@Forbes Review: ‘Prometheus’ is a Visually Stunning Epic Failure
Do you remember the first time you saw Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-horror classic, Alien? Do you remember the dark, derelict alien spacecraft on planet LV-426? Do you remember fearing for the rag-tag cast of humans who ventured inside, wondering what they would find? Do you remember the large, fossilized, vaguely humanoid creature sitting in a pilot’s seat in the middle of the ship, its ribs exploded from its chest, and wondering just what in the hell that thing was?
Scott’s latest film, Prometheus, pulls back the curtain on this 33-year old mystery, and what is revealed is truly horrifying: a thoroughly vacuous prequel to the series he kicked off, masquerading as a film about the cosmic origins of humanity.
What was touted as the next genre-defining sci-fi masterpiece is instead a completely unoriginal mash-up of other movies, and the architects of the film seem to think that we are too stupid to notice.
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