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ALIEN ROMULUS (2024):
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
DIRECTOR: Fede Alvarez
WRITERS: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues - Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
STARRING: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu
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[@Mawcxs]

can we all agree that the biggest villain was that lady who added 12,000 more hours to her work service.

[@zbigniewiksinski]

actually bigest enemy was whoever wrote that bullshit scrip. scene at her work service was idiotic. yeah they just added another 12k hours and 5years of work just in that moment.

[@phishinround420]

Just a cog in the evil W.Y. corporation.

[@alexdurain3753]

Yeah I noticed that as well. Weyland Utani agrees that she’s fulfilled her duties, so why did the clerk do her dirty?

[@bklynbrwlr]

@@zbigniewiksinskiI think it was her parents remaining hours before they died because it was added RIGHT after she said the both died.

[@redbluebae4397]

@@zbigniewiksinskino

[@unrhu]

Andy was an awesome addition to the franchise, loved his character and arc, I feel he made the film

[@TheLeshi]

As soon as he came on screen i was like "no harm must come to this perfect buddy bot"

[@A-N99-2]

@@TheLeshiI literally looked at my sister like “they’re gonna make us cry with his character, poo” 😂

[@aw6686]

1 of my favorite android performances

[@booley]

I agree. I love how they managed to combine the synths from alien and aliens , making one that was both sympathetic and sinister.

[@baby.nay.]

He was amazing! I fell in love with his character, then I absolutely terrified of him, then I loved him again what a roller coaster .

[@HawkTeevs]

That hybrid genuinely had my hands clasped over my mouth. I was expecting some horrific, mangled monster judging from the footage of the rat exploding. But no. The music cuts out, and I saw a lanky, pale, eerily human looking *thing* that's just staring into my soul. Absolutely horrifying.

[@randallbesch2424]

Hybrids don't seem possible like crossing a human with a literal robot.

[@owllucas]

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL !

[@blaah9999]

Yessssss and when it smiles?! 😭🫣💀

[@joyc.e.7511]

Bro, I've been having nightmares about that thing😰

[@MichaelJohnson-uo3ef]

@@joyc.e.7511 jesus, youre whipped

[@thisisntmyceiling]

Andy was my absolute favorite. I felt sympathy, I cheered for him, I was shocked by him, his actions and choices were gripping. Stand out character for sure. He absolutely nailed the role.

[@vardamir0397]

no questions' asked, best character and actor in the whole movie, showing incredible range while having the role of a synthetic. Gotta say, that actor has potential I hope his career launches well, or if it has, i hope it continues :) I believe it was my first time seeing him on the silver screen, but he sure made an impression!

[@wolfman_jagermeistro8445]

Your pathetic 😂

[@wp699]

I felt some sympathy- but the plot cared more about humanizing an ai that has no feelings and only does what it’s programmed to do meanwhile dismembering the humans one by one in the most grotesque ways even a pregnant woman wasn’t off limits. The whole warm and fuzzy robots have feelings too felt a bit misplaced.

[@execuwutie_YT]

​@@wp699how is Andy's story warm and fuzzy? you have any media literacy?

[@mrspikbolt]

@@wp699 and yet who cares about eachother.? “Animals/robots aren’t humans… etc etc..” is something people say.. people are always pro human above all else until it’s time to defend yourself from another human being or worse, you make the choice to gain advantage at the expense of another human being like at your job to get that promotion. So I ask, what’s wrong with the movie?? We kill eachother and step on eachother to gain advantage all the time so who gives af what the movie portrays. Less people less mouths to feed I say

[@prada_rl]

When the alien hybrid is first introduced I turned to my girl in the theater and whispered “holy shit it’s that basketball player from tik tok” as a joke. We looked it up after learning it really was him 😂

[@Whistopher96]

Dog that shit freaked me the hell out my girlfriend and I gave each a what in the ever loving my fuck look. Dude someone brought his two small kids into the movie. You know them kids are gonna be scared for ever after that shit

[@drgskates]

Meanwhile. My reaction was: Mark Zuckerburg? Is that you?

[@prada_rl]

@@Whistopher96 bro there was an 8 year old girl and her dad right behind me i couldn’t believe it

[@poisonpotato3334]

I was watching it in theaters as well and when she reached in her shirt and weird alien goop was coming out of her "ta-tas" I turned to my boyfriend and said "nope, ain't no way I'm watching her half alien baby suck from her tiddies, nope, that's a grown ass man nope nope nope"

[@Ceo3am]

Cap of hell

[@johngutierrez591]

Loved how the Xeno was just chillin at the corner of the security camera frame

[@geminijaguar7274]

They really caught him on the cams like fnaf 😭😭

[@antdr01d]

Hehehe​@@geminijaguar7274

[@michaelj1729]

Fun fact: every haircut of the girls in the film was a callback to every haircut Ripley had in the films. Also, this flm is basically every Alien film when done right lmao. As a fan i dont mind the fanservicey stuff as long as it serves the plot purpose and it did. 😊

[@N8R_Quizzie]

I've only seen Alien and Romulus but I knew about "Get away from her.. you b-b-bitch" I thought that Romulus didn't do anything crazy. It was okay but people who say it's the best since Aliens is more of an indictment on the sequels than what it says about Romulus.

