ALIEN: ROMULUS EARLY REVIEW (NON-SPOILER) | Film Threat Reviews

[@NoahGooder]

"the lead charater is a young girl named rain" in todays current culture thats a red flag.

[@tojan76]

Cailee Spaeny is 26. I think it’s somewhat misleading to call her a ”young girl”.

[@ulfingvar1]

@@tojan76 Definitely. She LOOKS younger though, poor lass

[@alejandromolinac]

She falls in that Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Jenna Ortega camp of “women” who look like teenagers…..

[@justinamerican8200]

He had me at, "...non-binary-looking woman of action."

[@petethehawk5186]

@@alejandromolinac I realize that as you get older your memory can play some tricks, but I take my kid to high school and the way most of them all look these days you’d think they were 12 instead of 16-18. They wear pajamas and things like that with cartoon characters and shit lol.

[@tatooinestar]

So Gen-Z is space, lol "In space, no one can hear you Meme!"

[@MarkFuriniArt]

That is a brilliant tagline!

[@dogboy15213]

Well played!

[@NoahGooder]

skibidi alien rizz

[@autex2609]

That's hilarious. I actually really liked the movie and the cast isn't annoying at all to me.. but that is too good.

[@dank2171]

@tatooinestar I don't get the whole gen z thing. Why are people throwing this out there. No character talked a about pronouns. Ripley wasn't this big muscular women and people would prob cry about her looking non binary if film was made today. I defend critical drinker, SW theory and film threats but idiot takes like this makes me want to unsubscribe and not defend them as anti woke crybabies. They have substance and points so I defend them on that merrit. I can't stand leftist being over sensitive. I don't need the center right doing the same thing. After loving film threat acolyte content... I think I'm done with gen z cry babies with the anti gen z cry babies. Let's just complain about the substance of the plot and not surface level complaints based on appearance.

[@seanaguilar1637]

There was no Gen-Z in Alien 1 & 2 which made things more believable and fun. I can't take Gen-Z seriously.

[@ffs55]

They would their chest bored out and then stress that they won't get access to wifi when they're dead

[@deuspigeon5668]

I have trouble imagining this cast as Miners, maybe Bitcoin miners.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

nah they aren't based enough to be Bitcoin types. these are Tik Tok influencer types.

[@Pelicanzzz]

​@@averagecarpentryskills7148karma miners

[@RM_VFX]

I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them rug pulling for a goddamn 10x.

[@RM_VFX]

They're just Minors.

[@phattjohnson]

@@RM_VFX Now Species had some hot young talent in it. Natasha Henstridge? Oh yeah.

[@JoseMendoza-df1ld]

Everything after Aliens was a mistake.

[@FreddyLittt]

@@JoseMendoza-df1ld that alien 3 script by William Gibson could have been the last good alien movie if they had adapted it

[@dodolurker]

I think Alien 3 (at least the Assembly Cut) is an OK movie, especially considering the production hell it went through, but everything after that - totally agreed.

[@aclark7243]

The end of Aliens wrapped up everything and I agree, it should have ended there.

[@Ma55ey]

There was nothing wrong with Alien 3. It just wasn't the action movie that everyone wanted after Aliens. everyone was expecting true lies, and got trainspotting.. but it should definitely have been the end of the alien movies..

[@gregmeyer1805]

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! After Aliens the franchise could only go south. That's what must happen when the peak is reached. All further sequels were meh to godawful.

[@leedobson]

The cast looks the epitome of young and bland

[@sheets75]

The director said in some interview that he prefers young casts because he thinks they're more sympathetic and people don't want to see them die. Which is so weird because I want to see every one of those people die just based on watching the trailer.

[@leedobson]

@@sheets75 amen brother

[@Age_of_Apocalypse]

My thoughts exactly!

[@petethehawk5186]

@@sheets75Yea as far as films go I can’t think of characters I want to see die off quickly enough are the 20 something’s lol. In the first film you didn’t want any of them to die because they were fairly relatable and looked and felt like real people.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

@@sheets75 Yeah, he's obviously not an American horror film goer. Every slasher in the 80s had a teen or 20 something cast and the audience rooted for their demise.

[@nikholman1287]

Somehow...the alien survived.

[@ADB696]

Yeah it appeals to a movie going audience with an I.Q of 85 or less.

[@dank2171]

I saw it. I was a little confused with that aspect. It's honestly culmination of the entire franchise. The good and bad. I thought characters were decent enough. I really like the set up. I think it could have been way better but it had some awesome moments. The ending and how it connects to prometheous will make or break the film. They did some weird body horror stuff that kind of worked in weird way. I think it's prob the 3rd best which isn't saying much but a distant 3rd. I didn't have nearly the same amount of problems that film threqt had

[@JohnMack-f3f]

I think the aliens are like bedbugs and can survive in space in a hibernation mode. I think they are like a parasite in space.

[@stage6fan475]

Marketable movie villains coming back to life has been going on since original Frankenstein, probably before.

[@themittonmethod1243]

@@ADB696 i like your reference there! cheers!

[@MattGinger-v5y]

Gen Z with no wifi in space, they are doomed from the start for sure.

[@TT79-]

So the natural evolution of casting by Hollywood standards would mean that the next android in the Alien franchise has to be a female. Most likely will be called Alpha and have no faults and be much stronger than all predecessors.

