Trailer tomorrow!
https://twitter.com/20thcenturyfox/status/812659127205793792 (https://twitter.com/20thcenturyfox/status/812659127205793792)
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HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
https://www.facebook.com/alienanthology/videos/10154724026341605/
Video of an egg opening via the Facebook page. This isn't terribly surprising, but the confirmation is nice.
Best Christmas EVA !
Given that my Christmas presents this year are entirely Aliens and Predator related, this seems like more than appropriate timing! ;D
This is going to be the best Christmas in some time ha.
Its not a wisest move to release trailer tomorrow, but... there is
nothing we can do. Happy Christmas to everyone who celebrate it now...
mine is a bit later :) Wish you all the best. Hope we ll really enjoy this long
awaited trailer. Prepare your minds for analysing hidden details.
Finally! :P Also Merry Christmas everyone!
Could premiere it during the football game everyone will be watching here in the states...maybe even the NBA game. I would if I were them.
Prometheus had a Christmas setting/themes
Ridley Scott made some ridiculous comment in 2012 about Jesus being one of the Engineers from Prometheus
The Alien: Covenant trailer releases tomorrow on Christmas
It is being "born" on Jesus' birthday, if you will
SPACE JESUS CONFIRMED
Someone already spoke about that on Twitter
That is a bit strange, isnt it?
https://twitter.com/msilangil91/status/812335942916833281 (https://twitter.com/msilangil91/status/812335942916833281)
Yes!!! Once again, the Corporal is proven right. ;)
They will probably release it along with the Justice League and Thor 3 trailers. I don't understand why studios choose the same day or same wewk todrop most of their trailers
Oh this is good.Really good.
Super excited! And I find it insanely cool this was effectively broke by AvP Galaxy like a month ago. I think most major scoops have been revealed from this place.
Finally and yes Hicks was right as always!!8)
The best Christmas gift of all!
What time does the embargo end exactly?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbEdY9zVtJA (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DbEdY9zVtJA)
Quote from: MattFiler on Dec 24, 2016, 02:36:44 PM
What time does the embargo end exactly?
Embargo is over as far as I know.
SPACE JESUS Is Coming to Town!!!
Ok, so tomorrow ! 2:00 PM (London) like the previous stuff?
Some people were saying there was an embargo until about 6PM for various interviews and stuff at that press event.
Nothing to say about the jungle/Predator sounds ???
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Woooooooohhhooo!
I suspect it's just a filter which has been placed over some test footage, but it's a nice visual. About as close as we'll ever probably get to an animated 'Alien' feature.
Omg 'omg so hyped
The teaser is done in the style of the Scott Free Productions animation - maybe the same artist.
christmas day is very confusing term... for most of europeans, christmas day is 24th of december, so you should use term like 25th of december insted of christmas day
Where does the egg come from then? I thought the xenomorphs weren't in this.
You guys have probably discussed this in detail in another thread. Apologies if so!
Quote from: jdxmoore on Dec 24, 2016, 03:56:17 PM
Where does the egg come from then? I thought the xenomorphs weren't in this.
You guys have probably discussed this in detail in another thread. Apologies if so!
They'll be back, and more 8)
Yes!!!
Can't wait to see the reaction vids on this. Been losing sleep for days waiting for new updates lol
Going to watch this trailer countless times.
QuoteWhile some trailer teasers show footage from the upcoming trailer, this isn't one of them. I actually got to see the trailer that's dropping tomorrow at a Fox 2017 event a few weeks back and what I really liked about it is that it doesn't ruin the movie. Too often Hollywood releases a trailer that spells out the entire film and you can pretty much guess every twist and turn. You know what the Alien: Covenant trailer told me? A. Get ready to be scared and B. This is not going to be a PG-13 movie.
http://collider.com/alien-covenant-trailer-teaser/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=collidersocial&utm_medium=social#images (http://collider.com/alien-covenant-trailer-teaser/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=collidersocial&utm_medium=social#images)
I know this is not the best place but...with all this Alien hype, you guys think a new videogame will be possible?
Quote from: Ephemer Nine on Dec 24, 2016, 02:16:46 PM
Yes!!! Once again, the Corporal is proven right. ;)
Were there any doubts? :P
I CAN'T WAIT!!!
It's nice of them to straight-up announce when it's dropping. Now we can all pay a bit of attention to our loved ones tonight. :p
in my country x-mas starts with 24. i live in Europe so yeah 24th could be called x-mas day
https://mobile.twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/812695595227828225 (https://mobile.twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/812695595227828225)
that song makes sense
Merry Christmas guys!
