It takes multiple watches to pick up on it all. He of course has abandoned this second movie, leaving it in the hands of the far more capable John Logan, but even he struggles to find meaning here, or escape the clichés that have started to grow like a Xenomorph in John Hurt's stomach. Finally i'm no closer to understanding why these movies are necessary. Ridley Scott, it seems, is damned if he does and damned if he don't as regards the Alien franchise he so gloriously kick-started back in 1979. But at least those two have some background.
We're dealing with a whole new crew this time; the Covenant. There are a few nice kills here, I will give the movie that. Of course, the android going rogue was pretty obvious, but if the Star Wars franchise can feature a planet destroying space station in 3 of 7 movies, I'll give Sir Ridley a pass. But overall not enough action or thought to make this overly drawn out series seem necessary. Not without flaws of course, but a very tidy science fiction piece it be. Through and through the acting is very good.
I'm so tired of most of these others. It's another prequel, hence the prequel series on the making. Speaking of Prometheus, Alien: Covenant does an astounding job of tying into Prometheus and continuing the story of Shaw and David. . Ultimately, what was intended as an exploratory and peaceful mission, under those circumstances, it will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space.
Overall, I had an amazing time seeing Alien: Covenant, and would highly recommend it to any Alien fan. His motivations and whether he considers himself human or God is constantly in question and Fassbender's soft-spoken performance continues to haunt. Michael Fassbender really did one hell of a job acting those two parts of Walter and David. As I have heard, that film would be focused more on the robot. It's also really odd that Prometheus does this whole thing of setting up the engineers as the creators of human beings but here they only get one scene and let's just say those looking for more info about them will get angry. No bar raising here, no film to push the space lander out into new dimensions, just a good honest sci-fi thriller to be viewed with that in mind.
This flick would serve as a fine bridge between them. From this film what I have learnt was, it was nothing but more or less the same old fear the humans have about that the robots which are the ones going to make humans go extinct. Now, even the original title back in action. Characters are introduced, conversations and traits establishing the bare minimum that we need to know, then a ghost transmission is received from Sector 87, planet number 4, and off we go into familiar territory. Clearly we have a case of Scott making one for the fans, a return to chest busting goo and space adventurers under great duress, all of course while he fills in the blanks as well.
It was like any space film that's set in a similar fashion. The dynamic between the androids Walter and David and the acting that went into that is something quite special. The next film too will be the same kind, before the overall storyline in the franchise align in a straight line. I was biased against his character in light of the android David. Ultimately, what was intended as an exploratory and peaceful mission, under those circumstances, it will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space. For such an authoritative, superior and intelligent film - I find it odd that every character stumbles around like a simple minded cretin making unwise decision after unwise decision. Things inevitably go from bad to worse and the action, blood flow and creature feature conventions are all laid out for our digestion.
When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape. Purposely inflicting as much mental damage as he could by making the exact opposite decisions his fans wanted him to make says yes, he should leave the Alien franchise up to someone else. It knows everything that we- the lowly, pathetic and simple minded audience do not know and could not ever possibly know because we are not intelligent enough to grasp anything, you see? The drastic difference from what we were expecting in direction from Prometheus threw all of us off. God complexes and stupidity abound. There is so much detail and such good acting. Log cabin on the lake.
We also get the first look at the Neo-morph, who is born the same way, seems a bit faster than the Xeno-morph but the main differences are it doesn't have the Venus fly trap tongue and it can stand like a human. It is a lot better than first meets the eye. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation in uncharted space. Alien Covenant is a cover version, no two ways about it, it's a retread of what was showcased in 1979, only with the tie-in to Prometheus and a continuation to the origins of Xenomorph and pals. There's some surprises in store, with Fassbender a double bonus, and there's some striking chatter ranging from if there's benefits of the human race? The ones who just go tramping through the woods of an unknown planet or show the decision making skills of the Trump administration. The mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival.
It is a gigantic missed opportunity. Genre Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller Imdb Rating 6. My biggest issue apart from the utter predictability and nonsensical,inept script,was the disappointment of seeing 'Prometheus' mixed up with 'Alien' Alien covenant gets locked up in its own self importance while forgetting why we loved 'Alien' in the first place. Stay away if you value your peace of mind. In that alone is a reference to T:2. And that feeling never entirely abated over the course of the whole thing. Bad science, plot and logic holes, average acting etc, these rightly don't deserve forgiveness, but it's hardly the devil's spawn here, in fact its's great fun as much as being a visual treat.
Just it's at this point I should probably say that after Aliens there started to be less reason to want these. Instead, a rogue transmission will entice the crew to a nearby habitable small planet which resembles a lot like the Earth, nevertheless, sooner or later, the unsuspecting members of the Covenant will have to cope with invincible and unconquerable biological foes beyond human comprehension. There is also a lot of subtle reference to Terminator 2. Precisely to say, the origins. Katherine Waterston is the Captain's widow and really the bargain basement Ellen Ripley here.