Im 70 and you young man are very funny. You’re not trying to be, you just are. You’re literally the only movie critic that makes me laugh. Thats why I’m subscribing right now. Keep it up.
People are glossing over the fact that they tried to engineer the stuff to make humans more adaptable and it seems like it's supposed to be some benevolent thing.... what really is happening there and what shows you how twisted they are is they are not doing it for Humanity if you pay attention to the beginning they are doing it for the humans that work for their corporation Corporation
No. Alien Romulus is 1999's DEEP BLUE SEA but in space. 1. David Jonsson is Samuel L. Jackson 2. The scene in DBS where Brenda screams at the tower when the explosion happens is when Isabela Merced screams in Alien. 3. The A.I dude without bottom part of his body in Alien is like the guy who has no right arm when the shark bites it off. 4. The scene where she opens fire with no gravity is where Susan in DBS electrocutes the sharks lighting sparks everywhere. 5. The elevator at the end in Alien like the elevators in DBS as well as trying to go up to get out of facility/spaceship. 6. Many ladders 🪜 climbed in both movies and where Isabel Merced is wanting help at the door trying to get away from Alien it's like Janice crying for help in the shaft before trying to get away from the shark. Yeah, they're not exactly the same scene for scene... but many similarities.
I'm just so sick of the black goo and wish they would have just left all that behind. I feel like Ridley as the producer was over the director's shoulder like "You gotta use the black goo. It's a great idea. You just use it to make anything you want happen in the plot. I'm brilliant." Also I feel like this movie kind of struggled to have its own identity. It was more like a greatest hits collection of the Alien franchise. Even the ending that everyone is going crazy for was very derivative of Alien and Resurrection. I definitely liked it more than I disliked it, but I still left the theater feeling disappointed. Thought it could have been a lot better.
There's an interview where Ridley Scott boasted about the notes he forced into the movie. Which we can only speculate were the weakest parts of the movie with the lame Prometheus connection. It's a flawed movie, I still liked it a lot though! I also refuse to acknowledge Prometheus as canon and I will use whatever mental gymnastics I have to in order to decanonise it in my head 😂
I feel like the planet of the apes franchise is one of the only franchises that is still coming up with new ideas and doesn't just rehash things from the older films.
Just needed a higher kill count! That’s my only gripe, I figured with all the facehuggers onscreen we were gonna get a major outbreak by the boarding crew, but ah well. Still awesome movie!
They could have added one or two more members in the group so they can each die to showcase the menace of the xenomorph's different powers (tails, inner jaws etc.) and amp up the body count. The kill count doesn't need to be super high, just one or two more will do.
I agree with you that soft resets are OK because they return to a sense of normalcy, and that’s the problem with Romulus. It acts as though it’s going to be simple in its execution, but then is nonsense with gravity purges, and contrived crashes and landings into docking bays, And the idea that the corporation would take the time to find the fossilized alien in space but would leave an entire station floating above planet decrepit to the point where it stated in the film it’s going to be destroyed at 36 hours anyway.
I liked it cuz you did a good job. Having said that, I overall enjoyed the movie... i only had two issues with the movie... and one of them keeps bothering me. 1) "Get away from her you b*tch"... ya, that felt really forced... like "oooh, they said the thing!" I cringed hard there 2) The black goo thing... in and of itself, I don't mind the black goo being a thing... but to me, that really didn't belong in this film. Chronologically, this movie takes place BETWEEN Alien and Aliens... yet, because of what appears to be VERY ADVANCED LONG-TERM RESEARCH ON BLACK GOO... the Wayland Corporation seems to know WAY TOO MUCH at this point in the timeline, that it almost doesn't make sense of Wayland's approach in the LATER movie Aliens. I can see Wayland knowing that much AFTER Aliens, but not before, which, like I said, kinda throws the timeline off for me. Had they done this movie WITHOUT THE BLACK GOO research... and maybe just had Wayland studying the Xeno and nothing else, that would have been perfect... but it just seemed to me they knew waaay too much too soon in the timeline to have Aliens make sense.
This movie was so frustrating for me. There is so much to love and so many things we want that they did right. The atmosphere, props, settings, practical effects, etc were exceptional. However the issues I had with this movie bothered me enough that they basically ruined its good will. The cgi face of Ian Holm (Ash, Rook) was so horribly bad and distracting, and it wasnt even necessary. They could have come up with a completely new synthetic with a new actor. But no, memberberries. So godamn bad.... and he's in the movie alot, which makes it so much worse. The stolen lines from Alien and Aliens are just as bad. The line "Get away from her you bitch" had no fuckin business being written into this movie, especially when you realize that this means Andy said that line before Ripley in this timeline. Just why. This movie could have been a near perfect sequel but they just couldnt help themselves. Had to fuck it up with garbage decisions like these.
I will say this to you, do your own research: There are marketing companies that TELL studios when to repurpose a movie. A movie can get a "redo" every 7 years. Kids to young the first go, can go see a movie (7+years later) the second time. They call it the "7 year itch". Look at the history, movies get redos when the timing is right! Ugh. Just build up your Blu-ray library. It is only going to get worse.
I was kind of hoping the movie would be more scary but then the end came and I was like nope don’t like it lol. That thing was terrifying and I’m glad I’m not the only one that got freaked out by that jump scare. That things face was so freaky. I saw it at screen x and all 3 screens were pitch black and then that things face filled the entire middle screen. Jumped so bad. lol
The stick engineer at the end, was crap, but I guess this is what it felt like, to enjoy the "Rise of Skywalker"🤷🏿♂️. I enjoyed Romulus, I knew it was stupid in places, but I could cope through those spots. More than serviceable fun.
