Alien Romulus Official Trailer - BREAKDOWN - Initial Thoughts

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Welcome and sorry for the slight delay as it took me a few days to analyse and edit etc. One thing I forgot to speak on was the awesome use of the thumping sound that correlates to the alien's entrance into the world. It was a nice trailer mechanic I thought. I will be delving into some theories and having some more fun with ideas based on what we have seen so far pretty soon. So stick around for future content or subscribe if you're not and if you are or are not hyped for this film, I think I'm gonna stay neutral until I see it at the cinema for myself.

[@MASTER-le4ut]

The scene with the girl and the locked door reminds you of a similar scene in Alien Covenant where again a woman is trying to get out of the room but the door is locked by another of her crewmates because she is too afraid seeing an alien comin out of the back of a man........ Am i right ?

[@gettinoveritgettinoverit1062]

​@@MASTER-le4ut/// + 🤔 💭...& she also seems 2 be thee 1 kneeling down when some kind of explosion happens near her position & when her body is blown back from thee force 😳 it looks like thee 👽 's head/dome jerks up when thee explosion happens @ this ⏲️ also!!! 😱

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

​@@MASTER-le4utyou know what? I was actually thinking of the tunnels in Alien 3 when the doors would get jammed haha, but yours was a good call also mate

[@americanandpinay]

The slender retractable fingers make me think of extended cat claws

[@austenpowers]

Loving the extended breakdown - 10:20 in and yeah, I hope that I like that character or don’t like him, but want to believe his fear, feel his dread and care about his fate. So, the lift / elevator scene and the snapping jaws hopefully deliver that’s because. I am bang up for this movie (aren’t we all!), and do believe that Fede is too - without wanting to directly compare; VilIeneuve😊 showed the way - and I think the details and tightness of the editing in the trailers ally. I am genuinely intrigued by the commitment, imagination and creativity hinted at. I am trying to keep my feet on the ground after the last 2 outings. Cheers, and let’s pack ‘em in 🦾 Last word, I wonder what the artificial persons will be like (convincing, hopefully) and if the space station computer ‘Mother’ will have a part to play . Like in ‘Isolation’ 🫶

[@coreyb8343]

I believe that the alien is molting in that clip. Something that has only happened off screen in the past. I'm so stoked for this film!!

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Considering they have an exoskeleton, that would make sense, unless it grows like bone but 1000x faster...

[@coreyb8343]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE I think they do grow very fast. In the 79' film they find the shedded skin of big chaps body after it bursts out of Kane's chest and it got really big very fast. I think it would be cool to kind of build off of that and show a little more of their growth cycle. You don't really get that in the films. I'm really digging your content, keep up the good work!

[@xedalpha1]

Yeah this really looks like they just wanted to make an Alien movie. Not an Alien Movie that 'explores themes of X, Y or Z' to it's detriment. But it's like they just said 'let's just make an ALIEN MOVIE, old school' Fede was unironically the best man for the job. He lives and breathes this kind of film and I am so here for it

[@emmental2020]

Beat me to it. I agree.

[@RoaryUK]

@xedalpha1 If you think that WHY are you even here, ffs?? FYI Alien Romulus has actually been in development since 2017, partly inspired by a deleted scene from Covenant, which Alverez pitched to Ridley Scott, who liked it, and has been working on it ever since. There has obviously been a lot of work gone into Romulus just looking at the concept art. Alverez is clearly a fan who's also trying to bring something new to the table, while at the same time keeping Romulys familiar, with a mixture of mostly practical fx, great sets and the usual dose of cgi. Frankly, if all this isn't enough maybe you'll be better off watching some other crap!

[@jayblack7495]

It never sat well with me when Ripley "dispatched" of the Big Chap in the first Alien film. If the Big Chap returns in Romulus, then Ash was spot with his description during his briefly grim soliloquy to Ripley. "A perfect organism." 🤔 "I won't lie to you about your chances, but, you have my sympathies..."

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Hehe, maybe during his studies of the face hugger, he learnt something that was never shared with us. Perhaps we'll see this in Romulus then.

[@gettinoveritgettinoverit1062]

@jayblack7495/// 🤔 💭...WONder if ROOK's soliloquy will beat out ASH's??? "Your all going 2 die down here"---RESIDENT EVIL

[@MrConspark]

Crew expendable! :(

[@stuartgooding7295]

Its the big chap ..coming though the airlock ..they found him ...

[@Dmeister406]

I'm actually thinking NONE of the crew survive at the end of the movie. Otherwise, this would leave loose ends going into the next film (Aliens), unless they are expecting to make a sequel to this movie that slots in before the '86 movie.

[@IIJonnyBoyII]

Very possible or maybe the main character has the same fate as Ripley at the end of Alien. Left floating in space.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I think with the Alien series coming as well that I also did a video on. We are potentially seeing the start of an Alien rebirth. More films to accompany the series which may last years. It all hinges on Romulus being decent however.

[@jakechrisco_]

I feel the same. I think it’s going to take the original idea of the ending for Alien where none of them survived.