@Seegson there is no better place imo! I definitely think so considering it's probably easier and better to make a game based on this film than Prometheus, and that promo pic of marines in Alien Covenant could be something to build upon.
There certainly is an interest considering the recent Alien Isolation.
szkoki same here! Even more Christmas for us lol XD
Quote from: jdxmoore on Dec 24, 2016, 03:56:17 PM
Where does the egg come from then? I thought the xenomorphs weren't in this.
You guys have probably discussed this in detail in another thread. Apologies if so!
Sure they were laid by a proto queen. But we will not see her in this film. Scott will be obliging in the upcoming films to introduce the queen again since she has a key role in Alien biology.
Quote from: Bworko on Dec 24, 2016, 05:20:46 PM
Quote from: jdxmoore on Dec 24, 2016, 03:56:17 PM
Where does the egg come from then? I thought the xenomorphs weren't in this.
You guys have probably discussed this in detail in another thread. Apologies if so!
Sure they were laid by a proto queen. But we will not see her in this film. Scott will be obliging in the upcoming films to introduce the queen again since she has a key role in Alien biology.
Ridley doing the Queen would be cool. I wonder how he would portray it. I know he liked the idea of it.
I'm sure when they say Christmas Day they mean American Christmas Day which is 25th
Yes it would be really cool!
I really expect to see it in the next movies.
I do not think David can be responsible for creating the current xeno. Or the black liquid contains all that remains of the xenomorph vestige that we know and the engineers tries to make the species reborn and david will get there.
In any case, the queen is the key to the xenos creation.
Well they've been putting stuff out midday in Britain so they're probably using UTC time. Tomorrow afternoon most likely.
Quote from: Bworko on Dec 24, 2016, 05:20:46 PM
Sure they were laid by a proto queen. But we will not see her in this film. Scott will be obliging in the upcoming films to introduce the queen again since she has a key role in Alien biology.
There is no confirmation or denial that the Queen will show up in this film or the next one. There's not even confirmation or denial that the eggs were the result of a Queen or via eggmorphing. At this point, the eggs could have come from anything.
Christmas day is 25th everywhere. However Christmas is celebrated on Christmas EVE in many countries whis is the 24th. I hope this clarifies things.
I think they will go the route of 'egg morphing' and the queen will be the eventual evolution.
Quote from: Russ840 on Dec 24, 2016, 05:51:48 PM
I think they will go the route of 'egg morphing' and the queen will be the eventual evolution.
It's about time they made this officially canon. Or maybe it already is because of the release of the Director's Cut? Anyway it's long over due.
Look forward to seeing the trailer. I'm betting it will be good. Fox knows how to make movies look good. Even shitty ones.
Even small things like this bring me the biggest amounts of joy. I'm so excited for this movie.
Quote from: Russ840 on Dec 24, 2016, 05:51:48 PM
I think they will go the route of 'egg morphing' and the queen will be the eventual evolution.
This is my guess as well... if for no other reason Ridley has already shown a willingness to plumb the depths of Alien's backlog of unused ideas when making Prometheus. Since eggmorphing has not been officially acknowledged by the series due to it's existence being present only in the Directors Cut (something which Ridley has gone on record many times stating he stands by the theatrical cut of the film as his Director's Cut and the 2003 edit was more as a gift to the fans and a result of looking at the film for 25+ years and fixing little small minutia), I can easily see him using that idea in Covenant.
I kinda figure eggmorphing is the Neomorph's original (read: biologicial) method of reproduction and the Queen is something that came about as a result of David's tinkering with the accelerant (possibily playing Dr Frankenstein with Shaw).
I think a more reasonable explaination is that all the eggs on the derelict are first generation and this will use egg morphing to propergate.
Going by things we have read and the fears of some. If David has tinkered with some creature, the neomorph?, and the result is something like big chap, then I would surmise that the initial way that the creature reproduces is via egg morphining. But due to the Accelerant having a part to play in the creation of the Big chap type creature, the later generations would naturally result in a Queen, due to the accelerant causing evolution/mutations, being born and her more efficient way of reproducing takes over.
I say more efficient as each Xenomorph would require one host as opposed to 2.
This could also give us a reason for the ridge headed aliens. They are all from the queens eggs.
Just my theory, does it make any sense ? Lol
I thought Eggmorphing was already canon; like in absence of a Queen, a Xenomorph would still manage to continue its species by turning to eggmorph the humans or other living beings. After all it's a perfect organism.
That's never been confirmed anywhere. It's more of a fan theory.
Quote from: Jenny Quantum on Dec 24, 2016, 06:28:07 PM
I thought Eggmorphing was already canon; like in absence of a Queen, a Xenomorph would still manage to continue its species by turning to eggmorph the humans or other living beings. After all it's a perfect organism.