[@Joshua-xe7rm]

I would do her.

[@alejandromolinac]

Huh? We already got a female android….. even Ripley makes fun of her…. She tells her she was pre grammar to be an AS*H*LE….

[@warbaby32]

Well, they had Call in Alien 4... and she was a total nutjob.

[@alejandrotorresriquelme8714]

Alien resurrection had a female droid called Callie. The concurring meme about the alien movies is each android follows alphabetical order: Ash Bishop Callie David

[@Sam_T2000]

@@alejandrotorresriquelme8714 - hey, I never noticed that before… _Romulus_ breaks it the pattern, but I think the idea was that Rain and her family renamed their android after salvaging him… “Andy the Android,” so maybe his original name was “Ernesto” or something 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@The_Burning_Sensation]

I haven't seen this movie so I can't comment on that, but that thing Chris said around the 11:00 minute mark... about the characters being sort of young, blank slate Millennials instead of working class, blue collar people... that's something that's been bothering me in media for at least 10 years. You used to get so many blue collar characters that were so easy to take seriously and understand... now they're so often Kardashianized or Tik-Tokified. Like when they rebooted Magnum PI about 8 years ago. Magnum couldn't just be a working man and veteran... he had to be SPECIAL FORCES, THE STAR OF A BOOK SERIES, FLASHY, etc., etc.

[@lisaroberts8556]

You’re not wrong about the culture on the Whole Today. But wasn’t the original Magnum, Apart of a Special Military Force in Vietnam? I think he had a Trident 🔱 🇺🇸

[@Halbared]

Mining contract???you’re kidding? They’re toddlers.

[@Sam_T2000]

I think the idea is that they’re basically born into company servitude, on a mining colony. mining is pretty much the only job around.

[@dank2171]

@Sam_T2000 yeah I don't get the hate in this comment section. I thought the movie was solid and listen to explanation defending some of the logic gaps. I really enjoyed movie. Finally pratical gore effects and creature design. Great horror elements. Film threat seem to have cult that can't form their opinons.

[@donparedes9130]

Toddlers? The main actress is only 3 years younger than when sigourney filmed the first movie

[@darianstarfrog]

​@@dank2171saw it last night..it is stupid.. the characters are awful, and lead, just has things happen to her.. its boring

[@biguy617]

Yeah it is like when Blade was complaining about how young his allies were in Trinity.

[@lectrifyin1]

A Chris Gore non-spoiler review is Chris Gore telling you everything about the movie

[@janfwagner]

Mr. Gore, you hit it on the head when you said, "they're trying to appeal to a certain segment of viewers that (ostensibly) wants to see itself on the screen." That's marketing nonsense and has nothing do with filmmaking. Indeed, the vapid characters are a key reason why the film does not work. My score is also 4 out of 10, with the four points awarded for the beauty of the film and the care taken in executing the substandard script.

[@petethehawk5186]

It’s too bad a good chunk of that segment just don’t seem to care much about movies lol

[@janfwagner]

@@petethehawk5186 Then it's even more idiotic what they are trying to do

[@NoahGooder]

@@petethehawk5186 yep if the video cant be done within 1-5 minutes they tune it out.

[@adamw116]

To me Sigourney Weaver was the sexieat in Deal Of the Century

[@gagestandingready1472]

I guess you didn't like Cabin in the Woods either.

[@burnikshrapnel]

Gen Z in space? You can't even see them outside the house without some cataclysmic event that'll force them out 🤣

[@Red-zh7vq]

So did Weyland/Yutani monitor what was happening in the first Alien? Because there’s no way they’d just find the xenomorph randomly floating around in the vastness of space.

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Not from the shuttle that Ripley escaped with, and they would have needed that data to estimate where the Alien had been blown due to the thruster firing. Also it getting coated in rock is just as laughable. Nothing about this setup makes sense, and I suspect they are going to try to claim that each cell from a Xeno can make a new facehugger, which would make the eggs completely useless. I expect this movie is FULL of plot holes.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Not really. Ash and Mother (ship computer) reported back about the lifeform but that’s about it. WY received what little data they got and then founded Hadley’s Hope on the planet to find the source of the lifeform and try to capture it for weaponization/commercial value The problem is ever since Disney took over the brand around 2014 or so, they rebooted the canon (just like Star Wars) and everything has to tie back to Ripley in someway. It is beyond annoying. The franchise now lacks any originality. There is a massive difference between the books and comics we used to get from Dark Horse vs now with Titan Books which just pumps out Disney garbage. Seriously in one book they claim someone found Ripley between Alien and Aliens, there’s yet another xeno aboard the ship that rescues her, everyone dies except Ripley and the only way she survives is she gets back in her original life pod and bangs her head causing her to get memory loss of everything that happened in the book so it won’t break the movie canon 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@nicholasbullock1709]

@@Lawrence_TalbotI bet anyone who’s read that book was banging their head to try and forget too.

