A covenant of simpletons

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2017)

My grandma, who was a very kind lady, taught me that before ripping a new one to someone through an argument, you should first pay them a compliment. I will pay two to Alien Covenant 1) The visuals are impressive 2) Fassbender's acting is definitely good, probably the only thing that kept me watching until a certain point
Now let's get to the messy part. Do you remember in Prometheus, when one of the multi-graduate scientists, while on the abandoned alien ship, starts petting what looks like a space cobra? Well he deserves the noble price for common sense, compared to this bunch of space cowboys.
-) Order a detour on a decade-long, carefully planned space mission to colonise new planets, based on a signal from someone singing John Denver - check -) Send most of the crew, without any protective gear, to visit the alien planet. You have an android and probably probes, but why using them - check -) Stumble on strange spores and sniff the content while in an abandoned structure clearly created by an intelligent life-form - check -) Let a sick person on board of your landing aircraft without following any quarantine protocol - check -) Follow a stranger into what looks like an open space necropolis because he says it's safe - check -) Follow said stranger into some sort of catacomb on your own, and take a peek into some strange egg beginning to hatch - check
At this point, when David said "Take a look", I stood up and left saying "nah, you take a look mate". I must say I got a cheerful applause by someone in the audience who was clearly as baffled as me.
Let's hope Mr. Scott did not apply the same standards when producing Blade Runner 2049, because in that case I would forget my grandma's advice.