why??? my view is that Aliens killed Alien in the sense that it made the alien not important. it goes against H.R gigers original designs ...its already been fucked up!! ...dnt worry
I would like to reiterate what I said in the video: to me Alien 3 was an outstanding sci-fi horror movie, and I still watch it from time to time. I just can't help feeling sad and somewhat bitter over the choice of killing off Newt, Hicks and Bishop. I can't help wondering "what if..." EVERY SINGLE TIME 😢 Thanks for the comment! PS: not familiar with that name, "Assembly cut".. I'll have to check it out!
I might be in the minority here, but Alien and Aliens are amazing films that still hold up, and a "soft reboot" is not a good direction to go. I appreciate Prometheus for building on the premise of the Alien universe, I just wish it was done better.
I'm not sure Romulus is meant to be a soft reboot. I guess more of a different story told in the same universe. Maybe I'm wrong but I tend to think a reboot by definition involves the same protagonists? Thanks for the comment!
@@DarkSpotting Well, I think that Ellen Ripley is so tied with Sigourney Weaver, that nobody would have the balls to replace her in that role. However, if the premise and structure of the movie is similar to the original, I would consider it a soft reboot, because they're basically remaking the movie at this point. But at the end of the day, if the majority of fans want it to be a "return to roots", I hope it will turn out to be a competent movie in that regard, even if it turns out to be not what I personally would prefer. I hope they do come up with a competent sequel to Prometheus at some point, and not the crap we got with Covenant.
Your not alone in you're opinion . Yes Alien Aliens even Alien 3 for all the bad rep it gets and I understand why is till better than what trash comes out in the modern age today . Hell I'll ever rewatch resurrection over Prometheus and covent any time of the day 😂👍Sadly you can't heave nice things any more when Disney owns woke wood now they ruining opportunities for a potential good movie. They are always tied to political gender woman & G@y ideology to spread the vile leftist message as much as possible to younger audiences. It's even worse what they teach in schools these days just pure brain washing reprogramming. And on a closing note and A very big comment Why dose it always have to be a woman in the main role defeating hundreds of soldiers and aliens bear handed Bo's Bab B nonsense. It dose not look realistic or scary in my opinion, it make it look dumb and try hard. The only other dude I've seen so far in the new unimpressive trailer is a man of color people suspect is an android intentionally implemented by woke culture now. If you're white strong man you're an outcast talk about not being ra€ist and all inclusive like they preach it's teh exact oposite 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👎👎
I hope they have Predator cameos also. Maybe they could digitally bring back his character from Predator 2 as Hudson's cryogenically frozen ancestor (explaining why he looks so similar). R.I.P Bill.
Nah- AvP when that guy said "Get to the choppers" I was like...face palm! references and easter eggs should be visual and small winks not blatant call outs.
I liked the moment in Alien 3 where Ripley expresses: "Then, we're fucked" in front of Andrews and he replies "No, you're _fucked_ " If a bit of Hudson's fatalistic character carried over from one film to the other because of her dire mood, that was the moment. When you watched that movie long ago in 1993, it was still filled with the ghosts of the previous film's characters. Ripley's grief all through the film because they are not there for her is, err 'palpable'. ... at this point I'd like to just add it was Weaver's executive decision, as a producer on the film, to focus on 'Ripley's story' (namely Vincent Ward's script) rather than going forward with other scripts like William Gibson's. Cameron most certainly knows this at those reunions where they inevitably end up sitting next to each other : ) His digs at Fincher are cheap and he knows it. I still think Ward's was the best _idea_ and they managed it _just_ somehow somewhere. A warped science fiction version of a 'Snow White' tale.
just be glad we getting another alien movie after the backlash...in my view is a good thing. you know what, ive never really liked the movies ...i only care about the alien itself designed by the great artist H.R giger ......................fuck the films!! they've been fucked for a long time .
If Fede Alvarez were a Disc Jockey, I would say that this movie "Romulus" is going to be a very excellent REMIX between the original version (1979) and the continuation (1986)
What if he were a SPACE Jockey? 🥶😬 Sorry, couldn't help it! but yeah, I agree with your analogy, albeit I'm confident that, like with any talented artist, we will find elements of his own peppered throughout the film!
Very good breakdown, thank you. This looks so promising... a clone of Alien and Aliens. The atmosphere of Alien and the action of Aliens. What's not to like!?! If this will be part of a trilogy I can only hope it will somehow go in the direction of the Space Jockey. The Prometheus idea of the Space Jockeys exoskeleton being a space suit was downright ridiculous - imo. And the idea (amongst many in Alien Covenant) that David should be the creator of the Xenomorph were so far out, that it made me leave the franchise hopeless disappointed... angry in fact. Now I hope it will all get back on track! It looks promising!!
The black goo will be a marginal presence in this movie, I think. As for Ian Holm's AI, may I ask why it irks you? It's not incongruent with the overarching mythos, since Ash was transmitting data from the Nostromo all the time unbeknownst to the crew.. that data could have ended up into a big pot that was later running the space station in "Alien: Romulus". Just my 2 cents!
@@DarkSpotting I'm not a fan of that use of A.I. tbh. I barely like it as an internet tool, so using it to paste Ian Holms on someone's face just because they wanted the actor from the first movie, should have just used a different character. It's sad to say it this way, but that ship has sailed a I dislike the idea of paying to support a movie that took that route. Could still pirate it, or view it in some other way for free, but I don't like the way the series has been heading with the last two additions.
