There seems to be an awful lot of hate directed at this movie and I can see why - it's simply unlike the original "last person standing" Alien movies, whereby Ripley is there standing strong at the end.
The original movies are great, but I feel the same about the new editions, including Prometheus.
The first Alien movie had lots of unanswered questions: how did those aliens create / pilot that ship to the planet? Who created all those eggs? Why was that ship sending out a distress signal? And with Prometheus, some of these questions get answered.
There's a lot of creationism philosophy in Covenant and it also seems to focus heavily on David. However, these movies are simply expanding the Alien universe, in order to explain events that later happen.
As the new franchise continues and the time gap begins to close, the new editions will sit quite neatly in with the earlier movies.
I suppose it simply comes down to whether or not you'd prefer Ridley to churn out more movies following the same narrative as the originals, or to expand on the idea, so that future iterations can expand from a more diverse foundation.
The original movies are great, but I feel the same about the new editions, including Prometheus.
The first Alien movie had lots of unanswered questions: how did those aliens create / pilot that ship to the planet? Who created all those eggs? Why was that ship sending out a distress signal? And with Prometheus, some of these questions get answered.
There's a lot of creationism philosophy in Covenant and it also seems to focus heavily on David. However, these movies are simply expanding the Alien universe, in order to explain events that later happen.
As the new franchise continues and the time gap begins to close, the new editions will sit quite neatly in with the earlier movies.
I suppose it simply comes down to whether or not you'd prefer Ridley to churn out more movies following the same narrative as the originals, or to expand on the idea, so that future iterations can expand from a more diverse foundation.