Why is Ridley Scott Taking Us in This Direction?

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2017)

First of all, this is an incredible work of on screen science fiction. Technically, it's brilliantly conceived and executed. The problem is it is not really an 'Alien' movie. It could've just as easily been called. 'David: Portrait of a Killer Robot'. I don't know why Ridley Scott is taking us into this world of 'the Engineers' and David's robot sociopathy and away from what made the first two 'Alien' movies great. Yes. there's some Alien scares and some kills but it's all secondary to David's story. Frankly, I could give a rat's ass about David. I didn't really like the character in 'Prometheus' and I absolutely hated him in this movie. Likewise I don't really give a crap about the Engineers. If Ridley wanted to make a space opera about the origin of mankind he really should have started another franchise. As it is, he is WAY off course, floating around in space and dragging us along with him. Also, The action sequence at the end was really ridiculous. It went straight to 'Live Free or Die Hard' Land. I HATED the ending of Shaw that was presented in this movie and HATED the direction the end of the movie is taking us. I would really prefer to see what Neil Bokamp's reboot would bring us. And don't get me wrong, the movie is very entertaining, has a few scares and is engaging. It is just not what was great about the original 'Alien' and there seems no end in sight.