Great video though, I'm sure I'll give the movie a chance to win me over, but I really don't want to give any industry, especially the movie industry, that I want to see A.I. in more movies.
I respect your view on AI, despite being softer on the matter. I understand the concern. As to the pirating part, sorry if this sounds moralistic but there are real people working on these movies, lots of people supporting families through their craft, not just big studios' executives (they're also human beings though 🙂) so I think it's right to pay for the consumption of any piece of media, not just the ones that align with our beliefs. Just stating my values regarding this topic, no animosity intended!
Okay, in preparation for Romulus. I've been watching alien and aliens just because I love the heck out of the movies. And i'm super excited. However I want to bring up something. Maybe some else's brought up in the trailer. For Romulus, they make a big deal about the word run. And then the face huggers jump out......in aliens at about 2 hours 24 minutes when Bishop is attacked on the platform after they escape the planet....... Ripley says to newt run..... I think it plays into something.... Newt retreats backward and then gets in the underneath crawl space for the next scene...... I'm not really sure what just don't know what I thought I would add that..
She uses the word run while she is hand waving To give the attention away from Newt.... It wasn't just run away... Ripley was essentially giving herself up so I don't know
Nice! 🤩 I missed that reference! Well done. Now that you pointed it out I strongly believe it's not there by chance in the trailer. Perhaps it won't lead to a similar scene as in Aliens, but it's just a tiny juicy Easter egg!
I've been a fan of the Franchise since the Aliens movie in the 80's (yes I watched it when I was FAR too young), books, graphic novels, fanfiction, etc. But the movies from 3 onwards, including the AvP movies have been lacklustre, despite any pre-release hype. So I will treat Romulus like I have with every other entry in this series, "I will hope for greatness, but I expect only mediocrity".
The Thing is the other sci-fi horror movie that's up there in my personal pantheon. I think the only thing that made me grow more attached to the Alien franchise was a recurring character and a somewhat more versatile concept and monster.. just my two cents! Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment!
It looks great. I think the film will be excellent up until act 3, then I worry it will go a bit wonky, especially with a new neomorph type thing. I just wish they would cut the cord completely and not do any link to the original film.
Alien 3 was a return to form. James Cameron had popped it off the rails and turned it into an amusement park ride. It was no longer a horror film; it was more akin to Jurassic Park. It was a feel good movie; that’s exactly why it’s so popular. His film entirely eschews desperation, isolation, and hopelessness. In a word: dread. The decision to destroy Hicks and Newt was bold for its time. Yet, in today’s horror landscape, it is ubiquitous to destroy major characters. To begin from a place of grief, which initiates an inherent and subsequent vulnerability. It alerts us that no one is safe and that every crew member on the Enterprise, must now wear a red shirt.
The first was a horror, the second a war, the third a thriller movie, the fourth... a comedy? All of them were good at what they were doing. Killing beloved characters is only okay when it happens suddenly, unexpectedly, and is important from story perspective (see the definition of TRAGEDY). Killing them off screen is a bad decision. But you're right about the vulnerability feeling, that's important. And no one can be saved for the eternity in real life, but one of the most important rules of writing is that written stories must be more logical than real life, otherwise readers (movie viewers) won't enjoy it. And this demands that you don't throw characters we rooted for in the previous movie in the trash bin just like that.
Silly thing to say. You can't compare Alien and Aliens... You need to watch Aliens and see there is plenty of isolation, depression and hopelessness.. That's the whole point of Ripley. And no, it's not a 'feel good' movie at all
I recall that Alien3 sucked. Maybe I should watch it again tonight in the dark, nice and loud with headphones. It might be better than Shane Blacks jokey film "The Predator", which I fall asleep to every time I try and watch it.
Back burster was insanely stupid. It makes absolutely zero sense. The ribs in front can spread and give way, but the back has a lot going on, especially at the spinal cord where the back burster seems to exit from. Also, did Ridley forget the lifecycle of the xenos?
To be fair, the creatures on Alien: Covenant are Neomorphs, a sorta subspecies version of the Xenomorph. If I'm not mistaken, the first and only Xenomorph in Alien Covenant is the one that comes out of Christopher's chest. The Neomorph comes out from the back, the Xenomorph from the chest.
Correct! but the only xeno follows a life cycle of... 10 minutes tops? From facehugging to chestbursting to full-grown adlt I mean. That's why I mention in the video that it bothered me!
I thought the backbursting was pretty scary, even though it doesn't make much sense like you say. Perhaps the neomorphs are somewhat genetically more "rudimentary" and come out randomly? Anyway, I was also put off by Ridley Scott's choice for the xeno's development. I clearly remember the moment in the theatre when I saw that scene and thought "What the heck?!"
Is it possible for disney owned properties to allow a decent movie to be made for an audience that hasn't been indoctrinated into their narrative i wonder? For anyone who hasnt, and who has a half a brain will be probably rolling their eyes within 20 minutes , thinking here we go again. But I live in hope and pray to be wrong and with this director there is at least a chance of a good movie.
Lmao, the franchise doesn't need saving. It is still the best franchise in all of scifi. The most recent prequels truly made the franchise great again. This won't move the needle.
Well... it doesn't need saving from the fandom's perspective, I agree, but it has yielded dimishing returns over the years because fans aren't satisfied (at least that's my interpretation), so it needs a big success to justify further investments and more products responding to what fans need, not what directors and producers need... hope I made myself clear. Thanks for the comment!
