An inter-textual analysis of Alien: Covenant. Some of these posts contain unmarked spoilers, proceed at your own discretion.
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• Alien: Covenant Poster
• Prologue: The Crossing
• Prologue: The Last Supper
• Meet Walter Commercial
• Nature Boy Commercial
• She Won’t Go Quietly

Patch

• USCSS Covenant Weyland Yutani Patch

Film Aesthetic

• Aeschylus
• The Romanticism of Alien Covenant
• Alien Covenant and the Gothic novel
• Ricks & Upworth Death Scene
• The Metamorphoses
• The Tempest and Alien: Covenant

Mythology

• Walter & Epimetheus
• Deucalion, Pyrrha, David and Shaw
• David & Janus
• ~ FROM PROMETHEUS TO ALIEN COVENANT: THE FIRE THIEF / THE LIGHT – BRINGER ~ by gothic-fiction-in-space
• The jar of Pandora by gothic-fiction-in-space
• The Davidic Covenant

Character Analysis

• David: the “Lawrence of Space” by gothic-fiction-in-space
• The biological daughter and the artificial son by gothic-fiction-in-space
• Reaching the sublime? by gothic-fiction-in-space
• Definition of “Romantic hero” by gothic-fiction-in-space
• Definition of “Byronic Villain” by gothic-fiction-in-space
• The Weyland Legacy by gothic-fiction-in-space
• David’s need to create by gothic-fiction-in-space
• Daniels & Walter by gothic-fiction-in-space
• David, The Engineers & The Hypocrites
• The Engineers, David & Janus

Facts

• How old is David in Alien: Covenant
• Did David try to make Elizabeth immortal?

Etymology of Names

• Daniels
• Janet (Daniel’s First name)
• Walter
• King Saul, David, Peter Weyland and Android David
• David ביתדוד
• David: the perfect name
• Origae-6

Alien: Covenant Prologue

• Paradise
• The Nativity
• David
• Throne Chair

Art

• The Nativity
• Lander Entering Planet 4′s Atmosphere
• USCSS Covenant In Orbit Around Planet 4
• Covenant Ground Crew Ascends Mountain
• Covenant Crew Discovers Crashed Dreadnought
• Covenant Crew Gathered At Base Of Mountain
• Creatures of Hell
• Ledward, Rosenthal & Oram’s Death
• Ledward’s Death
• Ledward’s Death II
• David as Satan
• Satan Summoning His Legions
• Neomorph & Protomorph Deaths & David
• Journey To The Engineer City
• Engineer Cathedral I
• The Engineer Cathedral II
• Crossing The Plaza Extended
• Crossing The Plaza I
• Crossing The Plaza II
• The Green Lantern and Shaw’s Grave
• Elizabeth Shaw’s Garden
• The Isle of the Dead
• Engineers Run For Their Lives
• The Engineer’s Demise and The Punishment of Thieves
• Deaths of Paradise Part III
• The Whirlwind of Lovers
• Rosenthal’s Death
• Deaths of Paradise Part II
• Ophelia
• Deaths of Paradise I
• The Vivisected Engineer
• The Nightmare
• The Kiss
• The Crossing Part I
• The Crossing Part II
• The Crossing Part III
• The Crossing Part IV
• The Crossing Part V
• The Crossing Part VI
• Parallels: Ricks, Upworth and Shaw’s Death

Illustrations
David’s Drawings of Dr Elizabeth Shaw

• Elizabeth Shaw & the Xenomorph
• Elizabeth Shaw’s Head

Poetry & Literature

• “Like Robinson Crusoe on his island”
• The Island of Dr Moreau
• The roots of horror sci-fi: Frankenstein
• “Me and Fog on little cat feet”
• “Whistle and I’ll Come”
• A ghost story
• “Blow on the nostrils of a horse”

Parallels

• Dr.Gediman in Alien: Resurrection
• The dinner scene in Alien 1979
• Homage to Stanley Kubrick
• “The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo”
• Hamlet & the Flute Scene

Blu-ray Extra’s

• Advent
• Walter in the Greenhouse
• Phobos

External Analysis

• Building a Mythos of Savage Creation
• DAVID AI