotter princess and force-amnesia? Unless one of the writers has a flash of serious creative genius these unnecessary prequels (like Star Trek 11) can't help but be ludicrous! So enter Prometheus. Um... the space jockeys aren't just a weird ancient alien race with creepy biomechanical ships stumbled upon by a ragtag mining crew, they're the engineers of humanity sought out by the most powerful man on Earth! The Xenomorphs aren't just a creepy space-wasp, they're actually shoggoths that form themselves into any number of bizarre creatures whose one common feature is that they rape their victims in the mouth and implant their larvae in the victim's still-living body like... a creepy space-wasp.[/quote]