Back when the commercials for the sci-fi thriller Prometheus first came out, I was a bit unsure about whether I really wanted to see it or not. The commercials seemed to be rather vague as to what to the movie was actually about. As I saw more and more of them I was able to piece together what I thought was the general idea, and decided that I did in fact want to see it. Unable to catch it while it was in theaters, I rented it instead. I have to admit that until about half way through, when my husband paused the movie to tell me, I had no idea that it was supposed to be a prequel, of sorts, to the Aliens movies. I have meant over the years to see all of the Aliens series, but in fact have only gotten around to watching the first one, and I honestly don't remember that much from it. I think that put me at a bit of a disadvantage in really enjoying Prometheus. Based on some of the websites I looked at prior to writing this, I'd have to say that anyone who's not a super-fan of the Aliens series will probably not understand all of the supposed connections between the two movies and may in fact be left with more questions than answers at the end of the film.
          

        Prometheus starts (as so many sci-fi movies do these days) in the not-too-distant future. Archaeologists have uncovered the image of a man and some stars at multiple ancient sites around the world. Assuming that this image is that of humanity's creators (for some unexplained reason) the archaeologists gain funding from dying billionaire Peter Weyland to head up an interplanetary journey to meet who they dub “The Engineers.” Upon arrival on the distant moon (whose location they seem to have figured out based on the images uncovered) they discover an abandoned star base and several ancient dead “Engineers”. Accompanied by the perhaps too knowledgeable android David, people mysteriously die almost immediately, and definitely predictably.