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An expedition to the outer reaches of the galaxy, where the void of space gives way to the beauty of distant nebulae and star clusters. Concept of cosmic journey. Generative Ai.
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Gary Varner
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August 3, 2024
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Prometheus (2012): In the End Did Dr. Shaw Really Learn Anything?

Elizabeth Shaw’s faith has been challenged throughout the film; for example, she learns that aliens, not God, created humanity. But do her responses make sense?
Gary Varner
August 3, 2024
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While it’s good that Dr. Shaw manages to maintain her faith throughout her various trials, it's unclear why she continues the quest all alone. Read More ›
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View of the Earth on fire from space, flames wrap around the blue planet, searing heat engulfs the world
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Gary Varner
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July 27, 2024
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Prometheus (2012): Oops. Our Alien Creators Now Want to Kill Us

What should have been an awful revelation degenerates into what seems like the dumbest scene ever filmed
Gary Varner
July 27, 2024
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It’s not even clear how the crew knows that the alien creator wants to destroy humanity, let alone why. Read More ›
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Gary Varner
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July 20, 2024
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Prometheus (2012): Don’t Touch the Aliens’ Stuff!

Upon entering what is described as the Engineers’ “temple,” the crew unleashes strange and deadly perils…
Gary Varner
July 20, 2024
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After contact with deadly alien chemicals, Dr. Shaw finds herself pregnant with an alien life form and, worse, Fifield returns as a zombie. Read More ›
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Gary Varner
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July 13, 2024
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Sci-fi Film Explores Idea That Earth’s Life Was Seeded From Space

Prometheus 2012 offers an intriguing premise: ancient civilizations were told in mysterious ways of a habitable moon in a distant galaxy (Part 1 of 4)
Gary Varner
July 13, 2024
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Science Fiction
The corporation funding the mission to investigate the moon in Prometheus (2012) may have a different agenda from what the crew supposes. Read More ›