Alien Romulus Movie Review (2024)

Alien Romulus Movie Review (2024)
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In this video I review a new chapter in the "Alien" franchsie after 7 years. Alien Romulus. Is this the movie I was waiting for in hopes Disney could pull it off? Simply no. If you want my full in depth Spoiler video, watch it, or...not idgaf.
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[@Jigsaw0097]

I didn't hate the movie, but also it was incredibly mid. ALIEN is a beloved franchise for me, and I actually don't hate Prometheus or ALIEN: Covenant, but Romulus was really just..... dumb. It has that Disney "The Force Awakes" vibe to it where all it was was nostalgia bait. Very, very mid.

[@RETROORDIE]

I agree, the movie is meh the entire way through except for the parts you sit up and ask yourself who the f approved this idea near the end lol

[@carolynsweetASMR]

YES Alien isolation should’ve been the movie that game actually had me on the edge of my seat!

[@RETROORDIE]

100% The game or the comic books offer way better stories in the universe that not only would pull you in but be scary.

[@chumpey]

The alien was in the escape ship with Ripley during the explosion. She survived. So it's not some plot hole that it survived the explosion.

[@tommykaira8775]

You resonated the same sentiments as me, the absence of an alien queen from the alien nest was jarring that I knew old head Ridley wouldn't allow it cos it hurts his tiny fragile ego

[@RETROORDIE]

@@tommykaira8775 ya but for some reason takes rememberable quotes and scene for scene shots from Cameron’s film. Very odd.

[@JazzyJeff714]

11:37- when you mention the black lung I immediately think of the Zoolander scene when Ben Stiller is at the bar with his father... coughing saying..." pops. I think I got the black lung"...and he literally worked in the mine for like an hour 😂

[@RETROORDIE]

@@JazzyJeff714 I won’t ever not be able to hear that in my head forever

[@Brian-qj2jf]

At this point, having seen romulus and all the garbage since Aliens, I'm checking out of this franchise, which honestly, should've died off a long time ago, it's ran it's course and obviously noone can come up with anything more for the aliens to do at this point. Good review though.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Brian-qj2jf I would just love to see the franchise go off everything that had to do with Ripley. Comics and novels have been written that are very detailed, scary and fun.

[@Gregbaltzer]

Yeah, I've decided to check out of this and Star Wars, Terminator, Star Trek, and Predator.

[@DouglasVishalBrook]

I hated how they made the original Alien monster had cocooned itself - that undid the end of Alien - she killed it. Leave it at that and move on to a fresh story.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@DouglasVishalBrook the cocoon is so absurd. How is it even possible? It’s something we have never seen!

[@NextToToddliness]

I'm definitely not one for conspiracy theories, but it seems to me only smaller channels are ones giving this film an honest review. Once I heard it was set in-between Alien and Alien$, I already knew that it wasn't going to have much of an identity on its own. And, I was correct. This film was hot garbage strung together with the skin of my childhood. It was nonstop references, call-backs, homages, and Easter eggs. When Andy (what an original name for an android) said Ripley's famous line to the queen, I groaned so loud another person in the theater laughed, because it was so contrived and cringey. It also just made no sense, which is a common core problem with this movie. It made no sense. The only good thing about it was the production design and I can't even compliment the film, because that was all cribbed from Alien, Aliens & Alien: Isolation. I know everyone thinks Fede Alvarez is a good director, but he's just a lame provocateur, who uses gags, gross outs and jump cuts instead of actual narrative or character growth. In all honesty, it's his Director of Photography who does all the heavy lifting, so he can focus on gore and nothing else. His whole career is just one giant reference to other people's work, so I didn't expect anything original. I mean this is a director who made his name off of two long-running franchises (Evil Dead & Texas Chainsaw Massacre). I know the simps are gobbling this film up, but that is just an indictment on the state of cinema: People are now at the stage where they feign interest simply to have something to do.

[@JazzyJeff714]

10:39- Traaaaagic*😂

[@RETROORDIE]

So trrrrraaagggggic.

[@Rayydude]

😂😂😂

[@KevinCunningham-li4ns]

They didnt retcon Prometheus. Weyland-Yutani knew about the events of Prometheus because of David. At the end of Prometheus David and Shaw leave together on an engineer ship. In Alien Covenant we learn that David had arrived on an engineer homeworld and he unleashes black goo upon them wiping them out. He then uses Shaws body for his experiments and he creates the Xenomorph. David eventually gains control of the Covenant and all 2000 people in hypersleep aboard that ship. We can only assume what sick experiments he will use them for. He then says hes got one last thing to perfect... his queen. So we can assume he will use the passengers to create a Queen Xenomorph. He then sends a message to Weyland-Yutani about his research. The reason they needed the Alien in Romulus was so they could reverse engineer the black goo and then expand on Davids research.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@KevinCunningham-li4ns hey dude I’m not a expert or ever claimed to be one but I deff stick to saying the stuff is a jazz hand excuse to tie the stories together. I want to see a story not tied to Ripley at all, like why can’t we get comics or novels done?

