Forum Overview :: Peter Molyneux's The Movies :: Well that was crap

[quote name="fabio"]One sentence summary? Tries to meld <i>2001</i> and <i>Alien</i> armed with the aptitude of <i>Alien: Resurrection</i>. Pretty much what I expected from a Lost writer and some guy doing a Mummy reboot. Tries to ineptly copy a classic sci-fi horror movie (in the vein of The Thing prequel) while throwing in its own attempt at profound unexplained mystery mixed with shitty action moments. Here's what <i>Alien</i> never had to do to evoke tension: have the characters outrun a killer sandstorm (that's what you get for disturbing Imotep's tomb!). Here's what they didn't have to do to get the rape metaphor across: an actual pregnancy via sexual intercourse followed by an actual abortion. So a bunch of screenwriter creations masquerading as real people spout off a bunch of early exposition about what each part of the ship does, letting us know what they'll do later in a crisis. Just like when Ripley explained to Jonesy how the self destruct worked and the procedure for blowing the shuttle airlock. The screenwriter vessels, fresh off of not acting like any person would, then go on and claim to be scientists while doing stupid things that no scientist would. Take a shot every time someone, including the biologist, only cares about basic biohazard precautions <b>after</b> they open themselves to contamination. The rest is pretty much trying to do the 2001 human original plot and Alien/Thing contamination monster plot at the same time. Neither really go anywhere. They exist solely as setups for the mysterious unexplained black <s>smoke monster</s> slime, the final alien money shot, and the most fumbled creator myth in movie history. If anyone's hailing this as profound it's probably another sign just how shitty and done for movies as a whole are right now. Time to watch more TV.[/quote]