MAX MOVIE REVIEW: Alien Romulus

[@Jdemonify]

directors and people who was doing this movie said alien isolation was huge inspiration and took parts from it.

[@TheMiraculousVillain]

Fede Alvarez knows his direction lane and he stays in it

[@dogzilla0578]

I almost see some inspiration from the game Dead Space, which is funny because that series started by borrowing heavily from Ridley Scott.

[@davidleewilderjr.6848]

I agree

[@Kagetora-]

I'm glad he was inspired by Isolation. Probably the best Alien game so far

[@SaberRexZealot]

@@dogzilla0578 not Ridley Scott, just Alien, The Thing and Event Horizon.

[@queencancerous5332]

The Offspring was genuinely fucking creepy, they managed to make that idea from Alien Resurrection work.

[@MkR2398]

Real talk yeah he was foul, I threw up in the theater seeing him for the first time. He's like if Freddy Krueger, the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth, the Engineers and a xenomorph combined into a super nightmare

[@pseudopulk3478]

i call him Baby Bjorn

[@FluxNomad678]

I have mixed feelings about the hybrid idea like Max said it requires a character to just exist and be pregnant to make this happen. However the fact that it does have a resemblance to the engineers as to the mystery what the hell these things really are

[@aclark8285]

@@FluxNomad678 It was boring. Resurrection's hybrid was better.

[@FluxNomad678]

@aclark8285 my weird issue with that scene is it did not mutate the mother as well. It would have been interesting if she was partly a hybrid feeling some compassion for her son despite what it looks like versus wanting to help rayne. Or have her character serve more purpose than just being the pregnant character in the movie

[@SlimPug]

In defence of the pulse rifles, you may not remember but there was a scene where rook points to a destroyed xeno hanging up and talks about how they destroyed him earlier but the blood fucked things up, This is how the aliens would be aware of the weapon and know that it means danger.

[@frizen9328]

The newly born xeno wouldn't know that and they didn't know there was more xenos until after that scene.

[@GhastlyBones]

@@frizen9328you see the newly born one grab bodies to take them to the hive before they get weapons. Then it comes back for the sister. It regrouped and they are hive-like so it could have learned. Anyways If that’s the one that kills the guy with the tail, then it doesn’t give a shit about the weapons because it doesn’t know the danger or care. Also they never have a stand off with the newly born one, it doesn’t come back till the elevator shaft scene

[@frizen9328]

@@GhastlyBones Sure it could have learned after going to the hive but you're missing the main point. They didn't know there were more xenos or a hive so there's no logical reason for them to think the 1 xeno they knew about that was born 10 min ago would know what a gun is. That's like meeting Superman for the first time and guessing one of the colored rocks you found could be his weakness.

[@alexsilva28]

Ok but how would they know they are smart enough to fear the rifles

[@Jellofreeze]

I was always under the impression that Xenos are fully aware of their acid blood an therefore would not be afraid of pulse rifles. They know their acid is a weapon that can spray on victims. This is why facehuggers are so exposed while feeding off you. Because they know attacking them would have consequences

[@playerscheckpoint4]

One of the things that I noticed about this movie, is that whenever you see the phone booth that's used to save your game in Alien Isolation. It meant that something was about to occur. Personally found the movie to be extremely entertaining!

[@birthbysleep24]

Knowing that shooting with the gun may be an inevitable disaster builds the tension that led to the cool factor in the zero gravity scene--it elevates it.

[@birthbysleep24]

Also, I enjoy thinking of reasons on why the Aliens are cautious of the guns, instead of hating it and moving on. The Aliens are prioritizing building their numbers (and we have a very small cast so they'll take what they can get), or perhaps creating a queen, maybe there might even be a survivor that fucked them up and escaped which is why they know how op the guns are.

[@thedarkknight2221]

One piece of new lore that even the most hardcore of Alien fans can admire and accept as true canon was the Xenomorph cocoon. It never really made sense to me how a chestburster could shed its skin once and then grow to that size instantly, but this not only feels natural, but truly horrifying, especially the fact that it has a stinger as a defense mechanism.

[@Lemon_Force]

Yeah showing the stage between chestburster and adult was a nice touch imo

[@elpainto1]

Okay, for a while I thought it was just me not having noticed that before in other movies. I think it does help explain things a little... but it doesn't really explain where all that mass comes from. It would maybe make more sense if it cocooned itself with a person. Also, I think the stinger was just the tail being ready because the alien was big enough.

[@Longtimec]

@@elpainto1just out of curiosity, does that need to be answered? Like does it matter where the size increase comes from outside of just know that they grow really fast. Does there need to be a why provided on that?

[@elpainto1]

@@Longtimec That's a fair question, but in my mind it would gives us 2 things things. 1: Improve plausibility, since right now it feels a bit cartoonish to me (maybe just me?) 2: It would add to the analogy of assault by having the alien force people to cuddle with it in a confined space

[@MayhemDante]

That was the only part of the film that I truly enjoyed. Something new and it was genuinely unsettling

[@meteor22]

I liked the film. They really NAILED the enviornments and the feel of how Alien films look. The actor that played the android was the best. He did sucha great job playing essentially 2 different ppl. Sure, like Max said it's very "Aliens Greatest Hits". But if I had a good time at the end of the day that retreading doesn't bother me. It did a good job creating tension and instilling genuine horror which is something that is pretty rare in horror films nowadays which largely rely on jump scares. 8/10 for me.

