Ten Things watching Prometheus has reinforced

1. A Director who has made his point very clear in his most celebrated film need not make the point again in a second not-so-celebrated film.

2. Films that don’t follow the typical sequence of action can work quite well as long as they keep us on the edge of our seats (or cowering into the back of them).

3. The scaredy-cats, or people with tattoos always die first.

4. If you’re old, wrinkly and look like you belong in a coffin then don’t spend a trillion dollars trying to not to die, you’ll probably just die quicker.

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