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A fan society for Prometheus
An unofficial fan society for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus—explainers, essays, stills, trivia, and open theories.
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- IMDb
- 7.0/10
- Director
- Ridley Scott
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Questions the society keeps arguing
- What does the ending actually set up? Shaw, David, and the Deacon — without the wiki fog. Read + leave a theory
- Is David curious, cruel, or both? The android everyone argues about under every essay. Read + leave a theory
- Why create us — then try to wipe us out? Engineers, cargo, and the question Weyland never gets answered. Read + leave a theory
- What is the black goo, really? Accelerant, not a monster — and why that matters. Read + leave a theory
- Is this an Alien prequel or its own myth? How the film talks to 1979 without being homework. Read + leave a theory
- How does Covenant continue the argument? Bridge notes for fans who bounced off the sequel. Read + leave a theory
Latest essays
All →- Prometheus in 2012: marketing mystery vs. monster, and the campaign that rewrote opening-night expectations Teasers that smuggled theology, trailers that flirted with facehugger math, and a transmedia runway that trained audiences to expect answers on a receipt. The gap between what the studio sold and what Scott shipped is not a scandal—it is part of why the film still feels like an argument you walk into mid-sentence.
- The Deacon ending: franchise tease, honest refusal, or both at once? Birth in silhouette, xenomorph rhyme without checklist payoff, and a sting that split audiences between cheated and fed. The Deacon is not a post-credits homework assignment—it is the film’s last rude gesture about lineage, suggesting the monster you wanted was never the point of the trip.
- Black goo as accelerant, not monster: what the urns are actually selling Weapon, sacrament, or industrial solvent for biology—the film keeps the goo slippery on purpose. Treating it as a single creature misses the point: the accelerant amplifies what is already there, which is why every infection route feels like a different moral argument wearing the same slime.
- Opening sacrifice: creation myth before the corporate clock starts ticking A white body, black water, and a prologue that refuses to hand you a user manual. The opening is not exposition—it is tone law, establishing that creation here is violent, indifferent, and older than Weyland’s TED talk, which is exactly why the rest of the film feels like a rude interruption.
Start with explainers
All →- Prometheus explained What the expedition finds, what the film is arguing about, and how it connects to Alien—without treating the mystery like a checklist.
- Prometheus Engineers explained The tall “Engineers,” their cargo, and what LV-223 implies—sticking to what the film stages, not every abandoned draft online.
- Prometheus vs Alien: Covenant Same prequel thread, different appetite for answers—tone, scale, and how Covenant rewrites the room after 2012.
- Prometheus post-credits scene Theatrical cut, home video, and whether anything waits after the title card—spoiler: know before you sit through credits.
- Where to watch Prometheus Streaming and purchase options change by country—how to verify what carries the film where you live, plus disc.
Shipboard quiz
One question. No spoilers required.
Warm up here, then take the full run on the trivia page.
Crew
Full cast →-
Noomi Rapace -
Michael Fassbender -
Charlize Theron -
Idris Elba -
Guy Pearce -
Logan Marshall-Green -
Sean Harris -
Rafe Spall
Transmissions
Argue it under the article
Every explainer and essay has a comment thread. Nickname in, theory out — no account required.
Start on the ending →Visual archive
Stills from LV-223
Browse production and publicity stills, then follow through to IMDb when you want the full set.