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Alien Covenant Trailer Released
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Psychoward
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We're the Sonic fans of cinema.
Well said - I didn't get the hate at all honestly, even if they were nowhere near as good as D9. Thanks for selling me on Elysium, I'll give it a watch sometime.
Here's hoping Neill gets to bring his vision of Alien to the big screen.
A new trailer is going to air during Legion on FX tomorrow night. Also, new cast pic.
That's a lot of dead people in this movie.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
FRANCO
IN
SPAAAAAAACE
IN
SPAAAAAAACE
Needs some chromatic aberration
Sweet! Only a few more months left for the movie!
I was just thinking the same thing!
Melon Husk
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Looks like a mighty fine crew.... They even got Chris Hadfield back there.
Not sure if they're in costume or not.
Not sure if they're in costume or not.
Anton Sugar
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Ah, there's Franco.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
USCMS Covenant
I'm foggy/sketchy on the acronym there. I see the Weyland logo (still not Weyland Yutani yet, I guess?)
Is that United States Colonial Marine Service or something like that?
I'm foggy/sketchy on the acronym there. I see the Weyland logo (still not Weyland Yutani yet, I guess?)
Is that United States Colonial Marine Service or something like that?
There's 15 of them (unless I miscounted). IIRC that's about the same size as Aliens and Promethus. Most of them will be nobodies with a couple of lines, then have a major culling, probably in the second act. They're 2/3 fodder.
CadetMahoney
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Captainbojanglesiii
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I refuse to watch the trailers, but I hope it looks good!
The last S probably is for "ship".
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yeah after Prometheus' marketing campaign, there's no way I'm watching any trailers for this after that first trailer.
ArkkAngel007
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I'll have to check the Colonial Marines Technical Manual after work, but I'm certain it's in there.
Strangelove77
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Seeing Franco and McBride in this is so weird. I love it.
brandonh83
Banned
Where was your advanced screening at? I didn't think they had any yet.
Exactly.
Instead of a cast picture, let me see a picture of James Franco doing something cool.
Arm wrestling the Alien or something.
The Sulaco was USS. If it was a Colonial Marine ship, I'd think they'd go with that. There's no telling what Ridley and the wine came up with this go around, so who knows. The Nostromo and the Prometheus were USCSS, so I think we know what the "C" stands for:
Commercial
Edit: I forgot to add, the regular Colonial Marine abbreviation on the patches was just USCM. There may have been one patch with USCMC, but I'd have to double check. Either way, in the movie it's routinely called the Colonial Marine Corps.
Edit 2: Yep, all the patches just say USCM or US Colonial Marines.
NealMcCauley
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I do not see any cornbread on that table. For shame.
It's WeyYu. I guess they merged between movies.
It's WeyYu. I guess they merged between movies.
Anton Sugar
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Which one did they tease? I must have missed that.
In the trailer, where the small thing flew into the ear of one of the people who arrived on that planet.
And I remember a person mutating into something black.
Bobby Roberts
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NealMcCauley
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It's only visible for a few frames but you can see some of the new creature.
The youtube compression doesn't do any favors but it's there.
Anton Sugar
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Oh, wow, I missed all the prior mentions of the
. Interesting.
neomorph
Inceptional
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Can't fucking wait for this! I hated Prometheus when I saw it opening night but it's aged like a fine wine and now stands as one of my favorite science-fiction films ever made. The fact that it's an Alien prequel is just icing on the cake but it still works on its own as well.
I have a feeling Covenant is going to be what Prometheus was sold as but ended up not being, a fucking horror movie just like the original. That's exciting as hell as the first Alien film is in my top five films of all-time. The sequels are OK but nothing has come close to the original yet imo and think Covenant just might.
Hope this next trailer is better than the last though. It was surprisingly uninteresting considering the movie they're selling. Come on Fox, let's Logan trailer this bitch! Add some Johnny Cash if you have too. Let's get the people as pumped as they should be.
I have a feeling Covenant is going to be what Prometheus was sold as but ended up not being, a fucking horror movie just like the original. That's exciting as hell as the first Alien film is in my top five films of all-time. The sequels are OK but nothing has come close to the original yet imo and think Covenant just might.
Hope this next trailer is better than the last though. It was surprisingly uninteresting considering the movie they're selling. Come on Fox, let's Logan trailer this bitch! Add some Johnny Cash if you have too. Let's get the people as pumped as they should be.
Bobby Roberts
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They already did that. This trailer is set to Nature Boy by David Bowie.
It didn't work.
I see nothing but redshirts.
_/¯Inceptional
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No, that's different. That first trailer falls in the "old-classic-sung-by-drugged-out-hippie-chick-singing-in-slow-motion" category. And those are played the fuck out. All I'm saying is this new trailer needs to give you the vibe of the film, just like the Logan trailer did, Cash or no Cash.
Just watched the trailer. Looks like a retread of alien. Seems like there is very little world building but who knows. That's honestly what made Prometheus interesting. Would have loved to see the continuation of a disembodied David and roomie tracking back to the architects home world. Is that still supposed to happen?
The planet that they land on is the Engineer homeplanet. The crashed ship that they discover in the trailer is the one that Shaw flew off in with David, who is the sole survivor of the Prometheus crew.
Ridley wants to make a whole series of prequels, so that's still a possibility...if Covenant does well enough.
Bobby Roberts
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You won't know if it did or not until you watch the film though
That would be cool. You're not just making shit up are you?
I think it was stated in multiple press releases that the synopsis involved the Covenant crew ending up on "paradise" which is the Engineer homeplanet but strangely derelict. They're supposed to come across David at some point in the story who I assume is no longer a detached head.
Some of the set pictures that were caught show what looked like the race of engineer people frozen in some statue-like state, almost like what happened to the people of Pompeii. So you can probably assume that there was some scientific catastrophe that resulted in the death of the populace and spread of the alien spore pods around the planet's ecosystem.
Some of the set pictures that were caught show what looked like the race of engineer people frozen in some statue-like state, almost like what happened to the people of Pompeii. So you can probably assume that there was some scientific catastrophe that resulted in the death of the populace and spread of the alien spore pods around the planet's ecosystem.
Demoncarnotaur
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I think the 'trailer' tomorrow is more of a viral marketing piece, but I may be wrong.. someone working on the film said as much on Twitter earlier.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
hahaha
SuperStiltzkin
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Mmmmm them's a lotta redshirts.
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