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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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GREY MATTERS: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR VS. ALIEN VS. PROMETHEUS

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For months Twentieth Century Fox has been frothing us up over Sir Ridley Scott’s return to the "Alien" business with "Prometheus." But for me, this is an occasion to not only celebrate the uncelebrated—Paul W.S. Anderson’s fantastic "Alien vs. Predator"—but to see through Scott’s contributions and mourn their horrible legacy.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 8, 2012 8:55 AM
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More: Ian Grey, Grey Matters, Paul W.S. Anderson, Ridley Scott, Prometheus, Alien, James Cameron, David Fincher, GREY MATTERS (Ian Grey)

SIMON SAYS: Trying Harder: What PROMETHEUS Gets Right

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One character in Prometheus sums up why Ridley Scott's return to his 1979 science fiction milestone is as refreshing as it is, in just two words: "Try harder."
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  • By Simon Abrams
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  • June 7, 2012 8:55 AM
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More: Simon Says, Simon Abrams, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Alien, Sigourney Weaver, Noomi Rapace, Winona Ryder, Ian Holm, SIMON SAYS (Simon Abrams)

VIDEO ESSAY: Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS Timeline

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It’s perplexing to survey the recent surge of excitement from sci-fi movie fans about Ridley Scott. Sure, Scott’s two directorial sci-fi films—"Alien" and "Blade Runner"—set the benchmarks for the sci-fi horror and the sci-fi futuristic thriller, respectively, but Scott hasn’t directed a sci-fi film in thirty years.
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  • By Nelson Carvajal
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  • June 6, 2012 9:25 AM
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More: video essay, NELSON CARVAJAL, Ridley Scott, Prometheus, Alien, Sigourney Weaver

VERTIGOED: ALIEN

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  • By William D'Annucci
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  • May 1, 2011 6:05 PM
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VERTIGOED: BLADE RUNNER

Blade Runner - Vertigoed from Dan Seagraves on Vimeo.
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  • By Dan Seagraves
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  • May 1, 2011 3:01 AM
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