Forum Overview :: Peter Molyneux's The Movies :: You're giving the writers too much credit for following THAT basic myth

[quote name="fabio"][quote name="Mischief Maker"]That's IT. Why is the Android doing all these incredibly stupid impulsive things like dosing the guy's drink? Because Pandora's insatiable curiosity doomed us all. Why did the Engineers leave clues everywhere to lead humanity to discover the black goo? Because the Gods set Pandora up to fail by making the box impossible to resist.[/quote] They're aping <i>2001</i> with the Alien franchise stapled on. That's it. Why is anything happening? Because it happened in 2001. Despite everyone from our parents' generation saying it made no sense, <i>2001</i> had reasons for the things going on. Mankind seeks out its maker, the entity that sparked our intelligence. During this mission, our own intelligent creation is along for the ride, Hal. Why is the ship's computer trying to kill everyone? Because that's what mankind has been doing with his tools since the dawn of time. It was the first thing he did with his new found self awareness. Why is there a montage of confusing shit at the end? Because the alien intelligence was so beyond our comprehension that those images was its best attempt to communicate. Why was there a baby? Starting over at the next stage of evolution. Why is <b>DAVID</b> trying to kill people in <i>Prometheus</i>? Because HAL did it in <i>2001</i>. There is no mirror to previously established themes to explain it. Why is this ironic at the point where we've "evolved" enough to seek out our makers? It isn't, there's no thematic point to it. The writers can't even keep their myths straight. The Prometheus myth was analogous to <i>2001</i> while having virtually no relevance to the movie <i>Prometheus</i>. If anything it was the myth of Cronus. Father creates children, seeks to destroy them. This was the myth they tried to mirror at various levels: David resenting his parents, Weyland selfishly seeking to extend his life rather than pass the legacy on, and the only possible reason for revealing that Charlize Theron was Weyland's daughter. None of these things went anywhere though. Nothing came of David's attitude (was he acting on his own? following Weyland's instructions? Did he translate what Weyland was saying or did he intentionally set the Engineer off?), Weyland came too late with too stupid an entrance to matter, and nothing at all about Weyland and Charlize's relationship tied into it. It's just a bunch of garbage. Just like Lost, it's all an inept copy of an earlier, better sci-fi premise as an excuse to throw out a bunch of bizarre mystery hooks that ultimately go nowhere. [/quote]