Only one is. The Sean Harris character, who has been established as cynical and nervous from the beginning, doesn't react positively to the creature. It's the nerdy biologist who is excited by it. And he still doesn't touch it so much as try to get a response from it and see how it behaves.

He certainly does try to stop it, he just jumps back when it hisses. At which point he tries to tough it again.

Gunslinger's got it bad - - he's deep under the spell of Prometheus right now.

He'll justify anything!

Yes, it's a bit of a goofy horror-movie scene, it's true. I'm sure the scene in Alien where Skerritt and co. continue to investigate the derelict ship even after seeing an enormous, terrifying alien corpse is a shade implausible, too.

Clearly no one here has spent time around biologists and scientists in general. That's exactly how scientists act around known but rare species, even ones that aren't overly friendly. What I've considered stupid and reckless has been completely normal for them. Now imagine a scientist coming across an undiscovered species. That's exactly how I wold imagine they would act.

I might have bought it if there had been a modicum of character development beforehand or if the characterizations had at least been consistently written.

Would the same biologist piss his pants and want to return to the ship after seeing an alien corpse?

That's the disconnect. It's a stupid slasher movie scene regardless, but his motivations would be mildly acceptable as the first biologist to make alien contact. BUT NOT WHEN HE JUST TRIED TO GO HOME AFTER SEEING HIS FIRST ALIEN.

It's bad writing, period. The character does whatever the scene requires him to do, regardless of anything that's happened previously.

Finally saw this in, in 3D. I thought it was wonderful. Really fascinating stuff.

The cynical snarky types can keep kvetching all they want but Prometheus is clearly an evocative film. As some have said the writing gets a bit spotty especially towards the end but as a twisted take on the creation myth, it works on multiple levels.

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It's not us who are cynical, it's the people who made the movie. They just assumed they could cynically slap together some "best of" moments from previous Alien movies (and steal one or two from The Thing) and throw some acclaimed actors in and it would all work out without having to really try.

Look at this scene from the original Alien which by the way was written by Dan O'Bannon who also contributed story ideas for the first sequel.

It's just 4 minutes of a guy quietly moving through a shaft, with little dialog and little action yet it's more riveting than anything in Prometheus. That's moviemaking.

I don't think anyone is saying that Prometheus is better than Alien. We're just saying it's better than Alien 3.

The franchise ranked:

1. Alien
2. Prometheus
3. Aliens

4. Alien 3

4. Alien vs. Predator
5. Alien Resurrection





6. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

I actually think Alien Resurrection is a better film, its the only film in the franchise that doesn't hide what it is. A fun Sci Fi horror film. And much better than 3 (producers cut not whithstanding) and certainly a more well made film then Prometheus.

I wasn't sure whether whether to place Resurrection right above or right below the first Alien vs. Predator. A decision between a more ambitious film which is also more dispiriting in many respects because it fails to live up to its potential and its best ideas and one which is just a straight, unpretentious, shoot-'em-up roller coaster ride (the type of picture at which Paul W. S. Anderson, in general, excels). I've never understood the hatred of the first Alien vs. Predator. It plays well enough, I'd say, for what it is. Requiem, on the other hand, is a botched abortion of a movie. Not only does it have poor acting, a lax pace, and nonexistent writing, but it causes actual eye-straining physical pain with its profoundly annoying cinematography and lighting.

1. Alien - A-
2. Aliens - A-
3. Prometheus - B+
3. Alien: Resurrection - B

Fuck the rest (though I haven't seen AvP).

You'll be surprised Prometheus and AVP have many (very awkward so) similarities

AVP just sucks because its PG-13 and the predator becoming friends with the woman. Everything else even the lack of gruesome violence is actually pretty decent.

01. Alien
02. Aliens
03. Alien³
04. Alien: Resurrection
05. Prometheus
06. Alien vs. Predator
07. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Eh I think it is. I was a never a big fan of the Alien series so for me to really like Prometheus is an accomplishment.

Prometheus is not better than Alien. This is an objective fact.

The correct line is.

Thats not Opinion that's cold hard speculation.

to each their own

My fav blogger Andrew Sullivan loved it which I approved of but he has said the majority of readers disagreed so im bracing for the retort thread.

When he first acknowledges it, perhaps. But the eel creature was instantly asserting universal signs of aggression and hostility and the scientist spent another 15 seconds ooing it before it was ripping his arm off. The character is awful, laughably so, as is the construction of this scene.

Since people went rank-crazy:

Aliens - A
Alien - A
Alien 3 - B+
Prometheus - B
Alien: Resurrection - C
Alien vs. Predator - D+
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem - D

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Aliens
Alien
Prometheus
Alien: Resurrection
Alien vs. Predator
Alien 3
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem