Ep. 56: PROMETHEUS (2012) - Meet Your Maker

This week your favorite ghouls diss on H.P. Lovecraft's ugly racism, discuss the terror of cosmic horror, women's medical rights, and debate on wether or not Vickers is a feminist character. --- Thanks to Lily Leblanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: Prometheus Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(2012_film) Lovecraftian Horror Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror Half in the Bag Ep. 33: Prometheus by Red Letter Media https://youtu.be/NiQfbgDPz6o In Prometheus, Reaching for God By Liel Leibovitz https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-293039163/in-prometheus-reaching-for-god Beyond the Mountains of Madness: Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror and Posthuman Creationism in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012) By David McWilliam https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-531844451/beyond-the-mountains-of-madness-lovecraftian-cosmic Prometheus In-Depth Analysis by Franco Macabro http://filmconnoisseur.blogspot.com/2012/07/prometheus-in-depth-analysis.html PROMETHEUS MOVIE ESSAY: GNOSTICISM & APOTHEOSIS http://inharshlight.com/prometheus-movie-gnostic-themes/ Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About by “Cavalorn” https://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html The Prometheus Effect: Examining The Film's Literary Ancestry by JON KORN http://litreactor.com/columns/the-prometheus-effect Prometheus Decoded: Connecting Ridley Scott’s Dots (in Three Minutes or Less) By Steven James Snyder http://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/11/prometheus-alien-ridley-scott/ What's the Biggest Unanswered Question Raised By Ridley Scott's Prometheus? By Jen Yamato http://movieline.com/2012/06/08/unanswered-question-ridley-scott-prometheus-spoilers/ Ripley’s Shame: The Backsliding Feminism of the New Alien Movies by Kristen Lopez https://crookedmarquee.com/ripleys-shame-the-backsliding-feminism-of-the-new-alien-movies/ Guest Writer Wednesday: A Feminist Review of ‘Prometheus’ by Rachel Redfern http://www.btchflcks.com/2012/06/guest-writer-wednesday-a-feminist-review-of-prometheus.html#.XTCdI5NKjfY Is ‘Prometheus’ a Feminist Pro-Choice Metaphor? By Megan Kearns http://www.btchflcks.com/2012/06/is-prometheus-a-feminist-pro-choice-metaphor.html#.XTCdW5NKjfY Ripley/Scott: Gender in ‘Prometheus’ and the ‘Alien’ Movies by Linda Juhasz-Wood http://www.tft.ucla.edu/mediascape/blog/ripleyscott-gender-in-prometheus-and-the-alien-movies/ Gender and Creation in Prometheus by “Joanna” https://geekalitarian.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/gender-and-creation-in-prometheus/ Prometheus Unbound/Woman in Chains: Reading Popular Film through the ‘War on Women’ Framework by Stephanie Troutman https://thefeministwire.com/2012/11/prometheus-unboundwoman-in-chains-reading-popular-film-through-the-war-on-women-framework/ The Oedipus Complex in Children By Kendra Cherry https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-an-oedipal-complex-2795403 In Prometheus , Why Does David Identify Himself with Lawrence of Arabia? By Laura Michet https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-does-david-identify-h_b_1598998 Prometheus and Man: A Philosophical Understanding of Human Nature by “RAPHAEL” https://philosophywebblog.wordpress.com/author/youngbacchus/