David gets to be a lot more fleshed out and we get a better understanding behind his questionable actions. But this time he shows off double the effort when he plays two androids, the original David and the Covenant's own personal android Walter. Once again Michael Fassbender proves to be the standout of this film. While it does not explain everything that was left open in Prometheus, it does feel satisfying that Covenant tries to give some answers rather then just leave with questions. ![]() ![]() From the opening scene of android David's "birth" to the crew of the Covenant being a colony ship carrying couples, the film carries on these philosophical ideas while tying in very well with the origin of the iconic Xenomorph. The film constantly delves on the ideas of creation, religion and faith without feeling as forced like in Prometheus. The parts I liked the most surprisingly were the Prometheus tie-ins. Covenant improves on those ideas with better-written characters but in the end mostly fails as a memorable Alien film. However, I could see that it was poorly executed especially when connecting to Alien. I was one of the people who didn't hate Prometheus because I admired the new mythology Ridley Scott was trying to create. ![]() When I went into watching Covenant on opening night, I went in with neither excitement nor hesitation but was just curious.
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