Alien: Romulus Pitch Meeting

[@mantinete7237]

The way Ryan says "That's okay" and then does the Kubrick stare gives me chills. Peak cinema

[@DonLeStudio]

too peak for mah blood

[@Chain978RLT]

nice

[@AngryAuditor]

"We can't let anything stop us" feels ripped directly from a Kubrick film.

[@davis9502]

Clockwork Orange was fantastic. Also, what would life be like if Stanley Kubrick directed an alien movie?

[@thephilosopher7173]

@@davis9502 I wouldn't watch it. It would be too scary and mind bending AF.

[@GendefectX]

"Our hands are tied by a trope we ourself created and constantly reinforce" - what a sentence!

[@Dirkus17]

Oh, really?

[@lostree1981]

Applies to pretty much every franchise now.

[@Daxdax006]

Wowowow.... wow

[@Daxdax006]

@@lostree1981he's talking about himself

[@SomewhatSlightlyBored]

@@lostree1981 yeah but more specifically the ones disney has control over.

[@greg_nicholls]

5:08 "I'll bring it back if I want to" - if ever there was a line that perfectly sums up modern Hollywood

[@ExtremeSquared]

Hasn't Marvel/DC been doing that for almost a century? Even Michael Crichton brought Ian Malcolm back to life because people liked the movie character so much.

[@whatyoudo9773]

way easier than clever plots thats for sure

[@darksun483]

@@ExtremeSquaredI mean… he never died in the movie. Only the book so that one wasn’t too bad

[@UniteForgetLeftRight]

Palpatine?

[@ExtremeSquared]

@@darksun483 Yeah but he was brought back in the book after being incinerated.

[@MaiAolei]

2:45 Producer dropping his friendly face is terrifying.

[@nananamamana3591]

When you're an executive in hollywood but wearing your mask is itchy

[@villephful]

I got Event Horizon Dr. Weir vibes

[@DonLeStudio]

nightmaressss

[@kit2770]

Terrifyingly tight?

[@johnnyblue07]

Straight nightmare fuel. It's like he's smiling deep into my soul. Make it stop.

[@russellmc03]

The "believe it or not" Ripley's line got me out of nowhere

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

I felt like I got a drive-by from left field!

[@Madeoftea]

I see what you did there.

[@abbycross90210]

I loved that, actively.

[@SabotAndHeat75]

That got a chuckle for sure.

[@zacharyemmett1784]

“That’s a bestselling book series”

[@JaqenHghar.]

Bro that guy that played the android killed it. I was very impressed. Making a stutter not accidentally comedic is hard but turns out he's just a faulty robot and he made that work too. Then he switched into a cold calculated wordsmith with all the swag and confidence imaginable. Seriously that was an amazing performance. I hope to see this dude a lot in the future

[@victormoreno6680]

Right? He stole the movie for me; came for the aliens, stayed for Andy.

[@eclipsehorse8693]

yesh easily one of the very best parts of the movie- and a syntheic you could really root for. They even gave him a good backstory-

[@JaqenHghar.]

100% agree with both of you guys

[@markweatherill]

Andy's upgrade turned him into C3PO, but less camp and without the funny walk.

[@Carnagepwnz]

He'd make a good Kang the Conqueror replacement.

[@Guyonnn]

That Ripleys believe it or not line was gold.

[@sircdrom]

Yes! He totally nailed that one :D

[@furiouskaiser9914]

Loved that show as a kid lol. And I did get a chance to go to the museum once too.

[@shanedbunting]

Shades of Abbot and Costello with the miscommunication wordplay. 👍🤣

[@MichaelNNY]

I mean, was it tho?

[@Hexen_Wulf]

@@MichaelNNY Mmhmm

[@spennywenny]

I love the idea that screenwriter guy has a secret grudge against producer guy since the secret invasion pitch meeting

[@Hmmmm..ok3]

How do u know if it is secret... ryan's alter ego

[@johans3164]

Why tho? Can someone explain? Is it cause of how bad Secret invasion is? Lol

[@LucianDevine]

Maybe he cut him out of the plan to take over Canada so he's not getting any of that sweet sweet poutine?

[@jelita_]

​@@johans3164 I also forget

[@spennywenny]

@@johans3164 No, he was explicitly told that he planned to replace him with an AI

[@AHersheyHere]

Alien: We killed the alien, saved the cat, and survived. Aliens: You saved Newt, Corporal Hicks, and killed the Alien. Aliens 3: Newt and Corporal Hicks are dead. Aliens 7: The Alien in the original survived.

[@cyrusevans1009]

Hollywood sequel syndrome is stupid

[@Morcarag]

Yup. One of many gripes I have with the series post Aliens. 1. Hard fought struggle but the heroine survives and kills the baddie. But we know there is a ship full more of eggs. Very good movie. 2. Ship full of eggs foreshadowed in 1 matters. Send in the marines to save people. Hard fought battle, most die, but through heroic struggle and sacrifice Newt, Ripley, Hicks, and kinda Bishop, live. The Queen is killed, and the loose thread from 1 is resolved, all aliens killed. Great movie. 3. The victory from 2 is ‘noped.’ The characters you liked died off screen, the Queen is back. But at least at the end Ripley has a heroic self-sacrifice, killing the Queen again and finally ending by her saga. Bad overall but at least it’s definitely over now. 4. Only redeeming aspect of 3 is ‘noped.’ Ripley is back, Queen is back, bad movie. Then freaking Romulus: “Remember the one victory from the movies that still stands? Let’s ‘nope’ that one also.” Just stick with watching Alien and Aliens and then stop. Don’t ruin the franchise for yourself.

[@notalanjoseph]

​@@Morcarag they didn't really "ruin the series for themselves" though😅 Romulus actually revived the series after the disappointing covenant. Many fans liked Romulus going back to roots as it's reception proves

[@hypnoz7871]

@@notalanjoseph Well those fans really have low standards. Especially in term of continuity. The Nostromo is completely destroyed and the original xeno frozed into deep space. You can't rewrite the story at will and expect your universe to be coherent and believable.

