Hi fellow Alien fans.
Mind if I give a shot at translation too ? Panda really got the gyst of the text but being a native Frenchman I believe I can better bring out the ironical tone of that article :
The project was first launched as an alien prequel, however that announcement was later denied, and then ambiguously confirmed again by scriptwriter Damon Lindelof ("the same DNA as Alien, with an entirely new mythology"). All the studio was willing to reveal was that the film would tell about the travel through space of a team of scientists looking for the beginnings of Mankind – one could hardly be more ambitious and esoteric. Hollywood sci-fi running high on metaphysical questionings ? The like of it had not been seen for thirty long years, since Blade Runner, directed by Sir Ridley Scott himself again. No wonder Prometheus is awaited with astronomical expectations. And the cast raises many hopes too. So far, the planets' alignment seems propitious...
(The historical datum no one cares about : according to ancient mythology, Prometheus created men from water and clay.)