[@bsmith6646]

No i wasn't hyped before but i am now. Another breakdown vid I saw earlier today made me really quite excited at the possibilities. Also some rumours going round this teaser is only showing the first half of the film, how true that is who knows. The key jangling nature of the trailer is pure Disney and no doubt theyll run this franchise to the ground like all the others in their IP but for now, im looking forward to it. Also rumours of Ian Holm's android making some sort ot comeback as well.....

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Best to stay neutral for now but avoid the hype train for sure hehe. I actually a little giddy about just being slightly scared and thrilled by intense horror and action once again at the cinema that isn't a CGI super hero film or something about a serial killer etc. Been a damm long time since we had an Alien film. Covenant doesn't count sorry 😔

[@RoaryUK]

There is supposed to be a look-alike of Ian Holm with some prosthetics that plays an android called Rook.

[@olzzon]

Hard as a fan who grew up with aliens to stay neutral after seeing , "just another teen movie " asual these days , that ruins it all .

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@RoaryUK Look-alike or AI, it still will be weird asf but if it can act as well as Ian then who know...

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@olzzon I just want it to come out so I can put to bed any fears or if it does suck, then I can write up my rant haha!

[@demarques1911]

I was hoping we could more of the Working Joes treatment with the androids... sinister just like them.... double the threats like Alien Isolation

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Good idea, especially if the aliens ignore them like they bloody well did in the game lol. Threats from both sides. Someone should make a spin off film called Working Joe, about a killer robot on board a space cruise in the holiday season. I can imagine the trailer now... Cue that 80s horror trailer narration...

[@kevisrev7529]

I think there are and we're left alone by the xenomorphs

[@demarques1911]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE let's get it

[@muzien87]

i want to make sure people dont forget the complete fake out scene from alien covenant where it had the main female character loading up some weapons, asking mother for ammo and pain killers and a shot of an alien swooping down at her and her raising her gun to shoot it only for that scene to never even make it into the deleted scenes of the movie. so its hard to take any of these scenes without a huge grain of salt but im 100% okay with it, im okay with fake outs in certain cases, but that one from covenant was an atrocity, it promised something that wasnt even close to what happened in the final cut of the movie and never even made it into an extended or deleted scenes folder

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'd have to look that up to refresh my memory

[@ryanzeid146]

I don’t think it was necessarily a fake out. I think it was intended to be in the film, but for whatever reason Scott decided to cut it. It was a great shot, but maybe it was part of a whole sequence that Scott omitted due to pacing and runtime issues. He’s pretty notorious for wanting his non-epic films to be right around 2 hours, and sometimes that means cutting out shots or whole sequences that many fans would’ve loved to see in the film. Actually, even one of his epics, Kingdom of Heaven, had an entire plot line removed which, when put back in for the director’s cut, made the film significantly better. So, Scott has some questionable skills when it comes to editing and pacing decisions.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@ryanzeid146 although Ridley is simply a producer here, Romulus does also have a runtime of 120 minutes which is listed on cinema sites. Whether this is merely an estimate for now I don't know. Part of me wishes it was a tiny bit longer.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

What scene is that ? In what trailer was that ?

[@gelliaramadis522]

i will agree, the shot of the facehugger trying to force into the mans throat looks like the actor should be more in a panic, maybe trying to pull it off and the eyelids closing much tighter? imo the alien is doing better acting there.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

We have to feel the terror, otherwise it's just eye candy for action junkies 😉

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

10:16 Yeah, that line took me out of the trailer too. It ruined the scene for me. I can't stand that kind of "accent" that most of the kids in England are now speaking. I hope it's not like that through the entire film. In Alien we had Ian Holm and John Hurt. Their English was music to my ears. Let's not forget Alien 3 with Charles Dance, Pete Postlethwaite, and Brian Glover. Again, hearing them speak was music to my ears. Now in Alien Romulus, we get the dialect of a chav. Thanks Hollywood.😏

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Haha, yes well, I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking... Oh dear! We heard most of the other cast speak in the trailer and they sounded fine so i guess he's the runt of the litter maybe? . Hurt and sigourney sounded like very well spoken working class whilst Dance is basically royalty 👌

[@bsmith6646]

😂😂 so true

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE They were great. We always had great representation in the Alien film's. Whether the English actors were northern or southern, they would always sound so correct. One of the reasons I love Alien 3 so much is because of the English actor's. They make their dialogue sound like a symphony with those beautiful accents. I hope you're right though, and there is only one chav in Romulus. Still, i'm really looking forward to seeing this movie.😂🙌

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@@bsmith6646 Modern dialect for a modern audience, I guess.🤦‍♂️😂

[@brotherjohnnyxXxX]

It fits with the type of character he's playing. There's only a few characters in the Alien universe who speak in a posh-sounding accent. Most of them are actually lower-class, especially in Alien 3.

[@numbum100]

I totally agree with you about pretty much knowing who’s going to survive in horror movies. That definitely takes away what makes movies scary

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Absolutely buddy. Knowing who will die is worse than knowing who will live sometimes haha.

[@jimbobsquarepants7741]

I suppose it's not a spoiler the station gets destroyed as the company is still hunting xenomorph samples in Aliens. The destruction keeps their desire alive so to speak

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

True but I also wonder if Romulus is successful, will they continue onwards perhaps. We'll have to see how this one ends.

