Thank goodness someone else thinks exactly what I do. What confuses me the most is the stealing the bit from alien 4. Possibly the most hated bit of any alien movie. It's a weird choice. But yeah, I went to see it with 2 of my mates and we're all between 40-50. One was indifferent/accepting, the other thought it was pretty good and I hated it. I said when leaving the cinema and discussing it with them just like you. If you took all the bits of Alien, Aliens, Alien 4 and Alien isolation out what have you got left? The characters sneaking past face hungers silently? Which is straight out of Don't breath. And them floating past Acid? which is just okay I guess. The ratings are very confusing. It's like you say audiences are just too accepting nowadays. It's depressing.
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Prometheus stole goo from the Engineers and gave it to humans. Ever since then, the franchise's liver has been plucked out by a vulture every time a new movie has been made.
This movie is proof there's nothing more you can do with this franchise. Only two films exist Alien and Aliens with Alien: Isolation and Dark Horse Comics being the only worthwhile editions post-Aliens. Let it die.
Didn't the nostromo explode three times from a thermonuclear device? That along with the mineral orr was enough to insure that there shouldn't be a scrap of anything left . It would be dust.
05:02 - Interesting to hear you've turned more to gaming as of late, would love to see your thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 1&2 or the Mass Effect trilogy some day ! I feel those five games are so engaging, fun and cinematic and are much more enjoyable than 99% of most modern movies I've seen.
"If you don't like it, I hope you fucking hate it" - Fede Alvarez on Alien Romulus Looks like Fede has finally responded to people who disliked Romulus.
@@MLK-KAEFENTERPRISES I haven't watched Alien Romulus yet but it's really weird that Fede Alvarez claims he only remembers negative reviews of his current and past movies. It's probably why he wants to stoke fires against people who don't like Alien Romulus.
Yes, they went overboard with the nostalgia of past alien movies. The alien/xenomorph/engineer creature was creepy, for me, though. The way it looked, sounded and moved. Even the dastardly smile of the creature, as well. I noticed that when the creature was getting the black goo from it's mother, the tail was gradually growing. I believe that the facehuggers were not the original facehuggers. These ones were created in the laboratory. The facehuggers were in the laboratory pouches. Hence, they move faster and have a faster embryonic stage from embryo to chestburster. Great review of alien romulus.
The Nostromo actually moves at lightspeed + when commuting. When we see it in the movie, its in tortoise mode. This means, in space terms, even after being yeeted with rocket engines 20yrs ago, The Alien is still next door to LV426. Definitely same solar system probably no further than Saturn / Uranus are from us.
Hi Michael, I had the exact same reaction to this film. All the critics, even those I kinda respected until now, fell over themselves praising this movie. I was in the cinema on Saturday after its release, looking forward to a good movie and I hadn't been to a cinema for..3 or 4 YEARS and what I got was a subpar movie, full of stupid teenagers in space, a boring plot, plotholes everywhere and as you said they sprinkled Alien, Aliens and Alien 4 in it, plus the stupid lines from the old movies that didn't really fit. They didn't even adhere to their own established rules (Even the gravity reset at the end didn't work as established in the movie earlier). We started with boring (my cinema-neighbor actually fell asleep in the first 30minutes), proceeded with meh and ended with Alien 4 weirdness. This is AT BEST a 5/10 movie. There is NOTHING in here that justifies the praise this movie is getting. Compared to Alien and Aliens this is barely AvP 2-level of movie competency. The only "good" scene was when the pregnant girl was stupid enough to fall down into the cargo hold, while fleeing from the alien. It was Prometheus-level stupidity and I laughed out loud at this scene. I have no idea what people/critics see in this crap, but this was dogshit and the praise is not warranted. Its just another dumb alien movie that is not even in the same corner of the galaxy as Alien and Aliens. My constant feelings while seeing the reviews praising it: "Dude did we see the same movie?" How low do your expectations need to be to see this as a "good" movies? Are these people high or something? Please guys, we don't ask for much, for crying out loud, make a movie following the audiobook Alien: Out of the Shadows. THAT I would pay to see, not this unimaginative crap.
@@LeelooDallasPourMyGlassyeah,but what's really insidious about it is that you are lulled into thinking that the movie is actually good because you are constantly distracted by surpupulas bits of action.
@@BobJenkins-ez1jl Jingly key action. The modern day distraction from the movie itself. Such an innovative method of movie production. Makes you wonder what they'll think up next.
Good and thorough review. I can tell you analyzed this movie deeply and I certainly understand the perspective. And it gets me thinking about my original thoughts on this movie. Personally I had a different experience. But I'm aware I'm not a typical Alien fan. And I didn't really analyse the "nostalgia baits" like some fans did. I loved the original Alien, but I didn't like any of the sequels. Not even Aliens (Unpopular opinion). I thought it started to become a campy action franchise right after the original movie. So that was my perspective going into this as well. But I was pleasantly surprised it brought back the horror elements that made the original Alien good for me. That's the thing I want from these movies. It didn't show much of the xenomorph until the ending sequences. The timing relates closely to the original Alien. And I was quite impressed with the production reflecting that. It felt like it took place next to the original movie. The cast felt pretty expendable though, I'll say that. Besides the robot and his sister, I didn't care for any of them. That's something the original Alien did better. Romulus imo has some flaws. But overall I enjoyed it much more than any other sequel. Sad to hear it was yet another let-down for you. But understandable. Cheers!