Are you being sarcastic? Apart from the idiot and the eel things and a few other things, Prometheus wasn't bad. Covenant was ridiculous and predictable. And WTF was the stupid Christ as a chestburster all about, other than a rather stupid and ridiculous spelling out that David has a god complex - as if we didn't know. It was yet another wasted opportunity. Ridley Scott has a real talent for visuals but given the plot, characters and dialogue, it just seemed he wasn't really trying.
You must be smoking some high crack the movies are on a downgrade declining quality Prometheus and covent both sucked in story telling and character development and aliens lore all messed up. It's not all about the scares and gore, these movies end up scrapping very impressive special practical effects with crappy generated AI effects and crappy CGY computer generated images that look like garbage👎 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think a strong female lead is pretty much a given in this franchise. I have no qualms with that, because I am more keen on the heroistic and militaristic side of it. Just my opinion! thanks for the comment!
This is going to be a collage of all the other aliens movie and Prometheus put together. It's gonna be good but those "true fans" will of course find problems with it
I realized after watching this trailer how gynocentric the Alien franchise is. Every single movie.... always a women kicking the Alien's ass. Like, is it even possible to have a male protagonist in this universe? Apparently not.
My personal opinion is that this penchant for female protagonists is not due to the current woke trend in Hollywood, but simply to commercial reasons since Ripley was such an iconic character. They're simply trying to emulate the formula. Heck, they've been doing it for about 4 decades!
Back in the day having a female main character was exciting, because women are weaker than men, they weren't made for hunting and war, and this meant more tension and excitement in films. But nowadays, the "strong female character" trope destroyed this feeling and just generates boredom.
Hmmmm....I, however, am not optimistic. *DUNE 1, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, DUNE 2 SET THE STANDARD BOTH IN SUBSTATIVE STORY WORTHY OF TELLING AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE VISUAL EFFECTS.* What shall ALIEN ROMULUS offer in both categories?
Fede Alvarez said he was committed to using almost exclusively practical effects and props! I'm not ideologically against CGI but I think the Alien series is better suited to practical effects. That makes 1 out of 2 for me!
@@DarkSpotting I prefer traditional visual effects and using cg/digital techniques serving the purposes to assist the traditional. I have no love for cg at all. Now, regarding the premise, I have an intense dislike for prequels as from my experience they prove to be unsatisfying all due to the poor storyteller. Ridley Scott cannot tell good stories on his own with one exception he foolishly deserted the Engineer's subject and focused on those damn humanoid robots.
It won't save anything, it looks like yet another rehash of the beaten formula "crew trapped somewhere being killed one by one" which everyone is tired of... You know what would save the franchise? Pretend that Covenant never happened (it was just a bad dream Shaw have in Cryosleep), and then we could finally have a proper sequel to Prometheus where Shaw and David arrive at the Engineers planet looking for answers.
I am not tired with that formula, which I find awesome when done correctly, but I respect your feelings regarding it. As for Covenant, you had me at "pretend it never happened" 😄
I 100% agree …it is one of my best Mates birthdays on the 17th of August and we honestly cannot wait until we both go and see it together coz we both think that it looks like an ABSOLUTELY BANGING film !!! We have both got high expectations and we are both extremely confident that we won’t leave the big screen disappointed …roll on August 16th I honestly cannot wait !!!!🎉
That's awesome! My birthday's is in August but not the same date 😞 anyway, what a fantastic way to celebrate that event for two friends who share a cinematic passion. I really hope the movie will live up to your expectations! and mine as well 😄 Thanks for your comment!
If I were to talk probabilities, I think given how Fede Alvarez is a household name in the genre by now, and how much buzz the trailer has generated, a complete failure is out of the question. I think mild success is more likely.. but I could be wrong, of course!
What is this guy talking about Romulus won't save the alien franchise has been on a downgrade since resurrection it's part of Ridley Scot's horrible Prometheus and covenant movies. I don't understand why people are exited about new smelly garbage. Also with a very small political agenda that is very noticeable to a smart sane persone. Long gone are the days of good story telling and engaging actors and likable characters, and non of the constant annoying weaponized gender political ideology. I guess people forgot what real good movies used to be back in the day or it's the new generation of younger people liking it. It's disheartening and not their folt now they grow up with leftist woke garbage movies from woke wood.👎👎🤣🤣🤣
Do you guys not realize the original Alien was always politically progressive? Alien subverts the audience of 1979's expectation by having Dallas, a character played by a more famous actor, die halfway through the movie to make way for Ripley, the final girl, to survive the Alien alongside her cat... Parker, a Black man, survived the Alien longer than any of the rest of the White male characters. Lambert was trans (this is something you can see in her staff bio in ALIENS). The whole design of the Nostromo, as well as the alien ship, is based on female sexual organs. " Dan O'Bannon specifically wrote this scene with the male's fear of penetration in mind and wanted the scene to operate as a payback of sorts for all of the times horror films have subjected weak women to male predatory monsters. His goal was to reverse the stigma associated with the sexualized violence against women in horror and turn the idea back on itself. It's no coincidence that the chestburster's birth involves a forceful invasion of male-bodied victims and concludes with a phallic entity being born out of a male's chest." screenrant.com/alien-movie-chestburster-sexual-assault-meaning/ If you can't deal with "gender political ideology," the Alien franchise probably isn't for you. It's always been a film series about gender.
