Me, personally, I clapped when I saw things I know.
Steve
2017-05-26 00:38:37 +0000 UTC
So many complaints about Prometheus resulted in the crap we got in Covenant. I waited 5 years just to see what happened to Shaw and The Engineers, what a disappointment.
Omar Rodriguez
2017-05-25 17:17:14 +0000 UTC
I really wish they had stopped making these the moment Aliens had run its course. But noooo, they couldn't leave it alone.
Dritan Brati
2017-05-23 17:47:55 +0000 UTC
I sorta liked the movie, even though all the things you bring up in the review are true. Was surprised Mike didn't compare the Michael Fassbender androids to Data.
Chuck Thompson
2017-05-23 00:41:26 +0000 UTC
This seems like a real "damned if you do, damn if you don't" type movie. Either make it more like Prometheus and lose money or make it more like Alien and lose the movie being memorable. But studios love money, so it was an easy choice.
Kegan
2017-05-22 21:49:08 +0000 UTC
Spot on with the "if you over-examine something it lessons the tension" commentary. This is a common problem in lots of forms of storytelling, from books to games to movies. In an effort to milk fans for more money, things get over-explained in sequels and it undermines what makes it good to begin with.
Kevin
2017-05-22 21:17:17 +0000 UTC
I would love to see those Na'vi burst open. In 3D. "It's so breathtakingly beautiful!"
David Anderson
2017-05-22 15:58:52 +0000 UTC
I wished you said a little more before going into spoilers.
Navon Demhier
2017-05-21 21:25:39 +0000 UTC
Listening to Mike say 'big blue men' made me long for an 'Alien vs Avatar' movie at some point. After 'Covenant' it would take a bizarre premise like that to get me back to the theatre for another movie in this franchise.
Bryan R
2017-05-21 21:07:56 +0000 UTC
Man, BOTW, Re:View & Half in the Bag all in a week. As I enter week 2 of my hospitalization I can't ask for more. And of course the Pre-Rec stream with Rich & Jack tonight too. Thank you so much for the work you do every day for us.
Ken
2017-05-21 19:46:28 +0000 UTC
made my week, once again
Steve Wishman
2017-05-21 19:45:13 +0000 UTC
It's 3am in Australia and I'm trying to sleep you hack frauds! Now I have I watch your review for the new Alien produc- I mean film.
Jesse S
2017-05-21 17:19:48 +0000 UTC
I just tried to explain Half in the Bag, and why it's so good, and I sounded like an idiot.