Quote from: Master on Oct 29, 2012, 03:29:39 PM
Your mumbling have no substance and in fact starts becoming disturbing.
Every single thing I've said is in fact backed up by many different sources in the movie itself, movies and political figures it references/quotes, or references it's related to and the movies /concepts it was influenced by. I'm not referencing or sourcing as much as I should. Or at all. On purpose. In a roundabout way I'm saying that even things like Planet of the Vampires and Lawrence of Arabia will continue to influence the progression of the plot in the sequels. It's the combination of all these elements in a unique way, added to the Alien series' own original concepts that may define this series. Reflecting how the black liquid works. Making the series a hybrid of many things.
All the substance is hidden behind the actual words, which seem illogical like the script. I repeat myself sometimes because I'm following a script, in a way. Which is why Weyland's big questions mirror what Shaw asks in the quiet eye viral. He's following his script meant to influence her, and doing so in a devious way because he knows she shares these curiosities. Weyland uses the big questions to manipulate Shaw into accompanying them to the Engineer after all the chaos starts. She wanted to give up after Charlie died and the c-sec ordeal, but Weyland changed her mind.
The substance is hidden behind what I'm leaving out by referencing things within double and triple meanings. Similar to what David and the film itself does.
There's a lot of mirroring, and/or echoing of themes going on in the film in general. There's also so many different influences being combined that the AVP similarities don't bother me at all.
I was commenting on why the characters, acting, and dialog are so fake... My theories and ramblings are derived from many different ancient mythologies and religions, knowledge about the original second part, themes and concepts from the Alien series. As well as the other movies this movie references or uses tropes from-- plus my knowledge about anthropology/archaeology (I didn't get into that on this site). Having a background in criminology, anthropology and psychology allows me to try to get inside some of the characters' heads. There's a lot to my theory, too much to explain in depth, and sometimes I leave things out and focus on the connections. I'm nowhere close to having the full picture but I have some of the pieces in the right places.
Before the release Lindelof said the film would be all about the "robot's perspective". Getting inside the "robot's head". But we never really saw this on the surface. Beneath the false surface, and the surface similarities between AVP and Prometheus, there are a lot of differences.
Just like Janek/Vickers... there's a lot more to Prometheus than AVP beneath the surface.... Waiting to be expanded on, and to take control of the series again like how Janek eventually realizes he must take action because Vickers (Fox) can't lead anymore. Janek sacrifices himself though, so we're left leaderless again.
Except for Shaw and David, who are not leaders yet.
David is emulating Lawrence of Arabia throughout the film. He wants to make himself out to be a leader... he paints himself a certain way. i've been hinting that this is also a lot like Bladerunner. "Doesn't everyone want to see their parents die?" could have so many meanings it becomes funny. A reference to the Engineers, himself, and many other things. It also ties into psychology and a little bit more about what's going on in David's head.