[@Yung.Ert.]

@@N8R_Quizzieit can be both

[@michaelj1729]

@@N8R_Quizzie imo, theyre saying that cause of the characters having more of a fleshed out personality aside from being a one trick pony ex: additional bodies to pick off. also the visuals and storytelling. Prometheus and Covenany had a good story and great cast but the executions were meh.

[@tommykaira8775]

Correction: done wrong*

[@whiterabbit1632]

heard this before but it doesn't make it a good film; waste of money....

[@lychee.smiles]

“Dora starts exploring” BRUH IM DEAD

[@wpaunan]

"She replaced his SIM card" hahaha

[@catherinem.lanuezsavethete4649]

😂😂😂

[@alexmeza9972]

When the alien/human hybrid first showed, it made me feel so uncomfortable! It was creepy as hell and I'm all for it.

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

I was so excited I was in my seat going show me! it then showed me and I went I take it back lmao

[@alexmeza9972]

Lol yeah, once it showed the baby in the egg sac thing I was like oh no, its a hybrid again! Then the reveal of it just staring at them was so so creepy. I was like ewwww fuuuck, that's creepy and cool as hell!" They did a hell of a job on it

[@hunterm1194]

My girlfriend was gagging for a minute straight in the theater after seeing the thing 💀

[@jcpark1125]

I saw the movie last night and I WAS SOOO DISGUSTED AND SQUIRMED SO BAD!! my knees was shaking when I left the theatre 😅😅 I was telling my friends how awful it was for those creators making and editing this hell of a creature when I couldn’t stare at it longer than a minute!!

[@guidorussoheck2100]

they showed to much

[@christiandowning6634]

That last 3rd was so tense. Nightmare fuel for the rest of my life

[@makeouthill4822]

man i wish i felt what everyone felt in the third act… i thought it was bland, boring and quite frankly very predictable

[@Us3r739]

Some people are so soft

[@Us3r739]

“Nightmare fuel for the rest of my life” bro this ain’t d day 💀🙏

[@OperatorTimber]

@@makeouthill4822 same :/ I felt alright for me. Like I LOVED the first two acts but then the third act left me a little unsatisfied. I still really enjoyed the movie tho.

[@nunyabizznezz7947]

@@Us3r739ight my guy we get it you’re tough lmao 1-2 weirdos might agree with you but you don’t speak for the majority who loved the film

[@RiceCubeTech]

The guy who played Andy almost captured the same awe Michael Fassbender did with David. Truly insanely talented actor. He played his two personalities perfectly. Much like David and Walter and the two differences in those two. I would LOVE to see Andy fixed and talk to David.

[@RiceCubeTech]

Also the Prometheus theme was a great callback! Gave me a big grin on my face, I don’t care what people say, that movie looked beautiful and the music was incredible.

[@JailanSimon]

Great plot. I worked in a movie theater when “Don’t Breathe” came out. This gave me the same feeling when hearing the audience’s audible reactions.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

You might gain a better understanding of the word great. It’s misused to absolute meaninglessness.

[@tgiacin435]

@@michaelsegriff3362guessing you either didn’t watch, or one of the ones that think anything after aliens was crap

[@EbonyPope]

Great plot??? You're not very bright are you? That was one of the worst movies ever.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

@@EbonyPope The word “great” is so overused and misused these days by clueless people with no aesthetic values, it’s become laughable.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

@@tgiacin435 I’d stay out of the prognostication business if I were you. I did see the film, and I’ll tell you most of the films after Aliens were much better than this rubbish. I’ll give you Jonsson did a nice job but the other actors were like cardboard cutouts. This film should be universally reviled just for the iconic lines stolen and placed in the mouths of inferior characters played by inferior actors.

[@sierrabrooke515]

as soon as the offspring showed up i literally gagged and said “ew she needs to kill that thing” like that was a freak of nature more than ripleys weird human xenomorph clone thing

[@cliffchampion5501]

It should’ve been on Ripleys believe it or not.

[@YodaOnABender]

@@cliffchampion5501huh?

[@cc4670]

​@YodaOnABender it's an old show where they showed a bunch of weird things.

[@Thebugthebugthebug]

What they did with Andy was so smart. When British ver. of him is out you’re sad that old Andy is gone but when he’s back you’re like damn we need that smart ass British dude for just a minute….

[@okide_]

honestly the movie was fun and made me wanna go rewatch the previous and then probably rewatch romulus which is a success imo. i think a good entry movie for those who havent seen any alien movie previous

[@jonmoree116]

I really enjoyed Romulus. It's the best Alien movie since Aliens.

[@Robodude_0528]

Romulus was ok. Some callbacks were tasteful, others weren’t. Doesn’t do anything bold, or push the lore forward aside from retcons.

[@grimsquad273]

@@Robodude_0528Prometheus tried to do just that the fan base cried because there wasn’t a xeno slaughtering people. Well now you have just that. Keep crying ig

[@Breakfastststst]

@@grimsquad273 why fans hate prometheus? It’s literally best

[@NotLikeUs17]

@@grimsquad273exactly. Some people are never satisfied. Big fan of the franchise, and one of the few that actually enjoyed Prometheus and Alien:Covenant. Romulus was really good, tho, imo. So much so that I’ve gone back and started re-watching previous releases.