[@KevinCunningham-li4ns]

​​​@@RETROORDIEI'm no expert either but I rewatch all the movies before going to see Romulus because I forgot a lot of the lore. Yeah, I can see them adding some of the comic stories into movies and shows. Disney has so many movies and shows of Star Wars right now and won't be surprised if they do the same with Alien. I think that Disney is testing the waters with fans right now to see what sticks and see where they should go next with the franchise. Alien: Earth will be releasing next year. The show will be before the prequels and Ripley won't be a part of it. Might be something you will be interested in. Im definitely interested in seeing where it takes Alien. It seems we will start getting new stories spread across different planets. We got a glimpse of Jacksons Star colony in Romulus and we will get to see a story set on Earth for the first time in Alien: Earth.

[@grahamjay4155]

Coming late to these reviews as I haven't had a chance to see the film until now. 100% agree with your take, and am quite surprised some of the KZbinrs I'd expect dislike the film are giving it a good review?

[@RETROORDIE]

Thanks man! Ya I haven’t watched one review of the film lol I’ve always avoided vids like that now just because when I see a person say something is super good and it comes off disengaged or blatantly false I’m like nope checked out.

[@sci-fyguy7767]

I liked Prometheus & Covenant-at least Ridley Scott tried to do something different instead of the same old formula for the most part. (insert female Ripley heroine). Romulus was terrible. If they make another alien movie, please don’t use same old formula & for gods sake, let the main character be MALE!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@sci-fyguy7767 I can’t back your liking of Covenant but I respect you can make valid arguments. I just want to see the comic stories (any of them) at this point.

[@marsellem6175]

You're right. No character connection with the audience and the story plots don't seem to match the first movie that make you believe it.

[@austinwillcut4919]

I might be able to explain the Prometheus plothole in this film and try to make a little bit more sense out of it: I think the reason he said, "Thanks to Prometheus" is because Weyland Yutani knew about what happened on that mission (It was a Weyland ship), knew the location (because they knew about the location of the Derelict ship or that something was on LV-426 in Alien/Aliens, and they knew in Alien 3 where Ripley was at and pregnant with the alien so that tells me they keep close track of everything involving their ships/missions in this universe so the Prometheus mission would be no different) of where that ship landed and got destroyed, David was more than likely a company mole and kept tabs on what was going on just like Ash did in Alien (that's how they found out about the existence of the creature) and told them about the black goo pathogen, Weyland probably sent out some corporate goons to search out LV-223 to search for the ship, investigate what happened, and retrieve some of the black goo for experimentation. Honestly this is the only logical way I can explain as to how they could've gotten the black goo, so I don't think it was intended as a retcon, it's just that the filmmakers didn't do a very good job of trying to explain it.

[@bilalrashad6636]

Only the first 2 Alien movies were good

[@RETROORDIE]

lol I won’t ever argue with that.

[@LukeLovesRose]

I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant. The characters are flat and forgettable. The writing for them is nonexistent most of the time. The acting is completely dispassionate... or talentless, however you want to look at it. The fan service is completely inappropriate for a serious Alien film. Not even Resurrection stooped so low as to directly quote better, better movies in the franchise. As a fan, the "Get away from her you b****" line was completely insulting. How or why would they try to cheapen Ripleys glorious moment in Aliens?? This is how i rank the franchise: Aliens Alien Prometheus Alien Covenant Alien Resurrection AVP Alien Romulus Alien 3 AVP: Requiem And NO, Covenant was not that bad. There are great videos on KZbin explaining why its a good movie.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@LukeLovesRose funny how fast people forget. The “fan” service was deff pretty insulting for sure.

[@Fiveash-Art]

Your ranking is beyond ridiculous. 😂

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@Fiveash-Art No, it's pretty accurate. Stop shilling for Disney

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@LukeLovesRose How can I be 'shilling' for Disney if I'm not making any money from it? You need to learn what 'shilling' means kid. You're not smart because you spot a few callbacks. Take your crusade to someone who cares. Your ranking of these movies is pure idiocy.

