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AvPGalaxy Exclusive: The Neomorphs – Alien: Covenant’s New Aliens!

In a recent interview with Mark Goodier on BBC Radio 2, Michael Fassbender accidently let slip the name Neomorph while referring to the Alien from the original film.  Beware following spoilers! Alien vs. Predator Galaxy can exclusively confirm that Neomorph is actually the name that the crew working on Alien: Covenant used for a brand new variation of the Alien encountered in the film.

We’ve also got some additional details about the Neomorphs for you! These Aliens are the result of the local ecosystem being mutated by the accelerant/black goo. Over time, pods started to grow on the trees and the ground, and release a spore when disturbed.

These spores infect several members of the Covenant crew by entering the body through the ear and nostrils. The spores cause the growth of the Neomorphs inside the infected hosts – something that is reminiscent of William Gibson’s first draft of Alien 3. One of the Neomorphs bursts from the back of one of the infected crew, a backburster. The other crewmember’s Neomorph erupts through their throat.

The births are preceded by the eruption of two small dorsal spikes. These spikes and a pointed skull are also used to break out of an embryonic sack (similar to the Deacon in Prometheus). The Neomorph resembles some of the older concept art of the proto-Aliens from Prometheus (see below), specifically the white colouration, with a pointed head and two dorsal spines. Upon birth, the Neomorphs move on all fours similar to the Bambi-burster from Alien 3.

When they mature, they grow significantly larger and walk on their back legs. They were more animal-like in behaviour with fang-like teeth. Unlike the earlier Prometheus concepts, the Neomorphs also have tails. In addition, the adult Neomorphs also developed a slightly translucent appearance (harkening back to unused concepts from Alien and Prometheus) as previously rumored.

Prometheus briefly explored the concept of a white proto-Alien.  AvPGalaxy Exclusive: The Neomorphs - Alien: Covenant's New Aliens!

Prometheus briefly explored the concept of a white proto-Alien.

Contrary to earlier reports, Alien: Covenant will not feature the return of any creatures from Prometheus aside from the Engineer and the Neomorph’s passing resemblance to the Deacon. It’s possible that the Trilobite was mistaken for the immature Neomorph.

Earlier drafts of Prometheus, when it was a more clear-cut Alien prequel, featured the white, slightly translucent variant of the Alien as a form of proto-Alien that was discovered alongside the traditional Aliens. You can find two earlier drafts in the Alien vs. Predator Galaxy downloads sectionAlien: Engineers and Alien 01: Genesis.

“Behind them, from an eight-inch diameter pipe, a WHITE MASS oozes, almost gelatinous. Silently as a liquid it pours itself into the stagnant water – and stands up. It is a humanoid demon, spindly limbs and bony back. Boneless and flexible and monstrously strong. A threshing eel’s tail.

Its blunt head dolphin-like and elongated. It opens its mouth. A pair of bony jaws jut out impossibly far, hungry and demonic.” (Alien – Engineers, 4th major revision of Prometheus, Page 86)

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  1. integer3
    Clue

    Ovo (Egg) + Morph (Form) = Ovomorph (Egg Form)

    Xeno (Unknown) + Morph (Form) = Xenomorph (Unknown Form)

    Orginal Documented Strain. May Possibly be Progenitor Strain or Cultivated/Mutated Strain. Form veries From Host physiology.

    Ultra (Ultimate) + Morph (Form) = Ultramorph (Ultimate Form)

    Perfect Strain, Ultimate Lifeform, flawless Physiology, and a Complete Organism

    Neo (New) + Morph (Form) = Neomorph (New Form)

    New Strain judging from description posibly artificially created and genetically modified strain or evolution.
  2. fiveways
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 29, 2016, 02:33:30 AM
    @Fiveways
    Just purchased Tales from Development Hell via your link. Thank you for the recommendation. I fully agree, producers have taken more authority and I think that it is partly due to how large production for films have been going these days.


    Hope you enjoy it man.  Honestly I have read both of them a few times and always get a kick out of them.  Quick weekend read (I kindled Development hell and by the time i was done my amazon package arrived). 
  3. System Apollo
    @Fiveways
    Just purchased Tales from Development Hell via your link. Thank you for the recommendation. I fully agree, producers have taken more authority and I think that it is partly due to how large production for films have been going these days.

    I am not too zealous of the Neomorph design just yet but I still need to see Covenant before I formulate any concrete resentments just yet.

