For your 1st act fix I would add that we see Rain work as transporter between Romulus and LV 426. We get glimpses every time she goes up how the disaster progresses.
The only thing holding me up is a good title. I came up with Rawdown and then lost my train of thought and moved on to doing something more awesome instead.
@@CopaExMachinaYou sound like a chronically online redditor who couches up an ego off some poor criticisms, trying to appeal as ‘cool’ ‘edgy’. The movie had its fair share of stupid plot choices, but one of your criticisms was summed up to “yeah some alien blood off a face hugger didn’t leak through 6 floors, but a pool off the disintegration of the Xeno’s brain does? Dogsh film”. Dogsh asschannel
Every single one of these ends with the heroine ejecting the xenomorph into space. Can't they come up with a different way to end them so they're at least distinctive?
Because audiences, most of them at least are dumb and want the same things over and over again. If you deviate from the formula, you pay the price. (The Three Amigos (86)). Look what happened with Alien 3 and what about most people feel about it still to this day. It tried to do something different and people hated it. If this franchise had 7 movies with marines and Ripley killing aliens doing the same s hit over and over again, they would be regarded as great films and they would be loved and successful.
It's average, wich with the current Hollywood standards means it's fricking amazing... because they haven't produced anything good for decades. Mediocre is the new good.
As a Pretty Big Alien Fan I respect your opinion However Romulus I quite Enjoyed, I think it's a good movie when it comes to the skill of Fede Álvarez I really enjoy the Concepts he brings to this Movie, Yes I can Understand some of the gripes but you gotta Remember that people weren't crazy about Covenant so the Franchise needed something to kinda help it out of a whole and I think Romulus did just that, It stuck with Classic Concepts while also bringing new and exciting lore, Storytelling, and interesting Scenarios. adding more to the Xeno Lifecycle was pretty awesome and I enjoyed the Whole Cocoon that guards itself with it's tail, The Hybrid at the end was Genuinely scary, The amount of memes I see of that guy are always so funny, I enjoyed the Gravity Scenes with the Acid and that whole gravity system was throughout the movie so it stayed Consistent, Fede Álvarez is honestly just a big fan of alien so he wanted to put a lot of love into this movie that appealed to both old and new Alien Fans. This is his first Alien Movie so as much as you hate on "Fan Service" I think he just Wanted to play it safe for his first try and I think there is nothing wrong with that. Yes there were a good amount of repeated ideas from past movies but only because he knows they will work which is what Disney needed to even progress in making any more of these movies, Also for characters who "Don't have Personality" a lot of fans sure love Andy on social Media. I also found it funny when you said characters don't use logic like that isn't a majority of horror movies anyway but this movie even tackles that concept by making Andy the most Logical in the second half of the movie when gets his chipped replaced. Final point is that this movie is one of the highest grossing movies this year even for a time holding the Number 2 spot for a bit. Covenant made $36,160,621 opening day and 240.9 million USD Worldwide Where Alien Romulus made $42,003,361 Opening Day and so far already dethroned Covenant in Worldwide Box Office at $283.4m even only being in Theaters less then a Month. The movie was a Financial Success and is Bringing Relevance to The Alien Franchise more then ever. So even if you don't understand my opinion, Numbers Talk. If you wanna Respond to this I'd love to have a Civil Conversation and Debate, Please no half assed insults, ragebait, or "Saying I should stop watching movies" Thanks for coming to my TED Talk :D
Okay I am not going to address every point you made. Be assured I did read it without passing out. Why are you okay with the first Xenomorph not only surviving a thruster blast to the sternum and the vacuum of space, but able to be retrieved by Weyland-Yutani?
@@CopaExMachina I will admit that’s a pretty good point I did never fully understand that one, I like the idea of Xenomorphs being pretty strong but that one definitely confuses me on how it would survive that so I agree with you on that
@@DaggerSoda The prologue, the bland characters, the black goo, reusing Ash, the insane amount of memberberries, the stupidity of a pulley elevator inside a space station, the million to one shot of a ship safely crash landing inside a hanger, the idiotic zero gravity scene (jacked from the Total Recall remake), the alien is now invincible to any damage, the rehash of the plot to Alien... I can go on...
I still don't understand how can you fck it up so much and so many times with franchises like Alien, Halo, TLOTR, Star Wars... Well I fully understand it: wokeness here, pretentiousness there, some of "I don't need to know the source material because I know better than the original author and that makes me cool for some reason" mindset, loads of being out of touch, attacking the fans... But still, it's mind boggling how having the budget, the resources, the professionals, they can't make a decent product when all the stories, all the canon, everything is already written by others, which is the difficult part. We just need an Aliens 2, more marines hunting bugs, likeable and charismatic characters, they don't even need to be multidimensional or overcomplicated, they can be extremely stereotypical because that is not bad in itself if you do it right, cool weapons, cool settings, cool practical effects, explosions... Jesus Christ it's so frustrating! Just fun! No we can't have that.
