A certain scene in Prometheus [MAJOR SPOILERS]

[Fragged_Templar]

The only scene in the movie that really distrubed me, was the "alleged" biology professor who kept trying to stick his hand into that tentacle worm thing... even after it went all hooded cobra stance on him... The sheer level of stupidity... over 9000.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

People were made physically sick from viewing Alien? No way. I don't believe it. People cannot be that weak of stomach.

I guess it was the chest burster scene (which hadn't been spoiled at that point) , I mean the one of the actors fainted after filming that!

Sorry, but that's kind of hilarious.

My girlfriend at the time fainted when watching this scene with me:


I felt a mixture of guilt for laughing at her for weeks after and sad for laughing at her for weeks after XD

Girlfriend at the time, eh? Clearly she didn't appreciate being laughed at >__>

(I'm kidding, I'm kidding xD)

Actually we broke up because I chose to play The Old Republic over fool around with her.

Take that for whatever it's worth XD

 

[Clearing the Eye]

People were made physically sick from viewing Alien? No way. I don't believe it. People cannot be that weak of stomach.

I guess it was the chest burster scene (which hadn't been spoiled at that point) , I mean the one of the actors fainted after filming that!

Sorry, but that's kind of hilarious.

My girlfriend at the time fainted when watching this scene with me:


I felt a mixture of guilt for laughing at her for weeks after and sad for laughing at her for weeks after XD

Girlfriend at the time, eh? Clearly she didn't appreciate being laughed at >__>

(I'm kidding, I'm kidding xD)

Actually we broke up because I chose to play The Old Republic over fool around with her.

Take that for whatever it's worth XD

Well I have to say, that's not much better than what I said XD

I hope TOR was really worth it though, man.

It really, really wasn't, lol. But I guess it's a good thing; any relationship that fails because of one night's missed screwing around, was probably doomed.

 

[Smooth Operator]

Well due to the horrific plot holes I wasn't really immersed so that scene made me facepalm more then anything, it was just such a bad setup.
First it's the whole super high tech automated operating table, but wait there is a whole gender missing in it's database... right, then the woman shoots up on painkillers like 5 times and the robot table gives her extra anesthetics and she still screams her lungs out... boy those future painkillers got crappy, and the super high tech operating table cuts her open and pulls out the squid with a fucking crane... sorry but was this table programmed for humans or a scrap yard, and what possible combination of that DNA could spawn a fucking squid, and if she is so afraid of it why does the just idly wait in there holding an enormous needle, and later on she is hardly even upset that they all left her to die, doesn't even mention it to people who don't know...

I really wish they spent some of that massive CG budget on half decent writers.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

People were made physically sick from viewing Alien? No way. I don't believe it. People cannot be that weak of stomach.

I guess it was the chest burster scene (which hadn't been spoiled at that point) , I mean the one of the actors fainted after filming that!

Sorry, but that's kind of hilarious.

My girlfriend at the time fainted when watching this scene with me:


I felt a mixture of guilt for laughing at her for weeks after and sad for laughing at her for weeks after XD

Girlfriend at the time, eh? Clearly she didn't appreciate being laughed at >__>

(I'm kidding, I'm kidding xD)

Actually we broke up because I chose to play The Old Republic over fool around with her.

Take that for whatever it's worth XD

Well I have to say, that's not much better than what I said XD

I hope TOR was really worth it though, man.

It really, really wasn't, lol. But I guess it's a good thing; any relationship that fails because of one night's missed screwing around, was probably doomed.

That's true. If one night did it then it was already dying or on shaky ground.

Which reminds me that a friend got out of a not-relationship(I think he was considering the possibility in the future) just earlier today because he made the girl, who was kind of stalkerish, jealous by casual mentions of other females. I think it was definitely for the best if that managed to end it -__-

Awww. It's kind of sad that she got that jealous, lol. I always feel bad for the women in failed relationships, even when it's their fault. I guess I'm a sucker for cute girls >_> I asked a friend out on the rebound and he rejected me. Who gets rejected on the rebound??

