Alien Covenant – Xenomorph vs. Neomorph Battle Nixed From Film
Steve Barton
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Know what pains me? When we find out that a spectacularly cool idea for a scene in a movie gets left on the cutting room floor. Alien: Covenant (review) did little for me in theaters, in fact I liked Life (review) a 100 times more. But the possibility of a Xenomorph vs. Neomorph scene would have gone a long way in spicing things up.
Alien-Covenant.com reports:
According to our sources, the scene was originally going to play out when Daniels, Walter/David and Lope are running towards the lander, which Tennessee boarded to rescue the surviving Covenant crew. The Neomorph was going to be the one chasing Daniels and Lope and during that chase scene the Xenomorph would have revealed itself, attacking the Neomorph and asserting itself as the dominant Alien lifeform.
The scene was meant to convey just how much larger and nastier the Xenomorph was compared to the already aggressive Neomorph. The scene kept encountering issues, primarily with the practical suits the actors wore during the battle sequence. Apparently the spikes on the back of the Neomorph suit kept catching on the elongated head crest – causing all kinds of issues and frustration. Ultimately the scene was not included, or even completed and we’re not sure if it will ever be included in a future Director’s Cut of the film.
That’s a damned shame I tell ya. Couldn’t it be fixed or augmented with CGI? Everything else is nowadays. If only the David/Walter recorder playing scene could have had such complications. We wouldn’t have missed that.
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