Ridley Scotts Alien prequel movies, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, have been met with the exact same response as George Lucas Star Wars prequel trilogy (for better and for worse). In 2012, some 15 years after the disappointment of Alien Resurrection, Scott returned to the iconic horror franchise he started to direct a new installment. But the excitement over that comeback quickly turned to skepticism when the movie was revealed to be a prequel filling in the missing origin story of the xenomorphs. When Prometheus hit theaters, it was a critical and commercial success, but the fans response was more polarized.
