Prometheus was THE movie for me this summer.  The one I’ve been craving for what seems like ages.  The one that I drooled over after having seen that first trailer.  When word came out that Ridley Scott was returning to the science fiction genre, I got goosebumps.  It was an Alien prequel, and then it wasn’t, but it was going to be set in the same universe.  Either way, I was happy.  I just wanted a good sci-fi movie.

There was a lot of hoopla surrounding this film and once the marketing machine started up, it was hard to shield myself from the tsunami of….stuff that littered the web.  Trailers, stills, clips, behind the scenes footage and lastly the viral marketing campaign.  In an attempt to remain as spoiler free as possible, I stayed away from all of it, with the exception of the first trailer, and one I happened to see at the theater only a couple of weeks ago.  I operate under the less-is-more theory.  I don’t want to know anything because I prefer to let it all unfold while actually watching it.  Which was a little hard considering the UK got the film a week before the States, but I prevailed.  Finally Prometheus hit Stateside and to say I was excited would be a huge understatement.

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Action?  Check.  Science fiction?  Check.  Space setting?  Check.  Hot guy carrying a gun, blowing stuff up / blasting caps in people?  Double check.  Call me easy, but when I go to the movies for sheer mindless entertainment, that’s my check list.  Don’t feed me any of that girlie-chic-flick-gooey-lovey-dovey stuff.  No siree.  I want my mindless entertainment to be action or science fiction.  And if it’s both, even better.  And there better be some explosions by God.

The thing is, it’s not hard to satisfy those cravings.  There is so much sci-fi/action schlock out there that if you were to go to the video store (do those even still exist??), put on a blindfold and just grab something, you’d probably pull something like, Moon 44 off the shelf.  No disrespect to Michael Pare (look him up folks) or anything, I’m just being honest.  Or you could just tune in to SyFy for one of their original movies.  Don’t get all sensitive, I’m not hacking on those.  I’ve watched and even reviewed a few of them.  I’m just saying, I’d prefer it if my schlocky action/sci-fi had a little meat to it.  So, since that was my craving this past Sunday I decided to check out the latest fare, Lockout.  The previews made it seem like it had all of those qualities tied up in one neat, hot, delicious, muscle-y….pardon me, I’m getting sidetracked…..package.  What set this film apart from all the other dross that’s out there?  One name: Guy Pearce.  Guy Frakking Pearce.  G is for Guy, and that’s good enough for me.

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There has been so much speculation about Ridley Scott’s latest science fiction film, Prometheus.  Will it be a prequel to his classic Alien or not.  Will it involve the space jockey or not.  Apparently final word is that it is not so much a prequel, but will be relatable to the universe Scott created with Alien back in 1979.

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Well this week has been a bit better in the trailer department thank goodness.  We may be officially out of the summer movie season, but the holiday movie season is quickly approaching.  Then that’s followed by the time of year that is normally reserved for cast-offs.  Anyhoo…..check out the trailers for this week and let me know what you think.

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