Alien: Covenant (2017) - Episode 123

The Rewind Movie Podcast

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair. The LV-RMP series continues to explore the Ridley Scott sequel universe with 2017’s Alien: Covenant.

The crew of an intergalactic colonisation vessel is jolted from hypersleep by a catastrophic freak event while it is under the control of the ship’s android, Walter (Michael Fassbender). Reluctant to return to the chambers, overmatched new Captain Oram (Billy Crudup) decides to follow a bizarre human voice signal, mysteriously emanating from a nearby planet - one that seems an even more perfect habitat than their distant destination. There, they find the remnants of the disastrous Prometheus voyage of a decade before, namely Peter Weyland’s personal android David (Fassbender), who has seemingly been using his time to develop his sinister new interests.

On the heels of the mixed reaction to his return to the seminal franchise which he spawned, Ridley Scott and team return to the series’ original setup of a naive and increasingly desperate crew faced with the vicious indifference of instinctive horrors they are not equipped to face, albeit intertwined with the grandiose existential questions of his previous outing. Join Gali, Devlin, Patrick and Matt as they tackle what will seemingly be Sir Ridley’s last outing in the universe he created - including flute fingering, sick bay slipping, whiskey sipping and spaceship shower shagging.

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