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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Bad sci-fi is when you write the characters/story into a corner and then you just "reverse the polarity" or time travel out of there. It shows laziness in the writing, etc. Even worse is when characters make illogical decisions that aren't explained. Why did character X do that when they could have just done this instead? Oh because it was more suspenseful to do X than Y. Well that's not good enough.
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99% of science fiction films have this same theme. When was the last time you watched Alien or Aliens? In both movies many of the characters made insane choices regardless if they were scientists or marines. To say Prometheus is bad because characters made illogical choices is laughable. It would be nearly impossible to create these type of movies without characters making horrible decisions.
Now Prometheus is not nearly as good as the first two Alien movies, but it is getting more undeserved flack than it should. I think in large part it has to due with the age of the audience. People that grew up watching movies like Alien or Aliens have grown to an age where they need to question everything, and want rationality in their characters. But, really if you actually watch many of the "classic" sci-fi movies with an open mind, you will find that the same issue applies to most of them.