[@allentorres8048]

@@NotLikeUs17completely agree everyone just has a hate mentality now, I was really young when I saw Prometheus but rewatched it recently and absolutely LOVE the plot and David creating the xenomorphs is such a cool concept also Romulus is amazing and is more of a movie to get younger audiences back into aliens, and you could just tell how much fede loved the series

[@WizardDog829]

i don't know about the other films but alien, romulus, and aliens is the perfect trilogy for me.

[@KhailSOLO]

Quadrilogy for me, cause I’m adding isolation in my headcanon lol

[@TacticalDimples]

2:48 the reason why the prequels look all shiny and new is because of the difference in wealth between each crew.

[@tgiacin435]

That’s what I figured too. I mean the Prometheus and Covenant were the most expensive missions.

[@Blackmagik66]

No. It's about the concept design.

[@L17AR15]

Space truckers would not be rolling in a clean fancy rig compared to the boss of weyland-yutani corps

[@Najobajo]

Gotta practice discernment in times of abundance.

[@luisfernando5998]

Yeah these teen actors must have beeen broke in real life too

[@josesepulveda6805]

To answer a question he had in 13:24, it's explained by Rook that Weyland-Yutani knew what happened in the station and placed it there to decommission it, essentially let the planetary ring get rid of their dirty work

[@unrhu]

It seems the transmission takes 6 months as Weyland Yutani andriod explains how long transmission times takes, so they didn't know quite yet.

[@tgiacin435]

“Decommission” while everyone is getting slaughtered

[@DelRae]

@@tgiacin435gotta eject the oopsies out to space

[@SaberEBW]

I cannot stand the opinion that alien Romulus is a callback or is just a call back movie. Freddy was able to make a movie where you actually feel like you're in the world of Alien. Every set piece and scene created was specifically made to sink you into the story and world. The way the characters act, the way they speak, these are all things that are synonymous with Alien. That's why it feels so familiar.

[@A-N99-2]

Right. I loved it. I saw it in IMAX & my older sister who raised me on horror films - screamed 😂I laughed at her like “gotcha!” I forget what part. Either the humanoid reveal or a different jump scare scene. It really dove you inside the film. It was a joy of an experience as a lifetime fan!

[@krimke881]

Arw you knitting technicalities in a movie that is so bad it should be illegal? 😅🤷‍♂️. It feels more like a fanfilm and bootlegged, than an actual full studio production with actual top paid actors. Ot reeks of "I wannabe" and ruins the whole experience if you want it to be one of the actual alien movies. It's just wrong to put it out there under the Alien name. It's not a callback, a call back, it's a hoax.

[@SaberEBW]

@@krimke881 this guy is a 1980s films did it better. Lmao

[@oz0451]

​@@krimke881yeah cool mate

[@sgttomas]

well said!

[@ryanreviews8566]

I don't get why people are mad at a movie using a movie tag line. It's cliche but fun and it's such a small thing compared to all the amazing shots and sequences and story this movie pulled off. live a little guys xD

[@darthrevan454]

Because one or two hating youtubers said a thing and now those sheeps cant think for themselves and parrot what nonsense they had to say

[@borislugosi54]

@@darthrevan454 "sheeps" 🤣 plural of sheep is sheep.

[@darthrevan454]

@@borislugosi54 here's one 😂😂

[@borislugosi54]

@@darthrevan454 you can't write jokes or intelligent comments. At least we are both laughing at you.

[@darthrevan454]

@@borislugosi54 notice how this sheep didn't deny anything I said? 😂

[@elamentri]

Andy was an absolutely wonderful addition to the artificial person lineup. His reboot sequence gave me straight up chills

[@juicestains52]

I think Romulus handles the biblical symbolism integration into the alien lore the best out of all the recent alien movies. Prometheus had the right idea but it got way too lost in the more overt internal ramifications of the story, whereas Romulus took a more subtle and sparing approach to it. Specifically the parallels between the story of Romulus/Remus and the dynamics of the crew here is a lot more ambiguous and fascinating to really think about than the more overt parallels between the story of Prometheus and the engineers. But that’s just my opinion.

[@_GeneralMechanics_]

"Get away from her, you b****!" is the Alien universe's version of Star Wars' "I have a bad feeling about this."

[@UNSCPILOT]

I kinda wish they'd gone for, say, "Get away from my sister" or something similar, it's one of the very few things that sits oddly for me, otherwise loved the movie

[@Raven-Yugioh]

the actor that plays the android was beyond GODLIKE he carry all the movie

[@orlandojohnson5742]

Agreed! The Android was trying to help more than hinder! Handed them da off da chain guns! Always love the sound of the pulse rifles!?🤤

[@Gaby-fb7gh]

Agreed! He was the only character that I identified with/liked.

[@Coco-xq7zh]

He’s the only android that I liked tbh

[@goodcitizen3027]

That floating acid scene; chef’s kiss.

