19 reasons why Prometheus was more important to Alien than we thought

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Still from Prometheus (Image via Rotten Tomatoes Trailers)
Still from Prometheus (Image via Rotten Tomatoes Trailers)

13.⁠ It ⁠establishes Alien as a bio-horror story

Still from the movie (Image via Rotten Tomatoes)
Still from the movie (Image via Rotten Tomatoes)

Prometheus also adds a deeper layer of meaning to the Alien franchise as it highlights the important role of the mismanagement of biological engineering and the horrors that can ensue. It does this by tying the Xenomorph’s origins to bioweapons and genetic tampering. This reframes the franchise as a story about the dangers of biological engineering.

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