There hasn't been a worthy sequel to Aliens in 26 years, so I guess it was time to try a prequel. Even better, the start of the film features the Isle of Skye, home to Duncan House (our wedding bands are Flora's knot rings).
So, the movie looks gorgeous, and if we could have the original Alien with this kind of production quality (well, actually, I don't really know if would be that much better, because the 1979 visuals are sufficient to tell the story, and it's the story and character that are key, and sadly lacking in Prometheus)... At any rate, I have difficulty taking a film seriously that features Charlize Theron being crushed by a rolling toroidal spacecraft. That was the point at which I gave up, despite Noomi Rapace's heroic efforts to conjure Sigourney Weaver.
Ultimately, Prometheus will be remembered for the public mixed signals over whether or not it's an Alien prequel and another mesmerizing performance by Michael Fassbender.
_That_ was the point at which you gave up?
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My hope first started to crack with the introduction of redhead mohawk guy, and it was probably when Fassbender inexplicably leaves Rapace alone after telling her she's pregnant with an alien (after inexplicably infecting Rapace's boyfriend) that I lost hope. At least I understood the directorial decision for that; it was to have a cool visual Lisbeth Salander moment when she goes into the autosurgeon. The rolling toroid of doom was simply the final straw.
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And also:
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Replace "Lost" with "Battlestar Galactica" and that guy was me. Not falling into that trap with "Lost".
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