Reviews

Take a video camera, any will do, new or old, it doesn't matter. Then assemble a group of strangers, give them no plot or script to work from and film them. Whatever the outcome of this endeavor the chances are you will surpass Tulpa in style, complexity and your actor's performances.

Tulpa is without doubt one of the worst films ever. Acting so wooden it makes Haydn Christensen's turn as Anakin Skywalker look as complex and multi-faceted as Al Pacino's in the Godfather Part II. A script so bad that it contains the line, "For your information I work in IT", although the delivery and context of this made it one of the funniest scenes committed to film this year.

The first post credits scene of a business meeting written via what must have been a copy of meeting buzz words for idiots is hilarious, with the head of the company, who is the sleazy love child of Silvio Berlusconi and Alan Sugar, telling his management team that one of them must go.

The sex club run by the weirdo in white gloves does more for promoting abstinence than anything right wing Christians can cook up with him constantly imploring our heroine to "Release her Tulpa".

I have wasted hours of my life watching this so you don't have to. Heed my warning and keep your Tulpa where it is!

When the news of an Alien prequel to be directed by Ridley Scott was announced, the cinema going public, and in particular those with a penchant for sci-fi, began anticipating the long, thought to be improbable, return to form of the franchise and the exorcism of the ever diminishing returns since Aliens over 25 years ago!

Initial reports, though sketchy, seemed hopeful until that was a Mr Lindeloff became involved. Nobody in the cinema industry is more qualified at dragging out an interesting premise than one of the writers that somehow managed to make the story of stranded plane crash survivors last for over 5 years! That is what has happened here though, reading a recent interview with him he states the original script was very prevalent with Alien references, eggs, face huggers, et al but why cut to the chase in one movie when you can cynically drag it out for 3 with hack writing, poor characterisation & schizophrenic behaviour from what should surely by the cream of the scientific community on such an important mission!

It looks beautiful & Fassbender is great so there's your 2 stars!

I'm all for thought provoking movies that credit their audience with having intelligence, and the idea of expanding the Alien universe is a good one but Prometheus fails at both. We already know the corporation is manipulative and out for it's own interests, or is that 20th Century Fox? I'm confused.......

I think I'll skip part 2 (if I gets made which I doubt) and wait for part 3 and the Alien prequel.

Oh and one final point, it appears by 2093 women have abandoned such passé items as bras and pants in favour of wrapping bandages over their breasts and genitals, I bet you didn't see that one coming ladies!