This movie SUCKS - Alien: Romulus - review and reaction (2024)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- A Weyland-Yutani space probe investigates the wreckage of the USCSS Nostromo, collecting an organic object containing a Xenomorph.
Rain Carradine, an orphan, works with her adoptive brother Andy, a reprogrammed synthetic human, at the colony Jackson's Star. After her contract is forcibly extended by Weyland-Yutani, she agrees to join her ex-boyfriend Tyler to a derelict spacecraft to retrieve cryostasis chambers. These chambers will allow Rain and her friends-Tyler, his pregnant sister Kay, cousin Bjorn, and Bjorn's girlfriend Navarro-to escape to the planet Yvaga. However, there is something mysterious lurking in the dark, that will threaten the hopes and dreams that they hold dear.
This movie SUCKS. And in this video I will tell you why.
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The idea of a company being able to use a person’s likeness in perpetuity feels very Weyland-Yutani-ish to me.
I was about to say that's even too evil for Mr Weyland to do
I think the real problem with the Alien franchise today is; Ridley Scott.
He’s the Alien franchise’s Kathleen Kennedy or Kevin Feige. He has to micro manage everything and not let anything be it’s own thing.
And Ridley Scott doesn’t like James Cameron’s uber awesome Aliens. That means whatever Scott said we should look for the opposite!
Considering he was behind the first and second Alien okay sarcastically
@@constantinelhemanHe has stated he doesn't like it before? That's so strange. It's the best movie in the franchise.
@@Ravum He stated that he did not like the queen alien but I don't know why she was badass. Probably because you didn't come up with it
So an ex and a bunch of miners have the skill to pilot an interplanetary spaceship. Lets not forget the canary for air quality control, lmao! How about the juvenile dialogue? Half way through I was waiting for them to die so I could leave!
The canary 😂🤣 we don't even use those today! 🤣
YEARGH!!!
@@jandro8370 What a PISS-ASS movie, bro! 👎🗑
@@OtomoTenzi I know I'm so mad!
@@OtomoTenzi AWWWWWWW 😫🫨🤫
There are 2 types of stories that I wish they could have made into a movie.
1. A dark grim film that reflects what happened on the colony in Aliens, a film where we know will be met by a group of inhabitants, who no matter how much they try to survive, they will still meet the same fate.( this movie could easily have several nostalgia baiting)
2. A film where we get to see what happens if Xenomorphs succeed in invading an Earth type planet, of which the movie focus on the war and ending with the last part of mankind trying to escape the planet.
That’s coming with Alien Earth FX series early next year
I agree with everything you said. This movie was for young couples and young adults and teens. To me it was Scooby Doo and the Mystery Machine in space. Now I know why James Cameron stepped back.
Hey hey hey you leave Scooby alone, y'hear?
Never again mention him in the same breath as this vapid crap or I will find you & cast you in the next movie
i mean as much respect i have for james cameron, especially with his diving. i doubt that he would have made a good alien movie, i mean better than this probably, but thats not really a challange. but seeing the avatar movies.... damn... if his name is on it, im rather reserved
@@gtaiscool1231 the goal was to milk sheeple using a name they recognised.
Whilst explicitly claiming it was remaining true to the franchise roots.
Zoomers said "Me First!" -> mission accomplished ✔️
It has all the quality of an infomercial
@@gtaiscool1231 ok zoomer 👍
Wanna buy a bridge?
@@gtaiscool1231 🥱🥱🥱
Yeah you carry on with your 1-D fantasies: I guess it's a break from dreaming about getting out of the gig economy, eh?
Meanwhile I'll carry on in my 15th year leading a team of ethical hackers 👍
Alien: Resurrection’s climax we owe an apology to. People are gonna compare it as superior to this film’s terrible worser equivalent. This film is gonna age like milk.
@@ParkerCS2 Look at the bright side, now you can call everyone that likes Romulus but hates Resurrection a hypocrite.
I find the whole concept of an Alien/Human hybrid to be really stupid. Isn't the Alien already an alien/human hybrid? Isn't that the whole point, it takes on characteristics of whatever it incubates in? And in Romulus it makes even less sense because it was just the black goo. We've already seen the results of that a few times and it always just created slight variants of the xenomorph, so why was it was so engineer/humanoid? The whole movie just felt like a stupid big budget fan film to me, with the pros and cons of being a fan film. Good attention to detail in all the spectrum'y stuff fans obsess over like the sets and practical effects, but the writing was clearly an afterthought.
@@Foulfellow the engineers are also inferior to Predators which are superior intelligent advanced aliens with advanced technology. Ridley Scott wanted to rip them off and do his own “better” version which has instead failed 3 times in a row.
@@Foulfellow It was in a word, a SHITSHOW.
@@ParkerCS2 Har, sad but TRUE... 😂
We really needed that Neil Blomkamp Alien film that Ridley Scott cock blocked several years ago..If anyone could have saved the Alien franchise, Neil could have done it..
Like salt in an open wound... I guess someone had to remind us of another missed opportunity for greatness!
@@Star-qc4br haha, I’m sorry.. It just irritates me that Ridley Scott had to pull that crap..He was afraid that Neil Blomkamp would make a much better film, so he had to stop him..And I am sure it would have been a great film had Neil been given the go ahead..
@@monk_moshpit Oats Studios? “Rakka” is cool (with Sigourney Weaver)..I liked a couple other ones as well, but Rakka was the best.. Just that one is the reason why I think he would do an amazing job with the Alien franchise.. Then again, maybe the franchise is just too far gone..Just appreciate the first two gems we got in 1979 and 1986 and realize that those were just movie magic that we will never find again with that franchise..
Dont be ridiculous!! Romulus may have plenty of issues, especially that 3rd act, but Neil Blomkamp's Alien5 would have buried this franchise beyond repair. "Aliens that actually built Space Jockey ships, Engineers that were a human experiment, and AI that was controlling everything from the start". ALL of this garbage leaked on Reddit years ago was Blomkamp's plan for Allen5, for which there was never any script, and Fox (not Ridley Scott) were absolutely right to pull the plug.
