Prometheus - a Modern Frankenstein....

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2012)

So-so sci-fi thriller. Would have been far better had I not seen Alien 33 years ago but I have and I can't help but make comparisons. In all this time, Ridley Scott should have done better. The technology looks inadequate for space travel - and certainly we're not going to be sending people on such explorations in 80 years time. (Besides, it's ridiculous that we would ever be able to travel across the universe in huge lumps of metal - we'll be using worm holes or some other Michio Kaku/Steven Hawking multi-dimensional technology).
Seeing one of the spacepersons using a wireless touch keypad is all very well in 2012 but looks absurd for something set in 80 years time. They may as well have had fancy looking vacuum tube radios or toggle switches. It's about time film directors got out of the 1950's spaceman-wearing-a-goldfish bowl mindset. The ending was dreadfully predictable, the creatures grow at alarmingly rapid rates, doing so on thin air (pardon the pun), the captain (who we must assume is both educated and intelligent, virtually spoke jive and the android - played by Michael Fassbender - looked like he was desperately trying keep a straight face.(A little reminiscent of the Centurian in "Life of Brian", trying to avoid breaking up when he heard the name "Bigus Dickus").
For young people who haven't seen (the way better) "Alien", this film might be entertaining. To me, the movie is a failed attempt to captitalise on Alien's past glory. Let's hope "Prometheus 2,3,4,5 and 6" don't end up as the ugly franchise that Alien became. FWIW, my 23 year old son liked it. No doubt he'll become more discriminating as time passes. Ian Rivlin Queensland, Australia