Red Letter Media Talks ‘Prometheus’

For those of you who felt Prometheus was a disappointing film that had more plot holes than plot, you might enjoy this short film by the astute Red Letter Media that asks the questions nobody thought to answer in production.

Episode 10 – Big Things Have Small Beginnings

In Episode 10 of the Completely Overrated Podcast series we spend a great deal of time discussing Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus,’ the mis-marketed science fiction epic set approximately one hundred years before the film ‘Alien.’ Matt and Jason team up against Jameson to explain why their lofty expectations (partially influenced by the misleading trailers) turned Prometheus from a great film into an average film, while Jameson defends the artistic integrity of movie.

Review: Prometheus

Fans of Ridley Scott’s previous films rejoiced at the idea of a new entry into the Alien saga, even if it was a prequel and had very little to do with the events of the original and subsequent films.  Unfortunately, as commonly happens, expectations were built up to unreasonable proportions, and Prometheus, despite being a film that begs to be judged on its own merits, was destined to be judged with the question “how does this compare to Alien, and what does it bring to the saga?”  The answer to both is not what Alien fans expected, or wanted.  But does that mean the movie isn’t any good?  Absolutely not.

About 100 years before the events of Alien and the horror that was star system LV-426, primitive, ancient drawings are discovered in caves all over the world that date back thousands of years.  These paintings depict a very large humanoid pointing to a particular group of stars in the sky.  After careful analysis, it is theorized that this being is the creator of human life on Planet Earth, and the star system indicated in the drawing, LV-322, is where our maker comes from.  Money is spent, and inevitably a manned voyage to LV-322 is made to discover the answers to the most fundamental questions about the origin of humanity.  Who made us?  Why are we here?  Where did we come from? Naturally, the hard line religious fans of the series will no doubt be rolling their eyes at this point in the film.  It is these questions that form the back bone of the story Prometheus wants to tell, and sets the tone for the rest of the film.