ALIEN: ROMULUS (SPOILERS) | Film Threat Reviews

[@Booma4142]

You can watch a classic hundreds of times and enjoy it every time. You'll watch a bad movie once and never again.

[@bukaneja]

Agree

[@kirk1701]

You described my relationship with _Goodfellas_ and _The Empire Strikes Back._ To name a few.

[@thefilthyrhombus3856]

It's interesting that Chris says that he knew which characters were fodder very early on. One of the elements that made the first Alien film so scary was the death of Dallas, who, for all intents and purposes, seemed like the "main character". After his death, it really does feel like no one is safe, and in fact, in the original draft of the script, there were no survivors. Seems to me that if they wanted to really try and put the horror back in the franchise, they should've established the obvious Ripley stand-in, killed her off early, and then try to keep every death seem random or inescapable.

[@anthonyml7]

I like that, also pulls away from the "final girl" trope we see in horror

[@onialex64]

Wow that's a really good idea. I never saw it this way

[@AncientRylanor69]

agree

[@stevemuzak8526]

Alien : Memberberries

[@stevemuzak8526]

@InvisibleAcropolis It's a movie about nothing. All they have was some cool looking scenes. Cool looking stuff doesn't make a great movie.

[@frankthecat1660]

Alien: bad practical effects.

[@phattjohnson]

2 out of 10 for each berry got this film a tangy sweaty 4 out of 10 from me.

[@stevemuzak8526]

@@phattjohnson Sounds about right. Some people like it just because they never watched previous Alien movies. This movie wasn't made for die hard Alien fans.

[@robynmarler1951]

Speaking of acting, Vasques's last, agonized, "OH NOOOO!" , when her leg gets messed up by acid and she realises she's not going to make it, what can I say, she's the greatest supporting character of all time, and Gorman goes back for her, I'm crying😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@AverageJoe483]

@@robynmarler1951 “ you always were an asshole Gorman “. Freaking great movie . I think you convinced me to watch it tomorrow haha .

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

⁠@@AverageJoe483I saw it at the movies back in the 80’s … it was such an highly anticipated movie, it delivered on all levels, especially the supporting actors. Vasquez, her final scene, she was more pissed off than in pain and knew she was done for, Gorman going back was the icing on the cake. Yes. I was holding back a tear and still do to this day. There are only two Alien movies.

[@npcimknot958]

Just watched it yesterday with bro and jfc.. she is the best Irish latino ever! Honestly.. her delivery was good.. the character was good.. like you don’t’ need peoples entire back story but their outfits you can see hints of their past.. you can see Vasquez is bad ass and loyal.. pilot bad ass, ripley an extreme empathetic bad ass.. the ALIEN mother.. litearlly playing chicken with ripley.. newt side eying the lawyer and 💩.. like.. its just good directing and script.. and creativity.. But most important the acting was top notch.. even alien 3.. the best thing about that movie is insanely good actors, Prometheus same thing, avp ( the acting is really good).. resurrection same thing.. alien ( undeniable.).. thats what makes those movies good- good acting charismatic actors. You don’t’ need to know a thing about them.. because their acting tells the characters story. Just ike Hudson, is cocky but when he is close to dying he freaks out.. but redeems himself in the infirmary. Things are very earned.

[@steppingstonemediagroupllc]

@Robynmarler1951 - You are so right. It was moments like that that made Aliens so much of a great film. Except for Frost and Apone, James Cameron developed and gave closure to nearly every character. What's crazy is that Vasquez (Jenette Goldstein) was a last minute addition to the cast because Cameron and Hurd realized Sigorney Weaver was the only woman in the cast. Vasquez was an American Bodybuilder who happened to be living in Europe at the time and got recruited less than 48 hours before production began.

[@peternilsson7133]

It sucked! I was embarrassed in the theatre and the film didn't grab me at all, nor did it scare me. The characters were forgettable. It wasn't believable. Compare the acting in the first two films, and you'll see its main flaws. What a waste of money!

[@eddieferrero]

Does anyone think Weyland Yutani, the company that is so eager to obtain an alien for its bioweapons division, would really just abandon this space station infested with valuable aliens and allow it to be destroyed?

[@anthonyml7]

I find it hard to believe the kids were the only ones who really knew about / found the station lol

[@BR0SEID0N_K0TB]

With Weyu for the most part everything is expendable (going by most Alien media). They probably still got results/notes from tests and such. It's also doubtful it's the only station with specimens/samples if they were able to reverse engineer "the goo" to make facehuggers. Just a wild guess though 😆.

[@brucardi]

They literally explained in the movie that it would take 6 months before anyone could get to the station. Plus xenomorph experimentation it’s not something publicly out there so to cover it up they most likely left it out there to be destroyed. The company has the money to do so

[@durden2480]

@@anthonyml7and also just let the characters just take off and leave towards said space station

[@Khayman_0]

​@@brucardi yes, but it's highly unlikely no one else in the planet didn't want to recycle or at least explore the station too

[@tychomagneticanomaly]

Well, Alien had Dan O'Bannon and Giger coming out of Jodorowkys Dune, the genius of Moebius and a young hot Ridley Scott. That is why it's relevance is echoing through the decades, but lightning just strikes once.

[@-C.S.R]

I think I know why so many people absolutely go crazy in love for just so so movies... We are inundated with such crap with movies and TV shows these days, when something mediocre comes along they think it's the greatest film on earth!🤦

[@rivvvers]

@@-C.S.R yeah, this has been happening for like the last 15 years. The bar has dropped so bloody low that when something, mildly serviceable with aspects that somewhat work comes out, large swaths of people think they’ve got a masterpiece on their hands because the aesthetics and sound are good, the culprits mostly being the zoomer generation, mostly. This generation have completely no idea what quality is and it’s sad for them if it wasn’t for their insistence they know better and argue that point to nauseam. Modern day Star Wars being a perfect example.

[@michaelal20]

Or people arent so cynical and can enjoy things even with the flaws.

[@OdinAesthetic]

That's a fact. Myself included. My best movie buddy always asks me "Was it total shit ? " I say no, he says "Good."

[@valiantthorr7577]

I call it the normie effect.

[@npcimknot958]

The status quo has been really low.. thats probably why.

[@caldodge]

"Like a cover band." This is why Gary from Nerdrotic calls Abrams' company "Bad Reboot"

[@toonytube2444]

Sigourney Weaver is the best what this franchise had. She was amazing and is the face of the franchise.

[@intuitiveimprints]

@@toonytube2444 I absolutely agree! It just isn’t the same without her.

[@biguy617]

Yeah and they should have never killed Newt.

