• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Email
  • Comments
  • Posts
FilmClique
banner
  • News
  • Film
  • TV
  • Trailers
  • Reviews
  • Oscars
  • Africa
    • Nollywood
  • Festivals
  • Music
  • Profiles
  • Filmmaking
    • Tutorials

‘Prometheus, 2012′ – A Faint Twist To Prophet Elijah Muhammad’s Central Dogma

By Ben Daité | June 15, 2012 | Film, Reviews | 10 Comments

However absurd, would you know why throughout this film I was constantly reminded of Prophet Elijah Muhammad’s doctrine on the origin of life on this planet? According to him, after black people arrived here from space:

A method of birth control was developed by a Black scientist known as Yakub, who envisioned making and teaching a nation of people who would be diametrically opposed to the Original People.

Anything profound about Prometheus, 2012? Except for my childish exuberance over explosions, I was disappointed. I thought I had paid to see something a little more grounded in scientific theory than Elijah Muhammad’s beliefs in the black brothers from space.

Who engineered us? And why are they trying to kill us?

Is that all you’ve got? Sometimes I wonder why Hollywood is obsessed with space and destructive aliens? Then again, I seldom mind the narrow-mindedness and often, I get on with my popcorn, admiring the music and the bomb explosions that accompany them.

But, Prometheus 2012, is where hell really breaks loose for me. Some pale muscular humanoids from space happen to be our engineers – well, they created us! How fanciful and how scientifically religious? And lo, paintings of where these humanoids may have come from were found in Scotland – of all places – Scotland? If you didn’t know before, you are constantly reminded that you are watching a white movie by an English director!

Oh come on! Oh yes, come on. Prometheus 2012 is no science fiction. It is at best, a fantasy, even a propaganda – an undeniable reaction to Elijah Muhammad’s doctrine of the origin of life on planet Earth. Only, the prophet was closer to the scientific bargain – the first human was indeed African – and categorically Black, need I mention!

For Prometheus, there was absolutely nothing rational about the alternative possible worlds or futures proposed herein. Neither were the characters and the imaginary elements, especially the pale muscular male humanoids, within the context of the story, largely possible within scientifically established or scientifically postulated laws of nature.

If these Darwinists have succeeded in riding the world of a muscular white male Creator who stalks us day and night, then in their new movie, Prometheus, they have similarly succeeded in passing down this fantasy that the first man, may have been this pale muscular male humanoid who stalked a high ridge over Niagara Falls – this particular kinda Creator-morphed-Engineer is always surfacing, be it in Religion or Science.

Rest assured, whoever these pale muscular male humanoid engineers are, Elijah Muhammad is in part, proverbially accurate in retrospect – they are indeed diametrically opposed to everything we stand for as superior moral beings.

Peradventure, it makes sense after all why they are trying to destroy us!

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender

Share this:

Please Recommend FilmClique on facebook

fold-left fold-right
About the author: Ben Daité
I am a Recovering Explorer | Nevertheless, I still remain, perhaps in my Humble Belief, the Black Filmmaker's Toughest Critic.

10 Replies to ‘Prometheus, 2012′ – A Faint Twist To Prophet Elijah Muhammad’s Central Dogma

  1. Eric Ware says:
    June 15, 2012 at EDT

    That’s hilarious. I still want to see it out of curiosity. I remember reading about Prophet Elijah Muhammad’s beliefs about space in The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

    Reply
    • Ben Daité says:
      June 15, 2012 at EDT

      Oh ya, that was a good book. But I’ve warned you, lol.

      Reply
  2. Kobina says:
    June 15, 2012 at EDT

    Huahuahua… no comments.

    Reply
  3. Cricket says:
    June 15, 2012 at EDT

    I thought I remembered Elijah Muhammad’s story during the movie. Still, i don’t know why white folks are soo terrified to face the truth of the black origin of all things.

    As stupid as it may seem, Elijah Muhammad’s story is closer to the truth than the so called intelligent Ridley Scott Promethius – films like Promethius just make me think white people don’t really like black people – who they have come from – I mean, that’s hating a lot hate.

    Reply
  4. Jige James says:
    June 17, 2012 at EDT

    Ben, would you say you misread the intentions behind the film earlier? Remeber when you wrote about the trailer –

    “With this growing awareness about the true beginnings of Science, one of these days when a Jesus film is also remade, perhaps we will be offered the real Christ – a man whose feet were like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace (Rev.1:15).”

    It’s funny after all. Isn’t it? The film was about the exact opposite of what you wished it would be.

    Reply
  5. Ally says:
    June 17, 2012 at EDT

    — Prometheus is a real fantasy of some people’s struggle to obtain complete ‘whiteness’ – Engineers. Engineers ma ass – so dumb to be sleeping in the middle of nowhere; freaking boring mazzerf-ckers.

    Reply
  6. Hurn Timmons says:
    June 17, 2012 at EDT

    For me, this movie reminds of The Brother From Another Planet though… that was more in the spirit of Prophet Elijah Muhammad’s story.

    Reply
  7. Opaare Akwa says:
    June 17, 2012 at EDT

    No sane engineer who creates something as profound as say, a black woman, would try to destroy it – how? Are you knuts?

    That’s where Ridley Scott missed the boat for me. Everything else was fine except for the pale humanoid again – see that’s racist, a lack of acknowledgment of the facts 0f Science, or religion.

    Then again, I’m Latino and if I made a movie about the beginning, I would like the first woman to be a pretty Latina – I wouldn’t call it Science fiction though, I would call it fantasy.