[@halfvader8015]

@@notalanjoseph Many fans are incredibly stupid as its reception proves. Because they like a film that isn't a film as much as a tv greatest hits clipshow fanservice fest. I think all those fanboi dopamine hits from every other Alien movie addled their brains. As for the nuclear explosion that somehow didn't even wipe the paint off the Nostromo's nameplate which also survived at ground zero? I rest my case/drop my mic.

[@OratoryJamesIV]

I'll never tire of the pun phrases. "It's an iconic line of Ripley's, believe it or not!"

[@amcconnell6730]

This is what I come to the comments for - I missed this. :)

[@TroyPacelli]

Thank you for saving me having to type that. I will instead type this to thank you. I will add, however, that I hear that line in Jack Palance's voice.

[@gdwnet]

ffs. It took me WAY too long to get that.

[@TroyPacelli]

@@gdwnet Eh? Eh? Remember: He who laughs last ... thinks slowest. (That's usually me)

[@T-Dawg75]

I literally thought up that pun the other day, it’s so GOOD

[@thatrandomvsdebator]

2:48 "We can't let something as trivial as death stop us. We can't let anything stop us." That line has straight up supervillain vibes and I fucking love it

[@mr.movieandtvguy5310]

Wtf! That was madly evil!

[@EvanSnowWolf]

Plot Twist: he works for Weyland-Yutani.

[@EmperorSeth]

I appreciate how it was just a few minutes after he was calling TW "dystopian" and got called out for the AI writers thing.

[@maderaartstudios4738]

Ya can't just recast Ian Holm. Wasn't Martin Freeman like the best part of The Hobbit? Heyshutup!

[@Mystic2760]

_"oh my god"_

[@stormtempterf8058]

It's a pet peeve of mine that directors play so fast and lose and fast with the xenomorph gestation cycles. It's fast but it's not blink and you'll miss it. There'd be no point in hugging people if the embryo takes like 2 minutes to gestate, it could do that in the hugger. Give it like a day at each life stage, and everyone can be happy. You want it to go quick in your movie, add implied time jumps that are natural.

[@Bogwedgle]

Well, no, it would still need to gestate in something else, it's pretty well established they take traits from the thing they gestate in to better adapt to whatever environment they're in.

[@eclipsehorse8693]

this is one of those movies that wouild have really benefitted from being three hours- or given us more than 40 minutes to get off the ship-

[@walker3288]

They could've explained it that it was a result of those face huggers being clones created from the xenomorph they found and thus acted a little different

[@lewislewis3531]

It annoyed me that they pulled that hugger off and it didn't die, but crawled off. The whole point is they lay the embryo then perish, allowing the gestation to begin with no one the wiser. But this is modern filmmaking, where you can't have long scenes or go 5 minutes without something noisy happening

[@R0B1NG5]

I agree the scripts should try to find natural reason for some time to pass, when people are facehugged or the when the young alien grows off screen, but honestly, that ship has already sailed with the prequels. The more "classic" alien at the end of covenant practically comes out the chest hitting the macarena after hardly any time has passed. David just waits around for it to happen when he probably could spend any time he had avoiding suspicious crew members with guns. And its full size a couple of minutes later when Daniels is trying to leave. The security officer guy gets a facehugger on for literal seconds before his partner just cuts it away with a knife and all that happens is he gets a tiny acid burn on his cheek. After multiple movies reinforce how difficult it is to to remove with surgery without killing the person. The worst part is, that was enough time to pass the embryo. Because they need to have the "we think were safe on the ship, but no, one more" trope at the end. And when that one bursts out of the security guy back on the covenant, the computer detects an unrecognized organic life form and tells daniels. Moments later, its full size when attacking the people in the shower. These are some of the all time fastest growths in any of the movies. Looking back, Aliens handled it smartly. It has a chestbursting scene, because you have to, but its when the marines stumble into the hive already in progress, who knows how long the colonist has been there, or when a face hugger actually got around to that specific one. There are already adults in the hive so they don't need to rush its growth and also they are allowed to kill it, plot wise, so another baby alien doesn't have to be contrived to be able to just run off and escape.

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

0:53 this is so unrealistic. Studios absolutely do not care about seeming dystopian if it makes them money.

[@harrymills2770]

Dystopian is easier. A world that "works" is much harder to depict in convincing detail.

[@charlottecorday8494]

I mean, no one's going to miss most of these hack writers 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@FruityGroovy]

The funny thing is that AI absolutely isn't making them money. It's actually costing more to build, operate, maintain, train, upgrade, power, and cool than they would ever offset from any profit. The fact that companies are investing so much money into a product that isn't making them money is just a very clear example of the sunk-cost fallacy + FOMO.

[@FruityGroovy]

​@@charlottecorday8494I guarantee a lot more people would absolutely miss real writers over you any day of the week if either of you were replaced by AI

[@hb21up20]

Nah, they're immoral but not stupid. Got to make it seem acceptable so that most consumers won't care enough to change their habits.

[@pringlerer]

03:18 Oooooh, Lady parts are TIGHT !

[@AC-os1he]

I mean hopefully..

[@Vulpas]

​@@AC-os1heYoung enough or at least not used enough.

[@arindamrc5911]

So I've heard.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Sometimes they are!

[@westrim]

@@Vulpas That's not how that works.

[@duralumin594]

I see a lot of people in the comments picked up the "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" reference (awesome); but no one so far seems to have noticed the Hugging Face reference: For those that aren't aware, "Hugging Face" is the main repository for AI language models. Producer Guy tells Writer Guy he intends to replace him with AI, and a bout a minute and a half later tells him "Hugging Faces is tight!". It's possible this was just a funny coincidence, but given the subtlety of Ryan's humor, I think he may have just slipped this one under the radar on purpose.

[@dsbmitchell]

Woah, thank you for that context! I had no idea

[@noahyes]

i actually did know about the hugging face community, but i missed the connection (intended or not). so, thanks for that. btw i always thought that hugging face was just about the worst name possible for the platform. its like they are encouraging everyone to think of them as evil monsters who will destroy everything in their path if unleashed.

