'This Alien is Bigger' - No Dr. Shaw? Not a good 'Alien' movie.

Rating: 4/10 (11 June 2017)

Ridley shouldn't have even made this a sequel to 'Prometheus'. This really isn't much of a story. There is no Dr. Shaw? Instead of an interesting movie about her travels, we get sh*t Episode VII style worthless remake. He should have just made an Alien flick instead of trying to tie it to 'Pro'. The David/Walter 'twist' is so obvious, it was the first thing I thought, when I saw him near the end. Give it up Ridley! Alien was a great movie, one of the best ever. But you suck now, face it. I guess the blasting the alien into space is good even the 3rd time around... jeez... let's make sure nothing is original. Very anti- climactic.
When asked in the 70's on how he made such good movies, Spielberg answered with something like - 'I don't try to make good movies, I just make the movie I would want to see, and others seem to want to also.' Now that has gone all out the window. I enjoyed Prometheus, but like other reviewers found most of the characters lacking in any substance, and making stupid decisions. One example was the cobra-like alien, who would just act like it wasn't possibly dangerous? I didn't like the idea that the Aliens were manufactured, I think it being a mysterious creature from outer space is so much better - the fear of the unknown that lurks out there. Also the jockey was clearly bones in Alien. Not a suit. Otherwise I thought it was a decent movie. Now, we move onto 'Covenant' - what a boring disappointment. No new ideas were put forward. I think Ridley was doing what Spielbergo does now. Instead of just making the best movie he can, he tries to think of what the audience wants. But, lets face it. The success of movies like 'Transformers' clearly shows that the audience is not intelligent enough to make that decision. So they complained that 'Pro...' didn't have enough aliens. So lets give the audience what they want. Instead of a great story about Shaw and her travels, we get a weaker version of 'Alien(s).' But the Aliens are BIGGER! After Star Wars VII - now all they think anyone wants is a re-telling of the same story. So here we have an inferior mix of 'Alien' & 'Aliens' - just substitute colonists for Marines and your there! Nothing really happens in this movie. So glad I didn't pay to see it. First Alien movie I didn't bother see in theatres. I just knew with Ridley making a movie for the 'masses' it wouldn't be good. Trying to contrive something for the masses only gets mediocre, derivative results. If your a creative person like me (musician) just try to make something you would like. I never try to make music so people will like it. I just try to write good songs that I would want to listen to and hey! other people like them too, but that is not my goal. Very disappointed with Ridley on this one. For the other reviewer, they explained how they have an obligation to investigate unknown alien transmissions, they explain this well in 'Alien' also - 'no shares'.