Big alien fan myself
But this movie is not anything to remember

Sorry to burst your Alien bubble

I had mixed feelings about this movie, but probably my biggest three issues were:
1) AGAIN, the crew have zero space exploration safety protocol and act like complete nincompoops
2) AGAIN, (like after Prometheus), it left so many unanswered questions, and left me wondering how the heck it's supposed to eventually tie in with the original Alien
3) AGAIN (like all of the films after Alien3), the gestation time and growth rates are ridiculously, unbelievably fast

It had its moments, and as a fan of the overall saga, I still enjoyed it ... but the more I think about it, the more its assorted issues irritate me.

yeah glad I saw it but have to agree it was very lackluster

Great summary - I agree.

I watched Alien (original) again on Sunday (to get Covenant out of my system). What a freakin' fantastic movie. Amazing to think it's just shy of 40 years old and still timeless. All of these incredible details like the ship console information being reflected in the helmet's visor at the start.

Movie was a big letdown. The Covenant movie poster is pretty bad ass tho.

I saw Covenant, thought it was pretty good (but like said before not very memorable) but im not sure where they can go with it after Promethius, I really hate prequels, i like to move forward. Yea its pretty hard to top the first 2.

Speaking of which, I did like Covenant's subtle references to the original -- including the 'red x' warning screens on the ship, and also the atmosphere music.

Yes - I'll give you that. They also had that bopping bird in the water toy thing (no idea what those are called) that was in the original.

I liked Covenant, I give it an 8.

Seriously, they did this again? WTF is wrong with these Hollywood people? Idiots. They didn't realize that Prometheus is universally hated because of this idiocy? Another one I won't go see. No trips to the theater in 2017 for me yet, and it doesn't appear I have missed anything. Movies are a dying art.

The new movie is more focused on AI with the androids then on the Aliens - LOL.
That's the hot topic in a lot of Sci-Fi currently, so that's where they pushed the story line.

I was hoping for more "Alien Action". Aliens (the second film) is still the best movie in the franchise IMO.

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I enjoyed the movie. Pleased to see a continuation of Prometheus, if albeit in a dark and unexpected way.

I sure hope we get another to see how the payoff of Covenant goes down, but the bad box office makes it an uphill climb.

I can see Ridley Scott coming back for one more to tie it all together. I'm thinking bring Sigourney back to save the Earth from Fassbender's David.

You missed Logan which was awesome.

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I wondered about Logan but it seems like it came and went and there wasn't much talk about it which seemed odd. What I saw in trailers looked good, but I was held back by that awful last one where he went to Japan. Oh well, it will roll around soon enough on Netflix, I catch them all there and watch them at home on the big screen. Saves me money, I can FF the bad parts, and I don't have to go in a grimy dark room with the unwashed masses talking on their cell phones

I actually heard a ton aboot it and great things from everyone...super brutal movie they say.
I actually watched the Nippon one one day and it was even worse than I thought it would be.

There were parts of The Wolverine that were cool. The only thing I remember really disliking was Silver Samurai turned into a mech suit.

Bone Claw Wolvie was really great to see. Fatal Attractions and Bone Claw Wolvie happened when I was reading comics in school.

I would've gladly watched an entire movie of that Pygmalion between David 1 and David 2, Fassbender had a great chemistry with himself. If they're going to make movies set in the Alien universe, why not do different movies rather than just trying to remake the first ones? I'd love to see a "Dead Ringers" but with Fassbender robots.

It was well done. Fassbender is a great actor and I kind of like the nefarious twist of things and evolution of the xenomorphs due to David vs. the Creators. Hope to see more Walter down the road. The look he gave the Neomorph alone was interesting.

Logan was a fantastic superhero movie grounded in reality. Dare I say, up there with Reeve's Superman as far as my favorites go. Jackman nailed Old Man Logan and Wolverine's persona over the last 15+ years.

Something tells me we haven't seen the last of Walter.

Fassbender is not only a great chameleon, but the premier actor of his generation.

Yeah, as to not spoiler it, they didn't really show ultimately a demise of sorts. That's what makes me think he'll be back.

This thread starts with a "spoilers ok" ... but just in case -- MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD, STOP READING NOW .... while anything is possible for the next movie, obviously the reason they didn't show his demise in Covenant was because they had to set up the David/Walter twist. (...which, sadly, was not at all a surprise, considering they clearly avoided showing how their fight ended.)

I also think his girlfriend is fantastic (Alicia Vikander). She was in Ex Machina, The Danish Girl and The Light Between Oceans. Not sold on her as the new Lara Croft. I think that role was made for Angelina. Don't think Alicia has enough edge. But I guess we'll see...

I don't know if I would go that far. Wolverine in the comics was always emotionally distant. Mainly because of the many losses he had through the years and his distrust of his own memories. He tended to speak in grunts and actions.

Jackman was always too talky and free with his feelings. His height was also a problem because one of the character's greatest attributes is that he's an underdog, a runt. It's hard to be an underdog when you're 6'2" with the singing voice of an angel.

I only started warming up to Jackman's Wolverine with Days of Future Past. Logan was just amazing for this long time Wolvie fan.