Alien Covenant 2017
- Director: Ridley Scott:
- Films seen by this director: Many
- Based on Book: no
- Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor/actress in:
- Michael Fassbender – Many including Macbeth
- Katherine Waterton - Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them, Taking
Woodstock
- Billy Crudup – Public Enemies, Almost Famous, Waking the Dead
- Carmen Ejogo – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Selma, Sparkle, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Cold Lazarus, Absolute Beginners
- Why? The others
- Seen: 5 October 2024
Can this really be an Alien
film without Sigourney Weaver? Ripley Scott says so.
And indeed it is. The slimy yucky thing appears about half an hour in,
bursting from the back of one of the astronauts.
Instead of cool courageous Ellen Ripley there is the weak, fumbling
religious captain (Crudup) and a gang of panicking (understandable, granted)
scramblers.
It bridges the gap between Prometheus
and Alien quite nicely. If not
completely logical or realistic (really???) it’s exciting and entertaining.
Worthy of the franchise.
4* of 5
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