Boring? I had a great time with it.

I tried to avoid as much as I could before hand, only watched the teaser and theatrical trailers. That's it.

As long as you go in not expecting a DIRECT prequel to Alien, but the beginning of it all, you'll enjoy it.

Well, that's how I went in and I thought in was pretty darn cool.

I have the Aliens blu ray box set so I'll take a chance I hope there are a tons of extras on this and the cover looks kick ass cool.

That 3D BD artwork is horrible.  The crescent line on the left makes the big face thingee look ballooned and bloated and the astronaut woman in front, breaking the border looks like she is watching the big face on a movie screen, not in the scene with it.

Saw it last night and loved it. Will definitely pick this one up.

I liked it but couldn't rid myself of that nagging feeling that somehow I'd wandered into the wrong film. I wasn't expecting an Alien prequel, but I was expecting more in terms of what the film itself promised during it's run time.

Spoiler Small example: the holograms of the dead aliens piled up - what killed them? It couldn't have been a xenomorph because they weren't absorbed into the Xeno's life cycle.

I'll definitely buy this, but more for a look at any deleted scenes and for design featurettes. Hoping for an explanation of the the story would probably be a bit must as it would be an admission of failure if Sir Ridley has to explain away all the plot holes to us.

@ djblack1313: Yes. I agree. I thought the music was all wrong. They guy couldn't pull off "majestic", so it sounded to me like a high school kid trying to write a big score. I also would have preferred something more creepy. Who can forget the start of Goldsmith's score for Alien? But there I go again, comparing apples to oranges.

The most unforgivable thing Prometheus did was taking that wonderful, awkward design of the dead Space Jockey and turning it into a suit that the "human" aliens wear.

I loved the design when I was in my single digits back in the 1900s. I wanted to see that dead corpse in the flash, but now this film is telling me it was never like that. It was us the whole time..... Seeing that stay puffed marshmallow man, I got uh.. It's uh.. $(*!#)*(! #$&%$!! UNCIPOEUBFNIPO!UB#PFIBU!!!!!!!!!

Nerds who spend all of their time on the Internet ruin movies for me. Every artwork is fine. I plan to go see the movie in the next couple days. I would sooner read reviews from credible sources than you idiots.

MASTERPISS more like.

MiseryMatt wrote: Nerds who spend all of their time on the Internet ruin movies for me. Every artwork is fine. I plan to go see the movie in the next couple days. I would sooner read reviews from credible sources than you idiots.
My irony detector has just exploded!

Simon77 wrote: maybe someday Prometheus will reach the same status... it's probably slightly ahead of its time or some of the audience who wish to see aliens rip the hell out of each other... we have AVP for that, thank you.

Things that Prometheus and AVP had in common.

- Ancient Earth civilizations having contact with our alien foes? √
- Someone makes a big deal about bringing weapons on the expedition? √
- Spoiler The boss of Weyland Industries comes along for his own goals and gets killed by the alien baddie? √
- Spoiler Alien popping out of the big alien with it's inner mouth extending before it cuts to credits? √

prometheus one of the most BORING AND LAME movie of 2012 wasted my money on this c**p ridley scott is  A JOKE Compared to James Cameron

Then he'd have missed the point.

I didn't quite like the movie, but there's a lot of smart people that I admire out there who loved it. Their eventual defense seems to be "well yeah it is dumb but I loved it anyways". I'm fine with that. I own a lot of dumb movies that I enjoy, and will probably own Prometheus one day too. At the end of the day, I love movies like this and even a stupid one is a nice departure from the usual blockbuster lineup.

What I can't stand are those who are still trying to champion it as a brilliant sci-fi narrative full of depth and even spiritual meaning that people like me just aren't picking up on.

You're having a laugh right? If by slightly ahead of its time you mean poorly scripted with at least half of the film held over for the sequels (which given Ridley's age may never happen), then yeah. Prometheus looks pretty and has some interesting ideas, but it's a deeply flawed film and is in no way some misunderstood masterpiece. What is there to misunderstand? The audience might have a lot of questions when they leave the cinema, but that's not because the events depicted in the film are complex, it's because it doesn't tell a coherent story. First it's an Alien prequel and then it isn't, but they still chuck in a load of silly fanservice bits in an attempt to tie it into the same universe (the coda was the worst offender). There are loads of other moments that make little sense as well, but they're a bit too spoilery.[/quote]

To each one's own.

It was okay, visually beautiful, but weak on story.

The part where they discover an atmosphere and take off their helmets, ticked me off. They're suppose to be scientists, they should've known better. 'Hey they're air here, lets all breath it in'. No, sir - I'll pass, the safe air tanks for me.

I enjoyed Scott's "Robin Hood", it a good flick. BUT should've never been called "Robin Hood", this is the story before the legend. With a title like that you go in with an expectation. A lot of people were disappointed. Same with "Prometheus".

At least here, Scott made it clear this wasn't so much a prequel as film set in the same universe. Though even with that notice it still feels more like a set up for movie two. No real answers or motivations. Like a kid in the sandbox, 'look what I did!' Sure dude, that's interesting, but not much more.

I will own this when it comes out, true. But I'm not that pumped. It was okay. And that's sad, it should've been 'cool' or 'rocked'.