Death of a franchise.

Rating: 2/10 (30 August 2017)

Saw it opening weekend and it just came out on home video. This will be the first Alien movie I won't watch again or purchase on video.
Ridley Scott clearly has dementia or something. He still is a master of visuals, but, he obviously doesn't care that his characters are complete morons.
It was bad enough in Prometheus that characters removed their helmets on an alien world, the Covenant crew doesn't even bother putting space suits on! They dress in the latest outdoor store fashion and set out on a nice, Earth-like hike on a planet they know nothing about. I've seen review writers make fun of people slipping in blood during the first, big gross out scene, but, I didn't think it was a big deal. It was idiotic, however, that the one gal locks her fellow crew member in the sick bay with the infected man when he'd been spewing blood all the way throughout the ship.
The new Ripley, complete with Aliens costume and hair, is a joke. She reminds me of the teenage boy in The Hills Have Eyes remake, except he was a much better character. This gal is so wimpy and bland, I just can't buy her as a survivor of an Alien movie.
Having since seen behind the scenes videos, I saw that they made an Alien man-in-a-suit costume and it was insanely tall! Then they ruined the movie by pasting a CGI Alien on top of him! End result, a shitty, Alien 3-looking Alien, a film I actually like, despite the crappy computer effects.
The rest of the movie is like one of the old, 80's slasher flicks with dumb characters doing dumb things so that the monster can come and kill them. Someone should edit Covenant scenes with Friday The 13th music over it. That would be hilarious.
I wanted the Shaw and David go to Paradise movie, but, I guess, Noomi wasn't available, so, they made this piece of sh*t.
Maybe Neil Blomkamp will get his chance to make Alien 5. I really hope so, otherwise, this franchise is dead.