Agent Unknown

Agent Unknown

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06-11-2012, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by GrizzNKev: View Post
Right, I didn't intend to be condescending toward religious scientists in any way, I know they're out there and I have no problem with it because I know they don't let it get in the way of their job. I specifically had an issue with Shaw's character because she justifies the trip into space and the entire investigation using the same words her father used to justify his belief in heaven. That specifically pissed me off and it is not how a legitimate scientist would conduct business. It completely destroyed any solid grounding her character had the potential for. I couldn't care for her because she was incapable of being the character she needed to be.
Fair enough, makes total sense now. See, I read an interview once with a scientist who cited the ultra ordered placement of "right and left handed" amino acids as one reason for feeling this way. Or the precise timing of galactic laws. Both a few examples of things that could be distilled into concise lines of dialogue better than "Because I choose to believe so I'm gonna take us on this trip."

Originally Posted by daviyoung: View Post
What crazy leaps of logic did it take to get to that? Is it because the magic 2000 years ago was mentioned?

Anyway, I'm starting to have a problem with the damage control from the creators (lol) of this movie. It seems like we should be taking everything at face value, that the human characters are reliable narrators and that there really is no ambiguity to be found in the movie.

Scott and Lindelof should have expected tremendous nerd rage, and should have shut up. But to come out and try and explain the movie is disappointing. Still a good film: great effects, set design, cinematography etc, but its second half is a mess of cutting room frivolity, and its post-release firefighting has been even messier.

What a shame.
So without spoiling anything, are Scott and Lindelof now trying to say the spiritual symbolism is supposed to be literal somehow and not just allegorical ideas for the audience to digest and think about in order to try and pad their defenses? O_o

Anyways, starting to feel bummed now, are you saying you don't like the movie anywhere near as much as you did before because of all this?

And it's getting pretty pathetic how arguing like a child with disappointed fans on Twitter is starting to become a hallmark of Lindelof's career.
Last edited by Agent Unknown; 06-11-2012 at 05:29 PM.