[@redskullz1249]

Woah! That's an insanely good reference and joke and it flew right over my head! Thanks for the explanation!

[@NigelBassman]

Oh I got both of those. “Hugging Face” made me nearly spit out my toothpaste…

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

@@NigelBassman -- Well, first - you should stop eating toothpaste...

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

2:56 Ryan jumpscare, most replayed moment.

[@gnocchidokey]

what a delivery, such passion, loved it

[@onechillbiscuit]

A meme in the making.. but no one ask anyone to make it or it will die.

[@SpideySensei72]

"Can we at least make sure it looks really good?" "NO DEAL, NO DEAL!" OMG, this killed me because that uncanny valley Ian Holm looked terrible on film.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

I wouldn’t say terrible. Just not completely convincing

[@edopronk1303]

I'm curious if current actors have a "no AI me after my death" clause. I would want to have that

[@robotrix]

I was so busy with plot holes, obnoxious call backs and trying to understand what that one guy was saying that I figured as long as it looked better than the Scorpion King in The Mummy 2 it didn't matter. 😂

[@craigwolfe249]

@@ObsessiveGeek no it definitely looked terrible, like parts of his face were moving independently

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@ObsessiveGeek No, it was really, really bad.

[@ImperialWarrior6490]

"You ever seen lady parts?~" "I.... I-I heard of them." I can't... I can't 😂🤣

[@elazayth]

Lady parts are TIGHT!

[@iammichaeldavis]

“Somehow, the xenomorph returned”

[@Antares2]

Yeah, revisiting the Nostromo wreckage and getting "Kane's son" was mostly fan service. Nostromo should be utterly vaporized, and the Alien was ejected from Ripley's shuttle AFTER she had escaped the blast zone of the Nostromo, so the alien should not be anywhere near the floating "ship parts". There would, however, be zero problem with finding live xenomorphs, eggs and likely queens all over the galaxy. I would prefer if a prospector ship or something had picked up another facehugger from somewhere. Even from LV-426 as it wasn't nuked yet, but that's not a big deal. Besides, the aliens weren't from LV-426, meaning there will be other eggs and/or colonies around, yet to be undiscovered. So you could re-introduce the creature in lots of ways. They chose fan service, but I don't see that as a big dealbreaker.

[@tach5884]

​​@@zogwort1522"That her father left for her before he died." Hey maybe don't, movie. Maybe don't do that.

[@Right_Said_Brett]

*xenomorph (as in xenophobic)

[@iammichaeldavis]

@@Right_Said_Brett no, I was talking about the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, the dude with all the paradoxes, he could also, um... morph. But I understand how you could get confused it's a common mistake

[@pjparkjd]

​@@Antares2 If it can survive in space, it just needs to eject fluids or gasses somehow to propel itself toward the wreckage. So, it's not totally impossible, but they dropped the ball by not showing the giant space alien farting itself through space. It would have been at least as cool to watch as Disney Star Wars Mary Poppins.

[@karatefella]

He said the Super-Easy thing twice !

[@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

It was barely an inconvenience.

[@tonybrewer7536]

Wow wow wow Wow

[@wingflanagan]

@@tonybrewer7536 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gregbors8364]

It was barely an inconvenience, barely an inconvenience

[@wesleyhoward5599]

Saying it twice is tight!

[@Skadoodly_Dave]

5:46 get me pictures of spider-man!

[@FirstoftheAbyss92]

You know, the way Ryan said "that's okay....." and gave a kubrick stare, I bet that was exactly what Disney said and did when they got the message that Carrie Fisher died a few years back. That was when the mouse decided that even death was no longer strong enough to stop one of their contracts. And as always the others followed the example of the one who is currently in front of the mob.

[@deltonmcclary7341]

Those b words!!

[@Boeing-777-X]

She died as Rogue One was being released and in Rogue One we already have a dead actor brought back, so she wasn't the first.

[@hazukichanx408]

@@Boeing-777-X The dead don't just speak... they're acting! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

[@MichaelPalin]

​@@mylifeisrushhour2 But ... I saw her in real life. She kissed her dog! What is real???!

[@EyeofKoruption]

That is... disturbing... no humor... just morally disgusting.

[@MaesterMike]

“It’s an iconic line of Ripley’s, believe it or not.” And Ryan George’s master wordplay strikes again!

[@JanMichalSzulew]

I don't get it :| Missing cultural context I guess

[@tomm35]

@@JanMichalSzulew There's a series of books and TV shows titled "Ripley's Believe It or Not" The concept is that a dude named Robert Ripley collected and documented a bunch of weird stuff - such as someone being able to freely talk in reverse or a dude being slightly magnetic, enough to attach small metal items to him.

[@phoenixnyc]

I cannot believe I've watched this video at least a half dozen times and missed that every time.

[@ShaadsComicsandBeers]

5:09 "I'll bring it back if I want to" 😂😂😂😂

[@wither_tm]

"I don't like how time works" should be a new catchphrase

[@ludoviclemaignen9432]

Indeed, especially as these days it seems most movies are based/follow/remake of old movies

[@someguyonyoutube-b9w]

If Hollywood’s attitude towards “legacyquels” had been the norm 45 years ago, Ridley Scott would have been commissioned to do a sequel/semi-remake of the 1934 gothic horror movie *The Black Cat* instead of *Alien*.

[@colebrandt9302]

It should represent every Terminator movie, tv show, video game, etc...

[@saraloking5993]

A t-shirt, for sure

[@MoreLifePlease]

I like it. Time is my least favorite of the known dimensions.

[@Endycat1]

Having two lines of “super easy, barely an inconvenience” in a single pitch meeting is tight!

[@repletereplete8002]

I think it might be a clever nod to how a line from the original film is said twice by the same character in Romulus.

[@Dirkus17]

Getting caught forever in a trope you yourself created must indeed be hellish.

[@DoctorNemmo]

Yea yea yeah

[@paulianhodgson]

Wow wow wow wow... wow

[@kentonbaird1723]

"Kinda thought that thing was vaporized by explosions" "Yeaah, turns out it wasn't!" That seems to happen a lot, lately.