@@RoaryUK you know what they say about opinions..
Dumbed down Disney product without ambition
This movie was supposed to get away from the Prometheus story line but it just re-hashed it totally at the end. Bad CG on the Ash robot was terrible
his face kept changing size compared to the body
The whole movie was a redo of the previous movies. Too many scenes felt familiar like deja vu. This movie was trying too hard to tie all the movies together. You don’t need a recap if you’re an Alien’s fan. Not at all good.
This is the evolved Tik-Tok GenZ alien lifecycle that can last for a maximum of 6 minutes.
I used to think that they had learned from all awful movies after Aliens.
Well, there is NO WAY they will make the same mistakes.
Somehow someone took that as a challenge...
"I can make a shittier Alien movie"
Congrats, mission accomplished.
Ridley Scott keeps ruining the franchise. He’s like the Alien version of Kathleen Kennedy. A dictator who forces people to do things his way or the highway. The last 20 minutes has his stench all over it. Fede probably had creative freedom taken away from him.
I agree, me and my mates said out there somewhere is a directors cut, with the real ending. It felt like the last 30mins had been through many script rewrites and reshoots
How cringy was the prometheus theme when rook says thanks to the prometheus lmfao😂 . Ridley needs to go away
@@MikeDiLeonardoJr no wonder James Cameron said recently he didn’t like Romulus. He tried to warn us.
@@ParkerCS2 the movie was terrible bro. Only original concept was the cacoon. Other then that hot garbage and re treading
@@MikeDiLeonardoJr yes 💯 the only likeable character from it was Andy. And at times he acted like he was on the spectrum. Which is insulting because I’m on the spectrum and don’t act that weird. Hollywood has no idea how autism works. And a robot shouldn’t act autistic. It’s stupid. A robot doesn’t have human emotions and thought patterns. They are a machine.
Not gonna lie I was rooting for the Alien as well.
I had such high hopes for this film. I REALLY WANTED it to be great despite my doubts that truly great films could still be made in this day and age... Then I remembered "GODZILLA MINUS ONE". What an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!! So, I thought this Alien film COULD be good... "Give it a chance" I thought... Yeah... Feels like "PREY" all over again. That's it! Throw another once great franchise on the trash heap with the rest! Wish they would have just made a feature film of the video game "ALIEN: ISOLATION"! That game's story is what SHOULD have been the "ALIEN 3" the franchise deserved!
Wish I could go back to the late 70's and 80's when good films were somewhat common.
Go see it. Don't base your decisions on what critics and reviewers think
@@PKGangsta18 Good advice! Thank you!
Prey is actually better than this pos movie 😭
@@Xander-86 WOW!!! THAT really puts it into perspective!
Hey bro, have ya also watched Matt's review on this movie? 😲
He had it split up into like 2 videos (about an hour long each), and was basically just STOMPIN' this pile of trash all the way down into the deepest depths of HELL... And that shure ain't NO goddamn bullshit!
He made some very valid points about the way how the stupid script was all messed-up, the poor acting and directing, the cheap-ass movie sets, and how the entire cast and crew was a JOKE.
Very emotionally-charged, heart attack inducing shit! 😳
Studio: "We're going back to our horror roots"
Also studio: "make this PG-13 cos we need more yachts"
They didn’t ignore the face hugger coming off. Rook says that it could have already finished what it was meant to do.
yeah technically that super moron helped his girlfriend escape, further dooming every brainless person there.
Finally a true review.
There have been a TON of negative reviews of this movie….if thats what you are calling a “real review”….
@@gagelindell271 That should tell you that the movie is not as awesome as they tell you.
@@bernardstrauss1183 Thanks Captain Obvious!
By 'true' review. You mean a review that you agree with. If you hate this movie then that's fine and dandy, plenty of people agree with you. But also plenty of people don't. Don't act like people are wrong or liers for having a different opinion than yours, that's just not how people work at all
@@TiredMammal All he said was 5 words... Is there any need to get all worked up?
They should of went with a older more mature cast. Another mistake was putting it in real time rushing things.
NO SHIT... An AVP reboot, complete with Arnie, Sigourney Weaver, Danny Glover, and Michael Biehn would've been PERFECT!!!
Romulus makes Alien resurrection seem like a good movie!
I wouldn't go that far, both are trash with nice sets.
Resurrection was total shit, Romulus is about 60% shit
They spent 200M to make a good trailer. The movie, however, was dog water.
But I though the movie production budget itself was only 80 million? 😳
@@OtomoTenzithe theaters keep 50% of the profits and there’s a marketing budget. The movie will have to make triple the $80 million to break even, minimum
@@deadschooled For this stinkin' heap of SHIT???
I bet even 1st-year film students working on a really low budget could prolly do better than that!
And Forest Gump as a synthetic
Top 3 alien movie
Dude you sold me on the review at the Dave Chappelle "Got ya bitch!" line. Looking forward to seeing the movie with my brother soon.
After you see it, let me know what you think.
Definitely!
What a moron
You’re just the kind of mark Disney relies on to not go bankrupt
Teens in space
Sounds like an everyday American struggle with the evil corporation comparison.
Youre saying the characters are "really stupid" but I can't think of them actually doing something "really stupid".
Using the electric prod in water - quick action taken in a moment of desperation and the only weapon they had to save someone's life, not stupid at all.
Experimental drug was also out of desperation. You're bleeding out dying and a supposedly trustworthy individual tells you this drug could be your only hope based on what they know, your alternative is potentially being frozen to only delay your death, in your mind you're dying either way so why not take the chance? We the audience understand its a bad choice and know the consequences, the character doesn't.
I'll grant not moving out of the way to make sure its dead when theres a spike, not the smartest, but they guy wasn't "staring at it really closely" as you say, nor had he been looking at it that long at all, he actually backed up after just having attacked the thing.
