Alien Covenant (2017): Idle hands are the devil’s workshop #17

2024-07-22

This week, Richard and Angeles board the doomed colony ship Covenant and break down Ridley Scott’s dark, philosophical entry in the Alien saga—where humanity meets its creators… and its destroyers. We go scene by scene into the body horror, the religious symbolism, and the unsettling charm of Michael Fassbender playing dueling androids. From chest-bursting to flute duets, Alien: Covenant tries to bridge the terror of Alien with the grand questions of Prometheus—and we’ve got opinions. 🚀 In this episode:

This week, Richard and Angeles board the doomed colony ship Covenant and break down Ridley Scott’s dark, philosophical entry in the Alien saga—where humanity meets its creators… and its destroyers.

We go scene by scene into the body horror, the religious symbolism, and the unsettling charm of Michael Fassbender playing dueling androids. From chest-bursting to flute duets, Alien: Covenant tries to bridge the terror of Alien with the grand questions of Prometheus—and we’ve got opinions.

🚀 In this episode:

Full breakdown of Alien: Covenant (2017)
David vs. Walter: AI ethics and android philosophy
Revisiting the birth of the xenomorph
Religious allegory, terraforming, and mad creator syndrome
Viana’s Review Corner – Her take on synthetic sass and monster messes
No spoof ad this week—just unfiltered existential horror

Whether you think Covenant is a misunderstood masterpiece or a franchise fumble, we’re cracking the cryo pod open and dissecting it all.

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