David 8's Perfect Alien Franchise Death (& Will It Ever Happen?)
If the story of Michael Fassbender's David 8 is ever completed in the Alien franchise, then there's a perfect death awaiting the android. Fans of the Alien movie franchise couldn't have been happier when it was announced that Ridley Scott was returning to the series for the first time since the 1979 original for prequel Prometheus. Scott would go on to follow this 2012 sci-fi blockbuster with Alien: Covenant, which was more of a direct Alien sequel. It's fair to say these two prequels have been divisive because while they featured intriguing concepts, themes and some great sequences, they suffered from flawed screenplays, unlikable protagonists and they rewrote some franchise lore.
The mixed reception to Alien: Covenant seemingly killed off plans for a third Scott prequel too, with the next movie set to be Fede Álvarez's upcoming HuluAlien reboot. This is a shame, as it means the storyline of Michael Fassbender's David 8 will be left incomplete. David was the one element of Scott's prequels to receive praise, with Fassbender giving a chilly, fascinating performance as the killer android who develops a universe-threatening God complex.
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Prometheus dealt with humanity seeking their creators in the Engineers, while David was obviously created by man but grew to feel nothing but contempt for humanity. When audiences meet David again in Alien: Covenant, he has been alone on an Engineer planet for a decade, experimenting with their «black goo,» a bioweapon that can mutant lifeforms and rewrite their DNA. Covenant controversially suggested it was David himself who created the Xenomorph, and by the end of the sequel, he had taken control of the Covenant colony and had
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