    @The Bonus Situation
    Definitely! I once knew a biologist whom hated Alien and felt that the lifecycle was so inaccurate that they couldn't enjoy it. Rather ironic  :laugh:
  4. Scorpio
    Quote from: The Bonus Situation on Oct 29, 2016, 12:37:17 AM
    System Apollo I couldn't agree with you more. Certain people just LOVE bashing Prometheus, because Milburne got so close to the Hamerpede, yet none of them is complaining how silly it was when Kane stuck his WHOLE damn face inside the ovomorph. Thats what makes these movies great, because it is Science Fiction and not Science Fact. They're just filled whith unrealistic ideas, characters and concepts like artificial gravity in multi-deck space ships already in like the early 2100s, given where we are at now technologically, I doubt we'll have ships like that by the early 2100s; atmosphere processors - how does that even work?; prison complexes the size of a city with only 22 prisoners and a staff member with IQ below average; Fifield mapping the cave tunnels and then getting lost in them - thats what makes these movies fun, because 1) it is just a movie 2) it is Science FICTION.

    Kane was the most eager to explore the derelict, so it was definitely in character that he would look in the egg.  Curiosity got the better of him.  Same with Milburn I suppose.

    Oh, and the prison complex housed more, but it was shut down for some reason but a small number elected to stay behind.
  5. The Bonus Situation
    System Apollo I couldn't agree with you more. Certain people just LOVE bashing Prometheus, because Milburne got so close to the Hamerpede, yet none of them is complaining how silly it was when Kane stuck his WHOLE damn face inside the ovomorph. Thats what makes these movies great, because it is Science Fiction and not Science Fact. They're just filled whith unrealistic ideas, characters and concepts like artificial gravity in multi-deck space ships already in like the early 2100s, given where we are at now technologically, I doubt we'll have ships like that by the early 2100s; atmosphere processors - how does that even work?; prison complexes the size of a city with only 22 prisoners and a staff member with IQ below average; Fifield mapping the cave tunnels and then getting lost in them - thats what makes these movies fun, because 1) it is just a movie 2) it is Science FICTION.
  6. fiveways
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 28, 2016, 06:50:35 PM


    QuoteThe question is at what budget point does a singular creative force get overridden?  If you asked me when i wrote my original post late last night I would have had a different answer heh.
    That's a good question! I don't know much of the business in film but I could tell you what I do know of executive concepts in the business world and how it could be relatable to film in some way. First we look at a film much as if it were any other standard business project, for example; a restaurant, salon, attorney's office, etc. Second we are looking at the objective of the project: make large amounts of money based on a situational opportunity or establish a running franchise. When capitalizing on situational opportunities you'll find that executive branches (producers in this case) would often step back and be more sensitive with the visionary (directors) directing the project in not to disrupt the chances of success. With a running franchise however, executives tend to take more initiative as the investment and the goals are too grand to risk the price of failure. With that beind said, the more promising the project is, the more larger the pool of investors which in turn creates a larger executive share.

    Seldom scenarios that arise of this are usually when the amount of shareholders are too many and they really need to rely on the direction of the visionary as to eliminate too much contrary directions; the other is when a visionary is well distinguished and well recognized that they themselves are part of the budget.

    So to better answer your question, it is not a point in budget rather a point in capacity that determines whether a singular creative authority no longer becomes feasible and this usually is more prevalent when you have a smaller pool of executives.


    https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Development-Hell-Greatest-Movies/dp/0857687239

    https://www.amazon.ca/Greatest-Sci-fi-Movies-Revised-Updated/dp/1845767551

    Have a read through these two books (they are also super fun reads).  Hollywood is unlike any logical business on earth.  You can read as entire film projects are tanked and millions of dollars lost because Producers refused to let go of the stupidest of ideas.  Ideas that appeal to no one, but they refuse to let go of and sunk the entire ship.  It's basically a group of alpha personalities all wanting to be pleasured without giving up an inch of space.  Bizarre f**ked up world.

    The idea of trusting the director when out in the 1970's.  This is why the directors age of Hollywood ended and the Producers age began.  Singular vision in Hollywood hasn't always been profitable. Producer cut of Brazil is a great example.  Lots of questionable edits and re-creations in the editing room with the director not involved.  Fox funny enough has a recent entry on this track record of late stage re-shoots and re-edits (The last Fantastic Four movie, which if you have seen is a f**king disaster of tone because it is clear there are many different minds at work on it).

    So far this appear to be unf**ked with.  The set images from today give me a ton more faith than I had last night.  I was waiting to hear stories of struggles between both parties.  Nice to see they are letting Scott tell the story he wants to tell.  Huge risk as well, since they have a lot of money riding on a really abstract franchise for Hollywood.
  7. JokersWarPig
    Quote from: whiterabbit on Oct 24, 2016, 09:41:01 AM
    Well Ridley did say you'll see everything from Big Chap but he never actually mentioned the facehugger part. Maybe Ridley is going to move away from the Cameron Canon and go into his own somewhat retroactive direction.

