Prometheus - Hammerpeed scene

The part where fifield and the milburn gets owned by the hammerpeed.

[@skwisgarskwigelf7191]

I’m no biologist but when an animal makes itself look bigger and hisses that should be your cue to back off 🙄

[@br0dyj08n9]

Doesn't really matter if your a biologist or not but ok.

[@caelanvaneijnsbergen5057]

@@br0dyj08n9 wow comment of the year sherlock

[@zana397]

@@br0dyj08n9 are you stupid?

[@br0dyj08n9]

@@caelanvaneijnsbergen5057 wow comment of the year smartass

[@br0dyj08n9]

@@zana397 you got my attention now what?

[@melanieenglert931]

The biggest problem with the last two Alien films is that every crew member is so dumb. Like people here are afraid of Earth snakes, let alone alien snakes.

[@squirtyharry]

I know, I don't understand why they couldn't just get attacked by the creature they had to be idiots and let it kill them 😑 all this on top of how'd they get lost of they made a 3d map of the entire cavern and why would you stay in the room with the scary black sludge

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Well it makes sense with Fifeld because he was just a geologist but Millburn was a biologist. still the idea that if you’re a scientist you cannot do stupid things is a false one

[@shawnmcdoge2215]

These are not alien films.....they don't deserve to be group together with those classics. Hell I even appreciate alien resurrection after seeing these tragedies

[@gedludek8245]

@@mckenzie.latham91 I dunno man, not everyone can be an astronaut especially not in the first interstellar mission. If they don’t avoid aliens by just common sense, they are trained to do so.

[@Brandelwyn]

its almost like they just decided to send all the rtards to outer space

[@kitchentrout5867]

The stupidest part about this scene is that Fifield had a highly detailed virtual map of the tunnel system and they STILL got lost.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

It wasn’t that they were lost necessarily but that the dust storm outside kept them from leaving and or going anywhere

[@CountZero78]

@@mckenzie.latham91 watch the film, they were lost.

[@Bmhtsos18]

@@CountZero78 They weren't, the storm trapped them in there.

[@theallseeingeye9388]

Very few among us can orienteer intuitively by looking at a map. Especially when the feature of a fixed pole is removed. See a tourist standing at an intersection and turn his map a full 360 degrees and end up looking even more lost than before he unfolded the what to see where to go 2 dollar city street map commonly found in gas stations ? Well, he isnt an exception but the norm.

[@Shatamx]

@@theallseeingeye9388 These guys just arrived in an advance starship that carried them light years across the universe. They can read maps bro.

[@jasonalcatraz5817]

I can understand being surprised and ecstatic over seeing alien life similar to ours, but ignoring the fact that most scientists have a very clear "admire at a distance and DO NOT touch" approach to our wild life; when you see a snake like creature, one of the most biologically scary creatures for a human and it flares its head out like a Cobra, literally no one would keep trying to reach out and touch it like it's a puppy. Literally NO ONE.

[@zarzanator1991]

Thank you! My lord, if i see a rattlesnake stand up and rattle its tail and hiss at me...im backing away slowly...

[@MLDE5TROYER]

Cept these dudes apparently 😂😂😂

[@itsnotimportant2338]

Someone who had been feeling alone for too long and stopped to carr that much, who because pf that would develop a habit of action on emtions in a search of something different and interesting would... Still, the crew in every of the movies is pretty stupid at times. It was always like that making me wonder if it is made on purpose.

[@rookiejenkins9522]

Snake hisses

[@prehistorichero2755]

Even though not all animals with an intimidation display have venom, if you count on frilled lizards, but still. It would've been convincing if the Hammerpede ambushed one of them instead of raising up like a cobra, causing the audience to believe this is an intimidation display.

[@CoLeMaWeSoMe]

You know what would’ve been scarier? If these two acted like professionals that gave this undiscovered creature some room, and they still got killed, because oh shit-- it turns out it’s predatory and full of acid. But instead, they act like Friday the 13th teens. They rightfully die.

[@jimbobeire]

Totally agree. Saw this in the cinema and I just hated that. I reckoned that they were just laying on the mythological lore extra thick.... LV 223 = Leviticus 22:3 about nobody unclean allowed to approach the altar, and here we have a dude with tattoos and shaved temples (both of which Leviticus condemn) ... and of course they are 'tempted' or 'entranced' by a snake... if they'd simply backed up and been ambushed by the second one, it would have achieved the body count without being an extra layer of ridiculous _on top of_ the already ridiculous scenario that the _map maker_ got lost.

[@extantia]

Yes, it would’ve been more intense if they had desperately fled but got caught anyway -

[@ravensong9030]

Exactly... They didn't need to make them stupid, they could die some other way

[@joshuanelson6795]

As a hardcore Friday the 13th fan, I can safely say that even the dumbest characters from any of those films were never *this* mind-numbingly, unrealistically stupid.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

No fuckin person is ever gonna see that thing and think its cute more like shit your pants and run

[@federicoboyer1633]

darwin award

[@BlackDiamond2718]

When you realize the engineer never had to wipe out humanity when they could do it to themselves

[@Dutch_bastard_23]

Can't they just for once make a scary scene in which humans AREN'T stupid.