[@patron8597]

"Somehow, the Nostromos returned."

[@christophermccutcheon2143]

3 nuclear explosions. If you go back and watch that part there are 3 separate nuclear detonations

[@SilverPlayer2002]

2:56 NO DEAL!!! Ryan would make a great host for a revival of Dead or No Deal

[@sanddagger36]

I am very concerned how you are supposed to win if the only 2 options are "no deal" or just plain "dead"

[@JBoxy7]

​@@sanddagger36you go until you cant anymore

[@fajitas4every1]

Why would the host be shouting "No deal"?

[@SilverPlayer2002]

@@fajitas4every1 because he would be asking the contestant “deal or NO DEAL?!” In that way

[@cameronroubiqueauthor]

"We can't let something as trivial as death stop us. We can't let anything stop us." Damn! Now that's some amazing supervillain dialogue.

[@petertapola8097]

I assumed it was from some thing I don't know. If it's original, then wow!

[@jasonmurdoc9533]

5:32 he’s from the thing I just watched!

[@chrislong2807]

Things you just watched are tight

[@LaDobleA0621]

Using “actually it’s gonna be super easy; barely an inconvenience” twice within 1 pitch meeting is TIGHT!!

[@Mr.Compass-95]

0:15 I can say that fearing the march of time is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@ThreadBomb]

You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're even older You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're older still. Time! Is marching on And time is still marching on This day will soon be at an end and now it's even sooner And now it's even sooner And now it's even sooner This day will soon be at an end and now it's even sooner And now it's sooner still You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're even older You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're older still.

[@Valjean666dk]

I find it very inconvenient. Adults are reacting to the movies I grew up with. If my body doesn't remind me I'm getting older, the internet will.

[@It_Is_I_I]

Definitely easy, but also an inconvenience, I'm not at all a fan

[@DannyKnightblade45]

This movie looks great with wonderful production values, but the numerous plot holes and overuse of memberberries really hurts the film.

[@didgruntleddansnyderfan]

Well, at least it doesn't go at the originals with a flame thrower and then back over them repeatedly with a combine harvester like Prometheus and Covernant did. Romulus may not exactly be cinematic art, but at least it's not the Vandal sack of Rome. I'll take it. I only wish every other attempt to sodomize this particular brand over the last thirty years had been as harmless. At this point I'm happy as long as Charlton Heston gets thrown to the lions, you know? I don't need him to be giving me long, pompous lectures about how terrible people/capitalism/Donald Trump/farmers are outside the Colliseum, alright? I mean, I have to ask these days just to make sure. You know? I just wanna watch a movie, not receive any Marxist indoctrination. Is that really too much to ask? So anyway: harmless = good enough for me.

[@michaelanderson6394]

2:44 I am honestly impressed with how intimidating Producer Guy was right here. Like, I was genuinely unnerved with how cold he was. Excellent work, Ryan!

[@gnocchidokey]

ryan george just taking a second to be like "no seriously, fuck the system"

[@fajitas4every1]

Like, LITERALLY unnerved?!?!?!?!

[@Billy_Lenz]

Thanks for sharing!! You are alone in thinking that!

[@ursa8772]

“hugging face is tight” Love those subtle jokes

[@staudinga]

Pretty on the nose, if you ask me. In your face, even.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Shoving jokes down people's throats is TIGHT! 😂

[@felixmarvin1199]

"hugging faces is tight" is the correct word order. Your comment is how "Mandela effect" theories get started.

[@birchflash]

​ @felixmarvin1199 I swear that I know that I remember correctly that I heard "face hugging".

[@ursa8772]

@@felixmarvin1199 oh no, wouldn't want to convince people of alternate realities by slightly misremembering a throwaway line from an internet comedy video

[@velzekt]

"Hugging faces is tight" is...actually very accurate in this context

[@TheMC1102]

Ryan said "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" twice in one video. You love to see it.

[@chrisgardiner2215]

😂, IKR, wonder why Ryan doesn't sell Tee shirts with "SUPER EASY, BARELY AN INCONVENIENCE". .....

[@alirezaeftekhary9980]

"oh i dont like how the time works" same Ryan, same...

[@alecpowers8591]

Its certainly seems to keep marching on

[@VanVlearMusic]

0:36 she didn’t, didn’t it?

[@Not-an-Alien]

Cue Star wars music

[@nathandaniels9417]

Didn’t and it

[@nathandaniels9417]

Oh you may have been making a joke I apologise if so

[@thisisspeledwrong193]

No, it seemed pretty clear that it didn't die, it just couldn't come back Also, as later movies comics and games explain, xenomorphs don't eat, sleep, or breath. Their acid blood works as an internal generator keeping them going perpetually

[@willydawiller]

@@thisisspeledwrong193 in the comics Aliens will eventually wither and die in space

[@CrownMe13]

Ryan’s Ripley’s believe it or not was hilarious lmao

[@chrsn]

Very convenient to have explosion wreckage in good shape. It benefited "Aliens: Colonial Marines" a lot too.

[@fajam00m00]

Pros: -Lead actress is very pretty -Actor that played Andy did a great job -It consolidated the Prometheus/Covenant lore better with the rest of the franchise Cons: -All characters except for Andy are very shallow -Everything was derivative of prior films, especially Aliens and Resurrection -No real sense of dread, just mindless cliché action Over all, it was okay, but it doesn’t reinvigorate the franchise like I had hoped

[@ryanking8227]

1:46 love producer guy's reaction

[@Batman-rl1ph]

"Anyway Andy turns a little bit evil from the update and seems to be helping the alien." "Is he actually evil?" "Unclear, but later on Rain wants to save him from dying on the ship." "That must be pretty difficult if he's maybe evil." "Actually it's super easy, barely an inconvenience." "Oh really?" "Yeah, Rain just takes out the chip she put in his brain earlier and the update just immediately uninstalls."

[@CasepbX]

Plug in play baby!

[@recetasfaciles2816]

The creativity of nowadays.

