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Here's the answer to your question. At the beginning of the film the engineers create humans. Then they go to the planet the film mostly takes place on and they try and create life again. This doesn't work out and the creations nearly wipe everybody on the engineers crew out. The reason why they want to go back to Earth is because they failed on this planet and they think they also failed on Earth. So the engineers new plan is to destroy their creations because they think every one of their creations is an abomination. At least that's how I interpret it.
I do genuinely love the addition of The Engineers to the lore, they’re essentially gods who create life throughout the universe and also wipe it out if that life is deemed too dangerous to allow to exist. And the idea that Engineers created a mutagen or “Pathogen” as its called by Weyland-Yutani in the video game *Aliens: Fireteam Elite* as a way to wipeout life that they created on a planet as essentially a clean slate, but just like with humans created bio weapons it got out of their control. There’s also a scene in the original script that showed that the last engineer has a full conversation with David, Shaw, and Weyland. Explaining that they wanted to wipe out humanity because they were deemed far too dangerous to allow to exist in the galaxy. They visited humanity when they were after their most violent and actually invited a human to live with them briefly , so that when he would come back to earth, he would explain that they needed to become less hostile and treat each other better. However, they wound up killing him. And it’s implied that that person was Jesus Christ, which does fit the timeline because the decapitated body was over 2000 years old. And that was what pushed them to try and go forward with wiping out humanity.
Thank you. I never knew exactly why they disapproved of humans but I had my own theories. I felt like they resented how violent and resilient humans were and foresaw them overtaking them. Then homie showed up with the pathogen but the humans survived! They couldn't be killed off! Which caught the attention of the Predators who also foresaw humans as superior and started doing their best to evolve faster. But I was wrong lol thanks
Michael Fassbender was phenomenal in this movie. The reason David is the way he is is because he’s constantly trying to learn, trying to push the boundaries of science. But he was not given any human morals or ethics when he was created. Because his creator Peter Weyland, an all powerful psychopath with a god complex himself, never saw any use in morals or having any kind of conscience. So David isn’t evil, he’s just never been taught about ethics and how important they are. Also anyone reading this should look up the TED Talk video for Prometheus that was originally supposed to be the opening scene of the movie but it’s on RUclips now. It shows Peter Weyland as a young man giving a truly hypnotic 6 minute speech giving the history of human technology all the way to the future and saying that humans are gods now. It really should’ve been in the final movie but look it up for yourselves.
Thank you for this comment on The Media Knights yesterday 😅 i went and watched that video and it was great! Also saw the commercial for David 8, which was a trip.
I liked the scene where David points out that God created man and God cannot die but man can. Man creates David and David cannot die but his creator, man, can. I always thought David was megalomaniac because he sees himself as a perfect being, a god and is disgusted that he was created by something inferior. And as a god he wants create his own but lacks true creativity like God and man has, which is why he dissects Shaw (in Covenant). His lack of creativity causes him to make a "perfect" organism, which is of course a monster.
@@TajimaMunenori Sounds like another of God's creations doesn't it ? Like Satan . He got mad because God prefered human beings to him and then hated God and wanted to be above Him and dead. Unlike David's case God can't die like the humans who made him big difference !
I know a lot of people don't like this movie, and I can understand why. But I really like it, it has such a great vibe. David is an amazing character. I think the lore additions are pretty cool. And there's a lot of great moments in this movie as well. The C-Section sequence is incredible
I personally thought Prometheus was great but many didn’t like it because I think after so many year since the last proper Alien movie folks were expecting the same beats of the original films, which is not what this movie is. It’s actually a classic prequel, showing what lead up to the events in the original film.
Aaron's points were valid in the review, but I don't believe he realized that this was a prequel to the series and not a sequel. He spoke about how the movie didn't answer questions but was more of a set up. Funny thing is that it was a set up, it sets up the entire "Alien" franchise.
This movie gets lots of hate but it’s honestly not that bad, some of the “stupid” decisions the characters make can be easily rebutted, just watch Cinemawins’ Prometheus video
I agree the movie was fun the main thing I was bothered by was the fact they cut out the conversation with the engineer felt like I watched the movie and missed something. 😂
I was literally about to comment something like this. I thought the movie was top tier, but I’m biased tbh. Sometimes I’m cool with just seeing the aliens slaughter people.
Agreed, while it’s true there was no need to make lore for the ship in the OG alien it wasn’t meant to be fleshed out and I get why people didn’t like this weird new origin for everything but as a movie it’s great and well done, and it does fit and work fine in the universe. Honestly the movie would of been much better if they didn’t cut so many deleted or extended scenes which explained more and gave more depth to scenes imo
@LeaderOfTheLostSouls yeah like cutting the conversation with the engineer that basically makes clear and concise the entire story and gives much needed context
Oh my goodness me too! I loved the two prior to Romulus, but after watching Romulus, it made me appreciate the two more. Loving the Alien storyline even more!
@@despair_ts1823 IMO calling Prometheus and Covenant part of the Alien series is a stretch. Opinion of Romulus has been mixed.Either you like it or you don't.
the first time I watched this movie I was simply going through Michael Fassbender's filmography and had no idea what the movie was about. imagine my SHOCK when it turned out to be Alien prequel and I LOVE this franchise. also - idc what anyone says Prometheus is my favourite Alien movie after Alien (1979)
Agree, my second favourite, and third is Alien 3 for me. Prometheus is just stunning to look at. Such vast scenery. And for 3, it really is the slow pacing that I like (points only deducted for the crappy CGI!) but I love the whole mood of 3. And like your good self - not bothered what the purists think 🙂
Prometheus is a part of the Alien franchise, it’s actually a prequel to the very first Alien movie. Elizabeth Shaw is also in Covenant. They are both prequels.