[@HC-cb4yp]

That would require decent writing, which we don't have anymore thanks to UCLA's script writing class.

[@Dukesparrow1999]

Ikr, like there were so many scenes in this movie like this one that made me say to myself that I would not do this and that

[@guilhermelimadesouza3484]

When humas are smart, crap like this doesnt happen and you cant have a film (unless you use of decent writing, but films dont use that often)

[@hellonokay1925]

@@guilhermelimadesouza3484 that makes no sense, I bet a horror film could be great if the humans where smart and actually think of good plans.

[@jubilantvision2212]

There are stupid humans in real life, but these guys should’ve never been this dumb. Especially with their profession. It’s ridiculous.

[@SerMattzio]

Why are scientists in these films always portrayed as complete cretins? Lol.

[@alexamg6675]

Waylen scientists are scum

[@insanidadeEspelhada]

For the audience identify it

[@ShoppingBored]

The scientists in the Thing were not stupid but they all die anyways.

[@fionnbarrcasey5247]

so the movie plot can happen, with by setting off from their disastrous, stupid acts 🤣. But yeah, that’s a good question

[@Dan_Therapist]

@@ShoppingBored the scientists were beyond stupid. Even if sensors confirmed the temple had breathable oxygen standard procedure would have been to test for pathogens in the air, potential pollutants e.t.c unless there was equipment failure that would impair these cretins ability to breath that would require them to risk removing their breathing gear this was reckless. Lets now even begin with touching the hammerhead 🤦🏻‍♂️ it's like Ridley Scott thinks as the audience as r3tarded and have not the slightest idea of first contact protocols or just the fear of the unknown that would already give us an idea of what safe, appropriate conduct should be in a first contact situation

[@falkets7888]

"On behalf of scientists everywhere, I am ashamed to count you amongst us." *Five seconds later* lemme pet this alien cobra

[@AimForMyHead81]

I laughed harder at this scene than I do at most comedies. The way it suddenly escalates into a disaster due to the complete stupidity of the characters is comedy gold.

[@thematic3893]

Absolute car crash 😂

[@LukeLovesRose]

What do you think happened after Kane went off the tour and stuck his face in the open alien egg??

[@hiattgrey9161]

I remember holding my sides with laughter when I watched this scene.

[@LukeLovesRose]

You people have less patience and understanding for human weakness than the dreaded Germans

[@lanceislateagain]

These two make me feel better about the grades I got in school.

[@jahchris6430]

🤣🤣🤣😂

[@ibadkain5287]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 fukkkk

[@unclebrunty7765]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cocoabear925]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nightfalls5462]

"dangerous alien snake makes itself bigger, and hisses" scientists: HaHa i GiEf PeTs

[@DylanZombie]

I want to see one of those things in a alien zoo

[@chriswhite3692]

Nevermind that 3 hours earlier, they were pissing themselves at the sight of a DEAD alien when they were around like a dozen other people.

[@-ShootTheGlass-]

It’s just escapism but I do agree...lame writing.

[@HC-cb4yp]

"Now you're my friend!"

[@GraceCole-qy6ul]

Chinese with any apex predator lmfao

[@FriskyDingoMB]

Proof that Ridley Scott can make a visually stunning movie, however if he doesn't have a good script writters, shit will hit the fan.

[@BlackDiamond2718]

Us: touches the movie only to wrap around our good day and break it.

[@scirp]

"It was at this point in the film that you realized Ridley Scott was no longer a top tier director"

[@Zack-xl6ph]

She didn’t go around petting the Aliens she litterally ran around killing all of them

[@thetruthbetoldpodcast-hiph9311]

@@Zack-xl6ph think you’re thinking of Ripley

[@davidkirinic9463]

He never was

[@JabezMadFlavor]

Never was. He's a big rid.

[@chyke6272]

​@@JabezMadFlavorHe never was huh? Name one movie that combined Sci-fi and Horror the way Alien did before it was released.

[@nikolai3620]

It was really admirable of the crew to bring along people with severe special needs but you need to know where to draw the line when it comes to including them.

[@robingardella6240]

Nice!

[@epikmatrixerix6644]

Bruh I love you for making this. Funniest thing I've read on a movie comment by far

[@Urza26]

I think even the mentally handicapped would have some primal instinct to avoid touching something that looks so dangerous.

[@adrianeyre3630]

Sean Harris is an outstanding actor. You have no idea!

[@nikolai3620]

@@adrianeyre3630 Not sure what Sean Harris being an outstanding actor has to do with this retarded scene, but okay?

[@billygrey8087]

Whenever I feel like I’ve messed up in my job, I just watch this scene to feel better

[@Hibernicus1968]

I remember the first time I watched this. I was literally shaking my head at the screen and rolling my eyes. A _biologist_ who can't recognize a blatantly obvious _threat display_ even though it's practically identical, both visibly and audibly to one a cobra would make right back on earth. He thinks it's cute and wants to pet it. It's not a sign of good writing when your supposedly intelligent characters bend over backwards and do somersaults to earn their Darwin awards.

