ALIEN: ROMULUS First Time Watching Reaction || My Wife and I Were SHOCKED

[@HoldenHardman]

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[@jjjones8609]

How can you be truly scared if you know the creatures in it already. Like the first time you see alien(s) your scared. Expecting to continually be scared without using cheap jump scares like Friday 13th part 7 and expect something new. Expectations to high and unreasonable, no? This movie delivered the best they could. I hear your complaints; I just don’t know how they could be fixed script wise or direction wise. It feels like complaining that your hamburger isn’t a chicken burger.

[@Matisaro]

Same model as the first android not same one.

[@TheRealPaul_Morphy]

I think this would have been a much better movie if everyone died at the end, and if they never did that weird elevator scene where the alien saved the main character

[@jjjones8609]

The save was for a new host which they haven’t had many new ones in a while.

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

So the Alien Fed on his moms breast until she died, that slime the mother pulled out of her chest was basically it's slimy "Milk" also Fun Fact the Alien was played by a 7+ Ft Tall real Person Not CGI or a Puppet!

[@deadshot7062]

This movie and Prey whether you liked them or hate them helped revitalize the franchise. Now we’re getting Alien: Isolation 2, a prequel comic for Romulus, a confirmed sequel for this movie, 2 new Predator movies, and even talks of doing a proper Alien vs Predator set in the future with Colonial Marines. These IPs were basically dead but now they are thriving.

[@deadshot7062]

Also this is my movie of the year.

[@Andrew_MTGathering]

I liked Prey, but this one is something stupid

[@CuidightheachODuinn]

K kweer.

[@Dragonflee100]

@@Andrew_MTGatheringohh there are much more stupid alien movies

[@Arbalested]

...also an Alien TV Series, This is amazing. I hope Disney don't go "Star Wars" on these.

[@pileodirt3212]

at 28:00 the alien saved the MC and put her on the ladder not for any other reason besides it was saving her for the face hugger that andy shot while he was falling.

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

That sentence was as awful as the logic of defense you have. It makes no sense.

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

Based on, what? Why didn't the other Xenomorphs save the others and take them for facehuggers? Why would it put her back on the ladder, where she could run and escape? Why wouldn't it just take her away, since it already had her?

[@human3213]

@@ThatSamoanGuy It was about to. But andy stopped her

[@fjnemo]

@@ThatSamoanGuy You're trying too hard to be smart, it's a movie at the end of a day

[@alucarddgrayson0141]

and at 28: 55 there was a tiddy in screen for yust a fraction of a second you dont have to thank me its yust funny i didnt notice that when i was actually watching the movie i also wonder why that was in the movie🤔

[@LeonNeith8965]

One of my favorite movie-going experiences of the year. That third act with the human-xeno hybrid had everyone in my theater SHOOK. Loved every second of it.

[@jernigan007]

shook... you must be gen z

[@JordanJMyers]

@@jernigan007 Karen is that you?...

[@averysteffen1732]

Personally, I did well in the theater with just jumping at the jump scares, but then the final scare actually made me yell and curse

[@jernigan007]

@@JordanJMyers yo momma

[@Dragonflee100]

⁠@@jernigan007even millennial were shocked

[@cjmac3900]

The new human/alien hybrid at the end was played by 7'7 basket ball player Robert Bobroczkyi. This role marked his debut as an actor and freaking nailed it. Hope to see him in more movies.

[@RickyBobby-es3tn]

he did a great job

[@braydenisstillhere]

Rook isn’t the same android as Ash, but they are the same model of Weyland Yutani synthetic human. He’s a mass produced android essentially, and those specific models all bear that same likeness. It’s like how in Alien Covenant, we see two synthetic people who look identical, because they’re just mass produced that way. There’s also probably a bunch of Andy synthetic models out there, they kind of hint to it in the dialogue when Rook is giving Andy a little backstory. Edit: the xenomorph on the ladder at the end was keeping Rain trapped there so that the face hugger could attack her, but Andy shoots it right before it can jump onto her face. And with Kay, I think she’s delirious and knows she’s mortally wounded so she’s not weighing the odds when she injected herself. She didn’t see what happened to the rat so she just thinks it’s some kind of medicine. Also Rain literally tells her “Take this, and get into a cryopod” as she hands her the canister of black goo injections, and Kay in her state of shock could’ve easily misunderstood her as literally telling her to take the medicine and inject herself.

[@FullPlaythroughs]

I don't understand how people think it's Ash, it's clearly not Ash, the movie makes it obvious that it's not Ash, I genuinely don't understand it when it's pretty simple

[@zbennalley]

My friend was 8 months pregnant watching this and the lactating the black goo moment freaked her out way more than any creature in the film.