    So we're gonna have 3 different cannons? The original one, Ridley's, and Blomkamps.
    I don't know whose signature here says "Cannon is like...your opinion man" featuring a picture of his dudeness, but I think that's a saying we're going to have to go by with all these different movies doing different things.
  8. System Apollo
    QuoteThey had suits to deal with an inhospitable stratosphere.
    Which someone whom specializes in extracting samples from the field could have wore in replacement of Milburn. Once again, machines that just needed their buttons pushed was Fifield's only job... Why was he there?




    QuotePotentially risky exploration is how most of the world was discovered. There's a big jump from that to petting a hitherto undiscovered alien lifeform that's seemingly acting aggressively because you think it's cute. Especially if your supposed to be an expert in fauna.

    One is a hazard of the job, the other is going out of your way to be an idiot.

    Well, yeah; except putting yourself in a hazard when you have the resources to avoid the hazard is foolish within its own merrit.

    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 10:08:47 PMYet the plain stupidity was the cinematic flair needed to propel the plot in this circumstance.

    QuoteNo, relying on characters making unrealistically moronic decisions to propel the plot is simply bad plotting.
    You're disagreeing with me yet you paraphrased the statement I made...  ???

    QuoteAlien managed to achieve what it wanted without ever inducing the audience to scream, "Why are you such a f*cking moron?!" at the screen.
    That is highly debatable. I always felt that there were many moments in Alien that induced that type of impression.


    QuoteIt's not that they characters are dumb, it's that they're so dumb I can't believe for even one moment that you'd spend millions, billions, trillions on sending an expedition to the farthest reaches of known space to potentially make first contact with intelligent alien life, and then crew the ship with such a bunch of retards. It completely undermines the entire movie for me.
    I can understand this sentiment. I notice you use words like dumb and retarded to convey your perspective, is Prometheus that infuriating for you?  How do you feel about the upcoming installment?

    QuoteThe question is at what budget point does a singular creative force get overridden?  If you asked me when i wrote my original post late last night I would have had a different answer heh.
    That's a good question! I don't know much of the business in film but I could tell you what I do know of executive concepts in the business world and how it could be relatable to film in some way. First we look at a film much as if it were any other standard business project, for example; a restaurant, salon, attorney's office, etc. Second we are looking at the objective of the project: make large amounts of money based on a situational opportunity or establish a running franchise. When capitalizing on situational opportunities you'll find that executive branches (producers in this case) would often step back and be more sensitive with the visionary (directors) directing the project in not to disrupt the chances of success. With a running franchise however, executives tend to take more initiative as the investment and the goals are too grand to risk the price of failure. With that beind said, the more promising the project is, the more larger the pool of investors which in turn creates a larger executive share.

    Seldom scenarios that arise of this are usually when the amount of shareholders are too many and they really need to rely on the direction of the visionary as to eliminate too much contrary directions; the other is when a visionary is well distinguished and well recognized that they themselves are part of the budget.

    So to better answer your question, it is not a point in budget rather a point in capacity that determines whether a singular creative authority no longer becomes feasible and this usually is more prevalent when you have a smaller pool of executives.

    Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 28, 2016, 05:01:12 PM
    Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Oct 28, 2016, 04:22:15 PM
    Agreed, Fassbender just slipped a name that's all. Although I saw some places reporting that Fassbender gave away all those details that you actually dug-up.

    Quite a few places did. Is it that hard to actually read the f**king information. This is one of the big problems I have with Internet coverage. No-one f**king reads what they're actually reporting on.

    Reminds me of the nightmare I had to go through with GAvP.  :laugh:
  9. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯
    Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 28, 2016, 10:57:34 AM
    Quote from: Whiskeybrewer on Oct 28, 2016, 10:48:15 AM
    Quote from: Himmelblau on Oct 28, 2016, 01:02:31 AM
    I wonder if Fassie caught hell from Ridley for the slip of the tongue?? :laugh:

    Probably got his head ripped off again lol

    It wouldn't have been so bad had we not known about the name and some details from the film. lol. On it's own, it's an innocent enough thing to just let slip.

    Agreed, Fassbender just slipped a name that's all. Although I saw some places reporting that Fassbender gave away all those details that you actually dug-up.

    Anyway, Riddles and Fassie are thick as thieves. I really don't think he would have copped any flack for that little slip.
  10. fiveways
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 28, 2016, 12:56:51 AM
    QuoteI often wonder if writers are actively told to avoid these sorts of things.  Like if it is on a list of producers notes they have during re-write time.  We often forget that when a re-write comes it carries a set of demands from various people involved with the production with it.  Often these ideas are completely insane egomaniac pieces so people can feel like the have actively given to the film. 

    You are spot on. Producers are difficult to work with and your egocentric comment really takes it home. That is precisely what studios do if not checked by someone with a central vision.