I avoid using the word "canon" because it tends to cause a lot of disagreement over what is and isn't "canon". That being said, most fans do consider it canon to a greater or lesser extent... but the fact that it's never been referenced in any of the movies except for that one deleted scene tends to make the issue problematic. Especially for those that aren't familiar with the EU material where eggmorphing is played with more often.
Ask ten random people on the street where they think the eggs on the Derelict came from, chances are very good the majority will say the eggs came from a Queen, even though eggmorphing is not only shown in the deleted scene, but also foreshadowed by some dialog in the movie (if memory serves, Lambert asks what happened to the rest of the crew while exploring the Jockey chamber). Your average joe (haha!) knows of the Queen because she is pop culture. Eggmorphing? That's a fan topic due to it's non-existence in the remainder of the movies.
Omg i never thought of that, the entire crew of the derelict ARE the eggs!! Cool...Nah it looks lile a cargo hold. It's got a layer of lasermist covering it
Somebody wake up hicks.
What's up?
Mike, Christmas day is the 25th December and that's the global recognition of it... No idea where you got your "for most of europeans, christmas day is 24th of december" from....
We're coming in low over the main colony complex. :P
Anyone here have YouTube channel showcasing film theories?
Can't wait to see what you guys think of the possible plot points; (egg morphing, Queen, foreshadowing events for Alien, etc.) ;)
Quote from: T MINUS 5 on Dec 24, 2016, 03:44:54 PM
The teaser is done in the style of the Scott Free Productions animation - maybe the same artist.
Good observation!
Quote from: Predatorium on Dec 24, 2016, 05:44:29 PM
Christmas day is 25th everywhere. However Christmas is celebrated on Christmas EVE in many countries whis is the 24th. I hope this clarifies things.
Not in places like Russia, it isn't. :) I think theirs is meant to be the 7th of January.
Quote from: Predatorium on Dec 24, 2016, 06:54:43 PM
Omg i never thought of that, the entire crew of the derelict ARE the eggs!! Cool...Nah it looks lile a cargo hold. It's got a layer of lasermist covering it
That was the original intention behind the original film, yes. Before the scene was removed.
These "queen" theories ;D seriously I hate to break it up to you guys but Ridley's vision never and will never include the Queen, it was James' more straightforward idea of xeno reproduction that was partly inspired by termites (look it up.) This was repeated and tweaked in the following films with the new reproduction organ idea in Resurrection.
Ridley had a much more larger yet ambigous scope on things that later expanded into to a completely different path with the Engineers and the dangerous biological altering goo.
Well my theory allows for Ridley to do what he likes and not have an effect on the later films. I honestly cannot see them discarding Aliens in the long run.
Don't get me wrong. I am under no illusion that my theory is right. Lol. Just an idea I thought of, is all
Just played my GF the clip and she was shit feared just from the the creepy alien sounds she going 2 live me may 19th😱
https://twitter.com/We_Luv_LA/status/812757468744859648
Sounds like these guys made the teaser teaser.
So how long is the trailer? And was it confirmed that it has some stuff from Alien and Prometheus in it or is it just new footage?
Two minutes. Though the Red-band version might be different.
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Quote from: whiterabbit on Dec 24, 2016, 07:01:01 PM
Somebody wake up hicks.
Will the Corporal be keeping a vigil tonight? Just in case?
Can't wait to see it. Nice to hear the classic egg opening sound again and the creature sounds good, seems a little bit similar to the clickers from the last of us.
My nipples ar redddddyyyyyyyy!!!!!!
Anyone else just got a strong feeling this movie will not include much Prometheus or engineer info? i think this movie will be a stand alone movie, although it will involve the Fassbenders and the horror David herritage from Prometheus, i dont think we will be given much again like we hoped with Prometheus and didnt got.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Dec 24, 2016, 08:57:18 PM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Dec 24, 2016, 07:01:01 PM
Somebody wake up hicks.
Will the Corporal be keeping a vigil tonight? Just in case?
My alarm is set for when the embargo ends. :laugh:
Ok so I've watched this teaser a dozen times, just to make sure I heard it right... and I am pretty sure they used/borrowed one of the alien breathing sound-effects from alien isolation!! Did anyone else hear that?!
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Dec 24, 2016, 09:40:59 PM
Quote from: Ingwar on Dec 24, 2016, 09:31:09 PM
What time? :)
About 8 hours from now I think.
What time zone is the embargo using? Actually just give me hicks timezone, just to be sure. :P
Quote from: whiterabbit on Dec 24, 2016, 09:51:36 PM
Actually just give me hicks timezone, just to be sure. :P
Hicks is UTC/GMT.
