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Alien Covenant (2017) Review

Discussion in 'Movies, Music & TV' started by scurvy, Jul 17, 2017.

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    Had massive high hopes for this seeing Ridley Scott back in control. Starts off fine but moment they land on the planet its just downhill really really fast. First of all who the hell would send an expedition out to explore an unknown planet without proper environmental suits- however earth-like it looks? They could be so many alien parasites and germs (as it so happens). Even the Apollo Lunar Astronauts were put in 3 weeks quarantine when they came back from a near-vacuum landscape. Come On Ridley Scott- you better than this. Just that point made me wanna stop watching this crap.

    Afterwards it just becomes a merging of the first two Alien movies. Been there seen that 10 times better.

    And the xenomorphs are just too fast and hard to kill compared to whats already been put on film in Alien and Aliens, so much so that it spits in the face of those two masterpieces so to speak. And also the CGI makes them look much less realistic, less organic than the practical creature effects of the first two films.

    This is a perfect example of a director eviscerating his own franchise. Even the Alien vs Predator movies are far superior to this.

    Just watch Alien(1979) and Aliens(1986)and forget Covenant ever happened.
     
    scurvy, Jul 17, 2017 IP
  2. olilynch

    olilynch Greenhorn

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    Such a shame, the first two (and even the third to a degree) are excellent films. They've really flogged a dead horse with the whole Alien franchise. And yes, CGI is so much less scary than models and is way too relied upon by modern films. Maybe it's something about physical presence rather than actors looking horrified/surprised at something that actually isn't there. I haven't actually seen the film but heard so many bad reviews that I'll probably take your advice and go back and watch the originals instead!
     
    olilynch, Jul 31, 2017 IP
  3. scurvy

    scurvy Well-Known Member

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    Yep, Alien and Aliens is ALL you need to watch ever.

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    scurvy, Jul 31, 2017 IP
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    selfmastery Peon

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    Didn't you think it was at least better than prometheus ?

    Aliens 2 is pure magic.
     
    selfmastery, Dec 11, 2017 IP
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    VPSnet Active Member

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    As redesigns go, Alien: Covenant is not ambitious, but it's roaringly, repulsively effective. Yet again a crew sniffs after a mysterious ping and sticks their nose in a deadly larva pod.
    Are our astronauts learning? God no. And if the audience expected a different plot, we're not learning, either.
     
    VPSnet, Jan 2, 2018 IP