Recommended as superb eye candy for your HDTV, not much more. Typical of many Sci Fi's recently, the CGI is amazing, although the overall experience is about as rewarding as watching a HD video game. Includes visual references to past Sci fi's, from Aliens to Sunshine. I don't expect much else from this genre anymore; at least the equally non-memorable Guardians of the Galaxy was a funnier ride, w/better soundtrack. I kinda liked Prometheus on first viewing, but it gets sillier and sillier on every subsequent viewing.