[@npcimknot958]

Watching it again, 100)% it’s insane how good she is.. and i only really see it after seeing Romulus.. the entire cast is amazing..for the most part even bad movies the acting was always top. Which is why you cared when the characters got betrayed.. picked off.. Or example. Dog pool. We know nothing about that angel.. yet you love it.. newt perfect example… speaks rarely says so much in the eyes.. that is acting.. and shes younger than all these actors.. so age isn’t the issue.. newt is one of the most loved characters.. and she pulls her weight We see ‘ she plays in the vents’ ended up helping her survive.. and she was actaully useful to the crew to getting out.. that is really good writing. She screams but she even fought the hugger a bit. And the ending when the queen dies and she can finally sleep.. not scream in space.. be a little girl.. just like ripley promised her daughter.. to be a mother. It’s a damn fing good script the more i think about it.. it’s really insane. We didn’t’ get any of that in Romulus.. everyone was there as a plot device.. we didn’t’ see any reason to tal about the mining planet much when non of those skills came in handy.. don’t ‘like the characters.. didn’t even know there were brothers and sisters.. thougth some were byofriend girlfriend.. not sure.. The few moments they let the director shine were cut short.

[@npcimknot958]

@@biguy617agree. That was the biggest reason people hate alien 3. Hicks and newt dying

[@thomasbaxter1371]

Guys, its 2024 - all Joe and Jane Popcorn want are cover band / greatest hits movies.

[@SquidkidMega]

Muppet babies in space

[@stevemuzak8526]

Jenette Goldstein as Vasques was the best supporting character ever. Jenette Goldstein is nothing like her in real life but she play a female badass. Great acting. PS: Every supporting character in Alien and Aliens was memorable and cool.

[@intuitiveimprints]

She absolutely killed it as Vasques. Such a badass character.

[@ShmuckOnWheels]

Yeah she is all in for sure, badass and sexy as fuck too. I watched Aliens: Expanded yesterday and one of the commentors on the movie is a Hispanic woman who is also a psychiatrist and she says that as a Latina woman, she struggles with Vasquez being portrayed by a white woman while acknowledging that she is a great character. Of course, this shrink looks to be in her late 20's at most so there ya go. I saw Aliens several times in the theater on opening weekend and at least a dozen more times that summer and lost count of how many times I'd seen on it on VHS before I knew that the actress wasn't actually Latino.

[@stevemuzak8526]

@@ShmuckOnWheels That psychiatrist don't understand acting. Good actor can play anyone, any race etc. That's the beauty of acting. Jenette Goldstein was damn good as latina badass. I was 100% convinced that's she was a latina. I have many Spanish friends and they love that character.

[@riftshredder5438]

This is the best that we will get out of this franchise, just like Star Wars, the glory days are over, they will never come back no matter how Hollywood tries

[@SJK-ROW-K]

Chris nails it again - bad acting and emoting by young crew - not scary - tepid tension - weak script - forgettable direlogue - no excuses for actors characters and performances

[@bukaneja]

They shouldve got sci fi director instead of horror, like bloomkamp industrial, bloody, dirty sci fi style

[@jondickenson8068]

L

[@newalchemy9742]

That's what modern films lack consistently. Checking boxes for the actors' attributes off camera over their resume on camera. Just compare this to the actors in the first two- Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, and Paul Reiser. These actors were/are professional, polished, mostly experienced. Add good scripts to those type of actors, and you get excellent films. Don't get that much today.

[@AverageJoe483]

I definitely agree . The cast in both Alien and Aliens made those movies for me . “ game over man , game over “

[@robynmarler1951]

Yes! I love watching people watch Aliens for the first time, they think the marines are going to be annoying, and end up falling in love with them. I think it's the best film ever because people are the most pumped after watching it, for kids now, they can't believe how great it is and they wonder what went wrong.

[@newalchemy9742]

Apone- "You heard the man, and you know the drill- assholes and elbows! Hudson, come here! Frost- "What are we supposed to use, harsh language??" Hudson- "Hey, Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man?" Vasquez- "No. Have you?" Frost- "Maybe she don't like the cornbread, either..."

[@steveclark1142]

When Andy said the "get away from her you bitch" line, my eyes rolled all the way back in my head.

[@Dazgul]

I'd heard this line was in the movie and ut almost put me off going to see it. He said the line 'get away from her..' i thought oh, that's not bad, maybe they were mistaken. then after that pause he finished. .... 'you bitch' I was like are you kidding me!? I wanted to shout F*** OFF! Too many facehuggers that weren't very effective. Too many aliens that were also ineffective. Too few characters for the amount of aliens etc therefore they had to reduce the ability of the creatures to fit. Hate the goo from prometheus which was here too. Terrible Ian Holm synthetic. Should have used a different model. The awful engineer alien weird hybrid. Good grief.

[@wiinterflowers4277]

Oh that line works only on Ripley but it didn't work here! They should've cut off the line with a head blowing up. That would've made it hella dope and badass!

[@durden2480]

I got douche chills till my jaw snapped off

[@KelvinK.5238]

The line was totally forced - was the Alien he said it to even a female?

[@wiinterflowers4277]

@@KelvinK.5238 I dunno.

[@MusicShaneCollins]

I don't get why so many people say they enjoyed this movie, have they watched the same thing that I've watched?? So many times during the movie, I said to myself "this is so f****** stupid." I understand you'll have super fans protecting the movie because they want to protect franchise. I am a super fan of the first two alien movies, and I also think Alien 3 is great, Alien Romulus however, it's beautiful, but literally everything else is really bad it's really dumb, it's just a dumb Movie. I don't consider this cannon. It's just another alternative version/idea that I have no interest in. Thanks, Fede, for your attempt, but there's a lot here that you just don't get either..

[@MiloDC]

You lost me, and doubtless many other people, at "Alien 3 is great." Credibility shot.

[@MusicShaneCollins]

@MiloDC it is a great movie. It's not the same theme and style/mood as the first two, it's apples and oranges but it's still excellent

[@MiloDC]

@@MusicShaneCollins *LOL* _Alien 3_ has what is pretty much unanimously considered the worst opening plot point of not only the entire _Alien_ franchise, but maybe even *all* of cinema. Killing off Newt and Hicks in the opening credits is an incredible fail from which the movie never recovers, with its cast of unlikable criminal reprobates, its awful special effects, its uninteresting and hopeless plot, its uglified heroine (long-ish hair, then short hair, hey let's do bald next, how creative) who dies in the end, etc. etc. _Romulus_ is weak (fine to see once; it's a forgettable popcorn movie that entertains well enough for a couple hours), but _Alien 3_ is the worst movie of the whole franchise, not including the _AvP_ crossovers. (And honestly, the first _AvP_ movie is better.)

