I think we supposed to "Think" it was continuing the Covenant storyline--which ended with a sequel-bait cliffhanger. But this will be a standalone movie between Alien and Aliens.
@@pinehawk9600 I like Covenant, but not the fact, that David created the Xenomorphs. But I still want a sequel to close the gap between Covenant and Alien. Imo David did not really create them. He just enhanced the existing things he found
if you want actual ST with your Alien- universe, ya just have to watch Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, again cuz Prometheus burrows about 25% of the ST5's character plots in the 1st act of the movie and then 30% for the story arch at the 3rd act. Mr. Shatner was ahead of his time.
He didn't direct Don't Breath 2. He wrote and produced it. Same for the TCM 2022 reboot. The directors and acting killed those movies. Fede KNOWS how to shoot a movie and set a tone. Man's going to kill it; the only thing I'm iffy about is there's like 8 ppl casted so I'm not psyched for a low body count.
I’m cautiously optimistic as well. The trailer gets the vibe right. It looks like the set design is a nice mix of Alien and Aliens, which felt lacking in later films including the prequels. And I had low expectations when I went in to see the Evil Dead remake, and was blown away. Alvarez knew what made the original Evil Dead so great and ramped it up, put his own spin on it and knew not to rely on cheap nostalgia or franchise-baiting.
I respect that he's raw and dark with his movies. What he did with Evil Dead made me a fan of the franchise. I didn't grow up watching the campy original ones. I love the tone and overall switch he made. I really love how he's shot this movie so far; it looks dark, and I'm hoping it's brutal too.
@@Blainprime As someone who allows Ash Williams to live rent-free in his head I still love seeing how gnarly Evil Dead can be untethered from the Three Stooges-style goofiness and the force of Bruce Campbell's charisma. It shouldn't work and yet it does.
@@vampricramen couldn't have said it better. It's a tone switch tha really had no business landing so well. I can understand of someone didn't like it but I think it's shot really well and went hard when it needed to
Cautious optimism here too. The horror aspects always been there obviously, but this potentially looks a bit more raw. And some might call it derivative, but going back to what made the first two great doesn't seem like a bad idea. Promethius and covenant didn't work for me because it felt like two different stories/vibes awkwardly mashed together. (Plus all the immersion breaking character stupidity.)
I cannot wait, this is about to be Epic!! Prometheus - Love ❤️ Covenant was - Decent Alien Resurrection - Meh Alien 3 - Trash Aliens - Amazing Alien - Terrific
I'm one of those freaks to... And I do wish we got a conclusion to David's trilogy, but do like the idea of a film that connect the loose threads to the first two films.
I always wondered if we were ever going to get another Alien movie. Two movies and a video game always seemed to be a little low for such a popular franchise.
We'll see how the story and plot go (I think quality can vary there in this series) but these movies always look amazing and hold some appeal to me. It's just a great formula for a movie - horror, team under pressure getting picked off, darkness and flashing lights and distress calls and alarms.
If I wrote this, it would probably include some added twist to the previous films. For example, featuring Ripley's daughter, who we know of from a deleted Aliens scene, who ended up living on LV-426, got married, had children, who grew up and had children, one of which turns out to be Newt, who Ripley meets...
The fact there was a gang of face huggers in one scene of the trailer. There is either a room of eggs like Alien but this time they hatch, or, there is a hive and a queen like in Aliens. I’m curious to say the least
Was really hoping to see more storyline about David possibly a xeno home planet. Besides.. aliens does not mean that it has to always be about xenomorphs vs humans only. So many avenues to go down when you look at the vastness of space. Plenty of horrors to uncover.
It’ll be good if it focuses on the scare rather than the lore. Covenant was terrible and farcical, Prometheus was okay. But the gold standard is the first and Fede nailed the scare with Don’t Breathe so i think there might be something to this one. As in it’ll be actually scary
My one major concern is that a cast of attractive twentysomethings doing unglamorous jobs normally done by older, experienced people who look like plain folks…those movies almost always suck. Pandering to audiences who want everything to look like a music video / tv ad. See (IMO) Prometheus for an example of this kind of thing signaling and contributing to overall stupidity. This was a good breakdown of elements though, I hope it’s solid.
I am more interested in seeing the movie bc of the young unknown actors. I want to see the Queen win at the end. If I don't care much about the characters other than to move the plot along, then the end will be more satisfying if the aliens win. Just my take on it.
That's why the movies from the 80s are immortal. The drama and the work that went into Alien and Aliens was just next level and it made a movie with real life monsters you'll never forget. When Ripley is looking at the Queen for the first time she actually is looking at the Queen. These things make a film last forever!❤
I mean..it is still a self contained story and "spinoff" as u called it. Just because tineline wise it takes place between alien and aliens doesnt mean its necessarily connected. His statement is still true
I think everyone dies. It'd explain why weyland yutani and the colonial marines never mentioned an isolated event happening in between Alien and Aliens.
@@Blainprimethat approach would make sense in the greater context. The company obviously knows at least a little of whats up. (Varies by what part of the lore.) Those directives from alien were way too pointed to just be for any random first contact thing. And if they had secured even one xeno previously, wouldnt have pushed as hard for a sample. Unless the predictable happened wherever their last sample was being held.
The fact Alvarez supposedly called Cameron about that line from Aliens has me very excited…potentially seeing some Colonial Marines in a big screen alien movie would redeem the shitshow of basically everything after Aliens
I'm with you on that. I enjoy every Alien movie, even 3. But also, less is more. I remember when the first one came out and the trailer just showed an egg crack and this green light and smoke rolled out of it. Up with the title and narrator: "Alien rated R, starts Friday." My brother would run out of the room with his ears covered. But that was all, nothing more and it scared us to death.