And no, nobody in the movie saw the alien get in that cocoon. The people on the ship only saw it as a small creature, and then later find the cocoon on a wall, they had no idea what it was at that point. The characters are 100x smarter than any in Prometheus and Covenant and most all of their actions make sense like the characters in the original Alien movie. It also makes sense a band of young adults from a mining colony would make some unwise decisions in an unfamiliar and dangerous environment. You can call them bland or have poor development but I dont see how they're actually stupid.
Also removing the facehugger was explained very well in the movie, they used cryogenic spray to freeze it and weaken its grip on her.
Ok. I had to switch to my computer to type all this out. So, using the electric prod, maybe have been a move of desperation. That doesn't mean it wasn't a stupid choice. Secondly, Rain specifically said, when Andy offered Kay the goo injection, " Stop. I don't trust this. Don't do it." Third, Homeboy was starring closely at the spike. He even walks up closer to it to get a better look at what it is. And I would like to also mention that he just let acid drip all over him, instead of rolling out of the way after the first drop hits his skin. And that same guy did know the Aline was in the cocoon, because on the ship, he grabs Kay, covers her mouth, and points to it. Indicating that that is where the Alien is. True he may not have known that a full grown Xenomorph was inside it. But considering he figured it was at least the monster that burst out of his girl friends chest, sticking your face as close as you can get to an ominous looking spike is a dumb thing to do. Using the Cryo-spray was used to loosen the tail. But they fingers of the face hugger also have large inward facing hooks, that would be incredibly hard to get off. They just lift gently, and it's not problem.
Are they smarter that the Prometheus and Covenant crews? Possibly. I really don't remember. But I don't think that is really relevant to this movie. Anyway. Thanks for watching the video.
@@reviewbomb85 Rain is another character that says she doesn't trust it, that makes sense for her character but she isn't in the quandary of taking it. She also tells Kay to "take this" to the ship, so she may not have trusted it but still bought into Rook and Andy's ideas about its importance enough to have it brought on the ship. Also Kay is dying and maybe doesn't trust she will make it so whether Rain doesn't trust the drug or not, she only has Andy confidently saying "it worked on the mouse" and Rain not disputing anything he says and just not feeling right about it.
I'm not seeing "sticking your face as close as you can get to an ominous looking spike" that youre seeing in that scene. The scene is in your vid and it looks at closest 6 feet, the tail is shown to have extended out quite a bit too, the guy was way closer, practically hugging it, when he was attacking it. He also didn't "let acid drip on him" he was blinded by the tail and already had the acid continuously dripping on him at that point and was in extreme pain on the ground, he was basically already dead.
And here at best you only have one "stupid" character whose actions are congruent as its shown to be part of his character to take risk and make rash and unwise decisions, such as in the smoking and gravity scene, and its the same guy who uses the electric prod in the water. There are "stupid" characters in Alien and Aliens like Brett, Kane, and Gorman. Why did Brett just stare dumbstruck at the Alien?
The facehugger was frozen on its back towards the base of the tail, it was a rather large area, its not a huge leap to assume the facehugger was weakened by the cryo spray, it even behaves as such in the film. What Dallas says doesnt really factor in this situation.
Also it wasn't "gently lifted", it cut to a side view of them lifting it off after the fingers were already detached from her head.
oh come on it's like the shuttle crash scene has been in ten other movies or something. I think this film is harder to watch for fans than new comers.
We obviously are seeing things completely differently. But that happens sometimes. Again, thanks for watching the video.
@@williamoverton7775 Most fans including myself loved it despite any flaws it had, and every movie has flaws.
Sir Didley Squat became a hack quite a while back. He blasted out of the gates with his first three films that are incredible masterpieces. But he deeply wanted, apparently, to be too buddy buddy with Hollywood. Coupled with his suffering his own version of George Lucas Syndrome (such as not properly coming to terms with the fact that he is not a gifted 'auteur' storyteller, and needs to stick to his own skillset while letting other talent do their jobs when it comes to the core of the story) AND also being an evident Stanley Kubrick wannabe... these elements contributed to his banality and pompous pretentiousness.🤠
'Sir Didley Squat the Hack' 😆
Sounds like a pretty fitting title for that scumbag!
Couldn't agree more with everything you said and especially about Andy/David Jonsson! But, I can see watching the first 2 acts of this film again. I enjoyed it more than most anything after Alien 3, which, granted doesn't mean a whole bunch but I'll take what I can get. I know that kind of thinking is the issue with legacy sequels but if they can manage to actually kill the past and try something new, it usually doesn't work financially/critically but when they do the same, it will usually make money but be derivative, member berry trash. Oh, Hollywood: still can't get out of its own way, Hilarious review! I really enjoy your channel!
Thank you.
A total SHITSHOW through and through... Now hurry up and get these NUT-HUGGERS offa me, cuz they hurt like crazy! 🩸😫🩸
Oh, do I like stupid people do stupid things? I'd quit my current job immediately if I didn't. It's like owning an ant farm. Sa-in in da woah-a...
This movies is such a disappointment after Prometheus and Covenant which both had great story lines and great actors. Romulus was like watching a futuristic youth club in space
I was about to say, as much as I hated Covenant, I have a new-found respect for it.
While'st both of Scott's prequels were enormously flawed, at least they were well crafted and most importantly original.
St. Elmo's fire 2024 version, in space 😂
same, it was a boring slug of 2h, nearly fell asleep. prometheus and covenant had original storylines and i found it very interesting and was curious of how it was going to finish this arc and david. but yeah, disney said no, we need a boring alien movie.
There is a space ship hoovering around the planet and nobody from the Yutani corporation notices that besides those stupid teens?
i like how you all dislike the movie... the movie is nowhere near alien 1 and aliens thats for sure, but its still a good movie.. one of the better movies out there. the movie lacks its own identity, thats true.. they didnt need to put there all the possible references. And cgi face looks bad. other than that, very good movie. dude, enjoy your little special camp of people that are hard to satisfy.
Cool. Thanks for watching the video.
First of all: how in the xenomorphic F--K is there any wreckage left of the Nostromo? Or the refinery? The self destruct was like a 16 megaton nuke explosion/detonation.
