Prometheus or 1979's Alien, which do you prefer?

Prometheus.

Most definitely Prometheus. Alien gets boring for me once the Space Jockey scene is over. Alien just lacks any semblance of depth but that's the problem with most horror movies. Once you've watched a horror movie twice it's no longer scary, so if being scary is all it had going for it then it loses it's entertainment value with each subsequent viewing. So when alien comes on tv I just watch the SJ scene and then change the channel because that was the only mystery left to it.

I would agree SpaceNik..

PROMETHEUS¡¡¡ so im no the only one XD

To be honest, I never liked Alien. It was way too slow and too boring.

alien, too many reasons to list on here. but to me those 2 movies are so different i don't see them as ones to compare to each other. i feel like it would be like having to choose and compare "cheers" to "married with children".

This is like The Thing 1982 vs The Thing 2011 or like the Star Wars trilogies.

Shambhala, you didn't answer the question! i would have to say Alien, but I'm really surprised it took 6 posts before someone said something other than Prometheus.

LOL ok then Alien :p

I like them both. But Alien wins in a duel.

Holy Batman as Ripley said in Aliens - "Did IQs drop sharply when I was away?" I know everyone is entitled to their own opinion but Prometheus is a darn, awful film that destroyed the franchise. Alien Resurrection is much better than it. What gave it some legs was the updated visuals and a cast that pulled people. But it is nowhere near the masterpiece of Alien. Is anyone that posted positive in this thread, an American that is over 25? I worked on movies, saw Alien in the theater when I was a kid. Saw the rest over the years. I am 46 now and everybody that I know said the movie was a mess and shambles. Sometimes, I cannot believe the opinions of the movie on this site. It is beyond me at times.

I have to go with Alien.I actually lived in a time before Alien was released.Science Fiction horror was a bit different until Alien came out. For example:Have you ever seen Captain Kirks fight on a deserted planet with the Gorn.Or that original black & white Twilight Zone episode were the Cafe owner has a third paper mache eye because he's from Pluto.....or The Fonzie and Captain Caveman Happy Hour?...Ok,maybe not that but the others are examples of Pre-Alien Science Fiction horror. When Alien was released it was causing people to faint...throw-up...leave the theatre...all three of these things were considered signs of a really good movie in the 1970's...really :)

I like both movies equally. I saw the age of 25 disappear a long time ago, by the way. Alien terrified me. Prometheus intrigued me.

Yeah, i'm 36, American and i like Prometheus. Still like Alien better because i grew up with it.

ALIEN ! But I still enjoyed Prometheus. However, I find that they are two completely different movies and I find it difficult to compare them.

I prefer Prometheus over Alien because of the pace was faster and you get to see something. Alien was good but a little slow and you didn't see the xeno pretty much.

I think both movies are good in their own way. I enjoyed them both, even though 'Alien' is no longer scary to me.

I agree with Bella. Alien always.

alien ..., always . The movie has way more depth in characters than prometheus. still i liked prometheus too......loved the first hologram scene ( the engineers running through the passage way)

[i]Prometheus?......[/i] [img]http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii546/allinamberclad/d991ada9.jpg[/img] Is it a joke?