RT Score: 74%. "Ridley Scott's ambitious quasi-prequel to Alien may not answer all of its big questions, but it's redeemed by its haunting visual grandeur and compelling performances -- particularly Michael Fassbender as a fastidious android." Critics did at least acknowledge the fact that Prometheus didn't deliver the answers it promised it would, though they on the whole saw it as a spectacular, superbly-acted thrill ride. It is often all of those things, but Alien fanboys just couldn't help but attack the script, which is full of bizarre idiosyncracies that make it lesser than Alien and Aliens. Fanboys lamented the stupid scientists taking their helmets off in uncharted territory, the fact that Charlize Theron's character didn't just run left or right away from the crashing derelict, that Idris Elba dies with basically no fanfare, and that we don't see more of the logic as to how the proto-Xenomorph was born. It is, of course, important to remember that sci-fi fanboys are always going to be the most vocal; they don't only have artistic enthusiasm on their side, but also the burden of scientific truth.