Another Alien 3 Style Misstep

Rating: 1/10 (21 May 2017)

As in Prometheus, there were the typical plot/motivation holes and physics incongruities that separate a purely entertaining film from a masterpiece. This story was no masterpiece of thoughtful design, but I can usually still enjoy a sub-excellent movie. However, the more I retrospectively think on it, the more I dislike the direction Scott took the story.
SPOILERS:
I'm not a huge fan of killing off the lead character in a story, but there are situations when it works. George R.R. Martin does it well because after your grief, you are left with other characters that carry the torch. Sometimes killing the main character brings the story to a full circle as in American Beauty. I support those decisions. However, killing off the lead purely for shock factor is a cheap thrill that invalidates their entire journey, and this is what Scott has done in this movie. But, he took it to an entirely new level. He not only killed off the hero you were rooting for in this film, he also killed off Shaw, the one from the previous film, Prometheus. And, to top it off, he killed off the Engineers, too. In one fell swoop, he invalidated both movies and leaves us no torch to carry into the next film.
Sure, there are probably Engineers on other planets that will pop up in the next movie and want revenge on Earth. You can kinda see that a mile away. And maybe even Walter survives and will find an abandoned space craft somehow rescuing Daniels before David dissects her. But, Covenant does not leave us hanging in anticipation for any of that. It wraps up the story on a sour note of doom. No hope. Only Death. That is not something that can carry me a whole year in anticipation of the next film. It just makes the whole thing die.
And in that vein, I'm done with this series. I have no interest in seeing the next one. Ridley Scott did a great job when he was younger, but his newer stuff is kinda crappy... like George Lucas. I'm no longer impressed with him like I was.