Alien: Romulus [SPOILERS]

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OnlyOneKenobi said:
I quite liked it, it's similar in feel to the original, but different enough to be entertaining and original. I got some Dead Space vibes from it, which is quite fitting because Alien / Aliens influenced the original Dead Space game.
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The vibe & aesthetic was cool - I really enjoyed that side of it but there were a few things that kept pulling me out of the movie:

Firstly the cast. I actually enjoyed the two leads - Cailee Spaeny seems cool and Archie Renaux was fine but their age seems misplaced in the movie: They hold off pretty well against the aliens, use guns they 'learned from youtube' and Cailee Spaeny's character just feels way too competent in the end for a bunch of mining kids. And while we're at it: They're portrayed as basically mining grunts - she gets slapped with another 5 years of duty 'just because', so they don't seem like they have a lot. But then her mates have a ship that can get into space? And they can just take off and go as they please?

So then I'm expecting them to buckle in for a few days of flight but no - the wreck is right above the planet. And nobody else on that planet is interested in the wreck? I mean if a bunch of teens have a spaceship surely everyone has a spaceship and would be interested. This proximity to the planet also made it feel like they could call for help if they really wanted t, whereas original Alien there was nobody to help them in the vast of space.

The CG for Ash was terrible imo. I kept telling myself he's a broken android but it still looked stupid.

The ship falling into the rings of the planet was cool. Alien acid was cool.
 
saor said:
The vibe & aesthetic was cool - I really enjoyed that side of it but there were a few things that kept pulling me out of the movie:

Firstly the cast. I actually enjoyed the two leads - Cailee Spaeny seems cool and Archie Renaux was fine but their age seems misplaced in the movie: They hold off pretty well against the aliens, use guns they 'learned from youtube' and Cailee Spaeny's character just feels way too competent in the end for a bunch of mining kids. And while we're at it: They're portrayed as basically mining grunts - she gets slapped with another 5 years of duty 'just because', so they don't seem like they have a lot. But then her mates have a ship that can get into space? And they can just take off and go as they please?

So then I'm expecting them to buckle in for a few days of flight but no - the wreck is right above the planet. And nobody else on that planet is interested in the wreck? I mean if a bunch of teens have a spaceship surely everyone has a spaceship and would be interested. This proximity to the planet also made it feel like they could call for help if they really wanted t, whereas original Alien there was nobody to help them in the vast of space.

The CG for Ash was terrible imo. I kept telling myself he's a broken android but it still looked stupid.

The ship falling into the rings of the planet was cool. Alien acid was cool.
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Agree with most points, but for me, it didn't detract too much from the experience. The de-aging FX on Ian Holm wasn't great, but lately bad de-aging seems to be a thing again. And yes, the youngsters seemed to be exceptionally gifted for their age and position in the company.

This was one of the better movies I'd seen in the cinema recently. I found other, highly rated / highly anticipated movies like Longlegs and Deadpool & Wolverine to be quite disappointing (not bad, just not as good as expected or hoped). Not so for this one, as it met and surpassed my expectations.
 
Is there any explanation regarding the alien mural found in the chamber in the movie Prometheus?

Just remembered that after reading some of the posts on social media. David was responsible for creating the Xenomorphs so how is there a mural of it already in the chamber?

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SHL said:
Is there any explanation regarding the alien mural found in the chamber in the movie Prometheus?

Just remembered that after reading some of the posts on social media. David was responsible for creating the Xenomorphs so how is there a mural of it already in the chamber?

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The Engineers created the original Xenos but possibly drove them to extinction due to their destructive nature.
David just reverse engineered and recreated them.
 
Am I getting old or does the cast for this film look like teenagers?

It just looks weird thinking they're the grunts and brutes blue collar workers as depicted doing these kinds of missions in the alien franchise.

Edit: Was TLDR but yeah...

saor said:
Firstly the cast. I actually enjoyed the two leads - Cailee Spaeny seems cool and Archie Renaux was fine but their age seems misplaced in the movie: They hold off pretty well against the aliens, use guns they 'learned from youtube' and Cailee Spaeny's character just feels way too competent in the end for a bunch of mining kids. And while we're at it: They're portrayed as basically mining grunts
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It's weird.

OnlyOneKenobi said:
The de-aging FX on Ian Holm wasn't great, but lately bad de-aging seems to be a thing again.
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The actor who played him is dead. It's not de-aging it's just CGI
 
Went to go see it yesterday. I enjoyed it. Could not stand Philip. Is he programmed to have that expression on his face all the fcking time? Just wanted to slap it out of him.
 
Ockie said:
Went to go see it yesterday. I enjoyed it. Could not stand Philip. Is he programmed to have that expression on his face all the fcking time? Just wanted to slap it out of him.
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You mean Andy - this guy?
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(His demeanor change with the new code upload was a cool part of the movie. I liked how Rain saw him as a brother and then an instant later he was alien to her.)
 
saor said:
You mean Andy - this guy?
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(His demeanor change with the new code upload was a cool part of the movie. I liked how Rain saw him as a brother and then an instant later he was alien to her.)
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Yes, sorry...that guy. Nee fok, that constant pained expression really irritated me.


This is what he looked like throughout the movie. It killed me!

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Moosedrool said:
The actor who played him is dead. It's not de-aging it's just CGI
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Well, okay then. I didn't realise Ian Holm had died. To my eye it just looked like de-aging done badly.

The fact remains, it's an effect which could have been pulled off much better with deepfake tech just about anyone can run on midrange consumer hardware.
 
Did not finish the movie, probably will later tonight but the teenagers just put me off , but I'll give it a chance
 
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