Prometheus Review Thread (Spoilers)

[Nikka488]

I've seen it twice and I have to admit that although it's flawed I can't wait for the blu-ray and hope that it does have an extended cut.

I'm also really really hoping for a sequel. (Sooner than later). Whether the sequel follows Shaw or is set on LV-223 and has to do with a rescue party I'm open to either. If you want a bigger BO draw then have it concern a rescue party of armed marines. Have Cameron do it. LOL. (I know he won't).

'If there is nothing for man to want in the desert, then man should want for nothing'

[SirMontyPython]

Originally Posted by Lopan

I'm just freakin getting tired of explaining Promethues to people who didn't understand this movie at my work place. I give up, if people want to believe that Prometheus is a DIRECT LINK/Prequel to Alien then so be it. Frankly I'm tired of this ignorance of some people who just don't pay attention. I'm moving on now to other things now. I'm done talking about Promethues for now on.

I can certainly feel your pain, but there's always going to be people that will perceive it differently and will point to certain things that, to others, may not be that big a deal. To some, the logic is more straightforward than how others perceive the reality that a motion picture is trying to put, and some are calling BLASPHEMY! Lol! The simple fact is people want to see things for what our reality is and what could be some 50 years or 100 years from now. It's our limitation of understanding of what is. I'm not trying to bash anybody in here or insult anyones intelligence or logic, but just sometimes an imaginative scenarios are completely ridiculed in the expense of having someone tell their story. Personally I've enjoyed this movie, and, in the most extreme case, if adrenaline is running through the body, and I'm sure Shaw was pumping full of it, that all this happening is not too far fetched. Also medical advancements 100 years for now is in the same realm...just sayin'

[bluearth]

Lengthy review, I did not like it.

[Show spoiler]Why even watch this movie? It doesnt ask any questions nor does it answer any questions, the action is light, the horror is light. None of the characters are likeable. A total mess of a film.

Unlike Alien and Aliens and even Alien 3 which had a very thick sense of dread and fear hanging over the entire film, Prometheus features a very safe spaceship that is barely intruded upon. Alien had a xenomorph on the loose that could pop up at any time. Aliens had xenomorphs everywhere and the threat of an imminent nuclear meltdown. There is no threat to the crew of Prometheus, they are safe and sound in the ship.

The creatures in the film were awful. The uninspired snake in the beginning? And the guy walks up to it and talks to it like it's a dog? I refuse to believe anybody is that stupid.

The squid thing inside shaw. It was more "eww" then scary. I was cringing more then feeling an actual sense of horror or fear in the film.

The climatic scene when they talk to the space jockey. How disappointing! This is suppose to be the zenith of the film, we are suppose to learn something new, this is what we waited for. Instead we get NOTHING. The engineer just kills everyone and tries to fly off. Stupid! Watch the whole move for that garbage. What a let down! Lazy script writing at it's finest. Instead of attempting to write a thought provoking scene between the engineer and Weyland lets just have him go ape and bust everything up. What a cop out!

Its obvious they dont want to give out any secrets on their paper thin plot so they can milk the audience dry for a sequel I positively will not be seeing.

And the guys who crash the ship into the alien craft? How many people do you need to screw in a light bulb? How many people do you need to ram something? Hopefully the answer is ONE.

So this movie was not scary, and it didnt answer or ask any questions worth a dime.

There were way too many characters, many of which were killed off in droves to make room for the main character.

The set pieces were terrible. Oooooh! Theres a big human head! Why is the head even there? What is the point of it? Why would they build a statue of a head there??? And somebody left some vases around it that are leaking out some crap the film doesnt explain because the answer is completely unsatisfying.

And how is the drawings in the caves "star maps" It looked like 5 dots to me. How you make sense of that to find a star system trillions of miles away makes no sense to me. Why would ancient people make such maps? Why did the engineers leave them a map to an abandoned military installation? Once again we dont get the answer because the answer is a joke and completely unsatisfying.

The whole movie is a joke and I dont get how anybody thinks this is great science fiction. This is a B movie with a huge special effects budget. Replace all the famous actors and actresses with SyFy channel stars and give it a SyFy channel budget and you have a made for TV SyFy channel movie. But no, Ridley Scott directed it! It must be science fiction gold!

2/5

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by bluearth

Lengthy review, I did not like it.

