In space, everyone is an idiot. (spoilers-inside)

Or how about the trillion dollar mission being rushed into the temple by an idiotic scientist wanting to 'open presents' for Xmas? Oh and with only 6 hours of daylight left? Took two years to get there and they and Vickers ignore every shred of common sense and rush in unprepared. Really?

T---- he worst part to me is how everything is explained: There is a discussion between the ship captain (the black dude) and the actress that removed the chest-buster. The dude says (not exactly like this but ok...): "I know what this is...the engineers made a military weapon (the aliens) to test on earth and it went wrong". BINGO....all damn movie explained by one pilot...they could make a better story to explain this.... Why it was an actress that survived ? Because she is another "Sigourney Weaver"

In space the plot is full of holes! I feel exactly the same, the film was visually beautiful and wonderfully shot, but the script... What a mess this was, I sat through the whole film in a state of shock and disbelief Characters with no depth, loads of different aliens and things happening but no proper pace or tension *spoiler* A brilliant story idea but a stupid plot with more holes than Swiss cheese, crew behaves with no rhyme or reason, crew members killed of in really stupid and pointless ways, the bit that was the last straw for me was when an alien launched itself from milburns dead mouth at another crew member, in a chamber full of people then... Nothing, no idea who it even attacked or where it went or what it was, as it never made a reappearance and as for the last scene, WTF....bollocks of the highest order

- The decision not to bring weapons and the laid back attitude of the crew about this -hum the apollo's crew didnt carry weapons when they landed on the moon ..why they should ?? And anyway you will like to carry weapons if you have to meet your creator ? - Fifield and Millburn getting lost regardless of the entire temple being on a 3D map - they didnt had the 3d map ... the red balls where still mapping when they did get lost - Janek's stupidly casual attitude about a detected alien lifeform and Fifield and Milburn's night spending in an uncharted alien temple, which he chuckles at - and if the lifeform was an ant ? Again they didnt know that was an alien movie and they didnt watch the trailers - Milburn trying to pet a very sinister looking alien lifeform as if it's a deer or a cuddly cat - again you did never watched people getting into problems in a zoo ?? And again they didnt know it was an Alien movie with cobrahuggers - Regardless of all of the crew members' life readings being fed to the ship, they actually have to find Fifield and Milburn to discover their deaths. -life readings are supplied by power ? maybe cables ?? in traumatic event that cables can be cut or broken like everything sophisticated - Crew members standing right in front of a giant alien humanoid with open arms, regardless of the fact that crew members have been killed by the temple's security, only one of them has a weapon and they decided to bring the ship doctor as well. -the crew members you are talking are the ones the wanted to comunicate with the Alien humanoid ...they werent interested in other things because 1) is a robot 2) is almost dying and want answer 3) is a merc 4) is terryfied 5) is in bad shape

Another heart-broken fan... join the club. You sure have my sympathies, ElephantMan. it's just outrageous...

TY, Frantz...I was getting very disheartened... The GREAT thing, reading all these reviews, is that my expectations have been drastically lowered, which SHOULD make for a much enjoyable movie in the long run. So what if it's not "the best Sci Fi Film of All time"? I think we can still appreciate it for the craft and visuals itself, if not for the script...

@ Frantz The moon is a bit different to an alien planet/moon full of sinister looking temples. The red balls had scanned from the way in and all of the areas which the crew had explored up to that point, how is it possible they could get lost on the way out? LOL! There saw giant dead alien bodies lying everywhere, that's a hint that the place could be deadly. That thing didn't look like something i'd want to touch or pet before it opened it's face, and even then he continued to lean in and smile at it. Even if the connection was lost to their suits they should have jumped to the conclusion that they might be dead, hence bringing weapons.. but no.. even the second time they didn't bring weapons to the temple full of dead aliens. I'm not even going to address the last one. I am NOT taking you into space with me sir.

@ElephantMan Wow if I remember correctly you were a huge supporter of the film when early negative reviews started trickling out. I am now seriously worried about it if it made you feel this upset about how bad it was.

@Frantz I can hear the bottom of the very last barrel being scraped with those explainations.

Frantz...I applaud you on the obvious, and everything you said was correct! I would run as fast as I can from any life form that looks like it might have come from "War of the Worlds," and would have no intentions in "petting" it! I run from snakes, not pet them! I think about all the discoveries scientists and archeologists have uncovered on earth...ancient civilizations, artifacts, moon rocks, and the giant statues at Easter Island....and these teams would spend "decades" learning about such findings, especially Easter Island! They even hauled the statues back up and cleaned up the island, and now it is a major tourist attraction! Which is my point....who would just "glance" at a giant humanoid head discovery, and treat it like they just found Mickey Mouse!!??? And seeing the trailers, one after another, when seeing the "tentacles" I thought, "please, not another squid movie!" To tell the truth, I was a bit disappointed in Avatar...James Cameron. Great special effects, and the plot was good, and it had a "point" to the movie, but it didn't "blow" me away....as the great marketing tool depicted it to be!!! Battle of Los Angles and District 9 were good Sci-Fi movies. Prometheus is a disgrace.