I almost walked out on this movie but the sunk-cost fallacy kept me in my seat. The fact that there are hardcore defenders of this movie shows you where we are in the culture
"The trick to standing on the shoulders of giants is to not be under their feet first" I like this. If only more people in these industries understood that.
I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for the exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant for. 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 obviously, Newt, Hicks, Dallas, Parker, Hudson and Vasquez. I can even remember Morris, 85 and Clemens, and I LOATHE Alien 3. I can remember Call, Johner, David, Shaw, Vickers, Daniels and Tennessee. I cannot remember any of the s*** characters in Romulus. 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
Andy is great. My ranking: Aliens Prometheus Avp/Avpr Romulus Alien Alien 3 Alien covenant (David making the xeno confirmed by ridley is why it's last)
Studios ripoff the original material for their remakes that are made after 20+ years from the original because they bank on the fact that the target audience is too young to have seen the original, or at least be emotionally attached to it. No one who seriously cares about the original would see this as anything but a huge disappointment, but those comparing it to the Prometheus+Covenant garbage will see it as an improvement. Based on the box office results it seems like that strategy worked in this case.
@@CopaExMachina The cycle of big-studio/corporate filmmaking is a death spiral, it will probably only end when they end. Most of the actually creative stuff I watch now seems to be coming out of smallish filmmakers in Europe and elsewhere--and some of it actually makes it to Netflix, like Katla, Into the Night, and Troll. BTW, I subscribed to your channel because of your sense of humor. Keep it going.
I wonder how much the studio interfered in this production. This feels like 2 different movies with only the beginning being worth the time watching it, so I hope there is a directors cut that was closer to what we should have seen.
1st act, with the prologue aside of course, was good. A descent set up. Get set pieces but man, you're right. Felt like it all fell apart by the second half.
@@CopaExMachina I see so many missed opportunities with the backstories, but they either never wrote any, or Fox came in and cut everything that delayed the action.
I loved Romulus-had an absolute blast watching it! I’m definitely planning to see it again soon. But then again, I’m simply an Alien fan, not a critic. Honestly, I’m just grateful that in the Disney era, we’re even getting a movie like this! Sure, it had to play it safe in some ways, but I still really enjoyed it. It had some great original moments and ideas, and it looked and sounded fantastic! I’m just glad the movie is a success and that most people are enjoying it-hopefully, this means we’ll get to see more entries in the future.
@@Notrelevantyet You completely misread my comment. I hate Disney! As far as I'm concerned, they've basically killed the Alien IP. I'm not grateful to them at all. I'm grateful that in spite of Disney, we're getting a movie like this.
Other than Burke whispering "acid for blood" when they first reach the colony, there is not much of a reference to Xenomorph's blood until Hicks domes one and Vasquez melts off her own foot in the vent.
Great video, and I totally agree. I thought this film was mediocre at best, even the crews/teams in past films have gotten better chemistry in the cast. I read another comment that described it best, “Romulus is the Goonies - in space”.
I would have forgiven this movie if they had interesting kills. I thought I was gonna see a guy dissolved by acid, but it just nicked his fingy and burned his heart. Thought the hanging kid was gonna get ripped in half, nope. Off screen death for breast feeding mom? Just why all the set up and no follow through?
I remember being amped for the Jackson's Star stuff. I was locked it. And then they got up to Romulus and it was a series of blunders. It is so bad to goes past good and right back to bad.
My brain couldnt even think about it while i was watching it. I enjoyed it but i remember thinking of a lot of stupid choices made that could have been way better because they all seemed pretty competent at first. It's not even like it was the pressure that got to them they just flipped a switch and turned their brains off right after the first gravity reset...
The prologue should have been enough of a warning to stay away but like a moth to a flame just when you think it can't get worse, you are on fire and smell like a Yankee Candle.
@@CopaExMachina your version is way better and I could vividly see it in my head the way you broke it down. Thankfully I didn't know about it until after but still something just didn't sit right with me after and I couldn't quite place it because it was all covered up so well with the visual art style and the nonstop BLAM BLAM WHAM BLAM, and I didn't even remember the callbacks honestly but I think I'm just given up on trying to make sense or consistent understanding of our TV and movies today. Yankee candles too expensive I get mine from Marshalls or HomeGoods
Romulus has alot of praise. So did Predator Prey which is ok but for all it's stupidity and not knowing lore, at least in Predators I laughed and liked the most of these 3.