How does it now what I think? And by the way, H. R. Giger art is not about what one think, but what you feel. The biomechanical sexualized fetishism of Giger's Alien is all about sadomasochistic science fiction seen through the eyes of an artistic genius. Giger himself experienced these Aliens every singel day and night in his mind. Through his designed illustrations, we get to know how a true intercourse with an Alien really feels like. And it hurts. So good. 😎🖤👍
I really hope that Amanda appear as cameos, since the movie taking place between Alien & Aliens.... i mean, there has been no Ripleys in recent alien movie.
Here is the Alien movie we all want: Hadleys Hope! Burke sends Newts family to the derelict and they bring home a facehugger. We see their attemt to save Newts father. The infestation, the struggle to barricade… and so on… everyone dies except Newt. Final scene: gateway station, Burke gets the message that contact with the colony was lost, and he looks at Ripleys file and then decides to involve her… 👍🏻
Its going to be a parallel to isolation. It came out that she was amanda and, like disney loves to do, they came out with a fake narrative. If she wasnt amanda ripley why isnt her characters name listed yet??
seeing the girl coming out of the elavator with pulse rifle has to be the best homage to the original. loved that scene. too bad star wars subverted expectations because this donesn't look like it will.
If this is the movie that addresses the timeline between Covenant and Alien then someone must have gotten off, escaped or reported it back, how else would Weyland Yutani know to send the next crew to LV-426. I always wondered that and I guess this is were we'll get the answer to that question.
No. It's a plus that Ridley Scott is not _writing_ it. He's a great director (everything visuals, camera movements, lighting, etc) but a mediocre writer (terrible dialogues and story in the prequels).
Do you like everything? Alien 4? Because alien covenant was a train wreck in every sense: characters, plot, special effects, story placement. “Cool death scene!” Is that it? Ugh! Doesn’t take much these days, I guess, for shill critics.
I think it looks like a bunch of high school kids getting in waaaay over their heads. I mean these actors look absurdly young… unless they are on some spring break space camping trip and suddenly get ambushed. 🤷♂️
Disney is gonna frickin "star wars" this movie up, instead of being a run for your life type horror, its gonna be like all this xenomorph faction has agreed to this or that, or joggin for your life instead lmafo. No! The alien cannot be reasoned with or talked to and its supposed to be a bad idea to stand solid and fight them back because ya know acid blood is a loose loose. Either way its what makes it work
It seems that you can expect an Alien sequel or prequel or whatever usually about every 5 to 7 years if you count the two AVP films as Alien films too.
Well if it's set between the first two films, then she won't make an appearance in person as she's in cryosleep from the first movie. If she does it'll be a recording like her voiceover that ended the first one
Add up all the blond actresses you've seen in your life and then add up the brunettes. Not. Even. Close. (And, nowhere near the levels of natural hair colors IRL.) I'm sure you'll survive another non-blond.
Supposedly the Cinemacon footage showed some disgusting blood curdling scenes I mean I grew up Faces Of Death and tons of twisted horror movies I'm pretty much disensitized by this point.
There was Alien and Aliens, anything that came after that was utter trash with Prometheus and Covenant being especially horrible and totally cuckoo. This movie won't have to try hard to top any of the films after Aliens.
Disney? Did you assume the xenomorph's species? And don't call them "alien". The final boss xeno will have orange hair and the space station employees are all trying to pay off student loans debt. But seriously, I hope they don't completely screw this up like they are trying so hard to do with Deadpool 3.
Translation: damage control, fully enabled… Pushing out notes for media companies to make sure that people don’t dismiss this movie as a rehash even though it is basically a bunch of member berries and rehashing of the same plots of the first two movies. Ridley Scott gets a paycheck and we all are good little drones and buy tickets
Loved the original Alien, and also loved Aliens. I liked Alien 3, but tolerated Alien: Resurrection. I hated both Prometheus and Covenant--they completely puked all over canon and the timeline. Based on what I've seen in Romulus trailer and what's leaked, it--like Prometheus and Covenant--makes absolutely NO sense in the timeline and I doubt seriously I'll watch it.
I am also a freak who finds something to enjoy in every Alien movie, that universe just appeals to me on a level I can't explain. Nice to know I'm not alone.
I am a super huge fan of the whole franchise, all but Alien Resurrection. There were some really cool parts to that movie but I was turned off by the cheese. All the crappy comedy was so forced and out of place, it really changed the whole atmosphere of the movie.
“Fear of the unknown” is what initially drove the narrative of the Alien movies. Now the “fear of the unknown” is the fear of the fans not knowing if it’s going to be good, but praying that it is.
Yeah the franchise died after Aliens, all movies after that eroded the mystery of the Alien universe further and further. Sometimes it's best just leaving things alone but here we are!!😂
Am I the only one getting Alien:Isolation vibes from this trailer? Can't really put my finger on it but I can see so many familiarities. That or A:I PTSD...
Nope not just you. This def feels like Alien Isolation played a role in inspiring it. Which if done right is a major bonus as Isolation was one of the best alien media we got in the last few years.
@@dewey70I first thought that was a reference to Alien 3 with the flare stuff. This movie seems to take iconic elements from all previus films, The Bald crew member def feels like a callback to that.. But yeah i can see that too.
I was honestly worried but then I heard that Fede Alvarez is directing and I’m honestly very happy since I love his work. The teaser trailer was well done and I’m excited to see this movie
Yes but Disney owns the franchise. DISNEY absolutely can not help itself. They insist on brow beating their audience with DEI messaging at every possible opportunity. I would love to see a good alien movie added to the franchise.. but with Disney at the helm, I am not holding my breath.
