Hugely disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (12 October 2013)

What a disappointment. Ridley Scott has made two of the best sci fi movies of all time, Alien and Blade Runner. Estimable accomplishments. So where did this go so wrong?
Visually there are some beautiful moments, particularly when David starts up the navigation system and sets the stars whirling around the chamber.
On acting though, there's nothing here. Who are these people? Who cares? There was more personality in one of the crew of Alien then there is in the whole crew here, with the possible exception of Capt. Janek who seems to have a thing for Stephen Stills. But even that seems like an assigned quirk rather than any part of a real person. Fassbender is good as the robot, but his actions make no sense.
But the biggest problem is the plot. These people mounted a trillion dollar mission to another star system to discover humanity's origins. Do you think they come prepared? Heck no, they didn't. Contaminate themselves, contaminate the site? Why not? Some unknown thing is knocking on the back door of the spaceship? Open the door, let it in. There are innumerable stupidities committed, against the actors and the audience. For a major motion picture, isn't there anyone who can say this doesn't make sense? No group of scientists would act this stupidly.
Enjoy the first two Alien movies, ignore this. It doesn't fit in the ethos and it doesn't hold a candle to those movies or Blade Runner.