I went to see
the movie Alien: Covenant today. After the horrendous previous entry
in the Alien franchise, Prometheus, I wasn’t holding my hopes
for Alien: Covenant too high. But I was still cautiously excited. I
went into the cinema with almost no hopes whatsoever and ended up
leaving with mixed feelings. The new movie certainly did the
franchise more justice than the previous one as far as I’m
concerned, but it had a roughly equal amount of questionable things
about it.
When it comes to expectations, I’m a rather easy person to disappoint. If I develop a liking for something - whether it’s a game or movie series or anything else at all - naturally I’ll have high expectations for the next entry. And if it fails to meet them, chances are they’ll be low for whatever follows as well.
I admittedly had high expectations for Prometheus. But, as implied above, it didn’t meet them. And my expectations for Alien: Covenant were consequently low. Nearly non-existent, in fact. To my surprise, though, the fresh entry in the Alien franchise actually met those low expectations when I was anticipating for it to not meet even them.
Not very surprisingly, that also extends to human beings. If it just so happens that I befriend a new person, I’ll expect them to prove to me that they’re worth my time. Not by constantly asking me how I’m doing, but rather by means of small “reminders”, if you will. Small things such as wishing me a good day or a happy birthday, or buying me something like coffee or a video game I’ve been going on about for weeks. And of course, I do my best to return the favor.