SuperAlien Indeed, it is nice to see some members coming back including the OP author.

The creature from the roof looks and moves a lot like the Neomorph- but it disappears as it hits the girl. It happens quickly in the trailer, but it appears that the creature can change physical forms instantly, or perhaps it might be a psychological illusion- tough to tell. It's a very cryptic trailer.

Welcome home, VivisectedEngineer!

BigDave, what if the creature from the roof is the xenomorph equivalent in Raised by Wolves? Something Mother has created from human embryos? And the returning humans are the equivalent of the returning Engineers? 

After all, we don't know what Mother did with the human embryos, but we see in the trailer children of all ages already inhabited that world.

Good news. Since 2014, there are no games about Aliens.

Congrats @BigDave! Your analyses are always brilliant and insightful! 

This looks AMAZING! Good analysis @Bigdave! I can't wait to see this! 

I cant figure out HOW to EMBED VIDEOS

So i will just post this LINK to a Video about HOW successful was Mr Weylands Advancements...

PS... its a JOKE VIDEO a Music Video by Guy Pearce but i think it FITS the Context of Peter Weylands Achievements...

I dont really read the Novels...

Its nice for them to TRY and put a different SPIN on a ALIEN Story However.

I think the Med-Evil setting is interesting to a degree (Especially in the way it had been done) because its about a Colony that is Stranded and have Reverted back to more Primitive Lives.

This is something that would be LIKELY if a Colony Ship had some kind of Accident, or became Stranded as there is ONLY so much you can Carry on a Certain Size Ship.

For Example if the Sulaco had to make a Emergency Landing on a New World and the Ship somewhat Crash Landed, and the Survivors escaped... then if they are STRANDED and have no means to Contact others, then eventually they would have to Start Again... Generation, after Generation with only what they could take from the Crashed Ship they would NOT have the Infrastructure to go and MASS PRODUCE much Advanced Technology and so indeed you would somewhat have to Start Again, where the Architecture etc would be more Primitive.

I think having to deal with the Xenomorph becomes more of a Threat once you have NO real Technology so it could be interesting to see how this is Dealt with in the Book.

Seems to be WELL DONE by your Review I Raptus ;)

And Kudos to the Author for trying something thats Different to the Usual Take on the Franchise...

PS

@Scott Sigler

KUDOS to you, must be a Great Honor to Complete and have Published an ALIEN Novel.... i really have to get around to taking a look at your work.

Cheers ;)

Thats the Official Poster....  September 3rd Release Date

LIFE BEGINS AGAIN!

Is the Tagline...... The Trailer seems to indicate though that Some Humans were already on that World prior to the Arrival of Mother?   But again that Part could be Misleading.

Does make you wonder HOW-MUCH of what Ridley Scotts plans for Alien Covenant 2 have made it into this TV Series.

Because i was always drawn to David being Against what MANKIND are... but NOT what they could be.  Which is WHY i felt the Embryo's were Interesting and i Felt he would NOT go and Destroy them.... maybe he would Engineer them a LITTLE but i felt he would RAISE them so that he could Influence their History, Culture and Faith so to speak.

Looking at the Trailer (parts of it) and the Poster it seems to me that Mother has a Great Pride and Love for those Children... Especially the ones RAISED from Embryo's

Where she may have Good Intentions to Raise a New Eden... where she feels its the Corruption/Knowledge and Vices of Mankind that make us a Dying Species.... a Plague that could Destroy any Paradise we make.

So the Poster seems to Indicate that she WISHES to hold a Great Influence over these New Borns.....

But maybe there is a Sinister Twist/Agenda?

I think this Deepens the Mystery as this is the same Actress who plays Mother, did some Comparisons with other Images of Amanda Collin and i am 95% Certain this Female in the Image above is the same Person.

Again its HARD to Gauge a Trailer as they are CUT/EDIT in a way that would Indicate Certain Scenes follow each other Chronologically but that LIKELY wont be the Case in the TV Show.

Its the Same with the Scene of WAR on Earth..... this could be Prior to the Main Events of the TV Show (When Mother is raising those Children) so a Flash Back.... or it could be something that Happens after.

I think it could be a Ambiguous show as far as in regards to Mother being a Antagonist or Protagonist it would seem she has the BEST intentions of the Children and is ONLY against the Adults..... likely to do with HOW Children are Innocent and its the Product of their Environment, Upbringing and Treatment that MOLDS what KIND of a Person you could be.

