Ash....the Company.....and Prometheus

Prometheus happened during the MASS COLONISATION of the local galaxy. I suspect this Prometheus mission was a PRIVATE COVERT DEAL orchestrated by Mr Peter Weyland, so that HE could bring back to mankind 'the key to everlasting life'. There's nothing to say that ANYONE KNEW; you know how compartmentalised and NDA these massive conglomerates are, when they wanna be - man, it's how your intelligence service is founded, on lie and counterlie, suicide and countermurder, story and counterstory. What can the employees of Weyland believe? Maybe Weyland's death was announced DECADES ago? I don't think anyone knew what was on LV-223, it [b]was[/b] just a 'meet daddy' kinda mission, privately orchestrated by Shaw/Holloway and Weyland -- this might be why the 'freelance team' didn't even know why they were there or what their role was. LV-426 was the accident that led to the Alien discovery - it made sense for those long distance trips to have an Artificial Person on board, hell it made sense for AP-only missions. Personally, I don't think there's a HOUDINI-writer who can pull Prometheus out of the crisis left by Lindelof's reckless and unsubstantiatable invention; there are now too many thorns for even the Prince to rescue his Princess. Time for a juicy time travel prank, like the newer Star Trek film.

@Freeplanet "Personally, I don't think there's a HOUDINI-writer who can pull Prometheus out of the crisis left by Lindelof's reckless and unsubstantiatable invention." Hmm, while I do agree with many people that there are some things in the "Prometheus" film that are a bit "haphazard" and "untidy", so to speak... I don't necessarily believe that they ruin the movie, or the story. I too feel that many parts of the movie were "rushed", ESPECIALLY in terms of the character development. That's probably why people don't have much belief in the characters, or a connection to them. I think Ridley has somewhat caved in to the pressure of trying to appease the studios, and therefore he had to keep the film somewhat within the guidelines of the current movie industry trends. Unfortunately, this "dumbing down" process means... - get to the point/action quicker (sacrifice story and character development) - don't make things too complicated (don't make people think too much) - keep the movie under 2hrs and 10min, (for maximum revenues) - try to keep it PG, (for maximum revenues) - put the original "alien" in there somewhere (to satisfy people) - give us plenty of footage for trailers (for max revenues) And again, notice I said Ridley only "somewhat" caved in to those pressures. Obviously he still tried to stick with his guns in some areas. That's why he left so many unresolved questions and mysteries. Anyhow, I think that with a good deal of time and careful consideration, Ridley can easily piece everything together, and tie them up... in a more than satisfactory way. Personally, I don't see any areas where the story is "too messed up", or beyond all hope. ALL the questions and mysteries do NOT have to be resolved, there only needs to be clear and logical connections to everything. But the connections don't necessarily have to be implicit, or shown... as long as they are implied, or at least hinted at, then that's enough to let the audience try to fill in the gaps. I think the stage has been very adequately set, and we've been prepped for more to come. Peace

cmutt, yeah, you mean, "As Alien had its Space Jockey, Prometheus has its BIG HEAD STATUE." So, we're gonna have to wait another THIRTY YEARS to see that there's really an de-trunked ELEPHANT GOD HEAD statue within that, plastered over by Galactic Arrogants -- like they did with the (wet land) Sphinx? :)

"...- keep the movie under 2hrs and 10min, (for maximum revenues.." "..152 min.." The Running time of 'THe Dark Knight' To me it is not so much the length of the movie,,but the quality of the storytelling that would bring in the revenues,,to ensure the completion of the prequell trilogy.. I don't want a 'fast food' Prometheus,,,but a satisfying movie meal..