Alien Covenant Review

[@BlackPigeon]

I agree. It was shite.

[@Lorem_ipsum_dolor_sit_amet]

All the scene on the shuttle (with the backbuster) was missing was Benny Hill music. You couldn't fuck up more than the woman with the shotgun, even if you tried. -Slip on blood; *CHECK* -Shoot ceiling; *CHECK* -Crush leg in door (that you closed); *CHECK* -Shoot explosive containers; *CHECK*

[@kaykutcher2103]

Even the Benny Hill music would be too dark and serious for this type of three stooges ridiculousness

[@zolikoff]

I kid you not, I was watching and this is exactly what I thought, Benny Hill theme was already playing in my head.

[@blueg8731]

Benny Hill music would've improved it a whole lot.

[@Edmundostudios]

Alien is now called David

[@Acesahn]

David : Covenant

[@darkblood626]

'wear your fucking helmet' the sequel.

[@happymevids]

Yeah. Risk assessment.

[@happymevids]

Farscape xx

[@uncletimo6059]

Came here to write that.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

And even if some will say they're not scientists, NO ONE would ever do that in an alien planet. Some people have said it's because space traveling has become as commonplace as driving to the supermarket in their time, but that will never be true. Space is too hostile an environment and alien planets will never be totally safe from the get go, no matter how Earthlike they are. It's just stupid stupid stupid plot convenience... which is what this movie should be called. David: the covenant of stooges and plot convenience.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Yes, I agree. Even considering the Thermians are supposed to be moronic (a parody of the Star Trek fanbase), they're still hundreds of times smarter then the crew of the Covenant (or the Prometheus, for that matter).

[@bobbythezombie]

modern movies are all about prequel/sequel/reboot/remake or "women are as good truck drivers/hackers/warriors/jedis/fighters as men"

[@jjrhs]

Zmo 57Z don’t forget Ghostbusters!

[@rodster6campingprepper]

I was furious watching this movie. The silly supervillains plot origin for the xenomorphs totally undermines what made the original so good. Awful. Ridley has little understanding of what made Alien so good.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

That's because he only directed it and had no control over the script (Oh, how I miss O'Bannon and Shuster). Unfortunately, like George Lucas, he does not understand the film he himself directed and is now too important to have people checking his ego up.

[@carlitostcb]

Ridley Scott I don't think actually understands his own films. You've only got to look at the ridiculous idea in Blade Runner that Deckard is a replicant. It makes no actual sense to the story we are watching and the script's message. Great visual director. Not a cerebral one.

[@hankmoody5514]

David Davids David 3 David Resurrection Prometheus w/ David David: Covenant

[@slash11111]

Hank Moody Davideus

[@tgovender9467]

Hank Moody well maybe it should be called that as fasbender was the only thing good about covenant.

[@ruyc.t.8601]

Yes. Hes is very good.

[@hoofed]

6:05 Correction, Sir: that’s *blown out*. Alien 3 was a flawed gem. Still a good film. People love to shit on it but they’re wrong. And anyone who still disagrees with me after watching it again can fight me in the lead mould. :-D

[@gimzod76]

Can't believe we lost a mountain of madness movie to fund this and Prometheus.

[@QuartuvLarry]

What?

[@zenhaelcero8481]

Yeah, its a depressing thought. I'd also have preferred to see Blomkamp's Alien project, but life ain't fair.

[@thomasquested9447]

Maybe Jeremy Corbyn gave them their weapons?

[@RodMartinJr]

Thanks for saving me the time and the heartache. I actually thought Prometheus was a vast improvement in the franchise -- clever with a hook to a greater mystery. To find out that the movie makers threw that potential down the toilet is discouraging.

[@TheLifeOnHigh]

LMAO @2:35 “he’s cunty like that”

[@PunksterOS]

Alien Covenant is utter trash. It is so laughable that they claim that they heard the response from the fans about Prometheus and are going to address them in Covenant, then they made something even more stupid and redundant than Prometheus was.

