In 2012, Ridley Scott returned to the franchise that he created in 1979 when he directed Prometheus, a prequel to Alien. With this movie, he made some major changes, retconning what some of the ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In the annals of cinematic history, few franchises can rival the longevity or creative variance of the "Alien" saga. Born from Ridley Scott's ...

The opening moments of Prometheus present a visually breathtaking but puzzling prologue. Viewers witness a lone Engineer on what appears to be a primordial Earth, positioned beside a thundering ...

In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe. While Ridley Scott’s 1979 haunted-house-in-the-cosmos ...