A good follow-up to Prometheus

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2017)

Alien: Covenant. Not too bad, actually. Not great, but still good. Fantastic cinematography. I like the way that the story has separated itself from the traditional Alien franchise. It follows on from Prometheus quite well and has a very dark tone. Prometheus tried to introduce some philosophical ideas, but was poorly paced and edited, resulting in an uneven film. Even so, it's a new direction in the Alien mythology, and Alien: Covenant furthers that direction.
It seems like a lot of fans are complaining that it's not like the other Alien films, but really, we've had two good ones (Alien and Aliens), and then a run of b-grade crud (Alien 3&4 and then AVP). The b-grade films are not completely worthless (but close to), but I don't really want any more of it. The Alien franchise needed something different.
In any case, Alien: Covenant has more alien in it (but not too much). The cast are all okay, but only Fassbender is actually good. There are a few complaints that I've read about the crew in the film doing stupid things, but really it's just par for the course. Characters in horror films always do dumb things, and these are no better or worse. In that sense the writing is a bit sloppy, but nothing unforgivable.
I rate it 7 out of 10.