Although the plot of Prometheus might seem confusing, it is relatively easy to understand where Ridley Scott’s 2012 prequel takes place in the Alien franchise timeline. The Alien movies have ...

Now, because none of this expository dialogue is actually in Prometheus, the canonicity of it is a bit wonky. But based on what happens in the movie, it pretty much all checks out. And yet, the ...

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 ...