[@stevenmackay8053]

I imagine if Andy attacked Rain to "save" the alien and she was forced to kill him, her only family left. But, nah. Gotta think sequel potential.

[@telltellyn]

@@recetasfaciles2816 Have you actually seen the film? Rain can take out the chip because Andy is incapacitated.

[@garretiswright8532]

Wait, when did Andy help the Alien and become evil? Andy just became hyper logical when he got the new chip in, not really evil

[@VanlockFR]

Okay great episode , writing and summary as usual ! I was looking for your take on Prometheus and am Shocked that you have not Pitched it yet ! EDIT : OKAY OKAY My Apologies, it's on ScreenRant channel ! ! :D

[@sagaswp]

My mom was pregnant with me when my dad took her to see the original Alien. The chest bursting scene was particularly hard on her, as you can imagine.

[@bralius]

Being hard on your mom is tight!

[@reelrook3044]

Being hard on your mom is TIG... never mind.

[@Naestrith]

Mine read the novelized version when pregnant with my brother IIRC. Since then she can't even get near an Alien movie.

[@scormern]

My mom had a similar experience when she was pregnant

[@retluoc]

I was 4 when the original Alien came out. My father saw it alone. I didn't see a chestburster scene until Aliens when I was 11... bad idea. Every time I had gas or indigestion (etc), I thought one of those things was moving inside me. 😆 I was just thinking... there are only three remaining cast members from the original movie... 😔

[@patfer1189]

The "Ripley's: believe it or not " reference was perfect. Bravo, sir.

[@vroman]

First time I've delayed watching a Pitch Meeting bc I genuinely wanted to see the movie, and... you are exactly correct. -How are these rando miners able to first detect the derelict station they know nothing prior about, when they work for the same co that has huge investment in that station, knows its stop responding, and has massive resources to find and recover it? -When AI-Ian-Holm-reprising-iconic-AI-role gains control of Andy, why doesn't Holm immediately order Andy to report into HQ on the surface, via the hauler's working coms and send up the cavalry? -Weyland Yutani never misses their awol ore hauler or have any response whatsoever to what's transpiring in their orbit? -Establishes lore that facehuggers are blind and hunt only by heat and sound, but somehow able to consistently fling themselves 20+ feet precisely onto people's faces.

[@gwenbathory6656]

4:31 the comedic gold of this super tight inconvenienced barely Ryan is amazing.

[@gwenbathory6656]

Wait, what?

[@tjm11015]

What the... Type in clear vocabulary and grammar, did you mean this was comedic gold and it still barely inconvenienced Ryan?

[@kkii729]

You just get what makes a great video!

[@threestars2164]

Not surprised Alien: Romulus was a financial success after years of being disappointed with the franchise I found it to be at least in the "ok" range, unlike the previous two.

[@elazayth]

I think it had really lovely Alien & Aliens energy in the first third, before everything kind of spiralled into "we have to outdo the recent movies!"

[@maynardburger]

Nothing holds a candle to the original, which is the only great movie in the franchise, but this one is at least something I can come away from feeling it was at least well worth the watch. Probably up there alongside Aliens as the best of the series outside the OG. But there's such a huge gap in quality from Alien to the rest, so even this praise isn't exactly wildly positive or anything. It was good. Just good.

[@mrnice4434]

At least the atmosphere and the character very Alien like and believable.

[@ryanwarner5006]

​@@maynardburgerstrange. I think Aliens may be the best of all of them. Alien 1979 a very close second. And then everything else in varying flavors of suck.

[@benharbak]

​@@ryanwarner5006 Romulus is easily the best since Aliens. Banger of a movie.

[@edwarda.7864]

You know, after nine movies and 45 years, I feel like the real Aliens were the friends we made along the way.

[@heathen4236]

seven

[@ObsessiveGeek]

Nine if you include crossovers

[@princessmaly]

9 movies. Learn to count.

[@iambicpentakill971]

With two films released over seven years, the franchise can do no wrong!

[@Zany_Zim]

Weyland yutani is the real bad guy of the movies. The xenos are the victims, and I demand justice dammit!

[@SolousOrneas]

The writing for this episode is spectacular.

[@affrokiid1045]

"thats a pretty specific number" "well it's a pretty specific place to crash" incredible 😂

[@andrewclark1645]

Fun fact, there's an Abbey in Paisley Scotland built in the 12th century which has a gargoyle shaped like a xenomorph on it. (A stonemason had a bit of fun in the 90s when they were restoring the old gargoyles because of water damage)

[@Billy_Lenz]

Wicked!

[@Amaroq64]

I would freak out if I saw that walking home at night.

[@andrewclark1645]

@@Amaroq64 honestly it's really tiny and you'd need binoculars to actually see it properly

[@alfredomaclaughlin1185]

Saw that! It’s super cool. The other gargoyles next to it are very clever too

[@BatmanFan76]

I was waiting for this video to make this joke: “Since this movie takes place in between the first two movies, what else could that mean in terms of timelines?” “Heyshutup, so…”

[@buzzbartholomew3714]

It was worth the wait. 😂

[@jimmyjamm4432]

Or, "I'm gonna need you to get all the way off my back about timelines."

[@schmelzwah]

I just like to pretend it takes place between the second and the third or even the third and the fourth. Makes more sense to me and I am happy with that.

[@mryellow6918]

​@@schmelzwahwell it also takes place before a midquell because it's an interquel which is a midquells version of a midquell

[@JudgeJaco]

Hey let’s make a ninth Alien movie which is the sixth Alien movie

[@alisted01]

It’s great to finally have someone point out why Romulus was so bad

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Ryan: remembers minute details of the lore of several terrible movies in multiple franchises to point out plot holes Me: cant remember what i had for breakfast today.

[@brainflash1]

Those are hardly obscure details. It's not there was anything else on the screen when they happened.

