New Alien: Covenant set photos reveal extraterrestrial massacre! The Daily Mail website has just uploaded a number of pictures taken at a quarry in Sydney. They show what appears to be the aftermath of a massacre. There appears to be a mix of scorched, as if petrified, humanoids (possibly Engineers themselves?) and aliens, not the capital A variety, locked in their death throes.
“These are the incredible photos taken from the set of upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Alien: Covenant, which is being filmed at an undisclosed location in Sydney, Australia.
The pictures were snapped at a quarry in the New South Wales capital on Thursday and show dramatic scenes of scorched human bodies twisted in despair and some being attacked by extra-terrestrial beings, similar to those from the Alien film series.
Directed by Oscar-nominated Sir Ridley Scott, the long-awaited sequel to 2012’s Prometheus appeared to be coming along nicely Down Under as production staff were shown against the backdrop of a grand, otherworldly set piece featuring huge blocks of charred stone and mysterious hieroglyphs.
One heart-stopping image shows around two dozen ashen human forms which are eerily frozen in moments of panic and horror as they desperately clamber up a set of steps.
In another shot taken from a greater distance, there is a more complete view of the set which features three tall stone slabs which obscure the greenery and car park behind.
Against the industrial background of the quarry, the set of Alien: Covenant (previously known as Prometheus 2) also features some remarkable aged stone edifices which are engraved with hieroglyph-like writing.
Reflecting a haunting dystopia or end-of-civilisation scenario, several huge monuments appear toppled and strewn across the dry landscape and a tremendously large stone structure of a man’s face is left cracked and half-decapitated.
Juxtaposed next to the modern film machinery – including a large red and white crane, barricade tape and several work vehicles – the unfamiliar set and perfectly still human forms look disturbing and out-of-place.
Elsewhere, a series of huge, tree-like stumps were shown growing out of a barren rocky landscape – and the sheer scope of the design was highlighted by a solitary crew member.”
Several pictures reveal a connection to the Engineer culture, showing the broken remnants of an Engineer monument (as seen in Prometheus and previously pictured at Fox’s Syndey Studios) and Engineer hieroglyphs:
Is this Paradise or are we seeing another world that the Engineers once shepherded over? Perhaps this is the aftermath of an Engineer experiment gone wrong? What is your take on these latest pictures?
Winde, a few years ago, DADoES was adapted into a graphic novel. By that I mean it wasn't the same old Bladreunner story, but actually the original novel adapted to the Graphic novel format. Perhaps there is hope for a film in the future, but it would have big shoes to fill.
Scott was also Executive Producer on Amazon's 'The Man in the High Castle'. It looks the piece, too.
Both of these books by Dick cover the main themes that he revisited many, many times in over 30 novels and dozens of short stories: What is the nature of reality? ...and what does it mean to be Human?
Unfortunately, most of Dick's work gets into Hollywood's clutches turns into drivel. 'Total Recall', for example shoves the main reality into the back seat in favor of being yet another action vehicle for Schwarzenegger. I'm not sure if it's O'bannon's script, but 'We Can Remember it for you Wholesale' is one trippy short story.
Ash's revelation as an android is very Phil Dickian. Interestingly, that was one element that the producers made to the 'ALIEN' script. The film is soooo much better for it. It's addition gives the movie some much needed depth and richness it desperately needs at that point in the film to drive the film to its endgame scenes. 'ALIEN' would be a much more vacant experience without its inclusion as it tows a whole freight train of implications regarding WY. I was actually surprised that it wasn't O'Bannon's idea. He'd obviously read a lot of Dick's work - its seemed natural to be his idea.
'The Man in the High Castle' wins on the television front but the closest I have seen any movie genuinely get to a Dick book is 'A Scanner Darkly'. Oh, man... that is one menacing and trippy movie.
-Windebieste.
