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)

5.⁠ ⁠It warns against the pitfalls of human hubris

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

While the film was made to introduce audiences to the larger storyline behind the Xenomorphs and the role of humans in this world, it also serves as a warning against the evil of human greed. Like Weyland-Yutani in Alien, the humans in Prometheus seek knowledge and power that they should not have gone seeking in the first place, leading to disaster.

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