[@Iceman99255]

It was the same as all the Alien movies, except for Prometheus and Covenant. It's the same basic plot, now I enjoyed it but I would've wanted something different or bring back something we haven't seen in years, the Colonial Marines.

[@Ruscococo1]

The marines wouldn't have time to get there as no one knows the kids where on the deserted ship...

[@Geeklectica]

Agree with most of your points..... :0 - I'm not brave enough to do a review yet. :)

[@danielkennington83]

All your points completely valid. Now, when watch it again I’ll be questioning everything now! 😂

[@SuperSebas22]

Best review I have seen of this film. You really pointed out a lot of stuff I had missed regarding how weak the plot is… not to mention the kids, didn’t care for any single one of them, they all really lacked any personality. Also, the xenomorphs in this movie were not frightening … most ridiculous is when the xenomorph comes face to face with the main girl in the elevator shaft and just stares at her for the longest time, giving here a chance to survive. Alien 3 could even be a better movie than this lol

[@RETROORDIE]

@@SuperSebas22 thanks man!!! I tried to not be such a downer about it but what can I do when the movie makes less sense than Covenant? I agree Alien 3 is better at least plot wise, you can follow what’s going on at least. It’s another sad time to be an Alien fan.

[@SuperSebas22]

@@RETROORDIE man, I recently watched a whole timeline video on KZbin, not until I watched that I fully understood what happened in covenant hahaha

[@RETROORDIE]

@@SuperSebas22 lol the timeline is all kinds of messed up. Alien Vs Predator put the nail in the coffin with that being set in 2004. Makes no sense Weyland would know about the xenos since they never discovered them until the events in Alien at that point because Prometheus while a prequel was still years past ‘04. Its fubar.

[@jeffwills]

I had such high hopes for this film being directed by Fede but Ridley Scott's fingerprints are all over it sadly. I prefer the James Cameron route where the xenos are just a terrifying species. Not the Ridley Scott black goo, perfect weapon, engineers etc garbage. Even excluding that element, it's full of contrivences, stupidity, story strung together by Easter eggs (some of which make no sense other than to make people clap and go "I remember that"). For those that enjoyed it, fair enough as film is subjective. But for me it was a 3/10 at best.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@jeffwills well said, at least you can explain yourself and thoughts in a manner that doesn’t include words like “mid” or the classic “delete yourself” for a opinion

[@Rayydude]

you made perfect points. and the FH egg thing... why did they have the eggs when they slready had the thawed out FH at the beginning? and where was the queen? big plotholes. Tbh Ridley Scott def missed alot with the Alien franchise. They had decades to perfect it and still mess it up

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Rayydude not to mention years of comic lore to pull from and make cannon. Idk just makes me sad as a “old” fan.

[@videojim3109]

No way would they have found that xenomorph in the vastness of space. That's stupid. Also, there's no way Big Chap had 50-odd gallons of resin in some internal sac to build that cocoon.

[@Inspector-Chisholm]

Goonies Vs Aliens. Now there's a match up I'd pay to see!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Inspector-Chisholm dude 100%

[@cardcounter21]

The point you raised about the alien not being destroyed by the Nostromo explosion doesn't make sense! The Nostromo was destroyed _before_ the alien was ejected into space!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@cardcounter21 yep got a bit mixed up but still Ripley was already so far away from the Nostromo when it blew how is the alien there by the parts of the destroyed ship and with a nuclear blast like that how is there any part of the ship left?

[@cardcounter21]

@@RETROORDIE The chances are admittedly very slim but its not _completely_ unfeasible that some fragments could have survived the explosion! Finding the alien is another matter but again not something that would be completely impossible! I haven't seen Romulus yet but I have seen footage of the Ash/Rook CGI which, in this day and age, is unforgivably bad!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@cardcounter21 what’s also weird about the Nostromo parts is IF some of the remnants of the ship still existed, how would they have not been blown a zillion light years away from the blast? How are they all floating together in one spot with the xenomorph?

[@cardcounter21]

@@RETROORDIE Can't disagree with that!

[@davidpaterson3443]

Agree, Alien Resurrection is a much better movie then Romulus....sadly!

[@Ruscococo1]

The movie wasn't that bad, the ending was. The acting was decent, the effects where cool. It was good how the characters where kids so they could make the mistakes, they aren't soldiers, they are just naive kids. The part when the girl injected herself was when it didn't make sense.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Ruscococo1 I think it’s a popcorn film at best, turn your brain off and just watch it kind of thing. I do really think it’s a set up for the show that’s coming out.

