Well meant letter to Mr. Scott

Rating: 2/10 (1 June 2012)

So... Prometheus... Dear Mr. Scott, please don't mess with Blade Runner. I know you're a big time director and yes you've made two really great movies 30 years ago, so you can do whatever you want. But could you, Mr. Scott, please not do a Blade Runner follow-up. It's OK if you want to do a dystopian future noir movie, just don't include any references to the great future noir movie you did all those years ago. Let's face it, 2012 marks your 30th anniversary for not making a decent film. Sure Gladiator was a box office hit, but a good movie? Not, really. But let's not dive into that here, Mr. Scott. I'm asking you not to do to Blade Runner what you've just done to Alien. Where did you put your talent? Or did the producers just want to cash in on the Alien brand, and made you put in all that trifle, clichéd, predictable nonsense to distort the fragile plot. A plot that worked in the original because it was, well... Original. Oh, that's right, I just remembered, you were also the producer... Just thought you ought to know, Mr. Scott. But maybe my expectations were too high. After watching the promo videos I was all revved up for Shakespearean, space opera. But alas I was disappointed. It follows the simple plot of Alien: a monster and a single twist with a backstabbing android. So that is just recycling. It is the amount of clichéd fill and two dimensional characters, and a few plot holes/logical errors, that bugs me. And though the wrapping is nice. The present itself just feels too sterile, soul less and half hearted. So again, please don't touch the Blade Runner universe, Mr. Scott.