Is Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ A Lovecraftian ’2001′?

[Michael]

SPOILERS . . . Sorry

Glad Gray House said it first because that was the very first thing that popped out to me when seeing the movie (and it didn't hurt that it was 3D, highly recommended in that context). I can see the "Lovecraftian 2001" theme running throughout as that search for knowledge at all (sane) costs is huge. I also saw a HUGE "Cool Air" strain with Weyland looking for a "cure" to death. Also, the alien that came out of Noomi Rapace has to be Cthulu's baby brother.
I can see where the number of mixed reviews came though especially with the ending. I really thought she and David were going to do an aerosol dive bombing on the alien home planet with the black goo (take THAT d-bag Engineers!) but she "wants to find some answers." I can see how people thought that sucked. But I think it fit perfectly with the "Knowledge at all costs" theme that is the bread and butter of Lovecraft. Overall, I REALLY liked it.

[Gray House]

SPOILERS...

I saw Prometheus yesterday. The Giger or Giger-like visuals at times created some weird and eerie atmosphere, but it was sometimes dispelled by too many absurd action scenes and some absurd-looking aliens. I liked the concept of the Engineers and I liked their appearance, but I didn't care much for the other aliens. I didn't find the remake of our old friend at the end to be complimentary. Prometheus certainly lacks the sustained effect of 2001, or Alien. Something I did like that it has in common with 2001 is the AI personality being more interesting than the human personalities.

[Karnos]

I will just copy-paste what I wrote in another forum I frequent, just a few minutes ago.

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I'm coming back from the theater. A beautifully shot dumb movie. Some highlights:

We are supposed to believe that:

-Charlize Theron plays a hard ass, no nonsense, bimbo who does push ups as soon as she wakes from two years of stasis, yet she opens her legs as soon as the street wise ship Cap'n makes a suggestion about her femininity...

-The world's most powerful megacorporation has enough green to finance a multi million dollars mission to the other side of the galaxy, backed solely on the personal beliefs of a reformed Lisbeth Salender and the hopes of a crazy CEO, a sensible mission packed with the most inept scientific staff available on Earth.

-I'm also supposed to believe that after having the spawn of Cthulhu removed from her uterus through a traumatic abdominal procedure, doping herself up to the eyeballs in anesthesia, and having staples run all over her abdomen, Dr. Shaw still has enough physical strength and lucidity to: hop through the Prometheus in the semi-nude, make it to the bridge in the Engineer's ship, run through an alien landscape from said ship while it collapses and con the Engineer into a death trap, an Engineer who happens to be a humanoid giant who killed four people, one of them armed with a riffle, without breaking a sweat?

And to think this turkey killed Guillermo del Toro's rendition of Lovecraft's "At the mountains of Madness" because of thematic similitudes...

They could have made a movie simply called "David", about a humanoid robot taking care of a scientific crew on stasis. It could trace his growth through the x number of years before the scientists wake up, peaking into the crew's dreams, etc, because David was about the only interesting thing in the whole movie.

I still think Noomi Rapace is cute as hell and is the only woman I could actually marry, though...

[miguel1984]

This movie was so bad, that Guillermo Del Toro (who, before watching Prometheus, said it definitely killed his At the Mountains of Madness adaptation) said his movie was back on track after the Prometheus release.

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[miguel1984]

This is from 2013:

"There are things in common (between Prometheus and At the Mountains of Madness), but, you know, screw it. Lovecraft was there first."

Source: Guillermo del Toro Says HeMountains Of | The Playlist

[miguel1984]

And this is from 2014:

Guillermo del Toro Says Could Be PG-13

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