https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fEmCnStgac (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fEmCnStgac)
QuoteAudi presents a suspenseful short film featuring the Audi lunar quattro as an integral part of the Alien: Covenant colonization mission. Besides providing exploration and research support, it also patrols the ship for unseen dangers. One night, an unidentified presence in the ship's Terraforming Bay prompts it to investigate what might be lurking in the dark.
http://www.audi.com/en/innovation/mttm/alien-covenant.html (http://www.audi.com/en/innovation/mttm/alien-covenant.html)
https://twitter.com/Audi_Online/status/857611547366924288 (https://twitter.com/Audi_Online/status/857611547366924288)
Any spoilers in this? I think of Wall-E when I see this robot.
Quote from: echobbase79 on Apr 27, 2017, 03:26:31 PM
Any spoilers in this? I think of Wall-E when I see this robot.
Just some slime coming down from roof, and xeno quick shot at the end. Nothing we haven't seen already.
No spoilers to worry about. Just a fun little product placement short. They're really going all out with the product placement in Covenant. :laugh:
And Uli Latukefu's character is now officially named Cole.
Only nameless cast member is Alexander England.
Great piece of marketing.
I'm assuming this is in the film though, right? The shot of the Alien is from one of the tv spots. I thought that particular shot was from the shower scene.
I doubt it's in the film. It's just some advertising fun with a little snippet of actual creature footage.
The little rover itself is probably in the film. Saw it a couple of times going down the dropship ramp in the trailers and tv spots.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 27, 2017, 03:43:36 PM
They're really going all out with the product placement in Covenant. :laugh:
We've had Gillette, AMD and now Audi. Were there any others?
So they are on a 7 year mission??
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Are we considering this as official canon? ;)
Covenant takes place in December just as Prometheus did.
Also, the rover is so cute :D
So thats the robot the xeno try's to headbite in the HBO promotion vid?
So It takes seven years for the covenant to reach origae-6.
People let your precious brains work and your maths be done. Calculated above light speed = ?
That's what I call an advert! WALL-E in Alien universe ;D
not going to do the math because that's above impossible.
i seriously doubt that 7 year mark. impossible. Tennessee in his vid stated he can't wait to see his 'baby brother' old, bald, and having kids. 7 years is nothing. no way in life. makes no sense. huge continuity problem there.
That was really fun. More frightening than the entire Prometheus movie. I really enjoyed this clip. Reminds me of the "double signal" scene from the Novelization of the first film.
Quote from: cliffhanger on Apr 27, 2017, 06:16:54 PM
not going to do the math because that's above impossible.
i seriously doubt that 7 year mark. impossible. Tennessee in his vid stated he can't wait to see his 'baby brother' old, bald, and having kids. 7 years is nothing. no way in life. makes no sense. huge continuity problem there.
You are overstating things a bit. We have basically no knowledge of Tennessee's younger brother beyond Tennessee giving him shit in a humorous way in a personal message, it doesn't need to be taken so literally as though Tennessee's brother is a literal child or teenager (he doesn't talk to him like one). Tennessee also mentions his brother already has kids - they would simply be older.
I imagine the 7 year mark is how many years left they have to go. The mission itself has probably been going on for a while.
Quote from: fernandito on Apr 27, 2017, 06:06:34 PM
So It takes seven years for the covenant to reach origae-6.
People let your precious brains work and your maths be done. Calculated above light speed = ?
There's no way to determine the distance of Origae-6 with only the travel time of the Covenant.
'other side of the galaxy' equals 75000 lightyears, or if it's the closest side of the edge of the galaxy, it's 24000 lightyears. there can be rough estimates.
Where was it ever said they're going to the other side of the galaxy, though?
Some of the various press releases probably.
I'm sure ADF will take a swing at the technicalities in his novelization. It's the sort of thing he'd probably be pretty interested in.
"Do you like aliens? Buy an Audi" Is what summarises this "advert".
^ "Do you like Walter? Buy an AMD cpu "Is what summarized that "advert".
Do you like Aliens? Buy an Alien Covenant ticket. Summaries this too.
It's a cool commercial.
It's neat, cause I drive an Audi and I love the Alien Universe.
Two of my favourite things. :)
Origae. Latin for charioteer. See also Auriga.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 27, 2017, 04:17:14 PMWe've had Gillette, AMD and now Audi. Were there any others?
Apparently they are using 90 year old bobcats on the Covenant...
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AVP2 has Unimogs.
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They're even called that in the assets set.
-Windebieste.
Maybe Weyland and co. are collectors of rare and obsolete machinery.. or just tragic cheapskates :P
Or they're a retro model JCB is putting out in the future? :P
Spaceship engineer: So, for mapping of the colonists' new planet I think we should equip the Covenant with PUPS. Those flying ball things that can build up a 3D map of an environment and detect toxins and lifeforms, amongst other things.
Company executive: No, sounds like a terrible idea. A little robot on wheels can do that in only a matter of months.
Spaceship engineer: Well, it's your call, but what if there's long grass? Or a wheat field or something?
Company executive: It can drive up on a hill, stupid!
Spaceship engineer: ...and the Covenant should have full interior coverage CCTV.
Company executive: Why? Just put a few cameras here and there. What you need is something to patrol the ship for unseen dangers.
Spaceship engineer: OK, you have a Walter android on board.
Company executive: No! Walter will be busy enough watching old movies and styling his hair. These are unseen dangers. Right then, the little robot on wheels. Ideal to find things lurking in the dark; in which case it had better be solar powered. Any questions?
Quote from: Anthony on Apr 27, 2017, 03:47:45 PM
And Uli Latukefu's character is now officially named Cole.
Only nameless cast member is Alexander England.
Alexander England is Ankhor
We get to see Private Cole up close and say a couple lines...cool
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Apr 27, 2017, 04:17:14 PM
The little rover itself is probably in the film. Saw it a couple of times going down the dropship ramp in the trailers and tv spots.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Apr 27, 2017, 03:43:36 PM
They're really going all out with the product placement in Covenant. :laugh:
We've had Gillette, AMD and now Audi. Were there any others?
Ridley has signed up Durex for the follow up to Covenant, mainly for the scenes after the colonists awake from cryo...
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Quote from: Anthony on Apr 27, 2017, 06:37:18 PM
I imagine the 7 year mark is how many years left they have to go. The mission itself has probably been going on for a while.
Yep that's about right.
They could have been en route for 10 years (when Prometheus landed) making the trip 17 years...
Or they may even have left before Prometheus left.
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