Allow me to back-track to Prometheus firstly, and let me say that I think the vast majority of audiences were left very confused as to what the hell any of it was about. A few die-hard fans had their theories and justifications, but I feel if a film doesn’t give you the answers you need, it hasn’t fulfilled its job of paying off the set-up.

What the hell is that black liquid? Why do engineers want to destroy us when they created us? Why was it necessary to say Weyland is dead, then unveil he is alive, just to have him die anyway? Why did the black liquid turn Holloway into some zombie.. human… mutant..thing? How did David know how to speak an Alien language that has never been heard aloud? Why would you run in a straight line from a circular object rolling toward you?!

Ahh. So many questions, more so than to bother to ask. Prometheus certainly set a lot of questions up, only to not answer most of them. So when we saw Alien: Covenant was coming to theatres, people who share my opinion thought: “Hey, I would like Prometheus a lot more if they actually explained any of it. I’ll give it a watch, hopefully they will satisfy my curiosity.” Don’t get me wrong, Covenant has a few answers to Prometheus, but sets up entirely new questions in their place. Read More