[@wp699]

Thought that part was corny tbh

[@yktvyoungdon]

@@wp699what else did u think was corny🙏🏽

[@tgiacin435]

@@wp699if it keeps you from getting killed or becoming a host, I’ll take corny

[@A-N99-2]

@@wp699I thought it was hella corny too 😂😂I really enjoyed the film & everything but yeah at the end scene I was like 🙄meh. All good. Still worth the wait & worth the watch! Very glad it tied up some VERY loose ends from Prometheus/Covenant crap😂

[@1000clones]

@@wp699it’s good to have opinions

[@quantumpupper5776]

What breath of fresh air to hear something positive about this movie. It was a lot of fun, the atmosphere and details were nice, Andy was an interesting character. It wasn't perfect but Id rather enjoy an alien movie that is trying to pay homage, is appreciated.

[@DanielHeath-e5d]

Btw fun fact for Rooks actor, his wife said before he passed he wanted to come back and do it and had wanted to be in another film for years also Rooks model was used by weyland for special missions such as the whole of romulus

[@Juangassymexican]

I thought the Alien isolation save station easter egg was perfect! Immediately thought something bad was about to happen!

[@sierrabrooke515]

fr watching this i swear if felt like i was playing the game, like the elevators, the luggage conveyor belt

[@tgiacin435]

I kept saying save whenever I saw onw

[@ADee-nc7iv]

That's one thing I noticed, when ever you saw a save station something bad was right around the corner. Loved this movie.

[@guidorussoheck2100]

bro, half the crew was a The Last of Us callback, even the town was called Jackson, like tommies town.

[@GeMBoyYT]

Yes, I think everybody noticed how Andy character stand out. When he changed his disk and started chasing bold girl, I was threatened. I hope both actor and his character will return, with some cool dark twist.

[@ryanreviews8566]

I'm also happy that I finally know what the chestburster actually does to become the full xenomorph. apparently it just sheds and cocoons like a butterfly lol

[@sierrabrooke515]

it sheds in the original movie but it doesn’t show the cocoon

[@americanmig160]

dawg pretty much every movie shows the shed chest burster skin 😭 even avp requiem

[@GerardZdunich]

Yeah and increases its mass twenty times in a matter of minutes, really great logic totally keeps me in the action oh yeah yay cool man

[@DjangoJang0]

That jumpscare at the end... 😢

[@shuang7877]

What jump scare? Is there an after credit scene?

[@DjangoJang0]

@@shuang7877 I am talking about the jumpscare with Cailee Spainy and the Offspring

[@g0lddustt29]

I've never seen a theatre be so silent & then jump at the same time as that scene when I watched it. Great stuff haha

[@prettynpetty8342]

I basically ejected out of my seat. He got me good with that one.

[@Erasureeraser]

I love that Cailee Spaeny has been doing great in recent years. I'm so excited to see what else she does next, she's one of the most exciting young actors working right now

[@Brinkburn_Gymnasium]

She was a stand out in an otherwise disappointing movie, ‘Civil War’.

[@tgiacin435]

@@Brinkburn_Gymnasiumdon’t compare this to marvel

[@n4ko]

the ship out of control was the best scene for me . there obviously more memorable moments in the movie but the chaos that unfolded right after Andy got his update and that kid was trying to escape. the chestburster coming and the poor girl kicking the controls making the subsequent events take place.. the sound chaos and cinematography had me on the edge

[@JosueDominguez-g4z]

I’ll be honest, I didn’t love this movie, but the one thing I must overwhelmingly praise is the production design; this film looks fantastic and feels like a perfect modernization of the first film’s aesthetic. They did a great job.

[@drunkenmonkey28]

12:35 “How could you do that?” - Rain “What? Leave someone behind?” - Andy I think that’s not only my favorite scene from the film but my favorite line as well. Andy forces Rain to acknowledge her own hypocrisy with just one short sentence. David Jonsson and Cailee Spaeny KILLED their roles.

[@wp699]

The whole point was that she was facing a hard reality and learning synthetics are machines and not human, she had emotionally attached to a robot without feelings her whole life- then the end rescue part completely back tracked on that. Andy is just a chip with programming. He’s soulless. And she still cared more about him than any of the humans.

[@tgiacin435]

⁠@@wp699Andy is also the only connection she has to her parents since her father was the one to reprogram him. Her and Andy both had to face a hard truth. Raine knew Andy would be taken when they got to yvaga. And Raine had to learn the truth about synthetics. But her saving him was reminiscent of Ripley saving Jones or Newt, but that’s the difference between humans and robots. A robot can’t appreciate life

[@dots_com1386]

Thank you for talking about how Andy was called a bitch earlier in the movie, so that callback line works for people who haven’t seen any of the Alien movies (which includes me)!

[@michaelm.sinclair3205]

" I prefer artificial human" is obviously their programing response to being called an android or what ever

[@michaelsegriff3362]

It’s theft of a line from a better actor, playing a better character in a farrrrrr better film. . Stop making excuses for this rubbish film. Next they’ll just have to dangle shiny keys in front of you and you’ll clap like a trained seal.

[@michaelm.sinclair3205]

@@michaelsegriff3362 Are the keys Face hugger shaped?

[@tgiacin435]

@@michaelsegriff3362Bishop put the egg on the Sulaco

[@tgiacin435]

@@michaelsegriff3362except they always did call backs to previous movies every time. I mean resurrection opened with Ripley saying Newt’s line “my mommy always said there no monsters. No real ones but there are” or Lex calling an alien “you are one ugly mother f***er.” Even aliens reused score from the original. It’s nothing new.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

no just lazy script writing

[@OLDMF1977]

Thank you for mentioning Isolation. I thought Romulus was going to even bring up Isolation, what a great game and good movie!