[@KevinCunningham-li4ns]

​@@RETROORDIEAlien: Earth is set in 2092 which is 1 year before the events of Prometheus. Apparently, the Xenomorph will appear in Alien: Earth so it's going to confuse people even more. The director said that to him and many other people think of the Xenomorph as a species that's evolved over millions of years and he's not as interested in the Xenomorph being recently created.

[@ELT90]

I love how the movie fits in the timeline and the cocoon bridges the gap between movies.

[@cindy68780]

First act was ok , but then it gets bad fast and drops to the bottom of the franchise ranking pile, Alien Covenant was actually better.

[@Brian-qj2jf]

Producers and Hollywood film makers, today, have still learned nothing about character development and how to make the audience become invested in the characters. A great, recent look at how to do that is Godzilla minus one, great characters along with a good story arc.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Brian-qj2jf yes! This comment! In Alien and Aliens and I’ll go as far as resurrection establish at least camaraderie between the characters. Godzilla was fantastic.

[@xaxuelx7987]

It is movie by committee most of the time. Some fat cat in the upper echelons of the studio wants their kid or nephew... to have a writing credit so they have to use their ideas even tho there is no love of the genre... Alien 3 had like 6 screen plays as the board members argued about what they wanted to see even tho they had no real grasp on the cannon.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@xaxuelx7987 ya the story of Alien 3s production is a crazy and sad one. It’s also the only directors cut I’ve seen where they apologize to you for how poor the final film came out lol

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

I have my own reservations about the movie, however, I can’t say I agree with you on all the points. Why is it surprising that there are companies prioritising profits over human lives??? It’s happening all over the world especially in third world countries. Androids are considered modern TECHNOLOGY and modern technology COST ALOT OF MONEY to produce, much less use it for mining. It’s going to eat into their profits.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG very true unfortunately.

[@danielkennington83]

They need to do a directors cut of the film. Cut out the recycled one liners. Upgrade the cgi on ash robot. Cut of the cannery bird ect.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@danielkennington83 we both know if there is a directors cut it will just be more bs added lol

[@theRLBpodcast]

Now i know why this movie was first going to stream...was not good....resurrection was even better.

[@garrenluce1984]

THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT WHERE WAS THE QUEEN!!!!!!!!!....YOU GOT EGGS ALL OVER ,PLENTY OF ZINOS , A HIVE !!!!!...NO QUEEN BUT RUN WITH PROMETHEUS HELL NO !!!!!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@garrenluce1984 thank you, slow bow. But seriously ya where is the queen? I mean that was the only disappointing part of Alien Isolation, no queen seen but obviously a huge hive.

[@dbell9644]

I'm pausing at 05.23minutes into your video; to correct You here. The Xenomorph was still on the Narcissus(shuttle) with Ripley when the Nostromo exploded. She then notices it on the shuttle with her, then puts on a suit and straps in, to then open the airlock shoot it with a harpoon gun. Then she blasts it with the thrusters which technically could have sent it back towards where the Nostromo blast happened, given the distance and years gone by. However please understand I agree with you on Romulus being nonsensical and illogical, even just as a sci-fi movie and not just because it's an ALIEN film. I enjoyed what it was but hated the ending for 2 reasons; the first it being an almost carbon copy of Alien Resurrection ending, and the second being the illogical fact that the hybrid's egg burned a hole through the cryo deck corridor floor. The cryo deck corridor only had one door at the end which was to the bridge, the other end to the corridor was completely open to the cryo deck. The acid burned the egg down through the floor and into the cargo hold; which was then later ejected from the ship. So technically there's a hull breach here, an open burned hole through the cryo deck corridor floor, into the cargo hold which is now no longer there. So this hole should be to open space beneath it, Right? Then the next scene shows Raine putting Andy into a cryo pod, and she is NO LONGER WEARING A SUIT/HELMET. So to me this illogical scene ruined everything that came before it. How was that room not decompressed having an open corridor in it that has a hole through the floor leading to now open space? I'm hoping you mentions this LOL. I saw the movie twice just to see if I missed something, as I had noticed this literal plot-hole/acid-hole the first time I saw it and wondered how is she even breathing in that room. This doesn't make SPACE SENSE

[@DRanonDoctorANON69]

