Adam Savage Behind the Scenes of Alien: Covenant!

Adam Savage visits the production of Alien: Covenant to learn how Ridley Scott and his creative collaborators bring us back into the Alien universe. In this first episode of our behind-the-scenes series, Adam tours the massive set of the Dreadnought as it's being built, painted, and weathered to life by the production team in preparation for filming!
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[@tested]

Adam got to walk the Comic-Con floor in an Alien Covenant space suit! Check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5ayY6yXotidn7M

[@johnjaleco5683]

@Kamdyn Rory so have I and I got a computer virus because of it

[@21stcenturyscots]

Why have you Americans chased away and forced Alien out of Hollywood all the way to the other side of the planet? Wouldn't it have been better for Los Angeles economy to do Alien there?

[@RobinK]

I want to be Adam Savage when I grow up.

[@IronBridge1781]

Robin Who says Adam has grown up?

[@FixingTheInternet]

We all do. He's got a dream job.

[@GaryKettwig]

Robin, agree, but this dream job comes at a toll. All the things he sees means he'll need a bigger personal cave for more stuff! Adam should just make the commitment to open up his own museum to the public to share his collection and make some extra money for doing so. So what would it take, 50,000 square feet? ;*)

[@JEMurl]

G ary: like Guillermo Del Toro is opened up his home as a museum!

[@FixingTheInternet]

Hellzyead Because being a gold medal Olympian is not a good choice in life?

[@kevinpark3603]

OMG...I thought those were all CG. Great to see they are still putting sweat to make these set amazing.

[@ArtofLunatik]

Ridley Scott is 79 and still directing movies, now that's dedication and love for his craft.

[@geobell9558]

Ridley scott films made me want to become a set designer, and i'm about to go to school to study in the same school as ridely, this is honestly amazing to me

[@thecinemichael]

Wish you all the best with that! I've been writing lots lately, and I'm also an actor. So I hope you go well. And who knows, maybe someday we'll work together haha

[@viilth576]

His films made me want to become a visual effects artist. Next year i will go to the 3rd best 3d & vfx school in the world, thanks to him. Alien Covenant has been an incredible inspiration to me.

[@yorganyog]

Hope to ear your name and see you work!!

[@kidsundance9021]

@@thecinemichael not gonna happen

[@viilth576]

Kid Sundance thanks for the hate 🥰

[@LabRat10101]

Facehuggers gives free hugs and still they get hate. Makes no sense.

[@Wearyman]

I think it's because they always go for the deepthroat without permission.

[@AlexanderBruyns]

If you jumped on people's faces and put monster embryos inside people's stomaches, you'd probably get a lot of hate.

[@PlayafromtheHimalayas]

It's the esophagus rape that leaves a bad taste.

[@bendythelittledevil5208]

I'm fine with the face hug. but it is the fact that that hug results in death afterwards via chest burster that kinda makes me not like em.

[@arujofied]

Uncle Traveling Matt ikr I mean they literally change your life! oh wait

[@Juangatillo]

Too short, i need 2 more hrs of this

[@craigbrown3269]

Yeah I know 5 minutes! That's silly

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

he doesn't have time

[@pdubzpyro]

A Ghost. He doesn’t have time? Lol they were there for hours, filmed hours of the place... they have the time- it’s called editing.

[@CraparellaSmorrebrod]

I love this. Please do more reports from actual film sets!

[@AcidGlow]

I want the engineers chair as my gaming chair for twitch streaming. =)

[@shadesofmist9214]

that would be cool !

[@TSVTheHive]

Big fans of your videos bro! Keep up the awesome work!

[@dbrokensoul]

It's really amazing when you see how the exterior and interior differ so much. I need more content like this.

[@aroyaishan5255]

Nice! I look forward to more of this. Thanks for sharing this with us, Adam!

[@blagger42]

He is so excited, like a big kid , never negative positive about the work and the skilled creativity. And polite to others.

