Having only seen the trailers, there was an interesting piece that caught my attention. It may be in the movie, or it may be edited so as to have nothing to do with the movie. So, there are no spoilers here, only prophecy, for good or for ill.
The one line was about finding a planet that was habitable and 'all ready' for humanity. If I am right, I believe that is the lure for the humans who eventually start the dance with one of my favorite scifi monster franchises.
What I like in the title is the word 'covenant'. That speaks to my pastoral nature because it is such a bible word. I use it to talk about the promises that a married couple are making to one another. But it is reflective of another relationship, that of God to humanity. That is a theme across the bible. In the Old Testament (or Covenant!!), it is with the Hebrews. In the New...Covenant (or Testament), that is broadened under Jesus.
What business has Aliens with that term? I think (prophecy, NOT spoiler) it has something to do with this tempting planet. Someone or something is trying to play nice with the humans so that they have breeding pods for the Alien eggs. I wonder if it is the same someone or something that pulled together predators and humans on that 'battle world' episode? If that has already been explained in the mythology, I beg your pardon.
Frankly, there are so many franchises and so little time.
So it is not so much a God-given covenant as a semi-divine set up, wrapped in the cloak of a covenant. Or is it the covenant of a God who is viewed as nasty, depraved, and disconnected from humanity? That will require a trip into the theological psychology of Ridley Scott, too much for this post.
I may have the whole premise of the movie wrong because I am overthinking the trailer. But it has already been established that a "god" presence was set up for the Aliens so that humans would become willing, worshipful breeder eggs in A vs. P (if memory serves).
It will be interesting to see what is behind the aliens. Something chains up the mother beasts to make the eggs. Something builds a pyramid so that they are cannon fodder for Predators (seems to be a little too much for the predators to do themselves). Something created the perfect planet as a lure for humanity.
Or I really stink as a prophet.
