I find it very disappointing. Everything, every the bunch of characters, are too similar to the Alien franchise. It's uninspiring. It would've been more like remake if they've proceeded with the original plan to make it an Alien prequel.
Only watch it if you've never seen any Alien instalment before.
Guess so 😶 Pretty much as you mentioned, from the sentiments Ridley Scott echoed in this junket. 😶
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Alien: Covenant has yet to debut in cinemas across the world but Ridley Scott is already prepared to begin filming its sequel, previously thought to be titled Alien: Awakening within 14 months!
We’re writing [the sequel] now, as we speak. I’ll be filming that within 14 months. ... Ridley Scott said while speaking to IGN UK. He continued by elaborating that the title Awakening was originally the title for Neill Blomkamp's Alien 5 proposal, but that Fox decided to roll with Ridley's vision for the franchise and merely (we assume) chose to adopt the title for the Covenant sequel instead: http://www.alien-covenant.com/news/ridley-...s#ixzz4gcyCPpIN
Haha brilliant interview. Would've loved to see Blompkamp's version though.