Great point on why the original Alien was found in the Nostromo wreckage when it escaped the Nostromo with Ripley. Moreover the Nostromo wreckage was to tightly concentrated within a space location. The original Nuclear blast would've sent that wreckage debris soaring infinity through space. Practically nothing should've remained in the original explosion coordinates. How did the Alien cocoon itself in that meteor-like blob? Why was Wayland Yutani searching so feverishly for the Alien when they could've just went back to LV-426 to the distress signal location and took as many eggs as they wanted from the derelict horse shoe craft. True, why send humans into space when you could send a fleet of synthetic androids that hold true to Company programming. Humans unnecessary.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@DRanonDoctorANON69 yep true also because Alien Isolation is supposed to be cannon I would assume the company would have heard about their other station having a “bug” issue lol but nothing mentioned

[@DRanonDoctorANON69]

@RETROORDIE Good stuff, brother. You'd make a good screenplay writer!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@DRanonDoctorANON69 thank you man, means a lot, I have no joke about 5 unfinished manuscripts and one movie, one day, one day it will happen.

[@DRanonDoctorANON69]

@RETROORDIE That's amazing, Retroordie... so do I. I've written 2.5 full-length alien novels (nothing related to the Ridley Alien franchise) and a full-length novel involving a spiritually enhanced pool cue that enables its human handler to rise up through the ranks of pool tournament greatness. The third act introduces 5th Dimensional entities that eventually come for the human and cue due to their rising entanglement with the unearthly energies they co-mingle with throughout the story. My Agent fucked me on one of my works and I set it all aside to pursue my precision machinist career and my high-end acrylic painting passion. Like you, one day, I'll revisit a renewed path for my stories. Since Hollywood has been exposed as highly corrupt and embedded with unspeakable evils, perhaps I was pulled away from that path until the war drums silence and the lion's share of the smoke clears.

[@tracytobias9367]

I agree with this review for the most part, but ALIEN RESURRECTION sucked!!

[@RETROORDIE]

@@tracytobias9367 thanks dude. I swore more people would be mad what I had to say just because of the weird praise I saw coming out for the movie but the bad stuff can’t be ignored.

[@tracytobias9367]

​​@RETROORDIE You nailed this review. I do disagree that Alien Resurrection is better though. To me, that's as bad as this. LOL I don't get why so many like this movie either. And the ending was horrible! But I'm done with this franchise.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@tracytobias9367 not even kidding man, after I came home from the theatre I put in Resurrection to make sure the movie wasn’t as bad as this one and I was like ya there is questionable choices but the plot makes sense.

[@tracytobias9367]

@@RETROORDIE I have it in the Quadrilogy, but haven't seen it in its entirety since it came out. Might have to revisit it this weekend.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@tracytobias9367 you deff should man and watch the alternate ending version where they actually land on earth and talk about the synthetic war.

[@MegasTeque]

Still listening to your review, I wrote one myself that's well over 20 pages ... Think you may have made a mistake bro, Ripley ejects the Xeno into space AFTER the Nostromo blows up...After.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@MegasTeque lol okay bro…

[@mil-b2n]

Top of the pop was that CGI Ash😂

[@shanenice5380]

maybe ai write the script 🤔 😅. A lot of new movies our bad.i liked alien uo to alien resuscitation.and the video game is good.

[@RETROORDIE]

Cant disagree, havent seen many modern movies that have been good recently.

[@shanenice5380]

@RETROORDIE the drectores getting lazy to think.they just wanna write anything.they should think hey this doesn't make sense at all.they just don't care.they killed alot of franchise.liked

[@lautaroasis60]

You have standards, stand proud.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@lautaroasis60 oh I do, sadly like the crew of the Nostromo, there’s not many of us left lol

[@lautaroasis60]

@@RETROORDIE not all of us can be jonesy XD

[@RETROORDIE]

@@lautaroasis60 amen to that. Did you ever see the cartoon book they did dedicated to Jonsey? All his perspective during the event of Alien, it’s hella funny.

[@lautaroasis60]

@@RETROORDIE no but now i have to

[@RETROORDIE]

@@lautaroasis60 do it!!!!!!!

[@RexRegeborg]

Sculpture Pyramid Head. Must know his stuff. Thumb up.

[@Robocop_1987]

Is it that bad ? I was gonna go with my buddy but now i'm having second thoughts . Nice to see you making reviews from time to time . How excited are you for the Silent Hill 2 remake from a scale of 1 - 10 , the most recent gameplay video addressed most of my issues with the old combat trailer .

[@RETROORDIE]

I would suggest to go see it just keep your expectations low. When it comes to Silent Hill, be prepared, that video will be out today.

