This movie will show you why we DON’TT want to discover Aliens.. Watch until the end for
the shocking twist!
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Now into the movie..
As we open up on a beautiful waterfall, we find a strange being looking out over the
water towards a ufo.
Ah! What is it?! And what is in that weird container? If that’s supposed to be our
creator, I would like to know what happened to the human race as a species! We de-evolved!
The being drinks the substance from the container, and soon it is seemingly infected and dying.
As bits of it dissolve, it falls into the waterfall where is completely dissolves and
spreads throughout the water.
Yep. You knew this film was coming to the channel sooner or later. You can’t watch
so many sci-fi movies without touching the Alien franchise.
We now cut over to Shaw and Charlie who have made a discovery back on Earth. They find
a cave with drawings that depict the Creators and how to find them. Next we cut over to
the ship, Prometheus. Here we meet David who is in charge of caring for the ship and it’s
crew.
Well that’s not good, but it’s par for the course when it comes to these types of
films.
As David looks out at the destination planet, other members of the team are welcomed. David
runs into Vickers first who is doing push ups as soon as she is out of cryo sleep.
Obviously I don’t know much about cryo sleep, but I know that you’re awesome if you’re
doing push ups right after.
As the rest of the crew wakes up, they grab some food and replenish themselves after such
a long voyage.
Soon after, Vickers gives a presentation to the crew in a hangar. As the presentation
starts, we see the famous logo of Weyland Corp.
The fact that Weyland Corp is funding this means that this mission is doomed from the
start. You already know aliens, of some kind, will be involved, and these humans will be
poorly supplied or they have no idea what they’re really getting into.
During this presentation, Mr. Weyland appears and explains that Shaw and Holloway are the
reasons they are all going to this planet. Once Shaw and Holloway get up to do their
part, they explain that these Engineers are who created humans, and they are on their
way to the planet that is depicted in the cave drawings.
Once they make it to the planet, the captain, Janek, takes them down through an atmospheric
storm. Holloway finds some structures that resemble man made structures, and once they
land, he has everyone suit up even though there are only a few hours left of daylight.
Once they’re inside, they find out that the structures are creating their own atmosphere,
so theoretically, it’s safe to breathe.
Of course this idiot took his helmet off. Yes it’s perfectly safe to breathe the air,
but he has no idea what else is in there! And what if they venture just outside of the
safe zone without knowing?!
Of course, everyone follows suit, so maybe none of them are all that bright.
After David activates an ancient hologram, they see ghosts of beings running from something.
As they follow, they find the remains of what they believe is an Engineer. Seeing this makes
two of the expedition members freak out and go back to the ship.
Now, if any of you have seen an Alien movie before, you know you don’t split up! Any
survival movie should’ve shown you that by now. You mean to tell me in the year 2093,
people are still making this rookie mistake? I’ve lost all hope for mankind.
I’m sorry, but those look like fancy, little, alien eggs! Why are we just acting like we’re
taking a stroll through a pleasant meadow right now?!
As David goes to touch one of the canisters, Shaw reminds those that are left to not touch
anything. The one being with a little bit of common sense!
Once they realize that they’ve changed the atmosphere in the room, they bag the head
and rush to beat a storm to the ship. Naturally, David sneaks one of the canisters in his bag
before they leave, and they race the vehicles back to the ship.
Once they get back to the ship, they realize that the two men that left earlier never made
it back to the ship. Once Janek reaches them on the radio, they realize that they can’t
reach them until the morning.
Shaw and another scientist examine the head they brought back, but they realize that it’s
just a helmet on the outside.
They’re just giant humans! Shaw decides it’s a good idea to trick the nervous system
into thinking it’s alive. Yes! Let’s reawaken the dead space god’s head!
That was a genius idea! Now they’ve lost their one sample, and everyone involved has
PTSD. Fantastic!
Next, we see David conversing with a weird bed while wearing an equally weird helmet.
I’m just going to assume Weyland is in there pulling the strings like Weyland Corp always
does!
David then goes down to the lab that he stuck the canister he brought aboard, and he opens
it up. What he opens up has vials of what looks like a viscous, black, living substance.
David heads down to Holloway, where he offers him a drink with the black substance in it.
Well this can only go well, and it’s becoming painfully obvious that David is only here
to further the goals of Weyland Corp’s secret agenda. Why do they always use an android
to complete their secret missions?
Back inside, the two crew members come across a whole pile of bodies that look like they
were running from something when they died. As they explain what they’re seeing, it
sounds awfully familiar to a chest burster.
Janek calls them and warns them of a life force reading down there with them, and they
decide to go in the opposite direction.
I can’t really blame them. Hearing that there is something else living down there
with you, right after you find a pile of dead bodies, is probably the worst timing possible
for that kind of news.
Yeah. I would’ve taken my chances outside in the static storm! At least it might’ve
blown me all the way back to the ship. For a place that’s supposedly been dead for
two millenia, there seems to be an awful lot of life moving around here!
Alien! Nope! Why does every scientist on these expeditions have to go and poke the new living
form?! Stop poking things! Just leave it be!
This seems like a good time to mention a fun fact. Ridley Scott was very adamant about
making sure people didn’t think this was another alien movie, but after the film was
released, he did confirm that it is indeed a prequel to the first film. That’s why
he didn’t originally want to reuse the famous Xenomorphs from Alien. Instead he tried to
stick with lifeforms that would resemble a parent or previous evolution of the creatures
we know so well now.
But we all know, THIS...IS...AN ALIEN! Acid blood, the tentacle creature form, and the
structure of the head is perfect to go along with Ridley’s want to make a predecessor
to the Xenomorph we’re familiar with. Now if we could just get some smarter scientists
after all these years, we’ll be in luck!
