Alien: Covenant

[mirth]

Early review. MASSIVE SPOILERS.

[spoiler]http://io9.gizmodo.com/alien-covenant-may-be-the-biggest-disappointment-of-th-1794898330[/spoiler]

[ghostryder]

man that sucks. I was soooo looking forward to this. Now it's just a free netflix watch.


wait a minute: it's at 88% at rotten tomatoes so maybe it's not so bad?

http://ew.com/movies/2017/05/06/alien-covenant-ew-review/

[mirth]

This review is about what I expected

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/alien/49203/alien-covenant-review

Still on the fence about seeing it in a theater

[JasonPratt]

At least there were, in fact, more colonists than just the crew. So I can stop complaining about how needlessly dumb that was. ;)  O0

[mirth]

What's ridiculous is that people would keep signing up to work on Weyland-Yutani spaceships/colonies. W-Y must offer some serious hazard pay.

[Gusington]

They have Farmers Insurance or something.

[JasonPratt]

Jahns really liked it. "Good time, no alcohol required."

[Sir Slash]

Yeah, I'd fly United before I'd fly Weyland. 

[SirAndrewD]

Reviews seem mostly positive, and Fox didn't opt for a review embargo. 

Strangely, if you go by RT, Top Critics are a lot more positive than general reviewers.  It's usually the opposite. 

Many of the negative reviews are saying it's too much like the first two movies.  I guess that's ok with me.   We'll see. 

I'm going on next Tuesday in my Weyland-Yutani hat and Weyland Corp shirt.  I will judge it fairly.  I hope it's a good ride.

[ghostryder]

Yeah, I'd fly United before I'd fly Weyland. 

[Steelgrave]

Yeah, I'd fly United before I'd fly Weyland. 

According to this issue of The Weyland-Yutani Inflight Magazine I found in front of my seat (April 2104 issue), in 2067 United and Delta merged to form W-T. Makes sense!

[Gusington]

I am still going to see this in the theater.

[mirth]

I'm going to read the Wikipedia page.

[mirth]

Done.

[Gusington]

And?