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CBB Presents The Bear Cave of Terror - Ep. 32 - Alien: Covenant
In this Part 2 episode of the Bear Cave of Terror, continuing the discussion of the Alien prequels by Ridley Scott, Vince Tinebra and Steve Mowry look at the follow-up to 2012's Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, released to theaters in 2017. Although the prequels were originally conceived as leading to up to the timeline established in the first Alien film from 1979, it's clear that after the criticism of Prometheus that Ridley Scott and his creative team changed course in a few different ways. Scott here decided to focus on a new direction for the plot - becoming less of a prequel to the Alien series, and more of a parallel story. In the center, the philosophy of creation and synthetics, faith vs science, and around that, an attempt to give audiences more of what they thought was lacking in Prometheus...more xenomorph carnage! Unfortunately, that opened up a new raft of criticism and left the potential for a 3rd film (or the 5-film arc that Scott envisioned) shelved indefinitely. Sure, there are a lot of issues, stemming from some of the crew actions and decisions, the unanswered questions around Planet 4 and and who really left all those eggs on LV-426, but for our guest, he hopes that the viewer can still find as much to enjoy about this bloody scifi horror film as he does. I think we can also all agree Michael Fassbinder's David as the true, irredeemably sadistic villain of the prequels, is pretty dang fantastic! So, try to look past the characters' illogical decisions and not wearing spacesuits on an unknown planet, ignore the Ripley timeline, and don't think too hard about why a med bay has such slippery floors, and enjoy our talk about Alien: Covenant!
Additional Resources for the episode:
"Alien Covenant and Prometheus, Making Sense of their Plots" by Ryan Lambie, 11/4/16 Denofgeek.com
"Prometheus 2: In Space No One Can Hear Ridley SCott..." by Brad Miske, 3/27/13 bloody-disgusting.com
"Alien:Covenant Crash Landing..." by Tom Breuggermann, 6/6/17 indiewire.com
"8 Years Later, Ridley Scott's $240Million Sci-Fi Epic..." by Adam Blevins, 8/4/25 collider.com
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By Steve MowryIn this Part 2 episode of the Bear Cave of Terror, continuing the discussion of the Alien prequels by Ridley Scott, Vince Tinebra and Steve Mowry look at the follow-up to 2012's Prometheus, Alien: Covenant, released to theaters in 2017. Although the prequels were originally conceived as leading to up to the timeline established in the first Alien film from 1979, it's clear that after the criticism of Prometheus that Ridley Scott and his creative team changed course in a few different ways. Scott here decided to focus on a new direction for the plot - becoming less of a prequel to the Alien series, and more of a parallel story. In the center, the philosophy of creation and synthetics, faith vs science, and around that, an attempt to give audiences more of what they thought was lacking in Prometheus...more xenomorph carnage! Unfortunately, that opened up a new raft of criticism and left the potential for a 3rd film (or the 5-film arc that Scott envisioned) shelved indefinitely. Sure, there are a lot of issues, stemming from some of the crew actions and decisions, the unanswered questions around Planet 4 and and who really left all those eggs on LV-426, but for our guest, he hopes that the viewer can still find as much to enjoy about this bloody scifi horror film as he does. I think we can also all agree Michael Fassbinder's David as the true, irredeemably sadistic villain of the prequels, is pretty dang fantastic! So, try to look past the characters' illogical decisions and not wearing spacesuits on an unknown planet, ignore the Ripley timeline, and don't think too hard about why a med bay has such slippery floors, and enjoy our talk about Alien: Covenant!
Additional Resources for the episode:
"Alien Covenant and Prometheus, Making Sense of their Plots" by Ryan Lambie, 11/4/16 Denofgeek.com
"Prometheus 2: In Space No One Can Hear Ridley SCott..." by Brad Miske, 3/27/13 bloody-disgusting.com
"Alien:Covenant Crash Landing..." by Tom Breuggermann, 6/6/17 indiewire.com
"8 Years Later, Ridley Scott's $240Million Sci-Fi Epic..." by Adam Blevins, 8/4/25 collider.com