[@Scottirulez]

Prometheus was good, the engineer backstory sadly wasn't elaborated in covenant

[@PunksterOS]

No, it really wasn't. It was dumb. If you liked it, fair enough. Shouldn't have to say this but it is subjective, is it not?

[@Scottirulez]

You're right, but I still (subjectively) think Prometheus is one of those overlooked movies which is really a hidden gem. They tried to do something different in that film, adding the engineers, adding Weyland, making meaning in the films through the creator/created dynamic. Sadly the so called "fanz" didn't take to Prometheus and that's why we get more of the same in covenant

[@PunksterOS]

Prometheus was stupid. Not as stupid as this new one but still dumb. Where do I start? Okay the two love birds at the start find cave painting and from that, they have not only created a theory on Engineers but it is completely bang on, correct and all from a bunch of cave paintings. With that same cave painting, combined with others also with the same image, they decide to visit a vague 5 or 6-star system (which could have been one of any billion of stars in that pattern) based on nothing but a hunch, they get a team of top scientists on a expensive ship and off they went. Dumb. The punk looking geologist guy (Fifield, I think) who had sent out the mapping dogs, has a map on his wrist somehow then gets lost on the alien ship along with his Biologist mate? Lol. That's the same guy who decides to leave for no good reason with said biologist over a dead headless alien body, screaming how he _"Loves rocks,"_ As he goes. Then later, once lost and left behind that very same two who ran away from _"Gigantic dead body,"_ In the first place suddenly approach a new penis shaped creature, they never encountered before in the EXACT same room they ran away from and decide to make friends with it, creating their own demise. Too dumb to live. The protagonist's boyfriend is on the planet less than a day and is now drinking in self-pity because he didn't get to meet the Engineers, after a day? He also removes his helmet for no good reason, which is retarded, it could have worked if no one else did it but they all did. David then spikes his drink right in front of his face. Dumbfuck. The med pod that was calibrated to only work on males on a ship of human beings, not different species the last time I checked but hey it is the current year after all. Yes it was to hint at the later reveal of Weyland but it was still in Vickers' quarters. Old man, Guy Pearce-Weyland was secretly on the ship revealed as some important twist and wasn't, then they top that non-twist by having Vickers be his secret daughter too. Dumb and dumber They finally get to talk to the engineer and we as an audience think, _yes, we are going to get some great mystery explained_ but then with no rhyme or reason, he rips David's head clean off and begins attacking the crew. Dun dun dum duuuuuuumb. That's all from my *very* nit-picky memory, I admit, I could go on but I'm sure I'm boring you by this point. It is a mountain of stupid that frustrated me as I watched it the first time, pissed me off the second and when I saw it again recently, I laughed at just how amateur it all was. Its major saving grace was the visuals but that is nothing compared to everything else that was just so retarded about it. Like I said, dumb.

[@gokusondbz]

This film was my third favorite movie of last year I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also I very much enjoyed Michael fassbender's performance. I thought it didn't excellent job merging Prometheus and alien together. This movie is very enjoyable and fun 😡😡😡 .

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

We're creating a colony so let's send a gay couple.

[@ferulebezel]

I'm not surprised to hear this. Alien was a horror film with sci-fi trappings. Aliens was an action film with sci-fi trappings. Those are the good ones. They then took that material and tried to make real sci-fi out of it. The problem is that Hollywood has no real sci-fi fans in it, so, naturally, they're going to fail when they try to do the real thing. Couple that with the fact that it's a sequel to a prequel (a midquel?) and you guarantee failure. I'm betting that the Blade Runner sequel will suck as well.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Thanks to Denis Villeneuve, it was actually pretty good. I still prefer the original, but the new one was quite good. Ridley just put money in it and (due to the overall quality of the movie) didn't have creative control. Also, you're one of the very few people I've seen that defined Alien and Aliens so perfectly for what they are. I always say Aliens is not a proper sequel to Alien, but its own thing. It's good, but it's not a horror movie. It's an action flick. There's no sign of the mystery-generated tension that made the first one into the masterpiece thriller it is. Not complained, as I said, I like Aliens, but definitely not a horror movie.

