ALIEN / PROMETHEUS / COVENANT / ROMULUS - SPOILERS INBOUND!!

  On 9/1/2024 at 3:41 AM, Rubin Farr said:

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ok now I want a full size xenomorph please

Ive said it before.. behold....

Big ending reveal spoiler inside.

Finally saw Romulus in the theater today. Definitely worth the matinee ticket price.
I’m a super fan of Aliens (the first one I saw, and when it was new) and I really like the first one, but all of the rest besides this one have let me down in some way.  I’m not a superfan of the franchise for this reason, but I’m keen enough to keep going back to the theater for new movies.  
Having said, I found myself on the edge of my seat and enjoying the characters quite a bit. Not much story to speak of, which is fine. Visually it really does a good job of cleverly placing itself between the first two films. 

Recommended viewing for the big screen.

critiques…

Good flick / 10

  On 9/11/2024 at 11:40 PM, J3FF3R00 said:

Finally saw Romulus in the theater today. Definitely worth the matinee ticket price.
I’m a super fan of Aliens (the first one I saw, and when it was new) and I really like the first one, but all of the rest besides this one have let me down in some way.  I’m not a superfan of the franchise for this reason, but I’m keen enough to keep going back to the theater for new movies.  
Having said, I found myself on the edge of my seat and enjoying the characters quite a bit. Not much story to speak of, which is fine. Visually it really does a good job of cleverly placing itself between the first two films. 

Recommended viewing for the big screen.

critiques…

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The bit with the alien dna “Prometheus yadda yadda” serum was a bit dumb but it was ok that it payed off with the xeno-baby-dude. Kinda fun but it lost me with the design & CG-ness of it (the rest of the effects prior to that felt pretty organic/analog, which was refreshing). I also liked bringing rook back a lot but his cg felt a bit underbaked. I would have bought it more if it was a puppet.

I also didn’t quite buy the kids with access to the spaceship and our main girl being familiar with all the stuff(buttons , gear, etc) in Romulus.

Good flick / 10

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Construction of the Romulus head 

Regarding Romulus, I don't think I've ever seen a film with so many different and distinct alarm sounds.

credit: Dominic Hailstorm 

Just watched this.

Oof.

  On 10/15/2024 at 12:39 PM, oscillik said:

Just watched this.

Oof.

So bad? Still didn’t see it

did you stream it?

  On 10/15/2024 at 7:00 PM, o00o said:

So bad? Still didn’t see it

did you stream it?

I acquired it another place.

The film is obnoxious with the nostalgiabait and rememberberries. And there is a fucking horrendous CGI return character that is only there for fan service.

It's disappointing because the film otherwise, for the most part, is competently done. But for me personally all the call-backs and "remember this? remember this? remember this?" was too much for me.

Autism out of 10 stars

I can't believe the alien hybrid was a guy in a fucking costume!!

20th Century Studios exec on Alien Romulus sequel:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/predator-movie-an-alien-sequel-speed-3-1236042464/

What if in the next movie…there are no aliens?

  On 10/24/2024 at 10:57 PM, oscillik said:

What if in the next movie…there are no aliens?

I sure hope they at least drop the deepfaked, ai voiced dead actors. You can just hire a living actor instead.

Be interesting to watch this again. I'm a fucking well hard bastard when it comes to criticising Alien. So second watch I'll know the real score. At the moment I'm undecided.