Twenty something space colonizers? Twenty something’s these days can’t even walk their own dogs or buy their own groceries without an app. Colonize space? Not a chance.
I am, sadly, not one who has really enjoyed the movies beyond the first two. However, whatever is in the extended universe, if there is a good story here, will be worth watching. If not, all the special effects in the world, of any type, can't save it. We shall just have to wait and see. My 2 cents ;)
This doesn't end here, Director Noah Hawley is helming the ALIEN tv series, and he spoke to Scott into how clearing many things in the franchise, like the Space Jockeys being separate from the Engineers, the Aliens NOT being a creation of neither David nor anyone, and being ancient as a product of Millions of years of evolution. The Black Goo and the creatures made from it are Aberrations derived from Xenomorph DNA but are not Xenomorphs, nor predate the Xenomorphs as said before. Ridley Scott loved the ideas as well as Disney since they didn't like Scott's approach with his last movies and they demanded something more connected to the original 3 films.
Will they explain the derelict, what was the pilot's agenda, where did the creature come from, was there an ancient war in space against the Xenomorphs? I suspect the Jockey pilot somehow contained an infestation and was tasked to deliver the specimens to a different planet. For the purpose to keep them isolated from organic life. But one of the eggs breached from containment, so the pilot became a victim of the facehugger.
@@SergeiKraven That is something we will have to wait and see in the ALIEN TV series by Noah Hawley. My guess, is that the Space Jockeys discovered the eggs, as in the Origin of ALIEN by creator Dan O'Bannon. Perhaps even the Engineers were work drones created by the Space Jockeys only to have the Engineers rebel against the SJs, and steal samples like an egg and even the Black Goo. Remember that these creatures (Space Jockeys and the Xenomorphs) are alien species, in the sense of being strange, so the motives of the Space Jockeys could all be speculated till the series decides to explain. Also, let's remember that O'Bannon was influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, and as such the Xenomorphs could represent a species that no one was meant to discover. O'Bannon had them extinct by a global catastrophe in their home planet only being survived by their eggs. I'm sure that as the series comes out, we may have many questions but also many answers and I hope all fans can enjoy it instead of being divided.
@@EternalRoman I enjoyed Prometheus, not the conclusion of the pilot being a suit. I'm just really curious about that pilot as described from Alien. An alien life form, not a humanoid engineer, because its presence is unsettling and strange. We all know it's an ancient civilization, as Ridley said. He also believes the eggs were in a stasis field to be dropped as bombs on other planets that had hostile organisms. What do you think about David possibly reviving the Alien pilot. But where are the others? Ridley described them as a civilization, okay so they must have their own home planet. Was it invaded, or did they just die out, because of the engineers? Do you think we'll see the derelict in the new Alien movie?
@@SergeiKraven See that's the issue with Scott's idea in PROMETHEUS and COVENANT and their flaw. He made the universe as a short as a walk to the corner store. No seeing the Space Jockeys doesn't mean that they are all dead. The Universe is vast and gigantic and that is what ALIEN creator and writer, the Late Dan O'Bannon made his original story to be. The Xenomorphs, the Space Jockeys, all ancient alien species, but also, he wrote to be the ultimate alien environment, LV - 426 an alien world. The title ALIEN didn't just mean the Xenomorphs, it meant everything, since O'Bannon wanted to touch on every phobia he could, because humans fear the unknown, and what is the most unknown as space? What lies in the dark corners of the vast void? What ancient horrors await to the human race barely leaving their tiny speck of a planet? That was not Ridley Scott, that was Dan O'Bannon, Scott did quite the contrary with his last films. But now we have a chance to at least find balance, where Scott's last two films can at least be of something more than the flops they were and add to ALIEN instead of trying to retcon what the Creator of ALIEN had come up with originally.
@@EternalRoman You have some very interesting points. I actually read something from an article that suggested what you had mentioned. The movie Alien is not just related to the Xenomorphs, according to an article. To me that sounds very interesting, as they could evolve the franchise to a different direction I wouldn't mind that whatsoever. We already have so many movies about the Xenomorph, so why not give it a rest. And explore on other deadly species. Also, I found something interesting that you might have read or not. I'll copy and paste it to the next following comment.
As much as I enjoyed Prometheus (though I hate Covenant) I never really liked the Ancient Aliens approach they took with the lore starting with that movie. Especially since it went against a lot that was implied in the original Alien.
How did it go against the original. They literally stumbled upon the engineers outpost in Prometheus where they kept their bio weapons. Same ship with engineers.
@@ec4146 The derelict from Alien is mich more organic looking than Prometheus' juggernaut. Plus, the space jockes is much bigger than the engineer and it was obviously fused with the ship, not just an armor like the engineer's
I rly hope we will finally get a good alien movie again. In my opinion Covenant was quite bad. I wanted to like the film but hell was this crew braindead. Worst part was when David showed the captain the egg and aked him to look closer, AFTER he told him that he perfected this deadly weapon.
Covenant made me like Prometheus more. I expected it to be better but it was WORSE!! How about the landing party not wearing any helmets!!?? No matter what the scanners say you still would wear protective gear to prevent what happened. But I suspect they wrote it that way just so the crew could be infected with the spores.
@@jcaashby3 how long do they need to wear helmets before they’re allowed to take them off when every single sign points to them being able to take them off? There’s also zero evidence that helmets would be able to stop the weapon.
