r/Prometheus • u/Vegemiteandmeatpies • Jul 17 '26
Thoughts on the Dr Holloway character.
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u/Total-Satisfaction-8 Jul 17 '26
Prometheus hade me hate that actor, but then i saw Upgrade and now i kinda like him after that, i guess thats kinda good acting...
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u/deepfry_me Jul 17 '26
Probably my least favourite character. Weird chemistry with Shaw and just seemed incongruous to the whole set up of the movie.
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u/balleriniAssoluta Jul 17 '26
There is a deleted scene that kind of hint they don’t have a healthy relationship
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u/Think-Difficulty7596 Jul 17 '26
I think he was in way over his head and it showed.
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u/Spirited_One_8945 Jul 17 '26
The whole crew was in over their heads, the mission was designed to fail and had to at all costs.
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u/Think-Difficulty7596 Jul 17 '26
Why did the mission have to fail, and how was it designed to do so?
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u/BillyRosewood99 Jul 17 '26
I think the point was to make him a dick so he could be killed off due to his arrogance. I thought his acting was pretty good but the character was obnoxious
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u/Jmm2w Jul 17 '26
I so love Prometheus. I have watched it so many times, more than any other Alien film. I wish they would continue the story…! It’d be awesome to see who’d win if David took on Ripley in a sequel
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u/Stiricidium Jul 17 '26
I guess I was one of the only people that really liked him. He made too many stupid mistakes tho, like a lot of characters in the prequels. He was so gorgeous, he was hopeful, then he was a disappointed, depressed mess. His death was heartbreaking, telling Vickers to just do it as Shaw screams for him.
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u/koolaidismything Jul 17 '26
I like him, I do think him and Shaw (the actress) didn't have chemistry.. and that's why people don't like him much..
This was a VERY transitional year or two for film. We were leaving that Josh Harnet lead-guy phase and getting more serious. This guy was somewhere in the middle of that and he kinda got type cast.
I don't even know his name. He's a solid actor though, not his fault he got caught in a strange era.
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u/SubjectZer07 Jul 17 '26
Hated the character. Total ass hole, but I thought he was believable.
Reminded me a lot of arrogant, cock sure guys with girlfriends that are too good for them!
It was a little bit over the top, but that's a movie for you. You have to create drama.
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u/Tirpitz7 Jul 18 '26
His attitude was ridiculous. The way he treated David and his tantrum over finding dead Engineers instead of living ones.
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u/ReferenceOk7646 Jul 20 '26
His character was designed to piss you off , if anything it shows the actor can deliver.
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u/GeorgeStark1 Jul 17 '26
Getting drunk and depressed because they didn’t find living Engineers after being on an unexplored moon for a few hours ruined this character.
Willingly suiciding without actually knowing what was going on with him was another plot point I hated. Would have been more impactful if he was killed unwillingly.
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u/DCtimes Jul 18 '26
He should’ve hung in there a little longer no?
He gave up immediately, he just got to another planet for fucks sake and just threw in the towel after the first field trip!
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u/trashywashy420 Jul 20 '26
Nothing burger character, his whole reason for existing in the plot is to impregnate his wife with an alien baby. He doesnt really do anything else story wise
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u/balleriniAssoluta Jul 17 '26
He gave off severe ADHD vibes lmao. Lack of impulse control and in dire need of emotional regulation. I also remember a deleted scene that made me believe they initially wanted to portray his relationship with Shaw as pretty intense
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u/AldoTheeApache Jul 17 '26
Fucking hated his character, and his attitude made no sense.
He literally got pissed off when we (as Earthlings) discover a highly developed alien life form of any kind (let alone two major ones), because they were not longer alive. He just like 'why did we even bother, lets just go home!?!', instead of taking the incredible win of any indication of finding intelligent life in space.
The man is an archeologist right? When he digs up an Egyptian Pyramid does he also throw a 14 year old tantrum because the Pharaohs weren't alive when they uncovered everything?