[@henriquehultmann2086]

I’ll say that my favorite thing about the movie is that it acknowledges the bad parts of the franchise, it doesn’t try to be Halloween with “this is a sequel, but only of the famous one!” NO! Romulus says “There was shit along the way yes, but we are rolling with it.”

[@terogates1]

Which ones past aliens exactly? ( I meant timeline wise) since this is before the other 3 movies ( aliens alien 3 and ressurection)

[@stephenasmithfanfan5971]

@@terogates1Spoilers obviously but it makes Prometheus and Covenant a huge part of the story

[@CherryBlossom-yn7oq]

​​@terogates1 I'm trying to get what you mean? They meant all alien movies before Romulus. But, since you mention. Timeline wise... there's Prometheus, Covenant, Alien1 , then Romulus

[@ZackaryBiagi]

​@stephenasmithfanfan5971 plus they take a concept from arguably the WORST alien movie resurrections with the human alien hybrid.

[@crowevil4658]

@@stephenasmithfanfan5971Ridley Scott helped shape the franchise, solidifying the origins of the original that erases AVP. Prometheus was set in the universe, but originally not intended to be the exact precursor to Xenomorphs. With Convenant, it was made so. The writer for Romulus shared this treatment with Scott, and was blessed by Disney and Scott himself (serving as a producer of the film). And yes, now draws a timeline from Prometheus to Covenant to Alien to Romulus to Aliens (which Scott took years to accept).

[@Omarock]

I liked that the countdown was in real time, it added to the tension.

[@PickaHand]

A lot of spoilers in this comment! Fede Alvarez really seems to love writing siblings in horror movies. His take on Evil Dead revolves around Mia and David. Other characters are there to die and suffer while David has a character arc about redeeming himself and saving the sister he once abandoned. Don't Breathe doesn't give Rocky's little sister all that much screentime, but she's still her primary motivation throughout the movie. She wants to steal some money so she can give her sister a better life. And here it's Rain and Andy. Their interactions were the character highlights of the movie for me. Andy finding out that Rain is planning on leaving him behind. Rain's worries about whether her Andy is "in there" after Andy's update, effectively "losing him" before she leaves him behind. Corpo Andy's very subdued clapback about "leaving someone behind". Culminating in Rain going back for Andy and Andy's dumb puns giving her the idea to deal with the xenomorphs. All of that exponentially improved by Spaeny and Jonsson's fantastic performances. I really loved it. I definitely agree with the criticism that the other characters fall very flat in comparison. But I think that, thanks to some very strong performances, Rain and Andy more than make up for it.

[@LooseCampbell]

The slow acid dropping on the English guy was 🤌

[@Rubberbucket0038]

Just roll outta da way I hated that scene so much

[@LooseCampbell]

@@Rubberbucket0038 So it's another callback...to Prometheus lol. But for real that dude sucked. He had to go.

[@dwright3252]

I agree. Screw that guy, way too one-dimensional

[@urilaf8598]

They should’ve save that death for the floating acid blood scene he should have gotten caught up in that

[@schnauzer2432]

@@Rubberbucket0038I mean he’s was visibly disoriented probably from the alien tail that just hit his head.

[@deadshot7062]

The director wanted minimal CGI as possible. He said if it can be done practical then they’ll do it. The xenomorph is mostly practical with it being a person in a costume or an animatronic, the face huggers are sometimes practical with some being RC cars, they sets are practical.

[@kassaken6521]

The film had a budget of 80 million, it was the right call for more practical effects, made it feel more real, like when the first Alien hatched

[@rosenrot234]

Just the fact that the guy playing The Offspring really was that freaking big was nutty. Brought me back to Predator 1 and 2 since the actor had to be a dude taller than Arnie for the shots to be good

[@WingNutZ100]

THAT ONE SCENE in the climax with the reveal... It's lighting and outline was INSANE, it was so unnerving 😅

[@aclark8285]

It was also done better in Resurrection.

[@Mirage475]

The shadows of its lanky appearance in the fog was genuinely horrifying

[@rosenrot234]

@@aclark8285 I think that can be argued with "So are you a puppets guy or a suit actor guy?" with effects. The hybrid in Resurrection was a puppet I think

[@huntersm00n]

Everyone: it's an abomination Me: It's the orphan of Kos

[@AidilAfham]

Am I crazy to think that the underwater scene in Alien Ressurection is scary as fuck? Going underwater in one breath and then looking back to see xenos following them triggers my thalassophobia

[@ProperXSmoke]

That scene was awesome lol

[@gloomygloomstalker3878]

followed by the facehugger pit in that section where they needed to climb up

[@AkamoriArt]

Resurrection had a lot of good set pieces, most people just feel they weren't delivered well. I disagree, but I usually do. lol

[@coffeebreak454]

Same here, also love the scene after underwater, when they try to break the Sac and it allerts the facehuggers tru vibrations and Cristi unleash his signature bounce ricochet trajectory mastery shot. Too bad he got k.i.a next scene Cristi is good character.

[@hanyu_dada]

what the fuck thalassophobia has to do wityh anything you said, you just use random words lol

[@madmonkey642]

Im just glad they’re returning to form. Gives me hope for the future of the Alien franchise.