[@venielbretana8240]

I want predators , aliens , engineers and Arnold in a battle royal

[@mfbobyle6771]

There’s a Aliens vs predator vs the terminator comic lol

[@travit666]

16:08 I heard somebody say a good explanation for why he says bitch cuz when you watching a movie you can hear him say get away from her any pauses for decent amount of time before saying bitch he was trying to think of an insult and the only insult he could think of was what that one dude that hates synthetics kept calling him which was a bitch so kind of makes sense in that way

[@tgiacin435]

Personally I thought it would’ve worked if he said it while jumping, but cut the “you bitch” part. But in that context, I’m fine with it

[@sgttomas]

great explanation! and that line is delivered in the right way. good metaphor for the entire film. yes it's familiar, and also isn't it awesome?!! the way he takes out that alien sure is. loved this movie!!

[@satvikasinha]

I also think people who would hate a movie for one line which made some people happy but doesn’t fit in their world , need more things to worry about in life

[@tgiacin435]

@@sgttomas all the movies had call backs. I think it’s silly people complain about that line when the call backs where nothing new

[@sgttomas]

@@tgiacin435 good point!

[@anthonylynch423]

I just want the Prometheus/David/Engineer story finished!!!

[@grayonthewater]

Same! Idk why Prometheus and Covenant get so much hate, they are my favorites (though I understand the characters make some dumb mistakes)

[@solvseus]

@@grayonthewater You answered your own question

[@sierrabrooke515]

i do like david’s character i wish they just executed it differently

[@ProdLucio]

@@grayonthewatercovenant was mid Prometheus was amazing

[@malikjw1]

Thank you!

[@squatmaster1405]

7:30 i assumed his mouth moved like that bc he was all broken and messed up. Like his voicebox is working but the mtotors to move his mouth are wacking out

[@gizmit420]

Ripley’s ship can be spotted on the Renaissance station. You can also spot it being ejected once it impacts the ice belt. My theory is that they found her.. infected her while still sleeping in her cryopod.. and then all hell broke loose before they woke her up and that is how she ends up infected in Aliens. This movie was soooo good! I loved it! All the nods to the other movies as well as keeping thing’s looking like it was actually after Alien and not some weird new adaptation with tons of plot holes. They kept the clunky old technology (that is outdated by our modern standards) and the old musical scores. It was brilliant. Probably my favorite in the franchise. I like that they didn’t try to do something totally new. Sometimes its fun to just watch an entertaining movie and not need everything to be re-imagined. Like Resident Evil.. it just got worse and worse with every installment and was terrible! Alien has been great! Love it.

[@callmev3531]

12:08, I was not expecting to care about any of the characters until Andy and his dynamic with Rain was introduced and then tested by her intending to abandon him since he's an "artificial person" and him growing distant from her as his "brother" programming is overtaken by Rook's "science officer" programming, prompting her to choose to fight through the Xenomorphs to get him back.

[@maskedtostada]

Great recap and research! I seriously love your subtle jokes and chill vibes. You're killing it bro

[@Wico90YT]

Really loved this. Definitely had a lot of Alien (1979) in it. The only thing that threw me was "Ian Holm". The Deepfake just looked....offf. Much better than a practical mask but still uncanny valley.

[@pandapropsncostumes]

It was an animatronic head. They used deep fake for the mouth lip syncing

[@sierrabrooke515]

i liked to think that it looked like that because he was broken

[@jimbob6261]

That part about the jumpscare that you still haven’t recovered from is real asf

[@limelover130]

an important note, the directors did ask ian holme’s widow for permission and her thoughts on it and she was very enthusiastic about holme’s post-mortem cameo. plus, i think at the very least the CGI as rough as it looks, adds to the creepiness of rook being a human-looking robot who is all torn up

[@Romann-ii5ew]

I agree ,him looking slightly off,blends perfectly with his current condition

[@mauritsveerman7323]

"floating around like george clooney" at 2.28 is one of the funniest jokes I've heard all week but probably flew over a lot of heads if you didn't see Gravity

[@cavdrkz24]

I actually loved david jonnson that played andy. I think he did fantastic portraiting him

[@alaijahlee2150]

That peek a boo alien with the dave Chappelle line has me crying 😂

[@TheHonestSpeaker]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cgRui34]

@1:20 Ore is basically rock that contains traces of valuable materials that can be extracted from it, not like the Spice from Dune which is fictional. Ore exists in real life and is what most mining operations extract from the ground before refining into actual valuable materials such as metals and minerals.

[@Waylude]

Jes.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Spices exist in real life.

[@BrandonDenny-we1rw]

​@@mattgilbert7347 "The spice from dune" is a pretty specific term. reading comprehension has died.

[@DiegoMagengo]

Was looking for this comment. Glad someone else picked up on it. Ore is an extremely general term and can be made of many types of minerals and rocks. So yeah, ore =/= spice AT ALL

[@megapizzadragon2397]

Ore is a real thing. Read a book.