[@jimbobsquarepants7741]

@ENTERTAINtheDUDE They have the advantage of "a sandbox of time" to play in before we get closer to the time period of Aliens

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@jimbobsquarepants7741 exactly, then we also have the Alien show to explore an earlier time.

[@bloodyirishman5758]

Wouldn't it make more sense that it was the queen from Aliens coming through the airlock instead of big chap? After all, the queen was simply sucked out into space. Not to mention it is stated that the Sulaco survived the fire. Therefore the company could simply access the computer aboard her and determine exactly where the ejection took place near LB-426 greatly reducing the search area to find it. Plus we know the queen was ejected away from the planet as it it not shown during the sceen when this happens. Whereas big chap was supposedly obliterated by the engine exhaust (depending on the source material)

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

The only issue is the timeline buddy. Aliens takes place about 47 years after Romulus and Romulus takes place about 10 years after Alien. There are reports from people that have seen the film confirming certain things but I don't wanna read spoilers like that as I prefer having fun with theories ;)

[@bloodyirishman5758]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE Well...that settles that about the queen theory. Totally f.u.b.a.r's it with the timeline...unless Daniels shows up and we have an Alien/Enterprise crossover or something...

[@pilgrimgrey4191]

The Sulaco was in orbit when the Queen was ejected by Ripley. I always figured the gravity well would have turned her into a very short lived meteorite.

[@GTChris]

I rarely hear people talk about the blue light actually being a human made movement scanner that was left there before the events in the first movie by Weyland Yutani in order to know if any face hugger had left or if any human had actually came close enough to possibly trigger the hatching of the eggs. Eggs the company thus already knew were there. The crew of the Nostrono may have not expected this tech to be human or the company could care less if their involvement was known to the crew as they had an Android aboard that could make sure no one survived to tell about it. The viewer assumes it was part of the Xenomorph hive or maybe from the Engineers who may have been transporting it, but none of that was ever confirmed and it was actually shown that the eggs later never had the blue laser and since the engineer pilot had died from a chest burster the laser was likely not from them since it would've warned it that a facehugger had escaped. The laser was shown as human tech in the second film. So imho the laser has always been from Wayland Yutani and also in this film may be from them making sure something or someone gets notified as soon as the laser is breached. I do hope Alvarez and his team took all this into account and we don't get questioning what it is or get shown some strange reason how the aliens produce a laser of all things. Although I would love to see while at the same time don't understand yet how it would contribute to the story much they show us a flashback of Wayland Yutani finding the eggs leaving the laser and then later find out their initial plan had failed and that if they wanted an adult alien to study they would have to retrieve it's body because the establishment of the colony would take another few years. Anyways I'm hyped that the laser is even in the movie, now indeed let's hope that it serves an actual purpose rather than fan service.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Very interesting thoughts buddy. I suppose you can pick holes in it like any theory of course but what you said feels very valid to me. I assume that the laser was part of the engineer tech personally but it's never explained so who knows and that's the beauty of mystery I guess. If the light is a stasis field then I also hope we get some better explanation.

[@jarodshepard1046]

Queen has the set of small arms and hands. I don’t think they’ll have a Queen. The head looks different on the xeno at the end of the trailer. Since redone in a lab and got DNA from big chap, if that is what happens, humans always play with nature and change things to the worst too

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

If humans are bad enough it has me thinking what the ancient species were capable of. I mean of course before Ridley explained them away as engineers. Although, in my head I'll always see the engineers as a race that stole and reverse engineered the ancients tech.

[@RoaryUK]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE Space Jockey's and Engineer's are 2 different species, the only connection between them is one created the other.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@RoaryUK agreed

[@RoaryUK]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE To be fair to Scott, there was quite a bit of studio meddling in Prometheus as well as Covenant. While he is mainly responsible for the crazy idea of the Engineer's being the iconic Space Jockey, he also said they came in different sizes, which kind of makes up for the size discrepancy, lol. Curiously though, since the sale Fox to Disney, Scott has gone back on several of his earlier comments about Prometheus and Covenant. Such as the Space Jockey and Engineer being different species and (of course) the ridiculous statement that "David created the Alien", which I honestly believe was instigated by Fox in the first place.

[@ryanzeid146]

@@RoaryUKI believe in the Furious Gods documentary for Prometheus that one of the Juggernaut designers mentioned that the Engineers made their ship to resemble the derelict-style ships. However, while the Juggernauts were built and used mechanical technology, the derelicts were organically “grown” by some older, superior species, possibly a species that created the engineers. There’s a video on KZbin where someone created a whole backstory for the Engineers in Prometheus based on Jon Spaihts’ script work and other behind the scenes details. It’s really interesting.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

The ice thing that the Romulus (or perhaps is just Remus, the least infested part of the statio, probably the safer haven that the crew had and is now gone) station is hitting is one of the asteroids in the asteroid belt around the Planet, i know attack of the clones made us think that those rocks are the size of an house when in reality they are closer to moons in size

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 it's funny because a TV spot was released last few days that shows it from a better angle and it looks like a giant circular runway of ice. Dunno how accurate it is but it looks amazing .