[@urilaf8598]

And the predator franchise. They are doing a great job with these IPs

[@TheMiraculousVillain]

I love 20th Century Studios is finally waking up and giving an actual shit about their own franchises that have been dead in the water

[@aclark8285]

As long as they drop the third act with all that bad hybrid and maybe not have a script AI generated to appease every fucking alien film in one.....then suuuuuuure.

[@TheMiraculousVillain]

Yea that Prometheus callback was ass

[@Onidragon55]

I'm worried this is going to be another sequel trilogy situation where the fan service-y movie was more well recieved than the more experimental ones (the Ridley prequels) and the studio is going to learn the wrong lesson and make the next one a fan service bukkake instead of trying to balance risk and comfort.

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

The queen in aliens knew what the flame thrower would do. The queen and ripply literally had a standoff because it knew what the flamethrower could do

[@person4k314]

That queen room scene is one of the best scenes ever

[@TranquilAshes]

Exactly. I believe the reason made alot of sense. Also some of these Aliens existed and remembered what happened to BIG Chap. The Xenomorph hanging from the ceiling. They saw what guns could do.

[@noah7060]

It makes sense that the queen was CAUTIOUS of the fire because she worried about her eggs. Ripley was threatening the eggs. It didn't give a fuck after the eggs were destroyed and went on a rampage after Ripley. The xenomorph has a defense mechanism and that's its blood. If they were afraid of gunfire why would any have attacked the characters in aliens? It's just budget constraints in this movie I feel... They had to write in some dumb reason to not spend more money.

[@birthbysleep24]

Clearly these Xenomorphs already know how deadly the weapon is given the numerous clues on how much craziness must have happened at the station before our characters arrived. We even see a xenomorph that got fucked up.

[@pollomaniac]

queens are generaly very intelligent

[@MrYamhamer]

Glad you liked it, I was also scared when I was thinking "aw man I really like this movie. I can't tell anyone!!!" But I should really stop listening to other people about what i should b enjoying tbh

[@leviathanx1319]

Andy was one of the best performers I've seen in a long time was the only Character I cared about.

[@agentbuckshot4697]

The reason they didn't use the guns is because they were on the bottom floor with the gravity on, they would've been sucked into space if the acid got on the floor. It doesn't feel out of place because the gravity purging was established early on in the film, and ties into the eventual anti-gravity shootout sequence very well.

[@simonarques5201]

The intro made me feel so nostalgic. Alien, Total Recall, Terminator, it had that flair, and it was awesome !

[@alexsilva28]

The font did it for me

[@mattgee4867]

It were the musical cues for me

[@jacobibarra097]

I completely accepted the whole “we can’t shoot the guns we’ll just fake them out” part in the theater. But your description is also hilarious😂 the aliens were legit like “ah shit they have guns”😂

[@pelayosuarez4550]

What blows my mind is that it took nearly 40 years to make another good alien movie. And in my opinion is not just good, it's great!

[@joelpujols4761]

Idk where the hate comes from w Prometheus and covenant I thought they were excellent as well

[@Justice17]

Got to disagree with max here. I think this movie is really good and definitely better than prey. The callbacks and set ups are for the most part warranted although some of them cringy like when a certain character said the “get away from her you bitch” it’s cringy to hear that BUT there is actually a set up for this earlier in the movie at the beginning that made this a great line to me. The two main characters (siblings) were fantastic , Andy was the star of the show and one of the best performances I seen in awhile. I did NOT like how they explained the alien got on the ship originally I feel like they just takes away from Ridley’s struggle in alien 1, I also did not like that the xenomorphs seemed useless and weak in this movie… I was under the same impression of you’d have an isolation type feel where you have 1 xenomorph stalking the crew but instead it was like nah we’re just going to use fodder morphs that really don’t do anything. There should have maybe been a larger crew to be fodder to boost the xenomorph threat. The very last sequence though… is amazing to me and was the best part. It literally felt like a survival horror game final boss sequence like form resident evil to dead space. It was fantastic and very creepy when it first starts the sequence. I also really like it ties into Prometheus as well. Here’s to hopes of more alien content, maybe they could do a show or movie about the events that occurred on the Romulus/rema that they were told by rook that lead to this movie. I recommend this movie to any horror/thriller fan and especially any alien fan

[@Xrpxlm7]

The moment the xenomorph human hybrid showed up....me and my friend said loudly "WTF" Everyone in the theatre gasped or screamed...it was such a moment

[@elpainto1]

I was convinced it would attempt to breast feed

[@hylianro]

​​@@elpainto1my girlfriend thought the same shit. I think I'd be scarred if they actually committed to that 💀

[@kennethboozer6148]

My theatre was quiet and lame but my mouth was definitely on the floor

[@easyenetwork2023]

I did not, but even I was horrified.

[@easyenetwork2023]

@@elpainto1What it should have done.

[@Niko-uf5kh]

I disagree with every other bit being distracting. I appreciated the connections it tried to make because honestly Prometheus and covenant failed at that. And now rhis asks more questions. And that last third of the movie was disgusting-that was def Fede Alvarez.

[@ItsMattyYo]

I think Alvarez is the kind of guy to be brutally honest: if the studio had meddled, he would’ve said so.

