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Issue 40 / 2012
PROMETHEUS 1st June
He's back with an explosion and a bang bigger than before; 'been there, done that' is an expression that hasn't been lost but re-invented. He's a professional at what he does and he does it better every time.
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Scott has touched the sci-fi genre, despite reinventing it with back-to-back classics Alien and Blade Runner. In that time it seemed that he was more then happy to bounce from feminist iconography (Thelma and Louise) to explosive wartime drama (Black Hawk Down) to medieval romps (Robin Hood). But watching Prometheus, it's clear that Scott has some serious unfinished business to attend to. First off, the big question: is this a prequel to Alien? Well, despite the insistence of everyone involved (with the minor exception of the films director), Prometheus very much stands on its own – although it slots into the series far more appropriately than the dreadful Alien vs. Predator and it's sequel. What separates it from the Alien series is the notable lack of
t has been 30 years since director Ridley
our favourite acid-bleeding xenomorph – as well as our favourite heroine, Sigourney Weavers' Ellen Ripley. However, what unites Prometheus with the 1979 film is all rather exciting.
When the crew of the space vessel Prometheus are sent to explore a star map that may explain the origins of mankind, they
and a chain of events that could lead to our own destruction.
encounter an extraterrestrial race
Scott's fascination with the Space Jockey glimpsed in the first film are in for a treat, and how could you not be excited by the fact that the mission is 'supported' by Weyland Industries – the world-building, money-hungry corporation for whom crew are expendable and savage aliens are a
Those who share
commodity. Making The Company proud is Meredith Vickers (a chilly Charlize Theron), a Weyland employee sent out to monitor the
Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green). Michael Fassbender almost steals the show as genius android David, although the entire cast does a superb job of establishing the crew hierarchy and the power struggles within it. Meanwhile, Rapace builds on the 'it-girl' status that the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo bestowed on to her.
expedition led by archaeologists
So relax. On the off chance that superheroes aren't your cup of tea and smart, exhaustive sci-fi is – then this is your Avengers Assemble.
