Do you enjoy the mythology more than the violence/gore?

I'm with you on that. As much as I liked the violence in AC, I was looking forward to something closer to Prometheus. As I have said on other forums, there are two types of Alien fans right now: The casual movie goer fans who are more interested in horror and gore and then the 'Cult' fans who read all the spin-off comics. I feel like Prometheus catered to the cult fans by focusing more on expanding the overall story and universe of Alien, which is why I loved it so much. As for AC, after all the complaints about Prometheus I feel like RS was pushed to sacrifice that structure for the gore fest that people want. Obviously, the amount of horror/gore junkies and casual movie enthusiasts is way larger than the amount of HC Alien fans so he had to make a decision (though I'm sure bigwigs above him had a lot of influence in that, just speculating) that would increase projected takings. It's sad to say, but movies of this caliber have to take in a hell of a lot of money, and that money comes in the form of a higher volume of sales, therefore the movie has to cater to the bigger audience... sigh... :(

Just to specify I'm a serious gore junkie myself but this is one example of a franchise where I would have preferred a film that focused on the lore. 

I'm with you on that. As much as I liked the violence in AC, I was looking forward to something closer to Prometheus. As I have said on other forums, there are two types of Alien fans right now: The casual movie goer fans who are more interested in horror and gore and then the 'Cult' fans who read all the spin-off comics. I feel like Prometheus catered to the cult fans by focusing more on expanding the overall story and universe of Alien, which is why I loved it so much. As for AC, after all the complaints about Prometheus I feel like RS was pushed to sacrifice that structure for the gore fest that people want. Obviously, the amount of horror/gore junkies and casual movie enthusiasts is way larger than the amount of HC Alien fans so he had to make a decision (though I'm sure bigwigs above him had a lot of influence in that, just speculating) that would increase projected takings. It's sad to say, but movies of this caliber have to take in a hell of a lot of money, and that money comes in the form of a higher volume of sales, therefore the movie has to cater to the bigger audience... sigh... :(

Just to specify I'm a serious gore junkie myself but this is one example of a franchise where I would have preferred a film that focused on the lore. 

sorry for the duplicate posts not sure what happened there... :/

Neither.  The mythology wasn't there (they shat all over what was started in Prometheus), and the gore didn't do it for me.  I stopped caring about gore after I watched every single "Saw" movie.  Plus a movie can't get by by gore alone.