The Android likely seeing that Mankinds Ways lead to Conflict and Hostility and NOT any kind of Peace.

It seems the TV Show also has other Aspect of the Themes from Prometheus in regards to a FEAR about Sub-Creation and the Hubris of what Advanced Sub-Creation could TURN OUT to be and then the Creators having to go and ERADICATE their Creations because of the Fear of their Creation overthrowing their Masters.

So i have a Suspicion its the Humans who are incoming who Dismember those Robots we see.  When a A.I gets Advanced and you have Problems... the Logical Solution would indeed be to RECALL and Destroy them....

QUELL the Threat!

It will be Interesting to see WHERE those Super-beings come into PLAY... a Creation of Mankind?  A Creation of A.I or from some other Origins?

Also the Relation/Symbolism and Significance of the Skeletal Dragon and that Hole/Chasm are Interesting to Ponder.

Surely they would NOT be Important if those Super-beings were Sub-Created on Earth and Mother is ONE who had Escaped to the World that Raise by Wolves is set on!

Maybe we cant RULE OUT that this World has some kind of Spirit of some Species that Inhabit Mother, and so the Earth War is a Latter Event?   This could give a Sinister Motive to Mother Raising those Children.... are they to be HOSTS so her Species can be Re-born?

Maybe that is a BIT FAR Fetched and quite off the Mark.

@SuperAlien

Here is the  LINK its a more HI-DEF Trailer

It seems that Mother is one of those Super-Beings, and it appears they have Great Power not only Levitation and Flight but other Powers including the ability to Basically De-materialize a Human to Particles

That Creature could be some kind of Construct she has Created/Controls there is a LOT that could be Misleading from the Trailer though.

On the mobile version of the site I can't see the enhanced screenshots and the trailer.

I think Mother is one of the "super beings" that levitate, while the creature that jumps at the woman from the roof is something else, more like the monsters tied on board that vessel seen in the trailer.

Hi, Raptus. I'm glad you enjoyed the novel! Writing in the ALIENS universe was a dream come true. 

Those "super beings" appear to have some sort of special powers. They seem to levitate and disappear like this one did after stalking the girl. Looks like it may have been just scaring her.

Thanks for that LINK its a more HI-DEF Trailer

From this SHOT we First see a Human already on the Planet, when what could be Mother arrives.  What i NOTICE from this SHOT is that from this Drop Capsule we see those beings in Front seem to also came from this and they APPEAR to me to be those ROBOTS that we see Dismembered latter.

Does this mean that MOTHER had arrived with other Robots?

From CLOSE Inspection of this SHOT it shows that there are a Number of those SUPER BEINGS.... i can make out 3 of them.

Welcome Back Ingeniero ;)

It Certainly could be a Interesting TV Series.

I think if we look at the AGENDA of gaining more LIFE then as we Evolve our Knowledge and Medicine etc then we do increase the Longevity of our Species.

Eventually through Genetic Manipulation, we could reduce or remove Certain Genetics that lead to Certain Diseases and Defects.

Eventually we may Find some way to Reduce the Process of Cell Damage/Degradation so that our Organs etc will AGE/FAIL at a Slower Rate.

If we then have Created Human Embryo's who will have Basically NO ailments during Life (apart from anything/substances they Abuse their Body with) maybe someday then these Enhanced Humans could LIVE for 150-250 Years?

Next thing would also be to Genetically Select more Ideal Genes and Traits that affect our Physical attributes, so that these BEINGS would also be Physically Superior...  much like the REPLICANTS.

If we then Discover a Way to Unlock/Enhance our Brain Power and we can increase our Memory Capacity by a Significant Amount.... and our IQ to say 3-5 X Fold...

Then this Combination would mean that Future Humans could be Greatly Superior to what we are NOW...

A Problem would be if THESE new Enhanced Humans would view None Enhanced as 2ND Class Citizens and what Happens then?  Or In-superior Humans see the Enhanced ones as a Threat to their Existence?

We can assume that maybe the Engineers had Influenced/Enhanced their own Genetics over their History, and that Millions of Years ago there could have been a Point where they was NOT as Genetically Superior to Humans.

Part of the Inception of Concept for the Engineers (Alien 01 The Master Narrative) had the Engineers down as a Species who were NOT much Different to us now... but over time they had Evolved/Enhanced themselves both Genetically and Mentally.....  they then took on other ways to Reproduce so that they abandoned Sexual Procreation.... EVENTUALLY them became Sterile.