    The question is at what budget point does a singular creative force get overridden?  If you asked me when i wrote my original post late last night I would have had a different answer heh.

    After the leaks today, I am sure Scott is getting 100% reign on this production.  Last time we all know that they were gunning for a PG-13 and missed due to one scene (why they didn't edit back in stuff after failing to get that rating I will never understand, like the Shaw/Engineer showdown).  Thank god for Deadpool showing FOX that Hard R movies still have a market and make money.
  11. HuDaFuK
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 09:47:10 PMAs for them not knowing doesn't excuse them stepping out for the expedition.

    They had suits to deal with an inhospitable stratosphere.

    The stupidity starts when everyone brazenly takes their helmet off for the lulz.

    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 09:47:10 PMBut to step out of the security of the ship and jump onto the terrain of an unknown planet to an unknown architecture which belongs to an unknown intelligent lifeform?

    Potentially risky exploration is how most of the world was discovered. There's a big jump from that to petting a hitherto undiscovered alien lifeform that's seemingly acting aggressively because you think it's cute. Especially if your supposed to be an expert in fauna.

    One is a hazard of the job, the other is going out of your way to be an idiot.

    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 10:08:47 PMYet the plain stupidity was the cinematic flair needed to propel the plot in this circumstance.

    No, relying on characters making unrealistically moronic decisions to propel the plot is simply bad plotting.

    Alien managed to achieve what it wanted without ever inducing the audience to scream, "Why are you such a f*cking moron?!" at the screen.

    It's not that they characters are dumb, it's that they're so dumb I can't believe for even one moment that you'd spend millions, billions, trillions on sending an expedition to the farthest reaches of known space to potentially make first contact with intelligent alien life, and then crew the ship with such a bunch of retards. It completely undermines the entire movie for me.

    I mean, the crew of the Nostromo were exponentially smarter than these guys and they were just blue-collar truckers.

    Quote from: fiveways on Oct 28, 2016, 12:33:54 AMI always felt if you add in the deleted scenes they work better as characters since they provide at least a touch of justification for their actions.

    This. Unfortunately by deleting all of those moments the scientists come across as utterly incompetent f*ckwits.
  12. Necronomicon II
    Yeah human faeces is a stretch but it's still plausible, because to paraphrase Andy Weir the crew's waste was completely desiccated, freeze-dried, and then dumped out on the surface of Mars and bagged, any pathogens in there would have been dead. Yeah it would certainly prove a difficult process, but Martian soil differs mostly with terrestrial soil in the amount of perchlorates, and its pH is a basic 8.3.
    Plenty of Scientists have fact-checked it and it falls within the bounds of plausibility.   
  13. System Apollo
    Quote from: Necronomicon II on Oct 28, 2016, 04:47:48 AM
    This is not a defence of their characterisations, but I don't think it follows that Milburn or Fifield were the best in their fields as I don't think any credible Scientist would accept an invitation to travel light-years into space without a single inkling as to why, no matter how handsomely they were payed in advance.
    Ideally you would want nothing but the best in their field, but lest we forget the whole expedition was funded  by a dying megalomaniac in a desperate bid to extend his life so time was of the essence, corners were cut. Come to think of it, Weyland is like...Mr. Burns lol

    Again, it would have been MUCH better if they were more credible as far as audience investment goes, as there are several intelligent ways to portray human foolishness and hubris without characters just acting like utter morons, regardless if that was a deliberate scripting choice.
    And I don't think anyone wanted a dark-comedy per se. I can overlook most of it because Fassbender is just so good in every scene, and being juxtaposed against human morons makes him all the more sympathetic. Frankly he should have been the main character. 


    Re the Martian and Watney not knowing Mars had soil, I don't quite follow, the book does go into much more detail but he knew exactly what he needed to do to make viable biomass via Martian soil, such as leaching out the perchlorates in the soil and separating them from the water.
    FIRST PARAGRAPH:
    Precisely, what do we know of the scientists beyond them being claimed they were the top in their field? Why would these scientists accept an offer to travel in a spaceship for a job they know nothing of? Sounds desperate and if you were top in your field you would not be desperate.

    SECOND PARAGRAPH
    That is why I consider weighing the film down based on Fifield and Milburn's incident as nonsense. It did not make sense in the grand scheme of things to begin with.