[@MusicShaneCollins]

@@MiloDCIt's important to recognise that much of the criticism towards Alien 3 stems from personal taste, particularly around its plot decisions. Yes, it was a controversial move to kill off beloved characters early on, and perhaps many would have preferred a different direction, like a spin-off on a prison planet without Ripley and her crew. However, that isn't the film we got. When you take Alien 3 for what it is, it’s an excellent film in its own right. The movie dives deep into a dark, dystopian world an isolated prison planet filled with morally bankrupt and undesirable characters. The film nails the bleak, oppressive atmosphere, and while it is undoubtedly a shock when compared to the more action-driven Aliens or the original's suspenseful horror, that difference in tone is intentional and effective. The prison environment and the nature of the inmates are accurately and deliberately crafted to be unsettling. It's a grim, harsh setting, which mirrors the darker themes of the film. And yes, while the CGI may not be top-notch by today's standards, that's been an issue across most of the Alien films, even Romulus has its flaws in that department (Rook) Ultimately, Alien 3 is a bold and unique entry in the franchise. It’s not designed to cater to everyone’s taste, but for those who appreciate the dark, nihilistic undertones, it stands out as a well-crafted film that portrays its world with an uncompromising vision. Your personal taste doesn't equate to the movies quality ;)

[@jim9685769]

They also did the “Furiosa” forehead touching as an act of love. As if everyone’s a soccer player looking to touch foreheads with their teammates after a goal. That’s not how non-soccer player humans relate to each other in real life.

[@npcimknot958]

A big hug is how a lot of people who aren’t european would react Or a high five? Hell diver chest bump 😂

[@roboninja3194]

I've never seen 2 people in real life interact this way. Where tf did Hollyweird get this from?

[@biguy617]

Hearing the iconic line from Aliens just made my eyes roll.

[@MiloDC]

@@biguy617 Which one?

[@brentarellano46]

"get away from her, you bitch" ​@@MiloDCI liked the line 🤷. Thought it was funny

[@spiktan]

I remember Ben Stiller's line at the end of DodgeBall when he talks about lack of complexity in movies. At some point these Aliens ( and even Predators ) as formidable as they are ,they should prevail in some of these ireiterations,like Calvin did in Life.

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

Why would a pregnant woman, who has seen a weird creature burst out of her friend's chest, then sees a monster take her dead friend's body away, and is also taken by this creature and cocooned, inject anything from this space station into her body?

[@brentarellano46]

Desperate to save herself and her baby 🤷.

[@frankthecat1660]

Because bad writing.

[@brentarellano46]

And she saw that it took a facehugger to make something burst out of her friend. She doesn't know about the black goo except that Andy says it will/could save her.

[@frankthecat1660]

@@brentarellano46 exactly, bad writing.

[@brentarellano46]

@@frankthecat1660 how is it bad writing, she wasn't there to know because she got taken by the xeno

[@EastwoodEscape]

Spoilers: The third act completely falls apart. When the hybrid is born, it's like we're just copying "Resurrection" and the plot point of Shaw giving birth/surgery. Even the main chick just hops into a space suit and it's like, oh... And the lack of fear, the Xenomorph is just chilling outside the room while they go over the plasma rifle. If this was in "Aliens", those Xenomorphs would have been ripping and tearing through anything and everything that they could to get the humans. They were busting through the air ducts to get the marines. Here it was just like; "Can you guys come out now"? And then the end, Merced's character is left ambiguous as if she's alive or dead. The hybrid has his tongue inside his mother. Is he injecting eggs into her like the Predialien did in "AVP:R"? What happened. We don't see what happens to her. The hybrid gets ejected into space; cut to inserting Andy into a cryopod; and we see the ship flying off. THE END. Like, there's a real issue with Merced's character being cut.

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

True about the Alien in this one. It didn't really do anything, just stood around snarling. In the old movies if an Alien sees you you're almost certainly dead. Here they're walking around glaring at people in a threatening manner.

[@llamasarus1]

It's fresh for someone who hasn't seen those other Alien movies it is taking from.

[@EastwoodEscape]

@@llamasarus1 that's such a normie excuse. I've shown my 9 year old all the "Alien" and "AVP" movies to get him on what's happening. He's excited to see it on Tuesday.

[@llamasarus1]

​@@EastwoodEscape That's not an excuse, that's how I, as an Alien normie, perceived it. (Apart from having only seen the first one and played Alien Isolation.) The giving birth and humanoid xenomorph was fresh and interesting for me. Maybe Rolumus is a good gateway to those other films, in which I'm now curious to explore further.

[@Pneumanon]

She was dead

[@MR3DDev]

How fun is it that media were praising this movie for being all practical and we get a bad CGI face.

[@ethefunfetti]

Andy the Android was the only redeeming character.

[@anthonyml7]

Best actor in the movie by far, but I felt that was the problem, they should have had him play the character one way so as to not suspect anything like Ash in the first one

[@chriscunningham8703]

I didn’t buy his character at all

[@ITSREALLYNOTYOURFAULT]

Andy is also the perfect organism. Forget the Aliens, just make a movie about how a simple chip change can make these bot AIs control humanity.

[@phattjohnson]

Get away from her You Bitch

[@bradleymitchell9918]

She called him brother because he was found and programmed to be her brother/protector by her dad.

[@Pneumanon]

Yeah you would have had to have been asleep to have missed that plot point.

[@wrath8183]

Did the ageing and growing of the alien make sense to you? Did you think it grow too fast?

[@thereviewartistrrp5493]

@wrath8183 I agree. In the old movies, it took a lot longer to grow. I felt like the movie was rushed. It has to grow real fast. So we can have a big creature. Yeah, but in 3 minutes. Overall, it was good but not great.

[@raifevesra581]

@@thereviewartistrrp5493 Not really, how long did it take between the chest burster scene in Alien and the xeno being large enough to kill Brett, a fully grown man? From the context of the film, it couldn't have been more than hours, maybe a day at most.

[@thereviewartistrrp5493]

@raifevesra581 It was alot faster in this one. Modern filmmakers get worried the audience can't handle a little downtime. Horror is meant to be slow. That is what separates them from action movies. The tension is knowing their is a creature out there. To me, the alien should have to feed first before it can become an adult. It's a good alien movie, but not great. Aliens takes a while to get going before it begins firing on all cylinders, and that is why it's such a great movie.

[@npcimknot958]

@@thereviewartistrrp5493the movie was already running too long thats probably why If they didn’t waste almost 40 mints to get to the ship and stuff to do we prob could have gotten better stuff..

