The Engineers' Homeworld: The Answers David Destroyed

Who were the people welcoming David's ship in Alien: Covenant? And did Prometheus teach us to fear the Engineers before we understood them? From the sacrifice beside the waterfall to the crowd in Paradise, this AREMACIELO video essay looks at the Engineers' homeworld, the production evidence behind its inhabitants and architecture, and the answers Elizabeth Shaw never received. We separate what the films show, what their makers described, and what remained in an unused draft. What would you have asked the people in that square? Leave your answer below, and subscribe to AREMACIELO for more film analysis. CHAPTERS 00:00 A Ship Comes Home 00:20 The Engineers We Thought We Knew 03:01 The World Behind the Gods 07:21 The Answers David Destroyed FILMS Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), directed by Ridley Scott. Film excerpts and production artwork are credited to their respective creators and rights holders, including 20th Century Fox. RESEARCH Scott James and Billy Mansell discuss playing the Engineers: https://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/int... Ferran Domenech on the visual effects and city design: https://www.artofvfx.com/alien-covena... Charley Henley on the film's visual effects: https://www.artofvfx.com/alien-covena... Ridley Scott and Michael Fassbender interview: https://www.avpgalaxy.net/website/int... John Logan's unused Paradise prologue draft (2015), screenplay page 9: https://www.avpgalaxy.net/files/scrip... ART CREDITS Alien: Covenant concept paintings: Wayne Haag. Initial cathedral designs and Mother Juggernaut design/model: Steve Messing. Production art ©20th Century Fox. https://ankaris.artstation.com/projec... https://ankaris.artstation.com/projec... https://ankaris.artstation.com/projec... https://ankaris.artstation.com/projec... Production drawings: Dane Hallett / Alien: Covenant / 20th Century Fox. https://www.avpgalaxy.net/alien-movie... MUSIC Deep Space by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Edited, looped, faded and mixed beneath narration for this video. #aliencovenant #prometheus #alien