Alien: Romulus (with Alexei Toliopoulos) - The Weekly Planet Podcast

[@rig-zag]

Let's make this snappy gents, I've gotta get back to watching the 9 hour directors cuts of Rebel Moon.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Zac Snyder is like Batman with prep time. He’s the best director if you give him a million chances to make the same movie

[@kmshana94]

Is that before or after you finish Red Notice. I'm currently watching it right now

[@sonofliberty1]

Of all the podcasts I've ever listened to, I can honestly say, hand on heart, this was one of them.

[@kingfield99]

...this was the most ....human....

[@kylecarter1599]

Of all the jokes I've read online, this one is the most common and least funny

[@alexandersen1072]

Lies

[@CrowTRobot]

@@kylecarter1599haven’t finished the episode yet but I’m guessing this person is referencing a moment that happens in the podcast instead of regurgitating an extremely outdated and dull copypasta.

[@sonofliberty1]

@@CrowTRobot Did you get to the part I was referencing yet? Pretty good right?

[@arthur.m2528]

Mason cooked with the fanfic esque thunderbolts ending, i love it

[@cattolord33]

Craziest part is that I believe him. Don't really see how Disney can get people to watch a Thunderbolts movie otherwise, especially when all of the main characters were just side characters from some of the least popular Marvel movies and a Disney+ show. Sentry can be a draw but nowhere near enough to carry the audience

[@CrowTRobot]

I love his theory. Unfortunately I think the reveal will be a little more sensible and boring (Val bought the tower and it’s Dark Avengers) but I do want to see more unhinged and weird swings from the MCU> middle of the road “it’s pretty ok” predictability.

[@lhommelouche9740]

I want it to be Justin hammer

[@17absolut]

3 captain americas and 3 gymnists hired to murk a superman ? Did the writers of the Flash movie have a hand in this ?

[@meateaw]

​@@CrowTRobot almost certainly going to be Robert Downey junior and he's dr doom. They are going to ride the fact that he was iron man, but now doom SO hard. It's the only way casting him works. They can't pretend he isn't dr doom, they have to lampshade it so hard it's actually part of the plot.

[@Sheen04]

I was rewatching Iron man the other day and I couldn’t help but think that when Tony is in that cave and he’s making the Mark 1 suit, after he makes the mask imagine he puts it on too soon and it’s still hot so that’s his dr doom origin😭

[@PJSO]

For blokes who talk a million miles an hour, you boys really took the time to hear Alexei out who doesn't talk as fast. Best pod so far 🎉

[@offtankgaming1310]

Absolutely love Mason’s idea for Thunderbolts, that would be legendary

[@xyongrayson8007]

Maso’s thunderbolts ending pitch was genuinely hype and I got chills despite the jokes 😂

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

I'm something of a Thunderbolt* myself

[@xyongrayson8007]

@@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8 🥶

[@toomanyoldsports]

Honestly though 😭

[@davidblank420]

Stay prayed up

[@Haysey_Draws]

Hearing James say "Mr Piccolo" just gives me flash backs to Gohan in DBZA.

[@jesusaguirre2150]

My one real criticism of Romulus was it had too much music. The most unsettling part of the first two films were the quiet tension building moments. It felt like the soundtrack often telegraphed moments or was just telling me how to feel. Best movie ever.

[@helloimtom100]

Alexei was a great guest, best podcast guest ever!

[@whitehawk3776]

You guys should Use this guest host to fill In for James while he’s traveling. He fits in perfectly

[@majormetcalf1225]

I found alien Romulus very enjoyable. I’d say it’s probably my third favorite alien movie. Andy killed it in that movie!

[@Wizardously]

I LOVE Alexei's energy!

[@medalion1390]

What's even weirder about that whole Disney lawsuit thing is that it wasn't even a Disney restaurant in the first place, but rather a 3rd party business situated in Disney Springs (which is essentially an open-air mall inside Disney World with shops and restaurants.) I'd have thought Disney would lead with that as opposed to this bizarre Disney+ Terms & Conditions argument that's just completely insane and makes them look even more like cartoonish dystopian overlords.

