As we begin the agonizing wait through the week, looking out for the imminent Alien: Covenant teaser trailer, 20th Century Fox has released a brand new production still showing what we presume to be the security forces of the Covenant in action!
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There’s very little to go with from the still but we can see what appears to be a callback to the shoulder lamps used by the Colonial Marines (or perhaps cameras?) and more contemporary looking rifles.
This new production still was also released with an enigmatic caption: “220512052104.” What exactly this number alludes is currently a mystery! Sound off below if you have any ideas!
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Still nobody seems to know. Maybe we should ask Mason.
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the Force Awakens wasn't. Rogue one was way better than that rehashed everything is perfect for us cast.
Now obviously in the shot with Katherine, we can't see the entire gun so they might have modified the F90 further than what we can see.
And the shot with what appears to be blatant AR15 variants of some sort is a bit more annoying because the AR15 is even more so recognizable than the F90/AUG.
Its possible the shot with the AR15s is a flashback of some sort. Guy Pearce did say he was going to reprise his role as Peter Weyland. And if its a flashback with young Peter Weyland, that shot may take place in 2020 or some nearby year where we'll still be using AR15s.
For reference Peter Weyland's Ted Talk takes place in 2023.
My favorite bit is Daniels is holding a current issue F90 with an ACOG. They didn't even remotely try to make it futuristic.
Given that Covenant is set more or less 87 years from the present, it'd be like our private security/mercenary types running around with largely unchanged Garands or M1917 enfields (with original accessories). That's ignoring the fact that the F90 is largely just a modified AUG, which is as of this writing over 38 years old already.
In Prometheus they at least made a passing effort to have the pistols and shotgun look pretty SciFi. The aesthetic of the shotgun in particular was cool.
The Weyland-Yutani security dudes look to be toting some AR15 variant with Eotech holographic sights.
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which in days is 1.0462961805556 which is roughly the time in between these two tweets.
https://twitter.com/AlienAnthology/status/811209573738508290
https://twitter.com/AlienAnthology/status/810937981980708864
M31A2 Pulse Rifles obviously. Not a typo.
It's easy to forget when they arrive on Xmas and after one night (two?) it's New Year. Of course, they're going by Earth calendar.
Oh, nothing. I love Contra and jungle combat (the gun battle in Predator is probably my all-time favorite gun fight in a film, or close to it). Spreadshot ftw!
And the film ends on New Years Day, doesn't it?
lol I mean "half of this forum"
Yeah i unsubbed RedLetterMedia after this video of Rogue One of them, their video's well mostly the guys in it started acting like they know it all and dissing out almost everything and not even being funny but just retarded,
and in this they just overdone it.
Rogue One was a rollercoaster ride and very entertaining, but these f**ks i cant stand them anymore.
What's wrong about jungle? Do you want all the time to see Aliens killing people inside ships/buildings? I think we have been spoiled by four Aliens movies regarding that subject and now jungle seems to us ... bizarre.
Also I didnt read the 4chan spoils, (which i wont do) so its a cold idea lmao
Skyfall
https://www.arri.com/uploads/pics/b_SKYFALL_10.jpg
Covenant
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It could be Ridley using the Corn field sequence from Ward's script for Alien 3, but in a All out way
I hope they don't have a Hudson clone freaking out in this movie though.
Spoiler
What this shot shows us is that this film has some James Cameron to it. And that is a very, very good thing.
Played with the numbers a bit. Maybe it's the release date for a teaser.
They had some SA80s and M4s, yeah.
Thanks for the generalization, Buddy.
No doubt but Aliens did spawn a whole subculture of fandom that are really into the military hardware and tech. The Pulse Rifle and Smartguns are just as iconic as the Aliens, I reckon. It's not unreasonable for people to be a bit upset.
It is, however, unreasonable for folk to think this spells doom for the movie. Let's take a step back and consider your hyperbole before posting and looking silly.
This is not a place to come and antagonize fans who don't agree with your views. It's a place for fans to discuss these films maturely. It wont be happening again.
Personally I'm loving the change of locale. I would prefer to have seen a hived up jungle as opposed to just a jungle but it's a refreshing change of scenery, I think.
Yeah, they definitely had some number based puzzling in the promotion for Prometheus.
Also the floodlights kinda look like an easter egg reference to the end of P2, when the pred ship takes off. Very similar.
Have no clue what the numbers mean. But as many people mentioned already, it probably has something to do with the release date for the trailer.
How can they cut the power?
That image isn't going to look like in the final cut of the movie, right? I hope the film keeps the cold blue look from Prometheus to some extent.
Unless this is some kind of Mad Men / Don Draper flashback scene that one of the Covenant crew is experiencing.
My bet is its a flashback scene to earlier pre-flight training back on earth that "empowers/inspires" one of the crew to take some kind of action in space.
Is it just me, or are they wearing baseball caps and what looks like bulky ghostbusters backpacks with wire coathanger-ish antennae?
They look like they are acting stealthy, but why would you switch on the floodlights if that was the case? That could be stage lighting though...
Sorry, again, not sure what you're getting at.
You managed to squeeze the closest thing to an apology out of SM I've seen to date. Maybe, he does have a heart, after all. OK, so it's the smallest, cruelest, unforgiving heart... but still a heart. lol.
(Just kidding, Man. Love your work.)
-Windebieste.