As a peaceful morning comes, Holloway notices a sort of worm in his eye, but he chooses
to keep quiet about it. Janek mentions that the biometrics on the two men in the structure
is no longer reading, so they all go back in to try and find them.
David goes down to find the source of the life form they were reading, and he discovers
a whole room full of the jars he took. A little farther in, he finds what looks to be sleeping
pods.
Meanwhile, the crew finds the two men they were looking for, and Shaw discovers that
there’s something wrong with Holloway.
Nope! It’s time to go! Leave her and save yourself!
While David is alone in the chamber, he discovers more holograms of the ancient beings plotting
their courses across the stars to Earth. Once it’s done, one of the pods glows and shows
that one of the Engineers is still alive!
Back with the crew, Vickers is refusing to let Holloway back on the ship, and in a last
attempt to do the right thing, Holloway says his goodbyes.
As hard as that might be, it’s the safest option for everyone involved. Even though
we know exactly how he got infected, maybe everyone will start wearing their helmets
when they go into the ancient building now?! You know, the one with crazy tentacle aliens?!
As David runs a diagnostic on Shaw, he comes across an amazing discovery.
What?! She doesn’t believe it either, because Shaw was under the impression she was barren
this whole time! That’s one hell of a surprise after watching your lover burn to death.
David mentions that the fetus isn’t a traditional one, but he refuses to let Shaw see it. After
David sedates Shaw, a crew comes in to take Shaw back to cryo, but she escapes them. After
she makes her way to a med bay, she undergoes surgery to remove the fetus.
Ew! This is just a disturbing concept and visual. I feel like if it looked more like
the alien we know, it wouldn’t be so bad, but it’s just a weird squid baby.
Meanwhile, one of the suits of the man that died appears outside the ship, and when they
investigate, it starts to attack the crew. As the infected crew member attacks the rest
of them, it becomes painfully clear that there is something nefarious going on here.
As Shaw stumbles through the ship, she finds David taking care of Weyland, who is out of
cryo sleep. Weyland explains that he wants to meet their maker, but when Shaw says they’re
all dead, David finally reveals that he has found one that is still alive.
If David could just stop withholding information, I feel like we’d save ourselves a lot of
trouble in all of this. And of course Vickers knew Weyland was there the whole time too.
She’s his daughter. Go figure!
As they embark on their last journey into the ancient building, Shaw finally sees what
David hid from them this whole time. As Janek discovers that the section they are in is
actually a ship, David reveals that the Engineers were actually on their way to Earth to destroy.
Maybe now is not the best time to wake it up! Let it sleep forever, and burn the rest
of the facility! Why can’t scientists in these movies just do what scientists are supposed
to do? Observe!
As the Engineer wakes up, it looks over the humans, and David tries to ask it questions.
The engineer decides not to answer, and it instead rips David's head off while it attacks
the others. Shaw makes it out into the corridor, and the Engineer has no interest in chasing
her.
The Engineer takes off, and Shaw tries to explain to Janek that he must stop the Engineer
from leaving the planet.
Well, seeing how it isn’t a warship, I’m not sure of too many more options for an expedition
ship to stop him other than ramming his own ship into the Engineer’s. It looks like
Janek has the same idea in mind.
As Vickers rushes to the escape pod, Janek prepares to bring down the Engineer’s ship.
That is one of the most satisfying spaceship crashes I’ve ever seen in a movie. And of
course that was the only option, but it’s still bittersweet. Janek was one of the good
ones!
As the Engineer’s ship is brought down, Shaw and Vickers watch on as it rolls down
towards them. After they realize that they are right in the path of the crashing ship,
Shaw manages to make it to safety while Vickers is crushed underneath the ship.
As Shaw starts to run out of oxygen, she makes it to the lifeboat. This is the handiest little
ship. Like it’s own little piece of heaven to escape from everything. She could literally
live in there for years without ever having to go outside, which is fortunate for her.
But she’s not alone in the pod.
Oh no! Not her baby! For a movie that hasn’t really embraced the horror genre much throughout,
that was a nice little jumpscare that resembled it’s older entries in the franchise a little
more. It was a nice little nostalgic feeling.
Suddenly, Shaw hears the voice of David coming over the intercom. He warns her that the Engineer
is coming for her.
This is the part where you put on a fresh helmet and book it for the horizon as fast
as possible! That dude will crush anyone in its path! For example…
Oh damn! Didn’t see that coming! That’s the perfect use of timing! Not to mention,
you mean to tell me that the Alien ancestors were so epic that they killed our Creators?!
That should prove to anyone that still thinks Predators are better than Aliens, who the
real winner is!
Well this would explain the first Xenomorph perfectly as well! This whole journey was
so well planned out! From the real life movie making standpoint. Not the fictional quest
in the film obviously. That could’ve gone way better!
As Shaw lies out on the planet, she seems to have given up all hope until David’s
voice comes over her radio. He explains to her that there are other Engineer ships in
the facility, and he needs her to fix him so he can operate them.
Shaw explains to David that she doesn’t want to return to Earth, she wants to go to
where they came from. She wants to know why they wanted to destroy their creation.
That is definitely one of the most majestic images for a realistic space look that I’ve
ever seen in a film. This whole film was a visual and conceptual beauty. Nightmare when
you consider the premise of the story, but still amazing!
As a huge fan of the Alien franchise, I’m a little biased to automatically love this
film, but when you look at it strictly as a sci-fi epic, it still comes across as an
amazing film. This is a win for anyone that wants to watch it, and of course the Alien
fans will have their discussion down below. What did you think of Prometheus as an Alien
prequel?
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