Facepalm *forever*
I just realized something seriously crappy about Prometheus.
So, Captain Heimdall makes a big deal about it being Christmas. Now, why the heck would the writer make it a Christmas movie? I mean, other than making the big ominous SOMETHING HAPPENED 2000 YEARS AGO TO MAKE THE ALBINO BODYBUILDERS NOT LIKE US; WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY BE? a little more obvious.
Well, a barren woman named Elizabeth is miraculously three months pregnant on that day. *facepalm*
Yes, boys and girls, Our First Facehugger is apparently John the Baptist. I'd write this off as a coincidence (along with the kiddo being "of the line of David," or at least his finger), except that this is one of the authors of Lost here, and that troupe never met a Biblical reference they didn't like. (It probably is a coincidence that the movie's release date was fairly close to John the Baptist's saint's day, as it wasn't that close.)
This is even worse than someone pointing out in the comments to a review of the film that Liz Shaw on the operating table screaming in pain as the table opens up her abdomen and rips something out of her is probably supposed to be a too-literal reference to the myth of Prometheus. As is the recurring motif of fire as a weapon. Oy.
Edit, still under the cut for spoilers: And a few minutes's poking around informs me that yet another someone else already noticed this over a month ago. Welp, teach me to still be pissed off about this movie at this late date.
So, Captain Heimdall makes a big deal about it being Christmas. Now, why the heck would the writer make it a Christmas movie? I mean, other than making the big ominous SOMETHING HAPPENED 2000 YEARS AGO TO MAKE THE ALBINO BODYBUILDERS NOT LIKE US; WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY BE? a little more obvious.
Well, a barren woman named Elizabeth is miraculously three months pregnant on that day. *facepalm*
Yes, boys and girls, Our First Facehugger is apparently John the Baptist. I'd write this off as a coincidence (along with the kiddo being "of the line of David," or at least his finger), except that this is one of the authors of Lost here, and that troupe never met a Biblical reference they didn't like. (It probably is a coincidence that the movie's release date was fairly close to John the Baptist's saint's day, as it wasn't that close.)
This is even worse than someone pointing out in the comments to a review of the film that Liz Shaw on the operating table screaming in pain as the table opens up her abdomen and rips something out of her is probably supposed to be a too-literal reference to the myth of Prometheus. As is the recurring motif of fire as a weapon. Oy.
Edit, still under the cut for spoilers: And a few minutes's poking around informs me that yet another someone else already noticed this over a month ago. Welp, teach me to still be pissed off about this movie at this late date.