Quote from: RagingDragon on Oct 10, 2012, 10:20:14 PM
It's valiant of you to defend your yapping puppy sidekick
My what? Dude, he seems like a nice enough fellow, but we don't talk and I don't have a clue who he is. I just come here for the drugs and free ass. And also discussion of scary science-fiction movies.
As for any claims of plagiarism, that sad old debate over the black stuff killed at least one big thread for pages and pages before the moderators clamped down on it for behavior and some unfortunate ragequit kicked in for people. Me, I don't see a point in revisiting it now for more drama. Suffice to say that I said my piece then, as did plenty of other people - to me, it's an old, old horror/sci-fi trope that goes way back which bears a few superficial similarities to the property you mentioned but does not, IMO, equate to the same thing in the final analysis. And I don't think the general public really thought that either. Some people disagree, and that's their business, but the last lockdown proved it wasn't something everyone would agree on, and that's okay.
There are no cold, hard metrics to prove a garden-variety Internet argument about a movie some people like and some people don't. The closest we could come, if we wanted to be lazy (I don't) is a critical and financial averaging - the film did well financially and did pretty decent critically, but reception was definitely divided nonetheless. So in the end we're back where we started. Some people like it, some people don't, and I doubt the Senate is going to convene a subcommittee over whether or not
Prometheus is objectively a scientifically proven "good" or "bad" movie.
I don't consider myself an expert on anything, anywhere, but I did take exception to the tacky belittling of the guy, and the allegation that anyone who would dare like the movie or its plot is just a philistine who does not understand art, film or hard work. Because that's just not so. And honestly, it's just
not that serious. Like Hitchcock said, "Ingrid...
it's only a mooovie."
QuoteI'd love some tea.
Fantastic!