Based on the trailer, Romulus does not look promising! The trailer has re-hashed scenarios and dialog and no adult characters, it may have a big budget but it looks like a cheesy teen flick. This will be a hard pass for most people who were around to see Alien in the theater. Sigourney Weaver was 28 when she did Alien, she looked and acted like an adult. Compare her to anyone in the trailer and tell me they don't look like her kid brother/sister! It doesn't matter what their chronological age is, this cast looks, talks and acts like teenagers! And "Wa'er" is not a word! Imagine John Hurt or Ian Holm not bothering to properly pronounce their dialog? I suppose the Brit actor who is t-glottalizing thinks he is "keeping it real", yea, real for his peers who haven't yet had to compete in the adult world! And that's the exact demographic which they are targeting! This is Alien for teens! We won't have to wait long for it to hit a streaming service. The audience for Fede's other films were mostly teens, it'll be the same for Romulus.
@@TheFantaFruitTwist If you think all fans or the original Alien film live in basements I'm think you're overestimating how many houses have basements and why are you here if you hate the Alien franchise and it's fans so much 🤷♂️ Also I live in a penthouse apartment. 😀
They are aiming for Gen Z and beyond audience, it cannot be good...i mean actors are young adults , it will be trash like almost everything these days.
Do you wanna make a good ALIENS film, bring back James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Michael Bean. Young with CGI and make it after aliens. Alien three never existed. None of the alien films existed After aliens. Bring back Carrie hen. somehow figure out a way to incorporate her in the film, and perhaps make world war alien. Bring back the space marines, perhaps go back to earth and the aliens have invaded. Perhaps go to the alien home world. There’s lots they could do but instead they keep bringing out the same old bullshit
That was Neil Blomkamp's plan and I was very sorry that he wasn't given a chance to bring it to fruition back then. I suppose now it's impossible, so we'll have to make do with a new story and new characters!
I wouldn't get your hopes up too far. "Psychological horror" could mean two of the main characters aren't far left progressives and by "body horror" could be a crew member had their gender reassignment surgery canceled. How many times have we seen a trailer for a new movie attached to a beloved franchise that promises "a return to form but with a new twist and new elements...old fans will be pleasantly surprised but updated for today's more contemporary audiences" only to have our hopes dashed against the rocks like a second place cliff diver (first place is gold medal, second place is extracted from the rocks with a shop vac)? Can Hollywood make great movies today. Yes, I believe they can. Will they? That all depends on the mood they're in when they decided to start throwing money when filming starts. Hollywood likes mountains of cash but what they seem to like more than money is virtue signaling from on high, telling the audience how terrible we are and shoving "the message, the message, the message" in our faces. So, my warning to everybody is this: send a trusted sacrificial lamb to watch this on opening day. If he comes out of the theater wanting to avoid being alone in the dark... buy yourself a ticket. If he says something along the lines of "eh, it was all right, had some good parts BUT ________"...maybe wait until it's available for home viewing.
I really Hope Alien Romulus directed by Fede Alvarez will take the Alien back to it's roots with Alien and Aliens. The Trailer looks amazing
I'm glad I'm not alone in feeling that way! Thanks for your comment!
why???
my view is that Aliens killed Alien in the sense that it made the alien not important. it goes against H.R gigers original designs ...its already been fucked up!! ...dnt worry
Do you wanna know why it will fail. How diverse and ridiculously young and beautiful will the cast be over a good story and decent grizzled actors!
The original Alien had a diverse cast. I agree that the young actors kinda take me out of the realism of the setting.
If they do dei it will fail
Upvoted for the algorithm. I hope more people see your video.
Thank you! 🙏
Alien 3 was great. Watch the Assembly Cut.
Though it isn't nearly as bad as some say I wouldn't say it was great
I would like to reiterate what I said in the video: to me Alien 3 was an outstanding sci-fi horror movie, and I still watch it from time to time. I just can't help feeling sad and somewhat bitter over the choice of killing off Newt, Hicks and Bishop. I can't help wondering "what if..." EVERY SINGLE TIME 😢 Thanks for the comment! PS: not familiar with that name, "Assembly cut".. I'll have to check it out!
1. No it isn’t
2. The assembly cut adds a few scenes. That doesn’t change the movie.
@@DarkSpotting- how can it be outstanding when it made terrible story choices?? It could have been good. Outstanding is a ridiculous assertion.
Sorry Alien 3 sucked..
Dude, I should say this was a great breakdown (which it is).. But what I am going to say is your voice is so soothing :D
Thanks for the feedback! I wonder if going with this voice style is ok or if people prefer more "high-energy".. but I'm really glad you like it! 🙏
@@DarkSpotting nah soft and soothing is good :) - but thats just me ha
The Romulus & Remus Space Station is shaped Very much like so of Star Trek’s Star-Fleet Command space station..
I'm not familiar with that, I'll have to check it out! thanks for the comment!
I might be in the minority here, but Alien and Aliens are amazing films that still hold up, and a "soft reboot" is not a good direction to go. I appreciate Prometheus for building on the premise of the Alien universe, I just wish it was done better.
I'm not sure Romulus is meant to be a soft reboot. I guess more of a different story told in the same universe. Maybe I'm wrong but I tend to think a reboot by definition involves the same protagonists? Thanks for the comment!