[@furiousgreg4397]

Not really defending the idea, they could have come up with some other reason they had the alien, it didn't have to be Ripley's. However, once you knew the trajectory of Ripley's shuttle and where the refinery should have been at the time, following it back to the source would be possible. If Weyland-Yutani was interested enough in the organism she described they probably would send at least a probe to see if there was anything there. Space is really, really empty, except when it's not and you have a good idea where that something likely is.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

@@nicholasbullock1709 what’s sad is that’s considered one of the “good ones”. It’s only gone downhill from there. The only decent book is Cold Forge which I will highly recommend. Outside of the that tho…

[@HoundMonkey]

It was like the annoying Vespa gang from the Book of Boba Fett was born into the Alien universe... It was very disappointing.

[@Sam_T2000]

@@HoundMonkey - not at all.

[@darianstarfrog]

​@@Sam_T2000close though..they did suck

[@thebatman4279]

The two British guys were so annoying.

[@tonyman64]

They should have named this movie "Alien: The Greatest Hits".

[@martintimmer8574]

The actors already bored me in the trailer. And didn’t we have that young girl storyline before?🤔

[@alejandromolinac]

What was funny to me…. Other than the android dude….. they all looked super “samey” to me….

[@torq21]

@@alejandromolinac All of the characters in the original looked very different, very... diverse, if you will.

[@jimjam51075]

They were too pretty. We've seen this assortment in every Netflix series, every new movie, and every commercial. There are no stakes because you don't care about people who are uniformly better looking than most people. Not to mention the racial ruleset that prevents certain characters from being evil, dying, being dumb, winning/losing, having romances, etc.

[@adamw116]

you mean 'simila'r?​@alejandromolinac

[@steveenczi8967]

It was awful

[@saddad6601]

I would believe it more if they were all space baristas.

[@PrimarchX]

Colonizers? Isn't the term colonist?

[@bassage13]

We're using Gen z talk here.

[@Youtubegoblin23]

It's 2024 gen z call all white people colonisers

[@RM_VFX]

In space, no one can hear you skibidi rizz.

[@thebatman4279]

In space, no one can hear SUMFIN IN THA FU'IN WOH'AH

[@milestrombley1466]

I don't expect it to be a masterpiece. I just want a good decent Alien film since the prequels ruined the franchise.

[@LearnTrainPlay]

Same and imo thats what we got, saw it tonight and was pleased, not blown away but happy I went to see it.

[@kylecrowell4529]

It was worth seeing. Not amazing, but fun. 6.5/10 See it on the big screen, it'll probably hit better.

[@Sam_T2000]

it was very _alright…_ nothing was necessarily, actively bad, but it surely could’ve been better. the best parts were the visuals and overall design of the sets and props and such, as it all looked right out of the original movies… and it does try to tie up some of the loose ends from _Prometheus,_ FYI 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jackstraw4222]

alien and predator have been ruined not as much as terminator ,but still at least prometheus tried,not very well,but the concept was good ...prey alone wont bring the franchise back...they must cast some grown adult as hero again...

[@ethicsandcomplianceoffice]

Watched it tonight and it was good fun, quite respectful of original movies and amazing set design, visuals and audio. Not a big fan of Gen Z casting (didn’t feel as serious as an older cast), having said that their acting wasn’t too bad, some actually quite good. Overall, it’s good fun - go watch it guys

[@fredo1070]

Ridley Scott on the directors commentary for Alien mentioned that the producers complained there was not enough sex in the film. Then during the white panties scene Ridley Scott says "I dunno what they what they were complaining about".

[@onialex64]

I personally enjoyed the movie

[@thecloudtherapist]

So by this story's token, are we to expect another film (a nonsense follow up) that now talks about the Alien Queen having survived ejection into space, from the Aliens film? Good f*cking grief 🤦‍♂️ Can we lay this franchise to rest for 20 years, please?! 🙄

[@island_girl]

"Gen Z in space." That's all I needed to know. Thank you for saving me money! 😉👍🏼

[@kittybrowneye3163]

They have fiery but mostly peaceful riots get mad because there's no stores to Rob so they set the ship on fire and that's the end. They complain that it's not fair the life support fails after burning the ship

[@HereticHydra]

Yeah that killed my hype. Now I'm just imagining Xenomorphs doing the Fortnite dance.

[@idiot_city5444]

There's literally nothing Gen Z about them other than their age...

[@tobypage7189]

@@idiot_city5444 Right. But age is literally the one thing that denotes the generation you belong to. Could it be that you just don't like 'your idea' if what Gen Z is, but actually they're just people like you and I?

[@idiot_city5444]

@@tobypage7189 I despise Gen Z lol, I'm the first that would hate these characters. But, like I said, their age literally means nothing in the movie whatsoever.

[@morelius]

Thank you for this. This movie is a hard pass for me.

[@LukeTramps]

It's all bland characters in a world of member berries and jump scares. I hated it.

[@mikebal7777]

This struck me as a very purposefully "diverse" cast of 20 somethings being tasked with showing me just how bad bad bad the corporations are as some sort of attempt to make me care with a hamfisted plot devices, and a macguffin to get them into danger that felt really stupid. I didn't care at all, and hence there was almost zero tension. While a passable generic horror movie for the first two acts, act 3 devolved so quickly into utter trash, I really don't know how things fell off so hard.

[@phluphie]

There are no Alien movies after ALIENS.

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

Alien 3 Assembly cut is good and Winona Ryder and kookiness of Resurrection is a good B movie.

[@darianstarfrog]

Fact

[@rhoadnaroahs]

Glad I avoided the trailers. Makes the movie much more enjoyable. The actor playing Andi was amazing! The film was way better than Covenant. They actually used breathing protection! What a concept!!

