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MemberOvomorphJun 8, 2012895 Views2 Replies

This film is an excellent piece of Science Fiction. The film literally begins with a bang as.... j/k. The film provides an elegant vessel for the theme of 'Questioning assumptions'. This is a critical lesson for scientists of all ages. Please provide 10-15 hours of further exploring the Lump and Getting to know our possible creators. Keyboards are often rumored within these chars. Also there is a request here for the rest of that pretty business lady, captain not really required (no offense cappy). After reading the goo debate I've decided to avoid that topic almost entirely.

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Promethian ManJune 08, 2012

This movie is not science fiction. It's a very well crafted 'sci-fi' B-Movie with and A-List budget. There are no philosophical questions - only questions about the plot-holes. I've yet to read a review by anyone who liked the film who can successfully tell me what the actual story is ( and not just recap what happens from moment-to-moment - that's not the 'story' ). It has the 'makings' of a great story - I give it that - but the filmmakers just shortchanged the audience in order to stretch it out to a sequel, and there was no resolution to anything. A story, even if open-ended, should have a resolution, and an internal logic to its premise. Prometheus does not. 2001; A Space Odyssey is a great 'science-fiction' story. It has a clean linear through-road for the story, yet still poses mystery and questioning that is not related to any plot-holes ( re: sloppy scripting ). Same goes for Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( on the similar theme of meeting one's maker ).

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30SilverWishesJune 09, 2012

Is sacrifice indexed in Philosophy or chess?