Sad attempt to please the whiny "Alien" fans who had tantrums over Prometheus

Rating: 6/10 (25 June 2017)

Ridley Scott set out to make a three part "indirect prequel" to the Alien series which, he said, would be its own story and would take place in the same universe as Alien, but would nonetheless be independent of the Alien franchise for the most part. Apparently die-hard "Alien" fans have a hard time understanding full sentences, and instead of listening, they jumped on the whole "prequel" idea and set their expectations accordingly. And then came Prometheus. Prometheus was a magnificent, fascinating, awe-inspiring masterpiece on its own. Its visuals were beautiful, its story and mystery were very unique, and it explored, among other fascinating topics, the origin of man-kind and of life itself, on planet earth and elsewhere. The movie left open many questions, presumably to be resolved in the next installation. But nope, the Alien fans subsequently lost their sanities and had a collective meltdown over the film, most notably for its not tying in "enough" to the original franchise. They forgot all reason and common sense and went on a rampage to make themselves and their unreasonable disappointments heard. They tore the film to shreds and refused to enjoy it. Well, Ridley Scott heard you all (I sure hope you're all happy!) and we got this disastrous mess of a sequel. To satisfy the Alien fans, he made a movie that builds on the clichés and elements of the Alien films, essentially making another Alien film and tying it in closer to that franchise as was demanded. Still being a sequel to Prometheus, it sloppily and hastily tied up lose ends from the previous film, but only as a side point to the newly thought-up, thin plot. All of the fascination and epicness that Prometheus was able to muster was thrown out the window in Covenant in exchange for a disaster-horror flick in order to please all of you unpleasable Alien fans. Well congratulations. I hope Ridley Scott ignores you all entirely for the making of the 3rd film and listens only to his gut instinct, to make a film as he originally intended, in the spirit of Prometheus. The Alien fans can cry as much as they want, but all their whining only caused this disaster of a film. You still have the chance to make this right Ridley Scott, good luck and looking forward to the 3rd installment!