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If anyone's interested, I have a link to 10 minutes of Covenant footage (from Comic-Con)

 

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On 4/27/2017 at 0:12 AM, Cult Icon said:

 

It'll be interesting to find out how much of this will be woven into the main story, or if it's strictly a stand-alone featurette for the fans. :unsure:

 

With regard to what happened to Shaw, the prologue doesn't really give much away, although it does seem to be bridging the gap more between Alien and Prometheus. I would assume the most obvious implication is that if David is releasing a stack of xenomorph eggs on the Engineers' home planet, there’s no real reason for him to spare her.

On 4/29/2017 at 8:30 AM, Michael* said:

 

It'll be interesting to find out how much of this will be woven into the main story, or if it's strictly a stand-alone featurette for the fans. :unsure:

 

With regard to what happened to Shaw, the prologue doesn't really give much away, although it does seem to be bridging the gap more between Alien and Prometheus. I would assume the most obvious implication is that if David is releasing a stack of xenomorph eggs on the Engineers' home planet, there’s no real reason for him to spare her.

 

I don't think it's the eggs- those are the black goo containers 

 

do you think david killed shaw?

I wonder how accurate the promotional X-rays from the previous page are...it depicts the entire crew being infected, and the location/creatures vary.

 

So far there seems to be 2 creatures (one that bursts out of the body in full, caused by inhaling spores) and then the conventional xenomorph (from the face-hugger)

 

There is also a mothership in orbit, so I presume that the story continues there.

 

From what I recall, the Prometheus trailer was literally a "greatest hits" collection of the actual film and spoilered a great deal.  The new movie is either rather sparse/dark like Alien or they are intentionally keeping the other set pieces under wraps.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ridley-scott-alien-covenant-not-faint-heart-review-article-1.3142709

 

"Further proving his mastery of creating tension and thrills, Scott has effectively created a satisfying hybrid of "Alien," "Prometheus" and even James Cameron's "Aliens.""

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/alien-covenant-review-prometheus-sequel-prequel-michael-fassbender-david-walter-a7720371.html

 

 

81% RT, 21 reviews so far  (17 positive, 4 negative)

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alien_covenant#contentReviews

Awesome footage!

 

the reviews largely conclude that this movie is better than Prometheus- which I also liked.

 

It also centers on David much more, and go into explaining why he behaved as he did in the first movie.

Oh wow!!!  the Engineer did speak= they should have kept it in the movie

 

 

 

what if Scott ends all his films with David in the Space Jockey costume at the beginning of Alien ? wouldn't that be rad?

SO MANY SPOILERS 

75%
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 108
Fresh: 81
Rotten: 27

lol Fox is really pushing covenant

 

Saw Alien : Covenant, my only anticipated movie of the year

 

Like Prometheus and Avatar, it's:

 

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filled with structural issues but visually it's fine, it's creative enough, and I'm glad that it is made.  7 out of 10

 

The writing falls flat (amateurish writing, literally something an aspiring screenwriter in their early 20s would write) with contrivances and weak characters), it's not scary and there's no tension but the CGI, environs, and tech is just well polished and easy to watch.  The Alien/Engineer biological concept does not really advance very much.  

 

David's character is written in a very pretentious and rather amateurish way as well

 

invoking Wagner, Ozy from Watchmen, and Nietzsche but without any depth- he comes across as a clown

 

 

CGI, props, and environs are good and worth watching just like the original Prometheus.  However, it doesn't have the same freshness/feeling of discovery/mystery as the first film. (8 out of 10 for Prometheus)

 

Fans of the original will not be happy to see how A:C doesn't really tie up much in the way of loose ends.  But at the same time, it doesn't make that many new ones either.

Some thoughts

 

-The film vaguely invokes Frankenstein, The Tempest, and Ozy.  Various Wagner pieces are played.

 

-There is a scene where David

 

misappropriates some of his quotes

Symbolic?

 

-Is David an analogue to Ridley Scott as a flawed director?  If the first film was about David's curiosity, the second

 

would be about his need to create.  Entry to the Gods to Valhalla is played at the end

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