Thought it was pretty good, would say its my 4th favourite out of the Alien films after the original 2 and resurrection. Hope they do a sequel in the style of Aliens
Seeing this just reinforced the thought that a dead space movie would be a no brainer, idk why they haven't made one yet, But yeah this movie was awesome af, it had its issues for sure, as much as I was a fan of the Andy character i didn't like him getting that 1 line, it didn't belong at all an really cheapened that moment, I did like how they had that one android come back, but I wish they would have worked on the cg a bit more, considering how he was such a big part of the movie, i really did like the beginning, the ship stuff, in xd, man it almost felt like we were lifting off in a real ship, lol I will say i expected a bit more cool new alien stuff, maybe a king alien that was being talked about quite a bit, but yeah I expected more cool gory end scenes, some more cool new alien lore, new types. but still that finale with the newborn or whatever the f it was called was great, I didn't expect it to be as intimidating or disgusting as it ended up being, When we first see it in the egg it was almost comical in a way, the way it just has that face an then the acid just so happens to melt through the floor right when the chick was about to destroy it, As she tracks it the foot prints are getting larger an larger, I was like wtf is this thing gonna look like? an then there it is, it makes it's grand entrance, & I almost busted out laughing because it definitely wasn't what I was expecting it to look like, with that pin head an all, but as we see more of it, I realize that face is of an engineer, it has all these disgusting features & holes, like the one where it's lil me is hiding, ?, an that gross disgusting tongue, then how it smiles as people run from it in fear, I was thinking this thing is actually pretty sick, really reminded me of that creature from re 4, the verdugo, something like that. But yeah all in all, it was fun, hopefully the director gets to work on something like dead space, or the thing, or resident evil, maybe even a new Friday the 13th. Great video breakdown.
While you were notoriously wrong about Godzilla-1, your description here was so much fun that you made me change my grade for it from a B- to an A-. Hilarious.
I reckon I got something out of this movie. That being said, Romulus was nothing but a stitch job of every film in this franchise. It had a generic plot with bland characters with the exception of Andy. The Android Andy does remind me of Father from the series Raised by Wolves( A Ridley Scott produced series). The dad jokes are a lot similar to that show. I enjoyed the CGI recreation of the character Ash. The Xenomorphs were somewhat impressive but not scary. In my opinion The Alien franchise has run its course. The first two movies were it's peak. I rather watch A Quiet Place movies. Those are better Alien films.
Loved the movie, just not the ending. Also anybody else catch when the chick falls down the elevator shaft and gets stuck with the aliens tail and comes out unscaved lol
Exactly. I would love to see something new but I'm absolutely happy with the way they did this film. It felt like it is part of the first 2 films. I will find myself calling that the trilogy.
This movie was so disappointing. Had it stylistically, but relied way too much on nostalgia, without keeping the good parts. Xenomorphs are barely used in the movie. And the last alien? We all started busting out laughing when it came out. Glad you enjoyed it, but yikes.
@@christopherweeden2255 so watch Prometheus. That was different. Or any of the other films within the past few decades. Sometimes you gotta go backwards before you go forwards.
@@christopherweeden2255 maybe because the Alien franchise lost the plot years ago? And they need a bare bones, straightforward, simple reset to get things back on track? Which is what they did. What would have made this better for you?
I think the reason female leads are popular for these kinds of movies is because we tend to have more sympathy for the damsel in distress. Little red riding hood facing the big bad wolf. Beauty vs. the beast.
No Adam, you're not the only one who noticed the increased, uh...adult context. I thought there was a bunch in Prometheus too, but whenever I've even mentioned it a flame war erupts 🤷♂
Romulus was a terrific time at the theaters. Of course it’s not at the level of Alien or Aliens, but if we fans want more films from this franchise we should go out and support it.
While I love the movie, I don’t think the gore reaches to the standard of Fede Alvarez. Fede Alvarez use to gave us this over the top gore that was completely out of the world in Evil Dead. And I blame Disney for limiting the gore. That was actually my only one gripe I had with the movie, and this was still the best horror experience at t the theater I had in a while. The part where the baby alien comes out of the thing was freakin awesome though 😂.
Adam, did you interpret the synth hating guy to be the father of preggo's baby? She said the father was "some asshole", and the way he looked at her and touched her face was quite OOC for him if they were just friends/acquaintances? Ofc his gf was actually baldy girl though.
...So, you're saying that it was how this film (fan) serviced you that made you like it. 😅 Spaeny and Jonsson were fantastic, and I would've loved "Alien: Greatest Hits" if it weren't for the last 20 mins.
I thought the movie did a good job of , well, 80s Sci fi . It looked like Alien, Empire Strikes Back, etc. sometimes Sci fi set in the “past” have suddenly newer technology. Sets looked amazing, music was great, lots of jump scares. Sure there’s a formula: ladders, guns, airlocks, betrayal, pregnancies with alien babies, etc. I liked the film, but I agree they kinda Disneyed the shit out of it with casting teenagers. Give me Michael Wincott any day.
I saw the movie a few hours before this comment. If there is one thing I can definitely agree? Is when the baby, whatever the F it was shows itself. And people who I thought I could hear gasped And someone said "What the fuck?" I realized it was me swearing
I really thought you were going to go full Gilligan’s Island when naming the people from the first one …”🎼 And the rest here on Nostromus Space station !” lol 😂 as I said before I found this to be a film that it’s sun was greater than its parts. I liked the film ok even though there are things I could easily complain about .
