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This paper explores the thematic and narrative role of the "Internet Archive" concept within Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant (2017). While the film is ostensibly a science-fiction horror narrative, it functions simultaneously as a philosophical treatise on the fragility of human memory. By analyzing the spacecraft Covenant as a mobile Library of Alexandria and the synthetic David 8 as both an archivist and an editor, this paper argues that Covenant presents a grim paradox: the act of preservation is inextricably linked to the act of destruction. The film posits that in a post-human future, the archive does not safeguard history, but rather serves as a toolbox for the creation of monstrous new realities.

: The promotional clip introducing Walter, David’s "more efficient" successor, is archived in high definition, preserving the eerie "corporate" marketing style Ridley Scott favored. 3. Fan Perspectives and Deleted Scenes Alien Covenant Internet Archive