I will admit, I am a Ridley Scott fanboy. He is by far--by far--my favourite director, and like I said, aside from Star Wars and ESB, I would say Alien and Blade Runner are my favourite films. But I'm also not blind, he has made some turkeys. I own every single film he has made, over two dozen of them, and stuff like White Squall is a piece of shit, 1492--which I have to watch on goddamn Laserdisc--isn't very good, and Hannibal and Black Hawk Down look nice but who can tell the characters apart? Meanwhile the theatrical cut of Kingdom of Heaven is pretty dull, and G.I. Jane isn't anything worth writing home about. He's my favourite filmmaker but he's far from perfect. So when I praise Prometheus, I'm not just saying that, it may be imperfect but so are some of his masterpieces like Legend and Blade Runner. To me, it's the best sci-fi film I have seen since Sunshine, and much better IMO. There is a lot of backlash right now, and fair enough. My own prediction is that it will be eventually seen akin to Blade Runner, but maybe I am wrong, but if I am then I would say it will be seen similar to Legend--some big problems, not the best film you will ever see, but god damn interesting and one of the most spectacular films around.