We have Universe and all the planets (objects) inside it, and lifeforms on those planets, but how can number 1 which represent all this, be produced from nothing (from ZERO)? Well I mentioned this ancient Greek cosmology idea which tells us that "Nothing comes from nothing" (nihil fit ex nihilo), and its easy to assume that all we see and perceive is a simple illusion or better projection of non material pieces or bits of informations stored within higly densed objects (singularity/ black/white holes). Well there is a rather shocking theory which now begins to evolve into something really serious, and that theory shows that all what I said might be "true". That theory is widely accepted now and its called Holographic (theory) principle.
The "holographic principle" asserts that a mathematical description of the universe actually requires one fewer dimension than it seems. What we perceive as three dimensional may just be the image of two dimensional processes on a huge cosmic horizon (like a horizon of a black hole). And if we introduce black holes into this story then its easy to assume that we are in fact living inside the black hole which horizon store all the informations that produce this 3D space/time hologram. Big bang could have been an imploded (grand) black hole which singularity/ or horizon possessed unlimited information for creation of endless universes and projections. All that could have happened inside other black hole... I will also mention famous theoretical physicist Nikodem Popławski whose theory of black holes states that every black hole is a doorway to another universe and that the Universe was formed within a black hole which itself exists in a larger universe.
Remember that word (logos) or bit of information is eternal and indestructible (thats the law of physics) so every projection and complete informations about those projections are eternal and they could be reasembeled again in some other universe withing the master one, and master one is in fact grand black/white hole. I look at this like everything is a grand server, constantly expanding and within master server there are hundreds of other servers (black holes) formed within the master and the next sub level server etc. All of those servers expand because there are unlimited quantities of informations loaded into them. Interesting thing. I wanted to share this with you no matter its not related to Alien whatsoever.
Which is fine, but I'm certainly pleased to see these atmospheric 'dead body' pics now. It's almost like a hellish scene out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting, and I love the raw, bright lighting we currently see. I hope Ridley keeps the reveal of these bodies in stark lighting like this, rather than filming them in some 'stylised' colorscheme (or unnatural 'color grading', shudder), as I think coming across these distorted, unfortunate figures in the bright light looks very ominous indeed, with the shadows they currently cast in these shots.
Great to know that I am not the only one
Oh my gooooooooooood I still play that game!! Galactic Battlegrounds is one of my all-time favs! <3
I DON'T READ THE BOOK... THE BOOK READS ME...
Yes, he didn't read The Martian either. His loss.
And also "Fire-Dragon" again in Rage War.
Bah! He never even read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep!
I believe Phill wasn't really amused when Riddles confessed that to him during a BR preview screening.
Ridley is devoted reader of Philip K. Dick.
What is word? Nothing, yet everything.
Yes. I heard about those theories... I find them very interesting
-Windebieste.
Whoa...
I've read somewhere recently that there is this idea that the fundamental building block of our reality is the "bit". It is not a unit of matter as we perceive it, but a unit of "information". You are able to touch things and they appear real, because you are inside this information model. Much like when you are in a video gamy you can reach out and touch the things around you "in-game" even though they are in fact not real. They are only information or an idea. We are an idea by extension.
In some ways, this is a comforting thought. According to the bible, in the beginning, there was the word. The word is an idea...
Don't forget "Fire Lizards" in Rage War.
Scott loves to load his SF movies up with symbolism and deeper inferences. 'Prometheus' is very heavily laden with such content. It's just too bad the characters were lacking in order to accommodate the deeper themes the movie embraces. By layering these movies, and I mean 'Prometheus' and 'ALIEN: Covenant', with such rich symbology, Scott is making movies that need multiple viewings to fully comprehend the concealed content that we can currently only guess at. Some people will fail in their appreciation of these movies simply because they can't get beyond the face value of what's projected on the screen when in actual fact, these movies appear to embrace deeper and more challenging existential content than such audiences are familiar with.
