Since hatching "Alien" 33 years ago, Ridley Scott has hoped no other filmmaker would try to answer this question: Where did the space eggs containing those terrifying beasts come from? Scott has hints of an answer himself with "Prometheus," a cousin to "Alien" that opens Friday in the US and marks the filmmaker's return to science fiction.
Film Review: Prometheus
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