Somehow a team of colonial marines get absolutely obliterated in aliens but somehow all these kiddos just barely die but unlucky ways. Zero fear of the alien species here.
I don’t know, I’m mixed. Agree on the production values, cinematography and all that. I enjoyed the first two acts.
When the new creature comes out of the person near the end someone in my screening laughed! And that was its creepiest version. It feels like they missed the mark with the design.
The movie would have been better without the second ending.
Characters were dumb that made it fun to see them die, especially the one looking at the spike sicking out. He was annoying.
But one of the things that rubbed me the wrong way was how the Xeno gently catches her and then slowly brings her to him. It took me out of the film.
I do wonder how much of this film was the director and how much was Ridley Scott/Studio notes because I feel like I can see both on screen.
The xenomorph was holding her so that the facehugger that was in the elevator shaft could impregnate her.
@@Gabaraguy But in the end, it was the audience that got RAPED... 😭😭😭😭
The movie contradicts every single film in the franchise. You can go ahead and come down off that fence…
Banger movie
Need to put more women in it and make them GAY!
Just like your opinion / click bait! 😅
huh?
@@reviewbomb85 I'm just having fun being sarcastic... about many WIke reboots, while also disagreeing with you.
Word.
Can'tcha already tell that the actors are GAY??? 🏳🌈🏳🌈
@@OtomoTenzi No, I didn't see that?
How many times have they started over with new characters now? What's that saying about making the same mistake over and over again expectig another result? They really needed a universally loved movie. It s been a long time since 1986.
Spot on!!! I can't believe all of the "IT WAS AWESOME" review takes. This movie had no suspense, drama,or even a good jump scare. It was not a horror movie ( which aliens is classified as). It was just an action film with questionable action. Besides the alien popping out her chest and the birth at the end it was basically a stupid treasure hunt movie (treasure being the pods). No good scares AT ALL!!!!!
All those "AWESOME" reviews were simply PAID-OFF by the studios... They just wanted to make shure that this stinker sells. Need I say MORE??? 💰💰🤑💰💰
What really bugs me is why can’t they just use this black goo in something else? You know? You’ve got already a sci fi horror element there, why mix with it another?
It takes the horror away from the Xenomorph for me, because what made Alien so good was it’s horror of the unknown. Complete nobody’s stumble upon something that they really wish they hadn’t.
I just think we’ve completely lost Alien. It’s dead. For me at least, after this movie. I’ve completely given up on Alien. I’m a huge fan but I won’t be supporting anything else in terms of movies now.
It’s being made by people who don’t know what they’re doing anymore. The movie was so forced and lazy, I was fed up with it half way through and I couldn’t even care about Andy that much because the rest of the characters I hated for how dull they were. And just god, why are they so young? That little teen is a pilot? Yeah right. 🤦♂️ lol
It’s not made for people like me and that’s fine, I guess but I’m fed up with these type of movies.
Exactly. And what is it that we have to have such young actors in these movies now as well not to mention they are always having to be so politically correct. Make sure you have the Black Man, The Asian, The Hispanic, The White, The Aussie ect ect ect. Oh and don't forget the Boss babe who's always smarter than the Men because the Men always make bad decisions and act like fools. None of them can beat the original because you developed a connection with the characters. They never overplayed the Alien because sometimes what you don't see is scarier than what you do. Because this one sucks so bad I think I will watch the original again just for the hell of it.
I loved ..LOVED the fact there was loads of Alien isolation in there! The most underrated game of our time 💥☺️
I went back tonight to see it again
Did you get the souvenir pop corn bucket?
@@reviewbomb85 no I didn't actually, I'm in Scotland I haven't seen any!
@@reviewbomb85 they look badass online though
You have bad taste in movies
@@aperson539kind of lame that you all congregate on a safe video with the same mindset as everyone else here. The movie is doing well and enjoyed by many more people than those who dislike it. Their opinion is more valid than yours by sheer numbers of other who enjoyed it
Lol it's not a bad movie, you guys just didn't like it. It feels like Alien and Aliens to me with hints of prometheous. Hey to each their own but personally I think the film was shot wonderfully in terms of cinematography and makes the xenomorph feel scary again instead of ants to be squashed. They are supposed to be the PERFECT organism. Also hate to be a hater but yall cannot be serious to think that resurrection was better, that movie was garbage. Yall are buggin, I'd watch Alien 3 or AvP than ever watch that movie again.
I don’t think resurrection was better. T to be fair, I am not sure if I have even seen it. If I have it’s been so long I don’t remember much, except for the basketball scene anyway. Thanks for watching the video.
@@reviewbomb85 mainly referring to comment section, video was good. Will say Romulus really made me want to play Isolation again
Yeah. Isolation is pretty cool.
Amusingly, some critics have actually admitted to writing a negative review of the movie (BEFORE having even seen it) in the assumption that it would be a disappointment - facing political pressure from their subscribers and tight deadlines, these 'critics' were unable to adjust their review to reflect their true valuation. The moral of the story appears to be: don't decide to dislike a movie before watching it!
😂😂😂
Very true.
The review is pretty much spot on. Plus, I didn't know the guy was Rain's ex, nor did I know the pregnant woman was his sister. If it was all dropped in, it was poorly done but the review here taught me more than the movie. The production design is fantastic though.
Yeargh, I also heard about some kinda mention of INCEST... 🤨
Just when ya though the poorly-written script couldn't get ANY worse! 😝
@@OtomoTenzi serious lol
That's wild. Plus, all the forehead bumping in place of romance seemed outright bizarre
@@starfire451 Har, why didn't it get like a PG-13 rating then? 😆
I honestly thought that this watered-down bullshit was for TEENS?
