Episode 30: Prometheus (2012)

We’re venturing into the space age again with Prometheus (2012), the Alien prequel in which an archaeologist couple travels to a distant planet in search of humanity’s creators. Our opinions of this one are mixed, but we can all agree that the influence of the Ancient Astronaut hypothesis on popular culture is uniformly bad.

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Scotland was completely covered in in Glaciers during the Ice Age: https://www.nature.scot/landforms-and-geology/scotlands-rocks-landforms-and-soils/landforms/ice-age-landforms/ice-age

It’s Probably (Not) Aliens: https://solo.to/probsnotaliens

Prometheus in Greek Mythology: https://www.greekmythology.com/Titans/Prometheus/prometheus.html

King Pakal’s sarcophagus lid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%CA%BCinich_Janaab%CA%BC_Pakal#Iconography_of_Pakal’s_sarcophagus_lid

Pseudoarchaeology and the racism behind Ancient Aliens: https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-racism-behind-ancient-aliens/

Assassin’s Creed: Unity can’t actually help rebuild Notre-Dame: https://www.polygon.com/features/22790314/assassins-creed-unity-notre-dame-restoration-accuracy

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez: https://carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women/

The Xenomorph life cycle in Alien was inspired by real-life parasitoid wasps: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/dolichogenidea-xenomorph-alien-like-lifecycle-06142.html

Does toxoplasmosis make you love your cat more? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-cats-responsible-for-ldquo-cat-ladies-rdquo/