[@strangehermitage2299]

I agree that the "rock" is a cocoon. I'd suggest that it could even be Big Chap who metabolically spawned it to protect himself from the harshness of space - an ability that may always have existed in xenomorphs but unseen. He then enters a state of hibernation until discovered and thawed, so to speak: Tardigrade-level protection.

[@strangehermitage2299]

And could the 'I' that is shown as the cocoon enters the ship perhaps even be a '1', a sneaky reference to the first Big Bad: Big Chap.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Tardigrade being those tiny ocean creatures that can withstand extreme temperatures? Christ, so much of the Xenos can be found here on earth when you think about it ...

[@strangehermitage2299]

Yep. Israel spilled a few thousand of them onto the Moon in 2019. At least some are expected to have survived. Go you tiny invincible water bears.

[@strangehermitage2299]

Yes. We like to think of alien life as external to our pebble but we're literally surrounded by bizarre lifeforms in our own oceans. And they're just the ones we've found.

[@cjm753bc8]

I think this could be really good or really bad. I see many people are criticizing it because it looks like a teen slasher. Not sure I would go that far, but I can see their point. Hopefully it’s a return to the good stuff of the first 2 Alien movies.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'm still very unsure also but I did love the style of effects and the station itself. The aliens looked the best I'd seen since Aliens 1986.

[@masonjames7308]

The only problem in the whole series is that where did the derelict ship come from LV 426 because the eggs we are to be told that David is the creator of the eggs themselves but he did not have another ship and his ship was still left on the engineers Planet at the end of Covenant

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@masonjames7308 that's the true mystery right? The LV 426 derelict was a different ship and potentially it crashed a long time ago. Not to mention the humanoid was vastly bigger than an engineer. How those eggs were created and what burst out of the Space jockeys chest is a mystery I think of a lot 🤔

[@muzien87]

that thign coming out of the wax substance i believe is the alien molting. we've never seent hat on screen before and thats just what it looks like.

[@eldongrimes2306]

I am only worried about the acting abilities of this younger cast

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

My only worry also. I'm starting to think that the story might be fairly captivating as well.

[@風雪-d7i]

At least Cailee Spaeny was amazing in Civil War so I'm not worried about her acting abilities.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@風雪-d7i I was about to watch that film this week and had no idea she was in it. That's great to hear, thx.

[@leiferiklund4621]

Ooooo come on!. See it first

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'll see it in August, Day one 😎

[@michaelg.1786]

10:15 Agree...the cast looks a bit young & possibly that's what the intent is, but certainly not academy award dialogue. 10:38 my thoughts exactly 😅😅😅

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

👌😉

[@pilgrimgrey4191]

Alvarez said he wanted a crew that barely even knew how to operate an airlock, so quite green to the dangers of being in space on a ship or station off world.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@pilgrimgrey4191 hopefully it will feel fresh then. Still wish there was a slight mixture of ages instead of them all in theirs 20s but will still don't know who else they will meet in the station.

[@pilgrimgrey4191]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDEyeah definitely man hopefully there are some survivors on the station that they bump into. A few older and wiser heads in the mix would be cool, then when they are taken out the inexperienced ones really do panic.

[@kevisrev7529]

The hands on the dome head scene is more likely the Big chap that was in it's hibernation state when it was inside the cacoon?

[@bsmith6646]

Yes I thought so too

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'm annoyed at myself for not thinking this before now.

[@kevisrev7529]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE i could be wrong but seeing the scene where if it is Big Chap lifting it's head up from floor.Probably had it's hands on its head first before waking up.

[@drudi1234]

@@kevisrev7529 it is not Big Chap

[@winstonwolfwhiteshoes]

Big chap is only in one shot of the trailer. That's not him molting.

[@pilgrimgrey4191]

14:35 The scene where you see Romulus station being destroyed. Look at the bottom right in the first few frames. That looks like the Narcissus or another escape shuttle of the same design.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It's funny because I'm writing my next video based on that. I have a theory but we'll see if any of it comes true 👌

[@pilgrimgrey4191]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDEah no way that’s awesome look forward to to hearing your thoughts dude.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I released the vid and credited you in the pinned comment at the top at least. Meant to add you to the video but was so tired I forgot man, sorry.

[@masonjames7308]

The gun shouldn't mean anything because Vasquez and Aliens uses a handgun and it shoots through the alien's head

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@masonjames7308 it shot through the weaker part of the head that wasn't a solid dome but I can't remember what I said in the video that you are referring to haha!

[@BatmanBoss]

Thanks buddy

[@D_O_M_A_]

Thata not even rain in the final shot with the alien. Its the other actress, the one you claim to like. Also i beleive thats aliens foot uncurling and not a hand.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Could be, sure. It's hard to tell but I guess the skin tone is slightly darker perhaps. Guess we know how she dies now then haha. A foot would make more sense if that was part of the heel perhaps.

[@D_O_M_A_]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE I have a feeling there are a number of red herrings in this trailer and I hope so. Looking forward to finding out in the cinema. Great video 👍

[@brotherjohnnyxXxX]

It looks like Rain to me.

[@redlightsdescending]

A second set of a queen’s tiny hands unfurling?

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It could be... It's a fascinating trailer because of all these unexplained mysteries.

