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 ...

WE LIVE IN a time where our culture is full of endless worlds, universes, and franchises. On TV alone, in the next couple of months we'll get the next chapter in the DC Universe (in Peacemaker season ...

There's a better version of Ridley Scott's Alien prequel film Prometheus; it's called Alien: Earth, and it's currently streaming on Hulu. Prometheus was one of the most divisive movies in the Alien ...

Alien: Earth rewrites the rules of the Alien universe by introducing Cyborgs, Synths, and Hybrids. Moreover, each type offers a different path to conquer death, so what do they mean in the corporate ...

In 1979, Ridley Scott took a trip into a nightmarish region of space (fuelled by the real nightmares of H.R. Giger) and returned with a petrified crew and an extra passenger they'd rather not have ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...

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 ...

Fassbender’s David has arguably been the most fascinating antagonist (if not overall character) in the Alien franchise. He epitomizes the series’ “man vs. nature vs. machine” theme, as a synth who ...