I watched Prometheus the other night with some friends and was flabbergasted at how dumb the characters are in it. Did they improve that with this one at all?
Just got back and this just confirms what I have said all along about Ridley, he lost his mind years ago! :lol
Really disappointed! I thought Ridley Scott would have gave us a little more insight about
The engineer's (I really wanted some answers!) I mean we get the "perfect organism" Alien at
the end, but how does it end up on a derlict ship, with eggs, on an other planet! Even if he wanted
to make a 3rd film to go with this, I don't think it will make the money. I really wanted to like
this film, and it had a lot of good ideas, but a predictable ending, and too many plot holes, are probably going to
Kill it. That's just my opinion....and a lot of other people leaving the theater.
Believe it or not, they're actually a lot dumber. The egg scene alone will have you apoplectic. Lol
I watched Prometheus the other night with some friends and was flabbergasted at how dumb the characters are in it. Did they improve that with this one at all?
Give RidleyScott a break, at least we have an ongoing story and a cinematically beautiful ALIEN film
Just thinking about the embryo facehuggers David regurgitates at the end, now thats my kind of Kinder Surprise, cant remember if they were encased in an early form of egg shell or just some agent used to do the job. If its not an early egg shell then maybe they are the first huggers to follow that cycle. I think that David doesnt need a Queen to produce his eggs or offspring but its something that can be used in the future by SRS. Davids tribute to Shaw maybe. Really need that Blu Ray.
Why was the Covenant called the USCSS Covenant? It's obviously not a Commercial Star Ship like the Nostromo. Lazy art department or someone (many someones) didn't do their homework.
And why couldn't Tennessee fly that drop ship? He was crashing into **** left and right, smashing into the ground and screaming for 5 minutes like the ship was out of control. Why was it out of control, I was scratching my head through that whole scene.
also did David have his own log in details for the covenant, hinting at some larger wayland plan. like all androids have an order A113 to capture alien life, humans expendable.
I agree with everything on these four pages of comments. I liked the film but was disappointed the Engineer's motivation for wiping out mankind wasn't answered. It left me with some questions (most of which have been discussed):
If it took a decade of probing space to find the habitatable planet they were going to colonize, the Covenent mission must have been in the planning stages about the same time the Prometheus was launched. Was the Covenant a Weyland financed mission? This could explain why they went in the same general direction as Prometheus.
**Agreed
If David engineered the eggs, how does it transition to needing a queen to lay them?
*Everything involved with black goo is highly mutable. Plus maybe David used parts of Sways reproductive tissue to mutate into eggs, then maybe a queen.
How did the derelict with an engineer and eggs end up on LV-426?
*Didnt have to be answered in this movie.
When was the big discovery of life all over the galaxy? There must have been one to have a need for Colonial Marines to go on bug hunts, protect dumb ass colonists and have relations with Arcturians.
*Yeah the marines are a bit of a wild card in the universe, proving there's a need for an army in space + at least one confirmed alien species. how come when whats his face said 'this is wheat' noone said 'maybe octurians planted it'
And of of course the suspension of disbelief issues:
Finding a habitable planet and just immediately stomping around without scans, or tests or suits.
*they were wearing caps, so protected against light drizzle.
Sticking your face right in a patch of spore releasing pods and poking at it.
*i actually love the rational in this movie, a robot, who you've got to beleive is programmed to not harm humans, said 'it's fine, have a peek'
A flying crane platform with a glass control booth capable of descending from orbit, and reachieving orbit from the surface (after the glass has been smashed in two places).
*space glass.
David having time to kill Walter, chop off his own hand, change clothes, fix his hair to look like Walter's and make it to the flying crane platform with everyone else.
*agreed
Are the engineers giants or not? All the bodies made it look like they're not, and they had human sized rooms and steps in their city (David's chamber of horrors and his basement).
*agreed. plus the 'Crossing' prologue, shaw fits snugly in an engineer sleep pod, you'd expect her to be tiny in it.
And as always... sticking your face right in an egg pod.
*david said it was fine!
I guess were too used to Alien films because this one had no suspense or scariness as Alien and Aliens. Just a blood and gore horror film.
Why are some people so frustrated about not having all the answers or need to have everything explained. Sometimes it is a good thing. The mystery and the unknown is what makes some sci-fi movies great. Example....ALIEN 1979 had mystery surrounding the derelict ship & space jockey......was intriguing and adds to the movie's scariness and lingering appeal.
If David engineered the eggs, how does it transition to needing a queen to lay them?
How did the derelict with an engineer and eggs end up on LV-426?
And of of course the suspension of disbelief issues:
Finding a habitable planet and just immediately stomping around without scans, or tests or suits.
Perhaps he was put more at ease by having found wheat growing? I suppose the world didn't seem so alien and hostile once he found grass, water, mountains, clean air and wheat?Sticking your face right in a patch of spore releasing pods and poking at it.
David having time to kill Walter, chop off his own hand, change clothes, fix his hair to look like Walter's and make it to the flying crane platform with everyone else.
And as always... sticking your face right in an egg pod.
I guess were too used to Alien films because this one had no suspense or scariness as Alien and Aliens. Just a blood and gore horror film.
Why was the Covenant called the USCSS Covenant? It's obviously not a Commercial Star Ship like the Nostromo. Lazy art department or someone (many someones) didn't do their homework.
And why couldn't Tennessee fly that drop ship? He was crashing into **** left and right, smashing into the ground and screaming for 5 minutes like the ship was out of control. Why was it out of control, I was scratching my head through that whole scene.
This.I assume you liked rogue one lol.