Tag: Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017)

Extraterrestrial landscape, alien planet in deep space, generative AI

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Gary Varner
Date
September 14, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien: Covenant (2017): All’s Well That Ends Well for the Embryos

_{Or is it? We find out why David needs to sneak aboard the ship disguised as Walter — but it’s not what we might suspect} _{Gary Varner
September 14, 2024

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Science Fiction}

The problem with killing the major characters of a film off-screen is that it weakens the audience’s stake in the next installment.

abandoned spaceship station, digital art illustration, Generative AI

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Gary Varner
Date
September 7, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Alien: Covenant (2017), Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Facehuggers (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017)}

Alien: Covenant Part 5: Wake up, Daniels! It’s Obviously David!

_{The evil robot must board the ship again, and must find a way to make sure the alien boards the ship as well} _{Gary Varner
September 7, 2024

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Science Fiction}

We begin to learn why the alien xenomorphs take varying amounts of time to develop inside a human body before they erupt and kill.

Dark alien planet landscape with lightning storm and rocky terrain

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Gary Varner
Date
August 31, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Facehuggers (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien Covenant (2017): Dr. Frankenstein in Space

_{David, the robotic sociopath, turns out to have been breeding deadly aliens all this time} _{Gary Varner
August 31, 2024

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Science Fiction}

One example of the way stupidity appears to drive the plot is that characters who should not trust David seem to do so, with disastrous results.

Vibrant blue digital signals pulse and swirl in a mesmerizing dance against a dark, mysterious background, evoking cutting-edge technology and data transmission.

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Gary Varner
Date
August 10, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Alien: Covenant (2017), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Featured, Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017)}

Alien: Covenant (2017): A Story Driven by Stupidity, Coincidence

_{Nothing seems to happen as the natural result of a character’s choices, consistent with personality and motive} _{Gary Varner
August 10, 2024

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Science Fiction}

It’s exciting but the audience will likely notice the hands of the writers moving the pieces where they want them to go.