There were pretty obvious hints lol, seems like yall just went in and not pay a lick of attention
@@yes-si9xi obvious hints is an issue with the script though. Something as straightforward as a relationship shouldn't really be hinted at, and even after the film ended, you kind of realise that none of that went anywhere (reunited as lovers, siblings fighting to protect one another, the a hat coming to terms with his hate for the android etc ...). Any such bonds and arcs were all surface level with no real depth or point. I wouldn't blame the audience for tuning out of that aspect
I've been putting this movie off for weeks and just saw it last night, afraid it'll be leaving the theatres soon. I was hopeful, but it was a real letdown.
Im dying at the dave chappele edit🤣
As a complete Alien franchise fan, I have to say that I enjoyed the movie. A lot more than the previous films. It had a nice respect for the franchise, and even some elements from the Alien Isolation game. Thumbs up from me, and I hope that Fede is allowed to do a follow-up. From our theater, it looked like this one is going to be successful, when comparing to the very small budget, this movie had. There was a lot of visitors to the movie. So calling the movie garbage, is just plain wrong - it is NOT - especially not for real franchise fans. But everything for clicks for this channel, I guess? Go ruin some other franchise, and leave this one alone.
Cool. Thanks for watching.
After watching romulus, i ran home and watched Alien and Blade runner on DVD disc. Even Sir Ripley didn't like this. :(
Let this be a clarion call for Alien, Terminator, Star Wars and Star Trek to stop the race to the bottom.
Past Aliens this franchise gets worse with each release.
I avoid watching Alien Covenant on TV, having felt once was enough.
It only socks because you found out it's owned by Disney
Socks???
Small minds will think it's great. It's not going to age well at all
Yes!
You sound just like the critics in 1979 "Word for Word" and they are now Eating Crow . . . I have already see it 3 times, Once in IMAX . . . Life is good in the Alien Universe!
@@beautifulportland9592 to say this movie is good is the same thing as saying you don't know right from wrong😶
@@thulsa5218 FALSE EQUIVALENCE 😇 This is a Cinematic issue not a Moral issue: I Repeat, LIFE IS GOOD in The ALIEN UNIVERSE . . . . And at ROMULUS Box Office . . . .
1979 Review of ALIEN . . .“An overblown B-movie… technically impressive but awfully portentous and as difficult to sit through as a Black Mass sung in Latin … Alien, like Dawn of the Dead, only scares you away from the movies.”
Michael Sragow, L.A. Herald Examiner.
I rather enjoyed this one. It got back to basics while also telling an entertaining story.
It was a very good movie regarding special effects and cinematography. The girl playing the lead role did a good job. Did it go in the direction I would have liked to seen the franchise go?.....NO. Still too many unanswered questions...Does the alien need to eat to survive, never really seen it feeding just killing. In the original alien it was mentioned by someone that it was at the end of its life cycle when it crawled into the piping in the ship. The cocooning process where it turns people into alien eggs has never been explained. Lots of other unanswered questions I as well as other fans can think of.
Just how dumb are the characters? "Would you inject yourself with a secret experimental substance that was made in the lab of a super evil corporation?" 2020 says Absolutely, they'll even hate other people who won't do it because the T.V. tells them to.
Seen this 3 times :) , I love the OG movies and this movie was great
3 times?!? Dang. Did you get the souvenir popcorn bucket?
Twice here but going back in a few days to see it with one of my besties who is out of town - she has seen it once - it was 'not scary enough' for her, but she's going to see it again with me... I'm paying... :) I loved it!!!
well, if you're offering to pay, I'll come too.
Why did the Producers/director make it a priority to rehash scenes from previous Alien movies instead of making a movie with great scenes that could potentially be rehashed in future films ?
Cuz they simply just ran outta BULLSHIT...
Really need more supply for the rehash warehouse
Excellent review. Review Bomb said my exact thoughts about this movie. Just when it seemed there was something to like, it steals a line or the pilots revert to dumb ass choices. I did enjoy the added lore of the synthetic Andy (Upgrades, removable drives, etc). Overall I give it a C+ max. It's better than Prometheus and Covenant.
I want to thank all the haters for lowering my expectations and making me think the movie is bad. Well...they are just wrong. What a blast I had. Great movie. So f**king tense!!! The ONLY thing I didn't appreciate was the line: "get away from her....(long pause)....you B*TCH". That was completely unnecessary. The Ian Holm CGI face on Rook didn't really bother me for more than three seconds and then I was fine with it. Nope...I really REALLY like this Alien movie. Well Done Fede, well done 👍
Alien Resurrection is wayyyyy better than Romulus!.... I hate that Romulus is so highly rated on RT and Alien 3 is so lowly rated --- blasphemy!!
Those bullshit networks prolly all got PAID-OFF to promote this stinker! 🤑
Prometheus is better than alien 3😂
Disney heavily controls the online scores of new movies. They even buy tickets for empty seats to manipulate the numbers. It's actually part of the marketing budget.
@@gregs7519 good to know! thanks
@@hollowkid97that's blasphemed
I'm glad I wasnt the only one who laughed at that Hybid at the end.
That Hybrid is lame. I wish they dont do that again.
It was Alien 4 all over again 😭
Box office says otherwise
Boy. Alien Resurrection is sure looking good at this point. Can't believe I waited 27 years for this garbage. I half expect it given Ridley Scott still had some level of involvement. He just keeps raping the franchise he built.
Did you watch the movie, or just go by this reviewer that's in the minority?
HAR!!!
I dissagree with all your points and i could go into detail but I am gonna stop my self because life is short. You are reaching.
Cool. Thanks for watching the video.
This movie not only sucked, it sucked HARD
It sucked like - let's leave the theater before it finishes hard
It sucked like - I am rooting for the aliens hard
The first movie was satisfactory enough.(Yes that includes Aliens)The alien and the space jockey were mysterious and unknown. Just leave it as that. As human beings we want to have the answers and have closure. There are certain things in this universe we CANNOT have or deserve the answers. Maybe we're not capable or have evolved enough to have the answers. Leave it alone.
I saw it today, didn't scare me at all. characters weren't likeable, awful ending.
That was actually quite nice of you to say that... I'd be STOMPIN' MAD!!!