@@LifeWithHeather818 Admittedly, I missed the intro where they stated this. I definitely had no clue Prometheus was an Alien prequel During its initial promotion, and even when it hit theaters. I was heavily into Michael Fassbender back then, so I watched Prometheus for him, and was surprised. for the record, I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic. I just was surprised because I thought they were watching this franchise.
Great intro Aaron and Tara! I think this movie is underrated. Nowhere near as terrible as people say. It’s not the best in the franchise, but it’s not terrible.
It's not a bad movie by any means, it just completely ruins the magic of the unknown around the xenomorph. And Alien: Covenant is the final kick in the head when it's down, by making the xenomorph a human creation via android proxy. Never explain the origin of a monster, you make it less scary by doing do. This should be left to one's own imagination at all times. And if you absolutely have to, don't go the absolutely silliest route imaginable like Alien: Covenant did. By the way ... also a great sci-fi horror movie, but absolutely terrible as an Alien movie.
A lot of ppl think Elizabeth’s faith was broken, but seeing the Engineers actually reaffirmed her faith and belief in God. Knowing there’s still life in the universe even beyond the Engineers gives her enough faith and belief in God that she’ll find it.
The scene where Vickers and Shaw run away from the rolling Juggernaut always gets so much criticism, but if they were to run on either side of it, they risk getting struck by the chunks of fiery Prometheus debris raining down like hail on either side.
FUN LITTLE FACT about the script! In reference to the scene where they carbon date the body and they say "2000 years, give or take". There was a scrapped section of the script for this movie that revealed that the Engineers sent down one of their own to try to stop humans from fighting among themselves. Humans, being humans, crucified this emissary. And because of that the Engineers decided that we didn't deserve to continue living, we were too violent of a species. Yes, they were going to reveal that Jesus was an engineer lol But Ridley said that would have been too on the nose.
The scene where the ship is falling down - loads of people are like "I dont know why they just arent running to the side?!". At that moment when something is so incredibly huge, the instinct of your body is just to "get away". We as the audience have an aerial view, the characters do not. They dont know which way it COULD fall. So they just "run away" in a sense their body makes them run.
The Alien ship in this movie is the same as the one in the first Alien movie. Remember that big alien they discovered in the first movie in the chair? That was an engineer.
The creator ship is, if it is not the same, at least identical to the ship from Alien where the eggs lay. Also recognizable in Alien by the oversized chair.
the deleted scene and script delves in deeper on why the Engineer acted the way he did in the end, completely justifies himself instead of what we got: an angry alien killing everyone.
Idk man a lot of folks hate this movie, but I really enjoyed it. And tbh, I seriously had no idea it was a part of the Alien franchise until the very end with the giant face hugger. Then it was solidified when I saw the xenomorph.
@@アキコ2003 Nah, back then people struggled to make sense of a billionaire funding a space program because his own personal search for the meaning of life etc. It seemed unrealistic. Then Elon Musk entered the chat lol.
almost like people can be awed by visuals and processing information without instantly picking up flaws. also they both still had a lot of problems and dont even know the logistical or lore problems...
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David is one most interesting characters I’ve ever seen in a movie, just the way he childlike in exploring the universe, yet there’s something conniving underneath the surface is really interesting
A lot of people hate on this movie for character decisions and also the advanced tech, even though this happens before Alien. Hey, in life, people make questionable decisions, especially in high stress situations. As far as the tech goes, The Prometheus is an elite, advanced science vessel for the upper class. Weyland himself is on the ship as well as his daughter. It's the Rolls Royce of Space Vessels. The Nostromo from Alien was basically an 18 Wheeler Tractor Trailer Truck bringing back ore that they were mining on other planets. The tech is still fancy but lower in quality compared to Prometheus.
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Love this movie. The fact that you want more is what the whole movie is about. Why did the engineers make & why did they want us dead… the sequel leaves more questions I can’t wait till u watch covenant
Prometheus gets too much hate. This was the first Alien movie I saw and I was one of the few people who seemed to really enjoy it when it was released.
Also, the opening shot with the Engineer was on Earth, implying that the death of the Engineer, his DNA mutated by whatever he consumed, was the source for life on Earth; us in particular.
@@CZJames20 Not when you see the resurrection of a dead actor and then it turns into a fan film with unnecessary callback lines that don’t work at all. The Aliens one is egregious which feels like a 4th wall break and the Alien one is very bad. You don’t care about any of the characters except for 2 with Rain and Andy. The gravity sequence at the end is cool, but the ending itself being a combination of Prometheus and Alien: Resurrection stinks. It is not a movie that works on its own and is an unnecessary secret sequel to Alien: Covenant. You can see the moment when Ridley Scott’s influence kicks in which makes it so much worse.
Prometheus is a beautiful sci-fi film. That being said I didn't care for the origins of Xenomorphs (and Human Beings). It was better left unsaid and not explained. You remove the mystery, You reveal the wizard ("Wizard of Oz"). Leads to disappointment. Romulus>Prometheus imo
@@DanV900 I would argue the movie works the best on it´s own since you yourself is mainly complaining about the callbacks and Rook from the previous films. People seeing this as their 1st Alien film won´t have any of those problems. Plus I´m a huge Alien fan and besides the unnecassary Aliens Ripley line callback, I didn´t mind any of it and Rook was great I thought, I was bracing myself for much worse the way people were describing the CGI- it was actually an animatronic with touches of CGI, it worked for me. I just had a great time with it. Also loved the offspring design, creepy MF.