*foreveralone*

lol

 

[Clearing the Eye]

People were made physically sick from viewing Alien? No way. I don't believe it. People cannot be that weak of stomach.

I guess it was the chest burster scene (which hadn't been spoiled at that point) , I mean the one of the actors fainted after filming that!

Sorry, but that's kind of hilarious.

My girlfriend at the time fainted when watching this scene with me:


I felt a mixture of guilt for laughing at her for weeks after and sad for laughing at her for weeks after XD

Girlfriend at the time, eh? Clearly she didn't appreciate being laughed at >__>

(I'm kidding, I'm kidding xD)

Actually we broke up because I chose to play The Old Republic over fool around with her.

Take that for whatever it's worth XD

Well I have to say, that's not much better than what I said XD

I hope TOR was really worth it though, man.

It really, really wasn't, lol. But I guess it's a good thing; any relationship that fails because of one night's missed screwing around, was probably doomed.

That's true. If one night did it then it was already dying or on shaky ground.

Which reminds me that a friend got out of a not-relationship(I think he was considering the possibility in the future) just earlier today because he made the girl, who was kind of stalkerish, jealous by casual mentions of other females. I think it was definitely for the best if that managed to end it -__-

Awww. It's kind of sad that she got that jealous, lol. I always feel bad for the women in failed relationships, even when it's their fault. I guess I'm a sucker for cute girls >_> I asked a friend out on the rebound and he rejected me. Who gets rejected on the rebound??

*foreveralone*

lol

Well the obsessive/stalkerish behavior plus that jealousy really makes me think it's good for my friend it didn't go any further XD

At least you have friends to reject you on the rebound =P

That is cold, cold comfort, my friend, lol.

 

[Shocksplicer]

I had major abdominal surgery about two months ago, so yeah I found it a bit distressing...
Also, her instant recovery with only occaisional bouts of pain is total bullshit. You're not walking at all for a couple of days after you get your stomach muscles sliced.

Trust me.

 

[Soopy]

I thought the scene was a complete load of bullshit.

She jumps out of the machine and runs away with a stapled stomach ffs... I've seen D-grade slashers that try harder then that.

 

[AngloDoom]

For the record, it is the scene where Shaw performs a very bloody abortion on that tentacle squid baby thing...

Wait, what? You'd call the removal of a parasitic life-form bound to kill you an abortion? Each to their own, I guess.

Personally the part that got me was how spry she was considering she just had her stomach operated on: she's running about for quite a while afterwards as if I didn't happen and even bangs her stomach after a large jumping fall and then just climbs up without even holding her side.

I mean, occasionally brushing your stomach as if you have a stitch doesn't show the pain of surgery in a very realistic fashion.

 

[K84]

I had major abdominal surgery about two months ago, so yeah I found it a bit distressing...
Also, her instant recovery with only occaisional bouts of pain is total bullshit. You're not walking at all for a couple of days after you get your stomach muscles sliced.

Trust me.

Though this is many year into the future, with some kind of hyper deluxe model medical thingy that talks like Robert Picardo on Voyager.

Was that an easter egg btw?

"Please state the nature of your medical procedure" Prometheus
"Please state the nature of your medical emergency" EMH, Star Trek Voyager.

But back to the device, it might be more effective than today's medical science.
So i take the quick recovery with a grain of salt, sci fi after all, FICTION.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

...a parasitic life-form bound to kill you...

Sounds like most babies

 

[IamQ]

I didn't think the surgery itself was disturbing, the only thing I didn't like was when the facehugger was being held by the robot hands, flailing about, and I just kept thinking "keep it form your face, keep it form your face, keep it form your face, keep it form your face!" As she was sliding down.