This movie was totally over hyped it reminded me of aliens Covenant and look how terrible that came out I guess this was really good for people who first saw aliens but especially the end of this movie sucked the whole movie was rushed and it be sticking with continuity he broke that in the Facehugger scene because in the aliens Universe no one survives taking a Facehugger off and it's disappointing to me just like Covenant I wanted to enjoy this movie so much 1 out of 10 10 being the best one being the worst I gave it about a 6
SAW IT TONITE...LOVED IT. GREAT POINTS ADAM. Now if anyone has questions about the sexual imagery in this whole series, you should check out the art of the man who designed our beloved little e.t.: H.R. Giger. OMNI magazine, published by Penthouse, had an incredible compilation of the mad man Giger's work. You will never look at a genital the same way.
I was enjoying the movie but when I saw the half human/half xenomorph creature I yelled, WHY??!!! WHY would you bring this back? Why are you giving a shoutout to the worse thing from Alien 4?? And to make matters worse you gave it the Engineers head!!! That last 20 minutes was seriously had the most unnecessary call backs ever from "Get away from her" to the lead actress wearing the space suit and killing the Alien in space and doing the same Ripley looking on her left with space helmet on. BTW ,I didn't mind the world looking just like the first 2 movies because that's a great shoutout to the first 2 movies and that is what the world should look like. If you guys want to see a movie that did it right check out Prey.
Disagree. Saw the movie, wish I didn't. It is the same garbage. Just sent to the cleaners, added Gen Z actors, repurposed dialog and a terrible ending. Ugh. I went home and we watch the 1st movie. THAT was entertainment.
Andy the Android, aka Alien: Romulus. I'm sure i read somewhere about Fede's being tasked with making a movie about "the perfect organism" and so reigniting the Alien franchise. He kinda did, only it is not the Aliens but Andy the Android we're dealing with. Its structural perfection is matched only by its ability to instantly trans* with a quick and simple chip change and software upgrade.
Enjoyed the movie. Was better than expected. Wish the would not show so much in the trailers. It keeps the show more suspenseful. Like many movies today the scrip needed some more work. There were so many great concepts to work with like are synthetics tools versus people. Free choice versus command. The whole idea of having to choose when to save a life. Some choices were dumb in the movie which would have been solved with more thought to the script. Really hated the use of the line “get away from her you b****”. Use the lore but using one of the most iconic lines in cinema history in that way was so forced it really took me out of the experience. Can’t wait to see more alien movies. Just make all the characters more likeable and flesh them out. I want to care when they die.
Romulus was OK, but I got tired of the "easter eggs" or "homages" after a while. By the time the film ended it had become totally predictable and 0% clever. It felt like plagerism.
I liked the movie but it was a bit much, all we needed there was a queen. Never so happy to see those 2 dying, the annoying asian getting her ribs cracked and the british guy eaten alive by a acid dripping vagina. I thought the lines were thrown on the verge of ridiculous, like the movie was begging to be loved. That baby thing was a bit of an asspull as well to get us in aliens and prometheus at the same time. For me, a good time but please...and you know whatever story line happens here it has to be irrelevant or the second movie itself won't make sense. Just fan service but with transformer vibes
Absolutely boring movie, its like in the last 20min they realised they were making an alien movie and just smashed a bunch of aliens in one space and then a lame ass cameo for the engineers at the end. I wish I could unwatch it. There are so many holes in the plot and I feel absolutely nothing for the characters. It was just a cash grab, like The Crow, but in space.
Love it ! Saw it in iMAX takes me back to the first 2 movies . Everything looks realistic. Only that synthetic head is WTF ? Hahaha otherwise it is awesome. Well a lot of youtuber either overhyped or over criticise to get click. Sad really! 😂😂😂❤❤❤
People say they hate the fan service of Alien romulus but those same people just love to cream themselves over deadpool vs wolverine which im sure was 99.9% fan service. Alien Romulus was a great movie.
I agree with Adam 99.9% of the time but Alien Romulus was absolutely terrible. In a couple of years this movie will be seen quite rightly as a low tier film. People are currently hype-notized by the Alien franchise.
Well it wasn't as great as some critics said but it was definitely the best alien sequel since alien 3. All it needed was a higher body count but that's all. Everything else is perfect. It even makes sense of the Prometheus crap.
@@mania4270 When the pregnant woman ran off the scaffolding like a looney tunes character and plummeted a couple stories. Did you like that part? I thought I was watching Daffy Duck? Did you like how Andy would conveniently break down to move the plot along? Did you like how at the end of the film the protagonist, by 1 million to one odds, somehow hit a switch that caused the alien to fall into space? It was completely absurd. If people like the movie, OK you like it, but do not make it seem like it is a good movie. If Troll 2 came out today people would say it is the best movie to come out in the last decade.
@@mania4270I think resurrection was better. The characters were better, the Xenomorphs had tons of screen time and the hybrid looked better. All in all this film was a huge let down and it rode the coattails of LITERALLY every installment before and had nothing original about it.
@@biashacker like a looney tunes character? She just fell. And that scene was one of the scariest scenes in the franchise. She's banging on the door and Andy wouldn't open it. That one scene have me more tension than all of the alien sequels. But yeah let's take points off because she fell down like a looney tunes character. I actually like the ragdoll physics in the movie because they fit the sound effects, which honestly were top notch. Again I think that criticism you just have sounded like you really don't understand alien. I can name so many silly sequences in ALL of the alien movies by that logic. Why does the alien look like it's hugging Dallas when it attacks with its hands out? That always looked goofy to me when I watched it as a kid. Andy breaking down convenient makes sense, he's an old model. He literally breaks down most of the movie. When we meet him, it's shown that too much stress would cause his systems to break down. So it's not like he breaks down for a cheap reason. He literally does it twice. And that's because the alien attacked the group at the end. The face hugger scene, he wasn't breaking down, it was an update. So please, let's not even try to use these cheap "logic" criticisms that really don't work.
