Johnny Novgorod said:
Headdrivehardscrew said:
Johnny Novgorod said:
I thought Prometheus was a decent movie, for a prequel, if only lacking in horror.
Prometheus also severely lacked in honour, respect and coherence.
I think the joke was lost on me? Honour and respect?
Not a joke.
Alien was a rather unique and well made movie, shocking and inspiring people and invading our dreams since 1979.
There were other movies like this. There were sequels, you are certainly aware of them.
Alien is the source material. Somebody, somewhere, eventually came to brainstorm on the premise and came up with Predator. It was a different movie, starring different actors, introducing us to a different alien that was dubbed 'predator' and designed to be similar, yet very different.
Most of the sequels, prequels and spin-offs we've been served in the last, say, thirty years suck donkey ass. They do not respect the work of art, and the hard work involved in making the original movies happen. They do not understand, nor care to understand, nor care to deliver anything worthwhile. They do not respect neither the source material, nor do they respect the viewer.
If someone unlucky enough gets to see, say, AVP2 first, and only later discovers that there was a movie called Alien thirty-four years ago, he or she might not be allowed to think for themselves. They've already been served some rather ludicrous, made-up answers by cheap people making crap movies. They might not get 'it', whatever 'it' might have been had they not been previously introduced to the light entertainment teenie horror I Know What You Did Last Screaming Final Destination Aliens vs Bollocks crap rendition.
You can still laugh if you want to. Doesn't help, though.
To me, Prometheus is not a pile of crap. It has some neat effects and visuals. But I cannot ignore the fact that it totally and utterly shits on Alien and everything worthwhile we could have watched instead. It's a complete waste of... everything. It's a missed opportunity and a major letdown for me, that I know for certain.