May 27, 2017
Movie Meltdown - Episode 396
This week the Meltdown
Gang gets together to have a large scale discussion about
Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant. How it
works as an individual movie as well as how it fits into and
essentially changes the entire franchise.
And as we break down this lovely
parallel for the futility of life, we also mention... Noomi Rapace,
the susceptibility of humans and pugs, big wheat, the lost episode
of Heavy Metal, an overwhelming sense of mystery, Michael
Fassbender, kind of timeless, planet designers, hinges on insanity,
you knew that was coming because the movie kept going,
less-predictable twists, the bastion of humility, masking
frustration, this... means something, Don Knotts in every movie
ever, what's the point of all this, faith-based leader, as the
years go on... these do become our myths, science fiction my ass,
person gets into a situation... then it's non-stop action 'til the
end of the movie, replacing cloud with butt, it's mouth has a
mouth, that stuff does other stuff, a landing party full of red
shirts, shut-ins with no cable, Lawrence of Arabia, eating high
school graduates, Fassbender on Fassbender action, CGI aliens,
connecting dots that I didn't necessarily need connected, not
believe in Darwinism, do we need that level of complexity, subtle
yet distinct, tiny John Cena, like Jurassic Park, Mr. robotic by
the books guy, the Nazi, shorthand, divorce lawyers in space, hey
I'm gonna make... art, concentrated acid for blood, oxygen tanks
and guns, dogburster and I want to go over to Giger's house and
just touch things.
Spoiler Alert: Full spoilers
for Alien: Covenant. So go see the movie before you
listen. You have been warned!
"You can keep ramming new
stories in the middle of your story you already thought you had
figured out - I guess? Seems to be the case."