Despite being one of this summer’s most anticipated blockbusters, audience reaction to director Ridley Scott’s long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre, Prometheus, was decidedly mixed at best. However, while a number of fans were left underwhelmed by the [not an] Alien prequel, that doesn’t seem to be the case for fellow filmmaker James Cameron, who of course helmed the classic 1986 Aliens, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest sequels in movie history.
“I enjoyed Prometheus; I thought it was great,” said Cameron, who managed to offer up a few words to Moviefone during a break from pre-production on Avatar 2 and Avatar 3. “I thought it was Ridley returning to science fiction with gusto, with great tactical performance, beautiful photography, great native 3D. There might have been a few things that I would have done differently, but that’s not the point, you could say that about any movie.”
Presumably the “few things” he’d have done differently would have included a squad of Colonial Marines, but as for the possibility of him revisiting the franchise in the future, it seems that the only aliens on the horizon for Cameron these days are those of the blue variety: “No, I feel that I’m too far away from [the world of Alien] right now, too much other work has been done – too thickly layered, a palimpsest of other talents from David Fincher to everybody that’s come along since.”
Meanwhile Cameron has also shared his thoughts on another of this year’s blockbusters, Marvel’s The Avengers, in an interview with MTV: “Oh, I liked Avengers. I thought it was a real crowd-pleaser, lots of fun [and] funny, funnier than [I expected].” And as for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes failing to match the box office performance of Cameron’s Avatar and Titanic, the director also offered a few words of condolence: “[Marvel] got close. They didn’t break the $2 billion-dollar barrier, there’s only two in the club…”
Originally published September 12, 2012. Updated April 10, 2018.