It ends 9pm PST.
@Infected I totally agree! I think we'll finally get the treat a lot of us hoped for back with Prometheus but never received.
This time I think the emphasis will be more on horror judging by all the info so far, in other words an ALIEN film.
It seems the engineers aren't going to have a big part in this judging by all the info so far, personally I'm happy about that.
Can't wait til tomorrow, I wonder what fox's sleigh looks like
Quote from: Murph Morph on Dec 24, 2016, 08:21:07 PM
These "queen" theories ;D seriously I hate to break it up to you guys but Ridley's vision never and will never include the Queen, it was James' more straightforward idea of xeno reproduction that was partly inspired by termites (look it up.) This was repeated and tweaked in the following films with the new reproduction organ idea in Resurrection.
Ridley had a much more larger yet ambigous scope on things that later expanded into to a completely different path with the Engineers and the dangerous biological altering goo.
Scott was upset that he wasn't invited back to do the sequel and thought it should have gone back to examine the derelict, but loved what Cameron did and thought it was a great way to do a follow-up. The pair are good friends now (as they both also are with Fincher, too). Giger was also initially gravely disappointed he wasn't invited on the production, but also ultimately loved it (especially the Queen design).
What we saw in '
Alien' were not largely Scott's ideas, but mostly those of O'Bannon and the producers.
Not sure if he's ever watched the director's cut, where the derelict's included. That might have softened his initial feelings over that subject (it wasn't until many years later that this became available).
Personally, my guess is that a Queen laying eggs won't be shown, not because of artistic reasons, but simply so that they can use the budget for other stuff. What eggs we'll see will already be pre-existing by the time the crew gets there. If a Queen
does show up, I'll consider that a surprise.
Fox could put this for us, hahaha:
Quote from: szkoki on Dec 24, 2016, 04:43:57 PM
in my country x-mas starts with 24. i live in Europe so yeah 24th could be called x-mas day
24th is Christmas eve ;)
Quote from: Jenny Quantum on Dec 24, 2016, 06:28:07 PM
I thought Eggmorphing was already canon; like in absence of a Queen, a Xenomorph would still manage to continue its species by turning to eggmorph the humans or other living beings. After all it's a perfect organism.
They aren't perfect with their so-called "intelligence" if they can't create a civilisation, just being good at killing...as for that what is their defense against our nukes? Hissing? All we need is huge robot armies n drones n quarantine n we would wipe out the xenos.
Christmas Day is on the 25th in entire Europe too! But you celebrate on Christmas Eve in some countries which is on the 24th. Please understand, you don't change the name of the day just because you....I can't do this.
QuoteThey aren't perfect with their so-called "intelligence" if they can't create a civilisation, just being good at killing...as for that what is their defense against our nukes? Hissing? All we need is huge robot armies n drones n quarantine n we would wipe out the xenos.
In the original script the alien kills Ripley, eats her brain and sends the final transmission with her voice...so it really was intelligent in Scott's original vision. Then they became cannon fodder.
Over here in the UK its now December 25th, however it maybe a fair wait before the trailer is officially unveiled
Quote from: Predatorium on Dec 25, 2016, 12:31:15 AM
Christmas Day is on the 25th in entire Europe too! But you celebrate on Christmas Eve in some countries which is on the 24th. Please understand, you don't change the name of the day just because you....I can't do this.
QuoteThey aren't perfect with their so-called "intelligence" if they can't create a civilisation, just being good at killing...as for that what is their defense against our nukes? Hissing? All we need is huge robot armies n drones n quarantine n we would wipe out the xenos.
In the original script the alien kills Ripley, eats her brain and sends the final transmission with her voice...so it really was intelligent in Scott's original vision. Then they became cannon fodder.
some of you guys are taking this topic too serious i guess :D
Humanity has colonized the galaxy and have strict quarantine between world's, Ripley mentioned it in passing. First there's the fear of alien bacteria n stuff n there's has to have been some outbreaks considering the sheer amount of systems in the galaxy we colonized in a short time. Considering humanity is still around n thriving they must have overcome bio threats n won't be caught unprepared.
Even if Xenomorphs could somehow infect one world, they couldn't do it against all our worlds with humanity unawares.
2nd our armies would be better n with robots n drones n stuff, the xenos would hit a wall.
Humans despite their faults are better survivors than xenos, only in movies could we be threatened, unprepared, undergun'd n stupidity exists to drive the story forwards...
I would be more afraid of the Predators who have all the tools to overcome humanity..stronger, very intelligent n better technology.