[@Fiveash-Art]

Don't listen to these people. Go check it out. It's definitely not perfect, but its flaws don't ruin the movie. It's a good ride .. These people all act like they're supposed to be watching a Kubrick movie or something. If they didn't know what they were getting into from watching the trailer, I'd say it's their fault. They cry when the film makers try something different like Prometheus, and then they cry when they go back to formula. There're a few embarrassing forced callbacks, but it's really so minor. Anyone who thinks fan service isn't baked into these sequels really should consider avoiding franchise movies in general. We're never going to reclaim the brilliance of the first two movies .. Just take Romulus for what it is and enjoy the ride. I feel like the negative reviews are more agenda driven than anything else. I believe people when they talk about why they didn't like it, but they're calling the movie 'trash', which is clearly not the case if you're speaking objectively. Go see it.. It's worth going to the theater for.

[@davidcunningham9282]

Being a fan of the franchise I wanted to lay the theatre to ashes after the movie. It's a total shit show and would be best described as a badly made greatest hits with a number of cringe inducing call backs, one so egregious that it singlehandedly ruins the movie without all the other bullshit. I'd give it 1/10. Anyone reviewing this movie in a good light is of the bent that can easily switch their brain off for 2 hours. It's even worse than covenant

[@davidcunningham9282]

​@Fiveash-Art we cry when people make awful movies. The format is of less importance

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Fiveash-Art lol an agenda push? You clearly are new around here.

[@LukeLovesRose]

This movie shouldve been set in the mines. We shouldve seen three classes of people established in the Alien universe. We shouldve seen the scientific class like we see in Alien and Isolation. We shouldve seen the elite or executive class as we see in Prometheus. They get to use the best tech imaginable. Then we see the working class like we see on LV426 or worse, the miners in Romulus. While the elites oversee everything from afar, the scientists experiment on the miners by unleashing a horde of facehuggers on the planet

[@RETROORDIE]

@@LukeLovesRose honestly the mine premise you suggest would be better though I still don’t understand why they even have a human work force working in the mines to begin with.

[@nuznikas]

Universe is huge but human stupidity is higher

[@RETROORDIE]

@@nuznikas weylands stupidity knows no bounds, they are as dumb as the UAC from Doom lol just keep f*ing up

[@Cuervo79]

I remember Rook said Prometheus fire, not referring to the ship, the black goo vase didn't make any sense, all the part with the black goo was a waste of time that would of been great on something else, I didn't hate this movie as much as you did, I liked this one more than resurrection. I would need to see it more in order to really get my bearings, but I didn't get mad after it finished, I did get dissapointed what the black goo did story wise..

[@zoranokos5296]

The black goo taken out from that Xenomorph had Engineers (Space Jockeys) DNA, and it is supreme to human DNA

[@Moctop]

The eggs are just for making facehuggers right. And those were already there, lab made.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Moctop hmmmmmm seems suspect when you see the lab having the looks of a established hive.

[@Moctop]

@@RETROORDIE I think the hive is built by the drones, like with bees and termites, otherwise the queen would have to be the one who attaches all those bodies into the structure in order to get impregnated.

[@midnightblue1874]

Alien: GenZ

[@RETROORDIE]

@@midnightblue1874 100%

[@Retro__Glitch2313]

From seeing the trailer once i just knew it felt like Jason X crossed over with the goonies i'm not big fan of horror but i do enjoy few thrillers.. the crow remake first screenshot i rather stuck with Brandon Lee crow than random remakes thrown in my face

[@RETROORDIE]

I mean its not a exaggeration, the movie is literally a "Goonies" adventure except the kids in the Goonies were smarter lol even Chunk.

[@MegaMrJIN]

ALIEN : BLACK LIQUID PLOT JUICE

[@RETROORDIE]

@@MegaMrJIN slimy yet satisfying? Lol

[@MegaMrJIN]

@@RETROORDIE 😆😂😆😂

[@radioactivebl0bfuel460]

Yeah this movie really didn't add much or give anything note worthy. I thought there were some cool set peices but honestly not enough to justify the wtf moments. It was more entertaining than convenant but that's not saying much.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@radioactivebl0bfuel460 set pieces were nice yes but does the tech make sense? We saw shots of old tech for that timeline but also mixed with tech from Prometheus and Covenant.

[@radioactivebl0bfuel460]

@@RETROORDIE OH, I didn't mean the props/tech. That whole Ratlien fishtank goo bullshit was probably the dumbest thing ever in the franchise.I knew going in that trying to make sense of this was going to 100% kill this for me so I just hoped I could get at least a better looking Xeno on the big screen one last time. I was more talking about the blood bone melt, eye gouge, alien and face hugger treatment. But this coming from a director that made it rain blood the body horror felt restrained.