[@izumolee6714]

You really didn't think the inclusion of the 'baby' wasn't a Ridley Scott idea....cause i certainly did. Ridley had to have something from Covenant/Prometheus in this film and that part was unnecessary. It would've been a lot better especially for the 3rd act if Alvarez came up with something original to put a clear stamp that this was HIS film instead of rehashing already existing ideas from previous films.

[@Lemon_Force]

@@izumolee6714 I think it was nice way to put a lid on the stupid prometheus/covenant line + do something like the resurrection hybrid way better so now going forward we can leave that shit behind lol

[@ItsMattyYo]

@@Lemon_Force leave it behind? Rain & Andy still have the Prometheus strain samples on board with them. If they make a direct sequel to Romulus with them it’s going to have to do with that 💁🏻‍♂️

[@ItsMattyYo]

@@izumolee6714 it says “written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues” not Alvarez and Ridley Scott. Assuming the script was finished when they filmed (and a majority of films are) then we have to assume it was his idea and not Scott’s. Production crews are massive, tons of people involved. If Scott and Alvarez butted heads or if there were constant rewrites or reshoots, someone would’ve sounded off about it already.

[@izumolee6714]

@@ItsMattyYo I meant that having Ridley there as a producer and Alvarez being respectful of Ridley's influence he may have added that ending as homage. I don't necessarily agree with the decision to make the ending the way it was cause like i said it almost derailed the whole film for me.

[@mr.l5783]

I don’t hate any of the Alien movies. I’m definitely not a huge fan of Alien 3 and Resurrection, but I don’t hate them. I also did like the prequel films.

[@lacunacoilguardian]

I prefer the assembly cut of 3 myself and the directors cut of resurrection personally of all the franchise I haven't seen covenant yet

[@tomgu2285]

None of the alien movies is bad.

[@captainfirefeet]

The last 20 minutes really got me.

[@elpainto1]

For a minute I thought the new creature would feed in the not-murder way (trying to avoid spoiler) which would have probably been more disturbing and memorable

[@misaeldavila4497]

​I have the feeling that that was the original intention but maybe the studio made them tone it down or something. Maybe even the actress refused, I wouldn't blame her honestly haha. It would have really brought up that scene to eleven in terms of creepiness.​@@elpainto1

[@pbenavides09]

@@elpainto1not gunna lie. Totally thought the same thing. Would have been absolutely disgusting and iconic.

[@alexsilva28]

@@elpainto1 I sooo wanted that to happen. I mean, I've you seen Fede's previous movies that's something he would totally do! They nerfed the F out of him

[@PDBiscuits]

Best part of the movie. Rest was just boring exposition or stupid deaths

[@bird7909]

The reason they give for not using the pulse rifles made perfect sense. Why are you acting like they pulled it out of thin air? It was good writing. If they had guns in alien they would have run into the exact same roadblock. Acid blood + spaceship hulls = death. Aliens wasn’t in space so it wasn’t an issue

[@bird7909]

Plus, the aliens are very aware of guns. It’s exactly what ripley did to the queen. A bluff is better than nothing

[@sognurT]

Took me a second watch to realize that Rain was the bird in the cage. Peak cinnamon

[@Old_Gil_Gunderson]

As someone who hasn't seen the original alien films in over 20 years i loved this film.

[@AshleyXVX]

Perfect timing whilst watching your Alien Isolation playthrough 🔥🙏

[@Sneakyonfoota]

I was surprised this was made for streaming, I thought the sound design was really good and you'd really miss out hearing it on crappy tv speakers.

[@quinceorchard]

The last act was pretty much a resident evil film

[@kirblar]

The zero-G stuff and the elevator sequence seemed like a love letter to The Expanse.

[@Thegungus]

Solid 8/10 for me, loved it, definitely going in the right direction across the board. It felt like a lot of love went into it.

[@junglecack]

I havent seen it, but when Max said pregnant. I have a feeling how the movie will end. That being said Predator 2 doesnt get enough love. Show the movies to your kids so theyll eventually release a double feature of Predator 1 / 2 on the big screen!

[@sammyjenkis5260]

OMFG THANK YOU!! Im a MASSIVE alien fan and this is my favourite alien movie since Aliens. People who say this movie is bad are out of their minds, this will be a cult classic

[@wagnermoreira786]

Prometheus was amazing, covenant not so much but Prometheus was great it had some great philosophical questions and interesting plot which should be explored. What I hate about alien and predator is that the story could be interesting but they keep it extremely shallow and focus only in action and gore. We could have both, make 3H long movies, or more or make tv shows with 10 seasons and get some depth in this story. We need more David and David-like stories

[@bismarck4872]

Romulus was so damn good, took the best parts of Alien and Alien Isolation.

[@isyutd159]

The real silly part of the movie for me is that a bunch of kids have a starship, resources and are afraid of getting caught, fly out from mining facility that is enforced and still dont get caught. And also the ship conveniently crash landing into romulus hanger.

[@SneakyG67]

Just like deadpool 3, I absolutely loved it but I totally understand why others did not. To me this movie felt almost like a remaster of the first alien while incorporating elements from all the other movies

[@joshhwa27]

Im starting to think the make or break for an Alien film is the ending. I really think Alien and Aliens might be the only 2 that end well. I really enjoyed Romulus Recently watched Alien 3 again, and I was super into it...until like halfway through.

[@BaneOfMan]

See I thought the ending of Alien 3 was the best part of it sans Hendrickson’s weird cameo. My biggest issue was the beginning where they shit all over Aliens’ ending.