And here I thought Diane Ladd having a dinosaur in Carnosaur was weird. Now we have a mish mash of the Aliens movies and Species. Remember when Sil had her kid in the sewer? He grew up in like 10 seconds. Ridley Scott seems to like this stuff a lot. He gave Noomi Rapace a squid bun in the oven in Prometheus. What are they doing? 😅 I'll pass on this.
Actually I read an interesting comment under Drinkers review and this comment was right on the nose: "It felt like an AI wrote this script". That is actually a real possibility. Feed an AI with the Alien movie scripts and a few of the games and let is generate a new script. That would explain why there are these lines in it and so many of the same scenes and tropes, down to some weird ass hybrid like in Resurrection at the end. This would make MUCH more sense than this script being written by a human. An AI cannot create something really creative, its all deviations of the same thing and that is exactly what we got here. A brown soup of a plot points, scenes and dialogue, gobbled together with bits and pieces from the old movies/games. There is NOTHING original in it.
That's why I'm out of it when it comes to Movies these days, because if I'm really want nostalgia so bad then I just watch the previous films that I grew up with and that's it. I don't need a new Alien film to keep my love for these franchises alive, the same goes for Terminator, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Halloween, they are so dead and boring to watch and that's been for decades now so just stop it. I mean, we don't live in the 70s, 80s and 90s anymore. All of these films that we love so much were products of their time and films like Alien don't fit in with today's times in my opinion, so it's okay if a franchise dies and you can keep the older films in honor just as much. It has become so BS and difficult these days for a film to still excite me but ultimately I want to see new films with an original story where I can also identify with the characters and that seems impossible when you can't make money with it and the audience celebrates it anyway as long as the images are epic and brutal enough. I find myself more and more finding that an older film that I watch for the first time can inspire me more than what Disney and co have served me and that says everything about today's film landscape.
It's very hard to do a new spin on something as simple as alien is around and hunting us we need to survive... Ripley even said they tried something new with I think prometheus and people didn't like it so he changed what he did in his next... I love prometheus because of the lore and such. Don't care too much for the run a d gun ... I guess I want to know why what is what etc. I like Romulus ... I agree though Alien and Aliens are the best.
I saw this in the theatre opening day. I honestly recall dozing off at least 3 times. Stealing from previous films. This film was not scary or terrifying. I cared more about the bird going into the mine than any character in this fucking movie.
Great review. Funny thing is, before the Alien ever showed up, I would have honestly enjoyed it. Its a sad mess of a film imho. Nail on the head. Best one since 4 but... thats not saying much. Doesn't scratch the balls of the original three films (and this is as someone who doesn't even care for Ailen³).
Sorry I did comment before but that was a half ass comment, everything you said regarding no imagination or anything else in Hollywood! I can't remember the last time I watched the new release,....
I saw this after a hellish week of work, and I liked it. Is it better than the OG? I don't think so. But it's way better than Prometheus and Alien Covenant and even Prey. Like the one decent scene in Prey was the field fight scene and that's it. Granted I like the lead chick but she's way better in other stuff. Here? I liked the production design, the soundtrack is cool. I liked the lead chick (at least the actress isn't a dumbass and actually respects the original films and seems nice in interviews) and the android Andy's sibling type relationship, which in my book, that was the strongest part of the whole film. I didn't mind the Kay chick but I hated everyone else aside from the three I mentioned. The story itself was ok but it's basically Don't Breathe mixed with Alien. I hated the CGI on Ash or Rook or whatever it was called. Let Ian Holm rest in peace and stop putting CGI of dead actors and actresses in film. It's disgusting! Also that "Get away from her you b***h!" line made me roll my eyes and go "What?!" at the end. Like I enjoyed the film aside from the problems I had with the film. Glad to hear your thoughts man. Stay excellent ;)
This movie IS NOT better than Alien 3. Your telling me these forgetable gen z actors are better than Charles S. Dutton & Charles Dance! I’ll NEVER forget Dillons speech before they take on the Alien-“how do you wanna go out? On your feet……..or your fuckin’ knees, begging-well I aint much for begging, nobody ever gave me a damn thing!
Yeah, I'm with you there, Alien 3 is definitely above Romulus in many ways, I just wish it wasn't so bleak and depressing, and starts off by pissing off the audience in the first act. But even with that, Alien 3 is still the 3rd best imo, I just find that's the one Alien movie where I really need to be in the mood for. I can even watch AvP and enjoy it whenever, for dumb fun and it doesn't piss me off or leave me depressed.
