I hope Ridley Scott reads this!

Rating: 3/10 (3 June 2012)

It's been a while since I've looked forward to a film so much, but equalled with anticipation that some things should be left alone. Unfortunately, the latter is present here in abundance. Ridley Scott seems to have taken a leaf out of the George Lucas book of how to make a film in the 21st century; in short throw a bunch of poor actors, loose plot and treasure chest of special effects together and hey presto you produce nothing short of what looks like a sci-fi series extended edition you'd expect to find on TV.
Either Ridley Scott wasn't really the brains behind Alien, or like once a boxer in his prime, he is now past his best. I won't spoil anything to those who haven't seen it, but Alien, Bladerunner fans will understand this when I say the 'mystery' of those classic films capture you and draw you into them, whereas Prometheus is so eye-blindly blatant that it doesn't make you think....you just come away wanting to jump back in time and burn that script before it made it's first pass.
The plot itself is poor, actually really poor and if Ridley wanted to do a cult film on origins he should have put a crow bar separation between this and Alien.
Just like Indiana Jones 4- this is one experience I would rather forget. Ridley, Lucas it's time to retire!