    THIRD PARAGRAPH:
    And then substituting the needed fertalizer with his own shit?
    He also would have needed to extract suitable soil from dust.
    Soil which is generally rare on Mars.
  14. Necronomicon II
    This is not a defence of their characterisations, but I don't think it follows that Milburn or Fifield were the best in their fields as I don't think any credible Scientist would accept an invitation to travel light-years into space without a single inkling as to why, no matter how handsomely they were payed in advance.
    Ideally you would want nothing but the best in their field, but lest we forget the whole expedition was funded  by a dying megalomaniac in a desperate bid to extend his life so time was of the essence, corners were cut. Come to think of it, Weyland is like...Mr. Burns lol

    Again, it would have been MUCH better if they were more credible as far as audience investment goes, as there are several intelligent ways to portray human foolishness and hubris without characters just acting like utter morons, regardless if that was a deliberate scripting choice.
    And I don't think anyone wanted a dark-comedy per se. I can overlook most of it because Fassbender is just so good in every scene, and being juxtaposed against human morons makes him all the more sympathetic. Frankly he should have been the main character. 


    Re the Martian and Watney not knowing Mars had soil, I don't quite follow, the book does go into much more detail but he knew exactly what he needed to do to make viable biomass via Martian soil, such as leaching out the perchlorates in the soil and separating them from the water.
  15. System Apollo
    QuoteI often wonder if writers are actively told to avoid these sorts of things.  Like if it is on a list of producers notes they have during re-write time.  We often forget that when a re-write comes it carries a set of demands from various people involved with the production with it.  Often these ideas are completely insane egomaniac pieces so people can feel like the have actively given to the film. 

    You are spot on. Producers are difficult to work with and your egocentric comment really takes it home. That is precisely what studios do if not checked by someone with a central vision.
  16. fiveways
    Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 27, 2016, 08:45:26 PM
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 08:43:48 PMAnd what is with this "Fifield and Milburn are not realistic scientists" nonsense that is always considered one of the most critical aspects of the film?

    Because they're supposed to be expert scientists. That's literally the only reason they are brought along. So having them act like morons is ridiculous.

    I always felt if you add in the deleted scenes they work better as characters since they provide at least a touch of justification for their actions.  They still work shit as scientists, but for me I am not sure that matters as I am firmly on the "don't let science get in the way of telling a good story" side of the argument.  Not that Prometheus is a great story, still..

    Prometheus's main fault was really really shitty editing and them moving around scenes late in the day.  It feels like a most constructed mostly in post.  There is actually a really good movie in there, you can see traces of it when you re-watch it.  I need to sit down with the fan edits sometime.  I also don't know how much control Scott had of the editing stage.  The way most of the action sequences looked to play out, it was gonna be first half mood, second half action beats like the original Alien.  Does Fox think a movie with that kinda budget would sell in 2012 or did they move scenes around the have something exciting happen every 10 minutes to "keep the audiences attention" (as we all know studios really get off on talking down to their audience in 201X.  I also understand that maybe these cues play better to certain international markets)

    The script writer should have been consulting with an expert on what they would do on an alien planet.  What they would point out.  This is why you hired science consultants.  Just, no one cared.  They are fodder to move the story forward, and I am typically ok with that is you set up and justify their insane actions at least a touch.

    The other factor is writing scientists as scientist doesn't put asses in the seats.  In the end the market that cares about that is an insanely small fraction of the movie going populous.  I often wonder if writers are actively told to avoid these sorts of things.  Like if it is on a list of producers notes they have during re-write time.  We often forget that when a re-write comes it carries a set of demands from various people involved with the production with it.  Often these ideas are completely insane egomaniac pieces so people can feel like the have actively given to the film. 

    You can also make a convincing argument that Prometheus had way too many characters with screen time, and a lot of those could have been severely downplayed to make more room for plot.  Easily half the scientist could have become grunts and no one would have noticed, sadly in my opinion the captain couple and the entire crew could fall into the remove pile (to me, other i know will disagree).  More time could have been spent with the core group of characters and getting to know them, and just use the rest as goo bait and monster fodder.

    I am still looking forward to the new designs and new ideas.  Honestly, it can't be worse than Alien: Resurrection, or either of the AVP movies.  I have passing faith in the film being at least a fun sci-fi horror romp, and really that is all i want out of it.  I don't expect to see another "Alien" being produced by a major studio in my lifetime.  Maybe something indie will catch that vibe sometimes.  Just, Hollywood doesn't make those movies, and hasn't in a very long time.  If the reported 150-200 million dollar budget is true, than zero risks will be taken. Still, I am keen on seeing the new designs in motion (I'm trying to bring this back to the subject the thread is on as we are all gloriously off topic)
  17. System Apollo
    Quote from: Xenomorphine on Oct 27, 2016, 11:15:50 PM
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 08:43:48 PM
    And what is with this "Fifield and Milburn are not realistic scientists" nonsense that is always considered one of the most critical aspects of the film?

    Watch the entire thing:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osBFSuTRTqk
    Already seen it. Once again I stand by my statement that the scene was a distraction from a larger plot hole.
    Do you have a video that goes through Alien? I always wanted to see Alien picked apart for inaccuracies.
  18. windebieste
    I can accept that these characters have personalities,  they need that.  On the other I never saw any indication that either Fifield or Milburn were 'the best in their field'.  There's wasted opportunities throughout their screen time to provide us with evidence - but it never happens. 

