Ridley Scott to Focus More on A.I. Than Aliens in ‘Alien: Covenant’ Sequel

IRaptus    Oh I agree...There's plenty of gas left in the Xenomorph tank.....But with only one more movie left...I'm afraid there is very little they(RS, Logan)can do. It'll be the same old snarling beast. :-(

I myself would take the action underground.

Advanced civilizations build underground(tombs/cities) away from prying eyes and asteroid strikes. Tombs of the Engineers.

Having the freedom to run from a monster in a open field is no fun! Dark dead end caves are better. No escape. Always liked Aliens when the Xenomorphs entered the room above them! have the Xenos come at you from all angles.

red0guy: :D

I seriously hope that they at Fox will understand how many that puke at the direction that the franchise has taken now so they will try to not keep the most ridiculous ideas in the movie. They should try to keep Scott from putting his most dumb ideas in the next movie so it won't end up being a complete turd.

Tiwaz: :D

MonsterZero: Gas left in the Xeno? Made from digested beans? ;)

I am having too much fun now. No offense MZ

Thoughts_Dreams

But it is seems that Fox trusts RS to break new grounds with the new movie. So bring in the all Foxbender cast already!!!

Foxbender, issat a reference to a busty kitzune? ;P First terminators and now yokai. That went way off track. hehe

Red0guy@gmail.com:

Maybe that but it seems delusional to me given how Prometheus and AC turned out. Some people might still put all their trust in Scott but that is like how they trusted the leaders in Animal farm (if you have read that book) to do the right tings even though it went to shit.

No, it is this Fox Bender:

Aw, darn it! XD

dk

that is Bender Bending Rodríguez, Fox's other Bender.

It is still a Bender on a bender- owned by FOX.

I dont think hes talking about AI in the traditional sense. The black goo is a form of AI after all.

Personally I can’t wait to see what Ridley has done with Blomkamp’s ideas. I think for storyline purposes Origae 6 will be a different viewpoint on LV426. Blomkamp certainly wanted to explore AI which can be seen in his concept work.

I think the overlap between Blomkamp’s approach for a new Alien movie, is what put Alien 5 on hold.

Alien Covenant shows David putting evolution into reverse. He lets the Neomorph and xenomorph share the palace when humans are present, and celebrates the birth of the xenomorph. Alien Awakening therefore is post-this state. Post-equality, and equality was post-inequality

I like this direction, it's different and fresh. We've done the human side for 4 films (6 including AvP) and it's nice to explore other sides of the mythos and open new avenues. The AI has always had a part in the saga and I'm glad they're in the limelight while the humans are the subplot now. Doesn't necessarily mean we won't get any human elements but this is David's show. Fox trusts Ridley to break new ground and so do I.

I'm fine with the focus on the AI. Androids have been a major plot point since the first movie.

If this is the case ill be glad to jump ship here. so Alien is now even further from alien, first they turned alien into space Frankenstein and now its terminator in space. why not just make a different franchise instead of tacking Alien on to his AI movie and deluding the alien films. its quite sad to see RS cannibalizing the Alien franchise...

i was hoping RS learned from his last 2 movies "Prometheus And AC" but i guess not hes just going to get worse.. i think ill stick to comics and fan work as thats where the real talent is. 

RS seems to have become lazy and lost his ability to form a story that holds any continuity. 

Excellent point pakistan. The history of the mutagen most definitely makes a great story of AI.