Most of 'Prometheus' questions can be answered. Sure, there's some that defy adequate explanation currently. Nonetheless, its a safe bet that more than just a few questions that require more information - information that looks like we will start seeing in the next movie - is reasonably telegraphed by anyone who has paid attention to the movie in the first place. What's more important is the level of symbology we are being exposed to. For some audiences who are expecting simple space adventures they may want to take a good hard look at the rich textures that this fabric is being woven with.
From what we are seeing now, particularly with these recent images and what has been revealed to date, literary, mythical and Biblical symbology is only going to continue and expand within this series. There's a lot more going on here in these new movies than we have seen previously - more than meets the eye, that's for sure.
-Windebieste.
Philosophy is dangerous, and I am not good at philosophy but I wanted to explore one thing that Weyland said before he "died": "There is nothing", and then David said to him: "I know! Good journey mr. Weyland." David as a soulless machine can comperhend that there is no causality, reason, purpose, there is just this illusion... so things like immortality, life, death and God are not important at all, because they are all the same. We are in a loop of endless illusion.
I dont want too much difficult philosophical questions in Prometheus... more mystery and horror please; and some sensible answers to numerous questions that Prometheus delightfully asked.
Oh crap, isn't that what they're called in the AvP film and in the latest AvP game?
Expect a lot of symbolism from Covenant... and prepare for a good mystery-horror movie.
I'm pretty sure that in PARADISE LOST the war in Heaven/descent amongst the Angels, is started over God's love for Adam and Eve/humans.
Also of note:
"As a result of Adam and Eve's sin (eating the Forbidden Fruit), the gates of Hell are now wide open for Sin and Death (who are actual characters in this poem) to build a bridge from Hell to earth. Satan returns to Hell triumphant, but he and his angels are eventually turned into serpents as punishment for Satan's evil deed. "
DEAD engineers, EVERYWHERE. Now that is the stuff nightmare are made out of.
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Here we go, they're from another Sydney paper: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/sydneys-west-hosts-alien-covenant-shoot-as-sir-ridley-scotts-vision-emerges/news-story/62d327cf48bd9b1639c6fe5f532eddb6
an hour and a half doesnt cut it for me.
Or he should make a tv show with a big budget and high quality.
My soul just needs a lot of this mystery and i think a two hour movie is just not enough to cover all the years that follow and we again get nothing year after year.
According to the current EU canon, yes they are.
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So everyone who joins the Church or Xenology gets a free biomechanical cookie? f**kING CONVERTED! Where is my nearest church?
Indeed, we broke the covenant! But the Xenomorphs shall keep us safe!
Oh come on man you know you want a cookie. Come join us over at the Church of God with a Capital A.
Wow, but what if that is why the Engineer are pissed at us? We broke with covenant?
Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour, the Xenomorph? Who burst out of our chests, taking with it all of our sins?
Oh god... stop it Whiterabbit, stop trying to turn this forum into the Church of Xenology!
Wait, screw it, everyone off to the cocoons we go... let's get f**king CLEANSED!
But seriously, I am super freaking excited! These pictures have hyped me up so much.
Oh did I just give away anything, oh my.
They did the same with Lothlorien in Lord of the Rings. Only built the bottom of the trees, the rest was CGI.
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But those trees would probably preclude it being a flashback scene to the past. At least in the ancient Mediterranean area. Don't really get trees of that scale outside of tropical and temperate rain-forests.
No joke, Giger did some amazing Medusa images.
Considering the bodies are charred, that points towards them being killed by heat rather than any chemical or biological agents.
They'll probably have complete trees built digitally for visual effects and the stumps will just be for close-up eye level stuff.
Besides, there's scaffolding framework in the top of the image that suspiciously looks like it's supposed to support green screens. This scene will be digitally transformed by the time we see the final version. That, and all the registration markers place on the ground means this scene is a long way from completion
-Windebieste.
Too small to be Engineers IMO, but certainly the image looks like a holocaust
Plus, it is me or there are chains of black goo in this humanoid?
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My passion for this film has no limits
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Trying to recreate the alien paradise with the scenario editor of an old real-time strategy game
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