It feels like an attempt by Scott to take control of the franchise. Almost like he's green with envy over the twenty million Avatar movies Cameron is planning.

And as a side note, as an assault survivor I was nervous to see Covenant based on so very many instances of pretty much hentai-level tentacle rape in Prometheus. That movie haunted me for weeks. Covenant, luckily, didn't bother me on that point but I strategically brought a bunch of active duty soldiers along for…

Plus Ash wanted to see what happened. He couldn't have predicted the eventual larvae turning into a giant killing machine!

Kane was curious and also in a full EVA suit, so without knowing about the acid blood, makes him smarter than pretty much any scientist in any future iteration. That was honestly my biggest problem with Covenant. Put a fricking helmet on! People in Asian countries regularly wear paper masks for normal virus…

I thought the Polk scenes were a direct callback to Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and enjoyed them on that level. That instead of fear of death there was the bodily fear of partial dismemberment.