This movie was shit, and still there are so many people that try to convince you that its chocoloate... Ridley Scott doing everything to put the black goo everywhere because he is still pissed that he didnt made the sequel to the first one... dont get me wrong, Ridleys skill was necessary for the first one to look how it looks... but he didint write the script. And its a shame how little credit got O'Bannon and Shusett for it... anyways those are just my two cents, have a beautiful day...
"Ridleys skill was necessary for the first one to look how it looks... but he didint write the script. And its a shame how little credit got O'Bannon and Shusett for it..." O'Bannon and Shusett wrote an outstanding script. Walter Hill and Dave Giler did revisions (the producers) and if you ever get a chance to read their version, it's a fantastically streamlined and wonderfully written draft. All of this is to say that Alien Romulus is nowhere close to resembling any of the talent we've just mentioned.
I watched Romulus. Gotta say, the only problem i’ve had with the movie, was the chestburster’s/human hybrid’s growth spurt. From such a small size, it grows inside the cocoon into an adult Xenomorph like in only a few hours (i think). Same with the human hybrid. It grew from baby size to a 7”4 giant in like, no time at all. Perhaps the same could be said for some other Alien movies, but Romulus felt really fast paced on that subject. Not comparing this to any of the other movies, as a standalone movie, i still believe Romulus did pretty well.
The writing team seemed to be in a rush. They must have watched the prequels at 2x speed and thought it happened that quick. It is the only explanation.
@@CopaExMachina but still, despite its flaws, one of the better movies what came out this year besides Deadpool & Wolverine. These days, they release movies that are mostly woke-influenced and i don’t need this bs in the film industry.
I really like 2/3 of the film. Hate the 3rd act with the Prometheus bullshit and use of black goo again in about half into the movie. And the adult aliens were a little underwhelming, but other than that I really liked it. I don't agree with how people complain about the characters. I think their goal was understandable: they wanted to escape slavery and early death - pretty damn good motivator if you ask me. Aliens is my favorite movie of all times and I'm an Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection apologist. And I love the first Alien, but I always find it funny when people romanticize the characters from the first one. I think it's nostalgia blindness. Ripley becomes badass toward the end, but we really love her because we know her transformation in Aliens. Dallas is cool because it's Tom Skerritt. Kane smokes, nothing more than that. Parker and Brett are not funny like people remember them to be. All they talk about is money. Ash is an asshole. And Lambert is emotional. We absolutely nothing about any of of them. And that, my friends, is the truth.
Im so glad i wasnt the only one who thought this movie was shit. I couldnt watch it anymore after that "newborn" scene. ffs man what a stupid ending. The characters were so bland and boring. Gen Z "up and coming" actors nobody knows. Nobody gaf about any of the characters and the many trailers for this movie showed the entire thing and who dies. everything about this was just lame memberberries.
@@CopaExMachina it was cringe. Just as cringe when they used cgi Arnold in the new terminator movies. I don't get why everyone is praising romulus. Nothing original.
Bro Alien Romulus was indeed crap but don't shit on my beloved Prometheus and Covenant. Those were actual movies, althogh flawed. This is one giant flaw with some bit of a movie scattered between the load of bullshit (And some objectively good direction and photography to envelope it like a nice coloured plastic bag containing dog shit)
"This is one giant flaw with some bit of a movie scattered between the load of bullshit." For the next 24 hours you have my laughter. That is too good. So good in fact that I will ignore the Prometheus / Covenant comment.
Idk how I feel about the movie, but I wouldn't call it bad. Its pretty on par with every other movie. Tbh the only good alien films are aliens and prometheus. I'm sure alien was good for it's time but it's lame now
Damn why do people keep hating I’m glad it came out and it wasn’t as bad as alien 3 covenant wasn’t bad either a lil drawn out but man people keep hating and what ever hater keep hating
Dude, you sound like a poor man's Critical Drinker 😂 Jokes aside, kindly do a video to offer the story you'd have put in place if it was you (and not Fede Alvarez) 👍
tbh I think you and the fandom are being overdramatic. the film wasn't perfect but compared to what we got last time its decent. if you walked in subconsciously expecting it to be close to or on the same level as the first two entries then you were setting yourself up for disappointment.
I immediately stated in the video I wasn't looking for an instant classic but just a good time. You're going to have drill new holes in your ears because the old ones closed up.
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@@ScriptedByJana 😂 if there is face hugging involved, yes!