@@DarkSpotting Well, I think that Ellen Ripley is so tied with Sigourney Weaver, that nobody would have the balls to replace her in that role. However, if the premise and structure of the movie is similar to the original, I would consider it a soft reboot, because they're basically remaking the movie at this point. But at the end of the day, if the majority of fans want it to be a "return to roots", I hope it will turn out to be a competent movie in that regard, even if it turns out to be not what I personally would prefer. I hope they do come up with a competent sequel to Prometheus at some point, and not the crap we got with Covenant.
Your not alone in you're opinion . Yes Alien Aliens even Alien 3 for all the bad rep it gets and I understand why is till better than what trash comes out in the modern age today . Hell I'll ever rewatch resurrection over Prometheus and covent any time of the day 😂👍Sadly you can't heave nice things any more when Disney owns woke wood now they ruining opportunities for a potential good movie. They are always tied to political gender woman & G@y ideology to spread the vile leftist message as much as possible to younger audiences. It's even worse what they teach in schools these days just pure brain washing reprogramming. And on a closing note and A very big comment
Why dose it always have to be a woman in the main role defeating hundreds of soldiers and aliens bear handed Bo's Bab B nonsense. It dose not look realistic or scary in my opinion, it make it look dumb and try hard. The only other dude I've seen so far in the new unimpressive trailer is a man of color people suspect is an android intentionally implemented by woke culture now. If you're white strong man you're an outcast talk about not being ra€ist and all inclusive like they preach it's teh exact oposite 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👎👎
I hope they honour Bill Paxton in some way "Game over man" classic line from Aliens R.I.P Bill
Stop your grinnin and drop your linen.....
I hope so but doubtful since this movie is like 37 years before aliens I doubt hudson was alive at that point
I hope they have Predator cameos also. Maybe they could digitally bring back his character from Predator 2 as Hudson's cryogenically frozen ancestor (explaining why he looks so similar).
R.I.P Bill.
Nah- AvP when that guy said "Get to the choppers" I was like...face palm! references and easter eggs should be visual and small winks not blatant call outs.
I liked the moment in Alien 3 where Ripley expresses: "Then, we're fucked" in front of Andrews and he replies "No, you're _fucked_ "
If a bit of Hudson's fatalistic character carried over from one film to the other because of her dire mood, that was the moment. When you watched that movie long ago in 1993, it was still filled with the ghosts of the previous film's characters. Ripley's grief all through the film because they are not there for her is, err 'palpable'.
... at this point I'd like to just add it was Weaver's executive decision, as a producer on the film, to focus on 'Ripley's story' (namely Vincent Ward's script) rather than going forward with other scripts like William Gibson's. Cameron most certainly knows this at those reunions where they inevitably end up sitting next to each other : ) His digs at Fincher are cheap and he knows it.
I still think Ward's was the best _idea_ and they managed it _just_ somehow somewhere. A warped science fiction version of a 'Snow White' tale.
just be glad we getting another alien movie after the backlash...in my view is a good thing. you know what, ive never really liked the movies ...i only care about the alien itself designed by the great artist H.R giger ......................fuck the films!! they've been fucked for a long time .
If Fede Alvarez were a Disc Jockey, I would say that this movie "Romulus" is going to be a very excellent REMIX between the original version (1979) and the continuation (1986)
What if he were a SPACE Jockey? 🥶😬 Sorry, couldn't help it! but yeah, I agree with your analogy, albeit I'm confident that, like with any talented artist, we will find elements of his own peppered throughout the film!
@@DarkSpotting thats Right...(*-*)
Agree with you ... we want a good movie using all elements of I and II which are the best in the franchise by far. Hoping Fede pulls it off 🤘🏼
Fingers crossed, my fellow moviegoer! Thanks for letting me know how you feel about it!
Very good breakdown, thank you.
This looks so promising... a clone of Alien and Aliens. The atmosphere of Alien and the action of Aliens. What's not to like!?!
If this will be part of a trilogy I can only hope it will somehow go in the direction of the Space Jockey.
The Prometheus idea of the Space Jockeys exoskeleton being a space suit was downright ridiculous - imo.
And the idea (amongst many in Alien Covenant) that David should be the creator of the Xenomorph were so far out, that it made me leave the franchise hopeless disappointed... angry in fact.
Now I hope it will all get back on track! It looks promising!!
Yeah.. lots of odd choices in Prometheus and Covenant... LOTS 😔 Thank you for your appreciation! 🙏
What an awesome trailer. I think this movie is going to be great and exactly what us alien fans have been wanting
We're on the same boat! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Lost quite a lot of intrest when the black goo and A.I. Ian Holms were mentioned.
The black goo will be a marginal presence in this movie, I think. As for Ian Holm's AI, may I ask why it irks you? It's not incongruent with the overarching mythos, since Ash was transmitting data from the Nostromo all the time unbeknownst to the crew.. that data could have ended up into a big pot that was later running the space station in "Alien: Romulus". Just my 2 cents!
@@DarkSpotting I'm not a fan of that use of A.I. tbh. I barely like it as an internet tool, so using it to paste Ian Holms on someone's face just because they wanted the actor from the first movie, should have just used a different character. It's sad to say it this way, but that ship has sailed a I dislike the idea of paying to support a movie that took that route. Could still pirate it, or view it in some other way for free, but I don't like the way the series has been heading with the last two additions.
Great video though, I'm sure I'll give the movie a chance to win me over, but I really don't want to give any industry, especially the movie industry, that I want to see A.I. in more movies.