[Show spoiler]Why even watch this movie? It doesnt ask any questions nor does it answer any questions, the action is light, the horror is light. None of the characters are likeable. A total mess of a film.

Unlike Alien and Aliens and even Alien 3 which had a very thick sense of dread and fear hanging over the entire film, Prometheus features a very safe spaceship that is barely intruded upon. Alien had a xenomorph on the loose that could pop up at any time. Aliens had xenomorphs everywhere and the threat of an imminent nuclear meltdown. There is no threat to the crew of Prometheus, they are safe and sound in the ship.

The creatures in the film were awful. The uninspired snake in the beginning? And the guy walks up to it and talks to it like it's a dog? I refuse to believe anybody is that stupid.

The squid thing inside shaw. It was more "eww" then scary. I was cringing more then feeling an actual sense of horror or fear in the film.

The climatic scene when they talk to the space jockey. How disappointing! This is suppose to be the zenith of the film, we are suppose to learn something new, this is what we waited for. Instead we get NOTHING. The engineer just kills everyone and tries to fly off. Stupid! Watch the whole move for that garbage. What a let down! Lazy script writing at it's finest. Instead of attempting to write a thought provoking scene between the engineer and Weyland lets just have him go ape and bust everything up. What a cop out!

Its obvious they dont want to give out any secrets on their paper thin plot so they can milk the audience dry for a sequel I positively will not be seeing.

And the guys who crash the ship into the alien craft? How many people do you need to screw in a light bulb? How many people do you need to ram something? Hopefully the answer is ONE.

So this movie was not scary, and it didnt answer or ask any questions worth a dime.

There were way too many characters, many of which were killed off in droves to make room for the main character.

The set pieces were terrible. Oooooh! Theres a big human head! Why is the head even there? What is the point of it? Why would they build a state of a head there??? And somebody left some vases around it that are leaking out some crap the film doesnt explain because the answer is completely unsatisfying.

And how is the drawings in the caves "star maps" It looked like 5 dots to me. How you make sense of that to find a star system trillions of miles away makes no sense to me. Why would ancient people make such maps? Why did the engineers leave them a map to an abandoned military installation? Once again we dont get the answer because the answer is a joke and completely unsatisfying.

The whole movie is a joke and I dont get how anybody thinks this is great science fiction. This is a B movie with a huge special effects budget. Replace all the famous actors and actresses with SyFy channel stars and give it a SyFy channel budget and you have a made for TV SyFy channel movie. But no, Ridley Scott directed it! It must be science fiction gold!

2/5

TL;DR

Seriously, could you not give the film at least a try before you walked in

[Dead By Shaun]

I saw this for the second time yesterday. Me still likey I can't wait for the bluray release...is it October yet?!!

[SirMontyPython]

Originally Posted by bluearth

Lengthy review, I did not like it.

[Show spoiler]Why even watch this movie? It doesnt ask any questions nor does it answer any questions, the action is light, the horror is light. None of the characters are likeable. A total mess of a film.

Unlike Alien and Aliens and even Alien 3 which had a very thick sense of dread and fear hanging over the entire film, Prometheus features a very safe spaceship that is barely intruded upon. Alien had a xenomorph on the loose that could pop up at any time. Aliens had xenomorphs everywhere and the threat of an imminent nuclear meltdown. There is no threat to the crew of Prometheus, they are safe and sound in the ship.

The creatures in the film were awful. The uninspired snake in the beginning? And the guy walks up to it and talks to it like it's a dog? I refuse to believe anybody is that stupid.

The squid thing inside shaw. It was more "eww" then scary. I was cringing more then feeling an actual sense of horror or fear in the film.

The climatic scene when they talk to the space jockey. How disappointing! This is suppose to be the zenith of the film, we are suppose to learn something new, this is what we waited for. Instead we get NOTHING. The engineer just kills everyone and tries to fly off. Stupid! Watch the whole move for that garbage. What a let down! Lazy script writing at it's finest. Instead of attempting to write a thought provoking scene between the engineer and Weyland lets just have him go ape and bust everything up. What a cop out!

Its obvious they dont want to give out any secrets on their paper thin plot so they can milk the audience dry for a sequel I positively will not be seeing.

And the guys who crash the ship into the alien craft? How many people do you need to screw in a light bulb? How many people do you need to ram something? Hopefully the answer is ONE.

So this movie was not scary, and it didnt answer or ask any questions worth a dime.