[@jw8160]

Don't forget that he has clones to help him. 😋

[@mattbrendlen]

If it were your job to make videos where you talk about what you had for breakfast, I'm sure you'd remember... You're focusing on the wrong parts of what make this person talented. Like those people that were amazed that a professional pianist could play the Mario Athletic Theme from sheet music, even though they'd never heard the song before... The impressive part isn't that he could play a song that he'd never heard before... the impressive part was that he was an amazing musician and sight reader... Nobody is impressed that you can read a BOOK that you've never read before, right? Anyway, I've spent far too long on this comment, so... pardon the interruption, and I hope you have a great rest of your day.

[@ludoviclemaignen9432]

​@@mattbrendlenif you think your comment is too long you can always use the backspace key...

[@mattbrendlen]

@@ludoviclemaignen9432 Thanks, I'll remember that next time! And I hope you ALSO have a great rest of your day, too!

[@gadrielvanorion9872]

the biggest sin this movie has not counting all the over the top unnessesary recalls to older movies is the pacing the movie would legit be several times better if the pacing was just better and things take longer 36 hours at the start is legit all the time we NEED to make this work then they have an hour and in this hour SOMEHOW they have several new xenomorphs and aliens grow without any sustinance to 2 meter sizes... in like 2 minutes its so insanely fast for no reason so many moments where we should slow down so much untapped potential cuz its just so breakneck fast

[@ProjektTaku]

I like it, it made the movie super energetic and frenetic, which is what I imagine they were going for, especially since the audience already likely knows about the Xenomorphs and what they can do so they don't want to waste time having to build up to it.

[@DanielRMueller]

Or keep the pace they wanted, but have less xenomorph growings up.I guess they wanted that new variant to also add something to the Alien mythology, but it really feels too implausible. I almost figured they'd end it with the two surviving women and Andy on the ship. Andy is told the new directive to not just look out for Rayne, but all of them, they go to cold sleep, and the last thing we see is Andy looking at a scan of the people in cryo-sleep, including the fetus inside the mother's womb, the fetus clearly showing some alienesque/engineer-style features. What will Andy do? Is the Wyland-Yutani ship still retaining influence on him and he's going to continue the experiment? When he was told to look out for all of them, was it just him and Rayne, or did it include the mother and her xeno-mutant child? Sequel bait, obviously, so it would probably also not to everyone's liking.

[@gadrielvanorion9872]

@@ProjektTaku it starts to fall apart once you start thinking which is rly bad you went from facehugger (hitting the face) to chestburster in like 10 minutes from chestburster to adult xenomorph in LESS then 20 minutes the baby went from baby to fking bigass monster in less then 2 minutes the pace was dogshit, and it did infact not work or make it more energetic at best it forced a few characters to do things they didnt want to but this could have been archived with better pacing aswell or how in the last 10 minuntes 20 minutes passed it gets out of control by the end

[@gadrielvanorion9872]

@@DanielRMueller i honestly was hoping for 2 outcomes 1. both women survive and what she will give birth to in the next movie is more or less just an engeneer, that would have been rly cool in concept 2. the women mutates into another monster, so we have the baby and the mother as 2 final monsters that would have been a bit cooler then just a retrain of alien 4

[@ThePedroAmigo]

Weren't all the other xenomorphs already there when they arrived, but on the other part of the space-station?

[@carnsoaks1]

Keep pumping them out legend. Also, do some Pitches of CLSSSIC ERA MOVIES, from the 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s, 00s, 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, then plays from the 1850s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s, 00s, 90s, 80s, well, you get it.

[@TheShorterKatechism]

Cinema employee here..... So that's why they thanked 'The Estate of Ian Holm' at the end of the credits 🤦‍♀️

[@SlackrUk]

I'm finding out he died via a Pitch Meeting video lol

[@rayaboumoussa2078]

"But I am gonna do something gross with it" 😂

[@commandercaptain4664]

-- said Paul Verhoeven

[@eclipsehorse8693]

@@commandercaptain4664 But Paul would ahve spent twenty minutes on that segment alone!! :)

[@ThouBear08]

Everything starting with Producer Guy suggesting Ian Holm to him going "NO DEAL!" is among my favorite stuff that he's ever done.

[@darwinism8181]

Eh, say what you will about AI in general but in this specific case they had the express permission of Ian Holm's estate, like his widow signed off on this and apparently at least in part because Ian had genuinely wanted to return to the franchise.

[@jacksonjacob7791]

His family was also probably paid royalties as well...

[@nothingsurprisesmeanymore]

Well shame they couldn't do it right, they just made him a blurred mess. CGI is so much better than that they just didn't want to spend the money on it.

[@jacksonjacob7791]

@@nothingsurprisesmeanymore probably some truth to that. This was originally only supposed to be on streaming. Probably why there was so many unknown actors as well. I can't stand bad looking CGI. Practical effects are seldom used anymore but its probably due to saving money.

[@HC-cb4yp]

That doesn't make it okay.

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

​@@nothingsurprisesmeanymoreTo me it worked really well because the synth was cut in half and likely barely functioning with its already broken voice.

[@sammyboy658]

Random thought: why didn't they get Martin Freeman or Elijah Wood to play Rook? Freeman played young Holm in The Hobbit, and Wood played his character's nephew in LotR. Could have done just some minor cosmetics and still showed it was an homage to Holm from the first Alien. Also, I know she has a lot of range, but I was so surprised to see Isabela Mercad in such a dark, serious role when I know her as the live-action Dora. She's really talented, glad she's getting all these big movie roles.

[@DoctorNemmo]

In fact Rook could have been any actor and it would have worked the same

[@PvtParts14]

It actually sabotages the 'covert android' plot in the original if multiple ships have the same model... two crews communicate and find out they both have an Ash, it's over.

[@DuchessofPangu]

​@PvtParts14 Romulus takes place 20 years after Alien. It isn't inconceivable that at the time of Alien Ash was a new model, but that by Romulus the model was more prevalent.

[@volpeverde6441]

FREEMAN should have been Rook....

[@Miners666]

Because that would require integrity.

[@peterkane9264]

5:07 is perhaps my favorite delivery I've seen from you, Ryan. And again, love the slideshow from the thing I just watched, thank you

[@kyledouglascox]

Andy was hands down the best part of the movie ..idk who the actor is but he's great

[@ThreadBomb]

It helped that he was the only character with an arc.

