Originality Consists in Returning to the Origin
The spaceship Prometheus approaches moon LV-223. The financier of the venture appears to the crew as a hologram. He explains the legend of Prometheus and proclaims, “the time has now come for his return.” He leaves out the bit about the punishment of Woman and the hubris of the hero. He neglects the myth’s theme of unintended consequences. He forgets the fall into mortality. He may have read the folklore but missed the class on Paradise Lost.
Greek and Aztec creation myths center around gods who create man in their own image through physical sacrifice. In the opening of the film, Prometheus, an alien Engineer sacrifices itself by ingesting poison to bring life to a world. The act creates ...
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