[@anthonyml7]

I liked how they showed more of the process of it, but you can tell they sped it up

[@liokaizer1662]

My only critiques of the movie: 1) NO NEED for ANY callback lines ( i.e. "Get away from her..." would have sufficed ). 2) They should have used a fully animatronic version ( instead of AI/ deepfake ) for the other mystery character - it would have worked perfectly for the broken/damagaed state of said character, as it did for Bishop in ALIEN III.

[@Sam_T2000]

he could’ve, maybe should’ve been David… or another David-type android 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CharlesBojangles]

@@Sam_T2000 Yeah, since the film went the "Prometheus" direction, perhaps it would have made more sense to have David.

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

The Bishop animatronic from Alien 3 was amazing and better than any CGI.

[@npcimknot958]

They should have only shown rook/ash a bit.. and then the battle is inside Andy’s head as the data corrupts his own system.. and he has to grasp with ‘ being competent vs suddenly having his system over written.. and he’s suppose to be the first models right 😂 so if those ones were more emotional.. you could litearlly have his “human” side fight with a directive’.. and he becomes the first android that is 100% sentient like.. kinda like riders in alien 4… who wants to fight for humans. More and more this movie really is alien 4 but ess fun

[@swingingcod6601]

Alan, there are these asians called Filipinos. You may or may not know this, but the Spanish colonized them for 300 years, and now you have a whole country of asians with Spanish last names like Navarro. Just FYI.

[@a-b-cweaponsnightmare6544]

That country is loaded with Roman Catholics, too, probably the most of any East Asian country. Gee, I wonder why, Alan?

[@anthonyml7]

I've also noticed their into Spanish / Latin music as well lol

[@russ254]

they also commit crimes and don’t like to study

[@ADB696]

I first saw ALIEN in it's first week of release back in '79. I've since seen it twice again in theatres for the 20th and 25th Anniversary screenings. The 20th anniversary was in 70mm (which is amazing.Check it out if the chance ever arises). Been collecting ALIEN merchandise since '79. Mainly literature. So it surprises me that Chris never raised the point that this whole movie is presented under the pretence of complete and utter bullshit. That being that Ripley killed the original alien by flushing it into space and then incinerating it in the Narcissus engines. ...''I got you...son of a bitch''.... Listen to Jerry Goldsmith's amazing outro score to ALIEN as Ripley signs off. It captures perfectly the feeling of relief that the terror was now over. It's also stated in the book by Alan Dean Foster that the alien was incinerated and killed.And to state anything else is just ludicrous. But no. Lets kerb stomp 5 decades of firmly established lore, insult the audience again and have the alien survive a full blast from a light speed thrust driver. Not only that but it can cocoon itself. You know. Just in case it's found floating in the endless void twenty years later and needs to continue a movie IP that died 34 yrs ago. This is just beyond pathetic and sad. It's now jumped the shark so badly we are getting into those cheesy Jaws sequels after Jaws 2 which were just mind bendlingly stupid movies made for morons. Not only does this film take a huge dump on ALIEN and the ending of that film as a whole but it spits in the face of Ripley's legacy and all she achieved in ALIEN. And thats all this movie is. One big lugi spat right in the face of the original film.Ripley didn't achieve anything according to this movie. She was just one big failure who would eventually commit suicide. Go watch ALIEN now knowing she didn't kill the alien at the end. Just one more thing that now further goes to damage and ruin the movie even further than it already has been. All the repeated scenes and fan service bs dialog. They pulled the same corny schtick in that god awful Prey movie. It's as if the director took his favourite bits of all movies and badly mashed them together into this shit soup. Obligatory female lead Ripley reboot.Check Obligatory bad company robot.Check.Cliche' repeated lines and scenes. Check. Spurious amounts of more make it up as you go along bs. Check .Gratuitious references to past films just to hammer home this is a 'legit' alien film. Check. As if human DNA would even genetically bind with an organism like the xenomorph. It's soooo stupid and just weak as piss. Oh that's right. Black goo. How stupid of me to forget. Groan. This was the final nail in the coffin for me. This franchise has gone from the sublime. To the ridiculous. To the now just straight up retarded. I'm out. Over and out. Totally just straight sick of the stupidity.Everyones an ALIEN fan but few have any respect for or idea of what the movie was really about. At least we'll always have the first two films.

[@ernestogutierrez7877]

I appreciate the write up. Fan of the 1st two only. You are telling me that the alien from the first one has been floating in space so they could make this movie?

[@ADB696]

@@ernestogutierrez7877 Glad somebody does.Thank you. And yes. Apparently now 45 years of lore means nothing and the alien wasn't burnt up and killed as was shown in the film and novel. It's been floating in space for twenty years and wasn't difficult to locate. God I feel so stupid even writing that. But like I said its the straw that finally broke the camels back for me. I don't think I can watch ALIEN again after what they've now done to it. They utterly ruined the space jockey, the derelict, the alien and now Ripley's legacy. Time to let it all go methinks.

[@PolishTank]

​@@ADB696 Great summary of why this movie was such a sh*tshow. But at the end of the day, it doesn't ruin the original ALIEN for me because I can't take Romulus even seriously with how ludicrously awful it was. It's just really bad fan fiction with a Hollywood budget behind it. That's how you need to look at it. I hope you will be able to just forget about this movie and keep enjoying the originals.

[@ADB696]

​@@PolishTank No worries Tank. And I'm in full agreement with your statements. Yes we have the first two films. Especially ALIEN. But its kinda cringe now to watch now knowing whats been done to it. First world problems though lol. Cheers.

[@jneilson7568]

I've seen Alien and Aliens (and 3) so much that only pick and choose the rest as fanfiction of widely varying quality.

[@ckernick]

So happy they praised the sound design. The audio of this movie was on point.

[@theblockbusterguy8576]

Issues with the movie 1. The company not sending any type of rescue to the station, actually would have been more believable story then instead of kids stealing cryo chamber. 2. Facehuggers? Where did they get them without going to the planet. 3. CGI Ash was overused. 4. Incubation time sped up. 5. Their ship surviving the crash, sorry that was not believable. 6. Characters not that great, almost rooting for the aliens to kill everyone. 7. Knew the alien hybrid was coming with the pregnant girl, creature just didn’t work. 8. Final act was a little too much, definitely should have died and the recording made at the end.