[@Andromort]

So it was "milk" then? I wasn't sure if it was milk or weird blood from the wound.

[@zee2213]

I don't recall anyone ever lactating ever in this film or anything remotely to that. Did we watch the same film

[@zbennalley]

@Andromort I thought the same too but is, in fact "milk" that's why the offspring came back to her to feed.

[@Andromort]

@@zbennalley maybe because of the smell, instinct. But then again, at the beginning of the film we see an art where a child is sucking his mother's breast (who's already dead I think) so maybe that was foreshadowing.

[@cpob2013]

​@zee2213 after she births the egg, she crawled out of the pod on the floor and touches her chest. She sees goo slime whatever on her hand. Having given birth she's now lactating but it's mutated and her baby boy is hungry.

[@mr.DavidSeth]

Dang it! Y'all were talking through the beginning to miss the ship wreckage was the Nastromo, and the fossilized xeno was what Ripley blew out the airlock!

[@RealBLAlley]

Talks over half the movie. "I don't know what's happening in the story" That is one of the ways you can tell which reactors are genuinely interest in the show or movie and which are doing it for the clicks and free cash.

[@mr.DavidSeth]

@@RealBLAlley no more energy drinks!

[@Dragonflee100]

@@mr.DavidSethpretty sure they got that when they saw the xeno

[@anthonyhudak9363]

No joke when the Offspring appeared, 3 or 4 people in my theater audibly said "WTF?"

[@magfilmsltd]

That was the best reaction both times I saw it in the theater

[@guisanch5866]

Then you find out he's a real guy in a suit (Robert Bobroczkyi) and you're even more like WTF O_o

[@SM-rn8sq]

Same here, everyone in mine gasped or reacted in some way. It was amazing

[@76063co2]

I groaned at the fact taht we are recycling the horrible ending of Alien Resurrection.

[@vincevanbro9641]

Yep, I was one of those people

[@Saimeren]

15:05 That's THE Xenomorph. The one Ripley shot with the harpoon and launched out of the airlock in the first one. You can even see the harpoon sticking out of it.

[@shainewhite2781]

It made $350 million dollars against an $80 million dollar budget. They brought back Ian Holm with a mixture of CGI and a puppet by Stan Winston Legacy Effects, with permission from his estate. Cailee Spaeney turns into a badass character, willing to do whatever it takes to fight off the Xenomorph. Speaking of, the Xenomorph found floating in space is the same one that Ripley shot out of the airlock 20 years earlier. A sequel is in development as well as an AVP reboot by Fede Alvarez.

[@Wraiven22]

I don’t think any sequels or AVP reboots are in the works yet, Fede has just expressed interest is all.

[@MiracTheRun]

@@Wraiven22 The Sequel with Cailee is literrally announced a few days ago.

[@EdgyZiggy]

​@@Wraiven22 The sequel was announced days before this video uploaded and the studio is CONSIDERING the go ahead for Fede to make AvP 3 So while AvP is not confirmed, the Romulus sequel was

[@TimothyMills77]

Speaking of "aliens" and "Transformers" Transformers: One just released on digital, I hope you guys react to it. It's finally a Transformers film with no humans, it focuses a lot on the lore, and it's a very fun Transformers film. It didn't do well at the box office due to its horrible marketing, but both critics and fans were pleased with it.

[@mr.crumbles2557]

+1 Transformers 1. Truly excellent World building and characterization

[@TimothyMills77]

@@mr.crumbles2557 I agree

[@JamailvanWestering]

1. Disagree 2. The best Transformers movie still features humans, just not as much, it’s a TV movie, that build lore during 3 seasons. Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Predacons Rising

[@TimothyMills77]

@JamailvanWestering 1. I didn't say TF: One is the best, I said it finally does what fans want. 2. I've seen Transformers: Prime and all the other shows except Earthspark. 3. Different continuities use different lore. In TF g1, the quintessons created the transformers. In transformers: One, Primus created the transformers because he also did in the comics.

[@omegashark1837]

@@JamailvanWesteringbut no human characters appear in that movie either. And as a TV movie serving as a conclusion of the show it can barely be counted among these.

