Ridley Scott wanted to make a movie series about robots

[EJA]

It's obvious when you think about it. He was never really that interested in doing more Alien movies; his real goal was to do a story where androids created by humans turn on humanity. It's why he diminishes the Alien and makes David the big villain in both prequels, even going so far as to state outright that the Alien itself is merely a pawn of David.

[BigDaddyJohn]

Agreed.

[BlueMarsalis79]

Incorrect he cites the Alien as David's equal that will bring about the destruction of humanity in Alien Covenant's Commentary.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

He wanted to make a movie dealing with the Space Jockey, which he correctly says, hasn't been explored in any of the other Alien films to date.

When Prometheus was released, Michael Fassbender's "David" character received critical acclaim, making Scott shift his focus to David specifically.

The idea of David creating the Alien only occurred to him during Alien: Covenant's production.

[Immortan Jonesy]

But where does the obsession with mullets come from?

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

Post Chappie.

[Immortan Jonesy]

And Chappie wouldn't exist without Mr Binks :p

[Kradan]

https://youtu.be/YanygqCkOMk

[Immortan Jonesy]

The first comment is somewhat depressing though

👇🏻

[EJA]

Come on, he clearly wants to do a David horror series.

[Kradan]

And ?

[EJA]

And that is not what Alien is. It diminishes the cosmic horror.

[Kradan]

Maybe, but I'll take that crazy old man babbling over the most other entries into the frnachise

[Nightmare Asylum]

And that is not what Alien is. It diminishes the cosmic horror.

All that raw material, with the capability for horrific, eldritch abominations coded within, had to come from somewhere out in space.

[SiL]

In a lab made by tall pasty white humans.