[@joesmith1810]

To be fair about the guns (although it is still stupid) is that it makes sense for them to have low caliber guns since if they have to fire them onboard the ship, higher caliber guns might pierce the hull. Still, it's pretty dumb.

[@danielhope1560]

I liked Prometheus. This is not the planed sequel to it. The developers caved in to the knucklehead viewers who wanted more of the same bullshit less depth and nuance.

[@tgovender9467]

Daniel Hope i also liked Prometheus. Was very disappointed with covenant although it has it's good parts namely fasbender playing two parts and doing a brilliant job. The story and special effects were crap though.

[@skatemetrix]

Alien 3: Assembly Cut was the last good Alien film. The series should have ended there.

[@GeneralG1810]

@@mattirealm I liked the Ripley is a clone thing with resurrection, it was a totally new idea and from what I hear the only reason Weaver signed up for it. She thought the series was done because Ripley died but it was Joss Whedon's genius to make her a clone that bought her back

[@GeneralG1810]

Yeah I don't understand the hate on Alien 3, I didn't mind it. It was certainly and original tale

[@mattirealm]

@@GeneralG1810 I remember being confused at the theatrical cut of Alien 3, but once I watched the Assembly Cut, it was much better. My first experience with the AC was on DVD, and that did suck because they hadn't spent the money on getting the actors to come back and re-record some of their lines (like Charles Dance does at the beginning of the movie). The Blu Ray has fixed those issues and looks great . As for Resurrection, it was interesting. I like Ron Pearlman and the supporting cast isn't bad at all, but some scenes of humor just don't work, I'm sorry, they don't. The movie also has a strange color; they apparently used some kind of silver in the film itself to tint it, but the look is weird. I do like the scene where Ripley destroys the clone attempts, and the underwater scene, but I felt the last alien looked and acted very stupid. So yes, the idea of Ripley as a clone was interesting, but it could have been executed much better.

[@GeneralG1810]

@@mattirealm All true but at the end of the day it wasn't a terrible film. Weaver as always delivers a stellar performance (I'm biased though she's my favourite actor of all) but I'm with you on the concept of the baby alien thing, it was just weird. To be honest I thought the facehuggers were actually a better delivery system than a womb

[@marcusbullion5565]

Thanks for saving me a trip to the cinema Dave

[@nickui]

Although you're a bit harsh, I do agree with your main point (being they do not care to even try to make something new). The only way to stop this shit is to punish them economically. Want to see a movie that you are pretty sure it's gonna be mediocre? Good. Torrent it. Don't make them any profits out of it. If it turns out to be shit as you predicted, give them a 1/10 review. The power is in our hands. Reward and punish accordingly.

[@tgovender9467]

Ixidon what would be better is to watch movies and if it's not great we should demand our money back and get a full refund

[@worsel2113]

I shouted myself hoarse yelling at the characters "No! Don't do that, stupid!!" Me: "It's an alien planet. Is there air? You don't know!" The cast: "*sniff, sniff* Seems OK"

[@GioAtero]

I liked this film. Actually, I like my extended version of it. I fixed some details that bothered me. Of course, the theatrical version is far from being a great film by itself. I don't know what people expect to witness from movies about killer extraterrestrials. Monsters are for B class movies.

[@brianriley5108]

I probably do have better weapons..... lol

[@Prickly-Hedgehog]

Absolutely laughed my head off at the "out of 10 rating". 😂

[@tgovender9467]

Thingymebob that's the most accurate rating any film has received

[@aussieexpat]

I really enjoyed the lore. To me, Michael's character was actually a hero. It's his love for raplace that causes him to create the xenomorphs. They are her children. SOunds contrived I know, but I really found it fascinating how on the surface it's pretty simple, but they manage to world build and finally explain the origins of the xenomorph.