Part of this CONCEPT had Carried forwards with Prometheus.....

With Alien Covenant and the Planet 4 Engineers, it seems they went for a Different Plan, where these beings had either Chosen/Abandoned the Enhancements or it could be that ONLY a Certain Number of Engineers were Genetically Advanced.

This raises the Possibility that the Prometheus Engineers either Genetically Enhanced themselves or they could be a Engineered Sub-Creation and so like the Replicants are to Humans.

To go a STEP Further on the Evolution Scale would be to look at Artificial Enhancements, in 50, 100, 200 Years surely we could have Artificial Limbs to the Level like we see in say STAR WARS with both Luke and Anakin as far as Cybernetic Arms/Hands.  So we could also have these as Replacements for Injuries or just as Enhancements.

Could we end up with Artificial Eyes that offer Vastly Improved Sight?  Have Artificial Organs to offer better Performance etc.

While we have Some of these at Present can you imagine HOW much more ADVANCED these would be in 100, 200 Years?

It seems the Engineers have Genetic Enhancements, but not quite Cybernetic..... However maybe they had in the PAST?

Or certainly they could have Enhancements that are a form of Bio-Mechanical Nature... The Engineers Pressure Suit could be a Example.

I think its a little HARD to work out what is going on
with the TV Series....

From the Original Synopsis it seemed we would have a TV Series where TWO Androids would be raising some Children up on a New World, maybe as Part of a NEW START for Mankind without the Influences and History and Religions of Mankind that can cause CONFLICTS.

So these Androids are Raising the Children to start a New Civilization without any Negative Ideology, BUT
then we have other Humans who come to this World who
have their Varied Belief Systems and the Androids have a Hard Task in trying to Balance what they TAUGHT those Children and the Influences from the other HUMANS and HOW these could Impact those Children and the Androids could become CONCERNED such Influences could have a NEGATIVE EFFECT on the Children and maybe lead to this NEW START and Civilisation just becoming as Corrupt and Conflicted as Mankind on Earth had become.

HOWEVER....

The Trailer adds some things that maybe show there is MUCH more to it than this.

We see some Silver/Grey Female Being that can LEVITATE and maybe has other Powers.... we see this being is NOT only on the world the TV Series is SET ON but also a Developed/Futuristic World which we are shown is EARTH.

And so it seems to indicate that Mother could be this POWERFUL being or ONE of them.  If there is ONLY the
ONE such being then this BEING must either have LEFT the Earth after causing Destruction and gone to the NEW EDEN or it leaves the NEW EDEN to go to Earth to cause Destruction.

It appears the Incoming Humans may know the Identity and Agenda of Mother and wishes to Prevent what she is
doing, but is this in the Interest of those Children (is the way she is Raising them Harmful/Concerning) or are these Humans part of a NEW CULT and see that Mother is trying to Deny those Children the Religion and History of this CULT?

It seems there is a Hostility towards Sub-Creation/Robots, and so WHO has disabled those Robots?

 Is this Mother out of FEAR they can Interfere with her PLANS or is it the Humans because they WISH to Destroy all Androids/Robots and A.I because of the Concerns of the POTENTIAL RISK and THREAT they can Pose?

I think a LOT of the Mystery could come from WHAT is down in that BIG HOLE.... we see Mother does CALL to something that is Down there.

She also seems to have a Interest in that Skeletal Remains of a Dinosaur/Dragon.  

I think there could be MORE than meets the EYE with this Show that we cant really GAUGE much at Present.

Thanks Leto. Definitely worth a read. In many ways the novel is a breath of fresh air for the franchise, so different to the usual Alien storyline tropes, but executed nicely.

I wouldn't go so far as to say it 'uncooks the beasts' but it shows with a little bit of imagination and some risk there are still some stories to be had in the franchise. 

Wow! This is really cool! Nice review I must read this book.

>>>Zachariah was then reprogrammed by WY to pilot the ship and land on Ataegina, evacuate the surviving children and warn them to move far away from the mountain and never return. The inhabitants of Ataegina are the descendants of this failed colonial mission.

Very interesting part! Also sound like BigDave's ideas about David and his society of Star Children, who did not know about their past.

Thanks DK. 