[@bonedog5130]

Great job everyone, #WaitinforKraven

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

I feel like the best case scenario for Kraven is that I walk out disappointed that a good version of Kraven was wasted not fighting spiderman.

[@FullMetalB]

Maso not going with "im craving some Kraven" has not impacted my life at all, but it was definitely close to doing so.

[@ThisIsTheRoad]

I was screaming this while listening to that part! 😭

[@socialcommentary]

Maso: "MCU post-credits that haven't gone anywhere..." James: "Don't you mean The Game is On?"

[@Coldfire242]

Usually when they have a guest on they enter a bit of a frenzy and the whole thing gets real hard to listen to, but Alexei was fantastic on this episode. Covered pretty much everything about Romulus they could. One of the best episodes I think they’ve ever done.

[@gridlo]

If Hugh Jackman comes back as Wolverine AGAIN I'm moving to Canada. Not sure how that will help but it's something.

[@ianbrew5317]

Bringing up Kneecap is amazing! First ever Irish language film to be in sundance. As a nation, we cannot be more proud and as a fan of the band and this podcast. I kind of lost my shit when it got brought up 😂

[@JakeGottfriedStudios]

Can you timestamp it

[@ogto]

Ian Holm in Big Night says one of my favorite movie lines: SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THE ASS OF LIFE

[@Douglas_Props]

Adam Runes Everything did a great segment on the McDonald’s coffee spear campaign.

[@jamesdeziel1468]

This better be good, I paused Red Notice for this.

[@bewdragon2908]

Flawless

[@cjowens9894]

Kraven’s Australian summer fun run also known as “Kraven’s Krazy Christmas” to the God-fearing

[@themikereda]

I think the * in Thunderbolts is just because Val says they can't be officially called the Thunderbolts because they can't be associated with the president.

[@CrowTRobot]

That would be legitimately funny in-movie, and then funny a second time when the deluge of 40-something men make screaming tantrum videos about it.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Are the lads refreshed? And does the dog come in at some point, whereas Mason lights up for a brief moment

[@jaysmith7062]

I love the Flashback call-out! That was one of my favorite SNES games.

[@danthefan28]

I saw Megalopolis at the same screening as Toliopoulos, and it might have been one of my favourite movie going/leaving experiences. I've heard the film getting compared to a Neil Breen film and even an early Robert Rodriguez film, and I couldn't agree more. Loved the film, and am hoping to see it again.

[@CptCrash21]

A flawless episode. The gents are firing on all cylinders.

[@timekillerstudios4930]

Rook's face looked a bit flat when he first appeared. Not sure if anyone else thought that

[@BarberJ95]

Felt like it sorta worked since he’s a synthetic

[@harrisonsims7680]

Kneecap was AMAZING, definitely recommend it

[@tonys7246]

"Is a porridge year a common Norwegian hypothetical" is definitely the first time those words have been used together in that order

[@dylandamn1]

32:15 I’m really hoping we see the differences in power scale with Superman. He’s always holding back. I wanna see him deal with that whether he’s saving someone or fighting an alien or human. Like lifting someone off the ground is the same as him lifting a waterbottle. It’s nothing to him like a reflex or something.

[@Na-mi3dx]

Bro this guy is literally a perfect third

[@blipmachine]

They got Alexi because his last name kinda sounds like Romulus. Great collab.

[@wideface344]

Alexi could fit in as the third brother

[@rhodrage]

I've been thinking Avengers Tower was bought by Oscorp since it was mentioned, and I'm still holding out.

[@BaithNa]

But they literally said that Norman doesn't exist during Spider-man No Way Home 😂

[@rhodrage]

@@BaithNa He said Oscorp doesn't exist. But that can easily be retconned as he was wrong. Guy wasn't stable after all, can easily have missed it if he only looked for it where he expected it to be. It's not like these films haven't done anything like that before.

[@CrowTRobot]

Sadly, I think it’s going to be the more logical and less hype reveal of it being Val. I like Val a lot but it wouldn’t really be a “reveal”. For some reason I want it to be someone we haven’t met yet.

