Alien: Covenant

I'm more interested in Aliens 2: We're Not F***ing It Up This Time, We Swear from Neill Blomkamp, but this looks very promising.

 

Same here. I was really jazzed about Prometheus and actually liked the film enough that I was hungry for more of THAT story. Now....it appears to be the same old Alien flick...AGAIN. Now, I'm not so interested. Way to go, Ridley.

 

For what it's worth, both David and Elizabeth Shaw are in this movie, so their story will be continued. The planet that they're on is the Engineer homeworld, so it is a continuation of the overall narrative started in Prometheus... Even if they're making it obvious that it's an Alien movie this time.

My impression is that they're basing the movie more on the script that Alien: Engineers was supposed to be before Damon Lindelof rewrote it into Prometheus, though it's been reworked into a sequel instead of a new take on the same material.

 

Understood. I was a bit disappointed that Noomi Rapace isn't attached to the production, and based on the content of the trailer, it seems like the same old same old...thing.

That being said, I'd like Ridley to focus a bit more on the engineers, their reasoning for the "weapon", and what they hoped to achieve. I don't doubt that those things will be touched on, and perhaps even explored slightly, but from what I saw....." Alien".

I also think that the title could potentially turn off prospective viewers as "Oh gee, another Alien movie." as they buy a ticket to a different venue. ....kind of like "Friday the 13th Part 62: Jason gets a job".

I enjoyed Prometheus even knowing that it was an Alien prequel, but it wasnt just about the Xenomorph, but moreso about those that created it.

I just want to know more about the Engineers, because hell, we know what they've done...i just want to know their story.

CORRECTION: Apparently Noomi Rapace IS reprising her role as Shaw....for about 5 minutes, no doubt.

 

The movie's premise suggests that it's similar to Prometheus in that it's about an expedition to discover the possibility of alien life that goes horribly wrong, and the trailer does indicate that we'll be seeing some dead Engineers at some point, given that they hop aboard one of their starships, but that's about it. Still, I can get where you're coming from.

I think it's safe to say that the first trailer's done a good job of advertising the fact that it's an Alien prequel, but a bad job of advertising that it's also a Prometheus sequel (aside from that shot of the twin Michael Fassbender synthetics being in there).

 

Well just a few days ago I just rewatched Alien, the set design is incredible and nothing of this is seen here, it just looks so sleak and streamlined.
The covenant was something I was looking forward to, but I'm not so sure about it.



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The Nostromo was just a space truck but it looked like a abomination straight from hell:



Or the Sulaco: a flying space shotgun!



I even liked the little firefly easter egg on the Prometheus it was a freaking cool behemoth and loosing this ship was one of the few emotional moments in the film.

But how did they end up with this and why?

 

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Those are the infant forms of the Neomorphs, which are based on the Ultramorph (the white Xenomorph variant) concept art you also linked to.

 

Ok so I'm confused here. We have Prometheus. Then we we're supposedly getting a Prometheus 2 Paradise or something like that. Then Ridley is dropping that for Alien Covenant but I see a David type of synthetic in the film and no Elizabeth Shaw? Help me out here.

 

This is SUPPOSED to be "Prometheus 2"....sad huh?? Seems like Ridley forgot where he was at in the story.....I'm very sad about this.

 

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Called Walter, a newer model talking to young Weyland, but David is also in the film, so guess who is who in this trailer, still confused? Good!

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Did you see that tag hanging from the ceiling, that could be hers, so maybe she is there somehow.

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Yeah Paradise lost or something, I think that was the first name and then they changed ot. And then there is another film in works(sequel to 2, reboot for 3 and 4, with Biehn and Weaver) but halted to not disturb Ridley's work.

 

Alien: Covenant is Prometheus 2. Elizabeth Shaw will be somewhere in the movie, but they're not advertising her role just yet. Michael Fassbender is playing two synthetics - Walter and David (the same one from Prometheus).

I hope that clears things up. As I said, this movie has done a good job of advertising itself as an Alien prequel, but a bad job of advertising itself as a Prometheus sequel.

Aliens 2, which will ignore 3 and Resurrection, will be released following Covenant - after which, Fox apparently plans to do two more movies in the Prometheus/Covenant series. They certainly seem to be gearing themselves toward doing more with the Alien and Predator franchises as of late.

 

Um yea you and I both!!! I was wanting to see the engineer's home world (which looks like we may but is way watered down) being semi hyped from the ending of Prometheus where Shaw and David's head head off supposedly to the engineer home planet. The trailer looks like an Alien reboot. We'll see.

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Gotcha! @Trevor @Rieekan Thanks.

 

That's the planet you're seeing in the trailer. I believe that David called it "Paradise" in a deleted scene of Prometheus. Which would explain why the movie was originally entitled Alien: Paradise Lost.

Rapace apparently filmed for several weeks, so it's likely that her role should be bigger than that.

 

Yeah, I don't know what this is either, but it appears that Ridley made a wrong turn. If this IS a "sequel" to Prometheus, It appears to be far removed from where the last movie left off.