[@lastword8783]

Me and a friend had a blast in theater laughing at this. Imagine being a "biologist" seeing a space cobra, seeing it hiss and try to make itself look bigger and youre reaction as a "biologist" is to say its beautiful and "mezmorized" and move closer towards it. Imagine nobody saying how ridiculous it is when the writers were discussing it.

[@itsnotimportant2338]

I can see it happening. The statement that intelligent people can't do such things is... reduction to say the least. And i have some excuses for him that as far as I remember they had this long time of loneliness, no earth, no that much of real human contact etc. And all this can make a person act on their emotions in try to find something new and different. He may also be extremely existed, there are pride, arrogance, passion... At the same time though this is their job, we expect they to be train for both of the said above. And last as far as I remember exactly theae two were the guys that shared the idea that they go there and the moment they find something threatening they run and ho back. And the first time they in fact did so. Personally I could be able to go with it if they weren't the exact people that were so scared by everything abd out of sudden they laugh and want to pet an alien snake I mean... I understand why there are so little, almost not existing good serious films with geniuses in them. And writting scientists is probably not so easy as well but giving the story of their characters common sense does not really require almost any knowledge. These people need just a kid to read the script and start to ask "why" to see how many holes they have. I do not bother by the film that much because I watched it for such scenes and the horror and even though genre can excuse some thing it have its limits.

[@lastword8783]

@Kaos Nova i have to disagree. Like you said hes wearing a helmet and its an egg that opened. You'd expect a disoriented baby creature that cant do anything rather than something jumping out. It also happened pretty fast, the egg opens, nothing happens for a few seconds, he looks into the opening, sees nothing but slow moving flesh and then bam.

[@menorahdarkness4877]

This scene has hidden humour.. its a penis monster

[@7prudent]

Knowledge does not mean being wise.

[@tinyspacepeople9384]

Oh my god, the sheer incompetence

[@SuperBalenko123]

Yes... the sheer incompetence of the script writers.

[@thejamesasher]

sane people would not have made the trip

[@SuperBalenko123]

@@thejamesasher The trip to the cinema to see "Prometheus", you mean ;-)

[@thejamesasher]

@@SuperBalenko123 the second trip, if anyone made that.

[@SuperBalenko123]

@@thejamesasher Actually, James, you are absolutely right. I have seen that waste of celluloid in the cinema myself, and I remember being angry at the screenplay writers first, than at Ridley Scott for agreeing to do the film with such a ridiculously flawed story, and as the end credits started rolling, I was actually only angry at myself because I hadn't left the cinema an hour earlier.

[@christianjorgensen249]

I’m no professional, but if I’m on a strange planet and anything living approaches me, I’m running the F’in opposite direction 😱🏃🏻‍♂️

[@nathanevans1382]

You make it sound like the characters don't make that mistake in EVERY Alien movie.

[@christianjorgensen249]

@@nathanevans1382 I don’t think they do. I can’t recall all of the movies, but when you’re on a strange planet and a unknown snake like species slithers up to you, you don’t sit there and call it beautiful and want to bond with it. You back off and get the hell away from it, perhaps kill it. Most people here on earth, if they even see a snake, freak out and run😂

[@nathanevans1382]

@@christianjorgensen249 Yeah, and I'm pretty sure people would do the same thing if they saw a strange egg on a mysterious planet hatching for no reason other than their presence, like I don't know about you, but if I saw an egg like that, I'm grabbing my crew and getting the hell off the planet, no questions asked.

[@christianjorgensen249]

@@nathanevans1382 yeah I get it. But in the first movie they didn’t know what they were or that something was about to jump out and wrap around their face. Curiosity got the best of him and he paid the price. From that point on you either knew what they were and what would happen, or you were trapped and had no way out. It’s been a while since I’ve watched any of those movies so I could be wrong. But we can agree that sci-fi movies often have ridiculous parts to them that don’t make sense 🙃

[@nathanevans1382]

@@christianjorgensen249 That logic would make sense if Prometheus took place AFTER the first movie... but it doesn't, yes, WE may have seen it before, but the characters sure as hell haven't. I'm not saying Prometheus is perfect, it's better than people make it out to be, but it's not perfect, of course Sci Fi movies have moments that don't make sense, but hating this one because it makes a "mistake" that countless other movies make is just a little bit hypocritical.

[@TenKujn]

The hammerpeed gave them 2 warnings lol. At that point its on them for messing with it.

[@waynewayne8419]

I don’t even think you need a warning when you see a strange animal.

[@MrShapow23]

*him. Only millburn deserved his fate

[@yapyapthedestroyer2562]

Fiefield clearly wanted to leave it alone, and he only died to to millburns incompetence

[@DylanZombie]

Then after that it did henti to him

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

hammerpeed: "please stay away" scientist: "oh look so cute" hammerpeed: " AM I JOKE TO YOU???" scientist: "lets take a selfie with it" hammerpeed: ".... i will not suffer criminal abuse!!"