There were way too many characters, many of which were killed off in droves to make room for the main character.

The set pieces were terrible. Oooooh! Theres a big human head! Why is the head even there? What is the point of it? Why would they build a statue of a head there??? And somebody left some vases around it that are leaking out some crap the film doesnt explain because the answer is completely unsatisfying.

And how is the drawings in the caves "star maps" It looked like 5 dots to me. How you make sense of that to find a star system trillions of miles away makes no sense to me. Why would ancient people make such maps? Why did the engineers leave them a map to an abandoned military installation? Once again we dont get the answer because the answer is a joke and completely unsatisfying.

The whole movie is a joke and I dont get how anybody thinks this is great science fiction. This is a B movie with a huge special effects budget. Replace all the famous actors and actresses with SyFy channel stars and give it a SyFy channel budget and you have a made for TV SyFy channel movie. But no, Ridley Scott directed it! It must be science fiction gold!

2/5

Different strokes for different folks...sorry it wasn't your cup of tea...

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by bluearth

Lengthy review, I did not like it.

[Show spoiler]Why even watch this movie? It doesnt ask any questions nor does it answer any questions, the action is light, the horror is light. None of the characters are likeable. A total mess of a film.

Unlike Alien and Aliens and even Alien 3 which had a very thick sense of dread and fear hanging over the entire film, Prometheus features a very safe spaceship that is barely intruded upon. Alien had a xenomorph on the loose that could pop up at any time. Aliens had xenomorphs everywhere and the threat of an imminent nuclear meltdown. There is no threat to the crew of Prometheus, they are safe and sound in the ship.

The creatures in the film were awful. The uninspired snake in the beginning? And the guy walks up to it and talks to it like it's a dog? I refuse to believe anybody is that stupid.

The squid thing inside shaw. It was more "eww" then scary. I was cringing more then feeling an actual sense of horror or fear in the film.

The climatic scene when they talk to the space jockey. How disappointing! This is suppose to be the zenith of the film, we are suppose to learn something new, this is what we waited for. Instead we get NOTHING. The engineer just kills everyone and tries to fly off. Stupid! Watch the whole move for that garbage. What a let down! Lazy script writing at it's finest. Instead of attempting to write a thought provoking scene between the engineer and Weyland lets just have him go ape and bust everything up. What a cop out!

Its obvious they dont want to give out any secrets on their paper thin plot so they can milk the audience dry for a sequel I positively will not be seeing.

And the guys who crash the ship into the alien craft? How many people do you need to screw in a light bulb? How many people do you need to ram something? Hopefully the answer is ONE.

So this movie was not scary, and it didnt answer or ask any questions worth a dime.

There were way too many characters, many of which were killed off in droves to make room for the main character.

The set pieces were terrible. Oooooh! Theres a big human head! Why is the head even there? What is the point of it? Why would they build a statue of a head there??? And somebody left some vases around it that are leaking out some crap the film doesnt explain because the answer is completely unsatisfying.

And how is the drawings in the caves "star maps" It looked like 5 dots to me. How you make sense of that to find a star system trillions of miles away makes no sense to me. Why would ancient people make such maps? Why did the engineers leave them a map to an abandoned military installation? Once again we dont get the answer because the answer is a joke and completely unsatisfying.

The whole movie is a joke and I dont get how anybody thinks this is great science fiction. This is a B movie with a huge special effects budget. Replace all the famous actors and actresses with SyFy channel stars and give it a SyFy channel budget and you have a made for TV SyFy channel movie. But no, Ridley Scott directed it! It must be science fiction gold!

2/5

[Barbossa]

So bluearth gets a facepalm just because you don't agree with him?

How about entering into some constructive criticism based on the points that he raised?

[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Barbossa

So bluearth gets a facepalm just because you don't agree with him?

How about entering into some constructive criticism based on the points that he raised?

What's to say? He went in thinking this would be Alien 5 - despite everyone especially the director saying that wouldn't be the case. Thanks for bumping up the box office numbers so I can enjoy the sequel though.

[Monkey]

This movie blows chunks, no Maximus, no Kurt Russell.

[binarymelon]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

What's to say? He went in thinking this would be Alien 5 - despite everyone especially the director saying that wouldn't be the case. Thanks for bumping up the box office numbers so I can enjoy the sequel though.

Do we even know if there will be a sequel? I would think they would have to get around to doing the third act first.

