Several of this summer’s major releases managed to disappoint. Some at the box office and some in terms of expectations. In some cases, it was a bit of both. Such is the case withAlien: Covenant, which was poised to be theAlienmovie we’ve all been waiting thirty years for. Instead, we wound up with another divisive movie that massively underperformed at the box office. Now, the Honest Trailer gang has decided to give us their take onAlien: Covenant as it heads to Blu-ray and DVD, and it is pretty brutal, but definitely hilarious.
The folks over atScreen Junkiesdecided to makeAlien: Covenantthe subject of this week’s honest trailer, in honor of the movie making its way to home video. This is an honest trailer in the truest sense in that, even those who loved this movie can easily see what is being poked fun at here and the larger points made about theAlienfranchise are hard to argue with. How many more times are we going to see theXenomorph defeatedby having it blown out an airlock?
One of the most poignant things that will hit home for those who felt mixed aboutAlien: Covenanthas to do withRidley Scott. They point out in the beginning that he is simultaneously one of the best and worst directors of our time. Movies likeAlien,GladiatorandBlade Runnerare undeniable masterpieces, but then we have disasters likeThe CounselorandRobin Hood. Then there are the divisive entries to his resume likeAlien: Covenant. At one point, they say that the movie is the result of abad sci-fi scriptin the hands of a visual genius. Love it or hate it, that may be pretty close to the truth.
Even if you are one those who wound up falling in love withAlien: Covenant, and despite how brutal this Honest Trailer is there are plenty of those people out there, the movie simply didn’t become the hit that Fox was hoping it would.Alien: Covenantwound up making just $232.5 million at the box office, which is a little more than half of whatPrometheusmade. Considering thatPrometheusdidn’t actually feature any Xenomorphs in it and didn’t have the franchise name in the title, that says a lot. As such, Fox has their doubts about continuing theAlienfranchise, as one might expect.
With the lackluster performance, Ridley Scott’s lofty plans for theAlien franchise is in doubt. He may not even get to finish thisAlienprequel trilogy, which may frustrate many fans becauseAlien: Covenantcertainly didn’t tie everything up. That would be a pretty unceremonious way to end one of the best sci-fi franchises of all-time. If nothing else, we got a pretty great Honest Trailer out of the deal. Be sure to check out theAlien: CovenantHonest Trailer for yourself below.
