A king has his reign, and then he dies.

Rating: 4/10 (7 June 2012)

(CONTAINS SPOILERS. This subjective review is written by someone who has grown up with the sci-fi movies of the 70's 80's era, and thus, places Prometheus in contrast to their retrospective background . Note that this movie claims itself to be the "prequel" to one of the milestone movies of that era.)
At one scene, Meredith Vickers, holding her ought-to-be-dead father's hand, says coldly: "A king has his reign, and then he dies. It's inevitable."
Those words clung to my ears, making an inevitable referral to Scott's ambition to create a sci-fi movie. Alas...The entire acting in the movie is a manifestation of this bitter truth, save the visuals.
Because he wouldn't allow so shallow characters to wander around in his movies. Ripley would have kicked the butts of the entire cast (including extraterrestrial ones) in a single blow.
Because he wouldn't attempt to display and explain too much at the risk of plot-holes and lame conclusions. It's sci-fi. It's horror. The audience needed vague hints only. Why not let their imagination do the rest???
Undoubtedly, Scott was one of the "engineers" who created the classic sci-fi genre and the passionate generation of people enjoying it. Now, he is about to terminate all, like that extraterrestrial creator trying to wipe out the humans. Why? We do not know...
So, I am sending out a warning to any passing sci-fi fans to stay away from the movie, or discard their expectations.
This is Kaan, probably one of the last few survivors of the Nostromo, signing off.
Oh, by the way, when you will ever go outer space, take a flamethrower. It's the most powerful weapon in the universe, for more than 400 years (according to the time span of alien movies)