I respect your view on AI, despite being softer on the matter. I understand the concern. As to the pirating part, sorry if this sounds moralistic but there are real people working on these movies, lots of people supporting families through their craft, not just big studios' executives (they're also human beings though 🙂) so I think it's right to pay for the consumption of any piece of media, not just the ones that align with our beliefs. Just stating my values regarding this topic, no animosity intended!
Thanks for the kind words on my video! 🙏
Okay, in preparation for Romulus. I've been watching alien and aliens just because I love the heck out of the movies. And i'm super excited. However I want to bring up something. Maybe some else's brought up in the trailer. For Romulus, they make a big deal about the word run. And then the face huggers jump out......in aliens at about 2 hours 24 minutes when Bishop is attacked on the platform after they escape the planet....... Ripley says to newt run..... I think it plays into something.... Newt retreats backward and then gets in the underneath crawl space for the next scene...... I'm not really sure what just don't know what I thought I would add that..
She uses the word run while she is hand waving To give the attention away from Newt.... It wasn't just run away... Ripley was essentially giving herself up so I don't know
Nice! 🤩 I missed that reference! Well done. Now that you pointed it out I strongly believe it's not there by chance in the trailer. Perhaps it won't lead to a similar scene as in Aliens, but it's just a tiny juicy Easter egg!
I've been a fan of the Franchise since the Aliens movie in the 80's (yes I watched it when I was FAR too young), books, graphic novels, fanfiction, etc. But the movies from 3 onwards, including the AvP movies have been lacklustre, despite any pre-release hype. So I will treat Romulus like I have with every other entry in this series, "I will hope for greatness, but I expect only mediocrity".
Keeping expectations in check is always a sensible approach! In this case, I'm afraid I won't be able to be as cool-headed!
Now me, the movie that changed my life was John Carpenter's The Thing, but Alien and The Fly have always been close.
The Thing is the other sci-fi horror movie that's up there in my personal pantheon. I think the only thing that made me grow more attached to the Alien franchise was a recurring character and a somewhat more versatile concept and monster.. just my two cents! Thanks for watching and for leaving a comment!
will falling like the other alien and predator movies
Prey was good, ur wrong
@@Boxcar808 because? Was good, thats all?
It looks great. I think the film will be excellent up until act 3, then I worry it will go a bit wonky, especially with a new neomorph type thing.
I just wish they would cut the cord completely and not do any link to the original film.
I don't think we'll get more neomorphs. More like various versions of xenos like those seen in comics and videogames!
Alien 3 was a return to form. James Cameron had popped it off the rails and turned it into an amusement park ride. It was no longer a horror film; it was more akin to Jurassic Park. It was a feel good movie; that’s exactly why it’s so popular. His film entirely eschews desperation, isolation, and hopelessness. In a word: dread.
The decision to destroy Hicks and Newt was bold for its time.
Yet, in today’s horror landscape, it is ubiquitous to destroy major characters. To begin from a place of grief, which initiates an inherent and subsequent vulnerability. It alerts us that no one is safe and that every crew member on the Enterprise, must now wear a red shirt.
From a fellow moviegoer to another: agree to disagree 😅 but thank you very much for your comment!
The first was a horror, the second a war, the third a thriller movie, the fourth... a comedy? All of them were good at what they were doing.
Killing beloved characters is only okay when it happens suddenly, unexpectedly, and is important from story perspective (see the definition of TRAGEDY). Killing them off screen is a bad decision.
But you're right about the vulnerability feeling, that's important. And no one can be saved for the eternity in real life, but one of the most important rules of writing is that written stories must be more logical than real life, otherwise readers (movie viewers) won't enjoy it. And this demands that you don't throw characters we rooted for in the previous movie in the trash bin just like that.
Silly thing to say. You can't compare Alien and Aliens... You need to watch Aliens and see there is plenty of isolation, depression and hopelessness.. That's the whole point of Ripley. And no, it's not a 'feel good' movie at all
Alien 3 was doing fart
I recall that Alien3 sucked. Maybe I should watch it again tonight in the dark, nice and loud with headphones. It might be better than Shane Blacks jokey film "The Predator", which I fall asleep to every time I try and watch it.
Back burster was insanely stupid. It makes absolutely zero sense. The ribs in front can spread and give way, but the back has a lot going on, especially at the spinal cord where the back burster seems to exit from.
Also, did Ridley forget the lifecycle of the xenos?
To be fair, the creatures on Alien: Covenant are Neomorphs, a sorta subspecies version of the Xenomorph. If I'm not mistaken, the first and only Xenomorph in Alien Covenant is the one that comes out of Christopher's chest.
The Neomorph comes out from the back, the Xenomorph from the chest.
Correct! but the only xeno follows a life cycle of... 10 minutes tops? From facehugging to chestbursting to full-grown adlt I mean. That's why I mention in the video that it bothered me!
I thought the backbursting was pretty scary, even though it doesn't make much sense like you say. Perhaps the neomorphs are somewhat genetically more "rudimentary" and come out randomly? Anyway, I was also put off by Ridley Scott's choice for the xeno's development. I clearly remember the moment in the theatre when I saw that scene and thought "What the heck?!"
Is it possible for disney owned properties to allow a decent movie to be made for an audience that hasn't been indoctrinated into their narrative i wonder? For anyone who hasnt, and who has a half a brain will be probably rolling their eyes within 20 minutes , thinking here we go again. But I live in hope and pray to be wrong and with this director there is at least a chance of a good movie.