@@ExpertContrarian buddy.... they never even put their protective suits on in the first place. Suits that were on the landing ship. So what of the air is breathable. There are places on earth that there air is breathable but you can still get sick of your not from that area/ continent. So landing on an alien planet any competent writer would have had them wearing gear as a precaution. If the spores got inside... they at least wore protection. But the script called for them to get infected so... nobody wore gear. Even in Prometheus... the previous movie they wore gear even though the air was breathable inside the structure. They were still reluctant to remove their helmets!
Alien and Aliens were fantastic, with Aliens being one of the best sequels ever made. None of the subsequent installments have come close to living up to the first two, and I highly doubt this one will.
It won't. It's all about cash. Originally, it has been claimed that Disney wasn't even going to release it in theatres, just streaming. That doesn't bode well.
I counted 10. Yeah this has to be a hive or maybe it is a secret Weyland Facility experimenting with unsuspected personal. It def feels like Alien Isolation played a role in insipiring this story as i saw several elements as well as alien and aliens with the directors unqiue take on horror elements he did like for evil dead remake. Either way this legit looks Good. :D
I walked out of covenant like what the hell was Ridley Scott thinking? It had the worst characters. The only one that was slightly interesting was Orem. And then they killed him right off during the second act. Prometheus was good as a standalone I actually enjoyed that movie but then they just decided to take out Dr. Elizabeth Shaw 🤷🏻♂️ And let’s please forget alien resurrection, that film is not even in my library and it doesn’t need to be. Everyone who worked on it admitted that that film was just a studio cash grab. Alien three was actually good for what it was but I hated the fact that they killed off our main characters. However the audio drama from William Gibson is pretty good on Amazon. I’m actually really excited to see what alien Romulus brings to the table unlike the trailers for covenant actually looks pretty good. The only thing that I’m worried about is they have a bunch of kids in there but maybe they will do a good job I like Kaylee Spainy, she was good in Civil War. Time will tell though but my favorite alien movie will always be James Cameron’s Vietnam style epic war film aliens
Well i must be one of the few who wanted to see the rest of David`s story i was loving the direction of Prometheus and Covenant it was a more riveting journey. and here we go again a 20+ crew getting infected woops i melted the flaw all over again look at the size of that queen.....seen it.
"Why Alien Romulus Isn't What You Think"...well after watching your review, yes, yes it is exactly what I think.
You are not alone.
I think we supposed to "Think" it was continuing the Covenant storyline--which ended with a sequel-bait cliffhanger. But this will be a standalone movie between Alien and Aliens.
@@charliechaos2551 Oh ok if that is what we were to think then no it isn't what I was supposed to think, I think?
@@paulteti Hilarious!
like exactly ??? What is that title ?
I don't care that Covenant didn't work well. I want a third "Prometheus"-sequel to conclude the story between Covenant and Alien 1
Omg me too... David was a bad azz
Me too
Same!
Cry more
@@pinehawk9600 I like Covenant, but not the fact, that David created the Xenomorphs. But I still want a sequel to close the gap between Covenant and Alien. Imo David did not really create them. He just enhanced the existing things he found
Not a single Romulan.. what, are they cloaked?
They've been watching the whole thing.
And then gonna want help when their stars about to pop. Smug bastards.
Lol!
It was actually filmed in Romulus, MI 😂
they do seem to like their Greek/Roman mythologies in this IP,l hope this isn’t a reboot of the original Alien(s)🤔
if you want actual ST with your Alien- universe, ya just have to watch Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, again cuz Prometheus burrows about 25% of the ST5's character plots in the 1st act of the movie and then 30% for the story arch at the 3rd act. Mr. Shatner was ahead of his time.
I'm sorry, did you explain how this isn't what I think? Because this looks to be exactly what I thought.
Exactly... still waiting.
This movie will be the worst in the franchise so far. Covenant being the worst at the moment.
Stick to AVP child.@@vulcan-raven7394
@@vulcan-raven7394I also think it will be bad
😂
Fede Álvarez got his credit for Evil Dead reboot and Don't breathe.
I think we can trust him on this one
But he was also responsible for Don't Breathe 2, so I am still concerned.
@@roymontgrand561don't breathe 2 was wack haha
He didn't direct Don't Breath 2. He wrote and produced it. Same for the TCM 2022 reboot. The directors and acting killed those movies. Fede KNOWS how to shoot a movie and set a tone. Man's going to kill it; the only thing I'm iffy about is there's like 8 ppl casted so I'm not psyched for a low body count.
Man hs zero Ls on his resume why would he slip up on his passion project
@@Blainprime, Fede clearly showed in Don't breathe and Evil Dead that he didn't need a large cast of actors to make a blood bath.
I’m cautiously optimistic as well. The trailer gets the vibe right. It looks like the set design is a nice mix of Alien and Aliens, which felt lacking in later films including the prequels. And I had low expectations when I went in to see the Evil Dead remake, and was blown away. Alvarez knew what made the original Evil Dead so great and ramped it up, put his own spin on it and knew not to rely on cheap nostalgia or franchise-baiting.
I respect that he's raw and dark with his movies. What he did with Evil Dead made me a fan of the franchise. I didn't grow up watching the campy original ones. I love the tone and overall switch he made. I really love how he's shot this movie so far; it looks dark, and I'm hoping it's brutal too.
@@Blainprime As someone who allows Ash Williams to live rent-free in his head I still love seeing how gnarly Evil Dead can be untethered from the Three Stooges-style goofiness and the force of Bruce Campbell's charisma. It shouldn't work and yet it does.
@@vampricramen couldn't have said it better. It's a tone switch tha really had no business landing so well. I can understand of someone didn't like it but I think it's shot really well and went hard when it needed to
Cautious optimism here too. The horror aspects always been there obviously, but this potentially looks a bit more raw.
