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Michael Fassbender Shows Musical Skills in new Alien: Covenant Production Still

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Michael Fassbender shows musical skills in new Alien: Covenant production still. It’s a new day in the Alien: Covenant teaser trailer pre-release week and you know what that means! Another production still courtesy of the Alien Anthology social media accounts, this time of Michael Fassbender with a piano.

Those of you who read our exclusive report about Guy Pearce’s appearance in Alien: Covenant might recognize this imagery. Whose haven’t can read up on it here. Beware spoilers for the opening sequence of the film.

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Unlike the last four production stills, today’s still doesn’t come with any numbers. Yesterday’s number yielded a result in the GPS co-ordinates theory. Wednesday and Thursday’s numbers led to a location near Fada, Chad. Fada is well known for ancient cave paintings and the imagery matched up quite nicely with Prometheus. However, they could simply be time stamps indicating when the stills were taken – another popular theory.

The agonizing for the Alien: Covenant teaser trailer continues. We’re expecting to see it released at the weekend, likely Christmas Eve or Christmas Day depending on where you are in the world.

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  1. cliffhanger
    Posted
    a weyland android, with weyland's mind 'copied and hardcoded' onto the walter A.I.

    which would then 'explain' how Bishop is an android that is modeled and copied from an actual Bishop human being. who knows.
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  3. SsgtJira
    Posted
    Opening scene? WTF?  P.Weyland Born in 1990, android David 8, or news version Walter manufactured in 2090.. previously version David's 7 on Weyland Ind. timeline 2072. In trailer is Young man 40-50 yrs And David..? What..?!
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  5. Nightgaunt
    Posted
    I thought the image is kind of a callback to the map room scene in Prometheus. If I remember correctly, David sits down at the Engineer's control board and sounds out musical notes to activate the holographic map that hints at the Engineers' plans for Earth. Also, "robot pianist" sounds pretty funny.  ;D
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  9. juxtapose
    Posted
    u c. . The problem os i am doing yjese chats via an old nokia. . They super cheap on surfing the internet. . Nut obviously everything is displayed in a different manner and i am not even sure if all options are available. . They are probably but they might be displayed a
    in an obscure manner. . I don't bkame developers tho. . U can only support older devices up to a certain point. . On douth africa we pay for internet data. . So i only go online with my pc if i wanne download a mp3 or music video or trailer. .i made sure i have pkenry of cap for that prometheus trailer. .and then whats left i will get the mummy trailer and fast 8. . Just cause charlize theron acts in it and she is from my country  and i alteady got kong:skull island trailer. . Probably the only other movie i am really really looking forward to next year. . Tho not the type of movie i would go discuss on a forum. . Just loving the trailer. . 100 foot kong!!!. . And i trailed like 100 miles of topic. . .so to wrap it all up. . Just give us our f**king trailer already

    holy crap how do u fix spelling mistakes and rypos. . I should probably just use my reading glasses. . .lol
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  13. juxtapose
    Posted
    . . And he propably uses her to atract the covenant. . . How does spoiler tags work. . Just need to know what to click and where. ..and what i just said about shaw is purely speculation. .their is always such a thin line berween speculation and those who have claimed they actually seen the trailer or know someone who has seen the rought cut of yje movie. . I have read most of the spoilers and if they true. . .i really dont' mind. . Sounds like a solid  story. .  what if this sargondoa guy is in fact working for fox and just testing our reactions. . I know it might sound far fetched. . Maybe fox is trying to mislead us?. . Far away from the genuine plot. . Thats what i would have done if i was rhem. . Only danger. . What if fans prefer the bullshit u feed them over the teal plot. . .!!!!??
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  14. DorkiDori
    Posted
    Pretty sure my theory that Shaw was in cryo the entire time... And she still is will hold true seeing as Shaw IS in the movie aaaaand I'm guessing Davids been using skin/DNA samples from her to create his Neomorphs. David just never woke Shaw up...
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  15. juxtapose
    Posted
    . . Shame poor shaw will most likely die. . Forever seeking her questions to the engineers. . I never felt that she was quite able to fill ripleys shoes. . But it was not her fault. . .i blame the script. . .same with vickers. . Charlize theron's character was their for no purpose. . Other to look pretty and fry halloway. . If mad max came out prior to prometheus. . Then she would have been shaw. . Furiosa vs the aliens. . .i think it would have been splendid. .
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  17. juxtapose
    Posted
    . . Bit how would walter colour his hair. . I am sute his colouring gear was back on  the prometheis. . .which also brings up the question.  . .what did shaw eat and drink while on that horseshoe engeneer ship. . For ten yeats? . .we don't know how long it took them to find the planet. . But even so. . Is their anything edible on this so called paradise they land upon. . .so i think shaw had no choice but climb into a modified engineer sleeping pod till david could find ways to sustain her apetite and thirst . ..
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  24. juxtapose
    Posted
    . . It must be david. . He likes being blond. . Else why would he have colored his hair in the first place. . His a finer psychopath like hannibal. . Will have u eat your brains while u listening to your current favourite track. .deceiving, clever and munipultting. . Thats is how i see david. . Criminal psychotic master mind. .
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  26. juxtapose
    Posted
    .  .and my thinking is that one will be blond and the other with dark hair. .i can't see where david is gonna find hair dye tho. . Unless android hair does not grow.  .they usually apear very smooth and clean shaven. .although bishop always seemed like he skipped a morning shave. .so who knows for sure. . I am losing track of the discussion. . Lol. . What was the topic again?
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  27. Ingwar
    Posted
    Quote from: echobbase79 on Dec 23, 2016, 06:04:32 PM
    This is off topic but I wonder if David and Walter are a nod to producers David Giler and Walter Hill? Of course I'm sure it's something more than that.

