10min Alien Covenant Footage From Alien Day Screenings

[whiterabbit]

So is this a virus or not. I don't want an alien to monitorburst from my screen!

[echobbase79]

Someone told me that the

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throat burster

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made them feel sick when they saw it.

yeah did you watch it or saving for theaters?

Saving for theaters. I just watched when the drop ship broke off from the Covenant. Why's there always a storm happening when these ships go in for a landing?

So is this a virus or not. I don't want an alien to monitorburst from my screen!

No virus.

[whiterabbit]

Oh and btw guys, you can use alt + the numpad keys to rotate video in mpc. Just an fyi. alt + 1 to go left, 5 to reset, etc.

[SpeedyMaxx]

Just found the footage right-side up on FB. Impressive so far.

Can't tell who to root for more in that ugly situation, Karine or Faris. I do like Amy Seimetz (Faris) a lot from other work and she is great in the opening landing sequence

[NickisSmart]

I watched it. I liked it. Mostly.

[Enoch]

I watched it. I liked it. Mostly.

Mostly?

[theDecline84]

WOW anyone else hungry? 

[echobbase79]

So do these burstings top the original?

[SpeedyMaxx]

I am still very iffy on the creative direction overall, but that neomorph sequence is exactly the level of horror and suspense the franchise has needed back for a long time. Really impressive from top to bottom.

I don't think it tops the original chestburster in terms of intensity but it's still quite gross. I was incredibly impressed with the little creature that emerges. I do think they skimped a little on showing what it did to Karine, but that may just be the cut for the preview or the quality of the handheld recording (which is HD, but still recorded off the screen).

Also: Excellent music, especially when the neomorph emerges.

[NickisSmart]

So do these burstings top the original?

Well, I'm a gorehound, and when I saw them, I burst (no pun intended) out laughing and cried to myself "That is f**king awesome!"

Straight-up nasty. But the quality of the footage is not the best. Still, it's good enough to see most of what's happening and it's gnarly with a capital G. However, the chest-bursting scene in Alien happens without warning and in Alien: Covenant, because the subjects who 'burst" are sick as dogs for 3-4 minutes leading up to the big moment, it's not exactly a surprise in the same sense. Still, super-gross.

[Stanley]

Do they mostly come out at night?   Mostly?

[SpeedyMaxx]

Well, I'm a gorehound, and when I saw them, I burst (no pun intended) out laughing and cried to myself "That is f**king awesome!"

Straight-up nasty. But the quality of the footage is not the best.

On the version I saw you could enhance it to HD - far from ideal in a tiny box off the screen, but still pretty detailed.

[whiterabbit]

It wasn't as violent as I thought it was going to be but oh man those little neomorphs are f**king great! Plus the effects clearly weren't finished, plus the video is cam-quality.

[NickisSmart]

I watched it. I liked it. Mostly.

Mostly?

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I thought the neomorphs looked rather digital, and not entirely in a convincing way. But this could just be the footage I watched. It is no doubt incomplete footage. And cam-quality (though today's phone cameras are admittedly pretty powerful).

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I can post a quick video (under 5 minutes long) and give my impressions, if people like.

[John Doe]

Me on the Alien day here un Spain:

https://mobile.twitter.com/John_D_Reviews/status/857317257457872897/photo/1