[@atinyhorse1455]

I like how Fifield is legitimately worried about the hammerpede (as he should be), but is too high to stop Milburn.

[@Lumpiq786]

"Maybe you should help me now okay?" Yeah maybe you shouldn't touch the fcking thing in the first place? lmao

[@alexman378]

Seriously, that’s the point where you go “you went out of your way to put yourself in this easily avoidable position, I don’t have to do shit”

[@MrShapow23]

Yeah I got pissed when he said that . I’m all for helping those in need but in this case where someone does something like this to themselves regardless of my reasonable advice. At that point it’s Fck you. I don’t want that shit on my arm.

[@thomasreilly9252]

B-movie character development and dialogue in a Blockbuster wrapper... Ridley Scott, oh how the mighty have fallen.

[@CountZero78]

This movie makes as much sense as Roger Corman's 'Galaxy of Terror' but with better effects.

[@The10folks]

You're on a completly alien planet and the first thing you do is take your helmet off because the air is "breathable"?

[@MikeNapoli1989]

Stupid right ?

[@Marxistnazi]

Yes it's retarded

[@rayunited2010foryou]

That move from Holloway was more out of arrogance and his rebellious behaviour than him being stupid. Fifield and Milburn were people who think that they know everything and better than everyone, thus acting in ways that jeopardized both their and the crew's lives. People like them and Holloway are the least favourite candidates for critical missions like this one. Even Shaw's attitude was kind of annoying most of the time in the film. This is where Ripley stood out in her films. Was never arrogant or egotistical. Was brave but cautious too. Cared about maintaining safety protocols, cared for her crew and whoever was with her, and in the end , she sacrificed her life to save the human race.

[@ifedhimspaghetti]

Louis Slotin has joined the chat

[@HC-cb4yp]

Why not? That's what Pee-Wee Herman would do!

[@Boots43096]

this scene would be dumb enough on it's own but the fact that these are the same people that shat their pants and wanted to leave when they saw 1 dead body makes it even more ridiculous. They were freaking out when they were told a life-form was detected in the ship with them, and now they're ok with it so we can have a death scene xd

[@crimberlies]

so true, they ragequited so fast, went scared to death when they detected life form, did their best to avoid the location it was ringing.. and then casually smile and want to pet dark alien snakes in the middle of the night ?😶 no sense, just bad writing at this point

[@Arcueid_Brunestud]

Good to see a fellow Ryukishi07 fan in the wild.

[@mikeylitchfield4651]

What happened with the other guy was so stupid. He cuts the alien lifeform in two and gets its slightly acidic blood on his visor which for some reason causes him pain causing him to fall into another liquid that's really acidic that kills him. What a stupid piece of writing. Why not just have the aliens blood be really acidic and melt his visor and face off after he cuts it? Also if the creature is swimming around in that acidic liquid then it shouldn't be that acidic. There's so much stupid stuff like that in this movie that's bad science fiction.

[@thing8629]

A fosilised body.

[@HC-cb4yp]

@@mikeylitchfield4651 I never noticed that he screams in pain the INSTANT the blood hits his visor... thereby NOT touching his skin in any way, shape or form... until a few seconds later. SO dumb...

[@roxy8977]

Every time scientists see unknown creature and say "It's beautiful" I would think "Oh man he's dead."

[@The8OJ4N]

I don't have a PhD, but if I saw something like that, I can guarantee you that I wouldn't touch it. In Riplay's words: ''Did IQ just dropped sharply while I was away?''

[@tidlywank]

This dude has less caution with an obviously hostile alien snake than most folks have with a strangers domesticated dog

[@Picnicl]

ha ha true

[@Marxistnazi]

Hes like those people that whistles at lions to call them over. Lol

[@8158bolga]

Thank god the original Alien was not THIS incompetent.

[@yourevilhalf1413]

The kind of were. Ripley told them specifically not to bring that thing that was attached to the guy's face into the ship cuz it's against the rules and the captain basically said screw her and opened the door anyway. Resulting in the deaths of the crew

[@nathanevans1382]

@@yourevilhalf1413 Not to mention they explored the unknown environment in the first place, even though they hadn't fully deciphered the warning message they received, and how can we forget the guy who did the same thing the characters in this scene are doing, "Potentially dangerous organism on an unknown planet? Better get closer!"

[@yourevilhalf1413]

@@nathanevans1382 I guess it cuz if they weren't incompetent we probably wouldn't have a movie. I just wish they found a better way for them to do these things so we also don't think that the crew are idiots.

[@nathanevans1382]

@@yourevilhalf1413 Well that's the fault of all horror films, someone stupid has to get things moving, and I guess it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility, some real life people would probably do the same thing, some people really are that stupid and/or curious.

[@jimbobeire]

@@yourevilhalf1413 Ash didn't ignore Ripley and open the door because of _incompetence_ . Ash was working to a different agenda. The company wanted the organism. The Nostromo crew had to be competent at their jobs, and they made fairly decent decisions based on what they knew, and what was available to them. They were outmatched by this tailor made bioweapon from another corner of the galaxy.