 

[MetalMagpie]

Sure it was disturbing, but I assume that was the intention. As for the teen having a seizure - apparently there were reports of people literally throwing up in the ailses during the screening of Alien back in 1979, so Ridley Scott seems to have a track record of disturbing his audience when it comes to horror films.

One of the reasons why I enjoyed Prometheus (and the original Alien for that matter too) is that it was disturbing and seemed to work as much at a subconscious level as it did at an in-your-face gore kind of level.

People were made physically sick from viewing Alien? No way. I don't believe it. People cannot be that weak of stomach.

I remember seeing a "100 scariest films of all time" TV filler once that contained a really bizarre entry at number 100.

Back in the early days of films, one cinema showed a film that contained a shot of a train passing through a station. The camera had been placed quite close to the edge of the platform, which meant that the train was almost travelling directly towards it. When that piece of footage first ran on the big cinema screen, people literally climbed over the backs of their seats to escape.

A piece of black-and-white footage with no sound of a train not quite coming towards the screen was enough to cause panic in a cinema.

People have got more used to cinema over time. These days, we're far more used to separating what we see on a screen from reality, which makes us harder to scare or shock. I can completely believe that when the first Alien came out in 1979, the majority of the audience had never seen anything like it before.

 

[anthony87]

I thought it was fine. As the creepy robot dude said "Remarkable survival instinct."
But seriously, stop being so uptight, world. I'd have wanted that thing out of me by any means as well and I actually thought it was a clever, original scene.
Why exactly do you think the dialogue/plot was so poor? I thought it was a really clever but not in your face about it kinda movie. It let you think about what was going on and I had a very long conversation about the movie with my friend after seeing it, trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle it gave you together. Are you even a fan of the Alien franchise? This entire movie was pretty much meant for fans to enjoy and speculate over.
I feel bad for the poor teen that had a seizure from it, but anyone that has seen an Alien movie before should know to expect lots of flashing lights.
Overall, the best thriller movie I've seen in years. And probably the best movie to do with alien life since District 9. When you think about that OTHER movie with aliens in it that shouldn't need to exist, I think we got it pretty good.

It's nice to see someone else thinking along these lines. A lot of people seem annoyed that the movie doesn't just flat out say "HERE! THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON!" but I loved that I had something to talk with my friend about for days as we put the pieces together and talked about the different things we were shown and what it all means.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Sure it was disturbing, but I assume that was the intention. As for the teen having a seizure - apparently there were reports of people literally throwing up in the ailses during the screening of Alien back in 1979, so Ridley Scott seems to have a track record of disturbing his audience when it comes to horror films.

One of the reasons why I enjoyed Prometheus (and the original Alien for that matter too) is that it was disturbing and seemed to work as much at a subconscious level as it did at an in-your-face gore kind of level.

People were made physically sick from viewing Alien? No way. I don't believe it. People cannot be that weak of stomach.

I remember seeing a "100 scariest films of all time" TV filler once that contained a really bizarre entry at number 100.

Back in the early days of films, one cinema showed a film that contained a shot of a train passing through a station. The camera had been placed quite close to the edge of the platform, which meant that the train was almost travelling directly towards it. When that piece of footage first ran on the big cinema screen, people literally climbed over the backs of their seats to escape.

A piece of black-and-white footage with no sound of a train not quite coming towards the screen was enough to cause panic in a cinema.

People have got more used to cinema over time. These days, we're far more used to separating what we see on a screen from reality, which makes us harder to scare or shock. I can completely believe that when the first Alien came out in 1979, the majority of the audience had never seen anything like it before.

I doubt many people actually found Alien scary, just as most people wouldn't be scared by an autopsy. They might feel uncomfortable or tense, but your average person isn't going to actually be scared. American cinema has really warped what people consider to be genuine fear. I mean, look at your average "horror" made in the U.S. All it does is startle from time to time and anything can startle you, and use over the top gore to try and gross you out.

The Japanese and French - now they can make a horror film.

