Tag: David (robot in Covenant 2017)

Desolate alien planet landscape with volcanic eruption and stormy sky

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Gary Varner
Date
September 21, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Alien Covenant (2017) alternative plot, Alien: Covenant and lazy writing, Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien Covenant (2017) Could’ve Worked. Here’s How

_{I am going to boldly go and propose changes to the script so as to make the characters' decisions more natural and plausible} _{Gary Varner
September 21, 2024

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Science Fiction}

Incoherent cinematic messes are the result of having too many people involved in writing the story. There is no single, coherent vision. Read More ›

Extraterrestrial landscape, alien planet in deep space, generative AI

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Gary Varner
Date
September 14, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien: Covenant (2017): All’s Well That Ends Well for the Embryos

_{Or is it? We find out why David needs to sneak aboard the ship disguised as Walter — but it’s not what we might suspect} _{Gary Varner
September 14, 2024

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Science Fiction}

The problem with killing the major characters of a film off-screen is that it weakens the audience’s stake in the next installment. Read More ›

abandoned spaceship station, digital art illustration, Generative AI

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Gary Varner
Date
September 7, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Alien: Covenant (2017), Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Facehuggers (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017), Xenomorphs (Alien Covenant 2017)}

Alien: Covenant Part 5: Wake up, Daniels! It’s Obviously David!

_{The evil robot must board the ship again, and must find a way to make sure the alien boards the ship as well} _{Gary Varner
September 7, 2024

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Science Fiction}

We begin to learn why the alien xenomorphs take varying amounts of time to develop inside a human body before they erupt and kill. Read More ›

Dark alien planet landscape with lightning storm and rocky terrain

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Gary Varner
Date
August 31, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Admiral Akbar (Star Wars), Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Facehuggers (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Tennessee Faris in Alien Covenant (2017), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017), Xenomorph (Alien: Covenant (2017))}

Alien Covenant (2017): Dr. Frankenstein in Space

_{David, the robotic sociopath, turns out to have been breeding deadly aliens all this time} _{Gary Varner
August 31, 2024

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Science Fiction}

One example of the way stupidity appears to drive the plot is that characters who should not trust David seem to do so, with disastrous results. Read More ›

alien planet vegetation, fantasy landscape, digital painting, background

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Gary Varner
Date
August 24, 2024

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Chris Oram (Alien: Covenant (2017)), Covenant (ship in Alien: Covenant (2017)), David (robot in Covenant 2017), Elizabeth Shaw (Alien Covenant 2017), Engineers (Alien: Covenant 2017), Katherine Daniels in Alien Covenant (2017), Prometheus (space ship in film Prometheus), Walter (robot in Alien: Covenant 2017)}

Alien Covenant (2017): David the Malicious Robot… Returns!

_{And, just in case we haven’t already suspected, David is lying about what happened to Dr. Shaw} _{Gary Varner
August 24, 2024

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Science Fiction}

Seeing that the robot is frighteningly apathetic toward the death of one of his crew, Oram demands answers from the faulty machine. Read More ›