Lmao, the franchise doesn't need saving. It is still the best franchise in all of scifi. The most recent prequels truly made the franchise great again. This won't move the needle.
Well... it doesn't need saving from the fandom's perspective, I agree, but it has yielded dimishing returns over the years because fans aren't satisfied (at least that's my interpretation), so it needs a big success to justify further investments and more products responding to what fans need, not what directors and producers need... hope I made myself clear. Thanks for the comment!
@@DarkSpotting I mean you're not wrong. I'm not sure how but covenant under sold. But the series is hanging now. The show, the new film. Let's goooo
Are you being sarcastic?
Apart from the idiot and the eel things and a few other things, Prometheus wasn't bad.
Covenant was ridiculous and predictable.
And WTF was the stupid Christ as a chestburster all about, other than a rather stupid and ridiculous spelling out that David has a god complex - as if we didn't know.
It was yet another wasted opportunity.
Ridley Scott has a real talent for visuals but given the plot, characters and dialogue, it just seemed he wasn't really trying.
You must be smoking some high crack the movies are on a downgrade declining quality Prometheus and covent both sucked in story telling and character development and aliens lore all messed up. It's not all about the scares and gore, these movies end up scrapping very impressive special practical effects with crappy generated AI effects and crappy CGY computer generated images that look like garbage👎 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The teaser looks good up until they show the Ripley type woman. I don't want to see a copy again.
Yeah it's pretty unimaginative to keep trying to do a copy and paste Ripley type character.
I think a strong female lead is pretty much a given in this franchise. I have no qualms with that, because I am more keen on the heroistic and militaristic side of it. Just my opinion! thanks for the comment!
@@DarkSpottingagreed, it wasn’t even a thought because I’m so use to it.
This is going to be a collage of all the other aliens movie and Prometheus put together. It's gonna be good but those "true fans" will of course find problems with it
I cultivate the hope that for once we will see a very successful and (almost) universally acclaimed Alien film!
I realized after watching this trailer how gynocentric the Alien franchise is. Every single movie.... always a women kicking the Alien's ass. Like, is it even possible to have a male protagonist in this universe? Apparently not.
My personal opinion is that this penchant for female protagonists is not due to the current woke trend in Hollywood, but simply to commercial reasons since Ripley was such an iconic character. They're simply trying to emulate the formula. Heck, they've been doing it for about 4 decades!
But I agree with you, there would be nothing wrong with a strong male character battling xenos! Actually, it would be awesome
Back in the day having a female main character was exciting, because women are weaker than men, they weren't made for hunting and war, and this meant more tension and excitement in films. But nowadays, the "strong female character" trope destroyed this feeling and just generates boredom.
Alien started the "final girl" trope in cinema in 1979. If you don't like female leads, this is not the franchise for you.
Hmmmm....I, however, am not optimistic.
*DUNE 1, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, DUNE 2 SET THE STANDARD BOTH IN SUBSTATIVE STORY WORTHY OF TELLING AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE VISUAL EFFECTS.*
What shall ALIEN ROMULUS offer in both categories?
Fede Alvarez said he was committed to using almost exclusively practical effects and props! I'm not ideologically against CGI but I think the Alien series is better suited to practical effects. That makes 1 out of 2 for me!
@@DarkSpotting I prefer traditional visual effects and using cg/digital techniques serving the purposes to assist the traditional. I have no love for cg at all.
Now, regarding the premise, I have an intense dislike for prequels as from my experience they prove to be unsatisfying all due to the poor storyteller.
Ridley Scott cannot tell good stories on his own with one exception he foolishly deserted the Engineer's subject and focused on those damn humanoid robots.
I want a movie that is dark and scary and I want to see more of the evil corporation and mad science element of the franchise.
Me too!!!
RIP Sir Ian
Indeed. What an incredible actor.
This movie will be the worst in the entire franchise!
Covenant currently holds that honor. What trash it is.
What makes you think it will be the worst in the franchise?
It won't save anything, it looks like yet another rehash of the beaten formula "crew trapped somewhere being killed one by one" which everyone is tired of... You know what would save the franchise? Pretend that Covenant never happened (it was just a bad dream Shaw have in Cryosleep), and then we could finally have a proper sequel to Prometheus where Shaw and David arrive at the Engineers planet looking for answers.
I am not tired with that formula, which I find awesome when done correctly, but I respect your feelings regarding it. As for Covenant, you had me at "pretend it never happened" 😄
It won't.
Ok... agree to disagree! 😄
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I 100% agree …it is one of my best Mates birthdays on the 17th of August and we honestly cannot wait until we both go and see it together coz we both think that it looks like an ABSOLUTELY BANGING film !!! We have both got high expectations and we are both extremely confident that we won’t leave the big screen disappointed …roll on August 16th I honestly cannot wait !!!!🎉
That's awesome! My birthday's is in August but not the same date 😞 anyway, what a fantastic way to celebrate that event for two friends who share a cinematic passion. I really hope the movie will live up to your expectations! and mine as well 😄 Thanks for your comment!
LOL.
As in you don't agree with my ideas? 🤓
Hva
Took fucking long enough
For a new Alien movie?
This movie is going to tank, nobody wants to see a cowboys versus Indians shoot out again.
If I were to talk probabilities, I think given how Fede Alvarez is a household name in the genre by now, and how much buzz the trailer has generated, a complete failure is out of the question. I think mild success is more likely.. but I could be wrong, of course!