That would be an interesting twist if it did! As no date is ever mentioned this story could have taken at any time, so anything is possible. Perhaps they stayed on the planet afterwards and co-evolved further with the Xeno.

Now that you mention it, it has been established in the AVP novels that the Predators green blood is basic. Remember in the first AVP movie where 'Scar' marks Lex's cheek with alien blood. This idea was taken directly from AVP: Prey where young Yautja would mark themselves after a kill. The novel specifically mentioned Yautja blood neutralizing the acid blood.   

Perhaps this was Sigler's thinking with the Caminus leaves also..... you could be on to something! Imagine if the Yautja were Human descendants from this planet centuries ago.

I should point out that the wearing of body parts was not the norm in this story because killing a 'Demon' was so exceeding rare. The vast majority of encounters with Xenomorphs for the runners led to hiding or suicide. Or if caught unaware, death or capture. 

Until the offensive towards the end of the book only 3 living members of the Lemeth hold were known 'Demon-Killers'. One kill was a fluke, one was killed with crossbows, and the third person who killed a xeno while trying to rescue a fellow warrior being attacked, ended up losing an arm, an eye and became so disfigured they were ostracized from society. 

But that is not to say these encounters were not the start of a ritualized trophy system later on.  

Thanks. The story sounds pretty riveting. I cannot help but wonder if the runners' experience dealing with Xenomorphs may have somehow had those runners evolve into Predators. Wearing body parts as trophies sure sounds like a ritual or showing status, except the Predators wouldn't become fat, happy and lazy.

Adding to the speculation, this picture could suggest something that happens to Mother after some sort of revolt. However, the clothing is different and may suggest a medical android during the war on Earth- perhaps being tortured by humans.

Ingeniero welcome back- nice screen shots as usual!

The Cave Painting could be a Rocket/Ship

A lot of Symbolism from Cave Paintings do have Spiral Lines as a indication of Change, Evolution, Life....  when its ONE Spiral it also can be Journey, Progression.

Inside that Ship Painting we have what looks like a Depiction of a Virus with Rays coming from it.... in a lot of Ancient Cave Paintings and Ancient Culture the LIGHT of Rays of the Sun... represent LIFE and Creation.

Now the THING that has come out of the Ship is a Circle with many Spiral Lines... which usually indicate Change, Evolution and Life...

While this could sound like it FITS... from the Symbolism and Drawings..... i do DOUBT that its showing a Engineer Urn being used to Destroy/Create Life LOL

If this was a Trailer for a ALIEN Movie or TV Series though and we never saw SUPERHUMAN X-Men Android, but a world with such Cave Painting.... i would be drawn to a Engineer Urn Conclusion lol

I think its HARD to Gauge a Trailer/Teaser as with some you have Dialog added to SHOTS that are NOT actually in the Movie/TV Show or Certainly the Dialog is taken from another Scene and added to another in the TRAILER.

A Example is with Prometheus is the Engineer at the Beginning.

Also the Order of Scenes in Trailers could be Totally Different to how they appear in a Movie/TV Show.

Which then BRINGS me to DK

"I wonder what these bones are about"

Well it looks like some kind of DRAGON or a Dinosaur and maybe we have to look at HOW we have Ridley Scott use a lot of Symbolism....  Now we know the Xenomorph had been referred to as The Dragon a few times...

But this is NOT a Alien TV show.... but i think maybe the Dragon has some Symbolism.   The Devil/Satan is also referred to as The Dragon, the Great Deceiver and the Show will have some Religious Undertones

Also the WOLF has to be Important too... there is that Saying....  A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.... which again is someone who is TRYING to Deceive.

So those Bones could be of a Dragon.... this Dragon could be Connected to MOTHER, we see Mother goes on to have SUPER POWERS..... maybe and this is a Speculative LONG SHOT... 

Could SHE be the Spirit of a Dragon?  Has their Species been Destroyed?    But the SOUL will Dwell looking for a HOST?

Does a Android Body become that HOST?

She seems to have a Connection to that Skeleton.... or at least something Buried under it... she also seems to have a Connection with the Giant Hole in the Ground.

Could it be the Scenes of WAR on Earth are Actually in the Future as in ONCE she Turns into one of the X-Men she then goes to Earth?

The only other Option would be that this Super Hero Robot has destroyed the Earth and then Disguised herself to then go out and PUT a STOP to Mankind getting a New Start....