[@objectiveincision3970]

Critics lamenting over Romulus need to establish the distinction criteria between (i) *Homage* / *Throwback* and (ii) *recycling* / *re-hashing* ! Critics lamenting over this movie not doing anything 'new' need to accompany that rant with precise suggestions (instead of idea-less blanket statements). Here are a number of new things manifest in Romulus :- *ᴥ* Revival of Dead Xenomorph (from Original) *ᴥ* Reveal about the Xenomorph's ability to survive in space *ᴥ* Revival of the Alien 1979 space ship interior + atmosphere *ᴥ* Eggless Face huggers *ᴥ* Swimming Face huggers *ᴥ* Face hugger removal *_during_* impregnation *ᴥ* Face hugger evasion technique by increasing room temperature *ᴥ* Chest burster x-ray view *ᴥ* Blue light on a *man made* spacecraft *ᴥ* Gravity free acid blood *ᴥ* Inferior Android model *ᴥ* Split Personality Android fighting internal dilemma *ᴥ* Black goo around the original Alien / Ash era *ᴥ* Black goo extraction / reverse engineered from Xenomorph *ᴥ* Prometheus & Covenant doevetailed into the storyline *ᴥ* Pregnant human female on board *ᴥ* Pregnant human + black goo giving birth to an egg - out of which we get a never-before-seen abomination (* _which fixed that terrible paper mashe hybrid blob in Alien Resurrection_ ) *ᴥ* Epic Scenery and later physical utilisation of the 'Saturn Ring' / planetary belt / or whatever it's called If that's not enough, then do a video with your own brand new ideas (and don't steal from the Dark Horse comics either! ) .. what they'll end up with will be an Alien equivalent to *'Cosmic Wars'* (see Simpsons Episode titled: *'Co-Dependents Day'* 😂 😂 😂 ) p.s. another thing to add to the whiners is *who told you that we're supposed to be routing for the 'crew' in this movie?* Ever considered some character's irritability may be done on purpose to catalyse the Xenos, Facehuggers, Variants, etc into *Anti Heros* ? _

[@shanenice5380]

Who's baby is it.she better go to jerry springer Show.😂 is it the alien baby, our working joe baby.whos father, lol

[@jaworski105]

So the father is the annoying British dude…who is also her cousin……so yeah lol

[@RETROORDIE]

Now that I would pay to see.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@jaworski105 LOL I did think at one point they were actually related, uhg wtf

[@shanenice5380]

@@jaworski105 lol

[@jaworski105]

@@shanenice5380 lol wild eh? I caught that my second viewing and was like “baby didn’t need the black goo to come out with problems 🤷‍♂️😂”

[@nagashtheforsaken]

The film is total crap. Not that there aren't some cool parts, but overall, it's pretty dumb. My problems with the film are too many to list. But the whole film doesn't make sense, doesn't' stick to the alien canon. The growth time of the baby alien is 5 min. That took like 24 hours in the first movie. The "baby" hybrid took like 5 min to become full adult. Just so much stupid stuff, and rips off stuff from previous Alien films. It's terrible. Andy was the only good actor.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@nagashtheforsaken agreed.

[@johnny_eason_iii]

🤯🤯😲😲🤣🤣💯

[@kdwind66]

Remember the Force Awakens

[@RETROORDIE]

@@kdwind66 lol it’s something I think we wish we could all forget but it’s a permanent stain in minds of us all.

[@JazzyJeff714]

A skidmark 😂

[@Jasonsmith-xs8vq]

Thankfully your opinion is in the minority. My advice is if you’re a fan of the franchise go see it and make up your own mind don’t be put off by these “reviewers” nit picking what was a great movie. I can never understand why some people get so obsessed with realism in a space fantasy setting. They want to take the joy out of everything he must be fun to watch movies with 😂

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Jasonsmith-xs8vq lol I have said in the comments to people questioning to see it or not to go see it lol It’s an opinion dude

[@MegaMrJIN]

Kay is dead.

[@carolynsweetASMR]

Oh dammit well I saw they made it WOKE! So basically complete crap!☹️☹️☹️

[@RETROORDIE]

Idk about it being "woke" or not, just seemed lazy and bleh.

[@NextToToddliness]

How is this film woke? Because of the strong female protagonist? Ever hear of Ripley? Because of the diverse casting? Did you forget that People of Color were crewed on both the Nostromo and Sulaco? Or is it just a buzz term, which the people who still use it can't even define? Ding, ding, ding, It's that one! SO, define "wokeness," and tell me how it applies to his film? I won't hold me breath.