[@CrowTRobot]

@@BaithNathat’s not literally what they say. Norman, homeless and wandering the streets, suggests that he couldn’t find Oscorp or his son Harry in the places that they should be. Sure, you can insinuate that there’s no Norman but it likely just means that his building and kid weren’t there when he checked (the point being that he’s not in his world anymore, he’s lost and scared). I don’t believe they ever explicitly stated “there is no Norman that exists here” but please correct me if I’m wrong.

[@rhodrage]

@@CrowTRobot The line was; "I didn't know where else to go. Someone's living in my house. Oscorp doesn't exist. My son... " Nothing else was said about it. Which can easily mean it doesn't exist full stop sure, but theres enough leeway to say that he just couldn't find his version, the guy was struggling and wandering aimlessly, it's easily possible he didn't search everywhere for an Oscorp, just that he couldn't find his Oscorp. No way they'd have some of the biggest factors of Spiderman just not exist.

[@deanthemachine8879]

The next Alien movie by Fede Alvarez will be Rain waking up over a century later on a prison planet run by the military of Resurrection and she and Andy will meet the corpse of Winona Ryder who warns them of an Alien that has grown from a tiger and Andy will land a behind the head no look basketball shot. Also, it takes place between Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. Rob Pearlman guest appearance rumored

[@hellbenderdesign]

_The Crow_ will be nothing to crow about.

[@Pureblasphemy101]

I’m disappointed they neglected #CravinKraven when talking about how exciting they are for the movie. Missed opportunity for sure

[@VestigialHeart13]

Beautiful innocent James and Maso and their ignorance of the US opioid epidemic. Love you guys.

[@JacobRavenglass]

7:10 Lulz I was on the same rhyming wavelength. Even James subconsciously turned Robert Redford into De Niro.😂

[@ZeroZeke-]

I saw Aliens with some friends,I loved it and I don’t have nostalgia for the older movies, I think I only saw the first one.

[@MeatCuthbert]

My big defence for [SPOILER] in Romulus is that he is a very good shorthand for the characters motivations. The moment you see his face you dont need a scene or any lines to describe his motivations, thats all been done by another movie

[@ttm77777]

The more i hear them talk about Romulus the more i remember that i completely forgot despite only seeing it yesterday

[@adriandenton6637]

It was just a marketing exercise so that makes sense.

[@YakBat]

29:22 I met Ryan before Blade 3 was even a thing and at the time I remember thinking WHY ARE HIS ARMS SO BIG? What's he prepping for?

[@joaquinjfernandez1528]

I loved Romulus it’s probably in my top 2 alien movies

[@hudsonclarkk]

2:21 i thought he was saying hugh jackman is cancelled. i was like mannnnn not him too

[@Cazza]

Great guest

[@andywoo0]

This is for sure one of the podcast’s of all time

[@thorbahn3]

The restaurant wasn't owned by Disney and was at Disney Springs, a glorified outside mall on Disney property. I do think the Disney+ thing is dumb and stupid though.

[@neodelrio]

That’s what I thought was weird, that they were suing Disney if it was a third party restaurant. Disney’s defense is a bit scary

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

And it was also the fault of the employee who said their weren't any nuts (or the allergen) in the food. It would be the Company's fault if they had a policy to say there were no allergens, but I doubt Disney would do that given how they clearly dot their i's and cross their t's. It's sad that his wife died, but blaming Disney is a huge reach.

[@CrowTRobot]

I believe you but something is off here. If it’s not an official Disney-owned restaurant then their response makes no sense.

[@neodelrio]

@@CrowTRobot they must be suing the restaurant and Disney as well. That would explain the relatively small amount Disney is being sued for and Disney’s reluctance to pay possibly. Just a guess

[@DanielHernandez-vu8mk]

Disney asking for a license to kill it's customer's is a great joke

[@batshats8243]

Check New Rockstars they have a full background story about the Disney issue

[@licechrispies]

Another Monday, another week of staying prayed up

[@mikemarquette924]

I love you bastards

[@chrisfoye1574]

That guy only sued for $50k for his wife dieing? That as absurd as Disney saying they can't be sued for having Disney Plus

[@SlipNJimmy]

James is correct about the new Lion King. Mufasa is the adopted one.

[@sinceremage9]

2:00:16 It was a short, the rogan vortex passed by Australia over the weekend

[@shaecouture7480]

Somehow, the Nostromo returned. After being vapirozed not once, not twice, but 3 times. Oh and now it has sections that never existed before.

