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May 11, 2018 · How did David create the xenomorph and why did he betray the Covenant crew? This article analyzes the twist ending of Ridley Scott's Alien prequel and its biblical and mythological influences.
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- What Happened Between Prometheus and Alien: Covenant?
- How Did David Make The Xenomorph?
- What Is David's Real Plan?
- Creators vs. Creations, Fathers vs. Sons
- What's Up with David and Walter?
- How Did David Get Off The Planet?
- The Ascension of David
- The Ending Is A Reference to The Original Alien
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The Alien prequel timeline spans hundreds of thousands of years in its entirety and, as its opening shows Peter Weyland bringing David to life, Covenant itself manages to cover the better part of a century. As such, even only two movies in it's already a complex canon and warrants its own separate discussion. However, we do need to look at what hap...
The explicit purpose of the Alien prequel enterprise is to show where the xenomorph come from and, after vague allusions in Prometheus, we finally get an answer in Covenant: David bred them from the Engineer's biomechanical weapons. In brief, the black liquid developed by the Engineers attaches itself to a living organism and rewrites their DNA, fe...
As his Robinson Crusoe reference alludes to, David's base plan in Alien: Covenantis rather simple: get off the planet. He's essentially drained the world dry, using up all potential subjects and finishing his development of the alien, leaving him with nothing to do but survey his empty kingdom. To do this, he takes advantage of his knowledge of hum...
These tiers of creation, with four generations of beings - Engineers, humans, synthetics and xenomorph - each with destructive designs, are the basic entry point to Alien: Covenant's sprawling themes centred on creators as fathers and the fall of man. The father/creator comparison was something Scott leaned on heavily in Blade Runner and has thread...
David's relationship to his creators/creation isn't the only core facet of his arc, however. He also forms a strong bond with Walter, the Covenant's resident synthetic. Unlike David, who was made to be as human as possible (this was heavily focused on in Prometheus' viral marketing), Walter is a scaled back model. This android refinement is already...
The film cuts away from that offer and the next time we see either of the Fass-bots is when one is boarding the Covenant's landing module as it's about to take off. As presented we're meant to think this is Walter but, as his overly attentive demeanor clues audiences in, that isn't the case; David has bested the newer model, removed his own hand to...
Two movies in, it's clear that the Alien prequels' main concern is David. He's not been the lead in either films' narrative - he doesn't even appear until halfway through Covenant - yet in terms of the larger story he's now positioned as the driving force. Indeed, in going back to his creation, Covenantdraws a line under everything - his feelings f...
As well as starting to bring the series full circle narratively, there is also a very cool behind-the-scenes aspect to Alien: Covenant's ending; it essentially resurrects a dropped concept from the 1979 classic. That film's original script had a much darker final scene. Ripley would blow up the Nostromo as in the finished version, but when she came...
Learn how David, the synthetic villain of the Alien prequel series, created the xenomorph and planned to wipe out humanity in Alien: Covenant. Discover the connection between the movie and Prometheus, and the role of Walter, the new synthetic in the franchise.
- Alex Leadbeater
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May 19, 2017 · A review and analysis of the sci-fi horror sequel Alien: Covenant, which explores the origin of the Xenomorph and the Engineers. Find out why the crew is so dumb, what's up with the marriages, and who is David's father.
Alien: Covenant is a 2017 science fiction horror film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and written by John Logan and Dante Harper from a story by Michael Green and Jack Paglen.
May 19, 2017 · Learn how the Alien prequel series spans from the creation of humanity by the Engineers to the rise of the xenomorphs by David. Discover the key events, characters and connections between Prometheus and Alien: Covenant.
- Alex Leadbeater
- Content Director
May 22, 2017 · Learn what David's plan was, who's the mother of the xenomorphs, and what Ridley Scott has in store for the next Alien prequel. Find out the themes, twists, and mysteries of the sci-fi horror sequel.
May 22, 2017 · Alien: Covenant's ending looks to be the summer's first big conversation piece. We break down the big mystery, and what it could mean for the Alien series, inside.