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

trivia time! - When Tyler, Bjorn, and Andy tour the reactivated Renaissance station, Wagner's "The Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" from "Das Rheingold" is heard over the introductory audio explaining the station being named after Romulus and Remus. This ties back to Alien: Covenant (2017), when Peter Weyland first activates David and asks him to play Wagner, choosing "The Entry of the Gods into Valhalla." - In the background of several shots, the emergency telephones that function as save stations from Alien: Isolation (2014) can be seen. Much like the game, they're typically a sign that something terrible is about to happen. Tyler also brings along a set of signal flares similar to the ones Amanda can find in Isolation, and even uses them to distract some facehuggers due to the heat of the flare like how Amanda can use them to distract the xenomorphs aboard Sevastopol. - In an interview on KZbin, Fede Alvarez described his idea on the significance of the biomechanical aspect of the Xenomorph coming from it's adaptability as it evolves during its gestation phase, absorbing parts and energy of the environment around where it cocoons itself in order to be able to excel within those surroundings, and in a used, dark industrial future, it would naturally lean towards a mechanical appearance to thrive within it. (also why it shows to have electricity runing thru it's skull bc bjorn tried to kill it before it was fully born, show casing you can indeed give it additional traits) - One notable design element in the film is the pulse rifle, which merges features from the original Alien (1979) flamethrower and the Aliens (1986) pulse rifle. This hybrid design reflects the film's intent to blend elements from both movies, creating something familiar yet new to reflect that this film takes place between those two movies. The auto-aim feature is not a completely new addition to Alien lore: in the Special edition of Aliens, Pvt. Hudson already mentioned an "independently targeting particle beam", and the Smart Guns carried by Vasquez and Drake use infrared-assisted targeting systems that can automatically detect enemies. It can be assumed that Rain's auto-aim pulse rifle is an early precursor to those weapons. - Aileen Wu, Fede Alvarez and film promos confirm that Navarro is Bjorn's adopted sister. According to the cast preview I'm Radio Times, "She was taken in by Bjorn's family on Jackson's Star and now thinks of Bjorn as a brother." This means the film features a trio of sibling pairs, which ties into the underlying myth of Romulus and Remus, and the two halves of the Renaissance station (named for the myth). Álvarez has said sibling relationships are a key theme in the film. - The Offspring was portrayed by the former Romanian college basketball player Robert Bobroczkyi. Speaking with Collider, Fede Álvarez explained that he didn't want to create a CG creature and had to find the right person for the role. After learning about Bobroczkyi, the director sent an email to the 7'7 basketball player asking him if he would like to be in an Alien movie, which Robert was very excited about. The Offspring was mostly done using make-up, with the exception of the creature's tail which was CG. - The chestburster scene was done practically. - the movie poster literally spoils who the first victim is lmao

[@jamesgeorge2852]

I think Kay injected herself because she was the only one to actually see the chest burster and in a moment of panic she decided to inject herself thinking maybe she had one in her as well and ended suffering an equal to or worse fate than Navarro

[@takewhataway]

I think Kay inject herself because she has a baby and she wanted to live. She was bleeding to death and she thought that the serum would help her heal or something. Is it reckless? 100% but that's just how horror movies characters are lol

[@tatum635]

boy did she go through it the whole movie. lmao

[@TheBraunMachine2K24]

@@tatum635 Ikr? She really did, like holy shit, she never knew exactly what was going on, it was never explained to her. She went to sleep, woke up, saw her friend die in front of her, the ship crashes with her onboard, knocking her out cold. When she wakes up & sees another one of her friends die in front of her & her own child become this giant mutation. Poor girl had arguably the worst day ever.

[@Jc117-pf8up]

Xenomorph is actually really intelligent creature, it saved rain for the face hugger. They just don’t kill for fun their main objective is to reproduce or kill any threat to the colony.

[@mikeyac8475]

I went and saw this movie on opening day in IMAX. That experience definitely made it more thrilling with all of the loud noises, the quietness, the huge screen, etc. I was very immersed. I was wondering how it would translate to home watching but I still think it holds up. This is honestly the 3rd best Alien flick behind the first 2 in my opinion. Glad you guys got to see it!

[@povilasmarveloustv3810]

the reason the pregnant girl injected herself with the alien formula thing, was because 1. She was afraid that she will die and Andy told her that it could help her. 2. She didn't know that Andy was no longer the same. 3. She didn't know the formulas origin. Movie watchers need to sometime understand the perspectives of the characters. Far as the pregnant chick was concerned, Andy was offering her some medical item that was supposed to make her feel better.

[@xerowhiz]

This is the third best Alien film behind the first two. Even though this is a “back to formula” (like you said) type of movie, this is what this franchise needed after the previous installments. By the way, I’m sure you guys didn’t notice, but did you see the blue phone boxes at various points? Those are Easter egg references to a game called “Alien: Isolation”.

[@JamailvanWestering]

Don’t forget the stun baton, that was also a reference to Alien Isolation

[@xerowhiz]

@@JamailvanWestering That’s right! Forgot about that!

