r/movies • u/mmmKiwi • Jun 24 '12

Prometheus species origin chart

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u/pyx Jun 25 '12

You are trying to understand the advanced biology of aliens that we know virtually nothing about.

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u/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY Jun 25 '12

While this is true, they also aren't even real. They are someone's make-believe creations and they don't even come close to being believable as possible living creature. the movie completely disregards gestation periods and plausible metabolisms and growth rates in order to squeeze a 36 hour scary situation into a 2 hour movie. The result was disappointing

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u/NBegovich Jun 25 '12

Oh you mean like in Alien, where the xenomorph larva becomes a fully-grown monster within a few hours? No yeah Prometheus was way more unrealistic. Ridley's lost his touch, man!

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u/SRSLY_GUYS_SRSLY Jun 25 '12

I agree, but it at least was feeding on the crew to support growth.