I would have loved a lot more on the engineers. that concept fascinates me.
Yeah this was my beef with the movie, other than the alien CGI. I feel like they tied up the Engineer storyline too quickly. If it's true that the next movie is Shaw and David's journey between Prometheus and Covenant, I guess that's OK, but they should have done that one first. We already know how that ends now.schmendeler said:
I would have loved a lot more on the engineers. that concept fascinates me.
Same here. I'm enjoying reading about the themes/thoughts/recaps/easter eggs more than the actual movie. All this shows that the movie could of been executed much better.dan87 said:
Saw it last night. Just a bunch of "meh" for me.
I would shoe horn the end of Predator 2 somewhere above Prometheus in there.dan87 said:
Saw it last night. Just a bunch of "meh" for me. Like others said, the themes of Prometheus that I loved were abandoned and replaced with lacking alien scenes. Logic, what little character logic there was, from Prometheus (not allowing infected person on ship) was abandoned in Covenant.
I was somewhat entertained, but not more than I was in Prometheus.
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Just saw it. I'd rank it third behind Aliens then Alien. Yeah a lot of parts were predictable, but I enjoyed the experience.
They did complain about the terrain as to why they couldn't land closer to the signal. Did they talk at all about the atmosphere? because as soon as they landed they opened the hatch and walked out assuming the air was breathable, however, I could have missed that part.
lol I don't think we consider AvP part of this canon... I mean, the guy that does the resident evil movies directed it after all.AlaskanAg99 said:
The movie had its issues but the main idea is David was created by Man who decides humans are a dying species and engineers the virus into the neomorph intone xenomorph. Because he thinks he is a god. I hope we don't have to wait 5 years but the idea the alien is an engineered weapon based on a weaponized virus made by the Makers/Engineers is incredible.
And it's highly adaptable which explains in later movies why the xenomorph can take some traits of the host, like the dog. It's defining and explaining the entire series.
What isn't explained is when the Predators discover Davids creation and start using them as sporting games. All in all, I think it's a great job of explaining how all the movies fit together even though there is a lot of disjointed storytelling. Somethings aren't complete, such as the AvP antartic temple, but eh, whatever.
Yep, and the AvP movies have a completely different Weyland.stridulent said:
lol I don't think we consider AvP part of this canon... I mean, the guy that does the resident evil movies directed it after all.
there are a ton of spoilers in this thread. if you're still reading a 13 page thread a week after the movie came out, you deserve to have it spoiled.VanZandt92 said:
No spoilers yet please. Seeing it tonight.
VanZandt92 said:
No spoilers yet please. Seeing it tonight.
then don't post in it. ripley dies.VanZandt92 said:
Haven't read it but thanks for the heads up yo.
GiveEmHellBill said:VanZandt92 said:
No spoilers yet please. Seeing it tonight.
Billy Cruddup dies......
The final scene involves Danny McBride in an escape pod in his underwear.VanZandt92 said:
No spoilers yet please. Seeing it tonight.
I agree that it does explain alot, and very much like how it kind of explains the whole series and the features of the xenomorphs/aliens as they manifest. The adaptability tracing back to the original Engineers pathogen properties makes perfect sense.Quote:
What isn't explained is when the Predators discover Davids creation and start using them as sporting games. All in all, I think it's a great job of explaining how all the movies fit together even though there is a lot of disjointed storytelling. Somethings aren't complete, such as the AvP antartic temple, but eh, whatever.
VanZandt92 said:
It was ok but no more. They need to quit trying to explain things. And spaceships that hit things aren't going to fly. Just stop that ***** The sound effects sounded like every other comic book movie.