Ridley Scott intended this to be a spin-off in the Alien universe rather than a direct prequel to Alien but due to the criticism on the lack of Alien references since audiences then expected a prequel, the studio pushed him to include more Xenomorphs in the next one and had to rewrite most of the storyline he originally intended for Elizabeth Shaw, David and the engineers, wich also why the next one goes back to the title of "Alien" instead of Prometheus 2. You guys probably will realize what i'm talking about when you see it.
I’ve been watching all of the alien movies in the past week leading up to me going to see romulus in theatres, and then yesterday I discovered that you guys were also watching them all recently. the vids have been great guys keep it up 🙌🏻
Rewatching this made me realize this wasnt as bad as i originally thought, its still not great like Alien and Aliens, but better than 3 and Resurrection.
Logan Marshall Green appeared in Spiderman: Homecoming where he gets vaporized by Adrian Toomes. Sean Harris was the antagonist in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Fallout. Idris Alba of course Heimdall in Thor film series, Infinity War. Also shared scenes with Nicholas Cage in Ghost Rider sequel. Noomi Rapace as the Gypsy in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3 Charlize Theron as Clea in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness who is yet to make another appearance. Michael Fassbender as Magneto in the X-Men films under 20th Century Fox umbrella. Benedict Wong appearing as well before becoming Wong in the MCU.
Its a movie that has gotten better over time. I watched this film in cinema when It was released. Looked great but didn't understand what was happening. The Blu Ray really turned it around for me - a lot of the deleted scenes and supplementary material released before the movie explains a lot of things explicitly instead of how its left ambiguous in the actual film.
Prometheus is so underrated Blows away alien romulus BTW that map scene in 3d IMAX was BEYOND mesmerizing And fassbender was brilliant. I'll never understand the hate. The effects and CGI were brilliant. The story was great. It wasn't sons rehashed story. Imo it's the second best film in the series. BTW they did find our creators. The engineers created us. Very beginning of the movie.
The film hinted (and backed up by the deleted scenes) that it was the crucifixion of Christ that made the engineers want to wipe out man. The fact that it was 2000 years ago was a big hint. The deleted scene had the engineer reference Christ (a mother and son that was brought to their planet to be shown how to teach humans how to behave but was killed by humans), filmmakers were concerned it would cause a backlash as that would claim Christ had no divinity.
I’m getting so tired of y’all specifically picking on them for shit the other reactors do y’all know Tara sings the intro skip it and shut up y’all are a bunch of little kids hiding insult in a RUclips comment section. Then I won’t call out the one a-hole acting like the Aaron acts any different from the other guys Greg is constantly making cheesy/corny jokes and nobody says anything but Aaron can’t make a joke? Get over yourselves it’s not your channel or your reaction they don’t have to dull their personalities because y’all are boring and got yours from a 14 year old on tik tok. That being said love the reaction guys 😂❤
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Fun Fact: When this came out, nobody knew if this was Alien related, there were some theories, but that. So we only knew that it was a Ridley Scott movie. So.. it was a nice reveal!
I love Aaron, and even when this film was coming out, it was widely known it was a part of the Alien franchise, but could you guys imagine the pop from Tara had she just happened to come across the xenomorph on her own the first time she saw it instead of him clueing her in on it? And it also skewed her perspective bc, then, she was constantly speculating about what Alien things were going to happen throughout instead.
After Aliens, this is my favorite Alienverse movie. It’s so unique and refreshing (esp bec the reveal was awesome) and I love how they expanded the universe by introducing those terrifying gigantic beings.
David executed Mr Weyland's program. When Weyland died, David became autonomous. This laid the groundwork for his actions/behaviors in Covenant. Great reaction.
Omg 😱 YES! It absolutely looks like Handsome Squidward! Believe it or not, I legitimately said the same damn thing when I was trying to explain the movie to my boyfriend after me and my friend got home after watching it in theaters ffs! 😂👍😉
I was always confused why Dr Shaw thought the aliens changed their minds about destroying humanity. From what we saw, the alien plan was going well until the bio weapon they were making “got out” and they all died. The alien they work up immediately wanted to finish that mission of destruction.
It’s crazy when you deep dive into the engineers story fromRidley. In this universe, Jesus was an engineer and is the reason they want us dead. He was their final emissary to try and put us back on the right path and we killed him. When you see it like this, who else of the people we believed to be gods through out our multi cultural history could have been an engineer in this universe. Krishna, Izanagi and Izanami, etc. Just gets the brain moving. I love lore.
Fassbender's David was such a strong character and performance that it overshadowed Rapace's Shaw, who I also felt was the Ripley stand in. That lower key position just felt secondary. I don't remember if that changes in the next film. Liked the overall design and lore of this very much though!
I LOVED this movie when it released, but i didnt come in with expectations. Even if it doesnt answer anything questioned before, it was a good addition to the Alien universe.
I had the same experience as Aaron: I distinctly remember watching this at a friend’s house the year it came out and remembered nothing but Charlize Theron getting squashed by the ship! Wild how that goes… and I recently rewatched 🎉
Important notes: - The engineer at the start is there to start (or speed up?) life in the planet, sacrificing himself as part of their team/group as part of their process. The liquid he drank broke him down to a molecular level so it would then blend with the elements already in the water. - There is a very good reason why this movie is just called Prometheus: it's a stand alone movie, it's not really an Alien movie, it's more like a movie in the same universe as the Alien franchise. - The hookup scene had the purpose of letting us know about both characters, and to further the idea that several might already have "Is Vickers a robot?". Her movements are calculated, straightlined, deliberate, so until we know she's Weiland's daughter, we just don't know. The fact that she accepts having sex with Idris's character after he asks if she's a robot, one can easily think this is a way for her to take his mind away from the idea that she is robot, probably because she is a more advanced one.