This movie is on a level with the first AVP really. Just done more effectively in the set pieces. It's not Alien 3 theatrical cut good! let alone the assembly version. The actors do not add that little something, asides line delivery, that all the actors provide in the first 3.
@@jamesday1295 it's like they're forgetting how important actors and their characters are for movies. But Fede isn't one for casting big names, except Stephen Lang in Don't Breathe
Defo - Alien3 is tbe 3rd best Alien movie for me. Any of the Sigourney ones are my top as even the so so story ones she elevates with her performance. The AvPs are mid tier for me. Anything prequely with the bloody black goo in is a no-pass for me.
ALIEN: The Force Awakens was pretty much what this movie should be called. Can’t wait for ALIEN: The Last Jedi where our cloned Ripley is a grumpy hermit who drinks alien titty milk or David then kills the main villain xenomorph to save our Romulus female lead and try to take over as the main baddie or ALIEN: The Rise Of The Ripleys where somehow the alien queen returns and the Romulus female lead is the one who kills her and names herself Rain Ridley
I was thinking the same thing this & Prey are highly praised mediocre films made for this so-called brain dead "modern audiences " neither were that good in my opinion 👎🏾
Loved the review although I'd have to disagree about the comparison to Prey. That was a straight up Predator flick that didn't go out of its way to crap all over the franchise. Romulus feels like the studio went full throttle to destroy Alien and Aliens in the most insulting way possible. You almost have to admire the effort that went into this borefest.
Michael once again Ridley Scott has ruined another Alien film even though he’s executive producer I am convinced that he influenced this film from beginning to end. Due to his constant hard on for Prometheus that he just cant get over. I bet any amount of money that Ridley was on this movie set day in and day out whispering in the director’s ear, “You gotta put some of the first 4 Alien movies in here and of course Prometheus and Covenant because we gotta have that nostalgia bait. It’s a shame how low movies have sunk nowadays. I always enjoy your movies reviews/rants. Very well done Michael 👍🏽
You know, they went so far with the nostalgia references in this movie, I'm surprised they didn't make all the character names phonetically similar to the old school ones. Hash (Ash), Marquez (Vasquez), Wrigley (Ripley), Alice (Dallas), Huston (Hudson), Shoot (Newt), Fake (Drake), and Dicks. This would have made more sense. Just go full throttle when ripping stuff off. And why even stop at the movies? The Alien could be a Kenomorph. When you scratch one, you win $5000.
_Alien Resurrection_ wasn't good, but I'll give it this much credit: it informed us Weyland-Yutani had finally been defeated by Walmart in a buyout by that point in the story. Too bad _Alien: Romulus_ didn't have anything that cool. The only thing it has is the same initials as _Alien Resurrection._ In fact, so many of these terrible Alien movies have R in their titles. _Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem_ is another one.
Its like only people your age seem to have the capacity to call this shit out. Im 25 and everyone near my age range likes to eat shit (+-5) I liked prey but its clearly a hulu movie, the equivalent to straight to dvd, for THAT i think its good, but it is overated overall
I am born in 1984 so much younger and different generation than this mister. I am much closer to your age But i have totally same opinion as this man has. I just think are people so stupid that they really can like this bullshit ?
@gabrielgabriel5177 liking shit is fine, i like GxK, the problem is when you actually have such trash standards that you actually truly believe its good.
Yeah this movie doesn't really flow with Aliens at all. If they wanted to biologically breakdown the alien into a miracle pathogen for humans, then why did they setup the civilian colony on LV-426 in the first place around the same time the events in this film was happening? Why wouldn't they just make it a science lab with only scientists?
The impression given from Aliens, is that the company weren't aware of the derelict on LV-426, until Ripley told them about it, and Burke sent an order for the colonists to investigate it. In the novelisation of Alien by Alan Dean Foster, I'm pretty sure Dallas (or someone from the Nostromo landing party) deactivates the beacon, so it's no longer transmitting. In any case, it seemed the company were not aware of it at time of setting up the colony there.
@@moomin7461 They absolutely knew about the derelict on LV-426, it's likely they just didn't know exact co-ordinates. It's also very likely the colony Hadley's Hope was set up there on purpose, knowing full well that colony were probably f*cked. But they definitely knew about the distress signal and alien, that was the entire point to swapping out the science officer with Ash, before Nostromo left Thedus with its refinery, and updating the mission priority.
@@stateazureThey knew something was there, but did they know what (other than they wanted a specimen), and was that information forgotten about in the intervening years? Perhaps new people took over the company and weren't aware of the location of the derelict. Or maybe there are different departments in Weyland-Yutani who don't communicate with each other. LV-426 was one of many worlds that were being terra formed. On the other hand, if they were aware, why didn't they retrieve another egg from the derelict rather than trying to find the alien somewhere in deep space? (Alien Romulus).
