Warning: This article contains spoilers for episode 3 of "Star Trek: Discovery."
When it was announced that season 5 of "Discovery" would be its last, even the show's biggest and most loyal fans had to wonder exactly what showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise might have up their sleeves for one final adventure. That turned out to be no small thing, following the reveal that they would be following in the footsteps of a game-changing storyline in the canon first introduced in "The Next Generation" -- the so-called Progenitors and their role as, essentially, the creators of all sentient humanoid life in the galaxy. At its heart, "Trek" has always concerned itself with the most high-minded of ideas, routinely posing existential questions and philosophical debates. But as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Book (David Ajala), and everyone else on board the USS Discovery race against time to put the pieces together for...
When it was announced that season 5 of "Discovery" would be its last, even the show's biggest and most loyal fans had to wonder exactly what showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise might have up their sleeves for one final adventure. That turned out to be no small thing, following the reveal that they would be following in the footsteps of a game-changing storyline in the canon first introduced in "The Next Generation" -- the so-called Progenitors and their role as, essentially, the creators of all sentient humanoid life in the galaxy. At its heart, "Trek" has always concerned itself with the most high-minded of ideas, routinely posing existential questions and philosophical debates. But as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Book (David Ajala), and everyone else on board the USS Discovery race against time to put the pieces together for...
- 4/12/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
“What happens when Weyland is not around to program you anymore?” archeologist Elizabeth Shaw asks the android David.
“I suppose I’ll be free,” answers David.
“You want that?”
The question gives the android pause. “Want? Not a concept I’m familiar with,” he answers. “That being said, doesn’t everyone want their parents dead?”
Conversations such as this one between Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David (Michael Fassbender) recur throughout Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. For his first movie in the franchise since the original Alien, Scott had little interest in more xenomorphs or any of the deep-space thrills of his previous installment. Instead, Prometheus explored the relationship between God and humanity, using metaphors of the created fighting the creators or children killing parents.
In a way, writer Noah Hawley is continuing those themes for his Alien television series. The still-untitled show...
“I suppose I’ll be free,” answers David.
“You want that?”
The question gives the android pause. “Want? Not a concept I’m familiar with,” he answers. “That being said, doesn’t everyone want their parents dead?”
Conversations such as this one between Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and David (Michael Fassbender) recur throughout Prometheus, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. For his first movie in the franchise since the original Alien, Scott had little interest in more xenomorphs or any of the deep-space thrills of his previous installment. Instead, Prometheus explored the relationship between God and humanity, using metaphors of the created fighting the creators or children killing parents.
In a way, writer Noah Hawley is continuing those themes for his Alien television series. The still-untitled show...
- 1/17/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
It sounds as though Noah Hawley’s Alien TV series will render the events of Prometheus and Alien: Covenant non-canon. We look at what it all could mean.
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
Here’s a tense scenario: as the showrunner of an upcoming TV show, you have to tell Ridley Scott – seldom one to mince his words – that the story you have planned will essentially jettison two of his movies.
What would Scott say? What would he do? Should you wear a fire-retardant suit? A crash helmet perhaps?
Incredibly, it sounds as though the multi-talented writer-director (and singer) Noah Hawley did exactly this in recent months, and somehow lived to tell the tale.
The upcoming TV show in question is Hawley’s hotly-anticipated Alien series, set in the universe Scott first established in 1979. Featuring the likes of Essie Davis and Timothy Olyphant among its ensemble cast,...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
Here’s a tense scenario: as the showrunner of an upcoming TV show, you have to tell Ridley Scott – seldom one to mince his words – that the story you have planned will essentially jettison two of his movies.
What would Scott say? What would he do? Should you wear a fire-retardant suit? A crash helmet perhaps?
Incredibly, it sounds as though the multi-talented writer-director (and singer) Noah Hawley did exactly this in recent months, and somehow lived to tell the tale.
The upcoming TV show in question is Hawley’s hotly-anticipated Alien series, set in the universe Scott first established in 1979. Featuring the likes of Essie Davis and Timothy Olyphant among its ensemble cast,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Honest Trailer
Trace and I are recovering from our live show at Salem Horror Festival this past weekend, but in April we kept busy with episodes on Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Tony Scott’s The Hunger, and, most recently, queer Black writer/director Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess (which just celebrated its 50th anniversary!)
Last week we celebrated Alien Day 2023 with a look back at Ridley Scott‘s 2012 Alien prequel, Prometheus. In the film, scientists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) partner with the Weyland Corporation, run by its elderly benefactor (Guy Pearce) and supervised by his android “son” David (Michael Fassbender), to investigate the origins of mankind on a distant alien world.
There they discover a strange pyramid with remnants of a group of Engineers. But when Holloway and a few others get sick, the crew realizes that they may have...
Trace and I are recovering from our live show at Salem Horror Festival this past weekend, but in April we kept busy with episodes on Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Tony Scott’s The Hunger, and, most recently, queer Black writer/director Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess (which just celebrated its 50th anniversary!)
Last week we celebrated Alien Day 2023 with a look back at Ridley Scott‘s 2012 Alien prequel, Prometheus. In the film, scientists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) partner with the Weyland Corporation, run by its elderly benefactor (Guy Pearce) and supervised by his android “son” David (Michael Fassbender), to investigate the origins of mankind on a distant alien world.
There they discover a strange pyramid with remnants of a group of Engineers. But when Holloway and a few others get sick, the crew realizes that they may have...
- 5/1/2023
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Idris Elba is one of the most charismatic actors working today. With his inherent physicality, witty sense of humor, and unflinching dramatic sincerity, Elba has often been cited by fans as a favorite to take on the role of James Bond. While it seems like Elba isn't in line to take on the part of 007, he certainly has an exciting future ahead of him. Just this year, he proved that he could generate an audience for an original project, and few movie stars can do that.
It's no slight against Elba to say that his best roles have been on television. Elba's performance as the intelligent criminal mastermind Stringer Bell on "The Wire" proved that he could examine the mindset of a complex character who wasn't simply a hero or villain. His role as the titular detective on the BBC One mystery series "Luther" showed that he could sustain a...
It's no slight against Elba to say that his best roles have been on television. Elba's performance as the intelligent criminal mastermind Stringer Bell on "The Wire" proved that he could examine the mindset of a complex character who wasn't simply a hero or villain. His role as the titular detective on the BBC One mystery series "Luther" showed that he could sustain a...
- 11/20/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
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