@@ScrimpBoat I'm glad it has nothing original to offer. What I want is an alien movie. Not some philosophical finding God in the middle of space nonsense or no stupid bladerunner android with a god complex. Alien franchise is already established. The xenomorphs host and eat ppl and have a queen. Let's stop trying to reinvent the will. Resurrection was GOOD. But the problem is that after Christie dies.....screw that movie. They didn't need to kill him off like that. Next to johner he was the most entertaining of the crew and right when he dies, resurrection goes off the rails. Then the newborn kills Destepato and for me it's just a cheap way to get the non white characters out the movie. Screw that. Dude has an alien in his chest for legit the whole movie and gets super strength and beats the crap out of Dr. Wren. Wtf? Ripley screwing the alien queen and having the newborn was STUPID. It's also nasty. Not cool nasty but like wtf am I looking at nasty. The only thing I didn't like about the OFFSPRING was that it was too much CGI at times. But it was designed better than the newborn. Alien resurrection is a fun, popcorn action flick. It's my first alien movie I saw right around the time avp came out. The water sequence is a banger, Christie and johner are certified badasses. But it's problem is the Ripley 8 and Call story line. They don't need to be in the movie. They should have just found another xeno infestation or made some shit up. Ripley 8 as a concept is cool but in execution is a letdown. What does she do with her strength and new abilities besides the using her acid blood to suck the newborn in outer space? they never do anything bad ass with her outside the basketball sequence. So when the movie starts to focus on Ripley 8 and Call developing some relationship, we don't really care because Call is annoying and Ripley 8 doesn't explore her past enough for this sudden relationship with a synthetic really mean anything. Like I said, after the Christie's death in the ladder sequence, the movie just goes downhill and starts getting way too deep and allegorical for no reason and stops being a fun action movie and ends up being BOUND in space. 😂 But I still like what it gave me though. But personally I would rank the movies: 1. Aliens 2. Alien 3. Alien 3 4. Avp 5. Romulus 6. Resurrection 7. Avp:requiem 8. Prometheus 9. Covenant. But I may change Romulus, avp, and 3 constantly. They're all around the same to me in different way.
Im 70 and you young man are very funny. You’re not trying to be, you just are. You’re literally the only movie critic that makes me laugh. Thats why I’m subscribing right now. Keep it up.
Anyone that says Adam is disingenous is just plain wrong. I find this channel to be very straightforward and honest.
Right? What is wrong with liking something that other people find not good ?😂😂😂😂😂
This is so crazy seeing those comments
Are you serious? Nah you ain't.
Who cares, just watch the clip.
He and jeremy jahns are easily the best yr movie critics. I just saw this movie with my buddy who is my real life adam.
Romulus isn’t a must-see film, but I did have a fun time in the theater …the Andy character was without question that best acted part 👍
People are glossing over the fact that they tried to engineer the stuff to make humans more adaptable and it seems like it's supposed to be some benevolent thing.... what really is happening there and what shows you how twisted they are is they are not doing it for Humanity if you pay attention to the beginning they are doing it for the humans that work for their corporation Corporation
Yep, weyland wants his workers to be stronger to be able to work them to death even more😂, what a shitty company
Seeing this movie in IMAX was intense. Absolutely loved ALIEN: ROMULUS.
Was great in imax
Loved it too. That last jump scare got me too and I could see it coming! My 19 year old daughter laughed me on that one.
"He went from a PS1 to a PS5 instantly"..."Ripley Jr"🤣🤣🤣 This review is hilarious and entertaining in and of itself! You have this market cornered.
"It could just be me"
I mean, we ALL saw how the cocoon on the wall looked, with it's acid even dripping out which uhhhhhh. Yep, lmfao.
UM AKTUALLY it was "theres something in the wa'ah " 😂 your reviews are great man
Dare’s shumfing inna fo’in woh’ah!
@JamesT094 I love that there's a "translate to English" option under what you said 😂
While the events of this took place Bishop had yet to be ripped in half.
Enjoyed Alien: the Romulus Awakens too. But your review made it even funnier. You sir are hilarious 😂🤣
No.
Alien Romulus is 1999's DEEP BLUE SEA but in space.
1. David Jonsson is Samuel L. Jackson
2. The scene in DBS where Brenda screams at the tower when the explosion happens is when Isabela Merced screams in Alien.
3. The A.I dude without bottom part of his body in Alien is like the guy who has no right arm when the shark bites it off.
4. The scene where she opens fire with no gravity is where Susan in DBS electrocutes the sharks lighting sparks everywhere.
5. The elevator at the end in Alien like the elevators in DBS as well as trying to go up to get out of facility/spaceship.
6. Many ladders 🪜 climbed in both movies and where Isabel Merced is wanting help at the door trying to get away from Alien it's like Janice crying for help in the shaft before trying to get away from the shark.
Yeah, they're not exactly the same scene for scene... but many similarities.
9:51 "Something is in the f%$&ing wo'ah!"
This film is an experience in the theater
Love your channel Adam.. you are definitely my favourite movie critic 😊 and Alien Romulus was brilliant, best one since Aliens
Wow, thanks!
I'm just so sick of the black goo and wish they would have just left all that behind. I feel like Ridley as the producer was over the director's shoulder like "You gotta use the black goo. It's a great idea. You just use it to make anything you want happen in the plot. I'm brilliant."
Also I feel like this movie kind of struggled to have its own identity. It was more like a greatest hits collection of the Alien franchise. Even the ending that everyone is going crazy for was very derivative of Alien and Resurrection.
I definitely liked it more than I disliked it, but I still left the theater feeling disappointed. Thought it could have been a lot better.