[@Unknownlng]

This is exactly like if you ignored the rattling of a rattlesnake and still tried to get close. RIP. I didn’t even know they were scientists, I legit thought they were just random volunteers.

[@polaroidsofpolarbears365]

This is one of the scenes in prometheus that pissed me off. Why would a "scientist" extend his hand to an alien creature that extended its hood like a cobra...it's obvious it's about to attack.

[@sean7332]

Yeah literally it's like he had a death wish , would have been more realistic if one came from behind him after the first threatened to attack ..

[@bakdpotato143]

1:32 No one in any movies deserves to die more than this character. The utter stupidity he displayed as a scientist should be studied in that universe for eons to come.

[@haitolawrence5986]

I still find it hard to believe that Ridley Scott actually directed Alien.

[@smoggman8589]

An earth Cobra is already goddamn dangerous, so what made these two geniuses think a space cobra would be any less harmful.

[@SuperBalenko123]

When your principal characters are so astonishingly illogical and their behaviour makes absolutely no sense, the entire story loses all credibility (a scientist who removes his helmet on a strange new world, a map maker who somehow manages to get lost, a biologist who flirts with a clearly dangerous and possibly hostile creature, etc, etc.). IMO this film is an artistic suicide by Ridley Scott, the magnitude of which easily rivals and surpasses Phantom Menace. In the old days I would call this film a waste of celluloid. In an effort to be fair, yes, acting is great and the film does look really good. But the essential problem remains: you just cannot discard the story and characters as completely irrelevant when you create a film. But if you do think these two crucial elements are unimportant and you came here for the gore and scares, you will love this. Just fast forward through most of it.

[@Dan_Therapist]

I think Ridley Scott and the writers think the audience is too stupid to question the conduct of these so called scientists. There are so many ways this scene could have played out without breaking our ability to suspend disbelief. I felt insulted by the movie tbh

[@benjiii3407]

Just because he has technology that sent a map to the ship doesn’t mean he knows exactly where to go. Fucking hate that argument that the “map maker” got losses. You would get fucking lost too even if it wasn’t an alien cave. Just put you down in one of the caves anywhere in the world and you’ll get fucking lost

[@Mio248]

@@benjiii3407 I mean.... a GPS leads me to unknown territory everyday and I tend to not get lost. 🤷🏾‍♂️ Signed A delivery driver

[@benjiii3407]

Ariel Jones oh yeah a fucking GPS that is mapped out by satellites around earth. Totally gonna work the same on an alien planet

[@Mio248]

@@benjiii3407 Benjii. Will you please talk to me like you are right in front of me man? My gosh man, I know you would not talk to me like that if you were here looking me directly in the eye right now. You ain't gotta lower yourself to the ignorant status that KZbin commenters display often. You ain't gotta be like those people of ignorance. You can choose to talk to me like you have some humbleness in your heart man. That's better than all that foolishness we see in this day in age. Having said that, I understand what you're saying. However, I think in real life people have more common sense than these characters in this movie. But overall, it's just a movie and I personally know not to take it seriously. You know?

[@admtech69]

You would think being on a world with intelligent life would be enough to convince them to "not f**k with it". Darwin works in mysterious ways.

[@jaimealvarezmd7245]

Let's not kid ourselves scientists here studying grizzlies, great whites, fierce snakes do the same shit and end up getting eaten or killed

[@lawrencebittke8478]

“Scientist’s” reaction to an alien life form: Goochie goochie goo !!

[@house684]

I remind people of this scene when try and tell me how underrated and good Prometheus is. It gets them every single time.

[@Dukesparrow1999]

"I can handle this" says the guy who didn't handle it well

[@birdman7135]

"Oh, so pretty! ...Let's pet the alien swamp snake!"

[@paulgrove1407]

I remember walking out of this movie, hearing a woman saying 'That's two hours of my life I'm not getting back.'

[@DenisUspeshny]

yep, her life is really important

[@josefwissarionowitschstali1225]

"Hey, there's a creepy slimy alien snake with horizontal jaws. Let's cuddle it aND see what happens!" - professional Astrobiologists when trapped in a dark cave on an alien planet

[@juanchocorleone]

"Hey let's pet this thing that looks like a snake." Really? This guy is not even intelligent at a basic, primal level. How is he a "scientist"?

[@dillondjenkins]

0:30 bit rich coming from the guy that 5 seconds later thinks its a good idea to pet a clearly hostile alien snake

[@calmingrainsoundzzz1978]

"look at this snake like creature. I know snakes are deadly on earth but I'm sure these aliens ones will be fine to fuck with"

[@Meitti]

Alien lifeform does the standard cobra threaten pose, and this guy's first instinct is to get closer and touch it. These idiots would've died on a science trip in their backyards.

