Why was the surgery pod configured only for men in Prometheus?
In Prometheus, when Shaw touch the surgery-pod Vickers warned her not to touch it because it is rare and so expensive, but i could not understand why the operating pod was made for a male, but the owner, Meredith Vickers was female.
Why did she allow an operating pod that even she could not use. Why was the surgery pod configured only for men?
Was it meant for Weyland all along?
And if it was so expensive, couldn't the creators configure it for men and women?
Best Answer
The surgery-pod was on board Prometheus to provide medical support for Peter Weyland. Who was secretly added to the crew list before the flight left, and was located inside the life pod of Peter Weyland's daughter.
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Was Vickers a man?
The answer is : she was born a man and is now a post op transsexual. The med pod belongs to her because it's in her room, not with Weyland. That's why shes physically strong, very tall, and talks the way she does.What are the pods in Prometheus movie?
MedPods are self-diagnostic incubators which open from the middle, in the film Prometheus a MedPod is used for extracing a creature from inside Shaws' womb.Is Charlize Theron a robot in Prometheus?
Maybe because it only works on humans and Meredith wasn't one. In an recent interview with Slashfilm Theron says that her character may have actually been a robot, just like Michael Fassbender's David. We played around with a lot of stuff, I'll just say that, nonspecific things. I don't think we ever went like that \u2026PROMETHEUS Clip - \
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Answer 2
I think circumstantial evidence hints that the surgical pod was limited to men so the filmmakers could avoid mentioning abortion.
Consider:
A. It seems odd and arbitrary that the script calls for a machine that is advanced enough to perform a wide array of medical procedures on a man but cannot perform most or all of those procedures on a woman. For one thing, there is more variation within gender than between gender. Also, limiting the machine to men would cut in half the machine's return on investment. Overall, the men-only constraint feels forced.
B. if the script had allowed for the machine to treat both men and women, the procedure Elizabeth Shaw would have requested would have been "abortion" or "termination of pregnancy" or something similar
C. abortion is one of the most controversial topics in the world
By restricting the machine to men-only treatment, the filmmakers avoided having to broach the abortion issue. Instead, Elizabeth Shaw commanded the machine to "remove foreign object," avoiding any abortion-related terminology.
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