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Here's the answer to your question. At the beginning of the film the engineers create humans. Then they go to the planet the film mostly takes place on and they try and create life again. This doesn't work out and the creations nearly wipe everybody on the engineers crew out. The reason why they want to go back to Earth is because they failed on this planet and they think they also failed on Earth. So the engineers new plan is to destroy their creations because they think every one of their creations is an abomination. At least that's how I interpret it.
I do genuinely love the addition of The Engineers to the lore, they’re essentially gods who create life throughout the universe and also wipe it out if that life is deemed too dangerous to allow to exist. And the idea that Engineers created a mutagen or “Pathogen” as its called by Weyland-Yutani in the video game *Aliens: Fireteam Elite* as a way to wipeout life that they created on a planet as essentially a clean slate, but just like with humans created bio weapons it got out of their control.
There’s also a scene in the original script that showed that the last engineer has a full conversation with David, Shaw, and Weyland. Explaining that they wanted to wipe out humanity because they were deemed far too dangerous to allow to exist in the galaxy. They visited humanity when they were after their most violent and actually invited a human to live with them briefly , so that when he would come back to earth, he would explain that they needed to become less hostile and treat each other better. However, they wound up killing him. And it’s implied that that person was Jesus Christ, which does fit the timeline because the decapitated body was over 2000 years old. And that was what pushed them to try and go forward with wiping out humanity.
To bad they Deleted it.
Thank you. I never knew exactly why they disapproved of humans but I had my own theories. I felt like they resented how violent and resilient humans were and foresaw them overtaking them. Then homie showed up with the pathogen but the humans survived! They couldn't be killed off! Which caught the attention of the Predators who also foresaw humans as superior and started doing their best to evolve faster.
But I was wrong lol thanks
Yes Ridley Scott did confirmed that the reason why the Engineers change their mind is because of what happened to Jesus
jesus christ, cos he is very rational. lol
Who created them?
The alien at the beginning that killed himself, he was seeding Earth with his DNA therefore creating life on Earth.
They said it, then lost it
Anyone seen Romulus yet? If you did then you noticed how familiar that "baby" looked.
The Engineer.
@@TajimaMunenori yes! i thought it was a fun callback
@@tomthomas4061 lmao yeah I am heard a lot about this group haha
Michael Fassbender was phenomenal in this movie. The reason David is the way he is is because he’s constantly trying to learn, trying to push the boundaries of science. But he was not given any human morals or ethics when he was created. Because his creator Peter Weyland, an all powerful psychopath with a god complex himself, never saw any use in morals or having any kind of conscience. So David isn’t evil, he’s just never been taught about ethics and how important they are.
Also anyone reading this should look up the TED Talk video for Prometheus that was originally supposed to be the opening scene of the movie but it’s on RUclips now. It shows Peter Weyland as a young man giving a truly hypnotic 6 minute speech giving the history of human technology all the way to the future and saying that humans are gods now. It really should’ve been in the final movie but look it up for yourselves.
Thank you for this comment on The Media Knights yesterday 😅 i went and watched that video and it was great! Also saw the commercial for David 8, which was a trip.
@@emosam07 this movie had some truly amazing viral marketing
Good performance by Mr. Big D!ck himself . Lol, lol !
I liked the scene where David points out that God created man and God cannot die but man can. Man creates David and David cannot die but his creator, man, can. I always thought David was megalomaniac because he sees himself as a perfect being, a god and is disgusted that he was created by something inferior. And as a god he wants create his own but lacks true creativity like God and man has, which is why he dissects Shaw (in Covenant). His lack of creativity causes him to make a "perfect" organism, which is of course a monster.
@@TajimaMunenori Sounds like another of God's creations doesn't it ?
Like Satan .
He got mad because God prefered human beings to him and then hated God and wanted to be above Him and dead.
Unlike David's case God can't die like the humans who made him big difference !
I know a lot of people don't like this movie, and I can understand why. But I really like it, it has such a great vibe. David is an amazing character. I think the lore additions are pretty cool. And there's a lot of great moments in this movie as well. The C-Section sequence is incredible
I personally thought Prometheus was great but many didn’t like it because I think after so many year since the last proper Alien movie folks were expecting the same beats of the original films, which is not what this movie is. It’s actually a classic prequel, showing what lead up to the events in the original film.
Aaron's points were valid in the review, but I don't believe he realized that this was a prequel to the series and not a sequel. He spoke about how the movie didn't answer questions but was more of a set up. Funny thing is that it was a set up, it sets up the entire "Alien" franchise.
That's common with Aaron. His attention span isn't the greatest.
Wait, I'm just starting their reaction, how was it not established before they started watching it was a prequel?!?!?
@@misshell I have no idea, they obviously didn't know themselves. I hope they come to realize it by the end of "Alien: Covenant".
This movie gets lots of hate but it’s honestly not that bad, some of the “stupid” decisions the characters make can be easily rebutted, just watch Cinemawins’ Prometheus video
I agree the movie was fun the main thing I was bothered by was the fact they cut out the conversation with the engineer felt like I watched the movie and missed something. 😂
i loved this movie when it came out, i never understood all the hate :(
I was literally about to comment something like this. I thought the movie was top tier, but I’m biased tbh. Sometimes I’m cool with just seeing the aliens slaughter people.