[@PickleLipsMiguel]

I'm so sick of the trope of tying in a new story to an already existing story by latching on to one tiny detail in the original. It's so contrived.

[@michaelh.8945]

The first alien was... "preserved"?!? WHAT? Groooooooan...

[@SuperBrooklynite007]

Great they probably wanted to make a sequel sometime between two and three to say they found the queen now

[@ADB696]

And we thought decades of established lore and the ending of ALIEN was Ripley incinerating the xenomorph in the shuttle’s thrusters. Man, we must be stupid. Lmfao!

[@furiousgreg4397]

Not really defending the idea, they could have come up with some other reason they had the alien, it didn't have to be Ripley's. However, once you knew the trajectory of Ripley's shuttle and where the refinery should have been at the time, following it back to the source would be possible. If Weyland-Yutani was interested enough in the organism she described they probably would send at least a probe to see if there was anything there. Space is really, really empty, except when it's not and you have a good idea where that something likely is.

[@Sam_T2000]

if the xenomorphs are supposed to be the “perfect organism,” it’s plausible they’d be able to hibernate in space, or even generate a cocoon, and I don’t think either contradicts established lore 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mrsickukxx1332]

Yeah, the Alien isn’t preserved in a rock as Chris said. It cocoons itself. You can clearly see the Alienesque ridges when weyland bring it on board the space station.

[@theunsweetkarmaway]

Chris, the last time you said a movie landed with the thud, it turned out to be my horror favorite movie of the year. You’re kind of turning into Jeff Kannada, the guy on Filmcast, whose opinions always are the opposite of mine.

[@fishjones4618]

I’m probably going to be in the minority in this (but being black, liking rock music, and attending a nearly all white high school, that tracks for me😂), but the Alien franchise began and ended with two amazing movies. As evidenced by just about every horror franchise with multiple entries, one can only go to the well so many times before the implacable horror is just another beatable (for now!) boogeyman. What made Alien, and slightly to a lesser extent Aliens, is that it stuck close to mentality of good ol HPL when he said “The oldest and strongest emotion is fear. And the oldest and strongest fear is of the unknown. The first movie’s title, “Alien”, just doesn’t apply to the creature itself (when it had no cutesy name like “xenomorph”). It worked on so many levels. The situation the Nostromo crew encountered was alien. The ship they found the eggs was alien. The dead pilot was alien. How the creature reproduced, spawned and behaved was alien. Nowadays you can set your watch to how things are going to go in an Alien movie. And hollywoke, always relying on a safe bet, will keep trotting out the Freddys and Jasons and Chuckys with the same old tropes until kingdom come. It’s a miracle the likes of Katie of Paranormal Activity and Jigsaw broke through a crowded field. Anyway, this is a pass for me.

[@scottjo76]

Good points, well thought out.....And while i agree in that once you've got a franchise in place, the unknown is no longer part of it and no longer truly 'Alien' It is however such a brilliantly designed and timeless monster, and a lot of us really love the franchise, it can never be truly fresh but we still enjoy all the motifs that it has to offer. As you mentioned, the first Alien was true cosmic HPL horror.....it saturated itself in stillness, ambient sounds and a true sense of 'otherness' It's very very difficult to recapture that now with over four decades of knowing our friend the Xenomorph. That's why Ridley wanted to take the franchise and move it from being purely about the monster, he wanted to explore more elevated conceptual and philosophical themes. While he didn't entirely succeed i do enjoy those movies, many don't but i appreciate what he was going for. Despite the Alien no longer being 'Alien' to us the franchise is still very rich......with it's AI aided corporate fascism, black-goo, genetic manipulations along with the monster, it's great, i and still personally love it, the games too. Romulus i think is a solid entry, a lot of fun to watch

[@scottjo76]

@Foulfellow Starship Troopers with Xenos is the perfect description for Aliens, a really fun movie but it lacks the serious hard sci-fi elements of Alien When i was a boy i preferred Aliens, it was an easier watch....but i think this is true for a lot of Alien fans that they much prefer the original as they get older and Aliens (while still fun) begins to lose its critical value

[@HereticHydra]

Lovecraft Alien could've easily been a franchise about the mystery of "Who is the Space Jockey?" Unfortunately Prometheus did try that & it sucked. Instead of sticking to Aliens he tried to copy Book of Enoch & failed, then he made generic horror slasher slop with Covenant.

[@nightwatchm4n]

Oh you're definitely not in the minority -- your typical Alien fan generally loves the first 2 and everything after that is mostly a miss for them. I and a minority of fans have a soft spot for 3 despite it's many flaws and I appreciate what Prometheus and Covenant conceptually attempted but failed to pull off... but Alien Resurrection, no... hot take maybe but Resurrection is still the bottom of the barrel for me to this day. Going to see Romulus tonight so we'll see if that changes or not. Hoping for something average at best but bracing myself for the worst.

[@fishjones4618]

@@HereticHydra That reminds me. When is someone going to adapt The Book Of Enoch?? I mean, rogue angels banging human women which results in cannibalistic giants?? Sign me up for that crazy ride!!

[@HansKlopek]

Cast looks young and diverse. Not interested.