There's an interview where Ridley Scott boasted about the notes he forced into the movie. Which we can only speculate were the weakest parts of the movie with the lame Prometheus connection. It's a flawed movie, I still liked it a lot though! I also refuse to acknowledge Prometheus as canon and I will use whatever mental gymnastics I have to in order to decanonise it in my head 😂
I feel like the planet of the apes franchise is one of the only franchises that is still coming up with new ideas and doesn't just rehash things from the older films.
@@jermainehaslam5634 Mad Max also, obviously because it’s George freakin Miller.
I loved it. Best movie I’ve seen all year
Just needed a higher kill count! That’s my only gripe, I figured with all the facehuggers onscreen we were gonna get a major outbreak by the boarding crew, but ah well. Still awesome movie!
The Predator (the one with Olivia Munn) had a huge kill count and it sucked.
@@Airjet2582You’re not wrong but not really comparable movies, Fede Alvarez is way better than Shane Black lol (when it comes to horror)
They could have added one or two more members in the group so they can each die to showcase the menace of the xenomorph's different powers (tails, inner jaws etc.) and amp up the body count. The kill count doesn't need to be super high, just one or two more will do.
@@Airjet2582 No not a huge kill count, just add one or two more
Hahah I always love when Adam references the matrix
I agree with you that soft resets are OK because they return to a sense of normalcy, and that’s the problem with Romulus. It acts as though it’s going to be simple in its execution, but then is nonsense with gravity purges, and contrived crashes and landings into docking bays, And the idea that the corporation would take the time to find the fossilized alien in space but would leave an entire station floating above planet decrepit to the point where it stated in the film it’s going to be destroyed at 36 hours anyway.
I liked it cuz you did a good job.
Having said that, I overall enjoyed the movie... i only had two issues with the movie... and one of them keeps bothering me.
1) "Get away from her you b*tch"... ya, that felt really forced... like "oooh, they said the thing!" I cringed hard there
2) The black goo thing... in and of itself, I don't mind the black goo being a thing... but to me, that really didn't belong in this film. Chronologically, this movie takes place BETWEEN Alien and Aliens... yet, because of what appears to be VERY ADVANCED LONG-TERM RESEARCH ON BLACK GOO... the Wayland Corporation seems to know WAY TOO MUCH at this point in the timeline, that it almost doesn't make sense of Wayland's approach in the LATER movie Aliens. I can see Wayland knowing that much AFTER Aliens, but not before, which, like I said, kinda throws the timeline off for me. Had they done this movie WITHOUT THE BLACK GOO research... and maybe just had Wayland studying the Xeno and nothing else, that would have been perfect... but it just seemed to me they knew waaay too much too soon in the timeline to have Aliens make sense.
This movie was so frustrating for me. There is so much to love and so many things we want that they did right. The atmosphere, props, settings, practical effects, etc were exceptional.
However the issues I had with this movie bothered me enough that they basically ruined its good will. The cgi face of Ian Holm (Ash, Rook) was so horribly bad and distracting, and it wasnt even necessary. They could have come up with a completely new synthetic with a new actor. But no, memberberries. So godamn bad.... and he's in the movie alot, which makes it so much worse.
The stolen lines from Alien and Aliens are just as bad. The line "Get away from her you bitch" had no fuckin business being written into this movie, especially when you realize that this means Andy said that line before Ripley in this timeline.
Just why. This movie could have been a near perfect sequel but they just couldnt help themselves. Had to fuck it up with garbage decisions like these.
I will say this to you, do your own research: There are marketing companies that TELL studios when to repurpose a movie. A movie can get a "redo" every 7 years. Kids to young the first go, can go see a movie (7+years later) the second time. They call it the "7 year itch". Look at the history, movies get redos when the timing is right! Ugh. Just build up your Blu-ray library. It is only going to get worse.
I was kind of hoping the movie would be more scary but then the end came and I was like nope don’t like it lol. That thing was terrifying and I’m glad I’m not the only one that got freaked out by that jump scare. That things face was so freaky. I saw it at screen x and all 3 screens were pitch black and then that things face filled the entire middle screen. Jumped so bad. lol
“Bro went from a PS1 to a PS5 instantly.”
BEST ANALOGY FOR THAT SCENE EVER.
The stick engineer at the end, was crap, but I guess this is what it felt like, to enjoy the "Rise of Skywalker"🤷🏿♂️. I enjoyed Romulus, I knew it was stupid in places, but I could cope through those spots. More than serviceable fun.
Thought it was pretty good, would say its my 4th favourite out of the Alien films after the original 2 and resurrection. Hope they do a sequel in the style of Aliens
Have to say that those takes on the planet's ring system were incredible! Pretty AF!
Decimate means to destroy TEN PERCENT! Everyone uses that word incorrectly!
I liked Romulus but HATED when Andy said THE most iconic line from the entire series and one of the most iconic lines ever.
And the shit CGI didnt bother you with all the lines from Ian Holm.
Seeing this just reinforced the thought that a dead space movie would be a no brainer, idk why they haven't made one yet,
But yeah this movie was awesome af, it had its issues for sure, as much as I was a fan of the Andy character i didn't like him getting that 1 line, it didn't belong at all an really cheapened that moment,
I did like how they had that one android come back, but I wish they would have worked on the cg a bit more, considering how he was such a big part of the movie,
i really did like the beginning, the ship stuff, in xd, man it almost felt like we were lifting off in a real ship, lol
I will say i expected a bit more cool new alien stuff, maybe a king alien that was being talked about quite a bit, but yeah I expected more cool gory end scenes, some more cool new alien lore, new types.
but still that finale with the newborn or whatever the f it was called was great,
I didn't expect it to be as intimidating or disgusting as it ended up being,
When we first see it in the egg it was almost comical in a way, the way it just has that face an then the acid just so happens to melt through the floor right when the chick was about to destroy it,
As she tracks it the foot prints are getting larger an larger, I was like wtf is this thing gonna look like? an then there it is, it makes it's grand entrance, & I almost busted out laughing because it definitely wasn't what I was expecting it to look like, with that pin head an all, but as we see more of it, I realize that face is of an engineer, it has all these disgusting features & holes, like the one where it's lil me is hiding, ?, an that gross disgusting tongue, then how it smiles as people run from it in fear,
I was thinking this thing is actually pretty sick, really reminded me of that creature from re 4, the verdugo, something like that.
