Episode 128: Ridley Scott Watch Series #24: ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)

John and Curtis return to the Ridley Scott watch series this week with the PROMETHEUS sequel ALIEN: COVENANT (2017). They chat about neomorphs, homoerotic AI, and Scott's bleak vision of the ALIEN universe, as well as discussing the news of the week and what they watched this week. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:01 What We Watched This Week/News of the Week 00:26:18 ALIEN: COVENANT (2017) Discussion (hot takes, tasty bits) 00:53:03 Our Ratings for ALIEN: COVENANT 00:55:58 Coming Up Next! NEWS OF THE WEEK The Phantom Menace turns 25 New releases: Fall Guy; Tarot; The Idea of You; Unfrosted RIP: Bernard Hill WHAT WE WATCHED THIS WEEK CURTIS: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Deathstalker II JOHN: Independence Day; Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island; Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: "The Covenant" by Jed Kurzel (ALIEN: COVENANT OST) Outro: "The Covenant" by Jed Kurzel (ALIEN: COVENANT OST) Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Also check out Quinn's NEW YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@seatstruck Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.