Prometheus is a monumental tour de force that harkens back to the sweeping sci-fi of the 1970s, an epic that confronts Gauguin's Big Questions more … Prometheus contains such a huge amount of mythic resonance that it effectively obscures a more conventional plot. Throughout the whole film, Robert Eggers hints at Thomas and Ephraim as reflections on two mythological characters – Poseidon and Prometheus. The story focuses on a galactic ship called "Prometheus… While some of this was expected because of the heritage it had to live up to, I do believe this may be due to it containing some elements that some found too subtle and unexplained. Prometheus is a Christmas movie because it’s about the redemption of humans who overcome difficulty (and evil) to rediscover hope, love and life. There are many discussions online regarding that scene and the consensus is that that engineer went to earth to drink the black goo to spread his DNA for life to start on earth. The Alien movie story begins with the events depicted in Ridley Scott's prequel Prometheus when a protohuman on Earth drinks a deadly poison that … The more I watch Prometheus, the more I am confused with the beginning of the movie when an engineer is seen drinking that black liquid which turns out to be a chemical weapon to destroy all humans on earth.. Although the two weren’t part of the same tale, Eggers found a common denominator for them in The Lighthouse (2019). So, allow me to explain what I understood from the events we saw in Prometheus. But suffice it to say, Prometheus is the story of the genesis of life, life on earth, life in the universe. And if you consider Die Hard a Christmas film, well, Prometheus is even more so: it has far more in common with the Bible story and its themes. In order to understand Covenant, we have to first make sure we understand the overarching point of the movie Prometheus. (The decapitated Engineer found by the Prometheus crew on LV-223 was carbon-dated to 2,000 years before, "give or take".) It turns out, Prometheus is quite the complex film. Which, I’m sure, most people don’t. In the movie "Prometheus," a sci-fi thriller and prequel to "Alien," moviegoers may be wondering about the meaning of the name. And there’s a Christmas tree. Warning: Major spoilers for Alien: Covenant ahead Ridley Scott's Alien prequel series is in full swing, with the esoteric Prometheus now followed up with the more expository and horror-tinged Alien: Covenant, and up to four more movies in the pipeline. I'd like to draw your attention to the use of motifs and callbacks in the film that not only enrich it, but offer possible hints as to what was going on in otherwise confusing scenes. 1990 – Peter Weyland, the man who will create the Weyland Corp, is … Because, dang… that thing was a confusing hot mess, even for Alien movie fans. Thus, we were adaquately prepared for the film itself when it opened on June 8 in the U.S. At least, we thought we were prepared. Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has received a mixed response.