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Safe travels Josh!!!

My recollection WAS faulty. When Shaw is analyzing the DNA sample in the lab after the Engineer's head explodes, the computer overlays the human and Engineer DNA graphs and displays "DNA Match" and says "DNA Match". Shaw says "Oh my God. It's us. It's everything."

Interestingly enough, if you watch all of the excellent and extensive bonus materials on the BD, Prometheus is referred to multiple times as the Alien prequel.

Well, an exact match is just that - an exact match. As in the same. There's no metaphor involved.

I'll have to go back and rewatch the scene, but I could have sworn that Shaw calls the Engineer/Human DNA analysis "an exact match", which would make them human. Or us Engineers. Doesn't she also literally say "They're us." or something to that effect? Someone please correct me if my memory is...

Prometheus, however, is about that very thing - looking for the secret of life. It's the driving force behind the entire film. And I didn't go in looking to poke holes in the plot, find lapses in logic, or go out of my way to notice unbelievable character behavior. I just didn't like it when...

I don't think that anyone is "questioning" Mr. Harris. He's voiced his opinion and others have voiced theirs. That is all.

The irony was on my mind as I wrote those lines, believe me. :) However, as far as I'm concerned Prometheus is a minor piece of work that's just not in the same class as Kubrick's film. Perhaps time will be kind to Scott's movie, but I doubt it.

I'm with you on this, and while I certainly don't begrudge anyone for enjoying the film I find the favorable comparisons to 2001 something of a slight to Mr. Kubrick's genius. :) Beyond the gorgeous visual effects and production design, Prometheus left me in turn both annoyed and bored. I found...