Xenomorphs lack all the tools needed to tip the scales..
The Xenomorphs would need to at least be at the same level as the Zerg to be a threat (Zerg would eat xenomorphs alive) those (Zerg) were overblown as well (no defense against long range weapons n nukes).
Predators choose not to wipe us out even though they could, the Protoss as well, isn't that true supremacy? Feeling secure in their power.
Xenomorphs though kill whatever's in front of them with no vision n always feeling everything is a threat to them. They are limited...
Uhuhuhuh cannot wait !
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Dec 24, 2016, 09:59:57 PM
It ends 9pm PST.
So 7pm HST. Thanks Hicks. Sure can't wait to find that boding alien egg under my Christmas tree. ;D
Quote from: Astronoë on Dec 25, 2016, 01:17:50 AM
Humanity has colonized the galaxy and have strict quarantine between world's, Ripley mentioned it in passing. First there's the fear of alien bacteria n stuff n there's has to have been some outbreaks considering the sheer amount of systems in the galaxy we colonized in a short time. Considering humanity is still around n thriving they must have overcome bio threats n won't be caught unprepared.
Even if Xenomorphs could somehow infect one world, they couldn't do it against all our worlds with humanity unawares.
2nd our armies would be better n with robots n drones n stuff, the xenos would hit a wall.
Humans despite their faults are better survivors than xenos, only in movies could we be threatened, unprepared, undergun'd n stupidity exists to drive the story forwards...
I would be more afraid of the Predators who have all the tools to overcome humanity..stronger, very intelligent n better technology.
Xenomorphs lack all the tools needed to tip the scales..
The Xenomorphs would need to at least be at the same level as the Zerg to be a threat (Zerg would eat xenomorphs alive) those (Zerg) were overblown as well (no defense against long range weapons n nukes).
Predators choose not to wipe us out even though they could, the Protoss as well, isn't that true supremacy? Feeling secure in their power.
Xenomorphs though kill whatever's in front of them with no vision n always feeling everything is a threat to them. They are limited...
Honestly, the blow of an extraterrestrial infection by a microorganism is extremely rare.
Why ? Because for there to be infection, it is necessary that the microorganism is co evolved with us.
It must produce proteins that will have an effect on our human cells.
This is why viruses and plant bacteria do not infect us because these pathogens have co evolved with plants.
There are over 100,000,000 viruses per mL of seawater. Why are not you infected? Because the vast majority consists of bacteriophage which infect only bacteria and are incapable of infecting humans.
Of course some insect viruses can infect humans but when we look more closely, there is a pluri co evolution between the vector and the host.
This is why it is unlikely that an extraterrestrial cellular or viral pathogen infect our organism.
Of course, the alien in frontal combat against humanity can do nothing. However, the action of the alien is insidious like terrorism. Generally when a zone is infected by xenomorph the only solution is the total destruction of the area and it is generally like that that happens in movies. Except for alien 3.
We are going to finally get what we have been waiting for all along. I am going to go with my family to celebrate Christmas Eve. I just wanted to wish you all, whether or not you celebrate, a safe and wonderful evening.
Oh, and see you all when the trailer drops!
I hope you are not suggesting quarantine shouldn't be a thing if humanity learns interstellar travel surely?
I did not say it was impossible. I said it was unlikely. From an evolutionary point of view and a microbiologist, infection of a microorganism requires adaptation to its host. It is necessary that the microbe produce molecules that would have an antagonistic function to our cellular processes. For example, to adhere to our cells, they must produce molecules that are complementary to our cells. The affinity must be specific. It is a long evolution and selection between the host and the parasite
Just me or the sound in the teaser sounds more like something for a Predator movie?
Quote from: Astronoë on Dec 25, 2016, 02:52:32 AM
Just me or the sound in the teaser sounds more like something for a Predator movie?
I had the same thought.
Well I dare say I need to do a trailer review ASAP. With it being Christmas, time is very limited so it may not come until well after.
Like I've said before, I am very cautiously optimistic because I am too afraid this is going to be the AvPR equivalent of a sequel to a film deemed "not violent/gory enough" so Scott and Company are going to go gore porn and I and many other fans will hate it because of it. But I digress and I will wait to make a final opinion.
Also, a very Merry Christmas to everyone on the forums and their families. Whether you celebrate the birth of Christ or in a secular sense, I hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend. Will be posting any NECA related gifts in the appropriate thread!
Embargo ends in 10 minutes. I suspect we may have it within the hour.
That, or the same time they've been releasing the stills.
IT'S A WEYLAND-YUTANI MANDATED HOLIDAY MIRACLE!
(WARNING: Red-Band Trailer)
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