Potentially a great Movie...the opportunity was lost.

Rating: 5/10 (6 March 2013)

In point of fact, recently artifacts have been recovered from inside of coal deposits dated 300 Million + years ago. This certainly predates man and the artifacts were manufactured items. Such things as this make the basic plot and thesis of Prometheus all the more interesting. Sadly, the opportunity for a great movie was lost for the following reasons...
Science: Anyone familiar with the operation of Level 3, 4 or 5 labs understands that the protocols for working on any specimen would require very special equipment and environs...the shipboard atmosphere for examining the "Head" violated every protocol of that. Also, it doesn't matter how breathable the air might be on any planet, removing a helmet would be absolutely forbidden in any early stage of exploration. It doesn't matter if the air is clean...on the flip side the danger is that it would be we that contaminate the environment. The movie totally blows it on the Scientific side. Actors/Script: Generally I was pleased with all of that with the exception of Logan Marshall Greene... Totally the wrong actor and the wrong script. An older man should have been chosen and the script should have given that part more respect for both science and Replicants. He did a terrible job and ruined the movie in the same way Will Smith ruined "I Robot". Both characters lacked humility and maturity. There should have been more time spent dealing with the Intelligent Aliens and less with Zenomorph species. Hopefully, if there is a sequel, they will hire a technical adviser who knows something about modern scientific investigative techniques and actors who aren't too young and dumb for their parts.