[@komradrapstaman]

Was that Alien 3 movie so shitty? I really think it has real interesting Ideas, including that iconic Ripley character's kind of sanctification and sacrifice after being made the unwilling possible mother of the new threatening breed of Aliens. You may find that pitch morronic, but as I am really interested in your point of views, I would be pleased to know why this third movie deserves such worldwide despite. (excuse my English mate, I'm subsribing from what is amazingly still called France) and by the way, you are doing a great job on every topics.

[@jordanthomas4379]

FYI, the rifles they are using is the (f88 austeyr), and it only fires semi-automatic or 3 round bursts, making it fully automatic would not make it more effective against the aliens, it would actually be less effective, as it would be near impossible to use and land a hit with all that extra recoil, a better and much more effective weapon against the aliens would be the (AA-12 shotgun), it can fire full auto and maintain almost no recoil, it would also be better using something like buck shot, would make it easier to land a hit on the small and very fast alien new born.

[@dazzlypants5909]

The crew were recruited from the patient list of a Dignitas clinic.

[@miraclematthew716]

It served well as a cautionary tale for many emerging technologies: manned space travel, genetic engineering, and most of all, amoral, psychopathic AI.

[@chrismason6857]

IT was a total waste of time. I saw the android swap twist coming the second it cut from them fighting each other. Utter bollocks.

[@duffthimblespork]

I don't remember any androids, just a shapeshifting clown who eats kids

[@thefinn12345]

Art mimics life, aliens films have been a really great analogy for a while now.

[@Rick_Cleland]

Headcrabs?? You mean Facehuggers?

[@Jogeta5]

Lol, thinking of Half-Life.

[@FleetingThoughts]

I liked the movie. Sure, it could have been better but I understand why they went in this direction. People freaked out about the way Prometheus was presented so Ridley tried to incorporate his new vision with the old and ended up not really pleasing anyone. Even though the characters (except David, Walter, and Tennessee) were one-dimensional, the acting was still amazing all around. We saw no real interaction between Daniels and her husband (the dead captain) but when she cried over his things it felt genuine. Also, the scene when they bring the first infected crew member on the ship and the two ladies were freaking out felt incredibly raw and genuine as well. Oddly enough, I think it's after David shows up that the movie goes downhill which is weird because David and Walter's interactions were pretty much the highlight of this film. I think it went downhill because the movie kind of felt like it came to a halt and only focused on Fassbender; the other characters were forgotten and their development completely stopped (they didn't even stop to gaze in wonder at the alien city around them). There was so much potential lost which is a shame. Was it a great film, no. But I don't think it's the pile of trash that some people are making it out to be.

[@AnimalStomper]

Really appreciate your reviews Dave.

[@MaelstromLeague]

"...downhill since 'Aliens'." Bullseye.

[@DarrenSemotiuk]

The one standout element to this film's story that you did not mention: David INTENTIONALLY genociding the Engineers, as explained and depicted in an inexplicably brief flashback scene. It had some real potential to make the story go into uncharted and intriguing territory... I almost got excited, got my hopes up. But then it very soon just reverted back to being a teen slasher film. :(

[@beinggraphic6534]

The rating system you gave at the end of this video had me mawwwhaha-ing in total agreement! Terrible project that was purely made to artificially enchance Ridleys ego. No brains, no thanks. Stellar review!

[@psionicdreams]

When they landed on the planet and there was no sign of a space/environmental suit I could pretty much predict what was going to happen. I didn't see David turning up but when he did I altered my prediction slightly and… well, I wasn't disappointed. £17 I won't see again. Actually, five of that was for the bottle of beer, a pint of which cost a lot less than that at the local pubs… damn! Our town's cinema is expensive!

[@TriumvirVespasianus]

Yeah, I agree - it wasn't very good, however, I waited for it to be streamed online for free - so no money lost...I enjoyed Prometheus and I was expecting a good sequel out of this film but it turned out to be a sad disappointment...

[@onepcwhiz]

How can you not like the extended version of Alien 3? It was very good.

