Disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (14 October 2012)

As a fan of the first 2 alien films I was looking forward to Ridley Scott returning (Yes I know the second was directed by Cameron but it was a successful sequel). The idea that the film would explain what the guy in the chair in the first film was doing there really appealed to me.
Was that explained? No. Was anything about the aliens explained to any extent? No.
The opening started promisingly. When the titan drank whatever it was, dissolved and added his DNA to the ecosystem I was intrigued, would I discover why a member of a sentient and advanced race would sacrifice his life to mould the course of another world? Sadly, no I wouldn't.
Things just got worse from then, I won't go though the film point by point but there were so many unanswered questions that I will just list a few of them:
What were the titans running from in the hologram scene? The first true alien hadn't been born yet.
How did the robot know more than the archaeologists who supposedly inspired Weyland in the first place? If he had just studied ancient texts then some trial and error would surely be appropriate.
Why did the pile of titan bodies look like they'd been torn open by alien hatchlings when the first one had supposedly not been born yet?
Why would a supposedly advanced species attempt to wipe out earth with black goop which has such unpredictable side effects? Surely a few nukes or even a genetically engineered plague would have been far less risky.
Lastly a question that was even asked at the end of the film but not answered; why would the titans create mankind only to wish to wipe him out later?
It all felt like I'm being set up for a sequel to a prequel. I like to watch sequels because I enjoyed the first film, not because I want answers to questions that should have either been answered or not posed in the first place.
Sadly, 3/10