Prometheus is on. Love & seen it lots. But it's bad science. Drs Elizabeth Shaw & Charlie Holloway are early career researchers. #badscifilmpic.twitter.com/YAbGYm4hO9
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In Prometheus Vickers is childless & not fit to be an heir. Shaw is infertile & feels flawed. Luckily an alien impregnates her!
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do you feel that if so many sexist shortcuts weren't taken, it'd be a better movie? because i am currently persuaded of this
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i mean, something seemed kind of cardboard about the characters. and it drew me out of it. it wasn't quite clear to me why?
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but now that you've spelled some of them out, there was an attempt at characterization, but because it relied on old tropes,
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i couldn't buy into their motivations. :{
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The idea of the Engineers as humanity's makers is off-putting to audiences. Characters don't have strong bonds to one another.
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right.+ they tried to shorthand all these convenient opinions the characters had by using lazy tropes,including sexist ones.
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so even though the action was cool, + we bought that the characters COULD have these motives,we weren't sure why they should
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Agreed, characters are under-developed and themes are convoluted.
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