Alien: Covenant is the work of 80-year-old director Ridley Scott. The director, known as the father of science fiction, has created road films including women's liberation "Fantasy Flowers", the realistic war theme "Black Hawk Down", and the grand historical epics "Gladiator" and "Kingdom of Heaven". ". As well as many films such as his best sci-fi film "Silver Wing Empire" and "The Martian", which has been on the Oscars in the past two years.... However, among these classic masterpieces, the only "species" he wants to continue to create is aliens .
It has been more than 30 years since the "first" alien was born. I remember watching the alien as an ignorant child, and I had to stay in front of the computer with my parents and barely open my eyelids. You already know how scary it is before you see it, and it's creepy when you hear the alien's name. Now when I really appreciate its horror at close range in the cinema, I can no longer feel the shadow of my childhood. This is due to the proliferation of terrifying alien thrillers, and the reason why the director shifted the focus of aliens in this series of prequels.
This film is the second prequel to the Alien series. If you don't watch its first prequel, Prometheus, you may not understand it well. If it wasn't for Cameron who appeared halfway through, maybe Grandpa Ray wouldn't have handed over the script for the sequel to his cute baby to someone else to complete. Now, in the alien series that does not belong to him alone, this sci-fi master intends to continue this monster that has feared shadows for generations with a new angle and height. This is the Alien prequel series. Part of the continuation of the battle of wits and bravery between people and monsters in dense space, and adding philosophical propositions. That is the riddle of eternal human inquiry, the Creator. The birth and destruction of man. Where do people come from? He seems to be telling us, "I'm not shooting a B-rated movie, but a philosophical science fiction art movie!"
Indeed, what we see is no longer just the alien that entered the host's body and wreaked havoc on the space station. Rather, it is a larger context that adds to the worldview. From densely terrifying human spaceships to alien planets. Without space limitations, the film is no longer simply to create a terrifying atmosphere, not simply to be parasitized to the spaceship and the fish to die. Instead, he is more concerned about the foreshadowing of the plot, unfolding, and telling the audience his well-designed story. Then the previous work tells more about the birth of aliens and its possibility, and further elaborates the larger point of view and background. Set the stage to a farther place, the universe is more unknown. These details reveal the director's larger ambitions. Grandpa Lei spread out a big net, no longer limited its development, and started to create more. The overall link of the film is compact, and the horror atmosphere created also continues several previous works. And the visual effects technology is still excellent. It seems that I want to go to the Oscars for a walk. It is also worth watching an imax for landscape effects. . Recommended to see imax. The bad thing may be that too many characters seem to be too thin in order to give a few small special-shaped collars. Fa shark's performance is very exciting, although one person plays two roles, it is not too bad. The director cuts down on chasing dense spaces and starts telling more stories. It also avoids the infamy of a group of idiot scientists like in Awakening of Alien. Although you are careful and logical to arrange the film, you may also be called an idiot by the audience. .
Let's talk about the story of the film. A colonial ship named Covenant carrying thousands of people encountered an accident during its flight to the colony. The newly born biochemical man played by Fa Shaq was forced to wake up more than a dozen dormant crew members on the ship in advance to start work. On the way, they received a signal from the Prometheus that had been killed on a certain planet before, and they decided to find out. Then, as everyone knows, according to the old routine, some of their group began to be parasitized, and they began to receive lunch boxes one after another. At this time, the surviving biochemical sharks from the previous work (one person played two roles) appeared and took them to the place where the aboriginal people took refuge before. After communication and exploration, the new cyborg found that the surviving cyborgs were hiding a huge conspiracy. However, he failed to stop the old cyborg who had independent thinking and finally wiped out all obstacles to the successful entry into the contract, and began his great create....
In the film, the director can be said to use the alien, a terrifying creature, to describe the newly born human being, attacking all species that may harm it, and continuing to carry out frantic predation and killing in order to survive and become powerful. In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus was a human created after he knocked down his father, Cronus, and put him in a dungeon, and Cronus overthrew his father to become the supreme god. In "Prometheus", Lao Lei finally chose the script after several years of preparation, and added the grand factor of the alien creator. Start research to create all kinds of aliens to achieve perfect new life. However, in the current life that has been defined by science, what is there to explore? At the beginning of the film, in the conversation between the birth of the new android and the master played by Guy Pearce who created him, questions are thrown about whether everything is doomed in this small probability event?
At the end of the film, the heroine entered the hibernation box only to realize that it was too late when the old biochemical human shark with a huge conspiracy entered the spacecraft of colonization significance with thousands of people and embryos. She watched helplessly. With the strange smile of the shark, he fell into a deep sleep. And the new creator, ready to enter the area loaded with embryos and colonists, released "Rhine Gold: The Gods Enter the Hall of Valor". Then, put the alien embryos in the freezer, and then look at the sleeping human experiments, and feel extremely proud. However, what he may not know is that he was the god of the species at the time of creation, and what he and humanity will face in the end may be destruction.
In the endless years of the universe, the birth of species may be a probability, but in the cycle of life extension, the real value is that you participate in it.
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