[@geneobrien8907]

Its amazing to me that this scene was written, rehearsed, acted, filmed and edited into this movie, without someone pointing out to Ridley Scott how lame it is. Prometheus is a visually beautiful movie which failed to achieve its potential. There are people who are blind to the movie's faults, they see nothing wrong with this scene. For those who don't find most of the characters to be mind-numbingly stupid I have a suggestion. How would it be if in the original Alien, when everyone is talking about how to kill the Xenomorph, Ripley says, "wait, we're making assumptions about a life form which we know nothing about. Hold off on the flamethrowers for a minute and let me try to reason with it. Just because its big and scary and ugly doesn't mean it isn't beautiful in its own way. Maybe its frightened and if I talk to it and softly stroke its head, it just might become friendly. It might just work, what do ya say, do we have a plan?" How badly would a scene like that fuck up Alien? That's pretty much what we have in Prometheus!

[@bugstomper4670]

He somehow is a 'Security Expert', but doesn't shoot that thing in the 'head'.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Neither of them are security or soldiers (not armed either) Fifeld is a geologist and Millburne is a biologist

[@elinfini]

@@mckenzie.latham91 And they were _terrible_ in their respective fields.

[@Marxistnazi]

That thing regenerated it's head after he cuts it

[@Marxistnazi]

@@elinfini and tbh they were chosen to participate in an intergalactic expedition, you would expect them to be the best of their respective fields.

[@kaiser2141]

Current classic Hollywood approach: Make funny-silly characters in high-risk situations...

[@spbrar5334]

And they called himself they are scientists imao😂😂

[@decodelifehacker3446]

people run from normal snakes and for some reason these guys want to hug a space snake they no nothing about

[@huntern3762]

i was around 7 years old when i watched this, to say the least i didnt make it past this scene nor did i sleep very well

[@606danco]

Because the movie was so stupid dont get me wrong it looks beautifull but its a dumb movie

[@abombnyy13]

Critical drinker voice: what are you doing you absolute tool!

[@Legacy0901]

There's no quicker way to ruin the tension of a scary scene than to make the audience not care if the characters in danger live or die. I might feel pity for the second guy because he didn't do anything wrong and sympathy for the first guy because he clearly suffers before he dies, but I'm not scared at all

[@ryanm9105]

Right. If they did all the right things and still died that would be scary. This is the equivalent of juggling knifes. I don’t want you to get hurt, but I won’t be surprised or have much pity when it inevitably goes bad.

[@mikeylitchfield4651]

Yep you're right and it's a problem with modern Horror films. People don't seem to know how to write likeable and believable characters that you get some emotional investment in. Instead they seem to write in these cartoonish goofballs you just don't buy as characters. This makes the death scenes have no weight to them at all and instead you're just kind of laughing at it.

[@PlayChaosVoices]

@@mikeylitchfield4651 You cannot see is as death but mercy as those characters are soo stupid that death is inevitable anyway.

[@alexamg6675]

That’s smart send two space truckers to investigate

[@HC-cb4yp]

This was supposed to be the greatest adventure with the greatest crew, yet dope boy was bitching and whining about it before they took off. Righhhhhht... like they'd bring him. They figured the two longshoremen in the first Alien bitched and whined, so they'd throw in a couple of more. Beyond stupid.

[@needbettername8583]

"AAAAH! A LONG DEAD DISMEMBERED HEAD!" "Aww, look at the alien snake hissing at me!"

[@rogeliorodriguez8518]

All that gear and technology gives them a false sense of security. Always trust your primal instincts. The other dudes instinct was to back off. The other guy felt safe with all his cool gadgets.

[@epicwaba6424]

Sure. But when you watch a movie, especially horror, you try to put yourself in the mind of the character. I wouldn’t go anywhere near that fucking thing even if I was in an Iron Man suit. I see no reason he couldn’t have just tried to take some pictures of it or something, and it jumps at him faster than he thought it could move. Sticking his hand out at it is just too far, it really seems like he wanted to PET the damn thing.

[@88feji]

But they are not stupid to touch the alien-snake at all ... the space suit has been proven to even withstand the blasting metallic storm in another scene, obviously no one would expect the tiny alien-snake creature to have any capability to penetrate the high tech suit, they have not met any xenomorph at that point yet .. the premise of the movie is that humans have already explored thousands of planets and has already put the suit technology to the test countless of times before ... Its like if scientist on earth sees a new species of snake, they will put on a well proven protecting gloves or suit and go ahead to handle the new species of snake. But no one will call them stupid .. thats because no animal of that size has ever penetrated the suit ever .. I find the criticism of the scientist touching the snake to be very shallow and invalid..

[@Marxistnazi]

@@88feji real life scientists don't handle animals, and try to pet them and shit, they observe it, and analyze it from a distance. vetinarians and shit handle animals, and they usually do it with a lot of help. What scientists you know that tries to pet a bear? Or a snake or some shit? Let alone this is an alien planet, anything is on the table. You don't know it's biology or evolutionary timeline, you don't know shit about it. So no not a good idea to touch. Similar to why astronauts irl also wash their hands, because theirs a lot of germs in space, and they can contaminate suits.

