6.10.12 Promethius SPOILER ALERT

It is getting hot here in Texas! Kyleigh and I went to swim for a little bit in Lake Pfluggerville and then off to the dog park. On our way home we stopped by Kawaii snocone place. I got Ky some ice cream and me a Maui-Wowie sno cone. I was impressed with the ice cream-it was really good. Kyleigh enjoyed it too. The Maui-Wowie was very good as well and fruity. I dropped Ky off at the house and headed south to Angelas's so we could go see Prometheus at the Alamo Draft House on Slaughter.
We got to the theater and had to stand in line for a while. The guy in front of us kept adding people and sort of pushing us into the people behind us. For those who don't know, Alamo Draft house is a theater that is set up so that you can also have dinner in it if you like. We got to our seats and sat in some comfy chairs. Angela wasn't too hungry but I hadn't eaten so although it took me a while to decide on something I finally ordered a meat pizza. Soon the movie started and we were off on a sci-fi adventure.

Prometheus is a prequel to the Alien movies. It went back to the old style of being scared at the implied instead of the gross and disgusting. A couple of scientists discover in many cave paintings dated during all different periods in Earth's history a common drawing that leads them to believe that they have found the creators of Earth and the human race. So they take off in a spaceship with other scientists, a human robot and a greedy corporation that funded the whole thing. They find (relatively easily) where these creators our from and proceed to check out their "home."  They find that these "creators" were actually preparing to destroy Earth when something went wrong.
It was a good movie with amazing graphics and effects.
Halfway through I ordered chocolate chip cookies (Unfortunately they came 3 to an order) that were warm and delicious.
After the movie we went to 400 Rabbits which is the bar inside the theater and we sat outside, had a drink and discussed the movie.  I had three issues with the movie ***SPOILER***********

I believe in the suspension of belief in a movie especially when that movie is fantasy/sci-fi BUT there are still some rules even in make believe that have to be followed for something to be believable. 1) As the doctor was running and running at the end to the pod her suit kept telling her she was out of air and she barely makes it to the pod in time....ok that is fine but then she encounters problems inside and has to leave again. She doesn't switch suits she just throws back on the helmet and takes off again and is outside even longer. I have been told that maybe she grabbed a different helmet and maybe that is where the air was held. I think this is a bit of a stretch because most life support systems are held in the suit but ok. (This also predates the other Alien movies so it is closer to time when technology wasn't as advanced) Next after she is sliced open and the alien is taken out the machine staples her up and she is on her way running all over the place. Yes she had some issue with it but the women I have talked to that have had caesarians have basically said you can't really move much for a week or two after your abdominal muscles are cut. This is the one I had the most trouble with. But once again I was told futuristic machine-maybe it healed her. If it was so futuristic, why the staples? I would have believed it more if a laser light had healed it up. And lastly, at the very end when she goes back for David, She is in a dune buggy thing and she travels in the alien ship but when she is leaving she is repelling down the outside of the ship and her transportation is sitting outside. I guess this could have been an original one that was left there when they first got there but  it was a little strange.


Other than that I liked how the movie flowed and it worked for me.