Agreed, while it’s true there was no need to make lore for the ship in the OG alien it wasn’t meant to be fleshed out and I get why people didn’t like this weird new origin for everything but as a movie it’s great and well done, and it does fit and work fine in the universe.
Honestly the movie would of been much better if they didn’t cut so many deleted or extended scenes which explained more and gave more depth to scenes imo
@LeaderOfTheLostSouls yeah like cutting the conversation with the engineer that basically makes clear and concise the entire story and gives much needed context
an alien prequel film?! i can’t believe it’s been 12 years since this film was released
Where have u been my man? 😅
Do NOT play a drinking game where every time Tara says "juicy" you drink. You will die.
or " i agree "..
Or any variant of the word... lol
After seeing Alien Romulus..... this is gold...
I appreciate Prometheus and Covenant much more now!
After watching their reaction to this... Has made me appreciate Romulus so much more 🤣
That is weird since Romulus tries to retcon both of them.
Oh my goodness me too! I loved the two prior to Romulus, but after watching Romulus, it made me appreciate the two more. Loving the Alien storyline even more!
Is Romulus that bad??? I'm new to the Alien series and Prometheus and Covenant are the only ones I've watched so far and I enjoyed them both! 😭
@@despair_ts1823 IMO calling Prometheus and Covenant part of the Alien series is a stretch.
Opinion of Romulus has been mixed.Either you like it or you don't.
the first time I watched this movie I was simply going through Michael Fassbender's filmography and had no idea what the movie was about. imagine my SHOCK when it turned out to be Alien prequel and I LOVE this franchise. also - idc what anyone says Prometheus is my favourite Alien movie after Alien (1979)
Better than Aliens? No way. Sorry.
@@SE-gs6gdit’s called an opinion for reason big brain
@@SE-gs6gd He never said better than...
I watched this when i was younger and i mustve not paid attention or got it because i had no idea this was a part if the franchise lol
Agree, my second favourite, and third is Alien 3 for me. Prometheus is just stunning to look at. Such vast scenery. And for 3, it really is the slow pacing that I like (points only deducted for the crappy CGI!) but I love the whole mood of 3. And like your good self - not bothered what the purists think 🙂
Prometheus is a part of the Alien franchise, it’s actually a prequel to the very first Alien movie. Elizabeth Shaw is also in Covenant. They are both prequels.
Do people not know this?
@@misschiefmanager6670 apparently they don’t
@@LifeWithHeather818 Admittedly, I missed the intro where they stated this. I definitely had no clue Prometheus was an Alien prequel During its initial promotion, and even when it hit theaters. I was heavily into Michael Fassbender back then, so I watched Prometheus for him, and was surprised. for the record, I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic. I just was surprised because I thought they were watching this franchise.
@@misschiefmanager6670 there were comments mentioned in the outro. I commented in case others didn’t know.
@@misschiefmanager6670 or it was the intro I don’t remember lol
Great intro Aaron and Tara! I think this movie is underrated. Nowhere near as terrible as people say. It’s not the best in the franchise, but it’s not terrible.
It's the best I the franchise after the forst 2 movies.
It's not a bad movie by any means, it just completely ruins the magic of the unknown around the xenomorph. And Alien: Covenant is the final kick in the head when it's down, by making the xenomorph a human creation via android proxy. Never explain the origin of a monster, you make it less scary by doing do. This should be left to one's own imagination at all times. And if you absolutely have to, don't go the absolutely silliest route imaginable like Alien: Covenant did. By the way ... also a great sci-fi horror movie, but absolutely terrible as an Alien movie.
You can always tell when John’s editing. So many references for the casts’ other works. So dignifying 🤝
A lot of ppl think Elizabeth’s faith was broken, but seeing the Engineers actually reaffirmed her faith and belief in God. Knowing there’s still life in the universe even beyond the Engineers gives her enough faith and belief in God that she’ll find it.
The scene where Vickers and Shaw run away from the rolling Juggernaut always gets so much criticism, but if they were to run on either side of it, they risk getting struck by the chunks of fiery Prometheus debris raining down like hail on either side.
Aaron with the fresh retweist I see you my guy!
Nice to see Tara feeling better!
I think Aaron remembers more than he’s letting on 😂
He can be annoying.
@@MoleyRusselsWart_ definitely, and Tara has no idea where we are in the timeline 😂 great duo
FUN LITTLE FACT about the script! In reference to the scene where they carbon date the body and they say "2000 years, give or take".
There was a scrapped section of the script for this movie that revealed that the Engineers sent down one of their own to try to stop humans from fighting among themselves. Humans, being humans, crucified this emissary. And because of that the Engineers decided that we didn't deserve to continue living, we were too violent of a species.
Yes, they were going to reveal that Jesus was an engineer lol But Ridley said that would have been too on the nose.
The scene where the ship is falling down - loads of people are like "I dont know why they just arent running to the side?!".
At that moment when something is so incredibly huge, the instinct of your body is just to "get away". We as the audience have an aerial view, the characters do not. They dont know which way it COULD fall. So they just "run away" in a sense their body makes them run.
Yep, people are way too critical of that scene. Anyone in that situation would just be running away on instinct, no time to think about things anyway
I agree. If you were actually there on the ground, every direction probably doesn't look like a good idea so, just run.
@@danielpeckham5520 these were not exactly normal people...
stop making excuses for shit writing
Everyone is Jay Sherman and Jeffery Albertson now.
