Earth. The beginnings of our world. In an opening montage, we watch as our primordial planet is terraformed and bioformed by seemingly all-powerful, Godlike alien entities…the ENGINEERS. The seeds of ...

Elizabeth Shaw was born in 2058 to British parents, but spent much of her life in South Africa, where her parents were missionaries. After losing her father to Ebola, she travelled extensively. She ...

Graduating from The Theatre School at DePaul University, Samuel comes from a background in acting, writing, and directing for both stage and screen. As a viewer, he's an avid Marvel fan, ...

Ridley Scott’s 1979 film practically created the modern science-fiction horror genre. Now decades later, the legendary filmmaker has revisited his classic. The much-anticipated “Prometheus” is a sort ...

It was so excited when Ridley Scott returned to the Alienfranchise with Prometheus, but the movie's cliffhanger ending was ...

Elizabeth Shaw's story was cut short in the Alien franchise when her character was abruptly killed off in Covenant. Shaw and David formed an unlikely bond but David ultimately used her in his genetic ...

Just one of the droids? Women continue to search for three-dimensional, empowering roles in science fiction, and in Hollywood. Source: Entertainment Weekly While special effects have evolved in a ...

Somehow, the Alien franchise managed to mess up yet another character’s death – that of Dr. Elizabeth Shaw – between 2012’s Prometheus and 2017’s Alien: Covenant. Admittedly, neither of Ridley Scott’s ...

One of the most baffling moments in Prometheus occurs when the last surviving Engineer is awakened from stasis by David (Michael Fassbender) and Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce). The entire mission of the ...

Ryan has been with Collider since the Fall of 2023, but his love for cinema goes back to day one. Much of his life has revolved around him dissecting his favorite characters or themes, or even ...