[@kyledouglascox]

@@ThreadBomb true, but the portrayal was fun. The way he switched back and forth depending on his chip was really well acted imo. He did a great job

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Spaceships crashing into each other is less likely than boats crashing into each other. By several orders of magnitude. 😂

[@ObsessiveGeek]

Yet it has occurred in real life

[@darlhiatt8136]

Sure, but those spaceships in the movie were already right next to each other when one lost control, so coin flip odds are about right.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

​@@ObsessiveGeekdo you mean satellites and space stations? I don't recall actual spaceshipa crashing into each other.

[@theveteransergeant]

​@@darlhiatt8136yeah, but not the ship sliding halfway across the station to the only place it would fit inside of so the rest of the movie can happen.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

@@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852 a “spaceship” or more accurately a shuttle has crashed into another ship in space. But your example works too. All that’s really different is the terminology used to describe the things crashing.

[@MaverickChristian]

As much as I like _Alien: Romulus_ (especially compared to the crap we got before), yeah. There were some real weaknesses in the writing here.

[@maynardburger]

Standards are just so low, not just for the franchise, but also for horror in general. Even 'just decent' movies like this feel like something to appreciate. The gap in quality from Alien to any other movie in the franchise is pretty stark. Probably even moreso than Jurassic Park and its follow ons.

[@MaverickChristian]

@@maynardburger I recommend "Longlegs." That's actually a good horror movie that came out this year. "Late Night with the Devil" wasn't bad either. Unfortunately I fear (pun intended) the really good horror movies this year don't get enough attention.

[@Aikurisu]

... I appreciate you channeling your inner crazed Bilbo when you said 'NO DEAL!' Ian Holm would be proud. =P

[@claytonrios1]

"So can you make an Alien movie that tries the thing we did in Resurrection again?" "That'll be super easy. Barely an inconvenience!"

[@claytonrios1]

@@zogwort1522 Even with her Beetlejuice 2 version?

[@vitmir9099]

"Lady parts..." "I've heard of them." "Me too."😂🎉❤ Great sketch and good horror movie with Aliens.

[@elazayth]

Lady parts are TIGHT!

[@kevinwebster7868]

I really don’t know how to feel about this movie. It was originally going to be a series on Hulu not a movie and you can really tell they tried to condense an entire season of shows into a two hour movie. It had next to zero character or story developments and crammed references or call backs to every Alien movie ever made. Even the three female characters are references to the different Ripley variations throughout the franchise. I’m surprised they didn’t bring back Bishop. The first half I really had hope for it but the second half and especially the ending kind of lost it for me. It wasn’t terrible but I can’t say it was good either.

[@repletereplete8002]

it wasn't meant to be a TV show. That's Alien Earth by Noah Hawley which is set to be released next year on FX. I agree though on it's rushed nature as Romulus feels like a speed run through Alien Isolation with member-berries from all the other films from the franchise.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

I didn't like it either but I didn't hate it as much as I did Covenant. There were lots of directions they could have gone in so I was disappointed with the choices they made for this. They could have done something with the colony in Aliens being overrun & introduce characters that turned out to have survived it. Then they can do all the nostalgia & all the callbacks & all the same nonsense without completely changing the ending of the first film.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@ashleybrooke2087 Covenant is definitely the funniest movie in the Alien franchise. I prefer it to Romulus.

[@eclipsehorse8693]

@@ThreadBomb I at least enjoyed Covenant for the most part- Prometheus was unnecessary.

[@El-Duderino-His-Dudeness]

I honesty thought it was quite mediocre, and I've heard people say it's the best one since Aliens, but really Alien 3 isn't really a high bar. I had this thought afterward maybe it should have been a two parter. Pregnant lady follows through with going back down to the planet. Starts infections down there, bam part 2.

[@TerryOnTuesday]

I feel 'NO DEAL!!!" might be an addition to the catchphrases...

[@tach5884]

That's not the kind of wording that gets results I decided.

[@mingodingo]

The Ripley joke is gold, Jerry, gold!

[@Tanzia911]

Anyone else prefer Pitch Meetings over actually watching the movies? Cause I absolutely do ❤❤

[@mikesmalley164]

There are a lot of movies that I definitely don't feel the need to watch after a Pitch Meeting 😂

[@e1000sn]

Can I like then booth?

[@oerthling]

In cases like this where it was fairly obvious that the movie is a waste of money and talent - yes. :)

[@dubbmoon]

No

[@rudykraft5526]

I enjoy them exactly equally, but the pitch meetings take less time so they are better.

[@anth636]

2:35 in the next room over, Disney’s producer guy is arguing with Tron Ares’ screenwriter guy on giving Cindy Morgan/David Warner a posthumous cameo

[@ThreadBomb]

At least with Tron it would fit with the theme of the movie somewhat.

[@uprightnesseziukwu8283]

This is an inspiration to start a KZbin channel like this

[@yousefsarkhoh8184]

I literally just watched the prometheus pitch meeting for the first time an hour ago

[@jeffdroog]

Cool! No one cares though! Maybe keep personal stuff to yourself.

[@buzzbartholomew3714]

Prometheus & Alien : Covenant are two of my favourite pitch meetings. They rip the piss brilliantly. 😆

[@buzzbartholomew3714]

​@@jeffdroogWhat an unpleasant comment...

[@zacido_games]

Ryan knew about this, he's monitoring you.

[@jeffdroog]

@buzzbartholomew3714 I'm an unpleasant person lol

[@philipvipond2669]

"So, you have a Lien movie for me?" "Alien, sir. It's one word." "Oh, that makes more sense."

[@Yes12ok]

I've loved this movie!!! It's definitely in the first place of the Alien franchise for me

[@eclipsehorse8693]

yeah, buying this on BD when it comes out! :)

[@theokayishgamer]

A (fun, or maybe not so) fact: Fede Alvarez confirmed that the father of Kay's baby is Bjorn... who is her cousin, who is together with Navarro... who is his adoptive sister.