[@RoaryUK]

There is no Queen in this movie!! Alverez has more or less confirmed this by stating his movie has "a new creature that took 6 people to operate". We already know W/Y created their own alien eggs, and if the rumours of egg-morphing are true there's no need for a Queen anyway.

[@JordanB-lc4oi]

I can't wait for this movie..

[@pilgrimgrey4191]

At 11:34. I don’t think that’s a hand unfurling it looks more like a foot.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Makes more sense

[@GuyFawkx]

Rain shoots at the Xenomorph because it garbed her leg

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Through the elevator? Yeah, it could be the case. Those Reebok's are priceless in the future 😉😉😉

[@Khultan]

What motivated Dan O' Bannon to write "alien" resulted in the 1979 film. What is Fede Alvarez'?

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I guess The first two films motivated Fede but hopefully it will have enough substance because he definitely seems to have the style so far.

[@Khultan]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE Style without substance.....fatal.

[@mr_e_mc2]

yeah my biggest issue is we already know who dead and its basically wait to see when they go

[@RoaryUK]

I've heard from a reliable source there are 2 survivors, BUT there's a really insane twist that, assuming they don't change the ending, will ensure we won't see them again.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'm just hoping they find more people in Cryo to wake up on the station. This way we get more kill scenes at least 👌

[@bf6554]

@@RoaryUK what is the twist you heard of?

[@ITSREALLYNOTYOURFAULT]

I'm now hoping it's not just an effects movie, with the action overdone like all the Transformers sequals - action over substance.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Exactly, it's gotta have momentum in the second half but should lose the suspense of the build up that apparently it begins with.

[@ITSREALLYNOTYOURFAULT]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE So, lots of action, with swirling, whirling scenes strung together with little story and little or no character development or arc from too well groomed actors meeting some quota somewhere that we won't care about doing deep frowns and opening their eyes wide in "terror". We will be taken for a ride, what with the amazing visuals a few jump scares and mood music, but it will leave an empty feeling inside like after having a one night stand. Then there will be the rave reviews saying how brilliant it is, and endless reports explaining the unexplained, because we all want to be doing homework after watching a movie just to try and make it make sense on some level or other. Oh god i hope i'm wrong and big enough to admit i'm wrong if it turns out to be good.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@ITSREALLYNOTYOURFAULT hindsight will play a big part with this film after the hype no doubt but let's pray it better than we think.

[@chootsart]

You mention that couldn’t be a Queen due to her having much bigger hands, but she also had another set of much smaller hands…

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Oh yes but I just felt they wouldn't be the set clasping her head as they were secondary. However, I'm thinking the shit is the cocoon opening that releases big chap, the same cocoon from the hanger shot.

[@Lokazana]

Every scene in Alien and Aliens are enjoyable to watch over and over again. The mood, and the dialogue is spot on. Will Alien: Romulus have these vital ingredients? Or will it be full of scenes that becomes annoying and out of touch with the canon? Probably.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It's possible that he'll show some creative and innovative techniques but it also may be that the best scenes are heavily borrowed from the originals and will feel too on the nose perhaps.

[@Lokazana]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE If the story doesn't grab you within 5 minutes it will most likely be a another alien-lookalike movie where you already start to dissect it and know why it sucks before the movie is even halfway through.

[@JordanB-lc4oi]

I HOPE FEDE ALVAREZ REVIVED THE FRANCHISE..

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Would be quite a pivotal moment for the franchise if he succeeds, for sure.

[@markcawley1]

With the unfurling hands........there's a tail in the background.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Noted, More likely a foot then perhaps.

[@cineffect]

Kind of like a high school project.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

You grew face huggers?? What school did you go to? 😉

[@muzien87]

im 99% sure thats a foot, not a hand uncurling. you can se eth efoot later on when shes shooting the xeno, also look at the alien isolation alien, its its foot

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Think you're right buddy

[@stuartgooding7295]

I hope its allmost beat for beat with alien isolation.....that game to this day .is amazing....who knows ..the yiung girl ..maybe just maybe....be Amanda...Ripley....her name could be changed in the final cut ....and reviled..at the end ...??? ...now that would be cool ...hay nobody new darth vafer was lukes dad ....not even the crew .. .

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'm playing in again now on nightmare. Ultra wide monitor and decent headset, it's something else alright.

[@stuartgooding7295]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE indeed my friend...it is a master peace....

[@masonthomas6834]

The aliens mouth in the elevator scene looks interesting...

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Yes, you see it tongue shoot out and it did look very snappy. It's a great action shot

[@Dude-oh8vq]

Not enough movement and articulation IMO. In the other films, the mouth usually was snarling, lips curling, more expression and motion, even with the inner mouth at times. Practical is almost always better, but if it's a good practical effect but with bad to little articulation, then that will be disappointing.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@Dude-oh8vq may just be the angle and short time seeing it perhaps. The rest of the shots look promising but still scared this film is gonna flop.

[@Dude-oh8vq]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE I don't think it will flop, as Alien still seems to be popular, but the no name cast could hurt its box office. Good point on the angle of the new Xeno, but I still have my concerns they might have neglected this, which is odd considering they never neglect perfect mouth movements. If you watch the Malaysian version of this trailer, there's an extra new shot at the start of the trailer of the Xeno, and it too looks a little under articulated...