Regarding your bird in the cave comment, and it being ridiculous because they can actually provide oxygen to people as shown in the movie. Consider this: in the US healthcare is private and costs so much it puts people into bankruptcy. Meanwhile much poorer nations have free complete healthcare. So it’s clearly possible, but society chooses not to because of lobbying and unintelligent voting. Isn’t this equally ridiculous? Agree with you about the movie, it’s flawed 🎉
Same is forgivable if the standard is on a par (or, unlikely I know, surpassed) the original idea. These Star Wars/ Alien rip-offs are about as authentic to the originals as pod people are to authentic humans. Modern film makers know the words but don't hear the music.
Another shitty alien film. I’m so surprised! 🙄 Seriously I’m not surprised. I had no hope for this and so far I’ve been proven right from what I heard. And of course just couple days ago I had an argument in the comments of a post on Instagram where I said I had no confidence in the new alien film and said I’ve been burned too many times and I think the director Fede Álvarez is so overrated and this guy gets offended by my comment telling me “who hurt you” and then goes on to tell me how good this director is and how good the evil dead remake was. Well guess what dude you won’t change my mind! Fede Álvarez is an overrated director and alien romulus, evil dead, and don’t breathe aren’t that good. Get over it.
They have to copy and paste for it to be good. Look at the star wars 2015 it was a copy of first star wars, and it was the most palatable one. After that it was a shit show
@@kingston4313 Perhaps the least bad Disney one was Rogue One, and that was boring to watch. But I mean least bad by it actually involving something slightly less copy paste. But Romulus Reminds me a lot of the Star Trek Reboot. Dumps a lot of action to distract you while it copy pasted a lot from previous Alien movies.
I saw it at the movies, i fell asleep in the beginning, from where the android was getting picked on, up to when they finally were getting into shit w the facehuggers...the movie was ight imo but kinda sucked too in that yes, the movie looked good but there were dumb, annoying and copied from part 1 2 n resurrection. I only have that romulus was better than covenant imo and thats it. Aliens is one of my favorite movies and also my favorite alien movie, i like resurrection as well, for its look, the cast, and action and that booty shot 😆 Favorite to least/hate Aliens Alien Resurrection Prometheus Alien (its the best in the first viewings but loses luster for me, after) Alien3 Romulus Covenant
Robert Meyer Burnett's RANT on this movie was pretty much perfect IMO. There were aspects of this movie that I did enjoy, but, they relied way too much on nostalgia and the only character I cared about was Andy. The majority of this movie was super forgettable and in a month I doubt most people will still be talking about it.
Maybe there is s upcoming director with talent and imagination but it would be at cross purposes for them to try to invigorate a franchise. Someone like that would want to create their own movie precisely because they are unique and talented. Sequels by their very nature are mostly thankless jobs. There are exceptions but yeah, why create someone else's dream instead of your own?
I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant. The characters are flat and forgettable. The writing for them is nonexistent most of the time. The acting is completely dispassionate... or talentless, however you want to look at it. The fan service is completely inappropriate for a serious Alien film. Not even Resurrection stooped so low as to directly quote better, better movies in the franchise. As a fan, the "Get away from her you b****" line was completely insulting. How or why would they try to cheapen Ripleys glorious moment in Aliens?? This is how i rank the franchise: Aliens Alien Prometheus Alien Covenant Alien Resurrection AVP Alien Romulus Alien 3 AVP: Requiem
“It won’t make any difference” “Game over man, game over” “what the F are we going to do now?” “Why don’t we just build a fire , sing a couple of songs” “Affirmative “ 🫡
Thank goodness someone else thinks exactly what I do. What confuses me the most is the stealing the bit from alien 4. Possibly the most hated bit of any alien movie. It's a weird choice. But yeah, I went to see it with 2 of my mates and we're all between 40-50. One was indifferent/accepting, the other thought it was pretty good and I hated it. I said when leaving the cinema and discussing it with them just like you. If you took all the bits of Alien, Aliens, Alien 4 and Alien isolation out what have you got left? The characters sneaking past face hungers silently? Which is straight out of Don't breath. And them floating past Acid? which is just okay I guess. The ratings are very confusing. It's like you say audiences are just too accepting nowadays. It's depressing.
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Prometheus stole goo from the Engineers and gave it to humans. Ever since then, the franchise's liver has been plucked out by a vulture every time a new movie has been made.
Hi Mike! Are you going to watch The Crow remake?
You're brave for putting up with this stuff.
@@QuothTheRavenclaw11 Thank you! I appreciate that very much!
I love your rants and your impersonation of Ash's scream is hilarious.
Apparently the alien gestation time is the same as a bag of microwave popcorn in this movie.
You’re spot on lad. It’s just all nostalgia shite. At least we still have DVDS 😁😔
This movie is proof there's nothing more you can do with this franchise. Only two films exist Alien and Aliens with Alien: Isolation and Dark Horse Comics being the only worthwhile editions post-Aliens.
Let it die.
Here's one, they can have it happen outside a ship 😆 like in a world, or habitat
This film proves that you cannot do anything new with the franchise.
Alien 3 is good
good review as usual
Great review man
I completely agree with you
Didn't the nostromo explode three times from a thermonuclear device? That along with the mineral orr was enough to insure that there shouldn't be a scrap of anything left . It would be dust.
