Watch "Riddick" instead - same damn story, but much prettier.

I watch "Riddick" on a semi-regular basis.

I hear they're making a sequel

I love that he's a huge nerd, and that the stated intent of "Chronicles" was to write "Conan in space."

I like the franchise so much that I even bought the video games... can't PLAY them for shit, but hey!

i suppose it was notable for having such a tiny cast.

Sigourney Weaver was so empowering for me

I should watch that one too . In fact I should watch all the equals--I'm a helpless "Alien" nerd

As bad as "Resurrection" was, Prometheus is sort of... the Highlander 2 of the series. Let's just pretend it never happened. I'll take the AvP garbage over watching Prometheus again!

I still prefer "The Thing" (1984) for my alien body-possession sci-fi / horror needs. Granted they're basically the same movie, with antarctica replacing outer space... but I'm also a huge Kurt Russel fan.

And that's despite the fact I have a school girl crush on Idris Elba. The movie sucked.

I agree, another hyped up one. The one I liked that a lot of people didn't was "Pandorum"

That was a great series.

I'm going to watch it with my Dad sometime soon.

Last time we watched Jack Reacher because it was free on his Amazon Prime. We both enjoyed it, and that's despite the fact I can't stand Tom Cruise.

In fact, have read each of them three or four times.

Which is why I will NEVER watch the movie. They could not possibly have picked a worse actor. Jack Reacher is dispassionate and never angry when engaged in combat. Tom Cruise is all about phony display of rage. Yeccch.

we heard reacher was cruise and could not get past that. we were googlin' all the actors that would be so much better. months later talking about how wrong it was to make cruise reacher. not even about the physical wrong, but character and personality too. and who reacher is.... is so much a part of the books.

totally agree.

My choice would be Mark Wahlberg. Size is a bit of a problem, but that could be overcome. He fits the profile.

a 30 yr younger niam lindsey? or whatever his hame is. see how bad i am with names. lol. we googled over 6 foot actors.

For the same reasons mostly but partly because we were sitting in the front row of a theater and saw it in 3D and I spent half the movie with my face in my coat. I am terribly afraid of heights and the thought of sailing out into space just freaked the crap out of me.

I too am sick of the damsel in distress movie although I really do like her as an actress.

Claudia Black offers a fantastic performance in that.

I knew the acting and the story line were weak but the special effects have gotten raves. I ended up watching Ru Paul's Drag Race instead. I think it was probably better entertainment and I know the special effects were super.

regularly getting their air cut off is unwatchable to me. It literally gives me the heebie jeebies so bad it's too uncomfortable to enjoy.

We had a couple over to watch the Oscars and the woman of the couple's take was similar to yours. I think I'll skip it.

Thanks for the heads up.