There was a general blase attitude amongst the characters that just doesn't add up to me. Sure, the initial cynicism makes sense but after they started seeing the footage and seeing strange images...you'd think they'd take it more seriously.

Gotta remember...in the Prometheus/Aliens 'world'....there was no intelligent lifeform other than humans. The obvious exception in Alien 1, 2, 3 would be the alien itself. But I can't think of any allusion to any living thing that was close to humanity in terms of technology, civilization, etc. They should have been in awe.

Agreed that it wouldnt stop someone from wanting to get laid. But there were images of new intelligent lifeforms, new technologies. You'd think they'd be glued to the screens....if out of fear or a sense of awe and most realistically both.