[@Mattened]

diversity is our downfall

[@davidcarrascojr]

@@HansKlopek what a wild comment

[@davidcarrascojr]

@@Mattenedwho hurt you

[@Terrince_Tate]

​@davidcarrascojr It's true, though. The casting is absolutely terrible.

[@CharlesBojangles]

Edgy neckbeard comment.

[@NWAP1337]

The "story" is like fan fiction.

[@Cylon1]

Can’t get past the GenZ cast. Wish they were all a little older. Could not relate to a bunch of kids running around getting slaughtered.

[@tobypage7189]

Lol. Sounds like you should just watch the Cocoon movies over and over again.

[@Cylon1]

@@tobypage7189 😂 I’ve not seen those films in years. The first one was great! Cannot beat a good 80’s film! 🙌

[@BullyMaguire4ever]

Go watch Grown Ups 2. Cailee Spaeny is 3 years younger than Sigourney Weaver in Alien.

[@Cylon1]

@@BullyMaguire4ever That’s insane, she looks like she should still be in school! 🤦‍♂️

[@RyuShinkuuHadoken]

Every Alien movie after Aliens, Oh! an ugly monster from space let's do some crazy experiments with it.

[@phluphie]

Alien: Resurrection is a meh horror film that would be completely forgettable were it not in the franchise. BUT for film geeks it's interesting because it's written by Josh Weadon and it's quite obvious, once you know what you're looking at, that the crew of the Betty is an R rated, proto version of the crew of Serenity. And on that note, also check out Darkstar. The bit w/ Pinback and the alien beachball is a proto, comedy version of Alien.

[@ulfingvar1]

And they would!!! in reality. Believe you me.

[@Sam_T2000]

that was the idea with the first one, too 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jackstraw4222]

to make it scary they should have 1 lone survivor in a station in space..no contact with anyone ..second the alien design needs some modifications....introduce a strange backstory with symbolism ..thats my take anyway...

[@davidgalinat4257]

IKR. Its the same movie over and over, with diminishing returns.

[@madisattybayev249]

4/10? …….. You must crazy

[@djd620]

David Jonsson is the sole saving grace of this film

[@nh8444]

I’m amazed at how bad writing is nowadays.

[@alexzapf6422]

I’ve seen it. I felt it went back to Alien and was fantastic. I’m not young. I’m 51. I’m liked the suspense the terror and the actors did a good job. The music is amazing and the practical effects are top notch. I’m starting to think a lot of KZbinrs hate before even seeing and that affects their opinion. It is a sci fi horror so there has to be some disbelief. I agree. A lot of movies lately are trash. But. This movie is a breath of fresh air. Not sure why there is so much hate.

[@jefp65]

Yeah Im a sucker for Alien movies. I even liked Covenant so this may be fun. Ive been very hyped for it.

[@thebatman4279]

Sorry but the characters are godawful, there's no tension, the Ian Holm scene was a disgrace and the alien human hybrid was more hilarious than scary. And that's before we get onto the shoehorned, obligatory fan service cringe moments.

[@davids2977]

Alien is a masterpiece. I dragged my roommate, who had never seen it and hates horror films, to see it on a Halloween showing in 2002 or 3, and he was terrified yet loved it. It's just perfect. Aliens is damn near perfect too. But after those, anything in the Alien universe is a mixed bag that is mostly mid to bad. This looks pretty from the trailer, but at the same time I just can't find myself caring enough to go see it, especially since it wreaked of GenZ-modern understanding of diversity.

[@Sam_T2000]

I’ve seen the original _Alien_ many times, but only saw it in the theatre for the first time recently… I might’ve said it was a masterpiece before, but after the theatre viewing I decided it does have its flaws. after the xenomorph kills Harry Dean Stanton it takes a dip in quality… even the Dallas kill was a bit boring to me. the Ash reveal scene was good, but then after that it’s just a bit rushed and it loses it’s atmosphere. and the final scene on the shuttle is a bit underwhelming, too… like the xenomorph just fell asleep on the shuttle? it feels a bit boring. (and the “diverse” cast really isn’t an issue in the movie… the worst character was the white dude 🤷🏻‍♂️)

[@BlackNeverLeft]

Theres nothing to spoil in the 3rd act really if you saw what happened to Shaw then youve seen the end of this,same thing,different actor,seen it before.

[@nigelcarren]

"I admire Chris's purity!" 🇬🇧👽🇺🇲

[@soulsweep93]

The movie was too Disneyesque. 20th Cen made their first rated R movie for kids.

[@hulkhogansgianttaint9451]

Disagree with Chris. Not bad 7/10

[@Sam_T2000]

yea, he’s too hard on it… not the greatest movie, but enjoyable, and fits into the _Alien_ universe well. maybe… 6.5/10?

[@monsteralex_sculpts5370]

I agree as well. It was more enjoyable than 3 and Resurrection for myself despite it having a few eye rolling remember-berry moments. That being said, Alien and Aliens are still definitive in the Alien franchise.

[@peanutsthebard]

I would agree with you until the very end. I can't even with it

[@Sam_T2000]

@@peanutsthebard - I think they could’ve made Andy the final boss, and that would’ve been an interesting subversion 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SPRIZZYSPROW]

Just saw it…blah. Better than covenant but, that’s not hard

[@mcapps1]

AND THIS SURPRISES YOU WHY?? And did I hear that somebody is named Andy? And Andy is an Android. Andy the Android. I haven't seen it obviously, but fuck this film

[@ViperChief117]

I legit have no desire to watch this film and I’m a huge fan of the first two Alien films in said franchise.