[@_MrOcean]

It took 5mins from face hugging to Alien bursting through the Asian lady. 5 minutes 😂

[@StephenStrangeX]

Took my fiance who has never seen an alien movie before. She thought the get away from her line was funny and cute because he said it with a stutter. She now wants to watch all of the alien franchise. We started with Prometheus last night. Romulus is a good film. I personally liked all the call backs and homages because the plot was very different from the first alien film. You missed the Easter egg to raised by wolves btw. Remus and Romulus were twins raised by wolves. Ridley's HBO show that was killed off.

[@LetMeExplain]

22:25

[@StephenStrangeX]

Lmfao I stopped at 22:20

[@victorespinosa2805]

Was pretty cool to see the emergency phone booth (saving point) from Alien isolation.

[@St.petersEye]

Let me explain, goes onto explain the whole entire story scene by scene 👏

[@studyofgaming9707]

The issue with the alien franchise is besides Ripley, the Xenomorph is the most interesting character. These disposable casts that constantly cycle through fire franchises are difficult to root for. They feel like cannon fodder to progress the plot. I’ve never cared for any of them or rooted for their survival.

[@KatsudonArt]

when he said eerie engineers and shows a face of an engineer smiling at 18:58, one person reminds me of it. Zuckerberg. I know you saw it too. lol

[@HisNameIsEL]

Honestly I understand why (in verse) they brought back Daniel(Ash/Rook) rather than Lance (Bishop) because remember in aliens, Ripley freaked out learning Bishop was a synthetic when they were all eating and bishop specifically states that the models before him with malfunctioning and they got rid of them. If this takes place years before aliens, this is probably why they went this route. They probably tried prosthetics but you know studios. Especially sense Disney is “proud” of the deepfakes. If Fede Alvarez used all prosthetics for the most part and doesn’t have a history of using CGI like that, this points to Disney being the culprit. And of course no one can say anything about it. Big Mickey requires your silence 🙄

[@tgiacin435]

After making this, Fede said it was easier to pay one man over multiple animators on top of an actor. Personally I’d love to see Rook more battered, looking like Bishop in alien 3, like a full on animatronic. Though I can see what they were going for

[@MerijnAwater-z5y]

The hybrid monster was pure horror perfection

[@frankdrebin4]

Great breakdown, the movie was good fun! 🍿I can't stand the youtubers that make a living out of bashing and trashing instead of critiquing. Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson were excellent.

[@juanandrade2998]

That Neil Blomkamp headline at 20:26 has to be one of the funniest headlines I've read.

[@Hambone4815]

Why is no one talking about the xeno that had electricity in its head??

[@Oddy91]

Cause it died pretty quick lol

[@shalinalewis2957]

Right, that's the one Bjorn shocked.

[@oldbloodben1310]

@@shalinalewis2957 When Rook is talking about the black goo he says it helps the aliens regenerate, and it shows the mouse healing from being crushed, the alien with the electricity in its head was the one that got shocked with the shock stick and it just shows how fast it had adapted to it

[@shalinalewis2957]

@@oldbloodben1310 yes, I thought that was a nice touch to really show how adaptable they are.

[@danmang923]

Part of the prod is still stuck in its head I believe.

[@LouiieB]

Bro the movie gave me the same feelings i got when playing Alien Isolation

[@tgiacin435]

Same, minus the about 15 hours Amanda was on Sevastopol

[@brandoh98]

That was extremely well put and make so much sense. A actor acting like a robot with human emotion is better then just most human acting.wild

[@danbh84]

0:26 - dude i can't stop laughing !!!! lol

[@nickmendoza6615]

The “ Get away from her you bitch” line gave the whole theatre a little chuckle. I love this movie it was genuinely a good time and the ending is not what I was expecting & that thing fucking scared me

[@Veryy_Victoriaa]

7:36 it reminded me of the creepy cgi baby in twilight

[@tgiacin435]

This was cuter than both that baby, and the original 60lb animatronic they tried to use

[@nubiancaynes2128]

I took the prequels shininess as a result of class. Considering who personally organized the mission and why.

[@LetMeExplain]

That’s a great point!

[@dakotascaramazzo]

This movie is just too convenient for the main character . Everything from the auto lock on guns , to the anti gravity/ floating aliens, then the elevator scene taking out all the aliens and saving the day. I felt like as the main character, nothing was deserved. I could literally care less if she died or not at the end.

[@House_of_Green]

The Crashing into the planets rings was absolutely gorgeous

[@Micnificent1997]

It was the Deacon in Prometheus. Prometheus and Covenant show David’s work and progression to the Xenomorph…well, just short of it. We dont see him finalize it. We see the Proetomorph in Covenant. But its implied David ends up creating the Xenomorph…in Alien content it literally goes from Covenant to Xenomorphs being everywhere. There is 1 comic that shows that another Advanced Alien species may have created the Xenomorphs earlier than David and separately. So my theory? The same as Dead Space. Or similar. A species evolves or is created by the Engineers. Eventually becoming space faring. Either they become a selfless species OR a selfish one ultimately creating Xenomorphs in some way. Kind of how in Dead Space, humans own hubris causes them to create red markers. If you didn’t know. I think its cannon or at least it was an idea that Jesus was an engineer. Essentially they didnt like how selfish humans got. Sent Jesus to save them. Humans killed Jesus. So they decided humans had to go, but crashed on the planet in Prometheus But the deacon seems to be the first stage. And they can grow to the size of mountains. Immovable though. Anyways, xenomorphs are the cleaner of a species hubris. If you want a full recap of the entire franchise, go to Movie Balls Deep. Has a 2.5 hour video of EVERYTHING. Great video to listen to while at work or doing chores Also Khroft Talks about movies. He does updates when new information or script leaks drop. I’ve become an Alien expert in like a week 😂

