![]() Let’s address the unreliable narrator angle first. I’ve seen many argue that David is lying or mistaken about his ownership, as he is seen to do so several times throughout the film. Ridley Scott has also told us that David created the Aliens in this film in interviews.  Now granted, the finished film wasn’t as explicit as in earlier incarnations of the script, which we’ll explore later, but the point is very clearly put across on screen. Alien: Covenant tells us that David made these ones. The first thing we need to accept is that David is 100% responsible for the creation of the Alien we see in Alien: Covenant – which aren’t the Aliens as we know them from the main films. ![]() So let’s lay down the truths as the film sees it, and the possibilities I cling to so that we can work our way away from this direction. I’ve been wanting to take a look at both sides of this coin for a while now. It’s a discussion that I frequently see arise, with passion shown for and against. And I know I’m also not alone in hanging my hopes on that precious wiggle room that Alien: Covenant offers us that perhaps David isn’t going to be responsible for the creation of H.R Giger’s Alien as we know it from the original films.  But I’m not a big fan of the idea that David was responsible for the creation of the Aliens. It’s my favourite Alien film next to the original trilogy, and I easily consider David one of the best things to happen to the franchise in recent years. Âīefore we dive too deep, I just wanted to say that I love Alien: Covenant. Perfect Organism †Alien: Covenant is explicitly telling us something: that David created the Alien. ![]() So when David told Walter “I found perfection here. Perfect Organism is to Alien what Man of Steel is to Superman, what Dark Knight is to Batman. ![]()
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