To much detail anyone?

I love the attention to detail Ridley has.  And by the way, he wasn't just handed no name actors and told to make do.  People that act in his movies have said being on his sets make them feel like they are in the actual movie.  They don't have to act with as much green screen.  I love that you can pick through the movies and find tiny little details that would have been overlooked or just ignored in other movies.  Sure they all go unnoticed, but that's part of what makes Ridley Scott great.  Stanley Kubrick was very particular about the way he placed things in movies as well, and a lot of that went unnoticed for a long time.

With that much attention to detail, he is surely not just goofing things like size of an alien race, or eye color, etc.  These were all deliberate, and I think it's sad that so many people are quick to throw out that "It's just another plot hole or inconsistency that Fox and RS have overlooked trying fix things they didn't fix in the last movie..."  That's probably the laziest answer I've seen on this forum for everything people dislike about the movies.  If it hasn't been explained in the movie or in a viral video, then there is probably a reason for it.  Scott has already put the argument about Walter or David at the end to rest.  He admitted he cheated about 20 minutes out of the movie where David would have made the swap, but people bitched so much that it would have been impossible, or that it's just what Scott decided to have happen to fill in a gap.

You can never have too much detail in a movie.  If you think you can, then you might just be watching movies to watch movies.

@drucea

I like that I have never heard of any of the main character actors in Alien: Covenant, expect Danny McBride.  Still, I know Danny McBride as a comedian, not a serious actor in a supposed-to-be horror flick.

Still, to me, they are nobodies since I never heard of them (of course, I don't watch much TV or movies).  Plus, I doubt they have ever been in a horror movie before.  This is probably all of their first times that they are supposed to act so scared that they'll apparently get cop and pawn shop Pulp Fiction abuse all over their rear ends for eternity if they don't (I watched a little of Pulp Fiction last night).

All I wanted out of A:C was a scary movie with a good story.  Plus, I wanted it to be a success at the box office so that we keep getting them and so that everybody gets to watch it because it is so good.

I just don't want money to be spent on things that are never going to be seen if it hurts the movies goals.  Apparently A:C is not quite meeting expectations in the box office, so maybe these details could be cut out (that's if they are high expenses).  This suit we see in this thread is just one piece out of thousands in the whole movie.  Image if this much detail was placed in all of those pieces.  That could really add up.

 "People that act in his movies have said being on his sets make them feel like they are in the actual movie. "

That's some of my concern with his detail.  These are actors.  They shouldn't have to feel like they are in the movie.  They should be acting like they are in the movie.  Ridley made the lander like an actual "roller coaster ride", as described by Danny McBride.  That's cool and all, but I just wonder if it is really necessary.  Can't the crew actually do some amazing acting and make us all believe that they are in the movie (with the help of some fans or whatever movie magic is necessary)? 

That's what I meant with Ridley possibly accepting the fact that he has nobody actors.  Of course, apparently that's not the case since he apparently does a lot of detail all of the time in his movies.

Look, I don't care how much detail is in the movie as long as it makes a good story, is a scary Alien franchise movie, and is a successful.  The more detail the better, until it hurts the movie itself.

@ hox

"There is a scene in Prometheus on the way to meet the Engineer, where they pass an awesome shiny bronze exoskeleton suit. It must have cost a ton of money to design and manufacture, yet was only on the screen for mere seconds."

He also used that for inspiration for the yellow space suits in A:C.  Those suits sound and look expensive too.  Plus, I think they are ugly.  I wish those ones in Prometheus wouldn't be there and replaced by something else.  The one in A:C looks alright, but still sounds like he spent more than he should have on it, but maybe I'm wrong.  Who knows?