[@Scylithen]

This movie could of been so much better 'Ship gets into trouble, captain killed, new captain sees a 'good replacement to earth' at a shorter distance in travel, decides to continue to and sticks to the plan and returns the crew to cyro stasis, they sleep for the 7 years, wake up orbiting new earth realize the planet is already seeded with engineers and/or alien spawn already, colony ship does not go down to the surface more than 2 people survive, they return to cyro sleep and plot a course back to earth to explain wth happened with the colony, opens plans for next sequel with possible more than 2 'dur-dur' idiots which through dumb-luck managed to not be ravaged the crap out of by the xeno-morphs.

[@christosvoskresye]

I agree in particular with the point at the end. A good movie can have suffering and evil deeds -- take Schindler's List, for example -- but the more evil and suffering, the more payoff there has to be to justify them. The "good guys" don't have to win, but there has to be something that says that, win or lose, they really were right. A story that is just depravity after depravity with no payoff is simply an evil story. My impression is that the Saw franchise is that way -- at least, it makes no effort to portray itself any differently. Furthermore, some depravity is so extreme that I doubt it could be justified with being fully shown in ANY movie. The Hunger Games are about children being forced to kill each other FOR ENTERTAINMENT -- and these movies are watched by our own society FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

[@Mentis-de]

"Depressing" "Gruesome". Exactly the same thoughts i had watching this movie for the first time in 2017. But it`s also an accomplishment if a scifi-horror hits you so hard in the stomach you can`t forget the images for weeks. Overall it was a good movie felt almost like a remake of the original Alien from 1979

[@deftsquirrel6738]

I agree with most of what you say, but the parts I enjoyed were because of the similarity to what made the originals great. I suppose rehashed sections done well are better than a film that is simply shit. That said, there is a massive continuity error. If David is the creator of that particular strain of xenomorph, how then does it end up on LV426 aboard another bone ship. Thoughts, anyone?

[@Maddog3060]

I love that scientific rating system you have there.

[@sqwalnoc]

This movie would have been much better and made more sense if there was a scene explaining how the cryo pods on the ship had malfunctioned and given the entire crew brain damage. It would actually explain the crews behaviour

[@banjopink4409]

Dave, as usual, you're absolutely right. That said, there's no way that I would have opted not to see this film.

[@lonewarrior250]

I am so glad to see someone being critical of this movie. I refuse to watch it simply for the fact that I am absolutely disgusted with Hollywood. I haven't been to the theater in many years, because they can't produce anything original or interesting anymore. It's just lazy ass plots with predictable outcomes.

[@michaeltalpas]

It makes me think of a sick, but not really scary, haunted house. Just a series of terrible images, that you would probably be happier not having seen.

[@YokieWartooth]

I wont dent that the overall movie is kind of a blunder, but I honestly think that David is the most interesting thing to come out of the Alien franchise and I love seeing Fassbender play him.

[@shaunbeswarick7952]

Wholeheartedly agree mate. This is one of the worst movies I've ever endured. My hopes for a decent sequel were unrealistic, but I didn't expect by this much. The first Alien was one of my top 20...Aliens was really good and then all was disaster...except I felt Prometheus wasn't a total trainwreck, but that's probably controversial...anyway...your rating out of 10 was too generous :(

[@FindLiberty]

Thanks Dave; 0/10 seems a bit harsh, but I trust you. (was looking forward to frisky aliens) I'll wait for the DVD to show up at the public library. (compelled/taxed to pay for it anyhow)

[@jim22277]

I'm totally with you on this Dave.

[@jandurinik4654]

Who else thought about The Room, when Dave said "I did noot"?

[@Mondoness]

The best role was played by James Franco

[@TimeBomb014X]

You know what I hated about this movie, the fact the Alien who in the first movie was a silent apex predator using the ship layout to it's advantage, and how in the sequel the Aliens were like a guerrilla unit, technologically inferior but infinitely more cunning than the invading marines and having home field advantage but in this one it's a snarling monster that chases after humans no matter what, who also has Jason sex telepathy power and will spawn close to two people having sex to violently murder them.

