Romulus's revelations, Michael Fassbender's Prometheus character David has never been more central to the Alien franchise's mythos.

Audiences first got a glimpse of an Engineer -- also referred to as the Pilot or Space Jockey -- in Alien, when the crew landed on the planet and discovered the humanoid's giant skeletal remains.

"So if any aliens are listening please come by and get me… okay, bye, I love you." As an outer space coming-of-age offering, "Elio," has all the makings of an original animated adventure since ...