All I needed to see was a preview of a bunch of DEI hired kids who can’t act! Are there any original scripts out there? There will be no more movies, comedy or rock concerts like the 70’s and 80’s.
It’s all over. The remakes of everything original that I’ve ever known ,now turned to crap!
We’ve got sequels for sequels! There’s only one Pink Floyd, one Dracula, one Andy Warhol.
Nothing will ever beat the originals! Sorry kids, you can’t recreate, Freddy Mercury, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana or a Robert Plant, nor a Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood, Sigourney Weaver, Meryl Streep, or a Jodie Foster, you’ll never be able to create, all you can do is copy!
The more copies you make the more the ink fades away!
You’ll never experience an Aerosmith, Rush, Eagles, U2, AC/DC or a Queen concert in a stadium!
You’re going to need a lot more than a Live Aid to fix what you broke!
In almost all cases art imitates life, ooohhhhh, what will you write about, how will your artists define this decade? What colors will be applied to the canvases, what memorable lyrics will be sung to your great grand babies? Will it be Three Little Birds or I Can’t Get No Satisfaction?
Movies and art were supposed to be an escape from the dreaded work week!
What this country needs is another Woodstock! Good luck with that!
There are NO movies worth seeing in a theater, and no music worthy of playing over and over and over again. There aren’t any great songs to scream in your car, y’all have lost that lovin’ feeling!
I pity this and the next generation. Sorry, but A.I. will never reproduce the sound of Jimi Hendrix waking everyone up to the STAR SPANGLED BANNER! That’s right, that’s the NATIONAL ANTHEM!
You’ve lost the United States and all it created, the ORIGINALS ❗️
☠🪦REST IN PIECES🪦☠:
Listen to me very carefully, motherfuckers... 😳
This is NOT a threat, it is a WARNING.
Trust me, you will DIE if you don't heed this warning.
One thing that I am certain of, is that headstones DO NOT lie.
When was the last time you visited your local graveyard or cemetery?
Everytime whenever I visit, I cannot help but notice the ever-increasing numbers of young people mostly in their 20s/30s/40s getting BURIED long before their time.
Dying from tragedies and accidents is ONE THING; but dying of unnatural causes long before even their parents do, is YET ANOTHER!!!
If the world was really such a nice and wonderful place like it was all cracked up to be, then this kinda bullshit wouldn't be happening.
Matter of fact is; the world might actually be FUCKING YOU inside and out, day and night, 24/7/365.
I have already asked TONS of people what they think the reason or the cause may be, but 90% of the people that I asked CANNOT give me a straight honest answer.
One could only speculate that it might be attributed to bad medicine, poisoned water, tainted food or toxic polluted environments being contributing factors.
Cancer, AIDS, COVID, you name it!
Or, it could be something FAR MORE SINISTER...
SOMETHING is KILLING people out there, and I'm pretty damn shure of it.
So if there's something that you'd like to do, then you better DO IT while you still can.
If there's food on the table, then ya better EAT IT while it's still warm.
If there's an open can of beer, then you better DRINK IT while it's still fizzy.
If there's a brand-new jacket in your closet, then you better WEAR IT while it's still fashionable.
If there's a nice car that you've always wanted, then you better DRIVE IT while it still runs.
If there's a nice place that you've always wanted to visit, then you better GO THERE while it still exists.
If there's a person that you haven't seen in a long while, then you better go SEE 'EM while they're still alive.
If any of you have somethin' to say, then ya better say it RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW.
...While you still have A CHANCE???
Cuz your time is RUNNING OUT...
The world is coming to an END, and you KNOW IT... We ALL KNOW IT, GODDAMMIT.
And yes, that fucking means fucking YOU.
Oh, and just be thankful when you see the sun come up the next morning.
🙏ALTMAN BE PRAISED!!!🙏
lol, ok boomer, time for your heart meds
Gramps said dei hired actors 😭
The black guy was the best actor in the movie..
I have an answer to your question "why all the characters do stupid things ?" Well, because it's a prerequisite in ALL the Alien(s) movies, the characters are doing stupid things ! Covenant and Prometheus in particular.
I would say Alien - Alien 3 have characters that make pretty smart choices. I don't care about any of the other movies.
@@reviewbomb85 This stinker of a movie just had SHIT vibes all around it... Everything about the script was QUESTIONABLE, and it just stinks and reeks like GARBAGE. If I really wanted to see a flick about high school misfits, then I'd rather watch The Breakfast Club! 😎
it wasn't that bad ..I liked it ...
saw this movie yesterday & HATED it 🤦🏽♂️
3:58 AGREED! Andy was the only character i liked
A quick summary of this move is this: It's shit..... really, really shit....sadly!
As a long time fan of the original Alien I couldn't agree more that this was trash... "Get away ftom her you... Really ???? Just another resurrection if you ask me
They need 10 years to make a sequel to a movie..Usually they would pick up an alien from some planet,,Where did this abandoned ship with aliens come from,,The very introduction of the film is a disaster as if only these children knew about that abandoned ship and they were miners and other spaceships that flew around that ship did not see that abandoned ship with aliens,,,the scenario is a disaster
The first half of the movie was so good. Then it turned into garbage ... xenomorph was a bench warmer, no time to grow with characters, bad cgi deep fake, felt like a universal studios ride.
I wish I could say the first half was good but I couldn't believe that's the premise and plot they were going with. This ship is just floating above an oppressed mining colony and these kids hatch a plan to steal the ships cryo chamber and fly somewhere else? Definitely shit.
@@jandro8370 I'd rather have a NUT-HUGGER latch itself onto me, than watch this stinkin' pile of DOG SHIT!!! 🤪
Really weird as I was hating the movie all the way through as same old boring situations and predictable scenes. Then end however I was not expecting and due to the offspring being a real person made the scenes so creepy and myself wanting more.
Reflection I must watch again but starting to think I watched the 3rd best film out of all of them. Aliens Alien Prometheus then Romulus
Not sure if trolling or just stupid 🤔
No one can really know for sure.
