Bingowings said:

I would love to read Spaihts' script because my suspicion is that it started off as a probably workable Alien Prequel and then it was eroded by re-writes, edited in a vain attempt to get PG-13 and then released in it's current disjointed form.

I say this because the film doesn't work as a film not just as a related tale to Alien.

It's the first three episodes of a visually interesting twelve part mini-series poorly spliced together and trimmed to feature length by a not very gifted amateur.

I'm pretty sure that is what did happen, i'm sure Scott has mentioned that - in fact i think i have a magazine interview with Spaights. I might have to look it up..Scott kept saying that they'd changed from an actual prequel to something else..

if you had to give it a ball rating?

I may still go see it Friday after I go to the dentist but I'm finding it hard to get excited atm - knowing that the story fails to deliver..(I've learned too much)

I hear they even have plans for a sequel already. Prometheii?