[@joshhwa27]

@BaneOfMan they really do, it's kind of shocking on the first watch. I don't love that choice, but for some reason I was hooked in by Charles Danse. Then he bites it lol

[@BaneOfMan]

@@joshhwa27 well Charles Dance is a phenomenal actor and is great in everything he’s in. Even when they’re stinkers like Alien 3 or Last Action Hero lol

[@makasete30]

Alien 3 is not a bad movie overall. But it starts in the worst possible way by killing two beloved characters who worked so hard to survive in Aliens. Then it gives us rapist and criminals as the characters the Alien is hunting down, so the viewer isn’t going to root for any of them to survive really, apart from Charles Danse. It’s shot beautifully and it manages to retain the threat, horror and deadliness of the Alien, though

[@BaneOfMan]

@@makasete30 oh I agree the visual design of the movie was great. Lots of yellows and reds when Aliens had lots of blues and greens was a smart choice as well. The movie itself was ass though. Charles Dance was not enough of a replacement for killing off 2 important characters offscreen. If they had shown what happened and maybe had Sigourney frantically trying to prevent it maybe it would’ve helped the horrible taste the beginning leaves and stays throughout the film. Maybe not. Offscreen was definitely not the way though. That’s just shitty writing.

[@JDzork]

I think too many people think too deeply about what the movie is going for. It’s a horror/thriller with great set pieces and a simple story. Yeah some parts a bit questionable but it gets the job done

[@SuntoryKick]

I’m not saying that Max and I have a rare opinion but it was freakish how much he was saying the exact things I’ve been saying to friends. The cherry on top was when he said that the movie will be better for people who don’t give a shit about Aliens. It’s so true.

[@cram2979]

Aliens is my favorite & I loved this movie

[@Riggs_The_Roadie]

As someone who hasn't actually seen an Alien movie and loved this one, that last part is accurate. I bet if I'd seen every movie years ago, I would have hated the callbacks but as is, I was fine with it.

[@torrysanmultipass]

The tactile thing was spot on for me. Literally from the first few scenes I was mesmerized with the props, “holy shit, I actually feel like I can touch that crate”.

[@CobraTrouser]

@@cram2979 same, lifelong fan and I also loved it!

[@mcbill7352]

Yeah I've only seen the first alien and this movie was so fucking peak

[@chrange9714]

Take a shot every time he says Alien

[@PandemicPete]

I’m blackout wasted now 🤣😂

[@mikejones2896]

"Simple Andy" carried the movie. Don't know if it was intentional, but actor playing him did some very good "uncanny valley" style facial movements/twitches. Too bad they had to ruin him with his throwback line towards the ending of the movie.

[@midbrain6032]

For real. When he said the first part of the line i was like, "oh that's a fun callback." Then he finished the line after a pause and i felt it was just so out of character lol

[@Joolz1982]

Yeah David Jonsson was truly amazing in this as Andy. The shift was truly epic acting. I have not even had chance to look at his facial expressions, that for when I next see it.

[@jinpei05]

Overall, I thought it was an extremely clever and polished revival of a classic horror franchise marked by standout performances by Cailee Spaeny and especially David Jonsson and imaginative action set pieces (the zero-G drift through the acid blood was awesome) that utilized practical effects alongside digital ones to create a reverent, if somewhat derivative and safe, entry into the franchise. In short, a pretty good big budget Alien fan film/thrill ride, in the same vein as T2 3-D: Battle Through Time at Universal Studios. And Fede Alvarez has proven himself to be the perfect choice for these kinds of movies.

[@terogates1]

I heard he wants to do avp with the director of prey I want that so bad

[@SamuraiBuns]

22:06 those face huggers were out here gagging folks 😂😂😂😂

[@SlimPug]

face huggers was getting the gawk gawk 9000, then the giant vagina eggs on the wall was drippin wet 😅🤣🤣

[@davidleewilderjr.6848]

😂

[@GeremyG]

Alien Romulus was good. I felt genuinely on edge for a couple of scenes.

[@thedarkknight2221]

The pulse rifle scene actually makes sense Max, the Xenos were afraid of it because some of them were killed by those guns so they know the humans can defend themselves. Remember the staff of that station killed the Xenomorph from the first Alien. And without a queen to make an unlimited amount of eggs for them to replenish their numbers, they don’t have the luxury of wasting more of their own. I mean this happened before in the second movie, remember after the sentry turrets managed to fend off a large majority of them they backed off because they couldn’t risk it. If she has to shoot in zero gravity, so that way the acid blood wouldn’t all pool to one spot, thereby decreasing the likelihood of melting through the hull.

[@luis_deadeye1153]

This was my first Alien movie , so that probably influenced how much I loved it. It wasn’t perfect but man it felt so cool and well handled. Gonna have to watch the first two now.

[@skeith804]

It was very good. The first two are great too. Have a fun time!

