Cynical!

Rating: 2/10 (13 June 2012)

When the news of an Alien prequel to be directed by Ridley Scott was announced, the cinema going public, and in particular those with a penchant for sci-fi, began anticipating the long, thought to be improbable, return to form of the franchise and the exorcism of the ever diminishing returns since Aliens over 25 years ago!
Initial reports, though sketchy, seemed hopeful until that was a Mr Lindeloff became involved. Nobody in the cinema industry is more qualified at dragging out an interesting premise than one of the writers that somehow managed to make the story of stranded plane crash survivors last for over 5 years! That is what has happened here though, reading a recent interview with him he states the original script was very prevalent with Alien references, eggs, face huggers, et al but why cut to the chase in one movie when you can cynically drag it out for 3 with hack writing, poor characterisation & schizophrenic behaviour from what should surely by the cream of the scientific community on such an important mission!
It looks beautiful & Fassbender is great so there's your 2 stars!
I'm all for thought provoking movies that credit their audience with having intelligence, and the idea of expanding the Alien universe is a good one but Prometheus fails at both. We already know the corporation is manipulative and out for it's own interests, or is that 20th Century Fox? I'm confused.......
I think I'll skip part 2 (if I gets made which I doubt) and wait for part 3 and the Alien prequel.
Oh and one final point, it appears by 2093 women have abandoned such passé items as bras and pants in favour of wrapping bandages over their breasts and genitals, I bet you didn't see that one coming ladies!