[@galic711]

Please do more of these, always love seeing behind the scenes production but I would love tested to discuss in more detail

[@BrenainnJordan]

Love this!!! I was lucky enough to experience walking around the same set during the filming of Prometheus at Pinewood Studios, I can tell you now, it's exactly as exciting as it looks.

[@dustoff59]

This was such a great inside peek! Thanks everyone that made this possible. MORE PLEASE!

[@eddieking2976]

Love the passion that Adam brings to these projects. It's infectious.

[@DanzNewz]

Man, can they let you come back every tuesday for updates next time? Lol, I would totally watch a series with Adam running through the little nuances and daily happenings on a film set throughout production from his perspective. Was sad once the video ended, but a really fascinating look!

[@scottfox6271]

amazing! Can't wait for the movie.

[@oliverlenaburg7697]

Thanks again Adam for a wonderful look into the worlds of filming! I've loved your show since I was like 10! It's great there is another way I get to see you in action.

[@firstlastcreativity]

I am so hyped for this movie, thank you for the behind the scenes look.

[@fourtwozero]

0:08 Lubing the alien phallus..

[@ElMoppo1]

It's how Geiger would have wanted it to be.

[@felynecomrade]

*Giger Geiger is the guy who made that radioactive-detection thing.

[@djmips]

don't forget the tip at at 2:16

[@moderndrunkard]

1pug

[@vivalavega01]

MM420 knew I'd find this comment

[@enriquevazquez9822]

HR Giger was a genius

[@Khronogi]

Idk about that lol

[@ezbayt8723]

Well, he was at the very least smarter than you

[@wayn3w]

Adam, you are one of the most fortunate people alive. Thank you for sharing.

[@pichonprieto]

The level of work & quality put on these sets is amazing

[@jimmysgameclips]

You know a video was good when you're sad when it ends XD

[@ThisIsMyFullName]

It's times like these I'm glad I subscribed to Tested. I can not wait to see this movie, and dive back into the Alien universe!

[@bendythelittledevil5208]

ThisIsMyFullName same

[@CaptainMcSmoky]

Lets hope it's more like the original than prometheus, that movie was such a turd.

[@camojoe83]

Prometheus was pretty much a verbatim rip off of O'Bannon and Schussett's original, unmodified story for 'alien'.. except for the addition of the 'company' and an android to do the company's whims without humanity.. wait.. isnt that their contribution to the original, too? Lol!

[@jimfox6943]

CaptainMcSmoky it's funny when I saw the promotional stuff for Prometheus I never realised it was connected to alien I just didn't pay attention to it because I didn't know it was connected. I can remember watching it for the first time with my father and I saw the ship and I just said "that's the fucking ship from alien" and dad was like what no it can't be, then I continued to watch it and started to make connections. As a fan of the alien movies (not 3 or 4) I was disappointed that I could not know that this film was based in the same universe and it gutted me that a person can almost watch the entire film and not make the connection.

[@cristiant6566]

coolest video i have seen on youtube for awhile, genuine smile on my face like when i watch kevin smith geek out over things he is passionate about. too cool! thank you

[@glyph2011]

Wowwwwww :-0. LOVE THIS vid! I hope Ridley keeps making as many films as possible.he's a genius. Thanks Adam.

[@AcidGlow]

Alien Day was pretty good.

[@nfishh]

Ok. This is actually amazing.

[@BaeLasso]

this film needs to come out RIGHT NOW, you guys have been building up my expectations so much, and hopefully not too much!!!!!!

[@CrayzyFreakzzz123]

Please tested, give us more behind the scenes videos! I love watching those movie sets being build out of nowhere and becoming those beautiful places that make stories come alive :D

[@FritzSchober]

It's great that practical sets are coming back. The all-greenscreen sets where horrible and had a negativ effect on the actors performance. CG is great if used as a tool to enhance practical effects and bad if everything is replaced by it.