@@reviewbomb85 Har, I would know a TROLL when I see one... And you ain't one of 'em, that's fer shure!
pretty much expected this new Alien movie was going to be bad, you can realize / know this all the way from its very first trailer release , very unlikeable actors and a very happy facehugger.
Yep, it shure is BAD! 😝
@2:35 - Anyone bold enough to edit using VHS cassette tape technology and still have the ingenuity to use sound drops from Dave Chappelle, will get my vote any day. I have "Liked and Subscribed" and am looking forward to the next honest review!
Thanks. I appreciate the support.
@@reviewbomb85 No problems anytime/anything/anywhere... You certainly deserve our praise for mass-informing the public to beware of this toxic trash!
I enjoyed the movie. But I'm a diehard Alien fan. Only film I hate is Resurrection. This movie is far from perfect, but it hit every note it needed to. Despite the bad script and constant call-back references. And absolutely DO NOT put Alien to bed. I want more films for as long as I'm alive. Some will be hot garbage, some will be meh, some will be decent. We MAY get another masterpiece, eventually.
Wasn't there only 1 adult alien kill?😂
This is the worst movie I have ever seen in my entire life. And THAT’S saying something. I’ve watched some real garbage
This is not worse than Catwoman, Morbius, The Room, Madam Web 🤣. It should have taken more risks but it's a good movie. If they didn't lean so much into soft reboot and nostalgia territory, it could have been great in my opinion. The cinematography is excellent and the xenomorph looks better than ever.
@@MellowMutant it is indeed worse than Madame Web. At least I could laugh at Madame Web. Sorry you have no taste or standards
Worse than after earth? It's even better than Alien covenant
@deadschooled you prob haven't seen many movies. You only mentioned madam web, the newest of the movies he used an example of
@@deadschooled no taste or standards 🤣, The Thing is my favorite horror movie, The Lost Boys is awesome, Terminator 2 is one of the greatest sequels ever.
Nah you are tweaking. This movie kicks ass. The dumb character point is valid but unfortunately most horror movies have and always will have this problem, the original alien even had that problem. The whole stealing scenes point is whack because the movie is most obviously paying a homage to the old but gold of the franchise. The franchise is alive and well again and I'm excited as hell for it.
What you call "homage", I call lazy theft. But it's cool you like it. The individual experiences of everyone is really all that matters in the end. Thanks for watching the video.
@@reviewbomb85 The guy that made the shots you're talking about, Ridley Scott literally produced, watched early cuts, gave his opinion to fede and praises the final film. If it was truly theft then the guy that directed those original shots would say something about it right? So who on earth is fede stealing shots from if not from Ridley Scott? The cameramen? You? I promise you bro it's called an homage, not "theft"
I well aware of Ridley Scott’s involvement. It doesn’t change how I feel about it. This is something that all legacy sequels do, and I think it is stupid across the board. One shot, maybe two is a montage. More than that, and I can’t abide by it. I wanted to watch this movie, not constantly be reminded of other movies. Thanks for the conversation.
@@reviewbomb85 i suppose it just comes down to how you look at it. I'm assuming You wanted something fresh from the alien franchise and I wanted something more like the first two movies, and I feel like I got that and more out of this film 🤷♂️
@aunbomb Not exactly. I mean they didn’t have to make some sort of wild swing. Just a solid movie that tried to stand on its own merits, and not and not worry about in universe references all time. As I said in the video, pretty much everything in the movie works really well. It’s just the stuff that doesn’t, does a ton of damage to the overall experience for me. But as I’ve said many times before, what really matters is how we all as individuals feel about a movie. In my reviews, I only give my recommendations and opinions. I never belittle the audience, and I never tell them what to think. Thanks again for chatting. I hope you will revisit the channel, And maybe there is a video I’ve done that we agree on. Cheers.
Maybe i missed something but i would love to know how WY not noticed that this Station was gone dark and drifting around but no one was take a look at it, i would expect WY send someone to take a look when i do Alien stuff there after they searched for Xenomorph so long.
Also how do it comes that no one expect some Teenagers with a spaceship notice that spacestation in orbit of the planet or at least care about it.
Also how could they miss what happen to the Rat or not check on the thing before use the black stuff.
forgot, yeah WY dont let you go to a other planet and make you work yourself to death in the mines but jump in a spaceship with your teenager friends and fly off somewhere of the planet without someone cares is fine.
They do know but when are characters arrive it’s only been a few hours since the incident. I believe it’s also mentioned it takes the company six months to get there since you know it’s in space.
@@Canadian_duck31 but WY have a Mining Colony just on the planet and as we could see there are Space ships, so i would assume there have Marines or at least some Security Forces on the Planet, why not send them up and secure the Alien Stuff and not just let all go to waste after searching so long for it.
@@MeisterVivi I imagine they were given orders to stay on the planet remember the station has only 47 minutes till it crashes into Thedus rings. Why risk people needlessly getting killed and painting a bad image on the company I also can imagine the company doesn’t want people finding out about there experiments on the Xenomorph.
@@Canadian_duck31 it was only 47 minutes after the kids crashed there ship in a station thruster, as the just a few minutes before implanted paraside choose he is finished cooking and came back out. (another thing that was shit, the alien incubation time)
before that they has 36 hours when i remember right and the the station was also already there before as the one boy has seen in on a scanner from a ship. so they has enough time to send someone from the planet. sure maybe WY not want to risk lifes but we talk about WY of course they would send peoples with guns up to collect the precious Xenomorph stuff, i guess WY would even infested the full mining planet to not lose the xenomorph.
Just another alien cash grab filmed with the same old Alien tropes. Bunch of randoms on a spaceship, only one person survives the aliens... Actual Alien franchise not improved or new at all.
The movie basically conjures up stupid missions so she can play the hero. Ripley wasn't a Hero or cared to be one at the beginning. She was plain & afraid as any normal person. It was only her care for the child that ignited her. As the audience even we felt yeah for a moment we can fu to our biggest fear if something so precious is on the line.
There is nothing precious in Romulus. Nothing & nobody was worth saving.
