I have a few issues with Prometheus and I have to say that I lay the blame mostly on Lindelof.
Why? Its a common problem with his writing: characters having completely unbelievable motivations and behaving very stupidly for the plot's sake. It happened all the time on Lost but I wont derail the thread going into that can of worms.
Spoiler tags in case anyone here hasn't watched Prometheus yet:
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So a couple scientists seek to mount an expedition to the ass end of space on a leap of faith, all because some carvings in caverns that match a certain pattern in the stars where they think they might find the alien race that created man. Really??? I like to think of myself as a science-oriented person, and neither me nor anyone I know in my circle would ever take anything on faith.
But ok, they get the funding and a crew along with some particular members. They arrive at the place and turns out they were right; an alien civilization had an outpost there and its secrets are up for the taking. But instead of doing so in an orderly fashion (weather problems aside) they dive right it, striking gold by recovering a perfectly preserved alien head along with some mysterious black goo and even some records and assorted life-forms.
So what do these "scientists" do? They run electricity thru the head and see if it will tick *major face palm* and arent careful at all with a completely unknown and potentially toxic substance, all the while someone decides its a good idea to pet the alien worm thats swiming the black pool. I mean come on!!!
Look I get it, its a movie and it needs drama - the situation has to turn bad fast to get to the action after the buildup. But there are much better ways to do it. See the original Alien movie for how its done.
On the other hand, it does explore some deep and intriguing questions about mankind's origins; leaving the audience wondering if they really did create us and why. And then about what was the whole point behind making those biological weapons in the first place. Also, Weyland is a selfish bastard; like we were hinted at during the course of the series. Now that was the meat of the movie.
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