PROMETHEUS - Ridley Scott doing Sci-Fi. Right Sci-Fi.

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Zim said:

okr said:
"...stagnated Alien franchise...". Nope, it's not stagnating. It should have ended after Aliens.

Prometheus is a redundant movie. It could still be good scifi movie though. Just like 2010: The Year We Make Contact and Alien 3. Both are redundant, but I like them.

You are so right I wish I could make a cookie fly out of your screen and right into your mouth. Well except about Alien 3, even then you are half right though lol. 

Alien 3 is a train wreck. Bad in every single way as an alien movie (yes even the assembly cut). Honestly it was effectively a reboot of the franchise anyway. As a stand alone sci-fi movie it would be okay.
Then Alien: Resurrection was again effectively a reboot. A truly dreadful alien movie. It's  okay as a totally dumb, mind turned off sci-f adventure movie but even then it is VERY cheesy. 

I want Prometheus to be good though. So much. However everything I have seen of it makes it seem just above average and totally un-needed for the alien franchise. Big spoilers are flowing all over the internet now and honestly from what I have heard about the Space Jockeys and origins of the alien I think it may well be far less interesting than the theories the original films created. 

It somehow reminds me of the prequel/remake we got of the thing. It was just like... well okay I guess.

there are some surprisingly good fan-edits of Alien3, mixing deleted scenes with parts of the original release and the assembly cut. Recently watched one I enjoyed quite a bit.