[@mlonster]

..a mature script with rich characters.. Uhm, you have seen Evil Dead Rise right? Don't get your hopes up too high. This being a thoughtfull, realistic or engaging movie would be a miracle. Kids in space messing up is more likely. I hope i'm wrong and it will turn out awesome.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

All I can do is describe what I need to enjoy this film haha. He also wrote the Texas Chainsaw script, so that adds to your point heavily I would say 😔

[@davezahodnik9577]

Romulus station is crashing into the Ice Rings of the planet.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Strange they find time to alter a space stations course in time but it could well be I guess.

[@davezahodnik9577]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE An explosion in a vacuum would do it. Ship could take damage or lose power thats keeping its orbit stable. I mean shit is clearly hitting the fan lol.

[@RoaryUK]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE There is a rumour, that's all it is mind, that the story involving the scavengers is bait being set by the Company to get an alien sample off the station. It's a bit of stretch but one that mimics Alien, so who knows.

[@RoaryUK]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDEPossibly the whole thing with the scavengers might be a set up by the Company to get a sample off the doomed space station. There's no proof of them showing up other than at the start of the movie, but I wouldn't be at all surprised and they've done it before already.

[@eriktopolsky8531]

in the wwoooddddeeeee ??

[@zundap100]

I'm a bit disappointed because unfortunately these scenes have already been seen and as it looks so far, there are no charismatic actors.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It does appear to borrow very heavily on important scenes that helped solidify the previous film as true epics. Hopefully it will match this style with substance but I'm glad I'm not the only one with concerns. I assumed I was going to receive hate for calling these aspects out but most seem to concur.

[@leo-gi3yc]

🧐 I see

[@videogamesandfilm6821]

its gonna be shit, it has that modern film making look that you just know is gonna be empty and hollow. Actors are going to be bland characters with crap dialogue and moron logic. Alien films are just Xenomorph porn these days.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

You might well be right. I'm gonna stay positive until I see it but I know exactly what you mean. It's clear to see in many modern films and always leaves you with the same feelings

[@ameliaward7429]

Vulgarity in trailers now. I guess it's all good as long as it is delivered with a cringy, forced accent. Haha... this movie is going to be trash.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Hehe, you didn't like any of it?

[@MiClLC]

Meh, I'd still rather see Alien5

[@RoaryUK]

I hope you're not seriously referring to that hack Blomkamp! His movie would have buried the franchise beyond repair, I don't defend Fox very often, but they definitely made the right call on that one.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I would also love to see Bloomkamp's vision come alive also.

[@terridimatteo2325]

I agree that now it's about the writing and acting. The last two were awful, the casting, writing, so pretentious, I wish they would recognize what made the first two films great, each character was fleshed out, no one was over acting, and until close to the end of the first movie we didn't who the survivor would be, it was rare to have a woman do that on her own, she was tough but didn't neuter the male cast, has common sesne, and depth. The two last movies the female characters were one dimensional, the male characters were disposable, they did nonsensical things like take off masks on an unexplored planet,,I can go on like that ship rolling after the ladies (who ran straight for wtf ever reason), I didn't root for any of them, or care,,,Ridley, like Cameron allowed his ego to take over,,,I really was confused as to what was actually happening,,so pretentious, I found each actor to be stiff, uninspired, and clueless, and enough with the evil Android bs who wants to destroy earth and take over,,I mean wtf? I saw the original Alien in The theater, it was terrifying, and the sequel was outstanding. Keep it simple, cast intresting sctors, spare the woke message,,just make a good scary sci fi film,,or change the name and do something original for once...

[@RoaryUK]

The first 3 Alien movies were great, it's we just didn't know it until 2003. Also, contrary to popular belief, not everyone gives a toss about Hicks and Newt! 😉 And Elizabeth Shaw certainly was NOT one-dimensional.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@terrid spoken like a true Alien fan 👍

[@mezimforte79boribay79]

the collision is with the planetary ring, not the ice.

[@MrJordandurrant]

Many planetary rings are most likely ice. Saturn's rings are largely ice.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Wich are made of ice Making both of you right and wrong at the same time lol

[@kevinac4397]

The “meteor” collection scene makes it seem like it will have a real time backstory of the lab. I worry we’ll have the same “dumb scientist” trope all over the place. The fact that an abandoned WY lab exists at all for kids to stumble upon seems like a big joke to me. The bad AI is also super predictable, so I hope it’s done well at least.

[@RoaryUK]

The movie is said to begin shortly after the events of Alien when Big Chap is found by a W/Y vessel still searching for the Nostromo.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Yeah I believe that collection part will have a big explanation in the film. Hopefully done well to shock us.

[@kevisrev7529]

I'm intrigued to know how they got a specimen and what happened to original crew and scientists.Im guessing they salvaged the Big Chap by seeing his cocooned state floating in space and did experiments.The bored colonists are going to find out for us

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

That's a great theory if indeed that is what the cocoon is that enters the airlock. It might actually expand of the lore by telling us how it is able to do perform such a protective thing. I'm sure we'll see some footage of what the scientists were up to and I've always loved that element in films.

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

I'm guessing that's what it is. I've heard they find the big chap floating in space, so I can't see it being anything else.