[@fixmypc3798]

​​@@88fejiYou are literally stupid also. No scientist is going to go near a unknown dangerous creature on earth with a protective suit even on earth. The unknown creature would be studied from a far first. Since it appears to be similar to be a snake. Very strong snake tongs would have been used by a man in a protective cage . This after observation of its strength and lethality. This scene is utterly stupid. I mean no biologist is that dumb. This makes this scene ridiculous.

[@fixmypc3798]

​@@88fejiYou deserve the Darwin award. No scientist would reach out to pet this unknown creature. They would observe it from a far.

[@frozenlake1215]

That is a LOT of horror in a VERY short amount of time

[@BlackDiamond2718]

Too bad we didn’t care what happened to them.

[@darksoulsss2618]

The snake like alien creature actually gave them plenty of blatant warning before it attacked. 8 year olds would know better let alone scientists.

[@bigcheesy95]

Scared. Of a 2000 year old dead body. But falls in LOVE with a clearly dangerous alien snake. (Honest trailers)

[@Hydroxoid]

Lost on a dangerous remote planet, finds hissing alien creature that looks like a snake “Heehee let’s pet it!!”

[@AllenHanPR]

Fifield was the only logical person to not fuck with things on that planet. But he was forced to for someone else's stupidity.

[@leejames8024]

Moral of the story - When you seen a never seen before creature. Don't approach it!

[@hiattgrey9161]

I remember on the floor laughing watching this.

[@Unicysis]

This is what I’m like when people get way too much into my space

[@humanfilth666ify]

This guy knew from the start they were all gonna die, he was just letting it happen a lot sooner.

[@todd6996]

Weyland spent billions of dollars on the spaceship and then hired a bunch of bargain basement clowns to crew it.

[@jimbobeire]

He didn't hire them. He pretended to be dead, funded the whole thing personally, not through company channels, and let Vickers try to hire a crew on the glorious terms of 'take the money, get on the ship, ask no questions, we'll fill you later' . Now, that's practically guaranteed to only attract the losers with no other job prospects, but they should still have some decent sense of self preservation...

[@Lobos222]

*Just think, with a few tweaks and these characters being competent and making the right decisions, but also failing. Would have made this scene truly horrific. Instead of this laughable BS.* Example; They walk inside, the door closes behind them. They both are at first a little fearful of the door closing, but then the map guy uses hes tech for a short while and notice a small tunnel that brings them outside of the room. Threat averted, but then they suddenly see movement. They dont know what it is, but notice it again slithering and see that it looks like a big snake. It stands up in a cobra like fashion and the two guys back up into the wall in a clearly scared manner. The glasses guy, that is some natural biologist or some side science, comments on the alien behavior and tells the other guy that this thing is clearly threatening, shows some signs of intelligence or something that makes it seem more of a threat than just a random earth snake and they start to formulate an escape plan to get to exit point the map guy mentioned. They make an attempt, but fail and their demise is similar to what you see here, but they now seem like two competent people that failed to escape rather than two Darwin awardees.

[@MrShapow23]

This guy...........This guy gets it.

[@TheFragrantGangsters]

Can't believe people get paid to spew out this shit when casual KZbin comments can write a better scene

[@Lobos222]

@@TheFragrantGangsters LoL, thanks :D

[@PlayChaosVoices]

The characters are not so stupid that you dont care, they so stupid that Darwin award is inevitable sooner or latter and swift death is mercy.

[@cool6591]

You can't help but not feel sorry for him

[@user-qr2im3qo7c]

Bet

[@bennygebing7991]

Makes me think of the movie Apocalypse Now when the guy on the boat in Vietnam says “never get out of the boat” ! These guys should have stayed in their space ship.

[@AlbertoGarcia-wd7sc]

So let me understand this. The character that is afraid of basically EVERYTHING tries to touch a fucking alien snake

[@kevinmohr3000]

Well. . . he claimed it was beautiful, and it did look like a penis.

[@tediekgb]

I love how the worse possible outcome is the outcome

[@tri3183]

I love this movie, the cinematography was great and everyone got what they deserved in the end, just like covenant. This is the best part though where he treats the unknown alien species who's clearly acting aggressively like its a house cat 😂

[@elinfini]

It's a great dark comedy/parody movie, I agree. Good thing I don't treat them as part of the Alien franchise, otherwise I'd be _furious_

[@shdedu4268]

@@elinfini I do the same. I just imagine this is an independent movie when I watch it. I like the aesthetics, the creepy ambience and the soundtrack, but characters and script are ridiculous.

[@durema9720]

​@@elinfiniExodus is still a part of it and they just killed off characters for lols.

[@oscarriveraabal9390]

Gotta love how they are supposed to be the best of the best to be sent on the mission yet act like drunken counselors from friday the 13th.

[@mechanix1228]

The guy that got attacked deserved everything that happened to him.

