“This crew is made up of couples.” In the new Alien: Covenant trailer, we learn that the space explorers arriving on the good ship Covenant plan to colonize a new Earth-like planet with their fat, happy astronaut babies. Unfortunately, while they might have brought their love for one another, they did not bring helmets or masks or any other equipment that would have protected their mucus membranes from spores or microbes or face huggers or god knows what else could be flying around in all that wheat. Then again, there’s not much a pair of goggles can do against a massive Xenomorph hell-bent on bringing down your aircraft. Alien: Covenant is scheduled to be released on May 19, 2017, which means the alien you had mistaken for your unborn astronaut baby (there is no way that won’t be a plot point) will be messily released from your torso on, oh, the 20th or 21st.