[@boggisthecat]

Billy Causey You probably aren't even aware of how much CG is in films (and TV) now. It is poorly done CG that is a problem. Of course there is a big impact on actors. The Star Wars prequels were very flat because the actors had nothing to act within, and in some cases weren't even able to perform together when they ended up pasted into the same scene. (Lucas dropped the ball on a lot of other things, too -- but he should have known better about the all green screen approach.)

[@skyworm8006]

Are you sure about that? "CGI" is used in almost every scene in every movie with a decent amount of money behind it, people just don't notice and harp on about it being shit when it's used poorly. Without noticing it being used well (which is 99% of the time).

[@Digital_Lich]

CG is only bad when you can notice ot

[@SergiMedina]

The problems are achieving believable movements of all the elements, and seamless lighting and blending (the problem isn't detail, it's sharpness and/or poor antialiasing algorithms) with the whole environment... No matter how advanced or powerful the computers get. Realism is something that you can't get out of nowhere if there's no real, direct reference to begin with...

[@herrakaarme]

@@boggisthecat I recall Ian McKellen saying he wanted to walk out of the Hobbit production because, compared to the LOTR, so many of the sets were nothing but green sceens and there often weren't even other actors presents. In this sense I think the virtual set technique used recently in the Mandalorian tv series recording is quite nice for the actors. Lets hope it will develop to be good enough for films, not just tv series, so that actors will get into the roles better and enjoy the filming process more, to make the movies all the better and inspired.

[@worm6942]

is this the thing that adam was in australia for ages ago when he said he couldnt talk about it on untitled?

[@jimmygrey6848]

Most likely.

[@joshporter5205]

That or Ghost in the Shell.

[@joesoria2624]

worm6942 it is. He said so before the video started. He shot a video explaining why he couldn't male it to the Livestream and introduced the video and when he was there.

[@obese1konobe]

He was in Wellington New Zealand for Ghost in the Shell. This set would be Pinewood in England.

[@ColtFortyFour]

obese1konobe it's Sydney, Australia :)

[@DNotzz]

Ridley Scott always gets the best sets. Lucky man! More studios should make films like this.

[@co.agmusic]

Incredible behind-the-scenes footage thanks very much

[@streglof]

I like these Adam backstage videos

[@jublywubly]

That's a great set. It's a shame they didn't put as much effort into writing a decent story as they did into creating the sets.

[@_Rick___Grimes_]

yeah ridley always has great productions, but i think he needs to get better writers, his movies can be pretty hit or miss. he makes some amazing movies, but sometimes i think he needs someone telling him no

[@skibsteds]

This channel just gets better and better! Thanks, and congrats on the Webby :)

[@TheDiamondTale]

Keep up the great work Adam and the rest of the tested team!

[@greencomputerfan]

That awkward Ridley Scott handshake tho

[@Bartman954]

Yeah, you can see the hand cast/brace he's got on.

[@TwistedFire85]

greencomputerfan lol it reminded me of how Hitler shook the one military guy's hand. The guy reached out for his right hand and Hitler have him his left lol

[@shutterprioritygmail]

I thought he was expecting him to kiss his ring, like some scene out of Godfather at first, lol, then I saw the cast/brace on his right hand.

[@leus]

Haha, I missed the cast so I thought "really? Did he just pulled a Godfather on Adam?"

[@theacademicchanel8016]

I just thought even his handshakes are conceptionally original

[@MonkeyspankO]

looking forward to this film, loved Prometheus

[@thunderhorse6666]

MonkeyspankO Finally, someone else who liked Prometheus!!!! I freakin loved that movie. Just watched it again last nite ;)

[@MonkeyspankO]

thats like your opinion man

[@MaxHimbigger]

What the hell why would you have a different opinion you sick fuck.

[@MonkeyspankO]

looks like some responses got del

[@skyworm8006]

So essentially your critique amounts to you putting to much thought into some action movies and whining when it doesn't align to your specific pondering.

[@2kimports]

Adam is the most fortunate man in the world!, TESTED PLEASE DO MORE THINGS LIKE THIS

[@NocturnalToothbrush]

Alien Day is amazing so far, thanks for the upload brothers!