But yeah all in all, it was fun, hopefully the director gets to work on something like dead space, or the thing, or resident evil, maybe even a new Friday the 13th.
Great video breakdown.
While you were notoriously wrong about Godzilla-1, your description here was so much fun that you made me change my grade for it from a B- to an A-.
Hilarious.
Hahaha, appreciate that, thanks
I reckon I got something out of this movie. That being said, Romulus was nothing but a stitch job of every film in this franchise. It had a generic plot with bland characters with the exception of Andy. The Android Andy does remind me of Father from the series Raised by Wolves( A Ridley Scott produced series). The dad jokes are a lot similar to that show. I enjoyed the CGI recreation of the character Ash. The Xenomorphs were somewhat impressive but not scary. In my opinion The Alien franchise has run its course. The first two movies were it's peak. I rather watch A Quiet Place movies. Those are better Alien films.
I appreciate originality these days. That can go a long way.
I honestly enjoyed the film. It reminds me of *Predators* with Adrien Brody, a fresh new look, but only capturing rememberable moments. 👍🏼
Loved the movie, just not the ending. Also anybody else catch when the chick falls down the elevator shaft and gets stuck with the aliens tail and comes out unscaved lol
Exactly. I would love to see something new but I'm absolutely happy with the way they did this film. It felt like it is part of the first 2 films. I will find myself calling that the trilogy.
This movie was so disappointing. Had it stylistically, but relied way too much on nostalgia, without keeping the good parts. Xenomorphs are barely used in the movie. And the last alien? We all started busting out laughing when it came out. Glad you enjoyed it, but yikes.
The Alien in the first movie has less than 5 minutes.
@@trevorthornley8835 yeah? And it was an original movie that had suspense. This one was just a regurgitation and nowhere near as intense.
@@christopherweeden2255 so watch Prometheus. That was different. Or any of the other films within the past few decades. Sometimes you gotta go backwards before you go forwards.
@@trevorthornley8835 I've seen them all bro. And this movie is literally a regurgitation of all of them, and in an ultimately meaningless way.
@@christopherweeden2255 maybe because the Alien franchise lost the plot years ago? And they need a bare bones, straightforward, simple reset to get things back on track? Which is what they did. What would have made this better for you?
I think the reason female leads are popular for these kinds of movies is because we tend to have more sympathy for the damsel in distress. Little red riding hood facing the big bad wolf. Beauty vs. the beast.
Yeah my spinster clenched at the get away from her callback. That took me out of the movie for five seconds too.
That thing looked like something out of a tool music video
No Adam, you're not the only one who noticed the increased, uh...adult context. I thought there was a bunch in Prometheus too, but whenever I've even mentioned it a flame war erupts 🤷♂
And Andy was like ………. “Yes”
BTW, the black goo baby - the offspring - is an actual person - Robert Bobroczkyi. The dude is 7' 7" (2.31 m). 👀
Yeah the dude has a weird shaped head 😂
That's hot
I can't believe I actually saw Dora the Explorer graphically birth a lovecraftian cabbage
Romulus was a terrific time at the theaters. Of course it’s not at the level of Alien or Aliens, but if we fans want more films from this franchise we should go out and support it.
While I love the movie, I don’t think the gore reaches to the standard of Fede Alvarez. Fede Alvarez use to gave us this over the top gore that was completely out of the world in Evil Dead. And I blame Disney for limiting the gore. That was actually my only one gripe I had with the movie, and this was still the best horror experience at t the theater I had in a while. The part where the baby alien comes out of the thing was freakin awesome though 😂.
Completly agree. I was expecting some crazy graphic stuff like evil dead. Movie was still great i think
Yep. Same dude, thought it was gonna be an Evil Dead-esque killfest. Only gripe for me too
Adam, did you interpret the synth hating guy to be the father of preggo's baby? She said the father was "some asshole", and the way he looked at her and touched her face was quite OOC for him if they were just friends/acquaintances? Ofc his gf was actually baldy girl though.
I didn’t care for it but I’m glad it did well at the box office because hopefully it improves the chance of getting a good alien vs predator movie
It was WORSE than Covenant! Namely, because it ruins Ripley’s victory over the first Alien.
...So, you're saying that it was how this film (fan) serviced you that made you like it. 😅
Spaeny and Jonsson were fantastic, and I would've loved "Alien: Greatest Hits" if it weren't for the last 20 mins.
I thought the movie did a good job of , well, 80s Sci fi . It looked like Alien, Empire Strikes Back, etc. sometimes Sci fi set in the “past” have suddenly newer technology.
Sets looked amazing, music was great, lots of jump scares. Sure there’s a formula: ladders, guns, airlocks, betrayal, pregnancies with alien babies, etc.
I liked the film, but I agree they kinda Disneyed the shit out of it with casting teenagers. Give me Michael Wincott any day.
I saw the movie a few hours before this comment.
If there is one thing I can definitely agree? Is when the baby, whatever the F it was shows itself.
And people who I thought I could hear gasped
And someone said "What the fuck?"
I realized it was me swearing
How did they get off planet so easy I thought I missed something nobody questioned this take off nobody tried stopping em I was like huh???
The abomination at the end looked an awful lot like Zuckerberg. Just me?