OR.... the other Female in the other Scene on Future Earth is another of her Species/Super Android.

I wonder what these bones are about.

Why HBO Max’s Sci-Fi Drama ‘Raised by Wolves’ Is Just Like ‘Little House on the Prairie’

“You see explicitly the kinds of struggles that parents go through,” says executive producer David Zucker

https://www.thewrap.com/why-hbo-maxs-sci-fi-drama-raised-by-wolves-is-just-like-little-house-on-the-prairie/

I wonder if that neomorph-like creature is going after everyone or targeting specific people for some sort of punishment.

Thanks, dk.

Series Directed by 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9170108/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

Nice body

Strange Creature, from Mother´s Lab.

Seems like it may be tough to access for many fans unless they have HBOmax. Fortunately, HULU users can piggyback and add to their accounts. I cannot find out the episode lengths though. I am guessing 45 minutes or so each? I also don't know the interval episodes will air- weekly, etc.

MAN ALIVE? 

https://youtu.be/ojHRoKzQwfE

... The perfect mother. 

https://youtu.be/xFP2wFHWqfM

It seems Mother arrived on a planet where the children were already living in a sort of stone age conditions. We see a ship arrived, the silhouette of Mother getting out and a little girl was down there.

The cave painting seems to symbolize a rocket that left a planet, maybe Earth.

It seems the war that destroyed Earth was between androids and humans?

For sure Ridley Scott used here many of the ideas he had for the sequel to Alien Covenant.

That creature from the roof moves like the xenomorph from Alien Covenant. What is that?

Good night, @BigDave. I think androids like mother had a big part in the destruction of earth. Mother seems to be very emotionally unstable and that, in an android, is always a big problem for humans. Rule number one: never program an Android with emotions, he/she will resent the creators sooner or later. I have no doubt that Ridley Scott took parts of the script, story boards, ship models and planet landscape drawings from Alien Awakening. He started to film, i believe, in 2018, and he ended the production of the 10 episodes (i don't know the time lenght per episode)  in november 2019. It wasn't possible to do this, without having done background work, which represented an advanced stage of development in the making of the TV show.

Adapting the ideas of the alien covenant sequel to the series, instead of a fight between engineers and humans, you have a fight between two human factions separated by religion. The creature is replaced by a creature that pre-existed in the planet, and the role of the androids is identical to the role of David and maybe Walter. The experiments with humans set in David's lab are replaced by mother's experiment, where she tries to create a society with humans, from the scratch, making of herself a God, or, a prophet of her imagined religion. Maybe the idea of this experiment is from mother, maybe it is from her creator, i don't know. 

I'm in love with my madness, @BigDave. 

It may not be a focus of the series, but the trailer made a point of showing skeletal remains of large creatures with pointy teeth.

People tend to think of wolves as bad and dangerous, which the trailer illustrates and yes, wolves are badass. But they are also very intelligent tight knit family oriented creatures as well. Perhaps the title alludes to that?

"And what about that weird "growl?" at 1:30- WTF?"

Mother seems to be Intact here.... not Damaged, she seems to be Communicating with something maybe that LURKS in the Depths of that SINK HOLE?

From 1:06 to 1:11 you can make out Similar Sounds to what the Neomorph made......  Could the Mother had Created something else thats Stored in that HOLE?

A Wolf to use against the Flock of Lambs should they get OUT of Control or Concern Mother of their Behavior?

The Androids we see below also seem to have WHITE Blood if you would just like in the ALIEN Franchise... then it seems maybe NOT.

Also we have that Creature in the Center.... maybe this is a Close Up of what looked like the Space Jockey at 1:06

Who Created this Horror?  Who Disabled those Robots?

But INDEED we cant 100% Guess what is going on from a Trailer as sometimes they can Mislead on Purpose.

It Certainly is a TV Series i would be willing to GIVE a Chance.... just a case of seeing HOW to get HBO in the UK

That is a lot to unpack. I would start with this: "What could be the LIMITS of Evolution of Technology and Genetics with Mankind in 100's or Thousands of Years time, would PLAYING GOD.. be a Hubris?  Or a Savior."

I would think it would ultimately be an exercise in hubris. If someone achieved "godhood" while being mortal, it wouldn't make much sense to allow evolution to surpass that "god"- lest he/she loses power. This comes from a POV that someone like Weyland is ultimately self serving and just wants to be in control.