普罗米修斯:

　　Prometheuswasagreatmovie.Iamreallywonderingabout,whythere'ssuchashitstormagainstthisnicemademovie.ThereforethisreviewcontainsmoreaboutScienceFictionasagenreandwhythemovietotallyfitsintoit.

　　Firstatall,ScienceFictionisn'tagenrejustaboutscienceandtechnology.It'salsoaboutdiscoveringexoticplaceswhereahumanbeingneverwasbefore.AndPrometheuscontainsexactlythis:It'sajourneyandthetryingtoanswerthequestion"wheredowecomefrom."

　　Themoviehaslesstodowithgod.Thetheory,thatlifeonearthcomesfromouterspace,isjustoneofthethousandstheoriesoflife'sorigins.Thegodlikebeings,theoneswhoareolderthanmankind,areourorigin.Theyaremortalandtheyhaveanormallifespan.They'renogods.Theycan,whenevertheywant,destroythelifeonearthwiththeirmassmurderingweapons.

　　ScienceFictionisn't,asalreadymentioned,justabouttechnology.Italsodealswiththequestion:"Wheredowecomefrom?"Themoviegivesagreatanswertothat:Mankindcomesfromanalienracefromouterspace.Theycreatedus,becausetheywantedto,andtheycankilluswhenevertheywant–what'swrongwiththat?Whyhastheretobeashitstormonthismoviejustbecauseofthisfact?

　　It'sRidleyScott'svisiontodealwiththatquestionlikehewants.It'shisalienuniverse,notthatfromthefans.It'shiscreations.Hehasaplausibleexplanationformankind'sorigin.Themoviedoesn'tsaythatthescienceofbiologyandevolutiononeartharewrong;itjustsaysthatmankinddoesn'toriginatelikeweimagineit.That'sall.It'snothingaboutthescientificscheme,andhasnothingtodowithreligion.

　　Themovieisinthemainpartslikearchaeology:Thehumansdiscoveraforeignplanetanditsdeadinhabitants.Theysearchforoldrelictsandforthepossibilitytomakeacontactwiththem.It'sthesearchfortheoriginsagain;thismotivationisasoldasmankinditself.Thereforethismotivationisenoughtomakethemovieplausible.

　　Thefactthatthismoviehasdifferencestotheoriginal"Alien"isactuallygood.It'sstructureisliketheoriginal,butit'smotivationiscompletelydifferentfromtheoriginalmovie.Thehorrorpartsofthismoviedealwiththeexplorationoftheunknownandforeign:Thehumansdon'tknowwhat'sthereonthisplanet.Theunknownbiologyisathreatforthehumans.ThisScienceFictiontraditionisasoldasthegenreitself.

　　ThemoviehasmuchmoretodowithScienceFictionthananyotheralienmovieinthelastyears.Likeothermovies("District9","Sunshine",etc.)thisisn'taboutaliensinvadingtheearthorgreatspacebattles.Andthat'sactuallygood,becausemoviesshowingthisaren'trealScienceFictionmovies.In"IndependenceDay","Battleship"or"WorldInvasion:BattleLosAngeles"thealienscouldeasilybereplacedbyhumanaggressors.Theyarecontinuallydevelopingfromtheunknowntotheknown,somankindcandefeatthem.Butit'sactuallymore"realistic"andbetterfittingtothegenre,whentheunknownthreatcanNOTmadeknown,whenitstaysathreat.

　　Theatmosphereofthismovieisgreat.ThefantasticOSTplaysanimportant:Ithelpsintegratethemoviegoerinthemovie.Combinedwiththesplendidandgorgeousvisualsithelpstobe"in"themovieandnotoutsideit.

　　Theshitstormagainstthismoviederivesfromtworeasons:1."Prometheus"isdifferentfromtheoriginalmovie,b