And some might call it derivative, but going back to what made the first two great doesn't seem like a bad idea.
Promethius and covenant didn't work for me because it felt like two different stories/vibes awkwardly mashed together.
(Plus all the immersion breaking character stupidity.)
Eeeeehhhhh.....Evil Dead remake wasn't that great.
My boompole belonged to the sound guy for Alien. It’s (slightly) older than me and still booming.
Ya need to put a plaque on that bad boy. I'd call that a valuable historic artifact.
At least to us ubernerds.
My boompole was at full mast when I saw the teaser, very exciting.
@@Dr.Ticklebum69😂😂
If it exists, there's a fetish for it...
Soo it's a movie adaptation of the Game Alien Isolation...and at the end you will find out the lead actress is Ripley's daughter
Am I the only one that is slightly disappointed that it isn't Xenomorphs vs. Romulans?
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lame.
I dunno... Romulans can be awfully bureaucratic. They might be debating strategy while the Xenos just barge in any way they please.
I cannot wait, this is about to be Epic!! Prometheus - Love ❤️
Covenant was - Decent
Alien Resurrection - Meh
Alien 3 - Trash
Aliens - Amazing
Alien - Terrific
You didn't include the Alien vs Predator series. Ha!
I'm one of those freaks to... And I do wish we got a conclusion to David's trilogy, but do like the idea of a film that connect the loose threads to the first two films.
I can't wait for this to come out!🔥🔥
There are two Alien movies.
I always wondered if we were ever going to get another Alien movie.
Two movies and a video game always seemed to be a little low for such a popular franchise.
We'll see how the story and plot go (I think quality can vary there in this series) but these movies always look amazing and hold some appeal to me. It's just a great formula for a movie - horror, team under pressure getting picked off, darkness and flashing lights and distress calls and alarms.
If I wrote this, it would probably include some added twist to the previous films. For example, featuring Ripley's daughter, who we know of from a deleted Aliens scene, who ended up living on LV-426, got married, had children, who grew up and had children, one of which turns out to be Newt, who Ripley meets...
The fact there was a gang of face huggers in one scene of the trailer. There is either a room of eggs like Alien but this time they hatch, or, there is a hive and a queen like in Aliens. I’m curious to say the least
Covenant was a really good movie. This one seems more like a no-name slasher mixed within the Alien universe.
Ummm....have you seen the original? That's basically what it was lol
Was really hoping to see more storyline about David possibly a xeno home planet. Besides.. aliens does not mean that it has to always be about xenomorphs vs humans only. So many avenues to go down when you look at the vastness of space. Plenty of horrors to uncover.
We need more "Don't let the bedbugs bite" 😧
Alien Romulus needs to be set in between Alien & Aliens & Alien 3 ❤️🙏🏾
it is lmao
It’ll be good if it focuses on the scare rather than the lore. Covenant was terrible and farcical, Prometheus was okay. But the gold standard is the first and Fede nailed the scare with Don’t Breathe so i think there might be something to this one. As in it’ll be actually scary
My one major concern is that a cast of attractive twentysomethings doing unglamorous jobs normally done by older, experienced people who look like plain folks…those movies almost always suck. Pandering to audiences who want everything to look like a music video / tv ad. See (IMO) Prometheus for an example of this kind of thing signaling and contributing to overall stupidity. This was a good breakdown of elements though, I hope it’s solid.
I taught that too about age but then we had half of aliens cast that were in mid twenties....i guess if its well done it won't be a problem
I am more interested in seeing the movie bc of the young unknown actors. I want to see the Queen win at the end. If I don't care much about the characters other than to move the plot along, then the end will be more satisfying if the aliens win. Just my take on it.
“another bug hunt” good catch. This dude can make good movies, this will be fantastic
Galo Olivares also worked in Alfonso Cuaron's ROMA
After Covenant, I went in with low expectations. This movie did not disappoint! I have hope for future prequels if it stays like this!
That's why the movies from the 80s are immortal. The drama and the work that went into Alien and Aliens was just next level and it made a movie with real life monsters you'll never forget. When Ripley is looking at the Queen for the first time she actually is looking at the Queen. These things make a film last forever!❤
I mean..it is still a self contained story and "spinoff" as u called it. Just because tineline wise it takes place between alien and aliens doesnt mean its necessarily connected. His statement is still true
I’d rather it was it’s own thing
I'd rather it didn't exist. Do you know what gluttony means?@@CursedWheelieBin
I think everyone dies. It'd explain why weyland yutani and the colonial marines never mentioned an isolated event happening in between Alien and Aliens.
@@CursedWheelieBin like it being an isolated incident when some other unlucky folks ran across them? Or like a reboot version of the universe?
@@Blainprimethat approach would make sense in the greater context. The company obviously knows at least a little of whats up. (Varies by what part of the lore.)
Those directives from alien were way too pointed to just be for any random first contact thing.
And if they had secured even one xeno previously, wouldnt have pushed as hard for a sample. Unless the predictable happened wherever their last sample was being held.
The fact Alvarez supposedly called Cameron about that line from Aliens has me very excited…potentially seeing some Colonial Marines in a big screen alien movie would redeem the shitshow of basically everything after Aliens
Alien = Horror, Aliens = Action film, as a horror fan I hope this film takes a step back to the original big bad nearly impossible to stop creature.
I'm with you on that. I enjoy every Alien movie, even 3. But also, less is more. I remember when the first one came out and the trailer just showed an egg crack and this green light and smoke rolled out of it. Up with the title and narrator: "Alien rated R, starts Friday." My brother would run out of the room with his ears covered. But that was all, nothing more and it scared us to death.