@@BobJenkins-ez1jl AGREED!!
That bothered me.
Also Rook knowing everything that happened in Alien yet in Aliens Weyland had no idea what happened with The Nostromo.
Thank You for watching this so I did not have to-A clear concise (and at times hilarious) review.
8:35 This is too funny man 🤣😂
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05:02 - Interesting to hear you've turned more to gaming as of late, would love to see your thoughts on Red Dead Redemption 1&2 or the Mass Effect trilogy some day ! I feel those five games are so engaging, fun and cinematic and are much more enjoyable than 99% of most modern movies I've seen.
"If you don't like it, I hope you fucking hate it" - Fede Alvarez on Alien Romulus
Looks like Fede has finally responded to people who disliked Romulus.
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@@MLK-KAEFENTERPRISES I haven't watched Alien Romulus yet but it's really weird that Fede Alvarez claims he only remembers negative reviews of his current and past movies. It's probably why he wants to stoke fires against people who don't like Alien Romulus.
@@TerminatorModel888 That's the general Disney tactic. If you don't like one of their films its our fault.
Whatever that beer was, I want some. Looked like you were really enjoying it.
I couldn’t agree more with your assessment, sir & now after seeing the movie, I too need a drink. Alien Isolation was the last good thing for Alien.
I liked the film but I still really enjoy your reviews, thanks for the video Michael!
@@Hambam17 You're the best.
Yes, they went overboard with the nostalgia of past alien movies. The alien/xenomorph/engineer creature was creepy, for me, though. The way it looked, sounded and moved. Even the dastardly smile of the creature, as well. I noticed that when the creature was getting the black goo from it's mother, the tail was gradually growing. I believe that the facehuggers were not the original facehuggers. These ones were created in the laboratory. The facehuggers were in the laboratory pouches. Hence, they move faster and have a faster embryonic stage from embryo to chestburster. Great review of alien romulus.
Oh damn! I didn’t think you were gonna be disappointed by this one 😭 might have saved me my time and money there….
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The Nostromo actually moves at lightspeed + when commuting.
When we see it in the movie, its in tortoise mode.
This means, in space terms,
even after being yeeted with rocket engines 20yrs ago,
The Alien is still next door to LV426. Definitely same solar system probably no further than Saturn / Uranus are from us.
Hi Michael, I had the exact same reaction to this film. All the critics, even those I kinda respected until now, fell over themselves praising this movie. I was in the cinema on Saturday after its release, looking forward to a good movie and I hadn't been to a cinema for..3 or 4 YEARS and what I got was a subpar movie, full of stupid teenagers in space, a boring plot, plotholes everywhere and as you said they sprinkled Alien, Aliens and Alien 4 in it, plus the stupid lines from the old movies that didn't really fit. They didn't even adhere to their own established rules (Even the gravity reset at the end didn't work as established in the movie earlier).
We started with boring (my cinema-neighbor actually fell asleep in the first 30minutes), proceeded with meh and ended with Alien 4 weirdness. This is AT BEST a 5/10 movie. There is NOTHING in here that justifies the praise this movie is getting. Compared to Alien and Aliens this is barely AvP 2-level of movie competency.
The only "good" scene was when the pregnant girl was stupid enough to fall down into the cargo hold, while fleeing from the alien. It was Prometheus-level stupidity and I laughed out loud at this scene.
I have no idea what people/critics see in this crap, but this was dogshit and the praise is not warranted. Its just another dumb alien movie that is not even in the same corner of the galaxy as Alien and Aliens. My constant feelings while seeing the reviews praising it: "Dude did we see the same movie?"
How low do your expectations need to be to see this as a "good" movies? Are these people high or something?
Please guys, we don't ask for much, for crying out loud, make a movie following the audiobook Alien: Out of the Shadows. THAT I would pay to see, not this unimaginative crap.
I fell asleep in those first minutes as well 😆 from android getting picked on to where they finally met up w the facehuggers
This film was very similar to the 2009 Star Trek Reboot, takes elements from previous movies, and it also dumps a lot of action to distract you.
The Abrams Effect. It's the scourge of filmmaking.
@@LeelooDallasPourMyGlassyeah,but what's really insidious about it is that you are lulled into thinking that the movie is actually good because you are constantly distracted by surpupulas bits of action.
@@BobJenkins-ez1jl Jingly key action. The modern day distraction from the movie itself. Such an innovative method of movie production. Makes you wonder what they'll think up next.
Can you please share your thoughts on the 'Deadpool and Wolverine' movie 🎬?
Good and thorough review. I can tell you analyzed this movie deeply and I certainly understand the perspective. And it gets me thinking about my original thoughts on this movie.
Personally I had a different experience. But I'm aware I'm not a typical Alien fan. And I didn't really analyse the "nostalgia baits" like some fans did.
I loved the original Alien, but I didn't like any of the sequels. Not even Aliens (Unpopular opinion). I thought it started to become a campy action franchise right after the original movie. So that was my perspective going into this as well.