[@kevisrev7529]

Makes you think did the Big Chap managed to escape during the experiments.Or was it the results of the experiments on Big chap i.e creating a face hugger egg from it's DNA.Infect the crew and kills them and helped Big Chap escape while a new hive is being made in station.Teaser portrays that maybe one of young cast woke it up from cryo status

[@kevisrev7529]

@@TheRetroManRandySavage i think it was like smaller Wetland Yutani spacecraft that salvaged the cacoon state of Big chap and bring to Romulus.There was a still pic of what looked like scientists pulling a trolley with a unconscious big chap?

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@kevisrev7529 Yeah, it's anyone's guess at this stage but I hope it's cleverly done enough to feel like something fresh. I don't want to feel I'm always able to predict the next scene. Part of me almost wants to see big chap again although I still feel it's a bit silly in a way.

[@richardwarner8648]

Big Chap been sleeping.... COVENANT has been derelict...

[@joeygay7115]

The picture of the window with rain on it looks like someth9ng from Aliens when they look3d outside toward the atmospheric processor

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I think I added that scene to the video briefly. It's one of those iconic shots 👌

[@CWRardin]

Indeed the "there's something in the f*****g water" line seemed very forced and amateur. Not natural/organic, not believable. I believe the first ALIEN was as good as it was because of its hyper-realism in every aspect of the film. The more realistic and believable an ALIEN film is the better it will be across the board. Obviously ALIEN Resurrection was an extreme departure from this, not to mention just dumb. Hoping for some clever story elements in this one that will make this world even more interesting. I have learned what the space rock is (which I won't say) but I will say that as a hypercritical ALIEN snob I completely bought it and found it fascinating.

[@RoaryUK]

A:R had some great casting, just a shame the storytelling didn't match.

[@CWRardin]

​@@RoaryUKhey, I saw somebody call the guy who did the line about something in the water a "chav". Not a term in the US. Can you tell me what that is?

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I'm also learning more about this cocoon and it is definitely interesting I will say. I also agree with your comment 💯

[@charleslaine]

That line didn't take me out of the immersion of the trailer at all. I guess I just didnt have the same negative reaction to it. To me it just came off as a dude being terrified at something in the water.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@charleslaine maybe it's because I am sometimes surrounded by that dialect where I live perhaps 😞

[@gold333]

GOD: We so need a Cololonial Marines, i.e. Aliens sequel. Aliens:Colonial Marines video game (which is AWESOME with TemplarGFX) is all we have now, help Jim!

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

I remember being very underwhelmed by that game from the graphics to the combat mechanics. I like your idea however, and I would also love to see the marines again, as long as it is good casting with real men and badass women that could easily be mistaken for men 😉

[@gold333]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE I can only speak for PC. The game is a real sleeper. If you have a pc and install TemplarGFX 6.2 the game transforms completely. You feel the attention to Aliens 1986 detail the artists put into the game in almost every frame. The lighting, atmosphere, weapons, Alien AI, etc. It's basically the real sequel to Aliens for me. Heck, it brought Hicks back in a believable way, and TemplarGFX makes it look like the artists intended.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@gold333 thanks, I'll check it out.

[@davidbrethour2991]

Hi I enjoyed your review I have enjoyed the alien franchise and definitely looking forward to Romulus I wonder if there will be a king alien what would it look like how big to the queen if there was a creature here I hope this movie will be successful and looking forward in seeing it and I to would love your opinion about a king .Thank-you Thankyou

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Thanks very much. I'll try to do some research into the existing lore of a king and add it into my videos, np. Initially, without knowing too much about a king species (I realise that he exists in the comics and novels), I feel that in Romulus that it could be slightly cheesy and a bit on the nose to insert a king. Almost like trying to one up the Queen from Aliens etc. but then it could be an amazing idea if it becomes a subtle reveal at the end of the film and only hints that this creature is more powerful during the course of the film.

[@dedicatedgamer2500]

14:22 could be the fused remains of big chap from Alien...

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It could be, strange that it is a perfect egg shape but who knows how they will explain it

[@patmigroin2808]

Oh yeah that's black goo

[@davidbrethour2991]

I am looking so forward to seeing this movie I have enjoyed the alien franchise and I hope this will continue the saga to go on . I wonder if there is a king alien how would he look how big ifthere is going to be one please let me know what you think either way I am looking so forward to seeing this thankyou

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Hopefully this is just the beginning of more films to come. I already did an extended discussion about the Alien series coming next year also.

[@chrisgreene2623]

I will await judgement until I see the movie. It could be worse Zack Wylder could have directed this. He is to cinema what McDonalds is to nutrition. My other choice to direct this would have been Alex Garland, but let's see how this sequel turns out.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

You gave me a chuckle but apprehension is inevitable at this stage. Zack did some great work in his early career, not sure what the hell happened but his creativity seems to have been replaced with something else entirely. I don't think Romulus will be as bad as many of us are assuming but it definitely will not match the integrity of the originals of course.

[@nunosaosorio]

rain is not trying to protect anyone. the alien grabbed her leg and that is only her sneaker.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Maybe, either she has really large feet or it's a perspective thing hehe

[@Farlomous]

if Big Chap is in the film and the company has created some sort of genetically engineered copy, I could see there being a fight between the two xenos as you would think they would find each other to be a threat.

