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[quote][i]Originally posted by SetH[/i] I was just reading some public reviews on Empire forums and the points below caught my attention : Either a lot has been cut out or the screenplay really was this muddled and poorly structured. I cannot believe that someone of Scott's clout (and it being a product of his own production company) would allow such cutting or for there to be any need for a Director's Cut sat on the shelf. Throughout the mid-section, dramatic scenes (Holloway's infection, Shaw's pregnancy, the AWOL biologists) are inter-cut with pointless ones, killing any tension... Scott deleted the infamous 'cocooned Dallas' scene from the end of Alien as it stalled the momentum, similar awareness was desperately missing here... Exhibit A: the 'wanna get laid?' scene between Vickers and the captain = pointless. Why waste time and slow things down with piffling character beats? And did they get laid? Who cares... Vickers being Weyland's daughter has no emotional impact on either character, or the overall story whatsoever - a too-late, lazy attempt to create some inter-character depth. The captain and his two co-pilots didn't take much persuading to kill themselves and destroy Prometheus when taking out the ship - yes, mankind's future depended on it but just one manic distress call from Shaw was enough? And what exactly was the purpose of those two co-pilots? They never became alien-fodder and had a handful of unfunny 'banter' scenes... that was it. And the female Scottish doctor - there you go; three needless cast members. Would you sign up for a two year space mission without being briefed until you arrived? Weyland travels halfway across the galaxy to 'meet his maker' and discover immortality (a fascinating concept) only to just get a wallop around the chops when the woken Jockey goes on the rampage - what a thoroughly underwhelming end for him and for us. The score was obtrusive and added nothing to the atmosphere or tone. Unless Weyland was to ultimately discover immortality and potentially 'de-age', casting a made-up Guy Pearce is pointlessly distracting unless he is going to appear as a young man at any point (Viral marketing campaigns do not count). The 'cesarean' scene was phenomenal... as was the epic 'ships colliding and plummeting to the ground' sequence. The trailer (much like the one for 'Drive') plays out almost every major plot point in sequence... disappointing for a film initially so guarded in secrecy and concerned with spoilers. If legends such as Ridley Scott are bowing to studio pressure to cut films like this and/or add in pointless scenes then we really are in a dark age for films. Still the public wont care as they get about 10 super hero films a year to keep them happy :| [/quote]
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