    Let's take the Geologist for example, because he's the easiest by a mile and more importantly, is presented with the earliest opportunity to demonstrate his professional capacity and validate his presence aboard the Prometheus.  During the descent to the surface, one of the characters (I forget who... Holloway?) comments on the markings on the surface of the planet and words to the effect 'Nature does not work on straight lines'.  How much more appropriate would it have been if the geologist made this remark?  ...or at the very least, AGREED?

    Gone is also any parallel  we witness in 'ALIEN' where Ash analyses the surface using instrumentation and discusses the 'Rock lava base' composition of the planet they just landed on and its atmospheric conditions.  Wouldn't it be great if Prometheus' geologist actually offered some information based on his professional experience in a similar way? 

    Then on the actual surface he does nothing.  NOTHING.  A BIG FAT NOTHING!!!  He doesn't comment on the mountain ranges.  He offers no advice on the integrity of the surface (for all we know, the surface could be soft, like pits of loose material and not safe to walk on).  He makes no comment about the obvious roads not being natural - or asked for his opinion on them.  He fails to pick up a single rock.  There's so many excellent opportunities for a geologist to demonstrate his capacity for such specialised knowledge - which is why he was aboard the Prometheus in the first place - but none of them are taken. 

    I'm sorry, but if the character can't fulfill the expectations of his Profession - especially when he's reputed to be 'The Best in the Field' - then no amount of inane dialog such as "I love rocks" will help convince me he's adequately written as a character.  If during the approach to LV-233, Fifield had f**k all to do except look out the window and talk shit to other crew members simply because he's a planetside specialist; but then his demeanor change to a more professional one on close approach to the planet's surface when his knowledge kicks in, then yes.  That would be realistic.  That's how professional people do behave.  When the occasion arises, a Professional, in top of his game will put aside all other considerations and demonstrate his true worth.  We see none of that happen in 'Prometheus'.

    Unfortunately, Fifield's character as we have it is in the wrong movie.  When a professional's dialog amounts to "I love rocks" and "I'm only in it for the money" then he would have been better placed in a movie like 'Idiocracy' rather than the symbolism laden background and existential investigations that 'Prometheus' attempts to deliver but is mired by inanities such as Fifield's character - and other stupid shit.

    ...Milburn is no different.  But for the sake of keeping this post at a decent length, you can apply the same prinicpals to him as well.  You'll find the results are more or less the same.   

    -Windebieste.
  19. whiterabbit
    Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 27, 2016, 08:45:26 PM
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 08:43:48 PMAnd what is with this "Fifield and Milburn are not realistic scientists" nonsense that is always considered one of the most critical aspects of the film?

    Because they're supposed to be expert scientists. That's literally the only reason they are brought along. So having them act like morons is ridiculous.
    Being an expert in a field doesn't mean having common sense. Maybe fifield has a phobia of living things. The dude said he loved rocks. Oh and Milburn was the crocodile hunter who couldn't help but play with danger. Also, no offense but have you seen the last couple of generations here on Earth at this very minute? Morons is polite.
  20. Dill-On
    QuoteI feel that AVP will have a lot less to work with when Scott is finished.

    Totally.

    I'm waiting for a good ALIEN movie since nineties.
    For now I have a feeling that every next movie is worse than previous.
    In my opinion they should change title to "Return of the Black Goo".

  21. System Apollo
    Quote from: Dill-On on Oct 27, 2016, 10:02:50 PM
    Wow, "ALIEN CONVENANT" will be even worse than Prometheus, congratulations.
    This thing looks like bottlenose dolphin.

    >:(
    I feel that AVP will have a lot less to work with when Scott is finished.


    Quote from: Kurai on Oct 27, 2016, 09:38:08 PM
    There's a difference between Science Fiction, where cinematic flair is used to propel the plot, and plain stupidity. The characters made incredibly unbelievable mistakes that easily lead to forehead slapping.
    Yet the plain stupidity was the cinematic flair needed to propel the plot in this circumstance. I understand what they did was stupid and unethical but believing that being stupid and unethical doesn't happen with expert scientists is just so inaccurate on so many different levels.

    QuoteHaving a scientific advisor on hand during script writing and filming can do nothing but help the film. Cinematics trumps science, but it's still nice to have science in a sci-fi.
    Agreed but it wouldn't save it.  :(
  22. System Apollo
    QuoteInhospitable to human life maybe.

    Besides, they didn't know what the environment was until they got there.
    Genuinely, this is the first thought that comes to mind in terms of Sci-Fi. But inhospitable to human life is generally looked at as all life considering that anything carbon based is likely to function similar to us in which hydrogen, nitrogen (maybe) and oxygen is a necessity. As for them not knowing doesn't excuse them stepping out for the expedition.