[@OliveRC-Addict]

Lucky guy ;)

[@ES-yc1tp]

Everything in the Alien's universe is so phallic

[@wayne2816wayne]

Wow, incredible. The alien series is timeless and one of the best in my opinion.

[@Arcadiez]

More please, It's soo gooood to have Adam to show it too as he knows what he is talking about he also show great enthusiasm.

[@ElMoppo1]

Funny to think at one time, Ridley Scot was just a kid riding around South Shields on his bike with a camera.

[@davidanderson1639]

Also the flame stacks of the oil refineries & ICI Wilton chemical works which are at Tees-side were the inspiration for the opening sequence of Blade Runner.

[@pixiniarts]

Looking at the set it seems to be drifting further and further from Giger's Biomechanic concepts becoming less fluid and organic and more hard edged, it was part of the beauty, horror and mystery of the original Alien derelict was that it was like a carcass of some ancient creature in its own right, it was that contrast between the Nosromo and the alien derelict that was a visual collision between two very different worlds that made me love Alien. I can remember watching Prometheus and feeling genuine anger that the Space Jockey was a big white bald dude in a suit, it was such an utter failure of imagination and such a wasted opportunity to build on a truly unique concept that I felt depressed walking out.

[@felynecomrade]

I completely agree. I felt like they were pissing all over Giger's skeletal, fossilised design. One of the main reasons I don't consider Prometheus canon.

[@dradra2day]

felynecomrade will it is

[@dradra2day]

pixiniarts stop complaining

[@pixiniarts]

If you don't complain you become a doormat, just letting everyone walk over you or you just eat shit because hey if you aren't complaining we can feed you anything. Stop complaining? Fuck that. I'll keep complaining thanks all the same.

[@richarddufault]

Agreed. Prometheus was just terrible, but the space jockeys being big white CG dudes wearing Gyger suits was a huge cop-out. And teasing the Space Jockey seat and crashed ship, then making it a different ship, was a huge cop-out. Also the incredibly stupid choices made by each and every member of the crew. Also Guy Pearce in old man makeup for no reason. I could go on.

[@CutlassS]

Love this kind of video. Shows me what a movie set looks like and I love it! Please make more!!!

[@brycemariano5955]

we need more content like this, so good! I got goosebumps at the end

[@ink1929]

Somebody have savage dress as a xenomorph alien or velociraptor

[@finnweber56]

I'm so jealous right now😒

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

Finn Weber why you got to see it?

[@Jeff-Vader_head_of_catering]

Awesome! I cannot wait for this movie! Long-live Ridley's Alien series!

[@eddyfpv652]

I love the behind the scenes episodes. thanks guy's

[@AnthonyBerkshire]

Spoiler: David is going to kill all Engineers.

[@LabRat10101]

Anthony ofWindsor Spoiler: Walter will battle David for humanity.

[@DragoonTim]

Spoiler: Jesse cooks meth for Walter

[@CubejamF1]

They don't typically look like engineers though. We don't know who they are yet.

[@AnthonyBerkshire]

Cubejam Thats true. They look more human like.

[@Maxblind20]

good one.

[@repletereplete8002]

Dreadnaught? Juggernaut you mean;?

[@radukapu]

Amazing to see how it’s made!

[@samueldanealexander180]

awesome, more of these videos!

[@jimjohns9051]

Lovely ad.

[@toggtlas7099]

@Bernard Coleslaw - There's actually a disclaimer at the beginning of the clip(!) Bottom right corner. Super easy to miss tho...

[@chrisryan2260]

A disgusting perversion of H.R. Giger's work!

[@felynecomrade]

The mysterious and horrifying fossilised creature that had been an unknown entity for over 30 years... fuck it, just make it a big ghost-white bald human with black eyes.

[@chrisryan2260]

DeterSnogpatch Go watch what Giger had to said about the matter! Oh yeah and what's this s*** based opon. Different race my a***. Ridley just got sick of fan boys like me!