    Reply
  8. Brainwashed liberal idiocy says:
    November 21, 2012 at EDT

    If Nordic space aliens landed on the White House lawn and declared that they engineered the human race, you would probably scream about racism.

    The reality is you are a black supremacist, and want to see blacks depicted as gods and masters and no one else. That is racism.

    Why not just forget race and live your life as a human being, or even better a soul.

    Reply
  9. What is the prometheus movie about says:
    November 26, 2012 at EDT

    The film does get you thinking . many people are saying that it has Sumerian roots.i thought it was a great film, Just wish there was more of it. cant wait for the sequel.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Click here to cancel reply.

Subscribe to filmclique:


Subscribe via Facebook
Subscribe via RSS

Keep in touch

Subscribe for latest updates

 Subscribe to RSS Feed
Follow @filmclique

Also on filmclique:

More Recently

  • 6 Films to Watch This Spring/Summer 2013
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo2   Facebook logo22
  • Why She Can’t Resist and the Wrath of God – Temptation, by Tyler Perry
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo2   Facebook logo21
  • African Movie Academy Awards 2013 Winners
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo2   Facebook logo20
  • Inside ‘Peeples’ With Tina Gordon Chism
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo1   Facebook logo20
  • Web Series to Watch: 40 and Leroy
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo1   Facebook logo17

Most Shared Posts

  • Preview the Tyler Perry/TBS Dramedy ‘For Better Or Worse’
    Google +1 logo4   Twitter logo1   Facebook logo302
  • Black Women Directors: Troy Byer Bailey
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo6   Facebook logo100
  • Woman Thou Art Loosed, 2012 – A Must-See From A Veteran Filmmaker, Neema Barnette!
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo5   Facebook logo88
  • [Cannes, 2011]: Watch Out For The Jamaican ‘Ghett’ A Life’
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo0   Facebook logo81
  • ‘Backbone and Balls’: The Legacy of Oscar Micheaux
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo10   Facebook logo69

Most Talked About Articles

261
10 Black Female Film Directors You Should Know
• Comments: 8 • Twitter: 26 • Facebook: 227
57
'Bad Teacher' Takes Subtle (Or Not So Subtle) Racism to A New Level
• Comments: 34 • Twitter: 7 • Facebook: 16
55
Watch Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop in 8 Parts
• Comments: 47 • Twitter: 5 • Facebook: 3
51
'Laurieann Gibson: Born to Dance' And the Winner Is...
• Comments: 26 • Twitter: 2 • Facebook: 23
Powered by: SharePulse

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org
 

Articles on Page 2.

Why She Can’t Resist and the Wrath of God – Temptation, by Tyler Perry

America’s Forgotten Black Cowboys of the Old West

ABFF 2013 Comedy Wings Competition Deadline Approaching

Have You Seen ‘Fixer’: An Original Sci-Fi Action Series?

Support The Film ‘Oya: Rise of the Orisha’

5 Ways to Make the Oscars Better

VH1′s ‘Black Ink Crew’ Spotlights A Black-Owned and Operated Business

‘Head Games’: Will Brain Injury Change Sports?

‘Yelling to The Sky’ (2011): A Queens, NY Coming of Age

Campaign Stops Airing of Oxygen’s ‘All My Babies’ Mamas’

‘Lincoln 2012′ – The Ugly Paternalistic Lies

‘Snow on tha Bluff’ Shows a Tougher Atlanta

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Can’t find the article?

Articles on Page 3.

Top Film Headlines From 2012

Django Unchained – The Black, The Beautiful & Ev’thing Ugly

Is Hollywood Strung on Guns?

Reaching New ‘Heights’ in Nollywood

‘Life of Pi’ – A Scintillating Enchantment

Netflix Instant: Black Oscar Nominees and Winners

‘The Other Side of Love’ Web Series Needs Your Help

Documentary ‘The New Black’ Explores Gay Marriage and the Black Community

Alex Cross, 2012 – Should You Stay Home?

Flight, 2012 – A Futile Exercise In Story Telling

Ben Affleck Ups His Stock With ‘Argo’

Atlanta’s Favorite Housewives Are Back With Season 5

Most Shared Articles

  • Preview the Tyler Perry/TBS Dramedy ‘For Better Or Worse’
    Google +1 logo4   Twitter logo1   Facebook logo302
  • Black Women Directors: Troy Byer Bailey
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo6   Facebook logo100
  • Woman Thou Art Loosed, 2012 – A Must-See From A Veteran Filmmaker, Neema Barnette!
    Google +1 logo0   Twitter logo5   Facebook logo88

Get With FilmClique

Subscribe via Twitter
Subscribe via Facebook
Subscribe via Email
Subscribe via RSS

Articles on Page 4.

‘Confidant’ (2010): A Rare Black-Cast Thriller

Skyfall, 2012 – A Bulldog Of A British Movie

Nihilism Revived in ‘Hello, My Name Is Trouble’

The Inglorious Documentary – 2016: Obama’s America – By Dinesh D’Souza.

‘‪Single & Married’: African Relationships Gone Wild

Movies to Watch: Fall/Winter 2012

‘Breaking Bad’ Pales Out

The Future Of Sci-Fi – As Space Ambitions Shrink In Scale

[Podcast] Village Square Live’s Nollywood and Black Hollywood

The African Meets His Long-Lost African American Kin Folk in ‘Little Senegal’ (2001)

Wanted: Fresh Content Appealing to Diverse Communities

Get Up Close with Bolt in ‘Usain Bolt: The Movie’

Keep in touch

Subscribe for latest updates

 Subscribe to RSS Feed
Follow @filmclique.com

© 2012 FilmClique.

Powered by WordPress | FilmClique : A Calaba Design

Back to top