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The sci fi genre always has holes. Nature of the beast.

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In Reply to: RE: Two comments re your Prometheus "theories" posted by Steve O on June 16, 2012 at 18:37:46

I don't discount the holes as indicating a bad story. We're supposedly dealing in realms beyond the ordinary. There have to be holes. Nailed down meanings for every spook and ray gun kills the imagination in a story that requires it. Sci fi is supposed to stretch the incredible so we have to backfill more than usual. That's what a lot of the dialogue below is attempting.

As a film, as opposed to the story, there are many broadsides we can shoot off. But I like the story and all the speculation this "popcorn flick" generates.

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Enter my world of infinite imaginative possibilities - violinist3 21:16:21 06/16/12 (0)
So vast are the possibilities that everybody has a different interpretation of what is happening. Like a hundred people tripping on LSD at the same time and everybody sees different things.

Sorry for my digression. I get these flashes of the big mind game (Tim Leary expression).

But getting back.... That's the wonderful thing about science fiction. You get to imagine all these possibilities.
Just let another planet have a 100K head start on us and this could be true. - mr grits 20:33:34 06/16/12 (0)
Which brings us to the question: Are the action, script, and effects more important than the story itself? The opening scene really grabbed me because it was like starting at the back end of a book.

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