BK1
MemberOvomorphMay-17-2017 12:22 PMDavid started as a 'boy' in Prometheus and stole creative thunder to unleash his fury (like a Greek God) in Covenant. David's classical learnings and Renaissance designing - at the dark heart - in Covenant sets the direction, I think, for the AI cold psychotic rationalism (to be relayed by Ash later in Alien) to come. As regards to Lovecraft, and his short cosmic stories - particularly his At The Mountains of Madness - which heavily influenced Giger's Beast in Alien (from Lovecraft's Necronomicon), Carpenter's The Thing and the nature of an insidious alien civilisation - beyond our understanding - in the form of the Engineer's in Prometheus and Covenant, again inspired by Lovecraft's the Old Ones from his literature. It appears, unless I am mistaken, then, that Scott and his creative team are going full steam ahead with these elements, which started with Alien, continues into Prometheus and evolves into Covenant as the main plot and tone focus. What does everyone think? Is this the way Scott is going?
BigDave
MemberDeaconMay-18-2017 9:19 AMI think in part that yes some of those themes played a part in Prometheus, and a smaller one in AC.... but who knows quite where its going now.
I think its going for how important AI is and how Dangerous it can be... with the Xenomorph being the AI Pawns.
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BK1
MemberOvomorphMay-18-2017 9:50 AMBig Dave: Totally agree about the AI now being more in the foreground, as a threat, with the Xenomorph as a kind of byproduct or companion to this, like Ash and his kind of symbiotic connection with the xeno' later in Alien. I think Scott has maintained the cleverness, though, of holding back a little with each new release - AC being an example - so as to maintain that all important mystery and, like you, I wish everyone who is going to see AC for the first time this weekend a great immersive experience and do bring back your thoughts to the forum.
