I Know Ridley Scott Would Hate Me for This, but 'Alien: Romulus' Is a Better Sequel to 'Prometheus' Than 'Covenant' Ever Was

In 1979, Ridley Scott changed sci-fi horror forever with Alien. It was the ultimate monster movie, a tale that was part haunted house film and part slasher, all the while creating one of the greatest action heroes of all time in Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley. Scott stepped away after that first film, leading to James Cameron making Aliens in 1986. After several more sequels and an Alien vs. Predator spinoff, Scott returned to the franchise with 2012's Prometheus. Although it was an excellent movie, many fans were disappointed by the lack of xenomorphs. To correct this, his follow-up, 2017's Alien: Covenant, was a mashup of the past and present that delivered on the alien monster mayhem. However, what resulted was a clunky movie where the story established in Prometheus is pushed to the background in favor of a more traditional Alien movie. It took until 2024 with Fede Álvarez's Alien: Romulus to find a way to continue the story of Prometheus that better incorporated the horror we wanted to see.