@@janazandi2016 😂
Face huggers are just affectionate and misunderstood.
At least they are not butt huggers
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"People look like they got 4 months worth of rotten crotch...it ruled" 🤣
For your 1st act fix I would add that we see Rain work as transporter between Romulus and LV 426. We get glimpses every time she goes up how the disaster progresses.
That idea is a great addition. So good it's worth stealing. It's mine now.
Copa progressively dwindling down what was entertaining about Romulus doesn't disappoint
I found all of Romulus entertaining a couple years ago when I didn't know it was going to exist.
Thankk you for watching this so I dont have to.
I came back a person I don't even recognize.
I've got the sequel title figured out: Alien Pompilius, Rise of the Mecha-Larson!
One would think the franchise couldn't get any lower, but then you realize Mecha-Larson could still show up
And everytime she kills someone they ask: "is this a personal attack or something?"
Great fix!
Video is just as good as the thumbnail
HR Giger is God Tier
Thank you Logical Cock for appreciating the fine arts.
It was fun, i guess... - the best review you can find nowadays.
"There's a 10 minute window of actual entertainment" - two tickets please to this cinematic gem
Still looking for that ET Atari. Until another Copa Banger!
Alien Romulus is doing severe environmental damage.
when is your 10 hours retrospective of all the smack down vs raw games coming out? You promised.
The only thing holding me up is a good title. I came up with Rawdown and then lost my train of thought and moved on to doing something more awesome instead.
@@CopaExMachina So you started Deus Ex?
Copa ex ma:
Thank you for this great review. I haven't laughed so hard since Red Letter Media reviewed Prometheus.
Big compliments deserve big thank yous. THANK YOU.
Eating bread
You monster
Smoking black ooze.
🎉 maybe my favorite one yet idk but super good fr
One thing this party could use is more...booze
Fede that Like Button!
But don't look at it in the eye when doing it
FERN ALERT
@@ScriptedByJana Fern Alert! Danger! Danger!
The only thing I will Fede but I will not Alvarez it
I hate it when movies defraud poor old ladies.
Romulus is so bad it states its pronouns before speaking.
@@CopaExMachina I am a zee/zay movie.
@@CopaExMachinaYou sound like a chronically online redditor who couches up an ego off some poor criticisms, trying to appeal as ‘cool’ ‘edgy’. The movie had its fair share of stupid plot choices, but one of your criticisms was summed up to “yeah some alien blood off a face hugger didn’t leak through 6 floors, but a pool off the disintegration of the Xeno’s brain does? Dogsh film”. Dogsh asschannel
The worse kind of movie
Blood Meridian reference. Respect. 😎
Keep your eye on the coin, Melly. Are you watching the coin?
love that book
Every single one of these ends with the heroine ejecting the xenomorph into space. Can't they come up with a different way to end them so they're at least distinctive?
What if the xenomorph ejects this movie into space?
Is there a different way ? .. kindly list some 👍
Because audiences, most of them at least are dumb and want the same things over and over again. If you deviate from the formula, you pay the price. (The Three Amigos (86)). Look what happened with Alien 3 and what about most people feel about it still to this day. It tried to do something different and people hated it. If this franchise had 7 movies with marines and Ripley killing aliens doing the same s hit over and over again, they would be regarded as great films and they would be loved and successful.
Michael Jackson impressions sealed the deal... 10/10 great video! Youre hilarious
This title lol
I rule
love it
I support the player not the game.
This video changed your opinion on Alien Romulus. You're welcome.
@@CopaExMachina mmmmmmm no 😉
Excellent humour Mr. Machina
Thank you kindly. Keys to the Kuffs is an underrated album.
I just recently heard this movie is good...
It's average, wich with the current Hollywood standards means it's fricking amazing... because they haven't produced anything good for decades. Mediocre is the new good.
It is the 1992 space movie of 2024
You heard wrong
If Alien Romulus is a cover band, then it's a really damn good anthology concert of the whole Alien franchise.
Did you like Romulus Sketchdawg?
@@CopaExMachina Yeah I adored it. It was a great IMAX movie.
@@Sketch_XR Tis a sad day, Sketch. And it's your fault.
You need to make "mold" alert a thing going forward for the shitty films you fix
Mold Alerts have improved the lives of everyone here by at least 50%
Your review was 10x more entertaining than the movie. I yawned after 15 min in the theatre. It felt so empty.