 

[Doclector]

If you guys saw it, you know the one I'm talking about. For the record, it is the scene where Shaw performs a very bloody abortion on that tentacle squid baby thing. Was anyone else as disturbed by it as I was? Part of it may be because I'm a girl (and that was enough to make me swear off children) but apparently an Australian teen got a seizure from watching it. Poor plot/dialogue aside, this was the one thing that really bugged me. Your reactions? I would like to see the male point of view as well.

Well, it was disturbing, but I've seen worse, however I did think that it would be many times more disturbing to a female audience. I watched it with two female friends, and they seemed quite shaken by the whole thing.

I'll say this though, the scene cemented the character as a badass. You'd think most people, upon finding they're impossibly three months pregnant with a baby of unknown species, would panic beyond the point of any sort of logic. Typical female horror characters would most likely cry and act useless until the alien feotus tears its way out. Not Shaw. She went, "F*** this shit, I'll go get this thing cut out my damn self! Oh what, the machine's meant for male patients? Oh well, I'll go for the next closest operation, whilst anethatising myself!" And after this experience, she goes on to kick the ass of an extremely powerful alien, AND THEN, forgoes her chance of going home to instead march right up to said alien's doorstep and demand answers. Hard. F***ing. Core.

Personally, the scene where the two geologists trapped in the ship die was the most disturbing. It was just outright nasty. Also, it made me draw a comparison. Prometheus is like silent hill homecoming. Only with effort. The sexual imagery that influenced the alien design was there in full force, almost as if someone had seen it in the original alien and said "hey, we should put that kinda thing in.

The worm comes out of the slime looking like a, well, penis. Then it's "mouth" folds out into a shape not dissimiliar to a human pelvis with a vagina-mouth thing in the centre, at which point it attacks, breaking the dudes arm before traveling down his throat.

Not sure what it means, besides the obvious male rape comparison, but effort and creativity was put into it, and above all, it was...unpleasant, to say the least. Unlike homecoming in which they just said "silent hill? That's the thing with the triangle dude isn't it? Well we have to put him in it!"

 

[roushutsu]

Just saw the movie yesterday. I wouldn't consider it an abortion. It was a cesarean section and the alien wasn't even killed in the process. It grew pretty damn big by the end of the movie too.

As for the making people sick thing, I suppose I can understand why it would make people feel uncomfortable. I personally wasn't really bothered by it in the long run, but it was a freaky moment. Hell I found it freakier where she had to lay in the chamber with the thing writhing around as it slowly patched her up and opened.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

You should all totally watch A l'interieur (Inside). It's pretty much about a woman cutting a baby out of another woman with a pair of scissors, lol.

Spoiler: Ending spoilers and stuff

The pregnant woman becomes too weak to move from dramatic blood loss. She collapses and goes into labor. Another woman slowly cuts her stomach open with a pair of scissors and puts her hands into the mother's womb, trying remove the child. The victim weeps and screams in pain and calls for her mother throughout.

So morbidly awesome ^^

 

[endnuen]

It was an explicit scene to be sure. But it felt in-line with the tone of the movie.

Personally the part that got me was how spry she was considering she just had her stomach operated on: she's running about for quite a while afterwards as if I didn't happen and even bangs her stomach after a large jumping fall and then just climbs up without even holding her side.

I mean, occasionally brushing your stomach as if you have a stitch doesn't show the pain of surgery in a very realistic fashion.

You didn't notice the syringes she was shooting like a heroine addict? Imagine it a pretty nifty painkiller, and she was closed up pretty good. It's sci-fi, so it's totally legit. They at least made her take something, and not just run off.

 

[Innegativeion]

I actually thought it was a pretty clever scene. I hadn't though to use the medical thing for a removal of the (obviously inevitable) xeno morph-i-tizing that people would incur.

Wasn't really disturbed, either. It didn't really show too much aside from an umbilical cord and some pink cake near the edges of her incision, after all.