Alien is a franchise that has constantly reinvented itself, much like the creator of the series, Ridley Scott. Scott himself first created a claustrophobic haunted house in space with the 1979 original before James Cameron transformed its sequel into an action movie. Then Scott came back and decided to go all philosophical with Prometheus.
Its 2017 follow-up, Alien: Covenant, attempted to bridge those different approaches by combining the mythology of Prometheus and, well, it didn’t really work. But still, nine years after arriving in theaters, Alien: Covenant has found another streaming home on Peacock. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.
The cast is led by Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class) as David, the survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition, as well as fellow synth, Walter, alongside Katherine Waterston(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) as Daniels, Billy Crudup (Almost Famous) as Oram, Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down) as Tennessee, Demián Bichir (The Hateful Eight) as Lope, Carmen Ejogo (Selma) as Karine, Jussie Smollett (Empire) as Ricks, and Callie Hernandez (La La Land) as Upworth.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Is ‘Alien: Covenant’ Any Good?
Commercially, Covenant earned approximately $241 million worldwide which, while hardly disastrous in isolation, represented a substantial decline from Prometheus, which had grossed more than $400 million five years earlier. Plans for Scott to continue David’s story subsequently stalled, although Scott recently stated he wished to take over control of the next Alien film and finish it.
Collider’s review stated that Alien: Covenant has some genuinely strong ideas, but it doesn’t always know what to do with them. Scott seems much more invested in David, the deeply unsettling android played by Fassbender, than in the actual Alien side of the story. As a result, we get a movie that doesn’t know what it is, because there’s not enough Prometheus in it to follow through and be a proper sequel, while the more traditional Alien stuff just feels perfunctory. At its heart, Covenant underlines how difficult it is to separate Alien from the shadow of the original films. Still, it’s undeniably a “Ridley Scott sci-fi movie“, and that alone helps explain why it’s finding fresh attention now, especially after the franchise’s recent momentum with Alien: Romulusand Alien: Earth.
Alien: Covenant is now streaming on Peacock in the United States.
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Release Date
May 19, 2017
Runtime
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123 Minutes
Writers
dante harper, John Logan, Jack Paglen, Michael Green
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