[@Jay_Tsunami_]

Well Max, you sold at least 2 more tickets that probably would never have been bought

[@kjhenry100]

At least there is no Ripley dunking a basketball and owning the court...😂

[@eriknewton4656]

just went and saw it today and what a huge dissapointment it was. it wasn't a bad film but it wasn't anything to write home about either. i didn't like the pacing of it and it felt rushed. there was no slow tension or build up or suspsense to get to the xenomorphs. would have been nice if they stumbled upon audiot hearing people screaming when the xeno's overtook the station and camera footage where you could hardly see what was going on but know it was something bad to create the fear in the characters and make them wonder what happend? and what's on the station with us? maybe this was a bad idea. i'd give it a 5/10 but i expected better from this and it just shows hollywood still can't get aliens right. for now alien isolation is still alien 1.5 to me. i can totally understand why this movie was going to go directly to hulu because this was not worthy of being released in theaters. the cast was fine i had no issue with them but this movie was just underwhelming to me

[@Therealcalmrican]

Never seen any of the other Alien movies. PLEASE make sure you make the drive to a high quality movie theatre with loud sounds and respectful people. In other words don’t watch this in a local mall or plaza. Drive to the theatres by the newly built communities. I LOVED IT! It was so thrilling! Lots of quiet moments that definitely need a respectful audience as well so don’t go to the hood to watch it!

[@BagtheTea99]

Dude AVP when the Aliens make tiger roar sounds....

[@aaronjaggan]

hmm tiger /lion mixed with alien

[@Kemallovic]

*predator did that

[@Lemon_Force]

I really liked the way they used some of the old concepts in new ways incorporating water, hallway temperature and zero gravity

[@Hyroth1337]

Great movie, but it felt weird that the Xenomorph and the "other one" evolved in literally 5 Minutes. They established a 36 hours timeframe in the movie beforehand, which would have helped to make the evolving threat more believable, but then reduced it down to 40 minutes and everything has to happen at once.

[@jynxx_b]

I remember watching covenant and just seeing a fully grown xenomorph drop from a roof was both terrifying and really stupid to me

[@ilovemetal1100]

I thought so too! In Alien it takes about 24 hours for the xenomorph to develop. Here it happens in like 30 min. or something.

[@michaeldesiongco7032]

idk if this matters, but the facehuggers are genetically engineered in the ship so maybe that has something to do with the incubation time of the xenomorph? and also facehuggers should be dead after doing it's job but we saw that it was still going for someone after being detached to navarro.

[@ilovemetal1100]

@@michaeldesiongco7032 Could be. But near the end we see that the facehuggers who infected the Romulus Crew have all died.

[@michaeldesiongco7032]

@@ilovemetal1100 they were in similar color to the facehuggers in the first alien movie so that maybe the first prototypes compared to the ones in the cryo chamber

[@bmalveiro]

This is exactly how I felt about the movie. Word by word. I am one of those OG Alien/Aliens fans but the more I think about this movie the more I think that the movie is what it is to boost the franchise to new people. And I think it works when you think about it like that. The last alien “twist” was super not necessary and the franchise-reference thing went completely overboard (the “get away from her” line was just painfully “acted”). But overall I can’t say I didn’t like it. Because I actually did and it gave me hope for the future.

[@jamesofthekaijukompendium]

As a huge Alien fan that has seen every movie, I like *all* of this movie. Even the stuff that references Prometheus and Covenant and the "we can't use the guns" scene. Because it all makes sense. Hell, as another person said, the Queen and Ripley literally had a standoff because it knew what the flamethrower could do. I loved the 3rd Act just as much as the 1st Act.

[@Red_Ring_Of_Death]

I didn’t expect to see you pop into my sub feed with a review of this movie Max. I’m so glad you did. I loved it also. I also think it’s the 3rd best Alien movie. I was genuinely shocked at how good it was. We’ve been kind of trained to just assume an Alien movie is going to be shit. They somehow made facehuggers creepier. The army of facehuggers chasing the characters and hearing them skitter across the floors and walls made my skin crawl. I loved the scene with the facehuggers in 2 feet of water and you just couldn’t see them. There were water ripples. That was so well done. The cocoon the xenomorph encased itself in after birth was great also. We’ve never seen that before.

[@TheStraw931]

One my biggest complaints walking out was SO many callbacks. TOO many in fact. Good movie overall but still annoyed by that.

[@darkshat3077]

There was barely any, what are you talking about

[@TheStraw931]

@@darkshat3077 you gotta be joking ...

[@MiyaoMeow588]

I've never watched an alien movie so aside from the "Get away from her you bitch" line I didn't pick up on any of em, so not a problem for me

[@darkshat3077]

@@TheStraw931 there was literally only 2 lines of dialogue that were straight up callbacks

[@Silverwood085]

Yes towards the end it gets silly and the final Alien is Ressurction Where we want to forget and I personnally loved David

[@CountOfMonteCristo_]

The film is incredibly well made, so much so that all the critiques look petty in my eyes. Everything from the gorgeous set design, the animatronics, the actors giving it 100 and 10 percent, the beautiful score, the cinematography, everything is fantastic and the last 20 minutes genuinely creeped me out.

[@jinpei05]

Somebody said this movie was Fede Alvarez's Don't Breathe but with Xenomorphs and I can definitely see that 😅

[@MilkyWayGrump]

Guess who directed Romulus lol

[@jinpei05]

@@MilkyWayGrump yeah I know

[@Nitrous0x]

yeah, I remember reading a plot synopsis of Romulus and I said the same thing. There's even a super similar scene to the whole pregnant chick/syringe scene from both movies lol

[@addictedtochocolate920]

"And I'm not completely Alien to this genre" -Ripley's dad

[@griminale1334]

I just didnt like the lack of gore, lack of cannon fodder, lack of actual scares, unnecessary call backs and cgi Ash.