Thank you. I still can't believe I know people who actually think that not only is this good, but better than Alien LOL
As a Pretty Big Alien Fan I respect your opinion However Romulus I quite Enjoyed, I think it's a good movie when it comes to the skill of Fede Álvarez I really enjoy the Concepts he brings to this Movie, Yes I can Understand some of the gripes but you gotta Remember that people weren't crazy about Covenant so the Franchise needed something to kinda help it out of a whole and I think Romulus did just that, It stuck with Classic Concepts while also bringing new and exciting lore, Storytelling, and interesting Scenarios. adding more to the Xeno Lifecycle was pretty awesome and I enjoyed the Whole Cocoon that guards itself with it's tail, The Hybrid at the end was Genuinely scary, The amount of memes I see of that guy are always so funny, I enjoyed the Gravity Scenes with the Acid and that whole gravity system was throughout the movie so it stayed Consistent, Fede Álvarez is honestly just a big fan of alien so he wanted to put a lot of love into this movie that appealed to both old and new Alien Fans. This is his first Alien Movie so as much as you hate on "Fan Service" I think he just Wanted to play it safe for his first try and I think there is nothing wrong with that. Yes there were a good amount of repeated ideas from past movies but only because he knows they will work which is what Disney needed to even progress in making any more of these movies, Also for characters who "Don't have Personality" a lot of fans sure love Andy on social Media. I also found it funny when you said characters don't use logic like that isn't a majority of horror movies anyway but this movie even tackles that concept by making Andy the most Logical in the second half of the movie when gets his chipped replaced. Final point is that this movie is one of the highest grossing movies this year even for a time holding the Number 2 spot for a bit. Covenant made $36,160,621 opening day and 240.9 million USD Worldwide Where Alien Romulus made $42,003,361 Opening Day and so far already dethroned Covenant in Worldwide Box Office at $283.4m even only being in Theaters less then a Month. The movie was a Financial Success and is Bringing Relevance to The Alien Franchise more then ever. So even if you don't understand my opinion, Numbers Talk. If you wanna Respond to this I'd love to have a Civil Conversation and Debate, Please no half assed insults, ragebait, or "Saying I should stop watching movies" Thanks for coming to my TED Talk :D
Okay I am not going to address every point you made. Be assured I did read it without passing out. Why are you okay with the first Xenomorph not only surviving a thruster blast to the sternum and the vacuum of space, but able to be retrieved by Weyland-Yutani?
@@CopaExMachina I will admit that’s a pretty good point I did never fully understand that one, I like the idea of Xenomorphs being pretty strong but that one definitely confuses me on how it would survive that so I agree with you on that
This movie was straight trash and the fact that there are people who are ranking it over Alien shows you where we are as a culture.
@@LordoftheBlingxX what are your reasons for not liking the Movie, just Curious? :O
@@DaggerSoda The prologue, the bland characters, the black goo, reusing Ash, the insane amount of memberberries, the stupidity of a pulley elevator inside a space station, the million to one shot of a ship safely crash landing inside a hanger, the idiotic zero gravity scene (jacked from the Total Recall remake), the alien is now invincible to any damage, the rehash of the plot to Alien... I can go on...
I still don't understand how can you fck it up so much and so many times with franchises like Alien, Halo, TLOTR, Star Wars... Well I fully understand it: wokeness here, pretentiousness there, some of "I don't need to know the source material because I know better than the original author and that makes me cool for some reason" mindset, loads of being out of touch, attacking the fans... But still, it's mind boggling how having the budget, the resources, the professionals, they can't make a decent product when all the stories, all the canon, everything is already written by others, which is the difficult part. We just need an Aliens 2, more marines hunting bugs, likeable and charismatic characters, they don't even need to be multidimensional or overcomplicated, they can be extremely stereotypical because that is not bad in itself if you do it right, cool weapons, cool settings, cool practical effects, explosions... Jesus Christ it's so frustrating!
Just fun! No we can't have that.
Modern filmmakers are the people you specifically do not invite to a party but they show up anyways.
Crazy how people are foaming at the mouth defending this crap ass movie
Almost top tier like The Room! 🤣🤣🤣
The Room has one thing on Alien Romulus; it's entertaining.
The best reviews contain lots of satire and funny made up words. Good Job.
You rule. Thank you.
I almost walked out on this movie but the sunk-cost fallacy kept me in my seat. The fact that there are hardcore defenders of this movie shows you where we are in the culture
"The trick to standing on the shoulders of giants is to not be under their feet first"
I like this.
If only more people in these industries understood that.
The people in the industry now huff their own farts and think they know better than those before them.
Great line
I will never understand the blind praise im hearing for Romulus. Everyone is praising Romulus for the exact same issues that they constantly trash Prometheus and Covenant for.