[ObiWanShinobi]

Starting to think the poster for Prometheus should have said "NOT Alien 5" or "Same universe, different story" instead of "The Search for our beginning may be our end".

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by ObiWanShinobi

Starting to think the poster for Prometheus should have said "NOT Alien 5" or "Same universe, different story" instead of "The Search for our beginning may be our end".

Hah, I like the "NOT Alien 5" idea.

[Dead By Shaun]

The Cabin In The Woods was right...the angry Gods have risen!

[SirMontyPython]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

This pic made me and we all have our opinions...let's respect that!

[Monk360]

[Rambaldi47]

I really liked Prometheus, and I can't wait to see it again, but to me, the problems with the film are that it originally started out as a direct prequel, but then they decided to make it its own entity. So it still had elements of the prequel, which is where I think people are getting confused. I like that it's veering off into its own franchise, but it would've been so easy for them set it on LV426 and have the Deacon come out of the Engineer while he was in the chair and start laying eggs all over the place, which contain the facehuggers we know and love. The only thing that would contradict that timeline is that mural which shows xenomorphs already exist. But from the sound of it, they're saying it's just an homage to Giger. So are we supposed to ignore it?

[SirMontyPython]

Originally Posted by Monk360

that's awesome!!

[Toxa]

Originally Posted by bluearth

Lengthy review, I did not like it.

[Show spoiler]Why even watch this movie? It doesnt ask any questions nor does it answer any questions, the action is light, the horror is light. None of the characters are likeable. A total mess of a film.

Unlike Alien and Aliens and even Alien 3 which had a very thick sense of dread and fear hanging over the entire film, Prometheus features a very safe spaceship that is barely intruded upon. Alien had a xenomorph on the loose that could pop up at any time. Aliens had xenomorphs everywhere and the threat of an imminent nuclear meltdown. There is no threat to the crew of Prometheus, they are safe and sound in the ship.

The creatures in the film were awful. The uninspired snake in the beginning? And the guy walks up to it and talks to it like it's a dog? I refuse to believe anybody is that stupid.

The squid thing inside shaw. It was more "eww" then scary. I was cringing more then feeling an actual sense of horror or fear in the film.

The climatic scene when they talk to the space jockey. How disappointing! This is suppose to be the zenith of the film, we are suppose to learn something new, this is what we waited for. Instead we get NOTHING. The engineer just kills everyone and tries to fly off. Stupid! Watch the whole move for that garbage. What a let down! Lazy script writing at it's finest. Instead of attempting to write a thought provoking scene between the engineer and Weyland lets just have him go ape and bust everything up. What a cop out!

Its obvious they dont want to give out any secrets on their paper thin plot so they can milk the audience dry for a sequel I positively will not be seeing.

And the guys who crash the ship into the alien craft? How many people do you need to screw in a light bulb? How many people do you need to ram something? Hopefully the answer is ONE.

So this movie was not scary, and it didnt answer or ask any questions worth a dime.

There were way too many characters, many of which were killed off in droves to make room for the main character.

The set pieces were terrible. Oooooh! Theres a big human head! Why is the head even there? What is the point of it? Why would they build a statue of a head there??? And somebody left some vases around it that are leaking out some crap the film doesnt explain because the answer is completely unsatisfying.

And how is the drawings in the caves "star maps" It looked like 5 dots to me. How you make sense of that to find a star system trillions of miles away makes no sense to me. Why would ancient people make such maps? Why did the engineers leave them a map to an abandoned military installation? Once again we dont get the answer because the answer is a joke and completely unsatisfying.

The whole movie is a joke and I dont get how anybody thinks this is great science fiction. This is a B movie with a huge special effects budget. Replace all the famous actors and actresses with SyFy channel stars and give it a SyFy channel budget and you have a made for TV SyFy channel movie. But no, Ridley Scott directed it! It must be science fiction gold!

2/5

awesome review

[42041]

Originally Posted by bluearth

The whole movie is a joke and I dont get how anybody thinks this is great science fiction. This is a B movie with a huge special effects budget. Replace all the famous actors and actresses with SyFy channel stars and give it a SyFy channel budget and you have a made for TV SyFy channel movie. But no, Ridley Scott directed it! It must be science fiction gold!

Someone stop the presses If you take away the good things about a movie and replace them with bad ones, you'll get a bad movie?!? That's unbelievable