[@explosion9815]

I dunno about the Nostromo being vaporized three times (I assume you mean in extended media?) but Romulus does not take place aboard the Nostromo. The space station the movie takes place on is called the Renaissance and it has different sections because it's a different vessel.

[@dakotajones674]

My take with fede is i love evil dead, romulus, and dont breath but the fact wether it was netflix or him the decided he shouldnt direct TCM will always be a “damn” moment for me. Potential.

[@JoshuaHeathJwshGaming123]

I love Masons iron patriot theory but when they mentioned villains who have disappeared my first thought was Justin hammer

[@Vash45Long]

The first Alien was burned by the escape pod engines. The Queen was the one released in the volume of space.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

Alien: Krombopulous Is that a thing?

[@superpaul79]

"Oh boy! Here I go killing again!"

[@StickHalo117]

17:02 Maybe it’s Giancarlo Esposito’s character?

[@markm9282]

Porridge Booooyyyysss!!! 😂😂

[@megyskermike]

Hearing a lot of mixed things from people I trust; I may just wait for streaming for this one.

[@roadtoau]

It's embarrassing to admit but I had no idea that a new Aliens movie was coming out. I thought they were just doing the Aliens series on Caravan of Garbage for fun.

[@trevorfeelgood]

Charles Xaviex brought the tower.

[@benhenderson8952]

Despite this is a podcast video, what if the big sandwich screen had a night mode version? Blue harvest? Rodney? Capitalism?

[@bassplayerbyrne]

Invert colors

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

Honestly the Willem Dafoe ending would have me sold

[@yeahyeahblah]

I'm kraving for Kraven!

[@TheDelinear]

The weird thing with re-using the android "actors" in these things is where it breaks the immersion of the world. Weyland-Yutani are planting these androids unknown amongst human crew for whatever reason - why would they ever want two different ones to have the same face? Anyone who has any reason to visit both ships is instantly going to blow the game. There's no reason they wouldn't have the technology in the future to give each one a randomly generated set of facial features and even different voices, mannerisms etc. The same thing always bugged me with all of the Arnie T-800(/T-101) terminators. Like, they use dogs to detect the terminators, wouldn't it be easier to just have a poster with Arnie's face and say "Don't let this guy in"? We're told there are "dozens" of different skins for the terminators, but why isn't literally every single one completely different so nobody who has fought one will recognise the other? Gah. It's a weird thing to get hung up on but it always takes me right out of the movie (especially when I know the IRL justification is just that they wanted a face fans would recognise for nostalgia purposes).

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

Every time he says Mr. Piccolo I picture little boy Gohan saying it and crack up inappropriately.

[@elib7502]

Lets be clear, it wasnt Disney's restaurant. It was on their property though. So it depends if theyre liable or not.

[@neoream3606]

Are you guys going to come to the US?

[@ttm77777]

both Aaron Taylor-Johnson and the director could come out and say the movie was gonna end with a Rhino tease and he was added to the movie in reshoots, i still wouldnt believe it. because genuinely no suit would accept another sony spidey movie ending like ASM2. The production of that movie is probably the cover of a "Moviemaking No-No's 101" over at Sony

[@antoniomorais5765]

How did they miss "Craving for Kraven"?

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

Andy says he wants to get an animal in the movie, a light hint at Bladerunner and how animals are rare and people want them.

[@baggybinny]

I thought Kraven was a biopic of John Cravens Newsround. Gutted.

[@17absolut]

Maso hating Looper is actually what made go rewatch the movie. I slept through it the first time I saw it, but upon a rewatch, it's apretty cool joint... (despite the fact that JGL and Bruce Willis look nothing alike) And CinemSins is correct, chances that kid still grows up to be an assh0le are sky high.

[@rampantrambling]

#KantWaitFoKraven #WaitinFerKraven

[@smacksalad]

DEFENDERS!