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 obviously, Newt, Hicks, Dallas, Parker, Hudson and Vasquez. I can even remember Morris, 85 and Clemens, and I LOATHE Alien 3. I can remember Call, Johner, David, Shaw, Vickers, Daniels and Tennessee. I cannot remember any of the s*** characters in Romulus.
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
Couldn't have said it better. Although I personally don't even recognize the other films beyond alien and aliens
Everything you said here is true and straight. Alien Romulus is so bad it makes you think fondly of Alien 3.
Andy is great.
My ranking:
Aliens
Prometheus
Avp/Avpr
Romulus
Alien
Alien 3
Alien covenant (David making the xeno confirmed by ridley is why it's last)
@@robertogurrola7465 I have one question about this list...why?
The cultural rot is now at the roots. People actually liking this movie have TikTok brain
Studios ripoff the original material for their remakes that are made after 20+ years from the original because they bank on the fact that the target audience is too young to have seen the original, or at least be emotionally attached to it. No one who seriously cares about the original would see this as anything but a huge disappointment, but those comparing it to the Prometheus+Covenant garbage will see it as an improvement. Based on the box office results it seems like that strategy worked in this case.
Unfortunately everything you said is right. How do we break this cycle?
@@CopaExMachina The cycle of big-studio/corporate filmmaking is a death spiral, it will probably only end when they end. Most of the actually creative stuff I watch now seems to be coming out of smallish filmmakers in Europe and elsewhere--and some of it actually makes it to Netflix, like Katla, Into the Night, and Troll. BTW, I subscribed to your channel because of your sense of humor. Keep it going.
I wonder how much the studio interfered in this production. This feels like 2 different movies with only the beginning being worth the time watching it, so I hope there is a directors cut that was closer to what we should have seen.
1st act, with the prologue aside of course, was good. A descent set up. Get set pieces but man, you're right. Felt like it all fell apart by the second half.
@@CopaExMachina I see so many missed opportunities with the backstories, but they either never wrote any, or Fox came in and cut everything that delayed the action.
Haven't seen the movie yet but who doesn't love being facehugged
You'll beg for a face hugger if you watch this
@@CopaExMachina That bad eh?
I loved Romulus-had an absolute blast watching it! I’m definitely planning to see it again soon. But then again, I’m simply an Alien fan, not a critic. Honestly, I’m just grateful that in the Disney era, we’re even getting a movie like this! Sure, it had to play it safe in some ways, but I still really enjoyed it. It had some great original moments and ideas, and it looked and sounded fantastic! I’m just glad the movie is a success and that most people are enjoying it-hopefully, this means we’ll get to see more entries in the future.
My hopes for a better tomorrow have been cancelled after reading this. Please stop liking movies, your judgement is hurting us all.
Oof
"Grateful that in the Disney era" - welp, that's all I need to read before I think you're a shill.
@@Notrelevantyet You completely misread my comment. I hate Disney! As far as I'm concerned, they've basically killed the Alien IP. I'm not grateful to them at all. I'm grateful that in spite of Disney, we're getting a movie like this.
Did Aliens (1986) explain what happened to the acid blood after hordes of Xenomorphs were auto-machine gunned ?
Other than Burke whispering "acid for blood" when they first reach the colony, there is not much of a reference to Xenomorph's blood until Hicks domes one and Vasquez melts off her own foot in the vent.
Nothing in Romulus made sense. What makes less sense is it has defenders. Standards have been lowered to "bottomless pit" levels
Standards check: true
I almost walked out on it but the sunk cost fallacy set in
Great video, and I totally agree. I thought this film was mediocre at best, even the crews/teams in past films have gotten better chemistry in the cast. I read another comment that described it best, “Romulus is the Goonies - in space”.
I am not the biggest Goonies fan and even I know that is an insult to The Goonies.
You making Blood Meridian references without my knowledge exists without my consent.
Watch the coin, Nossy. The coin, Nossy, the coin.
@@CopaExMachina The arc of circling bodies is determined by the length of their tether. Moons, coins, men.
Alien 3 was better than this, dispite its issues it at least stands on its own two feet without sucking up to previous films.
Alien 3 check: True
I would have forgiven this movie if they had interesting kills. I thought I was gonna see a guy dissolved by acid, but it just nicked his fingy and burned his heart. Thought the hanging kid was gonna get ripped in half, nope. Off screen death for breast feeding mom? Just why all the set up and no follow through?
I remember being amped for the Jackson's Star stuff. I was locked it. And then they got up to Romulus and it was a series of blunders. It is so bad to goes past good and right back to bad.