[@ADB696]

Same.When things get that desperate that we have to find the original alien floating in the vacuum of the endless vastness of space for 20 years still alive and ready for action well that’s a hard pass from me. I’m not sure which is more idiotic finding the alien still alive or the magic teleporting egg that appears in the cryo chamber room aboard the Sulaco at the beginning of Alien 3. This franchise is so dead lol!

[@K1181-r4o]

Alien from Wish

[@granttolbert4293]

I’m going to keep this very non spoiler - spoilers inbound

[@wifegrant]

Those damn space colonizers!

[@navylaks2]

judging from the trailers it just looks like more of the same even down to the basic cinematography

[@MrBenfranz]

I disagree with Mr. Gore. This is easily a 7/10.

[@onemancinema4642]

The moment I heard that the Evil Dead remake was good...I tuned out. Romulus is a below average horror flick with unlikeable characters and an ending that sucks.

[@williamfries65]

Saw the trailer when we went to see Twisters…looks scary…will wait for reviews from the best guys and gals on KZbin. Twisters was decent…great visual effects!

[@whoknew2273]

In Space No One Can Hear You Snore

[@kevinhardy8997]

Prometheus kinda killed my trust

[@thedarknate08]

Yeah it sucked

[@steveenczi8967]

@@thedarknate08thank you they had a mentally handicap robot broo I knew it was doomed

[@WhiskeyThieves]

I agree. It’s hard for me to forgive Ridley Scott for handicapping Neill Blomkamp’s version, which seemed brilliant based on the concept artwork

[@thedarknate08]

@@steveenczi8967 definitely

[@scottyhehehe5367]

Prometheus was awesome.

[@AndreDankl-xx8eq]

I totally agree with this review. As a huge fan of Alien & Aliens there were parts of this that I loved but the third act KILLED this movie for me aswell as the Prometheus reference. I heard alot of complaints from other audience members about the third/final act also. Ironically, I was by chance sitting next to one of the guys from Weta who worked on the face huggers - his name was in the credits & all. Clearly he didn’t get to see it early, even though they worked on it! Crazy!! Haha

[@rockinrichardsmoviereviews1901]

Fully clothed,Sigourney Weaver was absolutely gorgeous!!!

[@secretgoldfish]

It was crappily unoriginal and REALLY heavy on the nostalgia bait before devolving into the lesser Alien and AvP films....looks good but ironically just made Prometheus seem better than it was.

[@alankohn6709]

It is a sad comment on a film that the popcorn bucket is the most interesting thing

[@LearnTrainPlay]

saw it today and thought Fede did a pretty good job, it did what I expected. Good horror, great sound design, great sets and good music. It was a tad predictable in a lot of places but reminded me a lot of Alien Isolation and that was a good thing because that's a great game. Even when the girl had her action moment it was the gun and not her doing the work. The synthetic stole the show.

[@toshland5687]

Yeah It felt more like it was part of the Alien Isolation game. Really liked that. It was predictable at times, but still a decent movie. It’s just not on the same level as Alien and Aliens. Didn’t really expect to be. Probably a little better than Alien 3. I think Chris giving it 4 is a little harsh

[@Sam_T2000]

@@LearnTrainPlay - I thought there was some good body horror moments, but the monster moments could’ve been better, in my opinion. I liked the red motif, though.

[@LearnTrainPlay]

@@toshland5687 agreed

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

This is going to bomb because the old audience doesn't want to watch zoomers and the zoomers want to watch Tik Tok videos instead.

[@tobypage7189]

Or just get over it and watch actors acting in a movie without getting bent out of shape about how old they are 👍

[@Utoobzz]

Really, because it's cleaning house at the box office......

[@averagecarpentryskills7148]

"These xenomorphs are sus. No cap. FR FR. On God. They ain't bussin"... yeah, that's why I didn't have any interest. the cast isn't exactly the gritty types we saw in the old movies.

[@Sam_T2000]

@@averagecarpentryskills7148 - their age and personalities (with one exception) aren’t an issue, it’s just that they seem kinda soft… but once they start dying it doesn’t matter as much 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@idiot_city5444]

There's literally no lines like that whatsoever in the film, lol. You people are idiotic

[@jasonrichardson4448]

This is Alien for "THE MODERN AUDIENCE".

[@Utoobzz]

Well they can't keep targeting them at old fans, as we'll all be dead soon - how are they going to make money? Life moves forward.

[@Lib_exorcist]

My son is 21 and has zero interest in this movie. As for me as soon as I saw the trailer it looks like a rehash of alien

[@Halbared]

There’s two good Alien films and one half decent one.

[@Sam_T2000]

there are things to appreciate about each and every bad _Alien_ sequel… except maybe _Requiem_ 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Halbared]

@@Sam_T2000 Yeah, I can watch bits of them again. I could probably watch AvP2 again, out of curiosity.

[@dis_inferno9173]

I thought it's was interesting movie. I would love to see sequel to this!

[@Armzed1]

Why dont they just copy the stories from the dark horse comics,so many good movies could of been made! What a waste.