    QuoteHe was a geologist. Who knows what interesting extraterrestrial geology they might find and want to study?

    There were perfectly good reasons to take a biologist and geologist along. In fact they're exactly the kind of people you would take on a mission like this. But the fact they were total morons undermines the believably of the whole thing.
    But to step out of the security of the ship and jump onto the terrain of an unknown planet to an unknown architecture which belongs to an unknown intelligent lifeform?

    They could have easily just done their job within the confines of the ship but that didn't happen.

    This is what does not make sense. Them acting moronic is just a distraction of an obviously bigger plot hole.
  23. Kurai
    There's a difference between Science Fiction, where cinematic flair is used to propel the plot, and plain stupidity. The characters made incredibly unbelievable mistakes that easily lead to forehead slapping.

    I'm normally one to defend Prometheus for its' failings but, it would be nice to know whether Ridley Scott took lessons learnt while making the Martian to heart. Prometheus was heavily criticized for its' depiction of science, the scientific method and common sense. Despite its' scientific failings, the Martian was critically acclaimed for its' "hard sci-fi" approach.

    Having a scientific advisor on hand during script writing and filming can do nothing but help the film. Cinematics trumps science, but it's still nice to have science in a sci-fi.
  24. HuDaFuK
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 09:00:02 PMOkay then, why not take it back a step further and ask why Millburn was on the expedition when they knew the enviroment was inhospitable?

    Inhospitable to human life maybe.

    Besides, they didn't know what the environment was until they got there.

    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 09:00:02 PMOr how come Fifield was on the expedition when all that was needed from him was to press a button on two silly machines that do almost everything that was needed of him?

    He was a geologist. Who knows what interesting extraterrestrial geology they might find and want to study?

    There were perfectly good reasons to take a biologist and geologist along. In fact they're exactly the kind of people you would take on a mission like this. But the fact they were total morons undermines the believably of the whole thing.
  25. System Apollo
    Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 27, 2016, 08:45:26 PM
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 08:43:48 PMAnd what is with this "Fifield and Milburn are not realistic scientists" nonsense that is always considered one of the most critical aspects of the film?

    Because they're supposed to be expert scientists. That's literally the only reason they are brought along. So having them act like morons is ridiculous.
    Okay then, why not take it back a step further and ask why Millburn was on the expedition when they knew the enviroment was inhospitable? Aside from picking up soil samples which anyone could have done in replacement of Milburn. Or how come Fifield was on the expedition when all that was needed from him was to press a button on two silly machines that do almost everything that was needed of him?
    Expert scientists are exempt from behaving the way that they did? Under what precedent do we relate this to? This is why I can't actually take this critical aspect seriously, we're better off saying that they shouldn't have been there period.
  26. System Apollo
    Quote from: Kurai on Oct 27, 2016, 06:54:17 PM
    Hicks, since you're our "in-man", do you happen to know whether Scott has a scientific advisor on Covenant like he had with the Martian? Prometheus suffered a lot because of "bad science" and foolish scientists but then Scott goes on to make the Martian which was pretty much hard sci-fi with a coat of cinematic fantasy to keep the plot flowing.
    I kind of feel like a person whom runs on a playground telling children how Santa doesn't exist by saying this, but; all of the Alien films suffer from bad science. And what is with this "Fifield and Milburn are not realistic scientists" nonsense that is always considered one of the most critical aspects of the film? If anything Matt Damon's character as a botanist not realizing that there is no soil on Mars is a critical inaccuracy of its own yet it is overlooked because the plot needed the dust to act like soil. How he punctured a hole in his suit to propel himself like Iron Man was another big innaccuracy. Yet when a geologist gets lost or a biologist gets close to a specimen while high this is considered the largest sin in sci-fi history.
  27. Corporal Hicks
    Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Oct 27, 2016, 04:41:13 PM
    This then could quite possibly be the Neomorph's hand we're looking at here:

    Given what we now know, that seems like a perfectly reasonable assumption.

    Quote from: Kurai on Oct 27, 2016, 06:54:17 PM
    Hicks, since you're our "in-man", do you happen to know whether Scott has a scientific advisor on Covenant like he had with the Martian? Prometheus suffered a lot because of "bad science" and foolish scientists but then Scott goes on to make the Martian which was pretty much hard sci-fi with a coat of cinematic fantasy to keep the plot flowing.

