2017 Directed by Luke Scott
A prologue short to Alien: Covenant, it takes place aboard the Covenant, a Weyland colonization ship on its way to a remote planet to form a new human settlement. Before the crew is set to enter hypersleep, the 14 crew members (all couples) and their android, Walter, enjoy a final meal together.
Alien: Covenant - Prólogo: Última Refeição, Prologue: Last Supper, Alien: Covenant - Prólogo: La última cena, Alien : Covenant - Prologue : Le dernier dîner, Чужой: Завет — Пролог: «Тайная Вечеря», Yaratık: Covenant - Önsöz: Son Akşam Yemeği, 异形：契约-番外：最后的晚餐
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Captain is feeling ill even before going into cryosleep... I'm sure this will turn out ok.
"Wrong hole"
This scene being cut from the movie is both a blessing and kind of a misake. At least it shows you how the crew know each other and gives a little more screen time for James Franco, which isn't much. I mean, I had no idea there was a gay couple in the film.
However it is a bit corny and cliche with all the crew getting drunk while being in a horror movie. Oh and can these movies calm down with the sexual under tones with those lines.
I can't take this review seriously.
Naja, hätten den eigentlichen Film "Alien: Covenant" jetzt auch nicht besser gemacht. Aber ein paar solcher Szenen wären vielleicht hilfreich gewesen.
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8/9: Big Things Have Small Beginnings - Alien Marathon
A prologue that adds nothing except for foreshadowing and obvious character traits that in the long run won't add anything at all. This could've easily have served in the film itself and the need for this is purely a marketing tool that I enormously dislike. It had one moment of a rather interesting homage from the original Alien but if that what it's ultimate purpose was, I'm incredibly disappointed.
This prologue serves as an introduction to the crew of Alien: Covenant, and uses the modern day advantage of trans-media narratives, debuting a film on social media ahead of its full cinema "sequel", in order to establish characters before we meet them in the film and further their depth and development.
Having seen the film, it's hard to argue that this scene feels as though it is missing. The prologue expands the situation slightly, but not to a point where the film can't be understood without it, and exists instead as a fun little add-on. Having seen the film, though, I can't help but feel that the obvious focus on the familial aspect within the group is lost in the…
Feels more like a deleted scene than a short film in its own right (turns out that's exactly what it is), but I appreciate the setup since I remember next to nothing about Alien: Covenant only six years out from its release. Not a good sign, but I'm committed to finishing out my rewatch of the Alien and Predator franchises.
Okay now this is just ridiculous. While the short promotional films released around the time Prometheus came out did end up having more characterization in them than was in the actual movie, those sorts - the TED Talk, Noomi Rapace trying to talk her way onto the ship, etc. - did at least feel like optional extras. But this is just straight up the first scene of the movie, taken out and repackaged as a short film meant to promote the movie. And it's completely ridiculous, due in no small part because this is exactly the kind of character-building scene that is sorely missing from Alien: Covenant. I'm not saying slotting this back in would fix the entire thing -…
If you want a film that looks and sounds like Alien, has basically the same characters as Alien and repeats Alien beat-for-beat, just watch Alien.