[@PJSO]

Great movie with little flaws. Finally something good in the Alien universe again 😂

[@jazzycat8917]

Eternals was such a nothing movie. I remember leaving the cinema thinking "god i hope that doesn't get a sequel", it was just so unmemorable, bordering on boring. The ONLY parts i remember are the cute interactions of Makari and Druig (who had infinitely more chemistry and personlaity than the main couple we were supposed to care about). Everything else was desperately trying to be so meaningful and impactful, interwoven into the fabric of that universe and "this will change the world forever" and it just.....didn't? The MCU just moved on without any acknowledgement of anything that happened in that film, which is hilarious considering the scale of it. Its just a high budget Inhumans for all the relevancy it had and will have on anything. No one cares about those characters whatsoever (edit: not true, i care about Druig and Makari. Everyone else can get tae fck)

[@gridlo]

It was a good kick off to a very uneven phase of MCU movies because it drastically lowered the bar for things to comes. Still my least favorite.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

It was trying to be something big and impactful, but unfortunately it was a Marvel movie. So it couldn't be a serious film and it definitely was not a fun film. The movie had more of an identity crisis than the female lead, whatever her name was. Trying to be human but you're just not.

[@gridlo]

@@lyndsaybrown8471 why does everyone always assume it's Marvel's fault? Seemed like that director had free reign. If anything, Feige should have reigned her in

[@CrowTRobot]

It was an unbalanced mix of intriguing characters that didn’t get enough screen time + really boring characters that got TOO much screen time. I really liked Gilgamesh & Thena’s relationship, Kingo’s ego and Druid’s chaotic nature, the movie wanted to give Ikaris and Sirsei the most screen time and they just didn’t feel developed or interesting to me.

[@jazzycat8917]

@@CrowTRobot Its so wild how they had such a huge cast of characters, and gave the lions share of screen time to the two most boring ones. Ikaris is a literal plank of wood, absolute nothing of a character with no interesting motivations for anything. And Sirsei wasn't much better, just "kind hopeful one". They had zero chemistry. You're right about Gilgamesh and Thena, too bad that was crammed in as a C plot and not given room to breath. I hate how inconsistant Sprite's story was, and how it tread way too much of the same ground as the girl from Interview with a Vampire.

[@maybelnoelle6810]

I thought that when Alexei joined it was Mason doing a bit

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

I think it's hilarious that people have collectively decided to forget that The Mummy wasn't the start of the Dark Universe. It was just the nail in the coffin. Dracula Untold was actually supposed to kick that off.

[@Flounderboy15]

I highly recommend watching "Finding Yeezus" it's equal parts funny and fascinating

[@kingfield99]

No way Kraven will be worse than Madame Web or Morbius, it will probably 'up there' with Venom. #wavinforkravin

[@gridlo]

Won't be Madam Web bad but looks on par with Morbius.

[@CrowTRobot]

I think it will be Venom 1 quality at best. A below-middling movie that gets elevated due to a good performance or any weird memes it generates.

[@gridlo]

@@CrowTRobot Venom as a character at least has an interesting hook with the possibility of fun banter. I don't see any such potential with Kraven as a stand-alone.

[@teddybearington3]

❤❤❤

[@jconcepcion83]

Universal Dark Universe = Monster Squad

[@ethanbarnett4183]

Bow Bow CHIKAH CHIKAH

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Oh, yeah.

[@chasegartner1196]

We should have never killed space Jesus.

[@ttm77777]

"My mother was researching Creatures from the Black Lagoon right before she died". also Romulus is the best Alien movie since Ressurrections, which isnt much but it's enough. 4th best Alien movie (1,2,3, Romulus, R, Prometheus, Covenant), greatest movie of all time. edit: felt wild to hear someone say Romulus explored the "what is human" question well. like, the performance was great and he worked as a plot device but the movie did literally nothing to make me interested in him like easily the worst part of the movie story-wise, reminded me of The Creator.

[@kieransheridan4562]

What about white vision? He's a copy of the jarvis ai so he'd have access to the tower and he's unsure about morales etc!!

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

If they bring Willem DaFoe back, explain it as the result of an incursion or something. The universe is falling apart because Secret Wars is coming. That's all they have to say if they want him.

[@SaulGMV]

Love Alexei, guests episodes are always the best. Even better when the incels get upset, especially if they were looking forward to this video 😂

[@UrbanOutlawsSk8Co]

South Park was right about reading terms and services