[@RoaryUK]

That's what we should have gotten in Covenant as well.

[@koncise0363]

They will probably fight due to not being like for like species

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Maybe the xeno are threatened by separate pheromones like species on earth?

[@Rysdad1]

But why was the alien embryo glowing in the person's body tho

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@Rysdad1 I assumed it was the radiated light source generated from the scanning device, who knows 🤔

[@paulkelly5974]

At 27 seconds into the trailer behind the guy with the head band there is a shadow on the wall. That's the Ash android from the original Alien. Leaks confirm he's being recreated with AI for the movie.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Nice observation dude. That is an incredibly creepy shadow I must say. I reported on those leaks in a previous video but hadn't heard anything since. I hope they have brought his image back in good taste.

[@alejandroperez-yy9ym]

Does look like ash indeed

[@darhammora7867]

I think it’s big chap emerging from cocoon rock, not egg

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It's looking like that is more the case. They have some scientific explaining to do in this film 😁

[@darhammora7867]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE There are two other possible explanations: 1- The stage between the Chest burster and the full grown Xenomorph, it is possible the Chest burster cocooned itself till reach maturity 2- Xenomorph transformed into Queen through Cocooning

[@eriktopolsky8531]

MOVIE is MAKING FUN OF BRITISH ACCENT

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Well I'm not offended haha, I just feel sad most of the youth here sound this way...

[@MrConspark]

The big cocoon thingy floating into the cargo bay, looks a lot like a survival suit! But for what? Oh that's right, the Company's new experiment, located by searching close to the last location of Ripley's shuttle, before the engines blasted the big guy away, not a needle in a galactic haystack after all? Lots of likes for your very comprehensive analysis of this trailer, I can't wait for the august release of this exciting new chapter in my favorite movie franchise. Cheers

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

It's super far fetched I know. Tracking device in the grappling device attached to the xeno? Who knows but hopefully it will be intelligently clear. Thanks buddy and please let this be a great start to the new franchise rebirth 🤞🤞🤞

[@winstonwolfwhiteshoes]

That's big chap in hibernation...

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Lots of people are saying this now. It's got to be right?

[@kyletitterton]

I am not excited. It's a strong trailer but it's just a mix of Alien and Aliens with a bunch of young people. As much as everyone disliked Prometheus, it was brand new.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

The only way it can work is to have a good story and great suspense as well as cool action scenes. If it feels like some scenes are copied and lacks originality then it needs to be almost better than the trailer teases.

[@wesleyvr12]

for me the last shot is pritty cool to me with this bigger version of a xenomorph

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Awesome 👍, yeah it's all subjective of course. I guess I just feel we've seen it so many times. It was the main thing that AvP did to promote those films haha.

[@wesleyvr12]

@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE yeah oke and also i did not like avp and alien 3 and 4 they had to stay on the alien and aliens root what they do now so hoping its a good and fun movie

[@leiferiklund4621]

First 2 ❤

[@whowhatwerehow609]

I think this is how the aliens got on that planet in aliens

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

This film links things up somehow right?

[@antimatta8714]

I also agree, that the line - "there's something in the water" stood out like a sore thumb when I first watched the trailer. Let's hope the rest of the acting isn't so bad.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Haha, yes I don't want to be cringing in the cinema, especially as I will also know that half of the audience will no doubt sound the same 🤣

[@ianhenefield6491]

no....'there's something in the fing water' took me out of it too...if the dialogue is like that ...not good

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

If Alien taught us anything it's how to pronounce English properly. First lesson Fede should have learnt 🤣

[@kevisrev7529]

The Wa'er guy nearly made this feel like a B movie lol

[@MrMcGear]

Really annoying they decided to take the “t” out of water.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Could just be lazy writing 😂

[@D_O_M_A_]

That's just how it's pronounced in the north of England.

[@Dude-oh8vq]

Chav innit.

[@SwampCityRadio1974]

Dr. Who episode.

[@SSS.1984]

The teaser was better. It relied more on sound & kept things mysterious. The new trailer has shown us the certain deaths of at least 2 characters. I hope they're well written enough for us to care when they die because the trailer treats them as disposable.

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

Especially considering I only counted about 5 crew members. Unless they find more in Cryo perhaps. Otherwise not only will we not see many deaths but as you say, we know how 2 of them die for sure...

[@SSS.1984]

@ENTERTAINtheDUDE I mean, I'm not expecting anyone to survive except for the lead actress (and maybe the android), but the way this trailer shows us exactly who is dead & how they die is extremely dumb! It robs the film of suspense & makes it all the more predictable. The vibe I am getting from this is not unlike 2010's Predators. A film which looked great & had some genuinely great ideas. But in the end the experience was ruined by far too many "homages" & an over-reliance on tropes which were fine decades ago, but today are old hat! On a positive note, the cinematography is gorgeous & the sets are REAL for once!

[@ENTERTAINtheDUDE]

@@SSS.1984 I'm completely with you buddy. Just go in with low expectations and a bucket of popcorn then you should be fine haha. Yes, it is a visual feast for sure.