Quote from: Eva on Jun 01, 2012, 06:41:37 AM
To think that exchanging the big humanoid engineers with the very alienesque Giger designs sans-suits and all, would rectify the issues most people have with Prometheus, is so far off the mark...
I don't reckon that anyone in this thread is making the argument that a mere "exchange" of creature designs,
as you put it, would
in and of itself improve this jumble of a film in any meaningful way. Although, for the record, I am not a fan of the "big blue humanoid" approach adopted herein!
Rather, in my estimation, the artistic/conceptual oversight regarding the "Space Jockey"/"Engineer" is but one of a
myriad of flaws with the end product.
The principal issue resides with the story itself, followed by:
(1) the execution of said story,
(2) largely expendable characters spouting inane dialogue,
(3) the apparent editing of the film and,
finally,
(4) the unsatisfying dénouement.
-MCJ