Alien: Covenant

Started by Patient_Leech64 pages
Originally posted by Igniz
Because last time, Prometheus didn't have Xenomorphs and it was hated for being part of the Alien Universe. Not to mention the mental gymnastics Prometheus put the movie goers through. Ridley obviously learned from what made people hate Prometheus(even though I didn't hate Prometheus). Now I will admit this movie is paying homages to the past movies. But it still offers something new. David for example is very interesting.
Spoiler:
David used the black goo payload in this movie showing what would have happened to earth if it was used on humans. And David is now a genocidal mad scientist bent on destroying all life in the universe using his Xeno experiment. Probably because Shaw rejected him. So David is now a broken hearted Android. He keeps saying he loved Shaw. And yes this movie doesn't have a happy ending.
This movie actually helps Prometheus in a big way 🙂

I'm still not reading your spoilery parts, but yeah, that's what they're saying is that Covenant shines new light on Prometheus. I like Prometheus, too. I sort of understand why people don't like it, but I also don't because I sort of question what people expect from movies in general. That being said I didn't like some of the editing decisions made on Prometheus after seeing the deleted scenes. But the film as a whole is awesome.

Originally posted by Igniz
Watch out for the most die hard Predator fans. They're the ones who keeps saying AVP Movies are canon to both Alien and Predator Movies. They'll use that skull on Predator 2 as proof even though it was already stated to be an easter egg joke by the special effects guys. Lance Henrikson the actor who played Bishop on Aliens and Charles Bishop Weyland on the first AVP Movie as proof the AVP Movies are canon even though Alien the Weyland-Yutani Report already retcon the Bishop in Alien 3 as Michael Bishop only and is not the owner of the company. Some of this Predator fans went so far to use the mural in Prometheus as proof the Xenomorphs already existed despite the fact the creature doesn't look bio-mechanoid like the Xenomorphs. Not to mention the creature in the mural looks fleshy and has a triangular head. Some mistake the creature in the mural looking like a Deacon. But to me, the creature in the mural looks more like the Neomorph.

Now a Genocidal Android created the Xenomorphs according to this movie 😂 Ridley destroyed the AVP Movies 😄


Ai-yai-yai, why would anyone want the AVP movies to be in the canon anyway??

Nice images. Yeah, I'm looking forward to finding out about this Neomorph...

Am I understanding this right...

So David creates the Neomorph in Covenant BUT it was already prophecised on a mural in Prometheus?

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Am I understanding this right...

So David creates the Neomorph in Covenant BUT it was already prophecised on a mural in Prometheus?

Not exactly. The mural can be taken more as a warning on what would happen if the Black Goo was used on a planet like Earth.

Spoiler:
Its usually the infected foliage that releases this sentient spores that goes into the ears or nose of a victim. This in turn births the deadly Neomorphs.
You could say the Engineers knew what their Black Goo is capable of if we based it on the mural in Prometheus. David on the other hand was busy and experimenting and you know the end result.

Spoiler:
Yeah the spores come from those mushrooms as people might have seen from one of the trailer/s

also i noticed one person doing stupid things, "Oh hey guys whats this mushroom....goes ahead and touches it 🙄

She gives it a little higher praise than I thought she might...

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And then this guy, I can't stand him. I can't watch his reviews, but here you go...

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Ah, here's Stuckmann's... B

I'm not gonna watch or listen to him yet. Not until I see it...

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Good interview with Fassbender and Ridley...

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And a little clip that I actually allowed myself to watch...

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F u man, I am the biggest Alien fan in this site.

Alright, quan. 😂

Hey, speaking of quanch, where the hell is that annoying bastard?

Think you'll find I'm the biggest fan

Can't wait for this.

F#ck this is bullshit... people are seeing this movie already and I have to wait another week... lol crybaby

Apparently this starts very slowly then stays very slow and finishes... Very slow.

^ not the impression I get from quotes like this...

"What distinguishes Alien: Covenant is its flair in elevating horror beyond the purely physical."

Ryan Gilbey
New Statesman


"Handled with exacting care... jumps obviously but effectively between the musings of existential, philosophical science fiction, and the growing body count of unsettling horror."

Sarah Ward
ArtsHub


"Covenant unfolds as a hybrid of the ponderous philosophy in Prometheus and the run-and-gun survival tactics of the first two Alien movies, landing on plenty of satisfying beats but struggling to balance the dissonant approaches."

Eric Kohn
indieWire


"Scott ensures that tension is maintained throughout and may even leave you gasping for breath on a couple of occasions."

Rob Carnevale
Indie London

Some might mistake Ridley's use of moody tension as "slow," but to me that's what makes his films great. And I'm glad to hear this...

"Wildly uneven yet impossible to discount, continuing to confront big questions about the genesis of life and the mysteries of death."

Dustin Putman
TheFrightFile.com

I think this is my favorite RT quote so far... 😂

"Scott has a lot of balls to juggle -- fan service, action and science-fiction -- but he manages to keep them all in the air, while adding new, genuinely horrific twists to the life cycle of the creatures fond of outsourcing their childcare to humans."

John Lui
The Straits Times (Singapore)

I'm going to watch it on Sunday. Keen AF. Going with females to a scary movie.

Originally posted by Dramatic Gecko
I'm going to watch it on Sunday. Keen AF. Going with females to a scary movie.

Where you at?

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
F u man, I am the biggest Alien fan in this site.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Fight me in AvP 2, you noob. I'll headbite you in seconds and rape your corpse.

I'm gonna deflower you with the Marine Knife.

That game was good af but it was a pain to play online. Did you play Primal Hunt?

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
I'm gonna deflower you with the Marine Knife.

😂

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
That game was good af but it was a pain to play online. Did you play Primal Hunt?

I play it online to this day - it's awesome, as long as there are people around and no aimbot ******* appear that can one-shot damn near everything with a sniper rifle.

Yes, I played PH too. Even online for a brief time (a guy nicknamed "Lucifer" made a workaround so it could work with the new master patch and put a server up).

Now that I think of it, I might've left both Dunya & Predalien campaigns unfinished, though... a shame.