Prometheus is my favorite film of the year so far. Sure, it doesn't answer every question it asks, but that's not the point. It's significantly more interesting to have discussions after the film about what the answers could be. Who knows? There is a possibility of two more sequels, which I really want to see. The film has got to be one of the most intense viewing experiences I've had in a loooong time. Really, I think it outdoes all the Alien films. It's an incredibly ambitious film, but, apparently, people just want their damn answers fed to them.

There's a big difference between leaving things to the audience's imagination and intentionally leaving plot points open for a sequel, and while it's good that Prometheus doesn't spoon feed everything it's also shamelessly guilty of the latter.

Croweyes1121 wrote: Again, it's your site and I'm not saying all of this to be intentionally argumentative, but it does seem to me that you create more of a combative atmosphere in these talk-backs than is really necessary.  As a prior poster said more succinctly, to each their own.
It's not my site, I'm merely a contributor (an unpaid one at that). Does that preclude me from offering my opinion or disagreeing with anyone else who posts? It's no different from commenting on any other website and people are free to offer their opinions. I don't censor anyone (unless they start attacking people on a personal level).

The revised artworks look incredible. Glad they changed it, the previous artworks were bland and poorly done. With a movie like this, full of interesting visuals, it was only right to use that as an advantage.

whats with them going out of their way to say its the theatrical edition? i've seen that in all the websites listing this in the last 2 days. is there a longer cut coming soon or something? and i see its another case of "you want the extras...then buy the 3D edition". i had a feeling this would become a trend.

anyway never saw this so i'll probably rent it off the PSN and then see if i wanna own it or not.  lol

I can only echo Chris Gould's comments. The only thing I would add is the great lesson everybody needs to learn about the Internet. It's this: taste =/= quality.

Even if you liked Prometheus, you have to admit that the script is atrocious, the plot holes gigantic, the characters acting out of character, and the "themes" muddled and practically incoherent.

One's taste is not a measure of the quality of the film. Despite what many would have you believe, film like any other medium of art, has objective quality markers. Not everything is subjective.

It's funny how attitudes change. With regard to commenting on people's opinions. More and more I'm seeing it across a whole range of internet forums. It now seems to be unacceptable to challenge people when they spout guff or are just wrong about a subject. They argue 'What IS wrong or right? What is true or what is fact and who are you to say I'm wrong about such and such?' These people would, I think, like to see argument, in it's pure form (ie, not being abusive and shouty) a thing of the past. That their opinion is just as valid as multi-sourced, verifiable established fact and anyone 'calling' them on it is infringing their basic human need to apparently talk out of their arses.

We can all, from time to time, be ill informed on a subject and talk nonsense (guilty) but I would expect to be told I'm talking rubbish, if indeed I am.

Yes, 2001 was treated rather coldly on it's release, but to draw parallels with Prometheus is wrong headed. The only aspect common to both is that they had mixed reviews. End of.

Some films (and I stress SOME) do age better with time. You forget how the film was received on it's release and view the film without any negative taint. Also, younger audiences, who weren't around at the time of release, generally, will only ever see the film in question on it's own merits. There may (by way of example) be kids in their teens who have enjoyed films like Battlefield Earth, The Avengers and Wild Wild West without the 'benefit' of knowing how much they stank up the box office back in the day.

I'm not saying Prometheus is of the same calibre as those films, it's reasonably above them, but 2001, it ain't or will be. If Prometheus came away with mixed reviews it's because of script problems and unexplained inconsistent character motivations. Not because, like 2001, it was deliberately constructed to be ambiguous from the get go.

Prometheus was underdeveloped (in parts), not thought through (again in parts) and threw in some unnecessary guff for Alien fans to chew on. My own theory is that these things were thrown in more for fans of AvP though. I'm sure appreciators of Alien could have stood for some ambiguity as far as the ending of Prometheus goes without the point being so obviously laboured as it turned out to be.

Finally somewhere that sells cheap and high stuff.

And what is it with 'jerseys?' anyway. NFL or otherwise? They go on about them as if they're the second coming. And why would you spend money to walk around as a human billboard, advertising & promoting multi-million dollar organisations. They should pay the wearer to walk around in their guff.

Absolutely love the revised artwork (really hated that old 3D cover), can't wait to get my 4-disc edition!

Ugh...not again! Stick with the original artwork. The new stuff totally blows.

Disciple wrote: Intergalactic Ponce wrote: Finally somewhere that sells cheap and high stuff.

And what is it with 'jerseys?' anyway. NFL or otherwise? They go on about them as if they're the second coming. And why would you spend money to walk around as a human billboard, advertising & promoting multi-million dollar organisations. They should pay the wearer to walk around in their guff.What?

Btw, in regards to your more decipherable comment: I'd really like to know what you consider to be a 10/10 film. I'm pretty sure my 10/10 films won't match yours as we all have a different opinions and taste.

You're quite right. My comment on the jerseys now lacks context as I was commenting on one of those ridiculous spam posts for cheap NFL jerseys that crop up on here every few days. The original spam post was removed, leaving only my response which then made little sense.

Regarding why Pearce was only apparently in the old age make up and not seen younger (except for the TED viral video) that was because his younger scenes were either deleted or unfilmed. Even Peace has conceded, given the resulting film, that they probably should have cast an older actor for the part. Just a by-product of the ever changing nature of this film from script through to finished product. The scenes with the you younger Weyland may be in the deleted scenes.

Not sure whether it was the intention but its arguable that the only character worth our sympathy was the engineer at the start o the film.