But I was pleasantly surprised it brought back the horror elements that made the original Alien good for me. That's the thing I want from these movies.
It didn't show much of the xenomorph until the ending sequences. The timing relates closely to the original Alien. And I was quite impressed with the production reflecting that. It felt like it took place next to the original movie.
The cast felt pretty expendable though, I'll say that. Besides the robot and his sister, I didn't care for any of them. That's something the original Alien did better.
Romulus imo has some flaws. But overall I enjoyed it much more than any other sequel. Sad to hear it was yet another let-down for you. But understandable.
Cheers!
And here I thought Diane Ladd having a dinosaur in Carnosaur was weird. Now we have a mish mash of the Aliens movies and Species. Remember when Sil had her kid in the sewer? He grew up in like 10 seconds. Ridley Scott seems to like this stuff a lot. He gave Noomi Rapace a squid bun in the oven in Prometheus. What are they doing? 😅 I'll pass on this.
Prometheus and Covenant ruined the Xenomorph.
@@anubusx More like Prometheus and Covenant are not Alien movies. Whatever Scott was doing there, he can keep it.
@@LeelooDallasPourMyGlass
I agree. Romulus wasn't that good.
Actually I read an interesting comment under Drinkers review and this comment was right on the nose: "It felt like an AI wrote this script". That is actually a real possibility. Feed an AI with the Alien movie scripts and a few of the games and let is generate a new script. That would explain why there are these lines in it and so many of the same scenes and tropes, down to some weird ass hybrid like in Resurrection at the end. This would make MUCH more sense than this script being written by a human. An AI cannot create something really creative, its all deviations of the same thing and that is exactly what we got here. A brown soup of a plot points, scenes and dialogue, gobbled together with bits and pieces from the old movies/games. There is NOTHING original in it.
That's why I'm out of it when it comes to Movies these days, because if I'm really want nostalgia so bad then I just watch the previous films that I grew up with and that's it. I don't need a new Alien film to keep my love for these franchises alive, the same goes for Terminator, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Halloween, they are so dead and boring to watch and that's been for decades now so just stop it.
I mean, we don't live in the 70s, 80s and 90s anymore. All of these films that we love so much were products of their time and films like Alien don't fit in with today's times in my opinion, so it's okay if a franchise dies and you can keep the older films in honor just as much.
It has become so BS and difficult these days for a film to still excite me but ultimately I want to see new films with an original story where I can also identify with the characters and that seems impossible when you can't make money with it and the audience celebrates it anyway as long as the images are epic and brutal enough.
I find myself more and more finding that an older film that I watch for the first time can inspire me more than what Disney and co have served me and that says everything about today's film landscape.
The tension felt good in IMAX thought it was the 3rd best alien movie. I was satisfied but didn't go in with high expectations.
It's very hard to do a new spin on something as simple as alien is around and hunting us we need to survive... Ripley even said they tried something new with I think prometheus and people didn't like it so he changed what he did in his next... I love prometheus because of the lore and such. Don't care too much for the run a d gun ... I guess I want to know why what is what etc. I like Romulus ... I agree though Alien and Aliens are the best.
I saw this in the theatre opening day. I honestly recall dozing off at least 3 times. Stealing from previous films. This film was not scary or terrifying. I cared more about the bird going into the mine than any character in this fucking movie.
Great review. Funny thing is, before the Alien ever showed up, I would have honestly enjoyed it. Its a sad mess of a film imho. Nail on the head. Best one since 4 but... thats not saying much. Doesn't scratch the balls of the original three films (and this is as someone who doesn't even care for Ailen³).
Sorry I did comment before but that was a half ass comment, everything you said regarding no imagination or anything else in Hollywood! I can't remember the last time I watched the new release,....
I saw this after a hellish week of work, and I liked it. Is it better than the OG? I don't think so. But it's way better than Prometheus and Alien Covenant and even Prey. Like the one decent scene in Prey was the field fight scene and that's it. Granted I like the lead chick but she's way better in other stuff. Here? I liked the production design, the soundtrack is cool. I liked the lead chick (at least the actress isn't a dumbass and actually respects the original films and seems nice in interviews) and the android Andy's sibling type relationship, which in my book, that was the strongest part of the whole film. I didn't mind the Kay chick but I hated everyone else aside from the three I mentioned. The story itself was ok but it's basically Don't Breathe mixed with Alien. I hated the CGI on Ash or Rook or whatever it was called. Let Ian Holm rest in peace and stop putting CGI of dead actors and actresses in film. It's disgusting! Also that "Get away from her you b***h!" line made me roll my eyes and go "What?!" at the end. Like I enjoyed the film aside from the problems I had with the film. Glad to hear your thoughts man. Stay excellent ;)
This movie IS NOT better than Alien 3. Your telling me these forgetable gen z actors are better than Charles S. Dutton & Charles Dance! I’ll NEVER forget Dillons speech before they take on the Alien-“how do you wanna go out? On your feet……..or your fuckin’ knees, begging-well I aint much for begging, nobody ever gave me a damn thing!