[@stevewhite8543]

I love the ending were Ridley saying “…yeah fuck you, fuck you fuck you very much” Classic

[@Robert_Douglass]

The adult Xenomorphs were the scariest they've ever been, thanks to the decision to use practical effects over CGI. The Offspring jumpscared me at the end, though because I was able to predict so much of it, that was the only jumpscare. But the most intense element of horror in the film was the way the facehugger _manumala noxhydria_ did Navarro once it choked her out, because it evoked such a sense of absolute _WRONGNESS._

[@A-N99-2]

I had no jump-scares. But that is probably due to my desensitization😂my older sister, introduced me to horror films in general, & she got jump scared 3 times lmao. It was a great watch. Super glad that they fixed the “black goo” element & how they were using it. Really saved the franchise!

[@masterofnone1481]

They weren’t in the movie enough 😢

[@Robert_Douglass]

@@A-N99-2 What was your impression of the facehugger that corked and dorked Navarro?

[@ErgoSum2603]

4:40 about the side note; ridley scott is referring to the engineers and the reason why in the movie Prometheus, they might have wanted to use the black goo for humanities extinction, it doesn't have anything to do with the xenomorphs.

[@michaelsegriff3362]

“I want an answer, not an explanation.” - Ripley, Alien, 1979. Far superior film.

[@Sixydesigns]

“And this happened 9 times”🤣🤣

[@tgiacin435]

More of you include the games.

[@FreddyD177]

Dora starts exploring line killed me 😂🤣

[@matthewfredericks25]

They should make isolation into a movie

[@gushingranny475]

That’s not needed we already know what happened and Isolation is a better experience as a game, but given Romulus’s time in the series (5 years after Isolation) i wouldn’t discount an Amanda Ripley appearance in a Romulus sequel,

[@ryanreviews8566]

my one main complaint: IT'S TOO DAMN DARK! BRING BACK THE BRIGHT BLUE DARKNESS OF OLD!!

[@tgiacin435]

That’s aliens. This was more in line with the original movie

[@SPOOPY_MUG]

It's not that dark bro.

[@tgiacin435]

@@SPOOPY_MUG I’m hoping it’s a joke, especially since only 2 of the movies had a type of blue hue

[@guidorussoheck2100]

@@SPOOPY_MUG not dark at all, they showed TOO MUCH

[@gushingranny475]

The lighting in this movie was quite good imo.

[@spnvpng04]

i loved the movie! i have never seen an alien film and yes, 100% this is a great introduction to the franchise, i really want to watch the other films now.

[@gerryfegan3608]

While watching this, i got an ad for Alien Romulus. Lol.

[@scarecrowbfc6700]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that look was weird

[@soldaatjhu]

2:05 Ash wasn't programmed to get them there, they just stubled upon a distress signal, and as soon as Ash knew what was up, he started putting the company above everything else. Also, @ 12:30 acording to the subtitles, he wanted to name his horse Raindy (or something like that) more a combination of Andy and Rain. And @ 13:55 The painting also features a baby drinking from a dead womans (I'm guessing his mothers, but idk lol) breast, which is foreshadowing the ending.

[@idkaliciaa]

seeing it opening night in dolby at amc with a theater full of fans…. Made the experience so memorable. Romulus ripped!!!

[@wargriffin5]

Movie Score: 7/10 *(Bjorn DIES)* Movie Score: 9/10 😉

[@wp699]

He was pretty annoying but remember Andy is just a machine and bjorn hated them because of what one did to his family and he has the knowledge and life experience to know that it’s just a soulless calculating thing made to look human. I don’t buy this whole robots have feelings too thing they were pushing in the movie. At first seemed like the mc was slowly realizing that her world view about synthetics was wrong and that Andy wasn’t actually her brother and was just a machine meant to make calculations and follow orders, but her rescuing him completely back tracked on it. Bjorn treated Andy that way cuz he knew what he actually was, while the mc was in fairy land and decided to stay in fairy land.

[@wargriffin5]

@@wp699 It wasn't just the anomosity towards Andy. The dipshit was putting the whole mission/crew at risk even before they took off because he couldn't keep his mouth shut, he kept up the antagonism to the most essential team on that mission, and then after the pilot was infected, he almost wrecks their only way off the station and cuts their time to escape even shorter attempting to abandon literally everyone else. He's lucky he died for waking up the Xenomorph like an idiot, because his cousin would've been wise to shoot him out of an airlock at that point. Props to the actor for doing such a good job portraying such a crappy character, but this guy should've been left behind in the mines.

