![]() ![]() There has to be some kind of rational structure where F follows E and equations balance.įor a funny exposition of the problems, watch this video.īut do it only after you have seen the film because it’s full of spoilers. An over-complicated mythos killed “The X Files” and an impossible one left fans of “Lost” angry and unsatisfied. I love wondering about the kinds of things Ancient Aliens puts on the screen. I have plenty of room for mythos, mind you. He said … But that doesn’t jibe with … And when did … And WTF…” there’s a problem. When I walk out of the theater thinking, “Wait it minute. But I can’t help wanting a straight story instead of complex mythos that makes my head hurt. Despite those huge jaws, enormous teeth, and slavering double mouths, however, the aliens seem to have a single-minded focus on procreation. Fueling a body that large would take a lot of food. Christopher Orr says in The Atlantic, “I am not certain of the precise taxonomical distinctions between Neomorphs, Xenomorphs, Protomorphs, and facehuggers.” Yup, that.īut then I have never understood what the really big ones eat since we never see any of the xenomorphs consume anything. Xenomorph Biologyįull admission: I have never understood the different phases of xenomorph biology and whether one creature is a chrysalis that’s necessary to give birth to a bigger, badder version. We expect developments to follow in sequence. And I watched that one twice just to try and make sense of it.īecause what we saw in Prometheus, which takes place 11 years before this one, is not what Mr. ![]() Suffice it to say that Michael Fassbender explains the xenomorph origin quite specifically but in a way that conflicts with what I saw in Prometheus. I can’t tell you much about that without giving away plot points. I couldn’t tell where one character did something and then another one picked up. ![]() Second, although Ridley Scott has a character answer The Big Question (eventually) I left the theater trying to string together a chain of events that I found confusing because it seemed to loop back on itself. Although Alien Covenant is shot in color, its palette is so muted that one could watch it in black and white and never miss a thing. The Alien Origin Storyįirst, let me say that never has an origin story been murkier, both visually and thematically. The answer to that is a disappointing no.Īlien Covenant goes deeper into the mythos of how and where the ferocious predators with crystal teeth and dripping jaws came from. My second question is whether the crew of the Covenant would have better security protocols and use improved scientific methods than their predecessors. My big question going in was whether this sequel would be better than the obscure and infuriating Prometheus. Instead, we’re seeing people of faith finding that belief doesn’t help them when the monsters come for them.Despite the qualified reviews we went to see Alien Covenant this weekend. But what does it all mean? What does it mean that Oram (Billy Crudup), the hapless replacement captain of the Covenant, is a fervent Christian who’s mistreated and disrespected by his crew? What does it mean that Elizabeth prominently wears a cross and talks about God like he’s both the distant father-figure of Christianity, and someone who might be hanging out on a moon somewhere, waiting for his creations to come say hi? Why is religion such a focus for these movies, but in such an unfocused and generalized way? Or is Scott dismissing religion as foolishness, given the tragic ends his religious characters come to, and the lack of hope or help they get from their beliefs? His own stated belief that religion “causes more problems than anything in the goddamn universe” certainly suggests that’s a possibility, but the problems he’s talking about - sectarian prejudice and violence - aren’t coming up in these movies. ![]()
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