Covenant was GREAT. I hope it gets tied up.
gotta binge watch Alien 1, Romulus and Aliens as soon as Romulus is out I guess :D
I reeeeeaaally want an Aliens: Cold forge movie.
If you read William Gibson’s Alien 3 script and the rumours about the scene that caused people to look away , the scene could be epic.
Not sold on this. I saw Disney mentioned in there. The Xenos will probably end up flying at some point because “they fly now”.
How does it now what I think? And by the way, H. R. Giger art is not about what one think, but what you feel. The biomechanical sexualized fetishism of Giger's Alien is all about sadomasochistic science fiction seen through the eyes of an artistic genius. Giger himself experienced these Aliens every singel day and night in his mind. Through his designed illustrations, we get to know how a true intercourse with an Alien really feels like. And it hurts. So good. 😎🖤👍
I certainly hope it’s a good Alien movie.
That’s ALL I want.
It’ll probably be…..ok 🤷🏻♂️
I think it could be the story of Hadley's Hope fleshed out.
I really hope that Amanda appear as cameos, since the movie taking place between Alien & Aliens.... i mean, there has been no Ripleys in recent alien movie.
It was a trailer and it's being made by Dizzy. I'll hold my applause (boos) till after I see the movie.
Here is the Alien movie we all want: Hadleys Hope!
Burke sends Newts family to the derelict and they bring home a facehugger. We see their attemt to save Newts father. The infestation, the struggle to barricade… and so on… everyone dies except Newt. Final scene: gateway station, Burke gets the message that contact with the colony was lost, and he looks at Ripleys file and then decides to involve her… 👍🏻
I liked Prometheus & Covenant, too.
Its going to be a parallel to isolation. It came out that she was amanda and, like disney loves to do, they came out with a fake narrative. If she wasnt amanda ripley why isnt her characters name listed yet??
I really like Prometheus and espicially covenant. The space jockey origins were a bit neh but i enjoyed the films. This looks fantastic though
now we can have logical xenomorphs that are predicably treacherous
I did not enjoy Prometheus or Covenant, but I hope that Romulus is a decent film.
First time viewer. I love you view on this up coming movie and past 1 and 2. I agree with alot of what you see and expect.
seeing the girl coming out of the elavator with pulse rifle has to be the best homage to the original. loved that scene. too bad star wars subverted expectations because this donesn't look like it will.
If this is the movie that addresses the timeline between Covenant and Alien then someone must have gotten off, escaped or reported it back, how else would Weyland Yutani know to send the next crew to LV-426. I always wondered that and I guess this is were we'll get the answer to that question.
Right. Because they have done such a great job of answering all these different little mysteries so far 😂
I love all of the Alien movies.
Well, maybe not AVP2. :)
I ALWAYS have my hopes up for any movie in the Alien franchise. But, I have been let down repeatedly since Resurrection. "Alien Romulus: Money Grab 8"
Ive been waiting for big chap to cuss out the humans for a very long time.
it looks good, have alot of hope!
I liked very little of Covenant🖕 but would like if Romulus answers some of it's hanging plot threads.🤔
It's definitely a plus that Ridley Scott is not directing it.
No. It's a plus that Ridley Scott is not _writing_ it. He's a great director (everything visuals, camera movements, lighting, etc) but a mediocre writer (terrible dialogues and story in the prequels).
Do you like everything? Alien 4? Because alien covenant was a train wreck in every sense: characters, plot, special effects, story placement. “Cool death scene!” Is that it? Ugh! Doesn’t take much these days, I guess, for shill critics.
Never knew David was the one who created the Finger which destroyed Nemesis in Resident Evil!
A genx cast doesn't bode well...
I think it looks like a bunch of high school kids getting in waaaay over their heads. I mean these actors look absurdly young… unless they are on some spring break space camping trip and suddenly get ambushed. 🤷♂️
Disney is gonna frickin "star wars" this movie up, instead of being a run for your life type horror, its gonna be like all this xenomorph faction has agreed to this or that, or joggin for your life instead lmafo. No! The alien cannot be reasoned with or talked to and its supposed to be a bad idea to stand solid and fight them back because ya know acid blood is a loose loose. Either way its what makes it work
It seems that you can expect an Alien sequel or prequel or whatever usually about every 5 to 7 years if you count the two AVP films as Alien films too.
I just hope we don't have another Riply copy we seem to have in all the Alien films without her
Well if it's set between the first two films, then she won't make an appearance in person as she's in cryosleep from the first movie. If she does it'll be a recording like her voiceover that ended the first one
She won't other than as a voiceover if it is actually set between the first two films.
what? that one character in Covenant?
Add up all the blond actresses you've seen in your life and then add up the brunettes. Not. Even. Close. (And, nowhere near the levels of natural hair colors IRL.) I'm sure you'll survive another non-blond.
I bet it’s Amanda Ripley
I am getting - *_ALIEN Isolation_* - vibes more than anything else here.
Wonder if "big chap" is found by WY..
Supposedly the Cinemacon footage showed some disgusting blood curdling scenes I mean I grew up Faces Of Death and tons of twisted horror movies I'm pretty much disensitized by this point.
i’ve never watched any alien movies but when i saw the preview for this before seeing a quiet place day one i was immensely intrigued
There was Alien and Aliens, anything that came after that was utter trash with Prometheus and Covenant being especially horrible and totally cuckoo.
This movie won't have to try hard to top any of the films after Aliens.
Disney? Did you assume the xenomorph's species? And don't call them "alien". The final boss xeno will have orange hair and the space station employees are all trying to pay off student loans debt. But seriously, I hope they don't completely screw this up like they are trying so hard to do with Deadpool 3.
