The Alien: Covenant trailer is probably the most anticipated trailer yet to drop this year. Fans here on Alien-Covenant.com and Scified have been eager to learn as much as possible and disect every shred of information we can find about the film. Due to this obsessive interest, it's hard to pass up possible leads which could explain certain parts of the film's plot. Obviously those who wish to avoid spoilers will want to stop reading this post, but for those who don't mind a potential mind bender, I encourage you to keep reading...
Forum member Dark Nebula discovered a thread on 4chan by an anonymous user who claims to have been part of a test audience for Alien: Covenant. Studios screen their films to various test audiences all the time, usually the effects work is incomplete and the film's score has yet to be added, but their purpose is to help cut the film in a way that pleases the majority. Assuming this 4chan user is correct and not merely drawing inspiration from our own forum's fan theories, this could turn out to be one heavy spoiler - and ironically one, the fans of this site already theorized about!
Here's the first quote, where the user describes the essential creation of the Xenomorph. Apparently the Alien featured on the Alien: Covenant Poster is a "proto-Xeno", a more natural and animalistic creature. Not the bio-mechanical monster witnessed in the 1979 original. He suggests David somehow managed to fuse Android "DNA" with the DNA of the proto-Xeno, with the help of the Engineer Black Goo and creates the iconic Xenomorph we see in ALIEN:
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They go on to clarify further, by adding:
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They also touch on the relationship between David and Walter - the other Android Michael Fassbender plays. Apparently David has overcome his programming and become self aware - like a Terminator!
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Now, before we all jump the gun and assume this is merely an attempt to get a rouse out of fans, I must say a few members here and myself have had the privilege to speak with certain individuals who worked very closely on Alien: Covenant. Thanks to them, we were one of the first to report there would be more than one David android and we also were the first to reveal that there would be primarily 2 new Monsters created by 2 new events - David playing a role in one of them. This was back before the film was even titled Alien: Covenant. Our sources have also explained to us that many of the theories present on this forum are very, very close to the actual film's plot. So, it is likely that some of us hit the nail on the head with the David to Xenomorph theories.
However, despite all that, we won't know for sure until the film hits theaters in May next year. But, in the meantime, let us know what you think about this possibly big reveal!
Another big thanks to Dark Nebula for the heads up!
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