I really thought you were going to go full Gilligan’s Island when naming the people from the first one …”🎼 And the rest here on Nostromus Space station !” lol 😂 as I said before I found this to be a film that it’s sun was greater than its parts. I liked the film ok even though there are things I could easily complain about .
‘But now it’s the only way I can achieve climax’ 😂😂😂
That’s funny, the only way I can achieve climax is watching your videos 🥵🤣
WHY isn't Newt in Romulus when Newt was betw/Alien & Aliens on the timeline??If Riply's at compsny rehab, then Newts down on that planet.
Black goo shots are "safe and effective."
I can’t believe they met the crew from interstellar in this
The pregnant woman is not infected with a chest burster
Honestly, I thought movie was weak. The ending was super lame.
This movie was totally over hyped it reminded me of aliens Covenant and look how terrible that came out I guess this was really good for people who first saw aliens but especially the end of this movie sucked the whole movie was rushed and it be sticking with continuity he broke that in the Facehugger scene because in the aliens Universe no one survives taking a Facehugger off and it's disappointing to me just like Covenant I wanted to enjoy this movie so much 1 out of 10 10 being the best one being the worst I gave it about a 6
SAW IT TONITE...LOVED IT. GREAT POINTS ADAM. Now if anyone has questions about the sexual imagery in this whole series, you should check out the art of the man who designed our beloved little e.t.: H.R. Giger. OMNI magazine, published by Penthouse, had an incredible compilation of the mad man Giger's work. You will never look at a genital the same way.
I’m surprised at the amount of hate this film is receiving online.. I thought it was super fun.
I was enjoying the movie but when I saw the half human/half xenomorph creature I yelled, WHY??!!! WHY would you bring this back? Why are you giving a shoutout to the worse thing from Alien 4?? And to make matters worse you gave it the Engineers head!!! That last 20 minutes was seriously had the most unnecessary call backs ever from "Get away from her" to the lead actress wearing the space suit and killing the Alien in space and doing the same Ripley looking on her left with space helmet on.
BTW ,I didn't mind the world looking just like the first 2 movies because that's a great shoutout to the first 2 movies and that is what the world should look like.
If you guys want to see a movie that did it right check out Prey.
Prey was awesome! I did a couple videos on that one, too!
Are you “prey”ing for a 2nd one?
@@Fumblingthroughlifeonline I'm still waiting for Prey to get released on the big screen, haha.
Still wouldn't mind a sequel for Predators tbh. Would've liked to see whether they got home or not...
@@heralduk5839 yeah & for them to expand on the different tribes of predators
They're making that new Lord of the Rings Gollum movie. I hope they bring back dead Ian Holm for that too.
Thanks for the laugh
@@AdamDoesMovies lol no prob
Hey Adam !.."Alien: Romulus" OR "Prey" ??
That’s tough. I really enjoyed both!
I know you didn't ask me but I like the question. I'd probably say Romulus.
I loved it. But I’m bias. I love Cailee Spaeny. What a babe!!!
Disagree. Saw the movie, wish I didn't. It is the same garbage. Just sent to the cleaners, added Gen Z actors, repurposed dialog and a terrible ending. Ugh. I went home and we watch the 1st movie. THAT was entertainment.
for a minute there I thought Rain could be a synthetic too
So, you're saying the Alien movie has excessive genital imagery?
Seeing the sketches the drawings of HG Giger I thought they were more phallus 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Andy the Android, aka Alien: Romulus.
I'm sure i read somewhere about Fede's being tasked with making a movie about "the perfect organism" and so reigniting the Alien franchise.
He kinda did, only it is not the Aliens but Andy the Android we're dealing with. Its structural perfection is matched only by its ability to instantly trans* with a quick and simple chip change and software upgrade.
Very stupid movie. The movie was basically a cover band playing the greatest hits. The ending is comical and so stupid!
And like the video anyways because I did a fine job 😂😂👍
Enjoyed the movie. Was better than expected. Wish the would not show so much in the trailers. It keeps the show more suspenseful. Like many movies today the scrip needed some more work. There were so many great concepts to work with like are synthetics tools versus people. Free choice versus command. The whole idea of having to choose when to save a life. Some choices were dumb in the movie which would have been solved with more thought to the script. Really hated the use of the line “get away from her you b****”. Use the lore but using one of the most iconic lines in cinema history in that way was so forced it really took me out of the experience. Can’t wait to see more alien movies. Just make all the characters more likeable and flesh them out. I want to care when they die.
This is not hyperbole. To like this movie, you actually have to be stupid.
Couldnt agree more
11:30 "Stronger and sharper bc of new OS ..."
... switched from Windowz to Linux ???
Switched from Wall-E to Eve
Wasn't the guy that hates synthetics the same guy that had the annoying British accent?
Romulus was OK, but I got tired of the "easter eggs" or "homages" after a while. By the time the film ended it had become totally predictable and 0% clever. It felt like plagerism.
This movie was terrible. Fede’s evil dead and Texas chainsaw were both pretty good but my god this was ass.
So many details were missed or incorrect 😂 I get it you are having fun
Haha at least mission impossible is good imo
Who says "oh-pinion"? I'm genuinely curious. Canadians?
Close. I'm from Minnesota.
Ah, mystery solved lol thanks!
Stroooooong feeeemaaaaalee leeeeeaaadddddd!
This was painful to watch....
I liked the movie but it was a bit much, all we needed there was a queen. Never so happy to see those 2 dying, the annoying asian getting her ribs cracked and the british guy eaten alive by a acid dripping vagina. I thought the lines were thrown on the verge of ridiculous, like the movie was begging to be loved. That baby thing was a bit of an asspull as well to get us in aliens and prometheus at the same time. For me, a good time but please...and you know whatever story line happens here it has to be irrelevant or the second movie itself won't make sense. Just fan service but with transformer vibes
A few small plot holes
It's not a reboot
Its a greatest hits remix like Force Awakens
I loved and hated this movie... just the wrong cast.