The beginning part movie was in order to create a civilization, u need to sacrifice 1 people to create a life in the unhabitable planet
Alien Covenant is the sequel to Prometheus and picks up right after this movie
The Alien ship in this movie is the same as the one in the first Alien movie. Remember that big alien they discovered in the first movie in the chair? That was an engineer.
Same model, different ship. Also on a different planet.
@@johannesbowers7467 That's right, I think it's the ship in Covenant.
@@spis_dritt neither Prometheus nor Covenant take place on LV-426. It is just another Engineer ship.
@@johannesbowers7467 Then how did the original ship get the xenomorphs when it was David who created them in Covenant?
@@spis_dritt Covenant is before Alien.
The creator ship is, if it is not the same, at least identical to the ship from Alien where the eggs lay. Also recognizable in Alien by the oversized chair.
Yeah, but in Alien it was a gaming chair. That poor Space Jockey just wanted to relax.
So now we have our four synthetics: Ash, Bishop, Call, and David! ABCD 🩶
And Walter
@@DanielRodriguez-eh1qd Walter /David : 4th letter from beginning /4th letter from the end . Antithesis
Romulus has Andy (And E) but also Rook. I think it's ultimately all just a coincidence but they're still having fun with it.
Dude! Don't disrespect Logan Marshall-Green by comparing him to Drake. Tom Hardy... Yes! Drake... NO!
the deleted scene and script delves in deeper on why the Engineer acted the way he did in the end, completely justifies himself instead of what we got: an angry alien killing everyone.
Idk man a lot of folks hate this movie, but I really enjoyed it. And tbh, I seriously had no idea it was a part of the Alien franchise until the very end with the giant face hugger. Then it was solidified when I saw the xenomorph.
England has requested that you stop with the British accents 🤣 😳 😂
@@ladyhotep5189if you don’t like it don’t watch 🤷🏾♀️😂
Bloody hell take it as a compliment.
English accent, fixed it for ya. 😉
@@juliant My Mam grew up in
London, Tara’s accent ain’t too far off a working class London, Essex, Luton accent. 🤘
Amazing how many people cant actually see that I'm joking... what are the laughing emojis for these days. 🤔
Its funny how everyone who goes in blind without hearing all the hate typically love the film.
That's how society works, if you actually have your own opinion and not follow the herd...guess what? You will have your own individual opinion 😱
@@アキコ2003 Nah, back then people struggled to make sense of a billionaire funding a space program because his own personal search for the meaning of life etc. It seemed unrealistic. Then Elon Musk entered the chat lol.
almost like people can be awed by visuals and processing information without instantly picking up flaws. also they both still had a lot of problems and dont even know the logistical or lore problems...
*Idris Elba* - Thor/Avenger movies
*Benedict Wong* - Dr. Strange/Avengers/Shang Chi movies
*Charlize Theron* - Dr. Strange Post-credits
*Guy Pearce* - Iron Man 3
*Michael Fassbender* - X-Men movies
*Logan Marshall-Green* - Spider-Man: Homecoming
David is one most interesting characters I’ve ever seen in a movie, just the way he childlike in exploring the universe, yet there’s something conniving underneath the surface is really interesting
A lot of people hate on this movie for character decisions and also the advanced tech, even though this happens before Alien. Hey, in life, people make questionable decisions, especially in high stress situations. As far as the tech goes, The Prometheus is an elite, advanced science vessel for the upper class. Weyland himself is on the ship as well as his daughter. It's the Rolls Royce of Space Vessels. The Nostromo from Alien was basically an 18 Wheeler Tractor Trailer Truck bringing back ore that they were mining on other planets. The tech is still fancy but lower in quality compared to Prometheus.
I think you guys legally have to watch all the predators, because Aliens Vs Predator is a movie worth experiencing. Love the reaction Tara and Aaron!
Aaron with the fresh retwist 😍 Tara I’m obsessed with your colorful cardigans 🌈
Aaron killed me with the “✊🏾” 😂😂 21:11
i cant stop laughing😭😭😭
How to be a reaction channel:
Step 1: tell people you havent seen it before
Step 2: If you have seen it before convince the audience you cant remember it
Also be loud, obnoxious, and try hard funny.
If you dont like reaction channels then dont watch them.
@@MarioBario I love reaction channels 💀
Love this movie. The fact that you want more is what the whole movie is about. Why did the engineers make & why did they want us dead… the sequel leaves more questions I can’t wait till u watch covenant
The original Swedish Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would be a great watch for the Shejects.
Absolutely, yes!!! The trilogy with Naomi Rapace & Michael Nyquist (RIP Michael!!!) are excellent!!!
Prometheus gets too much hate. This was the first Alien movie I saw and I was one of the few people who seemed to really enjoy it when it was released.
Thanks for the reaction! Tara Erickson & Aaron Alexander are my favorite pair on this channel!
that sad, you're probably annoying at too!
As if any reaction with Aaron can ever be good . He’s so stupid
Also, the opening shot with the Engineer was on Earth, implying that the death of the Engineer, his DNA mutated by whatever he consumed, was the source for life on Earth; us in particular.
Prometheus is a highly underrated Alien film. Covenant was a let down. Haven't checked out Romulus, heard a lot of good things about it.
Romulus is very good until halfway through when it falls apart.
@@DanV900 Disagree. It´s great throughout.
