Quote from: SiL on Jul 03, 2018, 12:26:30 PM
QuoteLet's try this: the movie draws really specific attention to David misattributing the creator of "Ozymandias" wrong. Why does the movie do this
To show he's gone nuts and is now a homicidal maniac, which is the payoff of the revelation. He's gone screwy and needs to be shut down. That's it.
He was already a homicidal maniac prior to that point, and the audience knew it. There were a million ways to show that David was screwy, and the movie deliberately fixates on David getting the author of his favorite quote wrong. He's literally misattributing the creation of one of his favorite things. Like, it's really on-the-nose.
If you think it's not important, then that's okay. That's your interpretation.
Quote from: SiL on Jul 03, 2018, 12:26:30 PMYour comparison is dishonest. Covenant doesn't "seem" to tell us David made them, it just says it. It's not implying it, it's not subtle, it's not a background detail or set dressing.
No, the movie doesn't tell us that -
David tells us that, and David is a dishonest, faulty sociopath who gets it wrong when asked who created one of his favorite things. That's a really, really important distinction. Your interpretation hinges on two things: the fact that David said something, and your interpretation of his character.
That's why it
seems like David created them - there's ample evidence to believe that he's wrong, especially compounded by what we see in 'Alien'. Did David actually, literally create the Alien for the first time ever? If you discard what he says because he's unreliable and literally gets creators wrong, then we actually don't know.
If you don't think the Derelict is old, then that's fine. If you want to make up reasons to rationalize why it looks old, then that's cool, too.
There's more than enough room here for more than one interpretation, and it's a shame that you don't recognize that.
But hey, you believe what you'd like, and I'll believe what I'd like.