    David continues the tradition in the Alien franchise. It might have been coincidence that they named synthetic in Prometheus by the same name as David Giler. Perhaps they wanted to break that pattern in Covenant and came with Walter, this time not by coincidence, paying tribute to Walter Hill.
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  28. juxtapose
    Posted
    . . David was based upon a olympian gay diver or swimmer. . Well that was fassbenders inspiration. . So most not completey hoterosexial men like mtself are often more passionate about the arts. . David has always striked me as an entity that would be facinated by arts and film and poerty and the like. . Where as walter sounds like a very mild and timid sraight fofward sevant. . .but perhaps curious and easily tainted. . His still new and young. . Where as david is older, wiser and more mischevous. . .mysterious and mad?. .and evil and bad, he might see walter as an impresuanable youngster. . Someone he can teach or at least use to his advantage. . His aprentise. . . .. ..mmmmmmmh
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  30. BonesawT101
    Posted
    Just my opinion of course Enoch, I got more excited by the first few images. Not to mention the Empire scans from Gazz. Not saying the image isn't interesting of course, as someone who studied lens based fine and applied art in university I'm of the opinion that every 'image' has something interesting to offer. This one just doesn't create the same buzz in me as the first batch. That is all. With regards to the actual image and how it connects and plays out in the film, it certainly makes for a very different setting in an Alien film. While I preferred the first few stills, This one still looks great imo, reminds me of THX-1138 blended with 2001 and A Clockwork Orange.
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  31. Ingwar
    Posted
    At the beginning I thought it was Walter but

    Spoiler
    according to legit spoilers it's David meeting younger version of Peter Weyland.
    [close]

    David 8 looks like human while Walter probably is going to look more robotic-alike (less human).

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn1-www.comingsoon.net%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F12%2Falien-covenant-ridley-scott-michael-fassbender.jpg&hash=17e39094cba0df6a9d7af36904a0a9650538d21f

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C0SWswRUoAA2kdg.jpg:large
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  37. Ingwar
    Posted
    It was Fazioli.

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffazioli.co.jp%2Fdiary%2Fassets_c%2F2012%2F10%2F154-thumb-600x400-133.jpg&hash=dcad518e0b6df74d63d871695d19f0eda7af3210

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffazioli.co.jp%2Fdiary%2Fassets_c%2F2012%2F10%2F153-thumb-600x400-135.jpg&hash=d8079cc467c17cfab7beb4cf3ba9bb49cebee208

    http://fazioli.co.jp/diary/2012/08/

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpayload67.cargocollective.com%2F1%2F8%2F257533%2F3653110%2FM-Liminal-Prometheus.jpg&hash=1012abd24b90ddd94ec301e0cf889f7ed934599b

    Quote from: Le Celticant on Dec 23, 2016, 04:58:14 PM
    Quote------------

    Symbolically, "-" is the "silence" in a partition.

    Silence before the storm ;)
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  38. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯
    Posted
    Quote from: Ingwar on Dec 23, 2016, 04:54:50 PM
    Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Dec 23, 2016, 04:45:18 PM
    I've always said that we need more grand pianos in them Alien flicks.

    It's Steinway & Sons grand piano. It suspect it will be Model D-274 ;D.

    QuoteThe overwhelming choice of concert artists and educational institutions throughout the world.
    It is synonymous with high quality, perfect sound and unsurpassed touch responsiveness.

    Length:
    8' 11-3/4'' (274 cm)

    Width:
    1 ¼'' (157 cm)

    Weight:
    990 pounds (approx. 480 kg)

    http://steinway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/D274.jpg

    http://steinway.co.uk/pianos/steinway-sons/grand-pianos/

    What was that one in Vickers' suite, was it the same?
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  40. Ingwar
    Posted
    Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Dec 23, 2016, 04:45:18 PM
    I've always said that we need more grand pianos in them Alien flicks.

    It's Steinway & Sons grand piano. It suspect it will be Model D-274 ;D.

    QuoteThe overwhelming choice of concert artists and educational institutions throughout the world.
    It is synonymous with high quality, perfect sound and unsurpassed touch responsiveness.

    Length:
    8' 11-3/4'' (274 cm)

    Width:
    1 ¼'' (157 cm)

    Weight:
    990 pounds (approx. 480 kg)

    https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsteinway.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2FD274.jpg&hash=debbd3848742662e4cf3f42aa25dfe10c7801f18

    http://steinway.co.uk/pianos/steinway-sons/grand-pianos/
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  42. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯
    Posted
    I've always said that we need more grand pianos in them Alien flicks.


    Quote from: Ingwar on Dec 23, 2016, 04:43:00 PM
    Quote from: DorkiDori on Dec 23, 2016, 04:37:43 PM
    you all keep saying David... how do we know this isnt Walter?

    Because accorording to spoilers this scene is

    Spoiler
    from the prologue when David meets Weyland and both have conversation about human nature and so on.
    [close]

    Definitely a large white room, although we can't see the ocean in this picture.

    Spoiler
    The current edit of Alien: Covenant begins with David 8 being brought online in a large white room with a grand view overlooking an ocean.

    A younger, but still somewhat aged, Weyland asks David various questions to test him. We eventually move to David performing Richard Wagner's Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla, explaining the meaning of the piece as he plays.
    [close]
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