Epic possibilities, mediocre delivery

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2012)

I don't want to give to much away with this review but I might.
For me, this has been one of the prequels I have been looking forward to the most for some time. I loved Scott's original which didn't play too much on the actual horror, more on the expectation of it. Given it is now over 30 years old the film stands up pretty well.
Then we come to Prometheus. It's not a bad film in the sense that it sucks, but I don't think it succeeds in any of the important areas. By this I mean it doesn't seem to really tie into the original very well. I think it has tried too hard to be a prequel and maintain some elements of the later films such as a rogue synthetic that has its own agenda. There are some random elements as well such as the alien procreation by pregnancy rather than by gestation and the rather silly post-cesarean runabout by Noomi Rapace.
I expected to be able to move from the prequel and be able to translate these events into the original and I think I felt a little cheated. Was I not entertained? Well, yes it was entertaining but still. Unless there are plans for a sequel to this to answer many unanswered questions then this was an ill-conceived film.
Ho-hum. Let's see what comes of the Blade Runner sequel if it ever happens.