@@CZJames20 Not when you see the resurrection of a dead actor and then it turns into a fan film with unnecessary callback lines that don’t work at all. The Aliens one is egregious which feels like a 4th wall break and the Alien one is very bad. You don’t care about any of the characters except for 2 with Rain and Andy. The gravity sequence at the end is cool, but the ending itself being a combination of Prometheus and Alien: Resurrection stinks. It is not a movie that works on its own and is an unnecessary secret sequel to Alien: Covenant. You can see the moment when Ridley Scott’s influence kicks in which makes it so much worse.
Prometheus is a beautiful sci-fi film. That being said I didn't care for the origins of Xenomorphs (and Human Beings). It was better left unsaid and not explained. You remove the mystery, You reveal the wizard ("Wizard of Oz").
Leads to disappointment.
Romulus>Prometheus imo
@@DanV900 I would argue the movie works the best on it´s own since you yourself is mainly complaining about the callbacks and Rook from the previous films. People seeing this as their 1st Alien film won´t have any of those problems. Plus I´m a huge Alien fan and besides the unnecassary Aliens Ripley line callback, I didn´t mind any of it and Rook was great I thought, I was bracing myself for much worse the way people were describing the CGI- it was actually an animatronic with touches of CGI, it worked for me. I just had a great time with it. Also loved the offspring design, creepy MF.
Love when you two react together, always entertaining!
I love Tara and Aaron. Sexy time? Juice. Gross stuff? Juice. Juice? Juice. Paper weights? Juice. Love? Juice. Hate? Juice. Breakfast burritos? Juice. Yesterday's leftovers? Juice? Drugs? Juice. Greg's glasses? Juice. Something awesome? Juice. Homework? Juice. Hammers? Juice. Apps on phones? Juice. Robots? Juice. Magnanimity? Juice...
Ridley Scott intended this to be a spin-off in the Alien universe rather than a direct prequel to Alien but due to the criticism on the lack of Alien references since audiences then expected a prequel, the studio pushed him to include more Xenomorphs in the next one and had to rewrite most of the storyline he originally intended for Elizabeth Shaw, David and the engineers, wich also why the next one goes back to the title of "Alien" instead of Prometheus 2. You guys probably will realize what i'm talking about when you see it.
I’ve been watching all of the alien movies in the past week leading up to me going to see romulus in theatres, and then yesterday I discovered that you guys were also watching them all recently. the vids have been great guys keep it up 🙌🏻
Rewatching this made me realize this wasnt as bad as i originally thought, its still not great like Alien and Aliens, but better than 3 and Resurrection.
It is better than all.
My man Aaron felt "whelmed" at the end like Robin in Young Justice. 🤣
I hope in the future Michael Fassbender comes back. His performance was single handedly what carried the two movies he was in.
Logan Marshall Green appeared in Spiderman: Homecoming where he gets vaporized by Adrian Toomes.
Sean Harris was the antagonist in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation and Fallout.
Idris Alba of course Heimdall in Thor film series, Infinity War. Also shared scenes with Nicholas Cage in Ghost Rider sequel.
Noomi Rapace as the Gypsy in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Guy Pearce as Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3
Charlize Theron as Clea in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness who is yet to make another appearance.
Michael Fassbender as Magneto in the X-Men films under 20th Century Fox umbrella.
Benedict Wong appearing as well before becoming Wong in the MCU.
The Scottish actress was in the Loki TV series as a Tva leader.
greg i will never forgive u for the commercial break in the middle of the reaction, i was startled.
Its a movie that has gotten better over time. I watched this film in cinema when It was released. Looked great but didn't understand what was happening. The Blu Ray really turned it around for me - a lot of the deleted scenes and supplementary material released before the movie explains a lot of things explicitly instead of how its left ambiguous in the actual film.
Prometheus is so underrated
Blows away alien romulus
BTW that map scene in 3d IMAX was BEYOND mesmerizing
And fassbender was brilliant. I'll never understand the hate. The effects and CGI were brilliant. The story was great. It wasn't sons rehashed story. Imo it's the second best film in the series. BTW they did find our creators. The engineers created us. Very beginning of the movie.
I couldn’t wait for this reaction I love this movie and the visuals are so beautiful 🔥
The film hinted (and backed up by the deleted scenes) that it was the crucifixion of Christ that made the engineers want to wipe out man.
The fact that it was 2000 years ago was a big hint. The deleted scene had the engineer reference Christ (a mother and son that was brought to their planet to be shown how to teach humans how to behave but was killed by humans), filmmakers were concerned it would cause a backlash as that would claim Christ had no divinity.
I could definitely see that backlash happening. Even if only a sci-fi fantasy movie, and especially in this day & age.
Aaron: "Now he's in those Conjuring movies I havn't seen"
Well.. I know your next series guys.
:46 went in to this film knowing very little about the Alien franchise, or that it was even connected... Been hooked ever since!!
Handsome Squidward 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 ……also, I’m still sitting in Aaron’s car 😂
this movie is very underrated
itsbad
57:07 Prometheus school of running away.
lol yes came looking for this - think CinemaSins coined it but not 100% 😅
Whoever edited this reaction absolutely cooked. The little tidbits of info especially at the beginning were very clean.
This movie's cinematic quality/visual undeniably holds strong fu*kin 12 years later.