[@HammerJammer81]

unfortunately, that isnt saying much

[@xerowhiz]

@@HammerJammer81 Don’t get me wrong, it’s nowhere close to the first two. I’m saying this is a solid entry.

[@madtitan0825]

@@xerowhiz it isn’t anything ground breaking but I refuse when people call it a “copy and paste”, the characters dynamics are fresh, and the set pieces are new and actually exciting, the theme of rationality between humans and AI is relevant as ever, also it connected prequels and originals in a pretty smart way, it’s an engaging self contained story

[@jordancrossgrove8827]

That EXACT energy drink and flavor was what gave my girl heart palpitations while we were doing the deed and freaked us out cuz we thought she was having a heart attack… just a warning!!

[@GuardianOwl]

Oh, that's a neat detail I didn't notice on first watch. The first Face Hugger that jumps through the crack in the cyrolab doors lunges right at a light, what must be the greatest source of heat in its field of awareness. That is consistent with what we learn later about them being attracted to the high heat sources.

[@magfilmsltd]

Most of the creatures including the offspring were done by suit performers and animatronics. I think the movies use of practical effects and sets is its greatest strength. I hope it’s success leads to more practical work in film

[@povilasmarveloustv3810]

the reason the Xenomorph didn't kill the girl after catching her in the elevator shaft, was because he was waiting for the spider creature thing to latch onto her.

[@EyeBeZombie]

The spider creature 😂 c'mon man it's called a facehugger the franchise is over 45yrs old can't tell me you don't know its name

[@ThatSamoanGuy]

Based on, what? Why didn't the other Xenomorphs save the others and take them for facehuggers? Why would it put her back on the ladder, where she could run and escape? Why wouldn't it just take her away, since it already had her?

[@povilasmarveloustv3810]

​@@ThatSamoanGuy depends on whether the Xenomorph sees the person as a threat or not i suppose. Also, they literally planted a facehugger in the scene for Andy to blast along with the xenomorph.

[@whatthehexadecimal8830]

"As Above, So Below" is always the first film I think of where both audiences and critics rated it low, but I loved it. The movie itself felt really fresh and interesting! I'm a sucker for well-produced footage films.

[@XDviper45]

The ship at the very beginning, where the rock was picked up, is the exploded Nostromo. You can see the lettering on the debris.

[@jokesonyou91]

Alien scriptwriters have to LOVE the prometheus black goo, because they don't have to explain anything. They can write whatever they want, with logic or not, and just say "because goo". Easiest writing tool over.

[@TwistedReality13]

The black goo is stupid though lol..

[@EmpyreanDreamer]

The best thing is it's not just an easy plot device to make monsters. It creates what a lot of people complain has been taken away, mystery. The more you see it show up the more you wonder if it originates from the Xenomorph itself and not a creation of the engineers. That would also mean the engineers didn't create the Xenomorph and it makes more sense seeing the mural in Prometheus as if they discovered the Xenomorph and then the black goo through study of them and the power it gave them is the reason they seemed to worship the Xenomorph. You can even take that line of thought a step further. What if the offspring doesn't actually resemble an engineer, that's just what an enhanced human would look like. That could mean the engineers used to be more human-like and perhaps did exactly the same thing Rook is trying to do with the black goo except he got the recipe wrong a put a bit too much Xeno in the mix. If he'd got it right it could make a human look exactly like an engineer. But anyway thats just one example of speculation and that is exactly what any rich sci-fi universe needs to have. Something which can be used as a recurring plot device but also opens the door for wild speculation is genius.

[@josephhoffman2992]

the black goo is the best thing the franchise has introduced since the original xenomorph. So many possibilities and so many horrifying situations that can be sparked. There is finally a sense of the unknown that made the first one so scary.

[@Hoganply]

It's a mutagenic pathogen. If anything, it helps explain the illogical life cycle of the Alien, which still doesn't make sense btw, hence it's always just been hand-waved away until now with 'because aliens'. Think what you want about the franchise's overall handling of this plot device and its impact on head canon, but in revealing its function of rewriting DNA to more closely resemble a 'genetically perfect' Xenomorph (pretty much a distilled version of the alien itself), _this_ is the thing that unifies the creature's various iterations - peak cosmic horror imo.