[@theblockbusterguy8576]

And I actually did like the movie 🤷‍♂️😂 but seriously thought about this stuff afterwards

[@Sam_T2000]

1. yes, they could’ve explained the premise a little better… but perhaps W-Y was trying to sweep things under the rug, and knew it was on a collision course with the rings? 2. this may be from a video game, but I think there is established lore stating that a long xenomorph is able to produce a queen’s egg, or mutate into a queen itself, or something like that 🤷🏻‍♂️ 3. “Rook” was overused, and looked pretty bad… I thought he should’ve been David, from _Prometheus._ 4. yes… perhaps incubation takes less time for younger hosts, or in women, or perhaps the scientists had modified the facehuggers? 5. the ship crashed inside a hangar bay… didn’t they have some sort of momentum arresting device, for capturing cargo and such, or did I imagine that? maybe the hangar had a similar technology? 6. yes… it needed 10-20 minutes early in the movie fleshing out the characters and the layout I’d the station, etc. 7. the hybrid worked better than the hybrid in _Resurrection…_ they could’ve had Andy go full Ash in the final act and made him the final boss? 8. if Rain had died, saving the pregnant girl in the process, that might’ve worked 🤷🏻‍♂️ …I know the movie felt messy, but I got the feeling it had the potential to not be, if only it fleshed things out and let things breathe a bit more. I’m hoping for a director’s cut someday 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

Definitely agree with point 3. How many times did Ash need to pop up? He had verbal diarrhea. In Alien he's a man (android) of few words.

[@Pneumanon]

Deepfake Ash was terrible. How did no one else on the planet know there was an entire space station on an imminent crash course trajectory with the planet’s rings, potentially spraying the planet with huge chunks of debris?

[@anthonyml7]

All spot on, I also don't understand why prego girl injected herself with the syringe without knowing it was a syringe + what was in it.

[@dandettmer7811]

Alien needs to get off the internet until he sees Aliens 1986 ! It’s one of the greatest movies of all time! not debatable

[@jamesday1295]

The idea of Ash being the standard model science officer android is lunacy 😅 he's on a secret mission with people that work alongside a weyland science officer, every trip. They will have to deal with science departments on docking, even if just for QC and some admin, they will go to hospital etc, etc.

[@Bob-dz9kn]

You’re definitely still a virgin

[@SJK-ROW-K]

Alan nails it in his review too

[@jimjam51075]

The cast looks like every commecial and every Netflix show's cast. They're also too pretty to sympathize with. If casting is any indication of how lazily the rest of the film was made, then no thanks.

[@roboninja3194]

Gen Z in space. I'm surprised one of em didn't whip out their phone and say "Let me make a TikTok with this Xenomorph real quick."

[@jordansikes534]

I guess we just openly hate an entire generation of people now for being born at the wrong time? Do you hear how sound? "Too pretty to sympathize with"

[@Youtubegoblin23]

Alien franchise died in 1993

[@mksolid82]

Chris speaks harshly but …truly!

[@GBDupree]

I literally wrote "like a greatest hits album... performed by a cover band..." on the comment section of the reveal trailer! Is it possible that Chris was referencing my post perhaps? It did decently with likes so its possible he saw it. That'd be pretty cool, though its also possible he just came to the same analogy on his own. But its nice to know I was right about the movie all the way back on the reveal trailer.

[@GBDupree]

I also predicted the faster gestation period of the FaceHuggers! People replied to me saying the trailer made it seem like that, but that the actual movie would likely have it take longer. Guess not.

[@Jeannie-d1v]

Navarro can be a Filipino last name.

[@Aurelius_Khan]

"Right, right. Right. Right."Stanton - "All you ever say is right?!"Weaver - "She's right. Man you better shape up...." Koto

[@rubbernuke1234]

I like how Chris morphs into a Brett like character. Half expected him to talk about the bonus situation.

[@GregDavis-z1u]

Yes, profoundly disappointed. Cast/characters too young. terrible Deep Fake Ash took me out of movie. Not scary. Not original. The call backs to the original movies was laughable.

[@voodoochile333]

How can you be disappointed when all but 2 movies are absolutel crap?

[@bukaneja]

Sci fi horror is different with real world horror, the alien is superior and we're hopeless in front of aliens

[@smittycal]

Is it flawed? Sure. Is it enjoyable? Yes. It’s a good popcorn movie to wrap the summer. Plus this is a good jump in point for casual fans.

[@993mike]

Absolutely agree. The casting and the way they forced all the crap in from the previous movies was a total joke. About a 3rd of the way through the only thing I enjoyed was watching these insufferable characters get killed one by one as I rooted for the aliens. And the ending? Who the hell wrote that ending and said “yeah - that will work!”

[@biguy617]

I totally agree. I hated this movie.

[@davidguffman]

I'm confused at why the alien saved rain when she was falling down the elevator shaft. Can anyone shine some light on this???

[@yamiq2996]

@@davidguffman She bought the Triple AAA Platinum level plot armor. On a serious note the only reason would be to make another Alien, but it seems like a reach personally. It's one of the 3 things I hated the most about this movie.

[@eylam90]

It didn't save her, it tried to capture her so she could be sticked to a wall and turned into a host for a chestburster.

[@npcimknot958]

It saved her so the face hugger would preg her ( you see the hugger crawling on the ladder It was stupid the way they did it tho tbh.

[@anthonyml7]

Bc they just HAD to have a scene where she's face to face with it 🙄

[@davidguffman]

@@npcimknot958 I guess you're right. So why did the aliens decide to kill all of the people that they killed??? Surely you don't have to be female to birth an alien, as we've seen in the original 2 movies.

[@durden2480]

I can’t believe there are people commenting here that are saying they “enjoyed” covenant. That movie is fucking atrocious and the worst of the series

[@a-b-cweaponsnightmare6544]

Katherine Waterston was at least somewhat believable in her role compared to these Gen Z toddlers getting work in Hollywood blockbusters.

[@durden2480]

@@a-b-cweaponsnightmare6544she was fine

[@anthonyml7]

Prometheus was worse

[@durden2480]

@@anthonyml7they both had the dumbest characters making terrible decisions getting crews of people killed.

[@zachsmith3903]

I enjoyed the film. Fede Alvarez's casting skewed way too young. They're just not believable as pilots and engineers.

[@Junior.illinois]

Indeed

[@npcimknot958]

I disagree.. if you look at working class kids.. in third world.. you see 11 year old driving and working in the mines etc.. like in africa.. It’s called bad acting

[@jordansikes534]

​@@npcimknot958 I reckon the fellow who played Andy did a superb job acting. Probably 2nd best synthetic character we've had (Michael Fastbender is #1)

[@NotYourFriendPal]

Chris is apart of the nerdrotic-hate-everything club. This movie was great. Every other review disagrees with this shit take.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Im sorry but ill take the beauty and originality of Prometheus and Covenant over this flat fan service. Fassbenders David is the best character in this franchise since James Camerons Ellen Ripley. Im saying Camerons Ripley because he really brought her to life. But the weight of the characters and acting of Rapaces Elizabeth Shaw or Waterstons Daniels makes those characters far more memorable than the flat acting and forgettable characters in Romulus. Even the side characters have more weight in the storytelling of Prometheus and Covenant. Solid performances all around.

