In Reply to: 'Alien Covenant': Don't stop for strangers, don't take . . . posted by Billy Wonka on May 18, 2017 at 20:36:46:
. . .There sure are! Pretty much the whole thing. We've seen almost all of this before. Essentially a portrayal of a far-reaching and stupendously costly Interstellar mission crewed with stupid, uninformed, poorly trained personnel in mission critical positions making very bad decisions. No human endeavor of this magnitude would ever let this level of incompetence get past the first interview. Not plausible at all. IMO the use of arrogant incompetence as a plot device was a major flaw of "Prometheus" too. This worked OK in "Alien" but this many sequels later it's pretty tiresome.
FWIW, I thought it was pretty clearly stated as to why David dropped the bombs on the engineers; he viewed himself as superior and was serving no one including them. God-like and capable of the ultimate act of creativity while simultaneously eliminating sentient life forms he considered inferior. The Wagnerian Valhalla references weren't subtle. And we're still left wondering why the engineers hatred their apparent creations. Oh-well; based on how the ending appears to set up the next sequel, looks like we've moved well past answering that question.
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- "There are disappointments". . . - Steve O 14:05:43 05/25/17 (14)
- I think there are a lot of Prometheus fans who were/are not for the Aliens series. - free.ranger 07:02:36 05/26/17 (12)
- At the risk of sounding like an "academic elitist"... - Steve O 07:50:20 05/26/17 (11)
- Guardians of the Galaxy covers all the heavy stuff. - geoffkait 09:30:22 05/26/17 (7)
- I'm not surprised you say that...GOTG v2.0 was AWESOME by comparison (nt) - Steve O 11:28:34 05/26/17 (6)
- Alien Covenant kicked Guardians of the Galaxy out of first place in box office. Hel-loo! Nt - geoffkait 12:48:30 05/26/17 (5)
- After 2 weeks...(nt) - mkuller 11:02:19 05/29/17 (1)
- Just opening weekend hype; GOTG2 is again ahead of Covenant... - Steve O 12:45:46 05/29/17 (0)
- Barely. Weekend box office placement is a measure of quality? Helu!... - Steve O 14:12:05 05/26/17 (2)
- I won't go to any movies with a raccoon as the main character in them, period. nt - geoffkait 05:33:02 05/27/17 (1)
- Damn straight. - free.ranger 09:46:11 05/27/17 (0)
- Dont worry. - free.ranger 08:19:25 05/26/17 (1)
- Yeah, that pretty much sums it all up (nt) - Steve O 09:13:50 05/26/17 (0)
- RE: At the risk of sounding like an "academic elitist"... - BillH 08:15:18 05/26/17 (0)
- well, I guess we can rule you out as a fanboy. Nt - geoffkait 21:46:47 05/25/17 (0)