Is This Ridley Scott's Homage To Ed Wood?

Rating: 4/10 (18 October 2014)

Here's an ideal double-bill - Prometheus and Plan 9 From Outer Space.
After viewing the inept Prometheus I can now see how much in common Ridley Scott has with Ed Wood.
But, the thing is, when it comes to "Plan 9", I consider it to be so bad that it's actually good. (Well, almost) - But, on the other hand, with Prometheus - I consider it to be so bad that (judging by its director, its budget, its cast) it's actually frickin' awful.
Believe me, this film really peed me off. I think that director Ridley Scott deserves to have his ass kicked, but good, for this misfired dud. This piece of certified rubbish, whose story explains nothing, hardly had enough intelligence in it to even come close to passing itself off as a satisfying prequel/sequel/whatever to 1979's Alien.
If, 35 years later, this was the best that Scott could come up with as a continuation of the Alien story, then this is the sort of tale that should've just been left well enough alone.
This film was clearly nothing but a blatant cash-grab for Scott. And, of course, while Scott was greedily grabbing at all that cash (millions & millions, I'm sure) he was also farting right in our faces and laughing behind our backs (all the way to the bank) all at the same time.
Here are 4 of my biggest beefs regarding Prometheus -
1 - The entire crew on this dazzling spacecraft all looked to me like a bunch of skid-row derelicts, or something to that effect. You could never, ever convince me in a million light-years that these dislikable freaks were supposed to be brilliant scientists, and such. No way, Jose. I mean, they even talked like clueless morons.
2 - The whole business with the Elizabeth Shaw character and her self-induced cesarean abortion - Now, that really took the cake. With her belly neatly stapled back together this woman immediately started running around and doing all sorts of amazing stunts that would have surely caused the stitching to tear open, but, no, not for the astonishing Elizabeth. She just kept on going and going and going (with an occasional wince) until she made me sick just to look at her.
3 - Then there was the totally anorexic-looking ice-queen ("This is my ship!"), Meredith Vickers (played by Charlize Theron) with hair so frickin' straight and flat that I was tres' pleased when she so stupidly got herself bulldozed under by a crashing spaceship.
4 - And, last, but not least, there was that mincing, little nothing-of-an-actor Michael Fassbender as the condescending and decidedly queer (Aw-shucks! Ain't he cute?) android, David. Sheesh! Why do so many people think this guy is such a great actor? I think he's positively terrible. He couldn't act his way out of a used condom.
*Special note* - According to Greek Mythology - Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to humankind. For this Zeus chained him to a rock and sent an eagle to eat his liver, which grew back daily. (Hmm.... Nice)