[@realmaximouse]

Despite every character being a certified dunce, when I suspend my disbelief? I actually really like this film

[@pioneernut7487]

Its better than Covenant anyway

[@realmaximouse]

@@pioneernut7487 on that I can agree

[@M0butu]

I laughed so hard when I first saw this scene. I cannot imagine how people felt who actually paid money to watch this trainwreck of a movie.

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

it was the early 2010s... the beginning of the Scamlly Wood

[@kaela420]

Not as bad as the people that payed to watch fast and furious 9 🤣

[@menorahdarkness4877]

.. I think this movie is nowhere near as bad as folk make out

[@treefingers1183]

@@menorahdarkness4877 it made some really cool lore for Alien and gave the franchise a new angle But for everyone that didn't give a shit about that and just wanted to see a horror movie, it's a pretty shit horror movie aside from the fantastic effects and body horror.

[@7prudent]

The movie is good.

[@PureMadMetal]

I love this scene, here kitty kitty oh look at you! Of course it's okay until kitty kitty is heading to your stomach for a party.

[@Oreo_cakester]

An anencephalic human: "Oh, please, Prometheus isn't that bad" The movie in question: ...

[@ericmurphy447]

Hilariously enough. This was the first ever scene I ever saw from a horror movie when I was 9. I was legit traumatized for years

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Fifield and Milburn are fools. They shouldn't had separated from the group.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@Frost They are fools.

[@Picnicl]

They're that stupid that they shouldn't have been separated from their mothers' umbilical cords

[@infinitejest441]

It’s all part of the plot

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@infinitejest441 I disliked Fifield. He was so rude and disrespectful towards Shaw.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Fifeld deserved what happened to him at 2:43.

[@TheJaker5]

Basically the black goo is like mutagen from ninja turtles.

[@Comicsandstuff]

The greatest sci-fi comedy since Galaxy Quest.

[@smnoy23]

I think I understand how these guys got so hopelessly lost in a cave one of them was actively mapping. In Fifield’s defense, I suppose, he was smoking weed but NOT deliberately provoking the alien cobra. He was just chilling.

[@raptorking156]

“It’s mesmerized...” 🤣🤣☠️☠️

[@shannoncrossed6574]

Man they got owned like really owned first it breaks Millburn's arm then it melts Fifield's helmet then it enters Millburn's suit and then goes down his throat killing him.

[@JB-xx3dq]

Space cobra, I'll pet it!

[@yesme9115]

*sees an alien creature hissing* Hi, buddy. Here’s my arm.

[@colincarr2052]

The Laurel and Hardy of science. No that's not fair. Laurel and Hardy were competent.

[@HC-cb4yp]

The funniest Two Stooges short EVER!

[@rezaqalam482]

Imagine this movie is directed by sam raimi instead

[@Sir_Lewice]

perfect example of fuck around and find out

[@currumpaw4865]

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." - Qui-Gon Jinn

[@jakemarcus9999]

This scene is a masterpiece VFX but it would be so much better if the incicent was an accident for example.

[@DeimosDarkness]

The thing that always annoyed me about this scene is that a biologist would know that the animal was displaying a warning with it's behavior.

[@jonathanjones270]

The finest scientists that ever scienced.

[@AF_Gulfstream]

Dumb and Dumber: Prometheus Edition.

[@Tripl3Cherri3s]

Imagine if the characters weren't idiots in this movie how good it could have been... Sigh

[@jamesoffutt2801]

When she felt that it was okay, she bit his arm and held on with steady pressure.

[@terancetan5503]

In the original script, the incompetency of the crew is somewhat justified because Vickers hired them, and with her feelings towards Weyland (she resents him for not even bothering to hide the fact that she was nothing to him compared to David), it’s hinted that she picked the least competent people to ensure that the mission would fail. Milburn’s decision to play with the Hammerpede is also accompanied by a claim that he has experience working with cobras on earth and he was supposed to mutate like Fifeld did, but into a giant pathetic foetus like creature that gets incinerated when the crew find him.

[@jimbobeire]

There's no need for Vickers to 'pick' the least competent people to sabotage a mission she herself would be on. She was terrified the whole time. She only stepped off the ship when she ejected. Weyland effectively guaranteed incompetent crew through his secrecy and paranoia. Don't go through normal company channels, pretend to be dead, fund the mission, but get Vickers to hire the crew, but tell them nothing. Who _else_ except the least competent, least employable crew is going to jump at the job offer of "take the money, get on the damn ship, ask no questions and in a few years when we reach the destination, we'll tell you what you're risking your life for". Also Vickers didn't want her father to go, but I didn't get the impression she really hated him. She seemed to hate him wasting his remaining days grasping at straws to avoid the inevitability of death. She cried when he died.

[@terancetan5503]

@@jimbobeire Well, Ridley Scott did cut a lot of scenes from the movie that would have explained it and many other inconsistencies. Apparently, Janek was supposed to comfort her after he finds her crying following a conversation with holographic Weyland, that's another deleted scene.

[@beekarinsaan]

Unknown snake like creature hisses. Scientist: She's mesmerized. 🤣😂

[@qwave1322]

His science degree is printed on an empty crisp packet.