[@darthdurkelthewise320]

The original “ALIEN” is one of my favorite movies of all time period! Just the opening (extended version) with the helmets and zero dialogue is pitch perfect. The discovery of the Space Jockey…perfect! The H.R. Gieger art and partnership was a stroke of genius. Too many moments to choose from IMO in that first movie. And the acting was better than any director’s 1st outing could imagine. Top notch flick IMO that wrote the book on sci-fi horror.

[@valiantthorr7577]

Disney owns it, enough said.

[@strayscatskittens]

The pregnant woman should have given birth to ridley scott😂

[@CarcharodonMeg]

Imagine if the pregnant Kay, not Rain, had unexpectedly turned out to be our "final girl," the way Ripley did in the original. Imagine if it was her standing over the last dead alien stowaway, and her wearing the Miraculous Medal around her neck earlier in the film had turned out to be a thematic hint of the triumph to come. "And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth"; "Our Lady has already crushed his head". That would have been a movie for all time. It's the kind of edifying victory that "A Quiet Place" did so well.

[@VinceRoberts1]

New drinking game, take a shot every time Chris says, "Let me finish" in any FT videos.

[@bloodrunsclear]

This got a RARE one star review in my local paper. They thought Borderlands was worth three stars!

[@srviver104]

Meh…. it was “okay”. The film starts out strong and falls apart in the third act. I did like the casting, production design, the score etc….. the world building was great. I love that “alien world”. My problem is the story is a copy of something that was done better before. We already know the stages of face hugger to chest buster to xenomorph, but the film is happy to show us again (albeit not as well done). It just copies and repeats what was done in previous films in the series. It wasn’t scary at all…. honestly I was more bored than scared. I adore the franchise, I pick up on even the subtle music cues when they reference Alien and Prometheus. I would rather have Ridley Scott complete his Prometheus trilogy and see what David does next. The parts I liked the most is when they directly reference the original Alien and Prometheus…. with the exception of repeating the line “get away from her you bitch”. I’ll watch it again, and try to like it more.

[@RudyHarlanPhantomBoom]

Once again, I consider this franchise to the best trilogy of all time. Alien. Aliens. Alien 3. I don’t acknowledge any of the other installments.

[@dingliedangliedoodle9261]

This is not just this movie, modern day movies really do have some soft looking actors and actresses, it's not just that they are young, they are soft looking.

[@PolishTank]

Pampered children with no life experience, that's why they are soft looking

[@dinosaurwoman]

One of the reasons why getting into the suit at the end of Alien is so important is because Ripley is now completely vulnerable. She thinks she's safe, she is taking off her clothes to get ready to go into cryo, and she's taking her time as she's coming down from a really horrible event. And then suddenly, the alien is THERE. She is terrified and has to "arm" herself at that point. It's about how she is able to pick herself up after being completely helpless and still survive. THAT is what makes it sexy. Even as a hetero woman, I saw it as sexy.

[@PREZofUSSA]

The third act turned into a marvel movie and then turned into B rate horror movie with the hybrid

[@transamination]

Ian Holm is dead guys.

[@Ross-y8c]

For once I disagree with Film Threat, I LOVED this movie. It didn’t feel like fan service to me, it felt like a faithful recreation of the Alien universe. The visuals and the sounds were very familiar, I felt like I was returning to a world I know. If that isn’t the whole point of carrying a franchise on then I don’t know what is. The reason Disney Star Wars is so bad is because they failed to make it feel familiar.

[@troymash8109]

You're celebrating mediocrity because we've been inundated with so much awful talentless soulless crap. This movie sucked balls.

[@bulldogsbob]

He’s hating just to hate,

[@npcimknot958]

The problem was the actors did not convey working class.. that why peopel say ‘ they too young’ cause if you know working WORKING class kids.. they are way more mature.. and even when they aren’t they aren’t incompetent.. they can drive, they are working forklifts, working in mines, etc.. especially in non western countries.. working on farms i think for america is the best example.. those kids are not incompetent This came off this way because you can tell these are rich actors.. silver spoon level.. it’s why they didn’t convey working class well.. thats why they came off young.. when I’m pretty sure ther’e prob mid late 20s. And the original casts were probably actually younger than them 😂😂. ( peopel just looked really old back then) Peopel also don’t’ seem to realize.. the fx teams in the 70s 80s were really young too.. 18 year olds doing Star Wars, jurassic park.. (( i think it was much easier getting into industries back then Less unions so a lot of talent freelancers. ) So age is not the reason why

[@llamasarus1]

Sigourney Weaver stripped half naked not to appear sexy but because she thought she was safe when she wasn't. Caillee's character was too far in immediate danger to do that. I dont want a softcore pose for its own sake but because it is plausible to the situation at hand.

[@Pneumanon]

You’re right her pyjama shorts were a lot more protection from the aliens than Ripley’s pyjama panties.

[@llamasarus1]

@@Pneumanon no one is going to wind down and strip if they are in immediate danger. That would feel very out of place.

[@DCSWCCkingpin1]

"I have major problems" -- I LOVE to hear Chris say this!

[@chrislummis2285]

My niece and I saw it yesterday. She is gen z so I thought it would be interesting to see how she responded to it. For the most part, we both enjoyed it. The callbacks were cringe and I was expecting some more satisfying kills from the xenomorphs, but other than that I agree that it was a serviceable installment in the franchise.

[@Imylover]

The only true horror of this film was the AI, which also could have been far scarier if done right. I did not feel a single second of fear during Romulus. I feel oodles of fear when watching the video game Alien Isolation in which inspired this very film the most. But if you feel no fear at all, especially for the Xeno's, in an Alien film it means that you are not emotionally invested. You don't care. They built these amazing sets, that is an Alien fans' wet dream! But it lacked atmosphere! When Bjorn said that the place gives him the creeps I say "Can you pass that creepiness on to me, please, because just hearing you say it doesn't make me feel it." Seeing a horde of facehuggers moving so fast, running, climbing & jumping is fantastic BUT all the kids should have been taken by them instantly in such a situation! The facehuggers kept missing them & therefor I feel no fear at all. Compare that to the facehugger scene in Aliens! Where we for the most part don't even see the creatures or just glimpses! Far, far scarier & also put our two lead actresses in mortal danger where, on the first viewing, there was no sure thing how they would get out initially. They also showed the adult Xeno's way too much. Where was the proper stalking? When even a decade old video game does this far better you're in trouble producing any fear factor. And Rain's little shooting range was so boring! She hit every damn Xeno no problem, & even had the pulse riffle helping her with the target = encouraging any moron to use a gun no problem. Again, comparing to Aliens; Ripley was standing right in the hive, in front of the Queen, with other Xeno warriors surrounding her, with far more limited ammo & no help aiming, whilst also protecting a child. Without tension there's no fear. Aliens is often accused of the Xeno's getting killed too easily etc. Then what the hell was going on in Romulus, then? In Aliens the Xeno's have lots of chances to kill & they do it. In Romulus the Xeno's often stood back close by for no reason, waiting for the script to tell it's OK to approach now. How am I supposed to fear for the characters if there's no proper & realistic threat?

