Alien: Covenant Spoilers from post 747

BlitzKrieg · 26-04-2017 09:31PM

DVD-Lots wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeMVrnYNwus

Prologue now up.....

Is it just me or is this pretty much telling you a big plot twist of the main film

man created the alien when david bombed the creators to hell

Unless the film opens right where this ends I'll be annoyed that I watched this.

dreamers75 · 26-04-2017 09:42PM

Pretty sure the Engineers used the alien as Mr Muscle type cleaner and that was clearly obvious?

Unless there are timelines I am missing?

Frank Bullitt · 26-04-2017 09:44PM

Are these spoilers for the new film?

BlitzKrieg · 26-04-2017 09:57PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Pretty sure the Engineers used the alien as Mr Muscle type cleaner and that was clearly obvious?

Unless there are timelines I am missing?

Yes we knew the engineers did, but this prologue screams to me that David used the alien back on the engineers themselves. So unless the film opens with the bombing of the creators planet I feel like this is a plot point that normally doesnt come out until halfway or more through the full film.

Slydice · 26-04-2017 10:24PM

Gintonious wrote: »

Are these spoilers for the new film?

Quick answer: I don't think so, No.

Long answer:
Hard to tell. Let me think.
Non-reveal
It's called a prologue and that reminds me of 80s TV shows. They used to have a scene at the end that would have the word "epilogue". So anyway, as far as I know, and after a quick google.. usually the bit at the very start is a prologue.

As far as cast goes, it doesn't have anyone from the Alien Covenant main trailers.

Light Reveal
So it's just basically

a quick summary of "what happened" after Prometheus

Heavy Reveal
It's the

quick story of Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) repairing the Prometheus android David (Michael Fassbender) and them setting off on one of the Engineer race ships to the Engineer race home planet

Beyond the trailer Reveal
At the

end of the trailer, it looks like the David android (Michael Fassbender) hasn't woken Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and gets to see the Engineer race home world first and he says something philosophical. Of course we've seen a poster where he's standing by watching all those containers being launch at the Engineers below. Now Prometheus left the impression those containers were dangerous biological/chemical weapons. So it looks like it's gonna be an attack by us on them.

Hence my: Uh oh

Frank Bullitt · 26-04-2017 10:39PM

Nice of them to release something on Alien day as well.

I am cautiously optimistic for this now...cautiously.

Sad Professor · 26-04-2017 10:47PM

Bar the bit at the end, it would appear that this footage isn't in the film. It's promotional like the last prologue. It's still quite spoilerish, though.

Greenmachine · 27-04-2017 01:35PM

Used the first half of my superticket las night. So managed to watch Prometheus again, and got to see, the original alien movie that started it all on the big screen for the first time.
Personally thought is was sad to see a lot of people leaving altogether during "Alien" as I think is a better movie.

27-04-2017 06:46PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

Bar the bit at the end, it would appear that this footage isn't in the film. It's promotional like the last prologue. It's still quite spoilerish, though.

Spoilerish yes, but the last couple of scenes are pretty epic. My curiosity got the better of me last night. However it didn't contain anything that hadn't already been spoiled by accident. As I had been youtubing Prometheus, a lot of related videos which contain spoilers in the actual thumbnails appear on the screen :-(

There are subtle hints of in the prologue too which are giving a little bit away too. Ah well, 2 weeks

Frank Bullitt · 27-04-2017 07:17PM

Arciphel · 27-04-2017 11:48PM

The 10 mins extended peek of Alien: Covenant footage that was shown with the superticket has now been leaked, just saw it on Reddit...

Dontfadeaway · 28-04-2017 12:08AM

Arciphel wrote: »

The 10 mins extended peek of Alien: Covenant footage that was shown with the superticket has now been leaked, just saw it on Reddit...

Was it good? I ain't watching it.

ArthurG · 28-04-2017 08:42AM

Dontfadeaway wrote: »

Was it good? I ain't watching it.

It's pretty gruesome.

Shows the complete back-burster scene, and also the mouth-burster. The cam footage is pretty dark and doesn't do justice to seeing it on the big screen, plus there is a head in the way of some of it :rolleyes:. I was suitably horrified/impressed.

homerun_homer · 28-04-2017 09:57AM

The prologue stinks of being something they had expanded on during filming but decided to cut it into a deleted scene and call it a prologue to quickly push themselves away from Prometheus and more towards Alien.

klose · 28-04-2017 12:05PM

Dontfadeaway wrote: »

Was it good? I ain't watching it.

