Alien: Romulus [SPOILERS]

It is not a bad movie, but it isn't better than Alien and Aliens. It is a massive improvement on Alien Resurrection. I didn't dislike Alien 3 either though it had terrible continuity, only to be worsened by Resurrection. It was clear that they didn't know where to go with the IP.

There are some changes made to Romulus that I am sitting 50/50 on. I am without a doubt that the human-xenomorph hybrid plays into the Engineer's story arc. The resemblance is uncanny. There will be canon bridging.

Though it is a way better take on "Resurrection", but the "Newborn" same-same.
 
Finaly got around to it and was dissapointed.
As was said in 1st post, suddenly there's a wreck above the planet no one else detected.
Also a ship that's just become available to ready/fueled to fly there.
Apart from the lead lady, could not care about the other characters much, very forgetful.

That fear factor from Alien and Aliens just wasnt there.
 
Hemps said:
Finaly got around to it and was dissapointed.
As was said in 1st post, suddenly there's a wreck above the planet no one else detected.
Also a ship that's just become available to ready/fueled to fly there.
Apart from the lead lady, could not care about the other characters much, very forgetful.

That fear factor from Alien and Aliens just wasnt there.
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The movie company reading this review :laugh:

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Alien Romulus is getting a sequel apparently. I thought it was definitely one of the better sequels in the Alien franchise. Even though the scare factor isn't as pronounced as it was in the original movie (we've seen xenomorphs a lot since the original), I thought the atmosphere was suitably tense and suspenseful.

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Following its successful run in cinemas last summer, including positive reviews and a $351 million worldwide haul from an $80 million budget, 20th Century Studios greenlit a sequel to Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus”. The film, set between “Alien” and “Aliens,” used a lot of iconography from all...
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I watched it last night. It wasn't that bad. Definitely not in the same league as Alien and Aliens, but far better than Alien 3 and Resurrection and rejuvenated the franchise after Prometheus and Covenant dropped the ball.

As @Hemps mentioned, a derelict space station above a planet and nobody else showed interest was nonsensical. Especially if you know Weyland-Yutani's backstory - they were always actively seeking out the Xenos. They would have sent a recovery team at the soonest possible moment and not left it there for a bunch of kids to find it.

I do like how it showed us a bit more about how sinister Weyland-Yutani is.

Anybody else feel that the hybrid bore a striking facial resemblance to the Engineers?
 
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thestaggy said:
I watched it last night. It wasn't that bad. Definitely not in the same league as Alien and Aliens, but far better than Alien 3 and Resurrection and rejuvenated the franchise after Prometheus and Covenant dropped the ball.

As @Hemps mentioned, a derelict space station above a planet and nobody else showed interest was nonsensical. Especially if you know Weyland-Yutani's backstory - they were always actively seeking out the Xenos. They would have sent a recovery team at the soonest possible moment and not left it there for a bunch of kids to find it.

I do like how it showed us a bit more about how sinister Weyland-Yutani is.

Anybody else feel that the hybrid bore a striking facial resemblance to the Engineers?
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Part of the appeal of Romulus is that it leaves some open ended story threads that can be further explored.
It's possible that things got out of hand on the station and they decided to crash it to eliminate evidence.
 
WaxLyrical said:
Part of the appeal of Romulus is that it leaves some open ended story threads that can be further explored.
It's possible that things got out of hand on the station and they decided to crash it to eliminate evidence.
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Rook's directive was to preserve whatever was on the station. Andy's directive shifted to this too after he was updated with Rook's software.

Remember that in Alien the Nostromo was deliberately sent to LV-426 to investigate and bring a Xeno back. In Aliens, colonists were sent to investigate the derelict (the crashed Engineer ship) on LV-426 to again obtain a Xeno. Weyland-Yutani are not above sacrificing humans. It makes no sense that they never sent a recovery team to the station with the level of research that had gone on there.

EDIT: Romulus slots in between Alien and Aliens, which means the events of Aliens - colonists searching for Xenos - would be because Weyland-Yutani lost whatever was on the station after they had already sacrificed the crew of the Nostromo to get their hands on a Xeno in the first place. Story is a bit sloppy because of this. They had a Xeno and advanced research within their grasp on that station, never done something about it, then went and done what they done in Aliens anyway.
 
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Rook's directive was to preserve whatever was on the station. Andy's directive shifted to this too after he was updated with Rook's software.

Remember that in Alien the Nostromo was deliberately sent to LV-426 to investigate and bring a Xeno back. In Aliens, colonists were sent to investigate the derelict (the crashed Engineer ship) on LV-426 to again obtain a Xeno. Weyland-Yutani are not above sacrificing humans. It makes no sense that they never sent a recovery team to the station with the level of research that had gone on there.

EDIT: Romulus slots in between Alien and Aliens, which means the events of Aliens - colonists searching for Xenos - would be because Weyland-Yutani lost whatever was on the station after they had already sacrificed the crew of the Nostromo to get their hands on a Xeno in the first place. Story is a bit sloppy because of this. They had a Xeno and advanced research within their grasp on that station, never done something about it, then went and done what they done in Aliens anyway.
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Rook just has one directive and that it to preserve the aliens. There's no re-programming in the event of an outbreak.
Thats not say the crew instituted a plan B and ignore the directives.
 
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