[@CaesarTubeEdits]

You should make Planet of the Apes Pitch meetings for Rise, Dawn, War and Kingdom.

[@alyeanna]

I loved the movie so so much. Fantastic!!! This was a great Pitch Meeting for it.

[@Jaster_Mereel]

The "you're specific" aggressive reply would have fit well 3:45

[@graduator14]

Being probed by aliens is TIGHT! also, please do a pitch meeting for the best alien, Tommy Wiseau's The Room!

[@Malt454]

Only the first time.

[@graduator14]

@@Malt454 True!

[@willvgo2950]

Hello, boys, I'm Ba-ack!

[@Francois_Dupont]

You know, the way Ryan said "that's okay....." and gave a kubrick stare,woah

[@tashumbriamiller]

Do Velicopastor!!!!!! Do it!!! Do it!!!

[@jesusknight1]

LOL I thought my family and I were the only ones to watch that train wreck.. It's a running joke in the house for the one who made us watch it to never let him pick movies for movie nights anymore!

[@Lpace3]

I loved that movie and forced all my friends to watch it. Admittedly, some of them are no longer friends.,😁

[@jesusknight1]

@@Lpace3 🤣🤣

[@CrimeDoesNotPay]

“Why?!” “Because” “That works!” Best dialogue on KZbin

[@RANSESROD]

😂😂😂

[@Anonymous-gu2pk]

"Can we at least make sure it looks really good?" *"NO DEAL!"*

[@geeareuu]

I also don’t like how time works 😂

[@jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

It’s fairly inconvenient.

[@jwells291]

I really wished he mentioned the gravity thing since that bothered me a bit. How every 15 minutes or so the gravity turns off only for a minute. Yet when they enter the main area, there is a perfectly positioned wet floor sign and a bunch of glasses that have water in them...

[@accursedblackmage]

Objects at rest tend to stay at rest. Unless something happened to upset their position or momentum, they wouldn't move.

[@Mclovinsnutt123]

Might be that the other half of the ship whas malfunctioning since romulos is the other half of remus

[@Mclovinsnutt123]

Might be that the other half of the ship whas malfunctioning since romulos is the other half of remus

[@pmac7641]

@@accursedblackmage True but the ship is also slowly falling into the planet's rings so wouldn't the objects remain still while the ship moved away? EDIT - Yall are missing the part where the trajectory changed and the ship began accelerating towards the rings. The objects inside without gravity would not then immediately move with the ship as the velocity of the ship changing wont affect the objects with the assistance of gravity / friction. It's no different that why things in cars go sliding around when you turn, break, or accelerate.

[@buzzbartholomew3714]

It might have bothered me too if the rest of the film hadn't been totally nonsensical sh*t!

[@Z64dollarsign8]

“That is an iconic line of ripplys, believe it or not” LMAO

[@somewinner8229]

We had two "super easy, barely an inconvenience" lines in this pitch meeting. Tight! 😅

[@savaget2058]

1:58 Thank you for calling out this glaring plot contrivance.

[@patriarch7237]

Not a massive one. As far as the Company is concerned, they might basically be going on a joyride. The ships they use don't have cryo tubes, so its not like they can escape to another system. The Company doesn't have a massive police presence on the planet: you plebs keep meeting your quotas, we keep shipping in your food and wages (or lowering your debt). If you want to jeopardise that by going off grid, go ahead: we'll punish you later.

[@Brightside187]

For real!!! Leave the pregnant ladies alone, Hollywood!

[@jdoggfivethousand]

Love your videos! Please do a pitch meeting for Southland Tales!!! It'll be super easy! Barely an inconvenience. I am going to comment this for as long as you make these, until you make it. I will never give up. This is my ninety-first attempt. Please, for the love of great, shitty cinema, do one for Southland Tales. Thank you for all your hard work keeping us laughing.

[@juststoptrying9584]

Please do the age of adalaine, perfect for a pitch meeting :)

[@wattage84]

“Iconic line of Ripley’s, believe it or not” popped the fuck outta me, such a good joke 10/10

[@derheadbanger9039]

This was the first time I went to the cinema so I could watch the pitch meeting!

[@davcrav]

To be fair, in zero gravity the alien blood being acid wouldn't cause a hole to form in the hull. The splitter might hit the hull and melt some of it, but without the gravity the acid wouldn't flow to the metal underneath, you would have to have an acid spray consistently on one part of the hull.

[@gizbot9366]

True, but her magically dodging all of the acid in zero gravity was complete BS.

[@NishchalChandna1024]

Yeah but it also wouldn't just magically float peacefully where the body was before it was shot. If you make a hole in the exoskeleton with a bullet, the acid would "spray" towards you because internal pressures are higher to support circulation. So shooting them in zero G would make it spray towards the protagonist. And without an accelerating ship they would continue to do so because of inertia, not conveniently swirl for a "cool" set piece. Honestly putting on a space suit and risking decompression was probably the better bet in that situation.

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

Plus they mentioned in earlier movies that the acid is very strong but also very unstable in air (oxygen). So the longer it floats the less harmful it gets. Imho the brainlike/galaxylike acid cloud was depicted wrong. The surface tension should make the acid form water baloon like bubbles. What would them make even more easy to dodge ... But don't get touched. you never would get it off your body. (Adhesion, cohesion) Luckily thd writers never heard of these things 😂😂😂 The whole acid stuff was bullshit for me from the very first beginning. I mean "blood" has biological function. Human blood is alkaline (7.35 to 7.45) So how is it supposed to work if it is around 1 on the ph scale? Plastic or glass should be safe of most acids. The floor in the Nostromo seemed to be Lab-4 Level. So ... no. PLUS most acids are harmful to lungs when evaporated in air. If an acid is so strong that it burns a hole through several decks then nobody could breath in this lab anymore and would suffocate. Just my 2 cents.

[@Φλωρος-Θωμασου-Ξ5Ξ]

​@@yesyesyesyes1600 making scientific critique of sci-fi movie is super easy, barely an inconvenience. great comment, seriously.

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

@@Φλωρος-Θωμασου-Ξ5Ξ Thx 😊👍