[@wargriffin5]

@@wp699 It's not just the animosity towards Andy. This dipshit was putting the whole mission at risk before they even got off the ground because he couldn't keep his mouth shut and keeps up that animosity during the mission with the two most essential people there. Then, when the pilot got infected, he almost wrecks their only way off the station and significantly shortens their escape time in an attempt to abandon everyone else on the team. It's a good thing he died waking up the xenomorph like an idiot (directly causing the latter third of the movie, btw), because his cousin would've been wise to shoot him out the airlock at that point. He may be family, but there ARE limits. Props to the actor doing such a good job portraying such a crappy character, but this guy needed to be left in the mines.

[@paalyasharahla7574]

​@wp699 I get what you mean I don't buy that robots have feelings either. I'm just impressed by how good the character played the robot, felt as though I was watching a real robot

[@wargriffin5]

@@wp699 It wasn't JUST the animosity towards Andy; this idiot was putting the entire mission at stake before they even got off the ground. Not only does he almost lose the most essential members of the team because he can't keep his mouth shut, but he keeps up that animosity DURING the job itself, even after everyone else is telling him to knock it off. Then, when the pilot gets infected, he almost crashes their only way off the station and cuts their escape time down significantly in an attempt to abandon everyone else on the team. He THEN manages to die waking up a xenomorph, causing the pregnant girl to be captured and causing the final act of the movie. He's lucky he died when he did, because his cousin would've been wise to shoot him out of an airlock if they met up again. I know they're related, but...there ARE limits. Props to the actor for doing such a good job portraying that kind of character, but this guy needed to be left in the mines.

[@orlandojohnson5742]

Very pleased with this movie! Saw it last Sunday!!!! Even the ending was interesting! What a concept! Looks half engineer!😳😱😲🤦🏽‍♂️😅👌

[@geoswan4984]

I didn't have a problem with Rook's facial expressions. He is an "artificial person". Why shouldn't he look artificial...

[@xSoCal951x]

The 1st half was really good, pretty scary, and then the rest became really chessy. Either way, the most valuable lesson you learn from this movie is get a gun 😂😂

[@bennybravo5337]

this movie should be called ALIEN: piggy backs, they took what we love from alien and aliens and pieced it together

[@tgiacin435]

And? You could say the same for alien isolation. It’s not like people been complaining about the series since 3

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

Or perhaps Prometheus 3, since it doesn't really go back to the original Alien Roots at all. It's just all the elements of Prometheus in an Alien setting which also features all the old memoirs and old lines, and additional nostalgic segments from the old Alien films. I wish I never saw this poor excuse of a film ever!

[@tgiacin435]

@@georgejonesthestarseeds77 if that was the case, it would’ve included David. The only Prometheus call back was the goo, and mentioning Peter Weyland.

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

badly too

[@smickeyYT]

@@georgejonesthestarseeds77 Xenomorphs and facehuggers hunting a small, unequipped crew on a derelict spaceship, and you think "this just SCREAMS Prometheus"

[@deejaay]

What I appreciate ... as an ATLien .... the slowed, reverb of Goodie Mob Cell Therapy in the background!!

[@thepooz7205]

6:12 temperature goes up, not down

[@meow195kitty]

6:04 temperature starts going UP! 😅

[@Seph_vision]

With Ridley involved, we'll never get the queen. He tries to retcon it with the black goo nonsense.

[@chainymania8611]

yea he’s annoying with that i’m ngl bros mad he didn’t make it even though he only directed the first film and isn’t responsible for its creation

[@deepSilent0]

The queen looks cool and Aliens is a fun movie, but the whole queen and hive, makes the creature more of an animal than… well, “alien”.

[@tyedrichill8097]

Yeah, the queen is nonsensical honestly. The goo is better

[@Seph_vision]

@@tyedrichill8097 nice try Ridley

[@YodaOnABender]

@@deepSilent0aliens are still animals. Everything living that isn’t a plant/fungus is an animal

[@ceeKay007]

As someone who hasn’t seen the first movie, that line was epic I started clapping in my room after he said it It’s not always fan service, it can also be a sick line for new viewers

[@RpgBlasterRpg]

That random Xeno saving her from falling to her death WAS so random

[@Predash051]

That had a reason. They need living bodies to attach Facehuggers to them. So it made semse saving her. Her friend got put into the nest too. So they simply wanted another host

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

it's like it's not a poor movie.......errrm

[@smickeyYT]

Saved her so that a facehugger could attach to her, you see the facehugger coming seconds later. Though they definitely could've communicated it better

[@zanygamez2856]

Agreed, people's facehugger defense is weak, the way it just randomly plucked her from the air mid fall was really jarring.

[@RandoSando.]

She had destroyed the hive with the pulse rifle, so its main priority was to rebuild the hive. So it held her down for a facehugger to get her. You can literally see the facehugger approaching

[@TheRealAce0]

When I saw this, I never expected to see Orphan of Kos being birthed once more.

[@mariaubilla1415]

I love this movie. Ive seen it twice the first dolby second time 4D. Fede alvarez did a great job.

[@turnermulhall8535]

Honestly I loved this movie even after watching all the other movies after it. The robot looks terrible but I feel it works as it’s been out of functionality for a long while. The call backs aren’t as bad as thought. The weird white alien thingy is freaky as hell and I loved it even if it was weird as a final act.