Alien: Covenant, or why sex is a bad idea in horror movies

[Remus]

The first trailer has dropped!

Spoiler

It's brief but it looks like a version of the black goo mutagen from Prometheus is in play and will do freakish things to the characters, leading up to the xenos. I hope there will be a suitable explanation as to the loss of Rapace's character - likely something involving a chestburster and the engineer suit found in the 1979 film.

 

[PainInTheAssInternet]

It looks like Scott has either misunderstood the criticism levied at Prometheus or wanted to pursue what he was after and that got significantly changed due to executive meddling. The explicit inclusion of the LV-426 creatures in a sequel to a movie that establishes they were not the only thing around is likely a response to the complaint that the famous creatures weren't in Prometheus. If they ditched Rapace's storyline, they likely did it because people weren't happy with the religious overtones that took place. Alien 3 did it better and much more in-tone with the franchise and it still was received poorly (admittedly due to other reasons). Or maybe they are going to tell this movie and have the ending tie into the last movie for them both to end up in the same place for the next movie. Then again, Fassbender's in there so maybe Rapace's character is in there. Or maybe it's another example of meeting the person the android is based off of as with Lance Henriksen's character Bishop.

Overall, the trailer looked like a mashup of Prometheus and Alien that's not as convincing or confident as either. It honestly struck me as a fan-fiction version of how people would "improve" the last movie.

 

[Wintermute_v1legacy]

Well I knew I should have stopped the trailer sooner... also where's the chick from the first movie? She rescued the android's head and she's nowhere to be found here.

 

[Hawki]

I'm really on the fence with this one.

There's tons of similarities with Alien (ship lands on planet*, crew finds facehugger, bad stuff happens), but then again, there's only so much you can do with the xenomorphs in the setting. I'm also not fond of the look, as it seems to be at a weird halfway point between the Prometheus and Alien aesthetics. And as flawed as Prometheus was, I think there's a ton you could have done to build on the story, but this feels a bit too...well, safe.

On the other hand, I'll take this over Blokamp's fan fiction project any day.

*Yes, I know LV-426 is a moon

 

[Casual Shinji]

Is this just going to be the same song and dance yet again; Crew lands on mysterious planet, picks up a strange organism, said organism murders crew one at a time?

Is this really the only direction they can take with this franchise?

 

[Scarim Coral]

The alien bursting from the back isn't doing it for me (come on, show some kind of an twist or originality please)!

Also I swear it is thanks to this franchise that I learned to NEVER stick my head out toward an organic alien pod/ egg especially when it has an mouth/ opennning!

 

[Zhukov]

More like Alien: Checklist.

Eh? Eh?

 

[Chanticoblues]

Looks stupid. Prometheus was at least goofy, this looks like a regurgitation.

 

[Parasondox]

Am I the only one here who wanted to see the Engineers for a follow up to Prometheus? They created the damn Xenomorphs. I want to know why they wanted to send them to Earth to destroy us.

I like the trailer but on repeat viewing, it felt like a remake of Prometheus but just to actually involve Aliens. Somethings not right here.

 

[Hawki]

Am I the only one here who wanted to see the Engineers for a follow up to Prometheus? They created the damn Xenomorphs. I want to know why they wanted to send them to Earth to destroy us.

No, you're not the only one. Flawed as I found Prometheus, it had enough interesting ideas that I'd love to see a sequel with tighter plotting. Covenant is far more in the vein of Alien, right down to the actual scenario.

 

[Thaluikhain]

So, mix Alien and Promotheus? Why? Make one or the other.

(Oh, is there going to be a synthetic with a name beginning with "E"?)

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

So it looks like Danny McBride doesn't die immediately. How disappointing.

 

[PainInTheAssInternet]

Overall, the trailer looked like a mashup of Prometheus and Alien that's not as convincing or confident as either. It honestly struck me as a fan-fiction version of how people would "improve" the last movie.

I started worrying about that when it took the title Alien several months ago. We've had enough Alien movies. I wanted a continuation in the spirit of Prometheus.

I'd be happier if the franchise just ended at this point. We had an attempt by the original crew including the director to re-capture the magic. It wasn't that good upon reflection (largely owing to positively idiotic characters) but I think it was as good as it was going to get and it wouldn't be going out on AVP Requiem anymore. The tail end of a franchise that is infamous in its abrupt and dramatic downfall in quality after the second entry. Basically a go-to example in why you shouldn't just keep making sequels based of recognition of their spectacular introduction alongside Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th (all curiously starting around the same time). Frankly we should all be thankful there was even a consideration after that travesty as both the series' film franchises should have deservedly died at that moment. It even affected the game world with Colonial Marines based off one of the two great ones though I admit I'm glad we got Isolation. As far as I'm concerned, Scott had his shot and now it's time to pack it in before it gets worse. Again.

So it looks like Danny McBride doesn't die immediately. How disappointing.

Fuck me sideways, you weren't kidding. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Covenant#Cast]

 

[PainInTheAssInternet]

Why did they postpone the Sigourney weaver alien movie for this

Frankly I think it's a bad idea and have used it as a reason for discontinuing efforts to add to the franchise. Particularly the fact that the dude who did District 9 and Chappie was going to be directing it. It would just have been Prometheus with less tact.

I think that the "back-bursting" is actually alluding to concept [http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/images/assets_c/2012/10/Prometheus-Chest-Burst-thumb-450x246-103389.jpg] art [http://www.alien-covenant.com/aliencovenant_uploads/creatures006.jpg] hinting at adding elements from John Carpenter's The Thing. I base that off what the black goo did in the last film and how it can easily be compared to how the assimilation happens. Also they're films released in the same time period (1979 and 1982).

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Am I the only one here who wanted to see the Engineers for a follow up to Prometheus? They created the damn Xenomorphs. I want to know why they wanted to send them to Earth to destroy us.

I like the trailer but on repeat viewing, it felt like a remake of Prometheus but just to actually involve Aliens. Somethings not right here.

You're certainly not the only one. I was very on board with where they were going by the end of Prometheus (literally and metaphorically) and would love to see the main protagonist chase some engineer ass with the decapitated head of Fassbender. That was a very intriguing mystery that requires much needed exploration. Not sure why people hated it so much, a couple of careless side-character decisions aren't really worth dismissing the promise of its' premise.
This though is like teasing us with a far greater mystery that implies grand exploration and discovery, only to say "Ah, sorry, forget about that potentially exciting risk...How about we just stay indoors and watch some more reruns of countdown?"