Film Review Alien Covenant
Great film, it has the better bits from all the past Alien films cherry picked and placed into it. If youve seen the older films it takes the shine off and they seem a bit 'done before', but i've had them on in the background in the past and not taken much notice so i did enjoy it.
Michael Fassbender is such a great actor. Strong female leads. Security guys who are hench bumbling idiots that touch things and feck everything up. Watching James Franco burn to death within 30 seconds of the film starting.
It explains more on the Prometheus storyline to and sets up nicely for possibly one more film to transition into the original Alien. It explains how and why the Aliens were created and the evolution of them, and the "story" of the engineers that created man.
For those that aren't going to see it spoilers below
"Engineers" create man from their own DNA. Man creates artificial intelligence in his image.
Artificial intelligence ponders.. if man created it, then who created man.
Artificial Intelligence is created with artistic ability and the power to compose.
Artificial Intelligence is immortal and watches its creator die where it pities him in such a state.
Artificial Intelligence sets out to find mans creator.
Artificial intelligence designs life that is perfect unlike its own creator, man, and unleashes the parasitic creatures onto mans creator, the engineers.