Another disappointing attempt to squeeze more Alien blood

Rating: 6/10 (14 January 2015)

This movie, like all other sequels to the 1979 movie "Alien" (in this case also called a "prequel", I guess), was a big disappointment to me, as I think it is to all serious science fiction lovers. I think I'm even more disappointed in Ridley Scott for directing it. Prometheus is another feeble attempt to squeeze more blood from the 1979 classic film. Prometheus did make a lot of money at the box office by appealing to the dumb and young movie audience masses, and will probably make more profit in other media. I guess one really can't fault film producers for wanting to get rich in their retirement. The plot of Prometheus convolves the original Alien story into a whacky futuristic thriller adventure in order to maximize use of CGI, and appeal to the 12 year old intelligence level, which is the largest demographic sector of the movie-going public.
The original film, Alien, a great classic and favorite of mine since I first saw it as a young man with my girlfriend in a 1979 movie theater, has been the source of many poor efforts to capitalize on its greatness and fame. Granted, some of the original movie's special effects could have been better, but its story, film editing, visual effects, directing, camera work, screenplay, script, and acting were pure science fiction genius, brought together to make a beautiful classic suspense film that I am now convinced will never be improved upon, mainly because the film industry is driven by profit rather than art. Personally, I think it would be nice if film makers stopped getting a piece of the 1979 film action, and concentrate more on creating new original, serious science fiction motion picture art.