Yeah, I'm with you there, Alien 3 is definitely above Romulus in many ways, I just wish it wasn't so bleak and depressing, and starts off by pissing off the audience in the first act. But even with that, Alien 3 is still the 3rd best imo, I just find that's the one Alien movie where I really need to be in the mood for. I can even watch AvP and enjoy it whenever, for dumb fun and it doesn't piss me off or leave me depressed.
This movie is on a level with the first AVP really. Just done more effectively in the set pieces. It's not Alien 3 theatrical cut good! let alone the assembly version.
The actors do not add that little something, asides line delivery, that all the actors provide in the first 3.
@@jamesday1295 it's like they're forgetting how important actors and their characters are for movies. But Fede isn't one for casting big names, except Stephen Lang in Don't Breathe
Defo - Alien3 is tbe 3rd best Alien movie for me. Any of the Sigourney ones are my top as even the so so story ones she elevates with her performance. The AvPs are mid tier for me. Anything prequely with the bloody black goo in is a no-pass for me.
ALIEN: The Force Awakens was pretty much what this movie should be called. Can’t wait for ALIEN: The Last Jedi where our cloned Ripley is a grumpy hermit who drinks alien titty milk or David then kills the main villain xenomorph to save our Romulus female lead and try to take over as the main baddie or ALIEN: The Rise Of The Ripleys where somehow the alien queen returns and the Romulus female lead is the one who kills her and names herself Rain Ridley
"The facehuggers fly now!"
Ripley Weyland.
Most are saying g that the first 30mins of the film is acceptable - before it drops off a cliff!!
Yep. It starts 8/10 for me, 5/10 at best once it leaves the cliff edge.
all I can say is, for me, Resurrection and Covenant are no longer the worst Alien movies, Romulus SUCKED!
i rather watch Romulus over covenant
I have Romulus better than covenant and that's it 😆
I was thinking the same thing this & Prey are highly praised mediocre films made for this so-called brain dead "modern audiences " neither were that good in my opinion 👎🏾
Loved the review although I'd have to disagree about the comparison to Prey. That was a straight up Predator flick that didn't go out of its way to crap all over the franchise.
Romulus feels like the studio went full throttle to destroy Alien and Aliens in the most insulting way possible.
You almost have to admire the effort that went into this borefest.
Vasquez was hot 🔥🔥🔥
“Anytime, anywhere”
Michael once again Ridley Scott has ruined another Alien film even though he’s executive producer I am convinced that he influenced this film from beginning to end. Due to his constant hard on for Prometheus that he just cant get over.
I bet any amount of money that Ridley was on this movie set day in and day out whispering in the director’s ear, “You gotta put some of the first 4 Alien movies in here and of course Prometheus and Covenant because we gotta have that nostalgia bait. It’s a shame how low movies have sunk nowadays.
I always enjoy your movies reviews/rants. Very well done Michael 👍🏽
You know, they went so far with the nostalgia references in this movie, I'm surprised they didn't make all the character names phonetically similar to the old school ones.
Hash (Ash), Marquez (Vasquez), Wrigley (Ripley), Alice (Dallas), Huston (Hudson), Shoot (Newt), Fake (Drake), and Dicks.
This would have made more sense. Just go full throttle when ripping stuff off. And why even stop at the movies? The Alien could be a Kenomorph. When you scratch one, you win $5000.
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This movie is all kinds of stupid. A solid 6 out of 10.
...and I'm an alien fan.
The Ash fx from the original alien movie are better than the one in this.
_Alien Resurrection_ wasn't good, but I'll give it this much credit: it informed us Weyland-Yutani had finally been defeated by Walmart in a buyout by that point in the story. Too bad _Alien: Romulus_ didn't have anything that cool. The only thing it has is the same initials as _Alien Resurrection._ In fact, so many of these terrible Alien movies have R in their titles. _Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem_ is another one.
I thought these directors would have learned their lesson by now with this shit.
Its like only people your age seem to have the capacity to call this shit out. Im 25 and everyone near my age range likes to eat shit (+-5)
I liked prey but its clearly a hulu movie, the equivalent to straight to dvd, for THAT i think its good, but it is overated overall
I am born in 1984 so much younger and different generation than this mister. I am much closer to your age But i have totally same opinion as this man has. I just think are people so stupid that they really can like this bullshit ?
@gabrielgabriel5177 liking shit is fine, i like GxK, the problem is when you actually have such trash standards that you actually truly believe its good.
Yeah this movie doesn't really flow with Aliens at all. If they wanted to biologically breakdown the alien into a miracle pathogen for humans, then why did they setup the civilian colony on LV-426 in the first place around the same time the events in this film was happening? Why wouldn't they just make it a science lab with only scientists?
The impression given from Aliens, is that the company weren't aware of the derelict on LV-426, until Ripley told them about it, and Burke sent an order for the colonists to investigate it. In the novelisation of Alien by Alan Dean Foster, I'm pretty sure Dallas (or someone from the Nostromo landing party) deactivates the beacon, so it's no longer transmitting. In any case, it seemed the company were not aware of it at time of setting up the colony there.