I think I'll wait for it to stream. I don't mind spending a few shekels to watch it at home than to waste good money to be disappointed in a theater.
@@gtaiscool1231 Greatness is subjective. In this case, I'm influenced by the opinions of many, taking in reviews that were favorable as well as negative. I also have friends who know my movie tastes and I ask them as well. Knowing me, they say don't bother.
As far as I'm concerned, nothing tops my experiences of the first two movies I saw when I was much younger, nor do I feel I've missed anything by not watching ALIEN ROMULUS. The world doesn't end because I miss a movie. Besides, I said I won't watch it in a theater; doesn't mean I won't watch it at all. I don't feel the need to spend a lot of money on what I feel is a tired franchise that unnecessarily recycles itself.
@@gtaiscool1231 Oh okay, and you're a troll who wastes his time questioning someone's taste. Waste your money, if you like. I remember watching better movies than this and paying much less.
@@gtaiscool1231 I guess you accept anything Hollywood gives you. No taste.
@@gtaiscool1231 You're supposed to pay to have garbage taken away. Obviously, you pay to watch garbage.
I'm a huge, long-time fan of the franchise I've come to realize, this wasn't made for me.
I didn't care for most of the cast, but I can get past that, What bothered me most was the beat down of fan service. I was so frustrated by the end of this movie.
From the uncanny valley CGI bringing back a dead actor, the out of character lines that were shoe-horned from previous films, to recycling the climax of Resurrection with the New Born (which I have hated for 26 years)...The constant recycling all pulled me out of this story. I was just depressed by the end of this, with the thought that all we have left is to recycle even the bad ideas.
But again, this wasn't for me, the person that would feel this as an unabashed, unoriginal retread. It was an effort by Fede Alvarez, Ridley Scott, and Disney, using a Gen Z cast, to keep the property and all of the older movies, alive. The original movies...good or bad..were always a way to launch new, innovative film-makers. This was just an attempt to make sure the money printers don't stall.
I would have completely enjoyed simply a well-done, stand-alone movie, that had compelling, well-developed characters, set against the backdrop of the Alien horror aspects. No problem with that. It doesn't have to take the big swings that Prometheus did (which I liked) for long time fans to enjoy, as long as it is well done. I just don't want to feel pandered to.
Andy was the only good thing about this
Best movie of 2024!
Mehest movie of 2024!
Lil bro did not watch Dune 2… or any other movie apparently
@@Isaac-jl6hq dune & dune 2 the most basic overrated movies in years!
@@D88niel No, they are not. From a writing, directing, sound, and technical angle, it is the best movie in years. Fairly objectively too. The writing is tight and seamless. Modern audiences don’t seem to have enough of an attention span to enjoy real movies. Maybe if we put subway surfers under the screen you would’ve enjoyed it more?
"Best movie of 2024" is as reputable a title as "Best venereal disease."
All horror movies have stupid decisions. Nothing new. The movie was good and we all know the cast dies. Why are we acting surprised. You don’t think Ripley had plot armor? She did. The movie had flaws but what movie doesn’t? Just my opinion. I enjoyed it. To each their own.
the og alien films mostly had rational decisions so you're totally wrong
@@seanmills7586 People had much lower expectations back in those days, but the OG Alien films have ultimately stood the test of time and are still GREAT even by today's standards... Just the way how they handled the creepy atmosphere alone, simply cannot be beat!
@@OtomoTenzi damn right old classics are just too good
@@seanmills7586 I just re-watched the first 2 OG Alien films last night, and it quite simply just blows this stinkin' pile of DOG SHIT right outta the universe... The people who were involved with the film-making process back then in the 70's and 80's really had their SHIT together!
Great!
That’s why I gave it a C rating and happy my ticket price was $7.00.
Also went on discount day..
alien 1-4. predator 1-2. that's it.
Lmao! They gave Rain autoaim!!!
This video hurts, and everyone agreeing with this man’s awful takes also hurts. This movie kicked ass and will be remembered fondly. How ridiculous for you to think otherwise. It didn’t steal scenes, it payed homage, and did sure as hell a better job as an alien movie than Prometheus or covenant. Not only do we have practical xenomorphs that are actually scary, but this movie also had some very cool ideas that I wouldn’t have thought of. Just because the movie wasn’t for you doesn’t mean it was bad, and I’m tired of hearing that.
I’m sorry I hurt you.
@@reviewbomb85 Yep, he sounds just like another PAID-OFF puppy... Bein' DELUSIONAL ain't gonna really gonna change the FACTS tho. This movie SUCKS COCK, and everyone knows that! 😝
@@OtomoTenzidawg your in every comment thread, it’s an opinion, grow up.
@@Kingzy42 Were you PAID to TALK??? 🤨
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.
I remember Ripley of course, Newt, Hicks, Hudson Vasquez, Bishop, Dallas, Parker, Ash, Morris, 85 and Clemens and i LOATHE Alien 3 with a passion. I can also remember Johner, Call, David obviously, Shaw, Vickers, Daniels, and Tennessee. But i do not remember the special needs android in Romulus, let alone any other character in this mess of a film.
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
@@gtaiscool1231 Please stop shilling for Disney. You sound like someone who has never seen a movie before
Glad I did not get my hopes up for this it was horrible.
Nowadays they have way too much money and no real artists.
It wasn't THAT bad. Sure, i didnt like the first 15 minutes of the movie. But the rest of the entire movie is almost exclusively them in space with the xenomorphs and face huggers. Andy was definitely a cool character. The only thing i wish they explained was why he was black - and why are normal humans, like poor humans, allowed to have them? Thats kind of crazy. Maybe this was mentioned in previous alien films, but it just doesn't make sense to me why poor people can have synthetic robots. It seems like a rich people thing
Rain mentions her dad found him in the trash and fixed him up he was basically defective.(and still is to some extent hence the need for reboots throughout the film)
I think in this case it is your taste that sucks.
Cool. Thanks for watching the video.
@@reviewbomb85 my pleasure.