Absolutely boring movie, its like in the last 20min they realised they were making an alien movie and just smashed a bunch of aliens in one space and then a lame ass cameo for the engineers at the end. I wish I could unwatch it. There are so many holes in the plot and I feel absolutely nothing for the characters. It was just a cash grab, like The Crow, but in space.
Alien is dead but I am here to support the channel.
Adam you are the shizzle my nizzle. 👊
Love the channel man. I still dont agree with your godzilla minus one lol but who the fuck cares right?
Appreciate it!
Love it ! Saw it in iMAX takes me back to the first 2 movies . Everything looks realistic. Only that synthetic head is WTF ? Hahaha otherwise it is awesome. Well a lot of youtuber either overhyped or over criticise to get click. Sad really! 😂😂😂❤❤❤
May be projecting some unmet sexual needs in this review but that's okay. Haircut is look sharp again. Thank you for the review!
My entire persona is built upon unmet sexual needs
@@AdamDoesMovies that does explain the existence of khalessegrimes82 actually.
Just more same ol same ol
People say they hate the fan service of Alien romulus but those same people just love to cream themselves over deadpool vs wolverine which im sure was 99.9% fan service.
Alien Romulus was a great movie.
Why did you show your children a sexual alien movie 😂
They need to learn about the birds and the xenomorphs
I agree with Adam 99.9% of the time but Alien Romulus was absolutely terrible. In a couple of years this movie will be seen quite rightly as a low tier film. People are currently hype-notized by the Alien franchise.
Well it wasn't as great as some critics said but it was definitely the best alien sequel since alien 3. All it needed was a higher body count but that's all. Everything else is perfect. It even makes sense of the Prometheus crap.
@@mania4270 When the pregnant woman ran off the scaffolding like a looney tunes character and plummeted a couple stories. Did you like that part? I thought I was watching Daffy Duck? Did you like how Andy would conveniently break down to move the plot along? Did you like how at the end of the film the protagonist, by 1 million to one odds, somehow hit a switch that caused the alien to fall into space? It was completely absurd. If people like the movie, OK you like it, but do not make it seem like it is a good movie. If Troll 2 came out today people would say it is the best movie to come out in the last decade.
@@mania4270I think resurrection was better. The characters were better, the Xenomorphs had tons of screen time and the hybrid looked better. All in all this film was a huge let down and it rode the coattails of LITERALLY every installment before and had nothing original about it.
@@biashacker like a looney tunes character? She just fell. And that scene was one of the scariest scenes in the franchise. She's banging on the door and Andy wouldn't open it. That one scene have me more tension than all of the alien sequels. But yeah let's take points off because she fell down like a looney tunes character. I actually like the ragdoll physics in the movie because they fit the sound effects, which honestly were top notch.
Again I think that criticism you just have sounded like you really don't understand alien. I can name so many silly sequences in ALL of the alien movies by that logic. Why does the alien look like it's hugging Dallas when it attacks with its hands out? That always looked goofy to me when I watched it as a kid.
Andy breaking down convenient makes sense, he's an old model. He literally breaks down most of the movie. When we meet him, it's shown that too much stress would cause his systems to break down. So it's not like he breaks down for a cheap reason. He literally does it twice. And that's because the alien attacked the group at the end. The face hugger scene, he wasn't breaking down, it was an update. So please, let's not even try to use these cheap "logic" criticisms that really don't work.
@@ScrimpBoat I'm glad it has nothing original to offer. What I want is an alien movie. Not some philosophical finding God in the middle of space nonsense or no stupid bladerunner android with a god complex. Alien franchise is already established. The xenomorphs host and eat ppl and have a queen. Let's stop trying to reinvent the will.
Resurrection was GOOD. But the problem is that after Christie dies.....screw that movie. They didn't need to kill him off like that. Next to johner he was the most entertaining of the crew and right when he dies, resurrection goes off the rails. Then the newborn kills Destepato and for me it's just a cheap way to get the non white characters out the movie. Screw that. Dude has an alien in his chest for legit the whole movie and gets super strength and beats the crap out of Dr. Wren. Wtf? Ripley screwing the alien queen and having the newborn was STUPID. It's also nasty. Not cool nasty but like wtf am I looking at nasty. The only thing I didn't like about the OFFSPRING was that it was too much CGI at times. But it was designed better than the newborn.
Alien resurrection is a fun, popcorn action flick. It's my first alien movie I saw right around the time avp came out. The water sequence is a banger, Christie and johner are certified badasses. But it's problem is the Ripley 8 and Call story line. They don't need to be in the movie. They should have just found another xeno infestation or made some shit up. Ripley 8 as a concept is cool but in execution is a letdown. What does she do with her strength and new abilities besides the using her acid blood to suck the newborn in outer space? they never do anything bad ass with her outside the basketball sequence. So when the movie starts to focus on Ripley 8 and Call developing some relationship, we don't really care because Call is annoying and Ripley 8 doesn't explore her past enough for this sudden relationship with a synthetic really mean anything. Like I said, after the Christie's death in the ladder sequence, the movie just goes downhill and starts getting way too deep and allegorical for no reason and stops being a fun action movie and ends up being BOUND in space. 😂
But I still like what it gave me though. But personally I would rank the movies:
1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Alien 3
4. Avp
5. Romulus
6. Resurrection
7. Avp:requiem
8. Prometheus
9. Covenant.
But I may change Romulus, avp, and 3 constantly. They're all around the same to me in different way.