[@tjhall42]

Lack of gore?! Were we watching the same moive?

[@mmegidolaonn]

respectfully of course a terrifier fan will be disappointed by lack of gore😭

[@Hypnobong]

@@tjhall42 they were very reserved with the gore. Its heaviest punch was with the birth scene.

[@gloomygloomstalker3878]

Honestly it feels like a lot of the pacing/character dialogue complaints would be fixed with a director's cut of this movie, allegedly Ridley Scott had told Fede to cut some stuff for pacing for the theatrical release.

[@ItsMattyYo]

3rd best alien is only a 7.5? Maaaaaax

[@alpthed]

I loved the newborn. They connected all the movies while introducing new ideas. Some throwback lines were not great but that didnt diminish my enjoyement a single bit.

[@76063co2]

I'm a huge, long-time fan of the franchise I've come to realize, this wasn't made for me. I didn't care for most of the cast, but I can get past that, What bothered me most was the beat down of fan service. I was so frustrated by the end of this movie. From the uncanny valley CGI bringing back a dead actor, the out of character lines that were shoe-horned from previous films, to recycling the climax of Resurrection with the New Born (which I have hated for 26 years)...The constant recycling all pulled me out of this story. I was just depressed by the end of this, with the thought that all we have left is to recycle even the bad ideas. But again, this wasn't for me, the person that would feel this as an unabashed, unoriginal retread. It was an effort by Fede Alvarez, Ridley Scott, and Disney, using a Gen Z cast, to keep the property and all of the older movies, alive. The original movies...good or bad..were always a way to launch new, innovative film-makers. This was just an attempt to make sure the money printers don't stall. I would have completely enjoyed simply a well-done, stand-alone movie, that had compelling, well-developed characters, set against the backdrop of the Alien horror aspects. No problem with that. It doesn't have to take the big swings that Prometheus did (which I liked) for long time fans to enjoy, as long as it is well done. I just don't want to feel pandered to.

[@veegs23]

Super agree with everything you've said. Don't know why not more influencers share this opinion

[@bv431]

Between the first 45 minutes AND the ending phase…. I’m now confident they can make a deadspace movie if they wanted. I really hope they do!!!

[@milemile4813]

1 thing I actually hated was the dozens of xenos. It's so unnecessary, 1 is more then enough to wipe out the whole crew. And the 2nd thing is that the chest burster and the xeno develop too quick. It was like what, 7 mins on screen time?

[@MB-jz3uu]

They were testing on their dna, and it was ship full of scientists so it makes sense why there are so many. Stuff went wrong and most of the staff probably got face hugged.

[@mk_gamíng0609]

The thing is , Xenomorphs are a Eusocial species There WILL never be just one unless you just take one and plop it elsewhere I wish more media explained the Social side of the Xenomorpths

[@kennethboozer6148]

I was thinking the same

[@SayHiToRamiro]

Agreed so much with this. Love Aliens… but I walked out just feeling 6.5 or 7. Glad it’s doing well financially for more Aliens and even Predator stuff.

[@brayenmorrison3199]

Unsettling as hell. Interesting though.

[@Rubberbucket0038]

:/

[@sriver004]

My opinion if this movie as a huge Alien fan is that it's a good version of Alien Resurrection. That angle worked for me here, and was genuinely horrifying. But I did want the bigger scope of Prometheus, and it taps into it but like you said, it's a very simple plot. It doesn't have room for that, it's straightforward. But I liked the movie a lot. I think that last part of the movie is actually what made me like the movie because everything else before that was straight forward Alien and Aliens. That third act tho...they went for it, took a risk to try to make THAT work. And it did, at least for me. And yeah I also nerded out on the world building at the beginning of the movie. So fucking cool.

[@glass12]

While Fede Alvarez and his team can definitely make a great movie, from a visual standpoint (the camera work and cinematography are great) I couldn't enjoy this movie at all because to me, it lacks its own identity, and instead it is happy to be a "Greatest Hits type of film", where every single set piece is a call back to one of the previous films, and there are lines and even shots that have been copy/pasted into it without the proper context that made those elements work in their original films in the first place. The same happened to me when I watched Jurassic World, a movie that was so occupied reminding me how cool was the original Jurassic Park was that it just made me said "Why am I not watching the original film then? You're right, that film was really cool." and so, I just couldn't like this movie at all; the callback line to Aliens was the last straw. I'm happy for those who like it, but for me, it ended up being wasted potential. It was fun seeing Orphan of Kos getting a movie role, though.

[@ronthorn3]

lol bloodborne dlc boss at the end of the movie.

[@officernealy]

Really, I never thought taking specific elements of Alien Resurrection & Prometheus then throwing them in a blender would work as well as it did but as soon as [REDACTED] turned the corner, my jaw dropped.

[@Rough_Estimates]

Hope my man plays Yakuza 0 someday

[@TheRedMage01]

During a sponsored stream for Ishin remake when it came out he said he wanted to at some point

[@RetroRanter]

Me thinking the same thing for the longest time then coming across this comment 😂😎

[@FattoCattoGo]

I kinda liked Alien 3, but it's probably because it came out when I was 12 and I saw it with my mom when we were on vacation. Looking at it now it's a FINE out of 10 to me.

