A Return to Giger's Alien Design?

[Corporal Hicks]

So...I think we know we'll seeing transparent Alien skulls in Covenant! 

@tyrannojones Which of the heads do you prefer? Ribbed or the translucent dome?

@_kemosh_ Translucent, but I'm not allowed to use them :/ So I've gone kinda half way - basically took the dome off and got rid of the skull

@tyrannojones Ah damn, did they give you a reason why? Not that I "hate" the ribbed heads I just always prefered Giger's original design.

@_kemosh_ Covenant related...

https://twitter.com/tyrannojones/status/738015456083120128

[whiterabbit]

Another one of the idea's Ridley wasn't able to incorporate back in 79. Thanks to a better budget, better tech and effects, the long wait will totally be worth it.

I wonder... would he dare do the box alien too?

[T Dog]

So...I think we know we'll seeing transparent Alien skulls in Covenant! 

@tyrannojones Which of the heads do you prefer? Ribbed or the translucent dome?

@_kemosh_ Translucent, but I'm not allowed to use them :/ So I've gone kinda half way - basically took the dome off and got rid of the skull

@tyrannojones Ah damn, did they give you a reason why? Not that I "hate" the ribbed heads I just always prefered Giger's original design.

@_kemosh_ Covenant related...

https://twitter.com/tyrannojones/status/738015456083120128

I'm confused.......what would this look like?

[Corporal Hicks]

Something like this with the transparency a bit more obvious.

[T Dog]

Something like this with the transparency a bit more obvious.

So cool. But basically the original Giger design then?

[Corporal Hicks]

I would assume. But I don't know about the body, just that perhaps we're going back to the clear dome but that we might actually see it on screen this time around.

[Perfect-Organism]

It is interesting, but we may all find that the alien with the human skull doesn't look quite right.  Having eye sockets really made the newborn in AR look silly.  I really think that was its biggest issue.  The fact that the alien has no eyes is one of its main distinguishing features from a plethora of monsters out there.  It's all about the teeth.

Then again, including the skull to show a connection with human DNA might be cool..  But it ceases to be alien I that case.

[426Buddy]

I think what they mean is the skull will be there like it was in Alien, maybe slightly more visible.

[Perfect-Organism]

Anybody know if that was a real skull or a replica?  It would be an odd way for an actor to play a part in a movie after dying..

[Corporal Hicks]

Anybody know if that was a real skull or a replica?  It would be an odd way for an actor to play a part in a movie after dying..

Pretty sure it was a real one. I'll double check.

I think what they mean is the skull will be there like it was in Alien, maybe slightly more visible.

Yeah, that's my thinking.

Yep, real skull:

"The plaster shop took a full cast of the actor, full body cast and mounted it standing up on its toes on a wooden base and Giger put it into his studio and he began to build up on it with clay and bones, an air conditioning duct, screws, and human skulls – the face of the thing is a real human skull. He took the skull and jammed it right on the front, riveted it in place, and then started modifying it ..."

https://alienseries.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/the-eighth-passenger/

[Perfect-Organism]

No way!  Do they actually know who that used to be?  Creepy!

[Corporal Hicks]

Not that I know of.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

No way!  Do they actually know who that used to be?  Creepy!

His girlfriend.

[426Buddy]

No way!  Do they actually know who that used to be?  Creepy!

His girlfriend.

I thought he had her skeleton hanging in the entrance to his home?

[CainsSon]

That early concept art that was released a few weeks back (that 'Got the artist the job'); both images depicted the alien with the human skull prominent - most notable - IN FRONT of the dome.

That also ties into the description of the Alien in the Spaihts script where he describes the skull as being easy to ascertain behind a thin layer of skin. I have a feeling we are in for an interesting new proto-Alien design and if Spaihts ideas make it in (sexburster), I'd love to see the version of the Alien that can squeeze itself through things, like encephlopods (spelling?).