#Alien Covenant Necropolis Edition

[uscss-prometheus]

A modern scifi epic crashes in a horror film of the 30′s. 

A year ago I started working on my own cut of Covenant, after some fans made me realize how beautiful the movie is in black and white. It makes a lot of sense considering the film has a near monochrome color palettes all along. Covenant is also a film with incredible lighting techniques, most of people's faces are in the shadows, so I wanted to highlight that too. The contrast is boosted up for this reason. The whole is reminiscent, at least to me, of a Gustave Doré illustration of Paradise Lost or Divine Comedy, and a perfect match for the strong gothic horror vibe of the film. So here are the motives behind the project.... now what is different from other fan cuts ;

A L I E N : COVENANT - The Necropolis Edition is not any longer than the regular movie. In fact, the two hours and three minutes runtime is perfectly intact. Yet, it features much of the extra footage not featured in the film. Before the film, we get a wonderful commercial with 'Meet Walter' which I played with a little, to include I Feel You's most intense moment. The movie opens with the extended 'birth' of David, then follows with The Crossing, as to really add suspense to the Prometheus Mystery. I actually removed some moments for the disposable characters. I understand they were given more focus to be relatable and more interesting, which I think they are, but Necropolis focuses on David. David is the main character of Covenant. Now with the movie opening with The Crossing, and ending with Advent (which I edited for fluidity), we set David as the narrator, and it has a lot of impact on the final product. You feel his presence through the entire movie, though he is absent for a large part. Another thing I did is move The Destruction of the Engineers to a later time. I know it's a risky decision, but it was the right one for this edition, as we follow a more traditional path towards big revelations coming at the end. Some scenes feature alternate shots from either trailers or deleted scenes, but other than Walter reporting on David and Rosenthal’s death being much slower (for the pure horror vibe), I have not added so much. Again, my goal was not to present everything there is to show about Covenant, but a focused and dark film about creation and destruction in which there is no hope, and a fun way to visually rediscover Covenant for everything it does beautifully. It's not as good as the original film and some extended editions, but it's the direction I aimed for anyway. In no way do I believe what I am doing is better than what professional workers have done on the real film. This was made for fun, mostly. Thank you. Feedback is appreciated! 

Happy 1st Anniversary, Alien: Covenant. WWW.USCSS-PROMETHEUS.TUMBLR.COM 

UPDATE as of 01/13/2019: >The Necropolis Edition < is available again. Google Drive allows you to watch on any device. I reworked it entirely from scratch, making it darker and better. It's the final version.

Watch the trailer I put together here.

Read a review of my edit here.

UPDATE as of 09-01-2024: I officially have new ALIEN film fan-edits in the works! Follow @uscss-prometheus on Tumblr to stay updated.

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I really love the visual representation of the David's eye just as this scene unfolds. It is more obvious in black and white edits of the film, such as The Necropolis Edition by @pip.nips Head to the blog to see this artistic interpretation Alien: Covenant | The Necropolis Edition http://bit.ly/2maZ9kS Remember that films and Studios survive and thrive on your support so make sure you own a copy for guilt free viewing of this film. . . posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2l0avrS

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Fan Edit: Alien: Covenant [The Necropolis Edition] by uscss-prometheus

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Purgatory, the Fifth Terrace: the Avaricious and the Prodigal dated 1861

In Purgatory 20 the purview of avarice again includes great power and status. Moving from the highest rung of the ecclesiastical ladder to the highest rung of secular power, the canto takes aim at the French ruling dynasty. In fact, Hugh Capet uses the metaphor of a tree—redolent of genealogy—to characterize himself as the root of the “evil plant” that “overshadows” all the Christian lands as individual but as a dynasty.

The Engineer race symbolises the French Ruling Party in this Canto, being the imprudent and greedy. David having “cleansed” the engineers, removing their power with the black ooze. He and the subsequent result of the contamination became the evil that overshadowed the planet. Even the positions of the charred bodies emulate the figures in this piece.

Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council by John Martin c.1823–27

Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council is part of a series of 48 mezzotint engravings that British artist John Martin created between 1823 and 1827 to illustrate a new edition of Milton's Paradise Lost. It was described by in The Guardian in 2011 as "Satan holding court in what looks like a solo performance in the Albert Hall (decades in advance)".

The citadel of the necropolis is domed shaped like throne the Satan sits upon. Like David, Ridley’s Satan over the engineer city.

The circles of light present in the picture are also present in the Meet Walter commercial.

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