[@npcimknot958]

Also to say these alien effects is great is such a slap in the fact to adi , stan Winston.. it’s not even close.

[@Bear-Knight]

There are only 2 alien movies. That being said I need to rewatch 3 and 4

[@spiktan]

Thanks lads , confirmed my instincts , will catch it on the streamers or the high seas.

[@mca6083]

The frustrating thing is that Romulus was around 70-80% great but 20-30% unforgivably bad.

[@bulldogsbob]

The bad parts were Ridley’s doing.

[@christianbennett50]

Seems like being smug and miserable is the only scope required for actors these days

[@tylerskiss]

So when the station has a major event, Rook crawls to the computer to check that something wasn’t compromised- I thought that was our act 3 surprise, but I honestly can’t tell you what he was checking on. Anyone know the answer? Bonus: anyone have any idea what Tyler repeats at his big moment? I’ve looked around, I even watched it in German, but I can’t hear it.

[@llamasarus1]

Cailee did as good of a job as someone of her disposition could've. I just had nagging feeling that there could've been someone who is more fit for that role because Cailee's character had the command and cosmetic maturity of a pre-teen boy. (But I enjoyed it nonetheless.)

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

I look at this movie as if William Castle was given 80 mill and asked to make an Alien film. It has that same fun house feel where when you go in you're expecting to see all the iconic stuff thrown in with a wink not to take it all too seriously. I enjoyed it and my kids loved it. Nothing about this was nearly as bad as the malevolent Disney Star Wars treatment of original characters.

[@Destruct-cf3zi]

Question: Why did they find the alien embedded in rock in Nostromo wreckage when it was blown out of the Narsisis far away from the Nostromo? Where did all of the facehuggers come from?

[@ElimRem]

what was better IMAX LAer or dolby cinema?

[@jacobsimons2061]

Good lord. Trying to appease these so called "fans" of this franchise are so fucking miserable. Im so glad i can just enjoy a good movie without saying "gen z sucks!" while yelling into the ether. I loved the movie, has some flaws, but its good. Go see it yourself and form you own opinion. These guys (chris, nerdrotic, critial, mauler) are just bitter and unable to enjoy anything.

[@quietlabour491]

Disney DEI probably caused the casting.

[@Junior.illinois]

Indeed. And also way too young to be pilots and engineers was totally dumb

[@npcimknot958]

Well ironically the older alien movies were really diverse some character were trans.. but the difference is GOOD ACTING.. black guy in first alien INSALEY good actor.. aliens.. insanely good cast. Girls guys, aliens .. everything. Hell predators.. diverse cast.. but again, GOOD ACTING.. the japanese yakuza guy.. barely any lines.. one of the best characters.

[@npcimknot958]

@@Junior.illinoisi see it as child labour.. if htey were born on a mining colony.. its like african kids mining colbalt.. and those kids are insanely hard working, mature.. and have done more work than us…. They’re still kids but when they work it’s like seeing adults.. - aka its survival. So, no they’re not too young.. it’s called bad acting.. stranger things.. are younger. It.. those were great actors.. all younger.. i dont doubt the original alien some of those actors are younger than these actors ( they just look older back then )

[@Junior.illinois]

@@npcimknot958 who cares ! about diverse that's the only word the activist use these days! my god back then nobody cares if is all white cast or black cast or etc . I only care about a good movie and great stories like so many people want out there . about this film ! you can see they only worried about DEI activism

[@quietlabour491]

@@npcimknot958 Correct on all accounts

[@TheKeggie]

I wanted to like Romulus and despite some positives like the set designs and practical Alien effects, as an actual film it was mostly bad for me and made me realise despite the many flaws of Alien 3 & 4, at least they tried to bring something unique to the franchise which Romulus just didn't. It actually started off well on the Jackson's Star Colony and i wanted to see more of that world but as soon as it became a "Best of" Alien movies, it went downhill very fast. The dialogue was actually embarrassing at times and the fact they included the "Get your hands off her" just summed up how devoid of ideas this film was.

[@BloodyInitiate]

CG is something that works less the more of it you see. I’m a video gamer so I was thoroughly accustomed to seeing CG before it got “good” in film. The result of using a lot of it in films over the years is you inoculate your own audience against your VFX. I’m also a cinephile and I’ve watched its evolution in films and it’s really getting to a level of numb that isn’t good.

[@RenePeraza]

As much as I liked the ride - a fun time - if you watch this film in timeline sequence, all the 'greatest hits' waters down 'Aliens' and the other films because you would have seen those tropes here first, including a space station lab & white baby monster of 'Resurrection.'

[@iknowallthesadsongs2115]

The third act is the worst thing I have ever seen on screen

[@benrrific]

Alvarez was never going to deliver on the Alien franchise. Competent horror in a few moments but not much else. I don't know how anyone was looking forward to this film.

[@7deadlysloths]

The same basic storyline as Don't Breathe. I was hoping to see Stephen Lang with a small role. Jane Levy would have been a good Rain character too.

[@npcimknot958]

Don’t’ think it’s his fault. I saw scott and studio all over this If this was liek alien isolation.. space ship.. 1 surivior.. or even liek don’t’ breath. 3 that movie was amazing.

[@npcimknot958]

@@7deadlyslothsi really wanted don’t’ breath alien aka alien isolation. And they went nope.. the strongest parts of this movie were the don’t breath moment - the corridor with the huggers and no talking

[@benrrific]

@@npcimknot958 Alvarez is okay at best but a lot of his work is remakes. He's better independent. It's more the game was stacked against him for choosing to work on a bigger franchise IP. The small amount of advertising, the deliberate reveal of who the main lead is, the trailer using familiar shots to previous films... mostly contributes to destroying part of the process of anticipation. Until you watch the film and then you wonder, how did this script get greenlit? There are some great ideas here but this needed more drafting before execution.

[@eastern2western]

How many times can you replay the scary house formula.

[@Pneumanon]

As always happens with these kinds of movies, it starts with some interesting ideas, which end up getting forgotten as the film turns into generic and predictable Alien-inspired space horror. The idea of Andy being potentially just as much of a threat as an ally was, in my opinion the most interesting idea in the film, and they really do nothing with it. The androids have had that dual nature since Ash in Alien, and they make that point obnoxiously clear in this movie. They didn’t have to go there, they could have done the entire android storyline in this film with Andy alone.