What is this guy talking about Romulus won't save the alien franchise has been on a downgrade since resurrection it's part of Ridley Scot's horrible Prometheus and covenant movies. I don't understand why people are exited about new smelly garbage. Also with a very small political agenda that is very noticeable to a smart sane persone. Long gone are the days of good story telling and engaging actors and likable characters, and non of the constant annoying weaponized gender political ideology. I guess people forgot what real good movies used to be back in the day or it's the new generation of younger people liking it. It's disheartening and not their folt now they grow up with leftist woke garbage movies from woke wood.👎👎🤣🤣🤣
Do you guys not realize the original Alien was always politically progressive? Alien subverts the audience of 1979's expectation by having Dallas, a character played by a more famous actor, die halfway through the movie to make way for Ripley, the final girl, to survive the Alien alongside her cat... Parker, a Black man, survived the Alien longer than any of the rest of the White male characters. Lambert was trans (this is something you can see in her staff bio in ALIENS). The whole design of the Nostromo, as well as the alien ship, is based on female sexual organs.
" Dan O'Bannon specifically wrote this scene with the male's fear of penetration in mind and wanted the scene to operate as a payback of sorts for all of the times horror films have subjected weak women to male predatory monsters. His goal was to reverse the stigma associated with the sexualized violence against women in horror and turn the idea back on itself. It's no coincidence that the chestburster's birth involves a forceful invasion of male-bodied victims and concludes with a phallic entity being born out of a male's chest."
screenrant.com/alien-movie-chestburster-sexual-assault-meaning/
If you can't deal with "gender political ideology," the Alien franchise probably isn't for you. It's always been a film series about gender.
Based on the trailer, Romulus does not look promising! The trailer has re-hashed scenarios and dialog and no adult characters, it may have a big budget but it looks like a cheesy teen flick. This will be a hard pass for most people who were around to see Alien in the theater.
Sigourney Weaver was 28 when she did Alien, she looked and acted like an adult. Compare her to anyone in the trailer and tell me they don't look like her kid brother/sister! It doesn't matter what their chronological age is, this cast looks, talks and acts like teenagers!
And "Wa'er" is not a word! Imagine John Hurt or Ian Holm not bothering to properly pronounce their dialog? I suppose the Brit actor who is t-glottalizing thinks he is "keeping it real", yea, real for his peers who haven't yet had to compete in the adult world! And that's the exact demographic which they are targeting! This is Alien for teens!
We won't have to wait long for it to hit a streaming service. The audience for Fede's other films were mostly teens, it'll be the same for Romulus.
There will be a woman who does something in the film and the basement dwellers will go into meltdown
Wokeness is cancer,and you people don't even know what a woman is...
Yeah just like how we are all fans of the original. What gender is the lead?
@@relaxedmuffin3666 are you referring to yourself as a basement dweller? Weird.
@@TheFantaFruitTwist If you think all fans or the original Alien film live in basements I'm think you're overestimating how many houses have basements and why are you here if you hate the Alien franchise and it's fans so much 🤷♂️
Also I live in a penthouse apartment. 😀
@relaxedmuffin3666 then I wasn't referring to you or "all Alien fans" was I then, was I Mr Penthouse apartment?
The Alien franchise doesn't need saving yet. Romulus looks terrible. It's not going to help.
yea the movie looks lit but don't put your hopes to high we're still in a woke era
Ridley Scott cannot tell good stories.
They are aiming for Gen Z and beyond audience, it cannot be good...i mean actors are young adults , it will be trash like almost everything these days.
No, it won't.
Care to elaborate? I'd love to hear your opinion, no matter if it's different from mine!
Do you wanna make a good ALIENS film, bring back James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver and Michael Bean. Young with CGI and make it after aliens. Alien three never existed. None of the alien films existed After aliens. Bring back Carrie hen. somehow figure out a way to incorporate her in the film, and perhaps make world war alien. Bring back the space marines, perhaps go back to earth and the aliens have invaded. Perhaps go to the alien home world. There’s lots they could do but instead they keep bringing out the same old bullshit
That was Neil Blomkamp's plan and I was very sorry that he wasn't given a chance to bring it to fruition back then. I suppose now it's impossible, so we'll have to make do with a new story and new characters!
I wouldn't get your hopes up too far. "Psychological horror" could mean two of the main characters aren't far left progressives and by "body horror" could be a crew member had their gender reassignment surgery canceled.
How many times have we seen a trailer for a new movie attached to a beloved franchise that promises "a return to form but with a new twist and new elements...old fans will be pleasantly surprised but updated for today's more contemporary audiences" only to have our hopes dashed against the rocks like a second place cliff diver (first place is gold medal, second place is extracted from the rocks with a shop vac)?
Can Hollywood make great movies today. Yes, I believe they can. Will they? That all depends on the mood they're in when they decided to start throwing money when filming starts.
Hollywood likes mountains of cash but what they seem to like more than money is virtue signaling from on high, telling the audience how terrible we are and shoving "the message, the message, the message" in our faces. So, my warning to everybody is this: send a trusted sacrificial lamb to watch this on opening day. If he comes out of the theater wanting to avoid being alone in the dark... buy yourself a ticket. If he says something along the lines of "eh, it was all right, had some good parts BUT ________"...maybe wait until it's available for home viewing.
Pretty much every movie these days. Propaganda over entertainment.