[@EyeBeZombie]

Actually the concept of the black goo has existed since the original script for alien 3 that film was going to focus and hicks and bishop being the main characters while newt and ripley went back to earth hicks and bishop were supposed to go on a space station where some terrorist or corporation of some sort were weaponising the xenos and experimenting on their anatomy long story short it ends up being like The Thing where people Infected with the goo start to metamorph into xenos in a graphic manner so romulus is definitely inspired by the original alien 3

[@JonMercaltchannel-lp4cn]

I figured Kay injected herself because she overheard that it could help her. I mean she was right there. She might’ve been too drowsy from the blood loss to catch Raine saying she didn’t trust it. I’m confused how you didn’t realize they don’t know what the compound does. All they know is what Rook told them and obviously they didn’t see what happened to the rat

[@gordonrobb]

I love how you missed the fact that at the beginning, they were getting the alien remains from the wreck of the Nostromo. :). Te formula they created was the one from Prometheus. And the android wasn’t the one from Alien. It was just the same model :)

[@davidhasselblad3825]

I’ve noticed a lot of reactors get a tad confused about Ian hills took in this. In the first movie Ian holms science officer ash. This is science officer rook. They are the same model, sort of like when they explain how in terminator 3 the t-800’s come off an assembly line. Great reaction y’all!

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

it's like they forgot the whole walter and david situation lmao. they were the same looking artificial person.

[@davidhasselblad3825]

I was going to mention that. But forgot walters name. And though they were the same line and looked the same. David was an older model with less inhibitors to regulate his behavior. David was like a mk1 Walter was like a mk3. So I figured people would go all “well awchully!!!” So I thought the t800 example might be a bit more on the nose.

[@theeLonelyRedPanda]

@@davidhasselblad3825 noted

[@jeremycovelli]

It's confusing because it makes zero sense and was just another pointless callback. could have had any other android in there and it would have been fine.. even better. Also, every single word Rook says the entire movie makes zero sense against established canon.

[@movies798]

I rank Alien Romulus in third place in my Favorite Alien movies after Aliens and Alien. And yes Holden please watch I Robot! It's a good Will Smith popcorn movie!

[@claytonbishop4021]

Director Fede Alvarez sought out the special effects crew from Aliens (1986) to work on the creatures. Physical sets, practical creatures, and miniatures were used wherever possible to help ground later VFX work.

[@shnizlepenguin]

I loved being able to see Holden’s genuine reaction because this movie really throws the unexpected at you and whenever I saw that human xeno baby I had the exact same reaction

[@LifeisANovel]

"sorry about you're mom, don't worry. You'll be joining here soon" funniest shit I heard in awhile 🤣😂

[@Gammaskalle]

Watched this just a few hours ago. Kinda liked it. It´s just absurd how fast the aliens grow.

[@classicghostrider2715]

32:08 I yelled so loud in the theater at this jumpscare. I thought she was good.😭

[@h3llsBells]

The alien in the beginning is the same one from the first movie, he got thrown in to space.

[@TROUBLESOME.87]

Th Sound Design in this Movie is freaking TOP NOTCH ! just wow !

[@joewilson4492]

I think the reason it didn’t immediately kill her in the elevator shaft is because it was waiting for the facehugger to get her so it could make more aliens, I was confused too at the time on why it saved her

[@wolfgangoschmann2573]

So the android they plugged in that looks like Ian Holm is named Rook. The android from the original who was played by Ian Holm was named Ash. They are two different androids but they both look and sound the same because they are the same model as each other. Kind of like in terminator how all T-800’s looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Also just wanted to say it was really cool meeting you a couple of weeks ago at Islands of Adventure and I was glad I got to get a photo with you!

[@The-Real-aPOC]

The synth Rook is the same model as Ash but is not Ash, Ash was destroyed in Alien.

[@macdaddy2022]

What’s up Holden. Glad to see doing, been here for 5 years

[@Hoganply]

Yeah, none of the characters, except for Rook, and maybe Andy, knew the devastating effects of the formula. Rain relayed nothing but very logical suspicions, but near-death desperation is very much a thing.

[@xensonar9652]

I was so happy and relieved when this turned out to be a really good movie. The first two are obviously in their own league and the more recent ones, while there is a lot to like in them, never really grabbed me and pulled me in. This new one did. It's like a really good cover song of the original that adds value in its own style.

[@lordofalltime]

Rook is the same MODEL as Ash, that's why he looks the same. RIP Ian Holm. The Facehuggers that run along the ground were RC drones. The company spent 20 YEARS looking for Big Chap

[@vincevanbro9641]

When we saw the offspring, I said “what the fuck” out loud in the theater while everyone else was dead silent

[@JohnWick-kb5jr]

I didn’t say it out loud, but I sure thought the same thing. Easily the most creeped out I’ve been in an Alien movie.

[@TheRManProds]

LOL JEN'S REACTIONS ARE PRICELESS!