[@darianstarfrog]

Saw it last night..i did not like it, looked good, but characters are awful..and lead just has things happen to her, its pointless..makes it boring

[@roastbeef3000]

Prometheus/Covenant set before alien, now this set after Alien - I'm so tired of franchises artificially shoehorning prequels into their timelines. All they need to do now to fill all the gaps and complete the set is; - Bring blomkampf's Aliens sequel back from the dead - A sequel after Alien 3 that follows 'not Bishop's science team (now with deepfake Lance Hendrickson! 😔) - A sequel to Alien resurrection where Wynona Rider crashes onto earth BUT THERE WAS A FACEHUGGER ON BOARD 😲

[@EricBinford]

I conned my Mom into taking my brother, best friend, and I in 79. I was 11. I still don't think my Mom has recovered.

[@Sam_T2000]

me*

[@HibachiOG]

Hearing this review just took my excitement behind the shed and shot it.

[@CharlesBojangles]

@@HibachiOG the majority of comments from people that have seen the film are positive. If you’re still curious about the film, go see it and form your own opinion.

[@randomnumberz]

I went and saw it and enjoyed it. It was a young cast who were all great. Some great scares and it captured the spirit of the first movie. Only downside is it becomes the Force Awakens of the Alien franchise. But worth seeing if you’re into it.

[@slayskool777]

The diverse young cast is annoying. I hate movies with kids in adult situations. The 'Member-Berries' and callbacks are cringe.

[@coreyc5982]

I've said this to my friends who are way more excited about this movie than I am. The problem with this franchise is that it'll forever be stuck in the shadow of Ridley Scott and James Cameron.

[@TheDrpretorious]

I’m a huge fan of the franchise and I loved it. It has its problems for sure but I still found it very enjoyable.

[@themtgdude486]

A 4/10 seems really low compared to what others are saying but to each their own. I’ll see it tonight. Who knows, maybe it’s a 4 for me as well.

[@CharlesBojangles]

Chris has been wrong before…

[@CharlesBojangles]

@@themtgdude486 my wife, good friend, and I just left the theater thoroughly satisfied with the film. As someone who is a fan of Alien 1-3 (assembly cut), and appreciated Prometheus for what it was, Romulus is a solid 8/10 for me.

[@pascaleffigyuk]

The character you speak of, was not CG, it was an animatronic puppet built by Legacy FX (formerly Stan Winston Studios) with some cg tweaks. I know the people that built it. I'm in the industry. But apart from that, I agree with you whole heartedly.

[@cornbredx]

Ya, I saw Deadpool and Wolverine again yesterday so I had to watch this trailer again. What came to mind when I watched the trailer again this time was how young everyone in the movie is and then I want to make sure I'm not biasing myself so I thought back to the first Alien movie I saw (the first movie which I definitely saw too young). So I made this list. Sigourney Weaver was about 30 Tom Skerritt was 46 John Hurt was 39 Veronica Cartwright (which I always feel compelled to mention gives the most under rated performance in the movie- just phenomenally terrified) 30 Harry Dean Stanton was 53 Ian Holm was 48 Yaphet Kotto was 40 This info is from IMDB. So if it's wrong it's their fault. Or I did my math wrong- sorry if that happens. I'm dumb sometimes. But for me what this says is- what are they thinking casting so young for this film? I mean besides making a cheap movie. I mean, I couldn't find all of their ages (admittedly I didn't try harder than IMDB) but they all seem to be between 23-28. It somewhat reminds me of Solo- where everyone just seems like their cosplaying famous characters. None of them feel lived in or like a real person. The only thing I can think, besides "cheap" is they cast so young so they can make a lot of movies off of this. I... I can't express enough how much I hate this thinking when movies get made. It's part of the factorization of Hollywood. Making it into a machine to "pump out content." Yech. Just bad decision making for a creative endeavor imo. I haven't seen the movie yet, but everything about it just gives me the wrong feel. Just like the Evil Dead this director made. Just wrong wrong wrong (I heard Don't Breathe is good, but I never saw it- but then that was an original so... not him making someone else's art).

[@miorandmior]

I think it would always be problematic when you try to recreate the 1st movie (almost to the point of trying to outdo or replace it). I mean, just look at the cast of the 1st one alone, there ain't no way. My opinion , all alien movies that follow should be made in different sort of scenarios , settings. Evolve, not repeat. Aliens 2 moved on from the first and made it from a military mission point of view, it evolved from the first one. Alien 3 went further down the road , different setting , scenario entirely.

[@EbrahimShabahang-ij2pn]

Bravo ,exactly my friend they need to do it with different cenario and settings 👍 but unfortunately the change they made was adding hole group of genz 💩

[@miorandmior]

My take away from the trailers, theyre trying to replace sigourney weaver as the 'face' of the alien franchise. A new strong female lead. Felt a bit rey skywalker-ish. I havent seen it yet but i hope my fears are unfounded. n​@EbrahimShabahang-ij2pn

[@EbrahimShabahang-ij2pn]

@@miorandmior I watched it , if they want bring new generation is ok but make it believable! Aliens in old movies killed fully armed and trained soldiers now they get defeated by bunch of teens 😬 and add something new it's just the same group of ppl with one big A-hole member that end up dying AGAIN 😔

[@fredleggett923]

It's odd that Goldsmith and Horner was cited for themes, but not Goldenthal. And I heard a LOT of Goldenthal.