[@chromedog68]

Perversion and Giger go phallus-in-hand.

[@chrisryan2260]

You got me there :)

[@MagikarpMaestro]

felynecomrade Finally someone else who realises how stupid the engineers are and how much of a slap in the face it is to trie fans of the original

[@colonelk3870]

Very cool Adam. Need to see more, please.

[@KENNGODD1]

Absolutely Amazing !!!!!

[@Cuss-be1jp]

Prometheus was a terrible movie, just saying...

[@gbates515]

Clu3L3ss Far from terrible dude, just saying...

[@Cuss-be1jp]

well, let's just say it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good. Thanks for mocking me btw

[@dissuede6949]

Clu3L3ss Oh, grow up will you. If you can't handle someone disagreeing with you then the internet is no place for you.

[@Cuss-be1jp]

I acknowledge his opinion and I don't disagree with it. My comment that it was 'terrible' was a little extreme I will admit, that's why I clarified. Your comment is uneeded

[@dissuede6949]

Clu3L3ss So's your reply. "Thanks for hurting my feelings".

[@roloug95]

Unreal. This is the stuff that makes me wanna be a production designer.

[@JorgeSGuimaraes]

Please do more of these! Its amazing to see the backstage like this!

[@davebrittain9216]

Wow that was a great look at things that I simply have never seen before. Really brings on the excitement to see the movie and how it will actually look after all the lighting and editing. Thanks!

[@enkiea52]

I am very excited to see this film.

[@aboyntheband]

OMG + this is sooo cool! Thanks Adam.

[@alexsilva28]

The hype for this movie is BIG. I can't wait

[@johndd9140]

Adam, you're like a kid in a candy store, and I salute you for it. Thanks for sharing :)

[@DeathBringer769]

Very jealous of Adam getting to visit this set! So awesome!

[@imnickfriend]

Iiiiincredible. That's a level of intrigue that is unparalleled.

[@spbxl]

it's awesome​ to see Adam feel like a big kid in his environment... more of this please :)

[@Loren820]

amazing, thank you for sharing!! :)

[@karnak50]

Im a total Alien fan.. cant wait to see the new movie.. thanks Adam

[@djAnakin]

Can't wait!

[@jasonehall3454]

Awesome video! Keep up the great work

[@issiewizzie]

Great insight. A tribute to all those working on the film.

[@tonymeechie]

beyond amazing

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

watching Ridley Scott in action -wow. that would just be a freaking epic experience. Youre so lucky Adam!

[@sergio7248]

More like this, pleaseeeeee!!

[@ArcturanMegadonkey]

more more more! we DEMAND MORE!

[@Meg_Lovegood]

Love when he brings up movie's that most of you haven't seen

[@dracus6877]

Oh my god! Dream job!!!

[@billbucktube]

Abso-freaking-fabulous!

[@taoistflyer]

It was great to see the set before they finished the weathering process, and you did a really good job editing in shots of the film to show how real the illusion is and how hard everyone works to make it happen. I'd love to be there.

[@71stMastiff]

cant wait to see this a must thursday night see for me!!

[@-creed-7920]

OH MY GOOOODDDD I CANT WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE

[@jshellraiser3926]

I love to see him geek out

[@mikeperry7335]

Man u really can't appreciate how crazy and awesome the people building the sets for these movies are without seeing something like this it's amazing

[@M1American]

Wow Adam! This is awesome! You are the PERFECT person to run a behind the scenes to large production movies! You understand how it is all done and have the ability to get in these places where we never could. Would LOVE to see a longer more detailed behind the scenes then small clips...maybe? :)

[@shadesofmist9214]

thanks for sharing , love that movie

[@timefilm]

AWESOME!

[@ashurgeorge4604]

This... was awesome.

[@Everrem]

This is awesomely amazing.

[@biagiocozza2933]

Really cool set, amazing!

[@Wattshappening]

Beautiful set!

[@newmasahiro166]

早く観たい！！！！