[@510SPINESPLITTA8]

@@NextToToddlinessIT’S WOKE BS BECAUSE OF W*MAN

[@RETROORDIE]

@@NextToToddliness yep deff didn’t think it took a woke route just lazy

[@Gregbaltzer]

​@@NextToToddlinessyeah, it's not Woke at all. Saying it's woke is lazy, and basically confirms that most people don't know what it means and just throw the term around all over the place.

[@PIADAdoCaralho]

I did not like this movie at all. Its all looks and no substance

[@RETROORDIE]

@@PIADAdoCaralho great comparison. It’s like those really awesome swords you see at a comic book convention that are overpriced but you know they would break if you used them once.

[@PIADAdoCaralho]

@@RETROORDIE yep. I swear when the android said "get away from her... you bitch" my skin crawled, i almost fell of my chair. Also the part where they cant shoot the rifle (like aliens), but they carry the gun anyway in the hopes that the xenomorphs get scared by it, and THEN, they do get scared by her pointing the gun... its so stupid i cant even...

[@RETROORDIE]

@@PIADAdoCaralho true the aliens weren’t even scared of the turrets in the 2nd film lol why would be? They have no concept of fear.

[@bearjuice1985]

Watching him talk about it clearly shows that he has no idea what he's talking about, this was a great edition to the series. Get off ypur high horse bruh.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@bearjuice1985 lol great points made if me not knowing anything about Aliens lol

[@VideoHomicide]

666

[@RETROORDIE]

666 indeed.

[@smithwayne2866]

The problem with this review, is that you are only worried about the lack of logic in terms of cannon. What about just normal logic. A kid in his 20s is able to "find Romulus", but a corporation can't see it from their own planet. The same corporation does not seem aware their most important lab is in trouble or where it is in space. The acid eats through the outer shell of Romulus during the movie, but not in the original battle when Romulus is disabled. They take the "update" chip out of Rook, but Rook is still Rook while his chip is in Andy. The egg thing, during the movie I just assumed the face things were all clones, but you are right there were eggs (from where ????). The mouse with the goo, resurrects as a mouse, but baby humans instantly become 10 foot, tail flinging Engineers - lets assume the Laws of Thermodynamics do not work in this Universe. Do the interiors of the rooms look like they have been experiencing fluctuating gravity every few minutes, before the children arrive - no. You could not remember the character names after the movie, totally agree, though it was challenging to remember them during the movie. That is except for Andy - who was just a variant of Andy from the TV series Eureka. Worse of all it is not original, but a random paper mache of previous past and future cannon, illogically thrown together to allow the recreation of several of the best moments and hopes the younger generation will not be aware of this misappropriation

[@RETROORDIE]

@@smithwayne2866 I appreciate you trying to break all of it down to make sense. We as the old guys now who love this stuff should not be responsible to cherry pick to fix the story lol

[@demarques1911]

Movie was no where as bad as you are making it...

[@RETROORDIE]

@@demarques1911 it’s a popcorn movie at best brother. Turn off your brain (as the audience) and just watch it is basically what it portrayed.

[@demarques1911]

@@RETROORDIE all of the classic actors are too old to be in these movies nowadays. So all we have is these young people. I did enjoy this movie better than Prey for sure

[@pairofsneakerheads]

I can debunk all your claims almost everything you say doesn't make any sense. The way you say everything is stupid shows your lack of knowledge. Rook talks about the actual Prometheus fire like the myth or legend of old of the gods. Prometheus is a greek god that gave humanity the gift of fire. That is where the movies Prometheus are based on. Prometheus and Alien covenant are symbolic movies and modern versions of ancient stories. But according to you that must be stupid.

[@RETROORDIE]

@@pairofsneakerheads lol the black vase being referenced at all is silly and the fact the xenomorph was alive in a larva makes zero sense and that there even remains of the ship makes no sense.

[@tommykaira8775]

They claimed they extracted the DNA from big chap and reversed engineered to get the black goo, amazing isn't it?

[@RETROORDIE]

@@tommykaira8775 amazing big chap was not only in the film but alive lol

[@jaecalderon260]

Why you start off all melancholic?? Neg energy all throughout

[@RETROORDIE]

@@jaecalderon260 lol you must be new here. Make sure to hit that thumbs down button bud.

[@Rayydude]

@@RETROORDIEit was a good review, i agreed with most of it and laughed at how alot made more sense when mentioned it. They really wanted to just drop a movie and get a paycheck. Def not for the fans type film

[@RETROORDIE]

@@Rayydude adding stuff from a film Ridley Scott didn’t even make really makes me scratch my head lol