Translation: damage control, fully enabled… Pushing out notes for media companies to make sure that people don’t dismiss this movie as a rehash even though it is basically a bunch of member berries and rehashing of the same plots of the first two movies. Ridley Scott gets a paycheck and we all are good little drones and buy tickets
I think that a guy who has more reverence for the first two films than Ridley Scott apparently does being in charge is a good sign.
You liked covenant? I mean, each to their own, what ever makes you happy but damn. That's a choice.
It looks a bit made for TV with its perfect lighting and flat floors . It also looks really cool and I will enjoy it no matter what.
Loved the original Alien, and also loved Aliens. I liked Alien 3, but tolerated Alien: Resurrection. I hated both Prometheus and Covenant--they completely puked all over canon and the timeline. Based on what I've seen in Romulus trailer and what's leaked, it--like Prometheus and Covenant--makes absolutely NO sense in the timeline and I doubt seriously I'll watch it.
First trailer looks amazing defiantly glad there getting away from all that David nonsense!
I'm so glad they're taking Aliens away from the Prometheus, Covenant storyline.
I am also a freak who finds something to enjoy in every Alien movie, that universe just appeals to me on a level I can't explain. Nice to know I'm not alone.
Same!
I am a super huge fan of the whole franchise, all but Alien Resurrection. There were some really cool parts to that movie but I was turned off by the cheese. All the crappy comedy was so forced and out of place, it really changed the whole atmosphere of the movie.
100% same. I criticize some parts of them, but overall I love every single one for different reasons. Alien is by far my favorite movie franchise!
Ditto 🎥💭😳👍
Not a freak. I’d say it’s pretty common. The only people who don’t like the movies after “aliens” are npc “general audience”s
“Fear of the unknown” is what initially drove the narrative of the Alien movies. Now the “fear of the unknown” is the fear of the fans not knowing if it’s going to be good, but praying that it is.
Yeah the franchise died after Aliens, all movies after that eroded the mystery of the Alien universe further and further. Sometimes it's best just leaving things alone but here we are!!😂
Am I the only one getting Alien:Isolation vibes from this trailer? Can't really put my finger on it but I can see so many familiarities.
That or A:I PTSD...
Honestly that might be the point. The premise, design of the station and even the cast all remind me of that game.
Especially that clip where the two people are running and one of them throws a flare. That set was screaming Isolation to me.
That actually makes me look forward to the movie more. I absolutely love Alien: Isolation, and a movie inspired by it could be awesome 🤞
Nope not just you. This def feels like Alien Isolation played a role in inspiring it. Which if done right is a major bonus as Isolation was one of the best alien media we got in the last few years.
@@dewey70I first thought that was a reference to Alien 3 with the flare stuff. This movie seems to take iconic elements from all previus films, The Bald crew member def feels like a callback to that.. But yeah i can see that too.
I was honestly worried but then I heard that Fede Alvarez is directing and I’m honestly very happy since I love his work. The teaser trailer was well done and I’m excited to see this movie
You can tell Fede knows how to shoot this movie
Yes but Disney owns the franchise. DISNEY absolutely can not help itself. They insist on brow beating their audience with DEI messaging at every possible opportunity.
I would love to see a good alien movie added to the franchise.. but with Disney at the helm, I am not holding my breath.
That was EXACTLY what I thought...
Twenty something space colonizers? Twenty something’s these days can’t even walk their own dogs or buy their own groceries without an app. Colonize space? Not a chance.
Half of marines in second one were twenty something's
No mention of Alien: Isolation which has this exact premise and is set in the exact same era right between Alien and Aliens ... ?
Love that game. I bought the full game with all dlc. And its definitely a brilliant addition to the alien franchise.
I am, sadly, not one who has really enjoyed the movies beyond the first two. However, whatever is in the extended universe, if there is a good story here, will be worth watching. If not, all the special effects in the world, of any type, can't save it. We shall just have to wait and see. My 2 cents ;)
I guess what I took away from this was I didn't know Disney was involved, and now I'm REAL bummed.
This doesn't end here, Director Noah Hawley is helming the ALIEN tv series, and he spoke to Scott into how clearing many things in the franchise, like the Space Jockeys being separate from the Engineers, the Aliens NOT being a creation of neither David nor anyone, and being ancient as a product of Millions of years of evolution. The Black Goo and the creatures made from it are Aberrations derived from Xenomorph DNA but are not Xenomorphs, nor predate the Xenomorphs as said before. Ridley Scott loved the ideas as well as Disney since they didn't like Scott's approach with his last movies and they demanded something more connected to the original 3 films.
Will they explain the derelict, what was the pilot's agenda, where did the creature come from, was there an ancient war in space against the Xenomorphs? I suspect the Jockey pilot somehow contained an infestation and was tasked to deliver the specimens to a different planet. For the purpose to keep them isolated from organic life. But one of the eggs breached from containment, so the pilot became a victim of the facehugger.
@@SergeiKraven That is something we will have to wait and see in the ALIEN TV series by Noah Hawley. My guess, is that the Space Jockeys discovered the eggs, as in the Origin of ALIEN by creator Dan O'Bannon. Perhaps even the Engineers were work drones created by the Space Jockeys only to have the Engineers rebel against the SJs, and steal samples like an egg and even the Black Goo. Remember that these creatures (Space Jockeys and the Xenomorphs) are alien species, in the sense of being strange, so the motives of the Space Jockeys could all be speculated till the series decides to explain. Also, let's remember that O'Bannon was influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, and as such the Xenomorphs could represent a species that no one was meant to discover. O'Bannon had them extinct by a global catastrophe in their home planet only being survived by their eggs. I'm sure that as the series comes out, we may have many questions but also many answers and I hope all fans can enjoy it instead of being divided.
