"Prometheus" behind the scenes videos

Ridley Scott's "Alien" prequel has generated scads of conversation and debate with some claiming it's the best thing since sliced bread and others decrying it as a wholesale failure. Personally I felt it was a very good film that suffered from excessive narrative meddling. Still, any film that gets people talking is a good film. One thing few disagree about is the look of the film. It's simply gorgeous.

Courtesy of The Daily these two vids delve into the creation of the special effects for the film. The first deals with the disintegration of the "engineer" in the opening sequence and the second with the handling of the good ship Prometheus itself: what it took to create the landing, liftoff and collision sequences.