Why I it that when Aron and Tera are on I'm in it, the rest of them don't usually hit my recommendations lol
I’m getting so tired of y’all specifically picking on them for shit the other reactors do y’all know Tara sings the intro skip it and shut up y’all are a bunch of little kids hiding insult in a RUclips comment section. Then I won’t call out the one a-hole acting like the Aaron acts any different from the other guys Greg is constantly making cheesy/corny jokes and nobody says anything but Aaron can’t make a joke? Get over yourselves it’s not your channel or your reaction they don’t have to dull their personalities because y’all are boring and got yours from a 14 year old on tik tok. That being said love the reaction guys 😂❤
reel rejects are one of the few reaction youtube channels i watch and like, the 'market' is SO over-saturated but everyone on the reel rejects team has a special something that makes it fun to watch movies along with them
@@jonnyk4669same they are probably my favorite channel everybody brings something to the table and I really enjoy it.
This is the 3rd best Alien movie in the franchise.
Prometheus is a very good, very misunderstood and underrated movie. To me, Prometheus and Covenant are the 3rd and 4th best movies in the franchise
He didnt take Weyland in that room to get him killed. Good grief
This film will always be precious to me...as it drove me to write tens of thousands of words of David 8 fanfiction 💙
Fun Fact: When this came out, nobody knew if this was Alien related, there were some theories, but that. So we only knew that it was a Ridley Scott movie.
So.. it was a nice reveal!
Aaron blessing us with the fresh twists
The little bit of Aaron thinking it was guy pierce and realized after was hilarious
I love Aaron, and even when this film was coming out, it was widely known it was a part of the Alien franchise, but could you guys imagine the pop from Tara had she just happened to come across the xenomorph on her own the first time she saw it instead of him clueing her in on it?
And it also skewed her perspective bc, then, she was constantly speculating about what Alien things were going to happen throughout instead.
gurl trying to have newt back after like 40 years is so hilarious 😭
Appreciate the love for Logan Marshall Green. The Invitation is such a hidden gem of a thriller. I love that movie.
After Aliens, this is my favorite Alienverse movie. It’s so unique and refreshing (esp bec the reveal was awesome) and I love how they expanded the universe by introducing those terrifying gigantic beings.
36:10 "ahh this is the worst possible outcome!" 😂 😂 I spat my drink out 😂
OMG they are doing Prometheus and Covenant!! time for the lore/ story telling part of Alien! .. the best part 😉
David executed Mr Weyland's program. When Weyland died, David became autonomous. This laid the groundwork for his actions/behaviors in Covenant. Great reaction.
That intro was so painful
Omg 😱 YES! It absolutely looks like Handsome Squidward! Believe it or not, I legitimately said the same damn thing when I was trying to explain the movie to my boyfriend after me and my friend got home after watching it in theaters ffs! 😂👍😉
Ahhh, perfect timing. Gonna enjoy my dinner and watch this! Always liked Prometheus despite its problems :)
I really love these two ! I tune in for everybody but these two are amazing and the vibe is always perfect! ❤
Tara's British accent is tops. 😆
Also Aaron "modern times" is referred to anything after 1900 so you're good❤ And your hair looks so good too!
Logan Marshall-Green is also THE Trey Atwood 😍 OC Baby!! I also loved him in Upgrade and The Invitation. Such a great actor
I was always confused why Dr Shaw thought the aliens changed their minds about destroying humanity. From what we saw, the alien plan was going well until the bio weapon they were making “got out” and they all died. The alien they work up immediately wanted to finish that mission of destruction.
It’s crazy when you deep dive into the engineers story fromRidley. In this universe, Jesus was an engineer and is the reason they want us dead. He was their final emissary to try and put us back on the right path and we killed him. When you see it like this, who else of the people we believed to be gods through out our multi cultural history could have been an engineer in this universe. Krishna, Izanagi and Izanami, etc. Just gets the brain moving. I love lore.
This was one of the few movies that took advantage of the 3d when it came to the galaxy scene in the control room. Looked beautiful
Fassbender's David was such a strong character and performance that it overshadowed Rapace's Shaw, who I also felt was the Ripley stand in. That lower key position just felt secondary. I don't remember if that changes in the next film. Liked the overall design and lore of this very much though!
I LOVED this movie when it released, but i didnt come in with expectations. Even if it doesnt answer anything questioned before, it was a good addition to the Alien universe.
Never clicked so quick
I had the same experience as Aaron: I distinctly remember watching this at a friend’s house the year it came out and remembered nothing but Charlize Theron getting squashed by the ship! Wild how that goes… and I recently rewatched 🎉
The origin of the trope "the Prometheus School of Running Away From Things"
Again…. Michael Fassbender is beyond exceptional he really encapsulates the characters he plays so well
His acting is superb
Important notes:
- The engineer at the start is there to start (or speed up?) life in the planet, sacrificing himself as part of their team/group as part of their process. The liquid he drank broke him down to a molecular level so it would then blend with the elements already in the water.
- There is a very good reason why this movie is just called Prometheus: it's a stand alone movie, it's not really an Alien movie, it's more like a movie in the same universe as the Alien franchise.
- The hookup scene had the purpose of letting us know about both characters, and to further the idea that several might already have "Is Vickers a robot?". Her movements are calculated, straightlined, deliberate, so until we know she's Weiland's daughter, we just don't know. The fact that she accepts having sex with Idris's character after he asks if she's a robot, one can easily think this is a way for her to take his mind away from the idea that she is robot, probably because she is a more advanced one.
Just watched Alien Romulus and while impressive in part and competently made, it's not better than Prometheus or Alien Covenant 😢
The opening sequence with the engineer dissolving into the water is the creation of man or human kind.
Alot of people don't like this movie but this has to be my favorite movie. I Absolutely love Noomi Rapace and she always brings 1000 percent to her movies. She deserves a Oscar and I hope one day she gets one! Amazing Reaction 👏 🙌🤝😎
It’s a prequel not sequel