Ridley Scott’s Prometheus
1,948 words With its stunning H. R. Giger designs and first-rate cast, Ridley Scott’s classic Alien (1979) is imaginative, visually striking, immensely atmospheric, and sometimes just plain terrifying....
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1,384 words Gustave Moreau, Prometheus Prometheus is, probably, one of the most enduring characters in universal mythology and, in addition, one of the most frequent subjects of artistic, literary, or...
View ArticleAlien: Covenant
918 words I saw Alien: Covenant on the big screen this summer in Budapest. I didn’t write a review then, because another reviewer had it covered. But having seen it for a second time, now on Blu-ray, I...
View ArticleRidley Scott’s Prometheus
979 words Editor’s Note: After reviewing Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, Buttercup Dew decided to revisit its prequel, Prometheus. — Greg Johnson Prometheus, an omen of the atrocity to come that was...
View ArticleRidley Scott’s Prometheus
1,948 words With its stunning H. R. Giger designs and first-rate cast, Ridley Scott’s classic Alien (1979) is imaginative, visually striking, immensely atmospheric, and sometimes just plain terrifying....
View ArticleGoethe’s Prometheus
1,384 words Gustave Moreau, Prometheus Prometheus is, probably, one of the most enduring characters in universal mythology and, in addition, one of the most frequent subjects of artistic, literary, or...
View ArticleAlien: Covenant
918 words I saw Alien: Covenant on the big screen this summer in Budapest. I didn’t write a review then, because another reviewer had it covered. But having seen it for a second time, now on Blu-ray, I...
View ArticleRidley Scott’s Prometheus
979 words Editor’s Note: After reviewing Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, Buttercup Dew decided to revisit its prequel, Prometheus. — Greg Johnson Prometheus, an omen of the atrocity to come that was...
View Article“Sojourners in the Desert . . . Glad of Each Delay”: Meditations on the...
3,438 words Part 2 of 3 (Part 1 here, Part 3 here) II. Deserts Create Monsters and Messiahs “The Bedouin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God. He could not conceive...
View ArticleThe Promethean in Goethe’s Poetry
Heinrich Füger, “Prometheus Brings Fire to Mankind,” 1817 1,839 words Follows “Goethe’s Prometheus” Hier sitz ich, forme Menschen Nach meinem Bilde, Ein Geschlecht, das mir gleich sei, Zu leiden, zu...
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