[@jneilson7568]

Yeah I thought he would just get possessed or given new instructions by Mutha, not the other droid.

[@Pneumanon]

@@jneilson7568 Yeah for sure. Andy gets the upgrade which makes him smarter, he could have also been updated with the information that muthr has in its database. Maybe then there could have been in interesting thing going on where Rain needs Andy's protection from the xenomorphs but also needs to figure out how to get Andy back to his previous state so he isn't a threat to the humans anymore. Or maybe there's a way to combine the two Andys and make him smarter but with the original programming becoming his prime directive again.

[@rickdeckardbladerunner2049]

The gen z cast just didn't do it for me. It wasn't made for an older white male who loves part 1 & 2. It's following the same old trope, young cast, strong female character lead, which is expected for Alien, and no plot or good characters. The music and effects were perfect. The callbacks pissed me off too! It's not one to watch again or own.

[@npcimknot958]

But i don’t think that is true.. i think you prob like stranger things those guys are even younger.. it? Maybe younger.. these are adults.. they just look young.. if anything they are probabaly actually older than t he original cast 😂( people just look really old back then).. I will say.. IF they casted peopel from maze running OMG.. this movie would probabaly be really good because you had good actors and actors with charisma.. The problem was bad acting. Peopel tend to forget a lot of those old movies.. those actresses are liek 15-16 they’re not 30😂😂😂 they’re YOUNNNNG but they just look really old

[@jneilson7568]

@@rickdeckardbladerunner2049 i would like a surprising survivor in an Alien film for once, or at least a taller heroine...

[@theblockbusterguy8576]

We need “Hadley’s Hope” 🤷‍♂️ there is a good prequel story to explore

[@Ross-y8c]

I can’t believe nobody’s ever thought of this before 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@theblockbusterguy8576]

@@Ross-y8c it’s literally sitting right there for them, we know they even grab the facehuggers for study, kill someone trying to take it off, the queen shows up… they got a lot of storyline to work with… yea will know everyone will most likely die except Newt, but still could be a great story

[@Historyrevenge777]

It's called river of pain on audible and it's 100 times better than this

[@imnotatroll6301]

nahh it would be just like (and I mean literally like) that prequel from The thing , that everyone hated, nobody wanted and most forgot 5 min after.

[@theblockbusterguy8576]

@@Historyrevenge777 yep I’ve actually listen to it, very good!

[@madbug1965]

So this movie did not add to the lore or movie the story forward? You could skip it then?

[@npcimknot958]

Yes. Added nothing like covenant

[@brentarellano46]

​@@npcimknot958covenant was terrible though 😅

[@jordansikes534]

Alien Romulus is what people call a "spin-off." It's not intended to be episodic or drive the core narrative forward (like sequels do). It simply serves to elaborate on concepts from previous entries that people enjoyed and want more of. I think spin-offs are low risk, low reward, but ultimately a good thing for franchises to pace themselves. I think viewing the movie from this perspective really curbs people's expectations. It's just meant to be a chill/entertaining experience for Alien Fans. Although I will say the naming convention of movies before it is terrible, and partly to blame for the confusion among audiences: Alien = the original Aliens = the second one? Alien 3 = proper sequel name Alien Resurrection = reboot? sequel? spin-off? Prometheus = unrelated? Alien Covenant = spin-off? sequel to Alien Resurrection? I saw 0 trailers for Romulus and expected it to be the sequel of Alien Covenant.

[@LycanVisuals]

I'll have to disagree with this take, I enjoyed this movie and too thought that Andy was played well along with Cailee and the young lady who was pregnant.

[@pweddy1]

This is the high school musical version of Aliens.

[@glenwoodreid5910]

Good review. One of the best movie review teams since Siskel & Ebert. I'm going to see this movie for the bucket.

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

I still have an original Alien Cap, the one with the Nostromo half crescent badge on it… it bit worn now, I used to wear it, well into the 90’s. It’s kept safe now, maybe I should wear it again and watch the original film from 45 years ago. This latest ‘iteration’ … no thanks!

[@SnakeNel]

Ian Holm died four years ago. Not sure why they didn't go the route James Cameron did in ALIENS, with Lance Henriksen as an android with different features. I hated the effects on Ash, which looked cheap compared to the other effects. The humanoid alien at the end of the movie looked like it crawled from an Empire Pictures film (without EP charm). Agree with Chris Gore's appraisal. Very good point about the sped up gestation period. I would also point out that the soundtrack is largely a mix tape of musical cues from previous Alien films. IP mining has become more toxic than Weyland - Yutani mining.

[@davidradich9342]

Re Asian women named "Navaro", There are ones in the Philippines with that name. All said. I agree more beautiful Asian women in film!!! I think the reason that they "uglify" some Asian women is they are too pretty and the non-Asian actresses are jealous. All I can say is we need more Tia Carrerras (circa Waynes World) and Grace Parks being cast!

[@calfowler6838]

Dude yall should know by know that the alien franchise is done all they can do is reboot a new trilogy .what else can you do story wise face hugger, queen ,drone alien Android person, alien eggs,and people traveling I'm space

[@bensonmckay2324]

Incubation period for the Xenomorph is however long the plot needs it to be.

[@dinosaurwoman]

Crispin Glover was right in his lawsuit.

[@ImmortalRimas]

The opening scene in Alien: Romulus reminded me of what was always teased in Alien & Aliens which was that Weyland/Yutani always wanted the Xenomorph for their bio weapons division, not trying to upgrade Humanity, to simply make more money but from war which the 3rd Alien film should’ve always been about in the first place maybe with Ripley, Hicks, Bishop and maybe even a grown-up Newt trying to stop it once & for all. I know they sort of did that plot in Alien: Resurrection but it was poorly executed. If they went straight forward with the Weyland/Yutani Bio Weapons plot for the 3rd film it would have been better than A3 & A4 and it could have been a great cap off to the original trilogy and a great limited edition 4K Blu-ray boxset today

[@Zamo666]

None of these movies will ever be scary anymore, cause we all know how the alien movies go to be fair. Maybe 45 years ago when it was the first, in that generation it was, but not to today’s standards. It wasn’t scary 10 years later either. That happens once. That’s why I think IPs should be left alone, for us that grew with those films it will never feel the same, specially when the current Hollywood generation is trying to appeal with those old IPs. I fairly liked it because the last 2 prequels just I just didn’t really liked.

[@bsharp3281]

"cover band" THAT'S PERFECT!!!

[@steppingstonemediagroupllc]

@16:15 - To say this film, "Went off the rails." is an understatement.