[@GroovyFlacko]

Loved the movie and the brother who played Andy (David Jonsson) stole the show no doubt Salute Fede Alvarez. Director of my favorite evil dead✊🏿

[@Aikurisu]

As far as I'm concerned, there's only three films for this franchise. Alien, Isolation and Aliens. (Unless you count the Blade Runner films...) ... and no, I don't care that Isolation was a game. It was still a brilliant cinematic experience with a story far better than any other film after the first two.

[@voidofsilence6616]

I have watched pretty much all the Alien movies. First and second were great movies and I would agree that the second is the absolute best one. The third movie, obviously, was when the franchise started straying away from what made the movies great. And Resurrection is just bad. Just bad and only exists just to say "hey our main is still dead but not really but is also the new mother for a new species of xenomorphs? Idk." I enjoyed Prometheus considering it brought me intrigue on how the Aliens came to be. And Covenant I do not remember much but I remember hating the android throughout the film. If Max says Romulus is good, then I look forward to watching it in the future!

[@JV-ll1cu]

Resurrection is not bad

[@1124spawn]

Fede Alvarez did say he only figured out it was like Resurrection after his son and his friends talked about it on opening night

[@TheRealJonster]

Welp, I hated the movie. It was fan service galore, nothing but references and call backs, things we have all seen done before. Act 1 was interesting because it showed how dystopian the future is for the average person trying to make it in these mining colonies etc. Also I liked was how they played with gravity, it was creative and it was new. Besides that, it just annoyed me more than anything

[@jawknee2]

lol I really like covenant. That neomorph back burster was shocking when I first saw it.

[@joshuanagatoshi9081]

I always feel like the making of Alien 3 is far more interesting than the movie itself.

[@TheStraw931]

100% the puppet work and camera shots by David fincher were amazing.

[@joshuanagatoshi9081]

Oh that puppet was awesome, especially when you consider it was almost a dog in a suit. Even the whole weird wooden space station and alien farm animal early pitch was so out there that I kinda just wanna see what that would look like.

[@nicolasf7243]

the reasoning for the gun thing confused me because just explaining it as like "don't use it unless you're about to die anyways and need a hail mary" makes 100x more sense than "they'll be wary of the gun"

[@whyequalswhat]

Get rid of the terrible Aliens reference and don’t do the CGI de-aged ash and I think it’s a near perfect alien movie

[@urilaf8598]

It had me the whole time then he said get away from her you bleep and I almost wanted to leave absolutely horrible but it’s still good but whoever lied to the director and said that was good JAIL

[@keystrix3704]

Even as someone who loved it, I do agree with it going too hard-on-the-paint with references. I hope the studio gets another crack at a follow-up and learns from that mistake to make an even better movie.

[@AnimeBronx]

@@keystrix3704shut up

[@AnimeBronx]

@@urilaf8598u didn’t get it did you? did you watch the first 30 minutes? u 🤡.

[@dusthymn8187]

I hate how ash/rook is basically the antagonist of the movie. They could have had MUTHER talking through the ship like glad0s or even a new android entirely. Not sure why it had to be Ash

[@SwagBroPlays]

"I didn't know Max was that big an Aliens fan" Said my friend as we watched this video I slowly turned my head, giving him my most "Bitch are you for real?" face. "His daughters name is RIPLEY bro"

[@lukeloggedin]

as a 20 year-old who's never seen any of the Alien films prior (I did play Isolation though) I saw Romulus last night and I really really enjoyed it, I thought it was great! all of the callbacks obviously went over my head so i just enjoyed the film as a standalone thing and i'm really glad i saw it. i'm definitely curious and will probably go back and watch at least the first two now!

[@isaacmaurice227]

Practical effects are always better than CGI.

[@Oldiesbutgoldies]

Yes the perfect example is The Thing

[@SogonD.Zunatsu]

Boomer take.

[@eris9251]

it almost felt like Max was talking to me specifically when he was talking about how someone might really like this movie if it's their first experience with Aliens. this was my first time ever watching an Alien movie and i really really enjoyed it lol

[@kylesmith8061]

Well... the sets and effects were good lmao. David Jonsson gave a good performance as Andy. Other than that... wasn't really moved.

[@Rubberbucket0038]

This is the MOST accurate review

[@FairyFarron]

Yeah aesthetically it was nice but the plot and characters are pretty stupid

[@Kevfactor]

I like that they kept MS Dos for the computers.

[@MilkyWayGrump]

1 VIEW IN 30 SECONDS? MAX REALLY FELL O- *gunshot*

[@DrCoomer_1]

That's it, give me your breathing licence

[@nman551]

@@DrCoomer_1hello dr

[@ianhowe338]

Commenter on commenter violence has to stop. Won’t someone think of the children?

[@boredmonkee]

So either the shooter hit enter after firing or the bullet happened to hit the enter key 😂

[@dr.evil2some847]

Snake?

[@afrocious8281]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought we were getting alien isolation. That vent opening camera pan was haunting and got me spooked.

[@manuelcordova7349]

It sounds like u didn’t like the movie

[@patrickweeber7215]

Learning Bjorn is Kay’s cousin and baby daddy makes me enjoy the thematic tone of her pregnancy. It makes her choice at the end fit well and his jerk attitude makes sense as a struggling love triangle with Navarro is always looming.