Joss Whedon effect on Prometheus

i haven't seen cowboys and aliens but from what i read it has very mixed reviews. The star trek reboot was ok enjoyable but very predictable but not bad there were a lot of belief suspension points in it like spoke turning up in the exact location that kirk found himself on the ice planet but you expect that in star trek i just hope this script for prometheus is as tight as a virgins ass .

I know we've gone off an a tangent slightly, but in terms of preferences of the films, for me, Alien is way better than any of the others. Alien had a fantastic story, it was all psychological, the actors and casting was spot on and the script and acting was very natural. The tension between the characters was superb and they were all real. It created a while new universe for us but left so many unaswered questions, you wanted more. The fact that to this day we all question and want answers to the space jockey illustrates how less is more. Do not give everything away. For me, Alien is an intelligent movie. I understand why Aliens is also viewed positively, but for me, it missed the boat completely. It became an action movie franchise; it lost all it's enigma and became dumb-ass. It was exciting on a different level, but there were no big questions, no revisiting the mysterious questions on the SJ or derelict and ot lost its realism. Alien was actually believable. Aliens was gung-ho and the dialogue was naff. Dont get me started on Alien 3 and Resurrection. They destroyed the franchise way before AVP did. What started off as a ground breaking, intelligent movie, ended up with a series of mediocre to awful sequels that undermined the original. This is why I am so excited Ridley Scott is back at the helm. We're hopefully back to basics, back to where it began, back to the big questions and hopefully the suspense, the macabre, the realism, the atmosphere. When I watch Alien and Blade Runner, it makes me think about the universe, our future, humanity, etc ....Prometheus will hopefully have the same impact of greater. I am wetting myself in anticipation!!

[b]@Enderwiggin[/b] oh I know, I just thought it made sense to throw AVP in a that point in my post. [b]@Craigamore[/b] no problem sir! Glad you appreciated my statement :) .

Exactly, Lindelof has helped write Star Trek and that was the best movie in that franchise by a mile. . . Also, Lindelof has proven with Lost and Fringe, that he can conjour up absolute brilliance!

in my honest heartfelt opinion if i'm honest with myself i totally agree with you stefan i always felt that way but have had to except the events of history regarding the rest of the franchise and force myself to be constructive in the merits of the other films but hand on my heart i only truly love one of those films and it is of course the first and original one. i only brought the blu ray box set anthology because it was so cheap if the film alien had been released on its own i think i wouldn't have even bothered with the rest. and i am talking with reference to the blue ray release.