My brain couldnt even think about it while i was watching it. I enjoyed it but i remember thinking of a lot of stupid choices made that could have been way better because they all seemed pretty competent at first. It's not even like it was the pressure that got to them they just flipped a switch and turned their brains off right after the first gravity reset...
The prologue should have been enough of a warning to stay away but like a moth to a flame just when you think it can't get worse, you are on fire and smell like a Yankee Candle.
@@CopaExMachina your version is way better and I could vividly see it in my head the way you broke it down. Thankfully I didn't know about it until after but still something just didn't sit right with me after and I couldn't quite place it because it was all covered up so well with the visual art style and the nonstop BLAM BLAM WHAM BLAM, and I didn't even remember the callbacks honestly but I think I'm just given up on trying to make sense or consistent understanding of our TV and movies today. Yankee candles too expensive I get mine from Marshalls or HomeGoods
Romulus has alot of praise. So did Predator Prey which is ok but for all it's stupidity and not knowing lore, at least in Predators I laughed and liked the most of these 3.
Black Panther has a lot of praise too, doesn't mean it's good.
This movie was shit, and still there are so many people that try to convince you that its chocoloate... Ridley Scott doing everything to put the black goo everywhere because he is still pissed that he didnt made the sequel to the first one... dont get me wrong, Ridleys skill was necessary for the first one to look how it looks... but he didint write the script. And its a shame how little credit got O'Bannon and Shusett for it... anyways those are just my two cents, have a beautiful day...
"Ridleys skill was necessary for the first one to look how it looks... but he didint write the script. And its a shame how little credit got O'Bannon and Shusett for it..." O'Bannon and Shusett wrote an outstanding script. Walter Hill and Dave Giler did revisions (the producers) and if you ever get a chance to read their version, it's a fantastically streamlined and wonderfully written draft. All of this is to say that Alien Romulus is nowhere close to resembling any of the talent we've just mentioned.
I watched Romulus. Gotta say, the only problem i’ve had with the movie, was the chestburster’s/human hybrid’s growth spurt. From such a small size, it grows inside the cocoon into an adult Xenomorph like in only a few hours (i think). Same with the human hybrid. It grew from baby size to a 7”4 giant in like, no time at all. Perhaps the same could be said for some other Alien movies, but Romulus felt really fast paced on that subject.
Not comparing this to any of the other movies, as a standalone movie, i still believe Romulus did pretty well.
The writing team seemed to be in a rush. They must have watched the prequels at 2x speed and thought it happened that quick. It is the only explanation.
@@CopaExMachina but still, despite its flaws, one of the better movies what came out this year besides Deadpool & Wolverine. These days, they release movies that are mostly woke-influenced and i don’t need this bs in the film industry.
Now giger is crying in his tomb
His estate still got paid though lol
I really like 2/3 of the film. Hate the 3rd act with the Prometheus bullshit and use of black goo again in about half into the movie. And the adult aliens were a little underwhelming, but other than that I really liked it. I don't agree with how people complain about the characters. I think their goal was understandable: they wanted to escape slavery and early death - pretty damn good motivator if you ask me. Aliens is my favorite movie of all times and I'm an Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection apologist. And I love the first Alien, but I always find it funny when people romanticize the characters from the first one. I think it's nostalgia blindness. Ripley becomes badass toward the end, but we really love her because we know her transformation in Aliens. Dallas is cool because it's Tom Skerritt. Kane smokes, nothing more than that. Parker and Brett are not funny like people remember them to be. All they talk about is money. Ash is an asshole. And Lambert is emotional. We absolutely nothing about any of of them. And that, my friends, is the truth.
Every character had the same motivation. Why write that way?
As soon as they introduced the black goo I fully checked out.
Im so glad i wasnt the only one who thought this movie was shit. I couldnt watch it anymore after that "newborn" scene. ffs man what a stupid ending. The characters were so bland and boring. Gen Z "up and coming" actors nobody knows. Nobody gaf about any of the characters and the many trailers for this movie showed the entire thing and who dies. everything about this was just lame memberberries.
Did you like how they brought a dead actor back so he could play a half-assed version of himself and people could 'member hard?
@@CopaExMachina it was cringe. Just as cringe when they used cgi Arnold in the new terminator movies. I don't get why everyone is praising romulus. Nothing original.
@@SladeF-ll5rk Every five minutes there was a cringe checkpoint Romulus would pass through
Alien Romulus is Dollar General Alien
Romulus check: true
I actually really liked Romulus, I don’t get the hate
Boy do I got a video for you to watch
Did you watch the video lol
@@LordoftheBlingxXyeah, doesn’t stop me from enjoying a film
"blandyke" yikes
I have no idea why they named her that
Hilarious
Is this ‘woman has short hair therefore gay’ levels of sophistication and sharp wit?
