"Prometheus" deleted scene: Milburn the happy idiot

One of the most head-scratching scenes in Prometheus was when biologist Milburn cozies up to the alien ghost-cobra and tries to pet it. What scientist in their right mind would reach out and touch a completely unknown life form that is clearing exhibiting aggressive behavior? Well, Milburn did and he got what you get in such situations: an esophageal how-do-you-do of pornographic proportions.

So just what got into Milburn that would cause such nonsensical behavior? This deleted scene from the Prometheus DVD sheds a little more light on the character showing that his bad judgement wasn't a spur of the moment thing but more just who he is. Of course the scene early on in the theatrical release where he attempts to cozy up to mohawk-boy and gets roundly rebuffed (yet clings to his side anyway) shows just as clearly that Milburn has a thing for hostile life forms and should have been a warning to the rest of the crew not to bring him along on any field trips.

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NOTE: The good folks at MSN have removed the video for this deleted scene. I'm loath to remove this post though because the scene really is worth watching. So I'm going to keep an eye out for it and if it appears again in cyberspace I'll stick it back up here where it belongs. Chris