There’s not a lot to like about the movie Alien: Covenant. But there are a few memorable moments. Some I remember for the cringe, like the flute fingering. But others I found generally good and enjoyable treatments of the Alien staples, such as the buildup to and ensuing chaos of the crew’s first encounter with the Alien in the ship’s medbay.

A very intense scene, with good sound design and very good and graphic body horror. I find myself thinking of this scene from time to time and remembering it in a positive way. Here, I said it.

Won’t redeem the movie, but credit where it’s due, I guess.

I’m trying something new; posting more frequently. Shorter posts, random thoughts of the day. I have been hesitant to publish a lot on Mastodon, mostly because of the commitment to a specific server that will host my content. As the posts themselves are not transferrable to a different server, there is a lot of lock-in and I don’t feel comfortable with that thought.

I have tried a few approaches over the years. Building my own microblog software. Running my own instance of Mastodon on a Raspberry Pi. Looking into other Fediverse platforms. Since I have no definite solution, I’m doing it the Louie Mantia way – publish on the site I already have (not plain HTMl/CSS, but you get the point.)

So, let’s see whether I can keep it up (zing!), starting with a thought on the movie Alien:Covenant.