Quote from: PsyKore on Sep 18, 2017, 08:25:30 AM
People will complain regardless what happens. I'd just rather Ridley finish what he's doing.
I agree with PsyKore. If I felt cheated by Covenant, its because I followed it's development and got the impression Ridley intended Covenant and the creation of the Alien/Big Chap-style was meant to be the ending of these prequels IE; Covenant is meant to be Prometheus 3 and instead its this adjuncated mixture of what should have been 2 movies.
I always thought the idea that one sequel cant be redeemed by another is quite rubbish, right? Its like the desire to stunt the continuation of something is just making something that hasnt happened yet, suffer in response to our displeasure for something that did. Any direction that hasn't happened yet can be just as bad or worse than what's happened before, right? So, it doesnt make much sense to me to say that a sequel to Covenant shouldn't happen.
What bothers me is when they don't finish a story they've started and move forward. I even feel cheated by A:R, not leading to Alien 5. Sure A:R was garbage but you could redeem it with a great Alien 5. I feel the same way about this and Covenant and Prometheus are both are kinda great movies, IMO. To quote Cameron, "Maybe they arent the movies
I'd personally make, but you could say that about anything."
I applaud the transition from A:R to Prometheus, since Prometheus doesnt completely ignore the themes added to the series by Resurrection. I love that about this franchise, every film seems to include all the elements which came before it. A good witer could easilybelieve I could write a sequel to COVENANT and the Alien franchise that includes David and Ripley at once without ever even mentioning whether its a sequel to Aliens or A:R.
What makes me feel cheated is when the studio doesn't trust the filmmakers and tries to manufacture a bit too much; when it becomes more about "making a good soup" that includes all the ingredients we've come to expect, and those ingredients become more important than telling a good story. I know with a franchise like this, its inevitable that some of that will happen, sure. That's why I'm impressed Ridley was able to do so much that he wanted to do, within that framework in his prequels.