The idea that it is worse than those God-awful AVP prequels is ludicrous.  They set their sights low and hit their mark, whereas Prometheus aimed high and fell short.

The idea that it is worse than those God-awful AVP prequels is ludicrous.  They set their sights low and hit their mark, whereas Prometheus aimed high and fell short.

As someone who was recently a teen, I find the idea that I would willingly subject myself to a fucking viral outbreak out of sheer naivety to be totally offensive.

As someone who was recently a teen, I find the idea that I would willingly subject myself to a fucking viral outbreak out of sheer naivety to be totally offensive.

There is a peculiar tendency amongst white people to automatically assume that any given film is automatically offensive to a certain minority, and to loudly protest on this minority's behalf in order to enshrine their enlightened credentials.

There is a peculiar tendency amongst white people to automatically assume that any given film is automatically offensive to a certain minority, and to loudly protest on this minority's behalf in order to enshrine their enlightened credentials.

Dodging debris and drowning is just such fun, isn't it?

Dodging debris and drowning is just such fun, isn't it?

People - of all ethnicities and nations - will always view any given disaster through the prism of how it personally affected them.  Portraying a tragedy from the point-of-view of a white family is not the same as asserting that tragedies only happen to white people, just as omitting how a disaster affected other…

People - of all ethnicities and nations - will always view any given disaster through the prism of how it personally affected them.  Portraying a tragedy from the point-of-view of a white family is not the same as asserting that tragedies only happen to white people, just as omitting how a disaster affected other…

"Lost all their luggage" - seriously?  Because that is the only downside of being caught in a -tsunami-.

"Lost all their luggage" - seriously?  Because that is the only downside of being caught in a -tsunami-.

Jesus Christ.  After reading the full story, this whole film seems ludicrously offensive.  They're portraying the ruthless, murderous extortionists as blue-collar heroes and their innocent victim as a snobby patrician who had it coming.  They took a real-life story about kidnapping and attempted murder and turned it…

Jesus Christ.  After reading the full story, this whole film seems ludicrously offensive.  They're portraying the ruthless, murderous extortionists as blue-collar heroes and their innocent victim as a snobby patrician who had it coming.  They took a real-life story about kidnapping and attempted murder and turned it…

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Nope.  Definitely the first one.

Nope.  Definitely the first one.

Perhaps it is because literary academic practice is, at best, a form of conspiracy theory, divining patterns where none exist and alleging to comprehend the author's intent on spurious grounds?

Perhaps it is because literary academic practice is, at best, a form of conspiracy theory, divining patterns where none exist and alleging to comprehend the author's intent on spurious grounds?