This film is gonna be a hard R as they call it!

Technocentral · 28-04-2017 07:30PM

Got a 16 rating.

Slydice · 28-04-2017 07:57PM

Yep, 16s.
http://www.ifco.ie/website/IFCO/ifcoweb.nsf/SearchViewFilm/F5BD88089E757AD580258110003E9C10?OpenDocument&OpenUp=True

Strong sci-fi horror and bloody violence.

Everything is up at the "Strong" level in that table :eek:

Looks like it didn't go from 16s to 18s because no instructional or glamorised drug use:
http://www.ifco.ie/website/IFCO/ifcoweb.nsf/web/16guidelines?OpenDocument&type=graphic

DRUGS
Films at this category might feature themes and scenes relating to hard drug use. However, any instructional or glamorised drug use, particularly involving teen protagonists, is unlikely to be acceptable.

Outlaw Pete · 29-04-2017 06:42AM

In case anyone isn't aware of it, there's an Alien and Aliens Double Bill on later today from 3pm in the Lighthouse.

29-04-2017 07:11AM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

In case anyone isn't aware of it, there's an Alien and Aliens Double Bill on later today from 3pm in the Lighthouse.

Thanks for that

03-05-2017 02:53PM

not so long now before release.
I rarely go to the cinema anymore but will hit the big screen for this one*
body horror explosion alien birth is back.
the Xenomorph is back, along with some new horrific thingy.

*once the initial critic reviews aren't totally dire.

Frank Bullitt · 03-05-2017 05:07PM

ebbsy · 03-05-2017 08:31PM

glasso wrote: »

not so long now before release.
I rarely go to the cinema anymore but will hit the big screen for this one*
body horror explosion alien birth is back.
the Xenomorph is back, along with some new horrific thingy.

*once the initial critic reviews aren't totally dire.

Prometheus reviews were mixed but I went anyway and enjoyed it.

I will be going anyway and won't bother with the reviews. With the director in question it will be solid at least.

Frank Bullitt · 03-05-2017 09:31PM

Premier is tomorrow in London? Or tonight, who cares, just hurry up.

I have to wait longer as well, stupid Canada.

03-05-2017 11:50PM

ebbsy wrote: »

Prometheus reviews were mixed but I went anyway and enjoyed it.

I will be going anyway and won't bother with the reviews. With the director in question it will be solid at least.

I really liked Prometheus, despite some vitriolic fan outrage

It was just beautiful to look at and the story I was mostly ok with also.
I won't read reviews - I'll just look at a metascore or something like that. once it's over 45/100 I'll go!

Le Bruise · 04-05-2017 10:58AM

glasso wrote: »

the story I was mostly ok with also.

So you're saying the story was mostly ok.....mostly

I'll get my coat....

04-05-2017 12:23PM

Le Bruise wrote: »

So you're saying the story was mostly ok.....mostly

I'll get my coat....

I wasn't mortally offended that it was not true to the "legacy" and "heritage" of a bit of science fiction

the only bit I though was really daft was the alien abortion growth and its fight with the creator dude.

Le Bruise · 04-05-2017 12:45PM

glasso wrote: »

I wasn't mortally offended that it was not true to the "legacy" and "heritage" of a bit of science fiction

the only bit I though was really daft was the alien abortion growth and its fight with the creator dude.

I Hear you.

Saw it in the cinema having looked forward to it for months and really enjoyed the visuals and back story to one of my favourite franchises of all time (I even tolerate Alien Resurrection

).

It was only afterwards when i read the reviews/fan theories/plot holes that I started to doubt my enjoyment of it.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss!:)

04-05-2017 02:09PM

Le Bruise wrote: »

I Hear you.

Saw it in the cinema having looked forward to it for months and really enjoyed the visuals and back story to one of my favourite franchises of all time (I even tolerate Alien Resurrection ).

It was only afterwards when i read the reviews/fan theories/plot holes that I started to doubt my enjoyment of it.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss!:)

I didn't get involved in that bs. take everything on its own merits.
Some people have too much time to get exorcised about things.

Ipso · 04-05-2017 10:54PM

Does anyone know when the embargo is lifted for reviews?

Sad Professor · 04-05-2017 10:58PM

Ipso wrote: »

Does anyone know when the embargo is lifted for reviews?

Saturday, or early Sunday our time.

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