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I completely agree. The movie was absolutely beautiful, but the plot towards the end seemed really forced. Spoilers: It seemed to go downhill as soon as Eliz

I completely agree. The movie was absolutely beautiful, but the plot towards the end seemed really forced. Spoilers: It seemed to go downhill as soon as Elizabeth found out she was pregnant and escaped the room she was in to have that machine remove it. Shortly after, Janek is telling Elizabeth about the planet being a research station without acknowledging what happened to her at all. From what I can remember, not one person mentioned it. She even had to knock out people to escape the room, if I remember correctly.

InclinedPlane 14y ago
Indeed. I forgot to mention "basic continuity errors and the characters doing fundamentally stupid things." Elizabeth has a knock down drag out fight with several crew members, then has an alien fetus removed by a robo doctor machine. But it's fine, nobody else even comments about it later, and the people she fought with and ran away from seem to have forgotten it happened. Similarly, when 2 people get attacked by mutated worm creatures the rest of the crew needs to investigate in person. You know, because the equipment on a trillion dollar starship that's been monitoring suit cameras and basic health functions lacks basic DVR features and wasn't designed to sound an alarm when someone dies or their heartbeat indicates a medical emergency. Just plain dumb at a foundational level.
vannevar 14y ago
For me it was even earlier, when they casually re-animated a 2000-year-old mummified head with what appeared to be a Taser, then promptly forgot they had that technology for the rest of the film.
- InclinedPlane 14y ago
  That's the thing about this movie, they do things like make first contact with the only alien life mankind has ever met or reanimate a centuries old alien head and each event is about as monumental as reading the morning paper.

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I completely agree. The movie was absolutely beautiful, but the plot towards the end seemed really forced. Spoilers: It seemed to go downhill as soon as Eliz

by TobiasFunkeMD 14y ago

InclinedPlane 14y ago
Indeed. I forgot to mention "basic continuity errors and the characters doing fundamentally stupid things." Elizabeth has a knock down drag out fight with several crew members, then has an alien fetus removed by a robo doctor machine. But it's fine, nobody else even comments about it later, and the people she fought with and ran away from seem to have forgotten it happened. Similarly, when 2 people get attacked by mutated worm creatures the rest of the crew needs to investigate in person. You know, because the equipment on a trillion dollar starship that's been monitoring suit cameras and basic health functions lacks basic DVR features and wasn't designed to sound an alarm when someone dies or their heartbeat indicates a medical emergency. Just plain dumb at a foundational level.
vannevar 14y ago
For me it was even earlier, when they casually re-animated a 2000-year-old mummified head with what appeared to be a Taser, then promptly forgot they had that technology for the rest of the film.
- InclinedPlane 14y ago
  That's the thing about this movie, they do things like make first contact with the only alien life mankind has ever met or reanimate a centuries old alien head and each event is about as monumental as reading the morning paper.