Rnadom Thnigs

I think I need to see the film again.  The further I get from the experience of seeing it, the worse it gets.  It seemed fun on the night.  But each day I get further away I get angrier.

Seriously, whoever that thought the scriptwriter from the Darkest Hour and Damon “I miswrote Lost and you should have seen my awesome Cowboys and Aliens” Lindelof could write a reasonable high concept sci fi film should be slapped.  Preferably with the flayed spines of those same writers so they can’t do this sort of thing again.

The film LOOKS spectacular. Just stunning: 5 star.  The acting’s good.  The script is complete rubbish.  I mean, BAD.  The dialogue is barely functional, and the plot decisions are beyond stupid.

SERIOUSLY:

(1) Dysfunctional crew who do not seem to have ever had HR Personality tests… on a space mission…

(2) …a mission they seem to have been randomly assigned to, knowing nothing about it…

(3) …who follow absolutely no safety protocols investigating what is obviously the first Alien contact humans have ever had…

(4) and then don’t behave in any emotional believable ways when confronted by crises…

(5) …and seem to just get stupider and stupider as the crises get bigger and bigger…

(6) to the point when they don’t even know which way to run when a giant wheel is rolling down to kill them.

Oh, I give up. What was your most angry-making part of Prometheus?

Okay, maybe more than a couple.  Some of these may be considered spoilers if you think the film should make any sense, which I don’t think is likely.

1. Who the hell were those invading aliens, and why were they invading earth of all places?  Did I miss something?
2. Who the hell is the Black Widow, and why should we care?  Also, why was she there?  And what was this backstory of hers that we were obviously meant to know?  How the hell were we meant to know about it?  (Nicely captures the bewildering experience of reading a comic right there, btw… e.g. “see Black Widow #23”.  My response has ALWAYS been “go to hell, JUST TELL ME, I paid for THIS comic, dammit!”)
3. Who the hell was Hawkeye, or Dorkeye, or whatever the hell his name was.  Why was HE there?  Where did he come from?  WHAT THE HELL is going on?  
4. Also, arrows?  What the hell?  Seriously?  What does he do after he runs out, go hide?  No, serious question.  Really.
5. How the hell did those two without powers survive all that crap, anyhow?
6. Why the hell is it that every actor playing the Hulk is SO much better than the one before, when the one before wasn’t a slouch by any means?  I reckon there’s an Oscar in it for the next actor.  Or the one after.  
7. Who the hell was that new woman helping out Sam Jackson, and why weren’t we introduced?  Or was that in “new woman helping out Sam Jackson  #12” and I missed it?
8. What the hell is SHIELD?  Are we just meant to guess?
9. Who the hell were the people bossing around Sam Jackson on the videoscreens, and why were they such dicks?
10. Why the hell couldn’t they afford new lightbulbs for those guys, anyhow?
11. Who the hell designs a flying aircraft carrier without some sort of reasonable plan for when one of the engines fails?  A big parachute, maybe?  It’s an aircraft carrier, people, it’s made for war: someone’s going to shoot at it at some point.
12. Who the hell was that OTHER red faced Alien in the final credits?  Christ, it’s like watching Lost, or the most recent series of Doctor Who, where they seemed to have an aversion to the audience ever understanding anything.  WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?  Am I really the only person this confused by this film?

But otherwise, yeah.  Enjoyed it.  Silly fun.

Coming to Chchch for 4 days. Last 2 trips were the hour before the Feb ‘11 quake & Dec ‘11 quakes.

Promise FAIRLY hard not to cause any quakes this time. Um. Yeah. Sorry ‘bout that.  I’m a wee bit nervous, which is funny given that I’m the least superstitious person I know. 

ANYHOW, assuming the city survives until then, who’s up for drinks@ Volstead this avo?