What is the film Prometheus (2012) trying to say?

[KZ_Understanding_the_Rain_000]

The film shows us that life on Earth was seeded by a race of "white gods" (aliens), who speak a reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language (formerly known as the Aryan language family).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDOj9XEezDQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN76-Thxiao

What exactly is Ridley Scott trying to say here?

[Schamyl006]

Sucks that the supposed sequel wasn't a sequel.

I loved that they decided to wipe out humanity after evolution of life on Earth didn't go the way intented.

[steven1mac]

It shows that movie producers don't spend enough on writers.

[gugnihr]

Prometheus (2012 movie): "Hey!!! Look!!! They guys who wrote me took the same drugs that the author of Kingdom Hearts usually takes!!!"

[Neurotic Panda]

its saying the people like to over-think and complicate works of fiction for some self enlightening BS. when in fact its just made up crap by people who know it will sell so they get mad rich off of it.

pretty simple.

[Holding These Alligators Down]

It's actually a pretty great movie with some interesting ideas but sadly it was all retconned because neckbeards on the internet and movie execs wanted it to be like the other movies.

"NNNNGGG, where's the things i already know??? MUH XENOMORPHS!!"

Also you're looking for a deeper meaning which isn't there.

[hechicero]

Its general message was, "Go to sleep."

[Polverrati]

I think the point Prometheus (and Covenant to a lesser extent) wanted to make was not to play god. The Engineers did it and paid for it both by creating the biological weapon that would wipe them out, and by creating a race that made the same mistakes, and we did it by chasing things we shouldn't have and by creating the androids, then an android made the same mistake.

Цитата допису Holding These Alligators Down:

It's actually a pretty great movie with some interesting ideas but sadly it was all retconned because neckbeards on the internet and movie execs wanted it to be like the other movies.

"NNNNGGG, where's the things i already know??? MUH XENOMORPHS!!"

Also you're looking for a deeper meaning which isn't there.

"neckbeards on the internet" aren't to blame for Alien Covenant, that's all Hollywood. Tons of people were excited to see where Prometheus would go, and the subtle hints to the origin of Xenomorph were enough to keep hardcore fans sated. But just like how Ridley Scott wasn't allowed to make Prometheus the movie he wanted it to be because of suits, he probably also had to shoehorn the sequel into being a Xenomorph movie because of suits. I really liked Prometheus, it had its flaws but I thought it was a solid film. Alien Covenant is a piece of ♥♥♥♥ though and as much as I adore the Alien series, it would've been significantly better without Xenomorphs and the origin Ridley went with was insultingly bad.

[Your_White_Knight]

* Eats popcorn *

[Yzal]

"Watch Alien and Aliens, the rest is crap"

[Under there]

blah blah nephilim blah blah white people blah remember alien? man that was cool

[KZ_Understanding_the_Rain_000]

Цитата допису 240p enjoyer:

blah blah nephilim blah blah white people blah remember alien? man that was cool

In a nutshell, yeah.

[EASY PETE]

Were you not paying attention to what they were saying in the movie?

[KZ_Understanding_the_Rain_000]

Цитата допису GARDEN YOUR GARDEN RIGHT NOW OR:

Were you not paying attention to what they were saying in the movie?

Did they address why the aliens speak Proto-Indo-European?

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Цитата допису Frey 💞:

Цитата допису GARDEN YOUR GARDEN RIGHT NOW OR:

Were you not paying attention to what they were saying in the movie?

Did they address why the aliens speak Proto-Indo-European?

They spoke PIE? 🤔
Mmmm, pie... 🤤

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Цитата допису Darkie:

It is a christmas movie about faith and creation.
This is like all other religious movies about Christ a horror movie, something that alien fans failed to see, they were actually thinking this was about aliens..

It is a subplot to keep the fans watching. I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