- The decision not to bring weapons and the laid back attitude of the crew about this -hum the apollo's crew didnt carry weapons when they landed on the moon ..why they should ?? And anyway you will like to carry weapons if you have to meet your creator ? --- @Frantz like they know they are going to meet a benevolant creator. Just like what the sheep does on the way to meet the farmer at the slaughterhouse. - Janek's stupidly casual attitude about a detected alien lifeform and Fifield and Milburn's night spending in an uncharted alien temple, which he chuckles at - and if the lifeform was an ant ? Again they didnt know that was an alien movie and they didnt watch the trailers ---- so yes @Frantz, they should act like you would in any alien environment. It's all going to be totally harmless just like it would be on earth as every form of life is benign. You really have to ask yourself what planet you are from @Frantz ? unlike you, this human crew is from Earth not this planet of benign ants you speak of. - Milburn trying to pet a very sinister looking alien lifeform as if it's a deer or a cuddly cat - again you did never watched people getting into problems in a zoo ?? And again they didnt know it was an Alien movie with cobrahuggers ---- snake like creatures are well known for being heavily domesticated, friendly folk just like on Earth' right???? @Frantz when that car comes hurtling towards you on the motorway, please - don't try to pet it. I mean, why did Shaw try to cut the alien out of her, could have turned out to be a bonny baby? Why did she run away from the gian croissant crashing towards her - she should have tried to pet it, right? Unbelievable. - Regardless of all of the crew members' life readings being fed to the ship, they actually have to find Fifield and Milburn to discover their deaths. -life readings are supplied by power ? maybe cables ?? in traumatic event that cables can be cut or broken like everything sophisticated ----yes, that's exactly what happened. It was all made of the straw that you are clutching on to.

Franz you are delusional.

I think everyone misses the point that another 80 years of watching reality television will make everyone idiots..... these were the best 17 that Earth had at the time!

You're going to meet your creator... and you bring some antisocial d-bag like Fifield with you?

hey, thats a nice beginning..; ``You're going to meet your creator... ´´ You're going to meet your creator, would you do your regular job as a professional scientist or not ? or would you pretend so and act like a dumb instead.. ElephantMan, I felt the same way..betrayed..while watching..

Who cares if the film was good or bad. I just love this thread title.

- The decision not to bring weapons and the laid back attitude of the crew about this -hum the apollo's crew didnt carry weapons when they landed on the moon ..why they should ?? And anyway you will like to carry weapons if you have to meet your creator ? - Fifield and Millburn getting lost regardless of the entire temple being on a 3D map - they didnt had the 3d map ... the red balls where still mapping when they did get lost - Janek's stupidly casual attitude about a detected alien lifeform and Fifield and Milburn's night spending in an uncharted alien temple, which he chuckles at - and if the lifeform was an ant ? Again they didnt know that was an alien movie and they didnt watch the trailers - Milburn trying to pet a very sinister looking alien lifeform as if it's a deer or a cuddly cat - again you did never watched people getting into problems in a zoo ?? And again they didnt know it was an Alien movie with cobrahuggers - Regardless of all of the crew members' life readings being fed to the ship, they actually have to find Fifield and Milburn to discover their deaths. -life readings are supplied by power ? maybe cables ?? in traumatic event that cables can be cut or broken like everything sophisticated - Crew members standing right in front of a giant alien humanoid with open arms, regardless of the fact that crew members have been killed by the temple's security, only one of them has a weapon and they decided to bring the ship doctor as well. -the crew members you are talking are the ones the wanted to comunicate with the Alien humanoid ...they werent interested in other things because 1) is a robot 2) is almost dying and want answer 3) is a merc 4) is terryfied 5) is in bad shape Frantz You must be a very young fanboy or a complete and total idiot. Perhaps a combination of the two. I dont often flame on the internet because its gutless but your stupid ass replies brought out the worst in me. "The Apollo mission didnt bring weapons to the moon" You stupid moron! There were no "engineers waiting on the moon either" Other members have sufficiently torn your ass so I will cease. The level of stupidity that exists on the internet never ceases to amaze me. For everyone else I apologize for my behavior.