I don't include it at all in the Alien universe.

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2020)

I love the alien franchise, all the movies. I've seen them all a million times. read the books. I think after Alien Resurrection something was needed to push the franchise into that unknown world were anything again is possible. I think Prometheus was an amazing stepping stone into that unexplored territory. But Alien Covenant pulled it back, and opted to go over footprints that are typical and unimaginative. I wanted so much to go to that unexplored territory that the first Alien brought to the screen. But it felt like it was a script that was written to fill gaps in a typical way, rather than fill true inspiration into that unknown territory,.. it's that unknown void, that mystery, that Alien truly shines. I give this addition to the franchise, bottom of the list. In heart, I don't include it at all in the Alien universe, my own imagination will do. If I could give it a 0 I would.