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It's hard to imagine that just a few years ago,  Prometheus was positioned to kickstart a whole new Alien franchise. But after its less-than-stellar reviews, and the poor boxoffice return of Alien Covenant, chances are we'll never see anther installment. One of the biggest criticisms leveled against these films is that they fumble around with profound questions, but ultimately fail to address them in any substantial way. But is this really the case? Find out in this Wisecrack Edition, where we'll answer the question plaguing all Ridley Scott fans: are these films deep or dumb?


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It was supposed to be Ridley’s Scott grand return to the franchise that began his career:

Here he would resurrect the franchise from the pits of those Alien vs Predator films.

And answer all those pestering fan’s questions like, where did the Alien really come from

and who was that dead giant space jockey?

Plus, with an all star cast, how could the film fail?

It was a sure thing, destined to spawn a new franchise.

And yet... people were really disappointed.

So much so that when the sequel, Alien Covenant was released, barely anyone showed up, effectively

Most people criticize these prequels for two MAJOR reasons.One, all the unimaginably stupid

decisions the human characters make, which: Charlie, don't be an idiot.

And Two, because Prometheus and Alien: Covenant raise a lot of lofty questions: Where do

But then never bothers to answer them or, to be honest, really even tried to.

So it seems like they’re just pseudo-intellectual nonsense as if just by raising a couple

Philosophy 101 questions, somehow the films will become inherently deep.

Let’s find out in this WE on Prometheus & Alien: Covenant: Deep or Dumb?

Before we get started, a question we keep getting asked is, whatever happened to Earthling

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Alright guys, let's get started with a recap: Prometheus begins in the early 21st century

as a group of humans, plus one android obsessed with Lawrence of Arabia, travel to a distant

planet in search of their makers, an alien race known as the Engineers.

However, when our motley crew of space travelers reach the planet, they discover a strange

military base used to create bio-weapons.

The crew get exposed to some of the black gooey stuff and turn on one another.

Meanwhile that Peter O ’Toole looking android, David, discovers one of the Engineers in cryo-sleep.

Turns out the Engineers were none too happy with their creation and were actually planning

to release the black goo on Earth to wipe us all out.

Sometimes to create, one must first destroy.

When David wakes the Engineer up, he tries to do just that, prompting Idris Elba to sacrifice

himself, leaving our final girl, Shaw, on a mission to discover just why humanity’s

creators were so keen on pulling the plug.

Yet by the time Alien: Covenant comes around, Shaw’s already dead, and David has wiped

out the Engineer’s planet, using the black goo to create, you guessed it, the Alien.

And yeah, that’s pretty much all that happens in the entire two-hour sequel and it mostly

So what’s actually going on in these films?

An early flashback to Shaw’s childhood, begins to tease out the answer: Why did he

Everyone has their own word, heaven, paradise.

Whatever it's called, it's someplace beautiful.

Shaw, like all the human characters in these prequels, is obsessed with the search for

For her, the answers to our existential questions, Where do we come from?

What happens after death?, lie in the sky.

After discovering a star map, she & her lover Holloway convince tech billionaire Peter Weyland

to fund an expedition in search of their creators, who they believe can answer life’s mysteries.

But this search for ultimate knowledge is presented as inherently destructive.

In Greek mythology, Prometheus bestows humanity with the forbidden knowledge of fire, only

Chained to a rock, Prometheus’ liver is ripped out and eaten day after day.

This parallels one of our most famous biblical stories: The Tree of Knowledge of Good and

You know the deal Adam and Eve, seduced by a serpent, eat from the tree of knowledge,

only to be cast from the Garden of Eden forever.

Similarly, in Prometheus & Covenant, humans seek forbidden knowledge, Where do they come

What happens after death?, only to be punished for seeking the answers in the first place.

The crew releases a toxic black goo, dooming them all.

It’s no accident that the first form this goo takes is a serpent.

All the human characters are presented as reckless, if not just stupid, in their single

Given Shaw’s just watched all her crew-mates die horribly, you’d think she’d learn

Even by the end of Prometheus, she’s consumed by the need for answers, albeit to a different

They created us, then they tried to kill us, they changed their minds I deserve to

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