[@damvid21]

I didn't hate it, but I also agree with everything you said. So now I don't know why I didn't hate it...

[@RangerHouston]

TBH watching Mengele work for 2 hours would be morbidly interesting...

[@tgovender9467]

I gave this review a like even though I'm a fan of the alien franchise. Don't get me wrong your review was spot on and your score in the end accurate. This could have been a great movie Prometheus was ok not that great but it was a setup for the next movie. It left people in suspense and hoping to find answers about the engineers. No one cares about the Xenomorphs(aliens) their story is done there's no mystery to them. What people really have is a fear of the unknown and the Engineers are an unknown.

[@shmee123ful]

remember children when exploring a possibly hostile or even alien environment there are a few things that will help you survive. first for god sake keep your environment/space suits on and don't taken them off out side a quarantine area until your sure there isn't some on planet that gonna wreck your day (hell this doesn't even have to be something outwardly hostile like the xenomorugh, something that may be harmless in its own environment but could be deadly to us soft humans. honestly its like no one has ever read war of the worlds in these movies) 2ed walk softly and carry a very big gun. and also double tap always double tap, and if needed burn the xeno trash. 3ed. Never trust a robot, syth or corporation. 4th never fallow someone into a mass grave yard

[@veganmikey1]

There’s a ton of originality in Alien 3, it was just neutered and aborted by the studio.

[@Acesahn]

Yay, I was looking foreword to this.

[@jgr7487]

when droids are the best-written characters, you know there's something wrong

[@betamax80]

It was like watching Mengalais working for 2 hours..... crikey that statement will remain with me. On reflection it's true!

[@gilesward7700]

My highlights from this review - regarding David "he's cunty like that" and the final score - "fucking bollocks/10". Masterpiece.

[@1IllustrataAnima]

With Prometheus Ridley had a good chance to change gear and steer it (and further releases) towards exploring The Engineers and other aspects of the Alien universe, instead they went with trying to incorporate too much of the Alien content within the film and it just ended up being another "Alien" film. The same can be said with Alien: Covenant, there was a chance to further expand on where Prometheus ended but instead (like your review says) it ends up being a standard Alien template that has no character development with a cliched environment and with no real engagement, which leads to the audience not to care. I also feel that they focused too much on David and his point of view but in the end you're left with a film that's essentially a forgetful stain on the mattress.

[@StephenRansom47]

Blood red comfort food. Bad with bad on top is good clean fun. Solitaire and handball with a side of rubber-string racket-ball.

[@FFcecil1991]

3:16 EXACTLY!!!! THANK YOU!!! Although I'd say Alien was great too.

[@butcherjsy8]

The synthetics were the only characters I cared about, it's like Hollyweird wants me to hate humanity...

[@batteriesrequired9401]

Aliens was the best movie. Prometheus was a massive disappointment, expected so much more. Pure excrement.

[@JMJ_James]

"Fucking bollocks" is better than "Fucking shit bollocks", so I'm still gonna go see it!

[@MrJakeKale]

This film killed any interest I might've had in future alien movies. I don't care if it's by Ridley Scott or that other guy people were getting so worked up about a while ago (which I was in the minority of not giving a shit about). We had one great, seminal movie, an equally phenomenal sequel, and a flawed but still interesting third movie that wrapped up the story. That's enough for me.

[@efraim3364]

hope the makers of Star Citizen see this and learn a lesson on how NOT to make a bad guy

[@uncletimo6059]

It's an unexplored, unknown alien planet. Who knows what is there. OK, everybody, there is no need for H E L M E T S in space exploration.

[@dawall3859]

Well I'll take your word for it not to fear. As one David to another kinda acquit going to the movies a few years ago.

[@99IronDuke]

This was a tedious film, reminded me of a big budget teen 'slasher' movie.

[@chriswolfe351]

To be fair, it sounds like this movie was more than I expected. From the trailers, I thought it was going to be a straight rehash of Alien. From your summary, it sounds like it's a rehash of Alien with the ending of Aliens tacked on.