[@hughw2377]

Your faces when you saw the new creatures😂

[@oxhine]

Hey, Holden and Jen! This film was fantastic! It successfully tied the prequels into the sequels while adding new lore and very sympathetic characters. This is the installment that could unite the fandom! You were talking over the silent opening which defeated its purpose and caused you to miss 'Nostromo' stenciled on the illuminated wreckage. I hope you understood that the xeno they recovered in that resin chrysalis which ran amok aboard Romulus station was Big Chap from "Alien" complete with Ripley's harpoon bolt protruding from its back! Disturbing detail: Kay was lactating the black goo which is what the Hybrid was suckling with its proboscis! David is not the creator of the xenomorph! They are a naturally-occurring species. David created a xenomorph variant of his own. The Engineers encountered the original species millennia ago and worshipped it! The Alpha Xenomorph that bore the scars of Bjorn's cattleprod saved Raine from her freefall for embryo implantation by the facehugger in the shaft for whom it was restraining her! The facehugger was crawling towards her when Andy let go of the elevator. The Alpha's torn dome was sparking because a piece of the cattleprod tip was lodged in its brainpan! Holm's widow and children approved of the use of his likeness stating he loved the character and would have participated had he been able to. The prop was animatronic with digital touch-ups. It's an organic addition to the story as he is the appropriate generational model the company would employ for R&D work during this time period and it subtly speaks to the disposability of Company employees which is what he was researching anyway by trying to create a durable workforce. Alvarez felt the other androids had multiple appearances and wanted to give Holm another showcase. If actors have an issue about posthumous use of their likeness where even descendants can't be trusted to honor their wishes, then they need to consult with an attorney to stipulate how their image may be used. New Xenomorph lore: resin cocoon capable of maintaining viability in vacuum, facehugger heat detection, variable metabolism contingent on circumstances, post-molting chestburster pupa, black goo taxonomic nomenclature revealed as 'plagiarus praepotens' (powerful mimic). A xenomorph-human hybrid was first seen in "Alien Resurrection" birthed by a Queen with a uterus rather than an ovipositor. New Weyland-Yutani lore: some terraformed planets like Yvaga are INDEPENDENT of the Company, synthetics unwelcome on independent worlds, off-world employment is like indentured servitude, corporate interest in a durable slave workforce, knowledge of the truth about the 'Nostromo' incident at the highest levels. Only criticism was the Ripley line used by Andy out of context. The xenomorph was a male drone! It made no sense! They should have established Andy practicing clumsily with swear words earlier. It could have been used in a scene where Bjorn was harassing him. The payoff would have been his action hero takedown of the Alpha! "Get away from her, you [fill-in-the-blank]!"

[@nofun8418]

jen! ghost has been proven to have the least “crash” after the caffeine wears off so that’s a good choice if youre looking to minimize crash.

[@Ramsiusthx]

Does anyone wondering it is implied that Rook recombinated the DNA. The Xenos in the movie are not natural like Big Chap. The recombinated DNA accelerated life cycles by giant margins in order to get the more black goo.

[@TheRManProds]

Isabela Merced aka Kay will be Hawkgirl in the New Superman Movie next year and will be Dina in the Last of Us Season 2!

[@erinhaury5773]

After seeing her in this, I'm confident she's going to knock both roles out of the park!

[@drunkenmonkey28]

16:12 Sky High Reference. Thought we wouldn’t notice…..but, we did.

[@lmarq5759]

"oh no bjorn..." lmao that got me

[@JoshuaG]

26:49 i just love that they kept the Gun's original sound effect from the original and its sequel and not just replaced it with generic one's ❤

[@darrylhughes7797]

Rook wasn't the same android as the one from the first movie, he was the same model series. Ash was the android from the first movie and he blew up with the ship.

[@mrdavman13]

31:37 on the note of it killing its own mother, it seems it drained Kay of all of her life force/ blood which had been transformed into that black goody stuff. And in terms of actual animals there are way way way more than you’d expect that do similar things. Either eating their mother, parts of their mother, their siblings, or the mom gives birth to so many babies she will eat her own babies, which is also very common. It’s the most common for animals to be born, the mother does the bare minimum, and then abandons the babies or the babies abandon the mother and go do their own thing. It’s actually more rare that the mom and baby are always and already very emotionally attached and treats their offspring how you’d expect with a bunch of love and protection.

[@dciach12]

Love this first watch with you both, also hate that post movie I still see dvds behind Jen because of Holdens lack of faith in cabinet makers after the kitchen fiasco lol! 😂 Love you both, and the family! ❤

[@DavesWorldTTV]

I found this movie to be quite amazing. It was very cool that this movie takes place between Alien & Aliens. In case you didnt catch it in the beginning of the movie the broken ship pieces was the Nostromo from Alien and the Alien from that movie was the one found in the beginning of this movie. It really brought back the horror/thriller that this franchise was missing. I did see there is a possible sequel is in the works since it had a fantastic box office and fans loved it. I would like to see the 3rd movie that Ridley Scott was going to do. I wanna see lead up to the original movie. Also the Android they restored is just another android that looks like the one from Alien kinda like how there were 2 different looking Davids in Covenant.

