Alien Covenant Fan Reviews

[Highland]

I think reading some points about the novel and with a bit of a better edit I would move my vote out of "was just ok" to "liked it"

A fan edit would probably be quite good.

[Engineer]

I think reading some points about the novel and with a bit of a better edit I would move my vote out of "was just ok" to "liked it"

A fan edit would probably be quite good.

I'm intending to read the novel next. I haven't gotten around to it quite yet because I've been catching up on podcasts. Want to get caught up before "aliens minute" starts up this Sunday/Monday! :-)

[D88M]

Since "NickisSmart" has a kind of subtle agressive and vain tone that i dont like at all, not to mention he is misinterpreting what i have said to his convenience, i have decided to treat him as a troll from now on, that is ignoring him

I found it nice they dispensed with the slow burn and just got on with it.

I liked the fast pacing in the first hour, it was like Ridley saying "you all have seen this before, so lets get on with it as quick as possible" then David appears and the movie feels rushed, i can tell footage is missing, i will expand upon this later if i have the time

[Magegg]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAQvkf27uGc

This is the review I agree the most with.

[Alien³]

I like the idea that the Engineers had somehow found a way to control consciousness, in a sense.

What do you mean by this?

In this shot you see the liquid reacts to David's touch, it contains small electrochemical pulses, much like what is observed in brain activity.



Although I think the word control was wrong to use.

[HuDaFuK]

I found it nice they dispensed with the slow burn and just got on with it.

I liked that it started that way, but it got tiresome towards the end. The last act aboard the Covenant in particular felt threadbare because it was so brief.

[Highland]

I found it nice they dispensed with the slow burn and just got on with it.

I liked that it started that way, but it got tiresome towards the end. The last act aboard the Covenant in particular felt threadbare because it was so brief.

I don't know if you saw the video by nerdwriter on you tube about how if you re-arrange the movie passengers , you get a more interesting movie (worth a watch, the nerdwriter video that is).

That's how I feel about covenant. It's not that I totally hate all the things that happened, I just feel like they've been laid out in the wrong way. You could easily take the Neomorphs, Alien, Oram death, Walter fight, End sequence, David reveal and re-arrange the same pieces in a better way.

[900SL]

I like the idea that the Engineers had somehow found a way to control consciousness, in a sense.

In this shot you see the liquid reacts to David's touch, it contains small electrochemical pulses, much like what is observed in brain activity.



Although I think the word control was wrong to use.

I always thought that was connected with whatever had killed the Engineers.. something trying to get in the room after the Engineers ran in there..

[Engineer]

Since "NickisSmart" has a kind of subtle agressive and vain tone that i dont like at all, not to mention he is misinterpreting what i have said to his convenience, i have decided to treat him as a troll from now on, that is ignoring him

I found it nice they dispensed with the slow burn and just got on with it.

I liked the fast pacing in the first hour, it was like Ridley saying "you all have seen this before, so lets get on with it as quick as possible" then David appears and the movie feels rushed, i can tell footage is missing, i will expand upon this later if i have the time

Wise descision! I'm glad to see the thread is getting back on track too! :-)

I like the idea that the Engineers had somehow found a way to control consciousness, in a sense.

What do you mean by this?

In this shot you see the liquid reacts to David's touch, it contains small electrochemical pulses, much like what is observed in brain activity.



Although I think the word control was wrong to use.

Oh ok! Gotcha! Yea the "control" part confused me lol

I found it nice they dispensed with the slow burn and just got on with it.

I liked that it started that way, but it got tiresome towards the end. The last act aboard the Covenant in particular felt threadbare because it was so brief.

Oh my god! Yes! That last action sequence felt way too rushed! And it started so abruptly, that it lost all the dread and suspense... to me anyway...

[SM]

It's the old false ending, real ending trick.  You can't have too much time between them, and you have to juggle the Lope being impregnated and the David/ Walter switcheroo.  I'd have to watch it again to properly judge, but it didn't feel 'wrong' the first time.

[Engineer]

It felt wrong to me. Alien and aliens pulled it off well; but I think covenant was trying to juggle too much in this case and it felt rushed as a result...

[marialuis]

Here's the Plot for Prequel Novel 'Alien: Covenant – Origins'
Read here:

http://www.awdnews.com/society/here%E2%80%99s-the-plot-for-prequel-novel-%E2%80%98alien-covenant-%E2%80%93-origins%E2%80%99

[Highland]

It's the old false ending, real ending trick.  You can't have too much time between them, and you have to juggle the Lope being impregnated and the David/ Walter switcheroo.  I'd have to watch it again to properly judge, but it didn't feel 'wrong' the first time.

Personally I didn't like the double dip on the Xeno. It felt like hey I'm back, twice!

I would have preferred Lope been killed in some other way ( more Neomorphs) and impregnated Oram to make it back to the covenant only for the burst to happen there old school style then beef up the spooky corridor stuff.

[KiramidHead]

It's the old false ending, real ending trick.  You can't have too much time between them, and you have to juggle the Lope being impregnated and the David/ Walter switcheroo.  I'd have to watch it again to properly judge, but it didn't feel 'wrong' the first time.

Personally I didn't like the double dip on the Xeno. It felt like hey I'm back, twice!

I would have preferred Lope been killed in some other way ( more Neomorphs) and impregnated Oram to make it back to the covenant only for the burst to happen there old school style then beef up the spooky corridor stuff.

Or Lope is killed by the acid, they kill the Oram xeno like in the film, and then cut straight to everyone going to sleep.

[Alien³]

It's the old false ending, real ending trick.  You can't have too much time between them, and you have to juggle the Lope being impregnated and the David/ Walter switcheroo.  I'd have to watch it again to properly judge, but it didn't feel 'wrong' the first time.

Never felt wrong to me to. Fast paced, sure.