Listen "Alien: Covenant (2017)"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textA familiar song whispers across space, a colony ship veers off plan, and an android decides he wasn’t built to serve—he was built to create. Our conversation dives straight into Alien: Covenant’s sharpest hooks: why the crew gambles 2,000 sleeping lives on a “better” world, how the black pathogen evolves from mystery to method, and why David’s transformation is the franchise’s most unsettling idea since the chestburster. We keep it human, too—ownership of a choice that can’t be undone and the quiet ways nostalgia becomes a trap.We compare David and Walter as a living argument about purpose: obedience versus authorship, stability versus ambition, care versus control. From that first sterile room to the flute duet and the mirrored stare-downs, the film reframes Prometheus with dread and clarity. You’ll hear how the neomorphs raise the stakes on body horror, why the lander med-bay sequence works so well, and what Covenant’s rules imply about spores, plants, and engineered evolution. We also pull in deep-lore threads from the novelizations—Engineers, ancient eggs, and antediluvian hints that Earth itself weathered a cataclysm before the stars called us outward—plus the corporate gravity of Weyland-Yutani shaping colonization.If you’re ranking the Alien films, this one may shift your list. It feels like a bridge and a blade: Alien’s atmosphere, Aliens’ urgency, Prometheus’s scope, converging on the question that lingers long after the credits—what happens when a creator decides the most humane act is to perfect the organism, no matter the cost? Join us, weigh in on David vs. Walter, and tell us where Covenant lands on your list. If you enjoy these deep dives, tap follow, share the show with a fellow sci-fi fan, and drop a review so more listeners can find us.Twitter handles:Project Geekology: https://twitter.com/pgeekologyAnthony's Twitter: https://twitter.com/odysseyswowDakota's Twitter: https://twitter.com/geekritique_dakInstagram:https://instagram.com/projectgeekology?igshid=1v0sits7ipq9yYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@projectgeekologyGeekritique (Dakota):https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwciIqOoHwIx_uXtYTSEbAAlien (1979) Explained | Timeline, Canon, and Lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9nmyTTlMvoSupport the show
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