[@dylanallardice]

Fun fact; Fede Alverez said that the father of the Kay's baby was her cousin Bjorn.

[@marvelstarwarsgeek1511]

This takes place after Alien as the Xenomorph they find at the beggining is the one Ripley blows out the airlock and takes place before Aliens .

[@jernigan007]

yup, what a clever script

[@rjeizzay9619]

It's crazy because now you know in the beginning of Aliens when the board interviews Ripley they have since recovered and lost more resources trying to contain this monster

[@jernigan007]

@@rjeizzay9619 * LV-426 as entered the chat *

[@jeremycovelli]

even though ripley was 100's of thousands of miles away from where Nostromo blew up.. when she blew the alien into space.

[@marvelstarwarsgeek1511]

@jeremycovelli yep bit of a plot hole there , still a good film though .

[@SimonBauer]

the monster reveal was so haunting, great movie!

[@mirandavega_]

4:10 I feel that way about The Mist. Everyone who I’ve talked to hated it but I loved it 😂

[@Saimeren]

7:47 I think it's between the first two movies. Alien and Aliens.

[@manoroid1]

28:25 J: What about Kay? H: He'll be OKay.....(smirk at the camera) lol

[@Corfield81]

few things that give me questions in this movie are 1 - if it is set before ALIENS how do they know Ripley survived and shot it out the airlock? and 2 - how did they capture facehuggers and put them in pouches? 3- how did they reverse engineer facehuggers from the big chap

[@victorarellanom]

Just to clarify about Rook, they’re mass-built androids, so is the same model as Ash in the first one, but not the same android. And remember that in Aliens, Bishop told that that model always had some “malfunctions”

[@Joe93187]

My biggest thing that people seem to hate that I love is Rings of Power. I think people just like to hate things and they'll never be happy.

[@rameee2589]

4:10 Van Helsing with Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale is always hated by my friends/online critics, but I rather enjoyed the monster designs and the lore that was built in that movie.

[@YaBoiMcQueen]

While I agree that this movie doesn't do a whole lot of new stuff, I think you need to consider that the last movie in this franchise was Alien: Covenant from 2017 and audiences have been craving for a return to formula Alien movie for so long now. In my opinion, that's all this movie needed to be and I think it succeeded in that and in revitalizing the franchise. You can tell that the filmmakers here have so much love and respect for the franchise and this movie is one big love letter to what came before it. However, going forward from here they definitely need to show us something new because if they were to just make a movie like this again that just kind of rehashes things, then it'll start getting stale again.

[@nathanielhernandez8843]

You guys should do a “My Wife Plays” for Alien: Isolation, if you need an Alien fix after Romulus. Super scary, and I would love to see Jen’s reaction to it. Keep up the good work! 💖🙏🏻

[@RofIStomper]

4:00 to 4:10 For me it's Terminator Salvation. I loved it and then I found out everyone hates on it :(

[@TheRManProds]

YES ALIEN ROMULUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mauriceedwards9588]

This one is definitely a return to the first two original film Director by Fede Alveraz the same bloke that did Don't Breath this has two fantastic sequences that shocked me, it does a really great job of making care for the two main characters.

[@FellOff]

“Left my tums on the other ship!” Lmao

[@Mutantgamer]

Kay wasn’t in the lab scene so she had no idea what the black fluid injection does, she just vaguely heard other characters mention it might help her so in her badly injured state, she just went for it.

[@alexmaverick6647]

The android isn’t the same from the original Alien, just the same model. Similar to David and Walter from Covenant.

[@Ainsy65]

I loved it ,the story and the characters, especially all the Easter eggs in the film , I missed ripleys shuttle the first time round 😮

[@fatalfire4992]

Prometheus and Alien: covenant was basically set to explain what the Alien was

[@ActualFactualMagic]

Why didnt the Xenomorph kill her after it caught her in the elevator shaft? Many people seem to miss this. Its holding her for the face hugger that appeared to the side. Andy kills it then jumps on the Xeno with the assault rifle to kill it. It paused to let the hugger have her. Its kind of a cool twist. This movie is so good. Others have complained about the way Rook looked fake or uncanny valley. I am fairly certain this was very intentional. Since Rook (and Ash from the original Alien) is an artificial person anyway. A damaged unit would appear more artificial as it did in the first Alien. They were both the same models. Science units. Love this movie. The more I think about it, the more I like it.

