tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post1476921799149611927..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: TL; DR: On Willing Suspension of Disbelief, John Carter of Mars, Superheroes and Sci-FiThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-84374479579379955152012-06-21T23:45:04.143-05:002012-06-21T23:45:04.143-05:00Yeah, I sort of got that later as once the cross h...Yeah, I sort of got that later as once the cross hanging around Rapace's neck kept getting shown but was never really a plotpoint. It was an "ah ha! Hollywood Humanist Faith Imagery! Oh. I see where they're going with this. My, but that's clunky". <br /><br />I don't think I got some other stuff I read about later in another review about various myths and legends Scott was making calls back to, apparently. I am not up on my various ancient myths enough, I guess. Fair enough. Shame on the public schools I attended. <br /><br />I suppose that early on in the movie when characters were utterly unestablished (and nobody in the film but David and possibly Theron's character ever really established any character), it just felt... uninspired. <br /><br />I dunno.<br /><br />From my point of view, Scott's attempts at symbolism were the typical mixed bag we get out of Hollywood when it comes to either discussing faith or the meaning of Christmas. To my point of "how far will I follow you as a member of the audience" - that shouldn't have been where he lost me. There's a line between faith and idiocy, and that was sort of the space equivalent of faith based Russian Roulette. (I know, I know... sez something about my own belief system, I guess).The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-66297107419696129062012-06-21T18:18:45.368-05:002012-06-21T18:18:45.368-05:00Opening my big mouth about Prometheus....
I thoug...Opening my big mouth about Prometheus....<br /><br />I thought the most unbelievable thing in Prometheus was that an intelligent person believes in God. Ho ho!<br /><br />Here's what I took from that scene: it is about faith. Shaw is pretty adamant that he not remove his helmet, despite that he's thrown out some science-y reason that the air is breathable. Ultimately, he has faith in science, so he takes off his helmet. His faith is no different than her's, I'd argue. If anything, he has more reason to believe the air is breathable, than she does to believe that we ultimately came from a deity.<br /><br />On a simpler note, one could argue that he does it simply out of bravado, since he didn't exactly get the warmest welcome at the briefing on the previous scene.JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17879630166417997627noreply@blogger.com