[@MikePhilbin1966]

Sure, and while Aliens was a clever funfair ride, it broke the whole "xenomorph is perfect" i.e. part of its own egg-hugger-growth ethos, of Alien. It could make its own eggs out of hosts.. it didn't need a f'k'in queen, as well choreographed as the mech-fight-off was. :)

[@dazzlypants5909]

Not so. The scene you're referring to as to turning hosts into eggs was a deleted scene in Alien thats never been used.

[@SuperFam12345]

I've only seen the originals. I love all of the and I have the box set.

[@kierankelly1629]

Some nice costume design, and I liked the fact the truck that gets flushed out the ship at the end has JCB branding. That's it. Shite! Worse than Prometheus.

[@mrshah2043]

I'm fucking dying. This was hysterical.

[@chromosomeboo]

I'm glad I didn't waste money to go see this shit fest in the theatre... RIP Alien Franchise!

[@gurgamous]

as a moderate fan of the series, particularly the first two i was also disappointed. i felt it was the weakest entry, even more so than 3 or resurrection and that's saying something. eventhough ridley scott started this franchise i dont think it's best he remain at the helm

[@this_is_who_we_are]

ALIEN3 (in its ASSEMBLY CUT) concludes the ALIEN-saga (I somehow did enjoy PROMETHEUS though)...

[@CiaranFhearghail]

It's been a long time since Aliens, but somehow it's hard to give up hope. Anyway if you ever feel like testing how much torture you could endure before you break, I'd love to see you do a review of the shitshow they called the last ghostbusters movie.

[@Byronh1204]

Ciarán Fhearghail we don't talk about that one

[@CiaranFhearghail]

Oh but we should, not as an actual part of the Ghostbusters lore of course, but as a perfect example of how not to do pretty much anything movie related.

[@RangerHouston]

I feel like this should have been an Alien spinoff focusing on the AI of Weyland-Yutani, making it an Alien prequel ruins both the Alien franchise and makes this movie a lot less enjoyable.

[@noneuno53]

yes bishop from alien 2 is the only synthetic human that did not go bad and rain in hell.

[@Dsims37]

It might be a Sci Fi template but at least they aren’t saved by time travel love and anti grav magic.

[@jimd4084]

it's a shame that the novels( earth hive, nightmare asylum, ect) are not considered cannon. have you read then dave? these books are what your looking for in a squeal to aliens

[@jarukgema6060]

This was a great review. I agree that this movie has no deeper meaning and was utterly predictable. People seem to be watching it purely for the grotesque scenes where people's stomachs explode. You forgot to mention the feminist angle of the Alien franchise. The last-standing character is always a short-haired female who manages to be tougher than all the other male crew members combined.

[@NichoTBE]

Aliens is my all time fav movie so I am a little bias but i did like the first half of the film..

[@Nah_Bohdi]

Someone's been watching CinimaSins!

[@robhamada]

Prometheus failed to be an Alien prequel. Alien covenant failed to be an Prometheus sequel and an Alien movie. I don't know they even bothered connecting this movie to Prometheus.

[@katey1dog]

ALIEN 3 WAS AWESOME. What the hell? Go find littlejimmy835 for his absolutely meaningful review of this underrated and justifiable ending of the Alien franchise.

[@quietackshon]

Yer but how do you reeeally feel about it?

[@tommyshowgun]

I just laughed at the horribly predictable story line. Was so cliche when things start going bad in the ship they land in, I could not help but laugh at the sheer stupidity of the crew, who were suppose to be pioneers who trained for a decade (albeit for another planet but still). Pretty sure they all would have been the top guys of their professions, engineers, ecologists, doctors, military trained etc.

[@MamaBearBrock]

I liked this movie, honestly, but... "head crabs"...? 😂

[@timyo6288]

same feeling here. absolute garbage. i don't want any more alien films, ever.

[@hannahshark8080]

Agreed. I only liked it coz Xenomorphs were in it