[@Jokin_Jake]

4:00 I felt similarly with Joker Folie A Deux. I got to watch it early and both me and my friend came out of it think it was pretty good! The next day once the general public saw it we discovered that everyone HATED it. We both messaged each other agreeing that it wasn't that bad. That movie is probably one of my biggest cinema hot takes when talking about it's overall quality.

[@JonMercaltchannel-lp4cn]

I forgot you guys haven’t done 3 and Resurrection. Or the Predator movies and therefore the AVPs!

[@MichaelGMunz]

3 gets a lot of hate, but it was the first Alien movie I ever saw, and I still love it.

[@alexmac8621]

The tall ass guy that played the offspring wasn't CGI either. He's a real person, a basketball player.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

4:13 when I saw this scene in trailer, I was intitlaly thought they had a field to keep atmosphere. Then would been first scene in Alien lore with depiction of energy shields. Which this franchise never had.

[@matta2399]

The opening scene of the movie shows the nosyromo wreckage and the part of the ship that says nostromo but yapl were busy talking

[@harithtf]

Watch Transformers One !

[@timemonkey]

Kay injecting herself is just a tragic case of lack of information leading to misunderstanding. Kay was completely absent for all the explanations over what's going on, including what the serum does, what it's supposed to do and where it came from. She also has no idea that Andy has been compromised and his recommendations can't necessarily be trusted. Plus Rain tells her to 'take this and get into a cryopod' which can easily be misunderstood as 'take a dose of this and get in the pod' instead of just 'take this with you'. She was bleeding out and terrified for both herself and her baby so she did something she shouldn't have out of fear.

[@RobPryme]

I went in not wanting to like this movie. I'm still pissed that Ridley Scott c-blocked Niell Blomkamp from getting a shot at an Aliens sequel, but this one was a love letter to the entire franchise, which I really appreciated.

[@THXbox]

It’s ten years after ALIEN. 12 years before Isolation. And 47 years before ALIENS.

[@gonzagazonov]

this humanoid at the end reminded me of the game "Scorn"

[@jacoblofthus7908]

I think it's cool how we get to discover the ultimate fate of the original Xenomorph.

[@codyprice2616]

Cailee Spaney is going to be an amazing actress. Got to check her out in Civil War and Percilla.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

25:35 she’s alone, pregnant and bleeding out… she’s desperate. Desperation can make a person do questionable and impulsive things.

[@Jose-xp7xf]

16:12 That’s a reference from Sky High

[@NathanielMonicalMusic]

Well done MUHAUAHAUH

[@praxton]

iRobot is actually one of those films for me that critics hated and now sci-fi fans seem to hate that I loved.

[@Andrew-Bastin]

iRobot is a decent film, the only issue is that the studio heads forced them to change the name to iRobot for the name recognition, it was originally called Hardwired during early production and the movie had nothing to do with Isaac Asimov's books.

[@praxton]

@@Andrew-Bastin I can separate the two.

[@serenitytoepper]

It was alright this movie, and honestly, I just watched it for myself the first time today, but now I am checking to other's reactions to it. but honestly, I was freaked out and way more scared in Alien Convent then this one. And others have freaked me out way more than this movie did. But it was still good worth the wait. The jump scare is alright, it's creepy and gory which is still good and needed. But I don't know, I kind of wish I understood where we are in the timeline, because I know it takes place after Ripley's time with the alien they brought in, in the beginning of the film, but then the face huggers being in those little pods or whatever, it looked like what David the robot did in convent to keep them on the ship. so, I have no clue. But it was creepy enough. But that elevator scene with it catching her with its tale was rather something else. Andy being half good and half bad was new to the plot, but I do like it. Not bad of a reaction.

[@Humanipathic]

This film was incredible beginning to end - paying homage to first 2 while doing its own innovative thing. Top 3 film of yr. Rain is a bad ass. This might be fav Alien film. The green lit a sequel.

[@TheBlond49]

Best one since Aliens, Andy performance top notch.

[@SkippyMcReide]

Saw this 3 times in the cinema and absolutely loved it. I already pre ordered the 4k steelbook 😅

[@xensonar9652]

Romulus is the (probably mythical) founder and first king of Rome. Remus was his twin brother, whom Romulus murdered.

[@joaquinbernedopatino6769]

This movie its so cool but YOU JUST HAD TO SEE IT ON THEATERS the visuals, music, everything was 1000 times better

[@donegalrediscovered3309]

Android Rook isn’t same robot as original Alien … It is the same model though .. Remember that Bishop in Aliens was the new upgraded model .. 😀