Alien: Covenant - 12 Big Questions After The New Trailer 

9. How Much Will The Couples Aspect Play A Part?

Alien Covenant Danny McBride
20th Century Fox

One of the parts of the film this trailer really plays up - in the early goings anyway, before all hell breaks loose - is that the new crew is made up of couples, with the intention of the trip to colonise the new planet.

It's an interesting wrinkle to the premise, and not just because it gives us the franchise's first gay characters.

While there were bonds of friendship in previous movies, it looks like there'll be something of a love story - or stories - element here, which is a rather different and typically stronger bond. Given what these characters will have to do to try and survive, it'll be interesting to see just what that adds to the film and the character dimensions, especially once things start going wrong.

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