    I don't know I'm afraid.
  28. Kurai
    Hicks, since you're our "in-man", do you happen to know whether Scott has a scientific advisor on Covenant like he had with the Martian? Prometheus suffered a lot because of "bad science" and foolish scientists but then Scott goes on to make the Martian which was pretty much hard sci-fi with a coat of cinematic fantasy to keep the plot flowing.
  29. System Apollo
    Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 27, 2016, 05:18:32 PM
    Oh I agree, from a technical standpoint it was excellent. It's a shame the story and characters didn't even come close to matching up.
    Well, from the looks of it, it sounds like they are making a fresh start with Covenant. The Neomorph idea gives me the impression that it will be another rundown of questions with no answers and I really hope they don't use the whole "because of the black goo" all over again.
  30. System Apollo
    Quote from: HuDaFuK on Oct 27, 2016, 11:00:52 AM
    Quote from: System Apollo on Oct 27, 2016, 08:51:51 AMUnderstandable, I merely was attributing that to the technique and not the overall impact. Unless you felt that it was not the case and if so could you elaborate?

    Well I'd probably argue there was a lot in Prometheus that wan't sophisticated at all. Like the terribly weak aspects of the script.
    I only called Alien sophisticated though. I personally felt that on a technical standpoint it did well. Script and pacing was another thing however.
  31. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯
    This then could quite possibly be the Neomorph's hand we're looking at here:

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/06072016_02.jpg

    Quote from: stroggificated on Oct 27, 2016, 03:39:11 PM
    Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 27, 2016, 03:03:34 PM
    There are traditional Aliens in it. There's just a brand new variation to go alongside them.

    These traditional aliens aren't going to be the same like the Deacon from Prometheus? That's what i think that happens if Ridley Scott himself said this.  :-\

    This is what Scott said:

    Quote from: Ridley Scott"There was always this discussion: Is Alien, the character, the beast, played out or not? We'll have them all: egg, face-hugger, chest-burster, then the big chap. I think maybe we can go another round or two."

    Quote from: stroggificated on Oct 27, 2016, 03:39:11 PM
    On the other hand i'm relieved that Ridley Scott's movie series prevents Neill Blomkamp's real Alien movie, because it sounds to me like another Alien Resurrection.

    delayed.
  32. BonesawT101
    I just want to go on record to say I think the info on the Neomorph creatures sounds great. I'm personally really looking forward to seeing them on screen. And with the news that the classic alien designs are also making a triumphant return to the silver screen I think we are in for a real proper epic Alien feast from one of the most visionary director's of our time, and one of the driving forces behind the original 79 film's success and longevity. I think we are in for a real treat.
  33. stroggificated
    Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Oct 27, 2016, 03:03:34 PM
    There are traditional Aliens in it. There's just a brand new variation to go alongside them.

    These traditional aliens aren't going to be the same like the Deacon from Prometheus? That's what i think that happens if Ridley Scott himself said this.  :-\

    Quote from: 426Buddy on Oct 27, 2016, 03:15:03 PM
    Personally, even with the issues prometheus had I greatly prefer this new direction to another AvP or another shabby alien movie like resurrection.

    The series was going nowhere and had lost a lot of credibility, at least now we have a real effort to try something new with real talent behind the camera again.

    On the other hand i'm relieved that Ridley Scott's movie series prevents Neill Blomkamp's real Alien movie, because it sounds to me like another Alien Resurrection. Not to forget all this stuff about erasing Alien3.....
    You can't win as an Alien fan apparently. :D
  34. LiquidMonster
    Quote

    Well, if that's the case then I hope the new design is actually the Alien design from the Covenant clapboard:

    https://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3036983-poster-p-2-hr-gigers-original-design-to-do-list-for-alien-was-awesomely-weird.jpg

    I'd love to see this design BADLY! It would explain nicely how the "Neomorphs" first had eye socket type areas on their skull and the evolution of it into our favorite Xeno in Alien. I'm probably in the minority but I hope they stay FAR AWAY from the Deacon design. It was an un-inspired, lazy, poorly executed, non-scary design.
  35. 426Buddy
    Personally, even with the issues prometheus had I greatly prefer this new direction to another AvP or another shabby alien movie like resurrection.

    The series was going nowhere and had lost a lot of credibility, at least now we have a real effort to try something new with real talent behind the camera again.

    Besides the original alien is suppose to be in this film as well.
  36. stroggificated
    I'm just stopping by to see if anything has happened. All i feel is total indifference.

    A movie about a creature who will look different to the Xenomorph, but in the movie's title there will be "Alien" in it. To be honest, i don't care. It's like Prometheus all again.

    Well, tonight i will watch the movie "Stranded" with Christian Slater which sounds very similar to Alien. Alien Covenant is on the same level for me like Stranded or Prometheus. Just another sci fi horror movie with an hostile alien. Not "OUR" Alien.

    It's like they would drastically change the Predator's design in the next movie just to make something different. The only predatorish on the movie would just be the title. It could be a Hirogen now as well. It's not "OUR" Predator anymore.

    still waiting for a REAL Alien movie.  :(
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