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"Prometheus"
"Prometheus" looked as if it was going to be awesome. After all, you had Ridley Scott, director of the first and arguably best film in the "Alien" series, helming a big-budget, star-studded prequel. You had a script that was co-written by "Lost" creator Damon Lindelof, who helped breathe life into another moribund movie franchise, "Star Trek." The trailer for the movie was so cool that film geeks across the nation did a collective swoon when it came out. But when the film was ultimately released, "Prometheus" wasn't awesome. It was confused mess that left a lot of questions. Why would a noted scientist spontaneously decide to pull off his helmet minutes after walking out onto an alien planet? Why didn't anyone seem concerned about Noomi Rapace's character when she appeared in the spaceship covered in blood and with a bunch of staples in her gut? Why did Charlize Theron not run out of the path of that giant rolling doughnut-shaped spacecraft? Why? Why? Why?