[@CharlesBojangles]

@@fredleggett923 So did I. It was actually in my head since I listened to Goldenthal’s Alien 3 score on my way to the theater this evening.

[@Zamo666]

I agree with Chris maybe 50%. I liked it, CGI is bad mainly for the cameo and the end surprise alien. Maybe a better ending would have been better. I agree that the cast is too young, considering that in the first film Sigourney was 29 and the youngest. It is a grown up life story that works with older characters, but I was fine something that I didn’t feel with Ghostbusters Afterlife. All alien films are basically same, this one just took longer to launch.

[@cormoran2303]

An Alien movie actually being an Alien movie sounds like an amazing time.

[@gooshbacca]

Spoilers! WTF!?!

[@Melarancida]

Totally agree. The first act, ignoring a few things that don’t make much sense, was very promising and got me hyped for the second part, which unfortunately was a letdown for me. There were too many callbacks to other moments from previous entries in the franchise, all crammed in there just to make you go, “Oh! I remember that!” It’s not a terrible movie by any means. The first part gets the tone right, but most of the cast is forgettable, aside from Spaeny and Jonsson (whose performances I really enjoyed). The second act is just badly written, in my opinion. The first part is so promising that if they hadn’t felt the need to lean this heavily (and clumsily) on the nostalgia, I think this could’ve ended up as a very unique entry in the Alien universe and a solid movie based on its own merits.

[@gillian_seed8358]

Sorry but I’m such a hardcore fan I’ll still go watch it lol. Thanks Chris I know to set the bar waaaaaay low. This is why I take weed gummies before movies 🎥 makes everything better haha

[@jadapandy]

Doesn't matter what you guys say - I'm going to see this tomorrow in Imax. Movies, like everything else, is subjective. Gotta be better than The Acolyte.

[@CharlesBojangles]

Chris has been wrong before. It’s best you make up your own mind.

[@alexzapf6422]

Agree. I feel he has been jaded by his experiences. Like his show. But. He is a bit harsh at times. Hell Wolverine and Deadpool was nothing but member berries. It is trash.

[@Haterator]

@@alexzapf6422 I completely disagree. It was fanservice done right and a highly entertaining popcorn flick. Please more of that.

[@Haterator]

THat's a bar that possibly can't get any lower anyway...

[@thebatman4279]

Better than Acolyte. Truly a bar so low that an injured Danny DeVito could hop over.

[@everestcomputer]

colonists, not colonizers...

[@arcadealchemist]

i think that this movie took all the aspects from the 6 movies prior and squished them in to a solo meta narative storyline that acutally works as an independant horror that revolves around a RELATABLE crew of missfits looking to estape the system and will take a risk to get it which can lead to unfair odds and bad things happening. if you are from Dan O'bannon Era movies you know all of the reasons produced movies under O'bannon are just epic. and i know that Fede is more a reproductionist director like James Wan .they can reproduce the correct ambiance that is not high quality but reproduction quality and long as they use FRESH FACE actors movies will be passable as good while repeating the patterns of the older movies and not losing much of the subtext meaning in the name and context of the movies or media. the ambiance music always important even if it's Red Dragon treating us to chelos and violins or some 90s Cyberpunk with Synths and metal drops;. like Alien has it's SAW BLADE SHEEKs and closing the car door in a barn echo. the audio is so important the atmosphear is even more but to me this movie Played more like a DLC narative in a videogame than a movie, did not like they Revived Ian Holme however that trend at disney of bad deep fake AI noncense is getting out of hand.

[@darkshamrock5763]

Normies are eating it up. Most of the ones I’ve seen that love it are also the ones in the same post are glazing Prometheus, Covenant, and Resurrection.

[@calfborg]

The British cousins were hard to understand, the lead actress and her “brother” were pretty good. The cast overall was a bit bland. The tension was stressful and great throughout. The visuals and production design were great. The effects on the cameo were bad and appear more frequently than I expected. The ending is understandably divisive, but I didn’t mind the wild weirdness. Overall I really enjoyed the movie despite its flaws. Movies in this genre aren’t particularly common so I appreciate when there’s some competence on display.

[@robertbarga3694]

I liked the move quite a bit, but I agree with a lot of your assessment. For me, "Get away from her you B...." is the greatest like in film history so repurposing it for this film was definitely a strike against it. 😃

[@eontimes]

Sounds dumb

[@GaryJRobinson]

I've got a ticket for tommorow but I'm considering not going now after hearing this review. I was expecting more from this movie.

[@alexzapf6422]

If you base on whether you watch a movie based on other people’s reviews. Why even go to any movie. Make up your own mind after watching. It is a great horror movie period.

[@Whocares1987]

@@GaryJRobinson most embarrassing comment i think I’ve ever read. Do you have your own mind or?

[@SpaceJawa]

If nothing else you could use it in a lesson in purchasing tickets to a movie days in advance.

[@SelfReassuringTitle]

I was going to skip this but now I wont- just to see how bad it is. because the critical response/RT Audience response has been fantastic

[@henrymach]

Now this is a franchise that needs desperately to be put to rest

[@ffs55]

Or, plan B: make films that are proper sci-fi *sigh*

[@zmanthemercenary5378]

Let it die.