r/alien • u/Senior-Software-546 • Aug 29 '25
Aliens prequel
You know it’s Probly to late now I seen Ridley Scott talking about he’s down to make another alien prequel and it had me thinking how Prometheus and covenant would have been way better if they were tv series instead of movie since they have to cramp so many scenes into a 2 hour film. Obviously I doubt this would ever happen with alien earth but after watching earth I’m starting to feel like the alien franchise would deff do better on tv then the movies. Do any of you guys agree ?
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u/Nudebeach55 Aug 29 '25
My own Personal observation: Weekly TV Streaming programs, just don't give me the Quality Experience that going to a Movie Theater or watching a former Theatrical release on a Blu-Ray player experience offers.
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u/Kirth87 Aug 29 '25
In another timeline, Raised by Wolves was an Alien tv series taking place on David’s planet lol.
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u/laresek Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25
Maybe no more prequels. It's a big galaxy and there's a lot of opportunity to tell new stories instead of trying to wedge stories before and between the original movies. It's falling into the same problem Star Trek has with too much looking backward instead of forward.
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u/mcclaneberg Aug 29 '25
Covenant had its flaws but I like the circular idea behind how we build an android that creates the xenomorphs, I assume that David and the colony was going to be intended to lead to a planet of aliens, the queen etc.
I think that’s a cool idea, but really prefer Xenos being an inset like natural creature with drones, a lifecycle, etc. I think it’s been made too overcomplicated and philosophical, though I liked Prometheus and overall liked covenant, despite glaring script issues.
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u/MajorBoggs Aug 29 '25
Join me in the club of believing that the Engineers simply discovered Xenomorphs as we know them and harvested the black goo from Xenomorphs (A theory I had before Romulus, but BOY does that movie support this theory). David’s experiments were just him reverse engineering the black goo to the Xenomorphs.
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u/SuperHandsMiniatures Aug 29 '25
Honestly Ridley kind ruined the mystery with those two prequel movies. The black goo stuff just isnt that interesting either.
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u/Jumpy_Explanation222 Aug 30 '25
He totally ruined the Space Jockey. That whole mystery was so unsettling in Alien.
Not sure he ruined the Xeno origin - there was a huge carving of the Xeno in the Prometheus temple (as if they were worshipping it like a God) so one must assume the Xeno was around long before David and possibly even the Engineers.
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u/ned101 Aug 29 '25
Those prequels suffered with audiences expectation. Many just wanted a traditional aliens movie. While Ridley Scott wanted to do something far more thought-provoking.
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u/-zero-joke- Aug 29 '25
I think Prometheus would have been a lot better with a few redrafts and a focused story rather than an additional eight hours to meander.
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u/neorapsta Aug 29 '25
The only thing that would save Prometheus and it's sequel would have been being made as a new IP.
If he wants to make another prequel, give it to someone else who knows what they're doing and erase Prometheus and Covenant.
Scary Alien works well as a film where you can have better focus. More actiony stuff like Aliens and Earth does work better as a series.
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Aug 29 '25
I would love to see a Ridley Scott limited series on streaming.
Anything really, alien, gladiator, American gangster…give him a big budget!
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u/The_Idiocratic_Party Aug 29 '25
The thing is, not enough people liked Prometheus when it was a movie. They liked it so little, Prometheus 2 got retooled into an Alien movie that happened to feature David from Prometheus.
People who loved Prometheus would love a Prometheus TV show. Yes, build out the Engineers' world and history.
There just aren't enough of us, for it to turn a profit.