The Alien Universe Explained: Prometheus Timeline & Reviews

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The Alien franchise has been something of a mystery to me for a long time. I had seen a few of the films, out of order, so I’d recognize something in one film and say “I think that’s from another film in this franchise, but I’d end up being wrong about the timeline and that movie actually happened after, so after all this confusion I sat down and actually watched through all of these films. I now have a concrete understanding of the ins and outs of the Alien franchise, the order of them all, and even the theories of what comes next.

0:00 - 2:16 - The Universe of Alien
2:17 - 7:47 - Alien
7:48 - 13:55 - Aliens
13:56 - 19:29 - Alien 3
19:30 - 22:31 - Alien: Ressurection
22:32 - 29:02 - Prometheus
29:03 - 34:06 - Alien: Covenant
34:07 - 42:31 - Timeline Explained
42:32 - 45:36 - The Future of Alien

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Outro:
Late Night Driving - Broke In Summer

[buddyzilla]

The cat aspect nearly cost Sigorney her role. It was played by several cats trained specifically for their stunts and was very costly. She showed some signs of serious allergy to them and later stated she knew if it came between her and the cats, they would have chosen her to recast. They were not about to eat the cost already sunk into them and rewrite the script for that so she was grateful to learn it wasn't the cats that she was actually allergic to. Apparently it was a combination of the glycerin they used to immate sweat along with the cat hair. Once they stopped using the glycerin, her skin reaction died down and she was fine filming with them.

[jackmeyers]

Ive had my cat for 17-18 years now. He could have been an hour old and I'd have gone back for him. At his current age, he is my responcibility as much as he is a source of peace that allows me to decompress and heal at the end of a long day. I can't make it without him, and I know he can't make it without me. We either both get out, or we both go down together.

[erinmckibbin]

Mistakes about Aliens:
-Ripley was in cryosleep for 50 years
-the planet is the same planet. While Ripley was in Cryosee, the company built a colony on that planet
-watch the director's cut. Ripley learns her daughter grew, lived a long life, and died. Also, after she tells the company execs oncwhat happened to the Nostromo, Burke contacts the colony and asks them to check out the nest. That's how the aluens killed the ehole colony

[willywunder]

Regarding Aliens: The reason why she agrees to go back to lv426 is NOT the prospect of getting her job back. The reason is to face her post-traumatic stress disorder (she has nightmares constantly), hence the midnight call to Burke. She agrees to come if they destroy the alien(s).

[mila]

My mother is also a HUGE fan of the Alien trilogy, so when Prometheus was out with the promise (no pun intended) of being a prequel to Alien, my mom was super excited. No need to say that she was extremely disappointed with the lack of alien action. We went to watch Covenant with a grain of salt, but we actually liked it a lot. Now I'm convincing her to play Alien Isolation haha

[juxtaposition]

The reason Prometheus kind of falls apart near the end isn’t Scott’s fault. There was an extensive dialogue between the engineer and David that he had to cut. That’s why it seems confusing. There’s a backstory as to why the engineer goes berserk etc that was edited out.

[godisjihyo]

the importance of jonesy is to display her spectacular leadership. she puts her life on the line to save others again and again, exemplifying the "no soldier left behind" mentality.

[rickygillies]

Alien isolation is better than any alien film that came out after Aliens

[holografics]

I'd fist fight a xenomorph to save my cat 😤

[electricfire]

I always go back and forth whether I like Alien or Aliens more. Alien is definitely a master when it comes to suspense and it absolutely clears when it comes to the Sci-Fi/Horror elements, meanwhile Aliens in my opinion has stronger and more likable characters like Hicks, Bishop, and Newt. I really love those first two films and can't decide which one I like over the other. When it comes to Alien 3 I prefer the Assembly cut since it fills in a lot of the plot holes. Also killing off Hicks and Newt in the opening still leaves a sour taste in my mouth, and what they should've done is maybe have Ripley's pod be completely separated from the Sulaco. Despite those complaints I think the Assembly cut of Alien 3 is kind of underrated. Alien Resurrection was a guilty pleasure of mine when I first watched it, but it is absolute dog water, and I probably won't watch it again. I really like Prometheus and Michael Fassbender is absolutely amazing as David. Also speaking of Prometheus, the film was titled "Alien: Engineers", and it originally was going to include xenomorphs in it and it would've taken place on LV-426, making it a direct prequel to the first Alien film, but Ridley Scott didn't want to include the xenomorphs in the film. I have very mixed feelings towards Alien: Covenant but the ending is absolutely chilling.

[rossigrace]

I would love a Prometheus prequel, a movie from the engineers view of all the times they showed up, why and what led them to want to trash everything.

[tealduckduckgoose]

Everyone always criticises the 'prometheus academy of running away', but rapace's character DOES go to the side, and nearly gets crushed when the ship falls to the side. I blame the huge amount of memeing on this scene mostly on the editing, there are sooo many cuts in that running scene.
I've been watching alien and aliens for longer than I can remember, it was interesting to hear a kind of 'first viewing ' perspective on them, and I learned some bts things I didn't know! 👍

[tacticalmattfoley]

One of the greatest missed opportunities in the Alien franchise is Weyland-Yutani. "The Company" is the over-arching background antagonist in the entire franchise. The original trilogy seems to be building to some kind of confrontation with Weyland-Yutani but they seem to go a different direction for no logical reason in the third act. That script literally writes itself given what we see in the first two films. Seeing the results of a military-industrial complex taken to extreme limits is as terrifying as the creatures. Moreover, the concept of "they've been here all along" beautifully ties together the Alien and Predator franchises via the first Alien V Predator film. In many ways, the creatures and Weyland-Yutani are EXACTLY

[bloomstumpremoval]

Seeing Alien for the first time in decades, in 1080p was jaw dropping. Everything about the movie looks and feels like a modern blockbuster...except maybe the dated screen/displays. Riveting, scary, and fascinating with so much embedded symbolism it's worth seeing again and again.

[Jashi_Kholin]

Everyone says they're not a cat person until they meet THEIR kitty. You'll understand, then. I was supremely relieved when she went back for Jones.

[gummybrad]

You are missing one core story and that's the one from Alien Isolation. It's a direct sequel to the first film and features Amanda Ripley, Ellen Ripley's daughter, while Ellen is still in cryo-sleep. It is a great story and continues the extended lore but is obviously separate from the original 4 films. There's also a lot of comic stories that are canon to the overarching plot so, I highly recommend checking those out too if you get the chance!

[RobLucci]

I"m 100% going back for Jonesy, that cat is a national treasure

[zombiekitty]

As a cat lover, it was totally justified for Ellen to go back for the cat 😂

[robbarnes]

During the timeline portion circa 39:45 Ripley was not picked up by a ship with Colonial Marines. Watch the beginning of Aliens again, as it was a salvage crew who picked up the escape shuttle with Ripley and Jones on it.

[thecat]

I’m actually a huge fan of the 3rd film I like the macabre depressing mood of its story it should’ve finished the saga but alas, the assembly cut is a great final version of such a dark franchise