Tag: Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))

Desolate alien planet landscape with volcanic eruption and stormy sky

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Gary Varner
Date
September 21, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

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Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien Covenant (2017) Could’ve Worked. Here’s How

_{I am going to boldly go and propose changes to the script so as to make the characters' decisions more natural and plausible} _{Gary Varner
September 21, 2024

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Science Fiction}

Incoherent cinematic messes are the result of having too many people involved in writing the story. There is no single, coherent vision.

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.

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.

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Gary Varner
Date
August 17, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien: Covenant (2017): When the Prophet Fails

_{Everybody trudges onto the planet in what amounts to hunting gear and they begin looking for Shaw’s ship...} _{Gary Varner
August 17, 2024

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Science Fiction}

What’s the point of Daniels being the screenwriters’ prophet if the character isn’t going to even try to take any sort of action to prevent a disaster?