Saw this today, liked it a lot. It very much felt like its own thing, separate from the Alien story, although there are definite elements that tie the two together. Someone posted this deconstruction/explanation of the plot or symbolism in the movie too (spoilers) over on imdb, which was an interesting read too. I'm reading that a lot of people had issues with certain things. Some I can appreciate (the stupid behavior some characters exhibited at times) and other things that I don't (the musical score was bad, apparently... *shrug*) I had read before going in not to expect another Alien movie, so I didn't. And I enjoyed myself thoroughly watching this.

There's something about Michael Fassbender. I think it's that he is a very good actor. That might probably be it. Anyhoo...

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