What were the writers thinking?!

Rating: 4/10 (4 June 2012)

Okay so I was pumped to see this movie, like everyone else and initially went along with the story of searching for our makers etc, even if it was a little cheesy.
But once everyone on the ship wakes up and we meet the characters it starts going down hill and continues to do so from then onwards. I found myself saying 'are you serious!!' every 5 mins or so from this point onwards.
I was going to write a full on review but there are too many issues to write about so I thought save my time and yours I'll just highlight a few....

When some of the crew die from attacks by weird alien creatures, no one actually cares or bats an eyelid.

A probe senses alien life every now and again, this apparently must be a glitch, therefore no further investigation is required.

A crew member is burnt alive, but then comes back to life as a crazed super human thing, killing many of the crew. Let's in turn kill this thing, not question it's existence and never mention it again.

-A crew member manages to extract an alien from her stomach, she leaves the alien in a semi locked room then, covered in blood and carrying a severe post operation wound, enters a room full of people. Queue no questions about what's happened to her and if she is okay. She fails to mention that she has just removed an alien form her body and it is on the ship. She is also completely unsurprised that the billionaire who funded the mission, who is supposedly dead is, in fact, aboard the ship.

Charlize Theron is the daughter of the billionaire, I think this was meant to be a big twist in the movie. So pointless was this scene. Shocker.

I promise you these scenes and many more are peppered throughout the film.
Finally, if you make it this far, the ending is horrifically tacked on so as to explain the link to the other alien films and to leave it open for a sequel.....Please no. I beg you.