Prometheus

**spukrian** · 06-11-2012, 09:21 AM

(06-10-2012, 12:49 AM)Science Wrote: I don't see how the movie had as many plot holes as people say, I've seen it twice and can only make out one which may have an explanation for itself. Every plot hole people have pointed out on the internet I've had an explanation for. As for the character development, the reason that Millburn and Fifield ran away

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when they first found the dead carcass was because they were terrified. This is backed up by Fifield's heavy breathing (you can see his visor fogging up). They toughed up after seeing that there's no contagion and that they were stuck in the pyramid during the storm, so they had no choice but to head on. Another example of their fear is when Jackson announced to them that a probe may have picked up life on the West side they went East. Millburn's reason for messing with the alien cobra was that he is a biologist. In that situation if he moved quickly he may have startled the creature and killed him and Fifield. Correct me if I am mistaken, but Millburn is the hipster looking guy, Fifield is the Mohawk guy and Jackson is the pilot.

Well, about Millburn, it's not a plothole, it's just bad writing:

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You can find similar behaviour at TVtropes, described as Schmuck Bait, Too Dumb To Live, Genre Blindness etc.

But I do agree, there aren't that many plotholes. The thing is that the public audience in general want everything spelled out and explained. Prometheus is not that kind of movie, it instead requires you analyse and perhaps speculate a bit.

Janek is the pilot, played by Idris Elba. IIRC Jackson is the only security guard that is named, he only has a few lines and is in few of the scenes. There's no credit for any Jackson on IMDB, so I guess he's credited as one of the mercenaries. I felt he could've had a larger role (or otherwise they could've just removed him). You pegged Millburn and Fifield correctly.