With Ridley Scott's prequel Alien: Covenant being released this week, it's worth revisiting the documentary on the painter H.R. Giger, who inspired the series' aesthetic. Still from Dark Star: H. R.

Warning: Spoilers for both ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Alien: Covenant’ follow. The first thing you need to understand the theories about the origin— or rather, creation—of these creatures is that the lore of ...

The Engineers were an alien species that pre-dated humanity by millions of years. Prometheus’ opening scene (where an Engineer sacrifices himself to kickstart Earth’s “Genesis” moment), implies that ...

For decades, fans of the Alien franchise endlessly debated the origin of the Xenomorph scourge until Ridley Scott offered up somewhat hazy answers in his prequel duology. And even then, viewers pushed ...

With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...

When director Ridley Scott introduced audiences to the Nostromo in 1979’s Alien, he created one of the most enduring horror and sci-fi franchises by merging the cold isolation of deep space with the ...