I have a delicious, handcrafted question for Sir Ridley Scott. It would be a distinct privilege if it were to be asked and answered.
"Alien: Covenant is thrilling while also being cerebral, dealing with themes of mortality and creation. Is there a right balance of thrilling and cerebral and if so, is that balance difficult to maintain?"
One minute we're treated to Weyland having a dialogue with his synthetic son about creation, and the next moment an alien is bursting out of someone's back. Ridley was right in that featurette when he said this will have everything we want in an Alien movie. It's big, it's (supposedly) good, and it has aliens in it. Most of the other franchise entries only get 2 out of those 3. Prometheus was big and good, but no aliens. Alien and Aliens were good and had aliens, but weren't big, etc.