I am fucking done with the hate for Romulus. It wasn’t perfect but I enjoyed it and liked it.
Romulus sucked so bad it is a new form of alien torture
@@CopaExMachina have you forgotten how much torture requiem was💀
@@CopaExMachina I am done. You people are ruining how much fun I had.
@@CopaExMachina I am done with you haters ruining how much fun I had honestly.
@@CopaExMachina requiem was torture Romulus isn’t
Bro Alien Romulus was indeed crap but don't shit on my beloved Prometheus and Covenant. Those were actual movies, althogh flawed. This is one giant flaw with some bit of a movie scattered between the load of bullshit (And some objectively good direction and photography to envelope it like a nice coloured plastic bag containing dog shit)
"This is one giant flaw with some bit of a movie scattered between the load of bullshit." For the next 24 hours you have my laughter. That is too good. So good in fact that I will ignore the Prometheus / Covenant comment.
@@CopaExMachina You may not like them but at least they were original. This is pure recycled biological waste
@@titanismmedia No lie detected and trust me, I tired. Romulus is like the best of album done by the worst cover band.
@@CopaExMachina I would call it a lazy, cheesy remix album. Well mixed and mastered but lazy and cheesy in its writing and production
I mean it's Force Awakens: Alien edition
Winner of the best analogy award goes to...
Idk how I feel about the movie, but I wouldn't call it bad. Its pretty on par with every other movie. Tbh the only good alien films are aliens and prometheus. I'm sure alien was good for it's time but it's lame now
I am on a rollercoaster of emotions with this comment
Damn why do people keep hating I’m glad it came out and it wasn’t as bad as alien 3 covenant wasn’t bad either a lil drawn out but man people keep hating and what ever hater keep hating
This movie sucked. That's the short-end of it
Saying Covenant wasn't bad is like saying Gwyneth Paltrow is a likable human being.
We hate it because it was bad. The whole franchise is a mess since Aliens. Let it die.
I agree with you some people just don’t know what horror is
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This feels like your just complaining about the movie not even saying how you would fix it so this was a click bait basically
Did you watch the video lol. I literally gave it 3 major fixes for each act
Dude, you sound like a poor man's Critical Drinker 😂 Jokes aside, kindly do a video to offer the story you'd have put in place if it was you (and not Fede Alvarez) 👍
Who is Critical Drinker? Jokes aside, you want a video where I build on my prologue/first act fix?
@@CopaExMachina .. Yes please .. all 3 (or more) acts 👍 Creative minds are rare, so give us all a Treat!
I honestly pity you guys, you can't seem to enjoy anything
Haters gonna hate. Ironically, these are the same people who complain that the franchise isn’t getting new entries… smh
We have to like just any crap that comes across the screen now?
I enjoy entertaining movies. Romulus was the opposite of that.
I prefer alien 4 than this shit to be honest
That's like saying I prefer to being vaporized by the bomb than huff the fallout so, in that sense, I agree with you.
I'd watch AvP again before I ever watch this
@@Notrelevantyet avp is a good fun movie unlike romulus
idk i liked it
Everyone has the right to have bad taste
@@CopaExMachina I just treated it as a dumb fun movie and had a good time. I like the first two more but I still think it was fun
@@CopaExMachinaor your standards is just higher, and can't be satisfied anymore. At least I didn't feel like watching a woke movie with this one.
Sorry
tbh I think you and the fandom are being overdramatic. the film wasn't perfect but compared to what we got last time its decent. if you walked in subconsciously expecting it to be close to or on the same level as the first two entries then you were setting yourself up for disappointment.
I immediately stated in the video I wasn't looking for an instant classic but just a good time. You're going to have drill new holes in your ears because the old ones closed up.
Alien Romulus is stage 4 cinema cancer
Learn your place dude
The movie was good and you are who?
"Fixed a movie" pff what a wannabe
Thank me for fixing it.
@@CopaExMachina 🤣🤣🤣
Delusional woke vegan wannabe
@@CopaExMachina cringe one
One day you're going to have to face the facts that I rule and you're you.
@@CopaExMachina 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seek therapy dude seriously
You need help
I kinda even feel sorry for you now
Alien Romulus is the worst Alien film since the last Alien film.
Requiem and resurrection are the worst and people should be smart enough to know that Romulus is better than those movies.
I'd prefer Alien: Vulcan
Where the alien/humanoid hybrid says
"Die Soon & Fail"
I really thought you were going to go with a Xenomorph/ Spock hybrid and name it Spockomorph