@@moomin7461 They absolutely knew about the derelict on LV-426, it's likely they just didn't know exact co-ordinates. It's also very likely the colony Hadley's Hope was set up there on purpose, knowing full well that colony were probably f*cked. But they definitely knew about the distress signal and alien, that was the entire point to swapping out the science officer with Ash, before Nostromo left Thedus with its refinery, and updating the mission priority.
@@stateazureThey knew something was there, but did they know what (other than they wanted a specimen), and was that information forgotten about in the intervening years? Perhaps new people took over the company and weren't aware of the location of the derelict. Or maybe there are different departments in Weyland-Yutani who don't communicate with each other. LV-426 was one of many worlds that were being terra formed.
On the other hand, if they were aware, why didn't they retrieve another egg from the derelict rather than trying to find the alien somewhere in deep space? (Alien Romulus).
Regarding your bird in the cave comment, and it being ridiculous because they can actually provide oxygen to people as shown in the movie. Consider this: in the US healthcare is private and costs so much it puts people into bankruptcy. Meanwhile much poorer nations have free complete healthcare. So it’s clearly possible, but society chooses not to because of lobbying and unintelligent voting. Isn’t this
equally ridiculous? Agree with you about the movie, it’s flawed 🎉
I 100% agree with you. Alien Romulus is the most pointless Alien film ever made.
Same is forgivable if the standard is on a par (or, unlikely I know, surpassed) the original idea. These Star Wars/ Alien rip-offs are about as authentic to the originals as pod people are to authentic humans. Modern film makers know the words but don't hear the music.
Another shitty alien film. I’m so surprised! 🙄
Seriously I’m not surprised. I had no hope for this and so far I’ve been proven right from what I heard. And of course just couple days ago I had an argument in the comments of a post on Instagram where I said I had no confidence in the new alien film and said I’ve been burned too many times and I think the director Fede Álvarez is so overrated and this guy gets offended by my comment telling me “who hurt you” and then goes on to tell me how good this director is and how good the evil dead remake was. Well guess what dude you won’t change my mind! Fede Álvarez is an overrated director and alien romulus, evil dead, and don’t breathe aren’t that good. Get over it.
Of all those films, I would say Alien Romulus is easily the worst.
They have to copy and paste for it to be good. Look at the star wars 2015 it was a copy of first star wars, and it was the most palatable one. After that it was a shit show
@@kingston4313 Perhaps the least bad Disney one was Rogue One, and that was boring to watch. But I mean least bad by it actually involving something slightly less copy paste. But Romulus
Reminds me a lot of the Star Trek Reboot. Dumps a lot of action to distract you while it copy pasted a lot from previous Alien movies.
I saw it at the movies, i fell asleep in the beginning, from where the android was getting picked on, up to when they finally were getting into shit w the facehuggers...the movie was ight imo but kinda sucked too in that yes, the movie looked good but there were dumb, annoying and copied from part 1 2 n resurrection. I only have that romulus was better than covenant imo and thats it. Aliens is one of my favorite movies and also my favorite alien movie, i like resurrection as well, for its look, the cast, and action and that booty shot 😆
Favorite to least/hate
Aliens
Alien Resurrection
Prometheus
Alien (its the best in the first viewings but loses luster for me, after)
Alien3
Romulus
Covenant
Robert Meyer Burnett's RANT on this movie was pretty much perfect IMO. There were aspects of this movie that I did enjoy, but, they relied way too much on nostalgia and the only character I cared about was Andy. The majority of this movie was super forgettable and in a month I doubt most people will still be talking about it.
Maybe there is s upcoming director with talent and imagination but it would be at cross purposes for them to try to invigorate a franchise. Someone like that would want to create their own movie precisely because they are unique and talented. Sequels by their very nature are mostly thankless jobs. There are exceptions but yeah, why create someone else's dream instead of your own?
I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant.
The characters are flat and forgettable. The writing for them is nonexistent most of the time. The acting is completely dispassionate... or talentless, however you want to look at it.
The fan service is completely inappropriate for a serious Alien film. Not even Resurrection stooped so low as to directly quote better, better movies in the franchise. As a fan, the "Get away from her you b****" line was completely insulting. How or why would they try to cheapen Ripleys glorious moment in Aliens??
This is how i rank the franchise:
Aliens
Alien
Prometheus
Alien Covenant
Alien Resurrection
AVP
Alien Romulus
Alien 3
AVP: Requiem
I don't think it was that bad, people hate it because of nostalgia
We dont hate it becoise of nostalgia but becouse this movie is really bad its total garbage. He explained well this in details.
When i heard the top POP and that familiar phrase "I Don't Know" I knew this was gonna be a good rant. 🫡
“It won’t make any difference”
“Game over man, game over” “what the F are we going to do now?” “Why don’t we just build a fire , sing a couple of songs” “Affirmative “ 🫡