@@EternalRoman I enjoyed Prometheus, not the conclusion of the pilot being a suit. I'm just really curious about that pilot as described from Alien. An alien life form, not a humanoid engineer, because its presence is unsettling and strange. We all know it's an ancient civilization, as Ridley said. He also believes the eggs were in a stasis field to be dropped as bombs on other planets that had hostile organisms. What do you think about David possibly reviving the Alien pilot. But where are the others? Ridley described them as a civilization, okay so they must have their own home planet. Was it invaded, or did they just die out, because of the engineers? Do you think we'll see the derelict in the new Alien movie?
@@SergeiKraven See that's the issue with Scott's idea in PROMETHEUS and COVENANT and their flaw. He made the universe as a short as a walk to the corner store. No seeing the Space Jockeys doesn't mean that they are all dead. The Universe is vast and gigantic and that is what ALIEN creator and writer, the Late Dan O'Bannon made his original story to be. The Xenomorphs, the Space Jockeys, all ancient alien species, but also, he wrote to be the ultimate alien environment, LV - 426 an alien world.
The title ALIEN didn't just mean the Xenomorphs, it meant everything, since O'Bannon wanted to touch on every phobia he could, because humans fear the unknown, and what is the most unknown as space? What lies in the dark corners of the vast void? What ancient horrors await to the human race barely leaving their tiny speck of a planet?
That was not Ridley Scott, that was Dan O'Bannon, Scott did quite the contrary with his last films. But now we have a chance to at least find balance, where Scott's last two films can at least be of something more than the flops they were and add to ALIEN instead of trying to retcon what the Creator of ALIEN had come up with originally.
@@EternalRoman You have some very interesting points. I actually read something from an article that suggested what you had mentioned. The movie Alien is not just related to the Xenomorphs, according to an article. To me that sounds very interesting, as they could evolve the franchise to a different direction I wouldn't mind that whatsoever. We already have so many movies about the Xenomorph, so why not give it a rest. And explore on other deadly species. Also, I found something interesting that you might have read or not. I'll copy and paste it to the next following comment.
As much as I enjoyed Prometheus (though I hate Covenant) I never really liked the Ancient Aliens approach they took with the lore starting with that movie. Especially since it went against a lot that was implied in the original Alien.
How did it go against the original. They literally stumbled upon the engineers outpost in Prometheus where they kept their bio weapons. Same ship with engineers.
@@ec4146 The derelict from Alien is mich more organic looking than Prometheus' juggernaut. Plus, the space jockes is much bigger than the engineer and it was obviously fused with the ship, not just an armor like the engineer's
@@ec4146 Plus, the origins of the Alien seemed much more ancient and almost cosmic, but I admit that that one is largely vibes
I rly hope we will finally get a good alien movie again.
In my opinion Covenant was quite bad. I wanted to like the film but hell was this crew braindead. Worst part was when David showed the captain the egg and aked him to look closer, AFTER he told him that he perfected this deadly weapon.
Covenant made me like Prometheus more. I expected it to be better but it was WORSE!!
How about the landing party not wearing any helmets!!?? No matter what the scanners say you still would wear protective gear to prevent what happened. But I suspect they wrote it that way just so the crew could be infected with the spores.
Covenant was absolute garbage. And that CG Alien. It was an unnecessary movie.
Not any more brain dead than any other character in any other alien movie. Such a bad criticism.
@@jcaashby3 how long do they need to wear helmets before they’re allowed to take them off when every single sign points to them being able to take them off? There’s also zero evidence that helmets would be able to stop the weapon.
@@ExpertContrarian buddy.... they never even put their protective suits on in the first place.
Suits that were on the landing ship.
So what of the air is breathable. There are places on earth that there air is breathable but you can still get sick of your not from that area/ continent.
So landing on an alien planet any competent writer would have had them wearing gear as a precaution.
If the spores got inside... they at least wore protection.
But the script called for them to get infected so... nobody wore gear.
Even in Prometheus... the previous movie they wore gear even though the air was breathable inside the structure. They were still reluctant to remove their helmets!
Hope we get back to the horror of the original and best
In the 70-89's movie making was art.Todays mivied all computer thing,more about money making
Alien and Aliens were fantastic, with Aliens being one of the best sequels ever made. None of the subsequent installments have come close to living up to the first two, and I highly doubt this one will.
It won't. It's all about cash. Originally, it has been claimed that Disney wasn't even going to release it in theatres, just streaming. That doesn't bode well.
What happened to the engineers ???
Can we talk about how theres at last 7 facehuggers in a scene...there has to be a hive.
I counted 10. Yeah this has to be a hive or maybe it is a secret Weyland Facility experimenting with unsuspected personal. It def feels like Alien Isolation played a role in insipiring this story as i saw several elements as well as alien and aliens with the directors unqiue take on horror elements he did like for evil dead remake. Either way this legit looks Good. :D
I was so happy to see the Alien 3 tracking shot, not gonna lie.
So this is a story between alien and aliens? Instead of covenant and alien?
I walked out of covenant like what the hell was Ridley Scott thinking? It had the worst characters. The only one that was slightly interesting was Orem. And then they killed him right off during the second act.
Prometheus was good as a standalone I actually enjoyed that movie but then they just decided to take out Dr. Elizabeth Shaw 🤷🏻♂️
And let’s please forget alien resurrection, that film is not even in my library and it doesn’t need to be. Everyone who worked on it admitted that that film was just a studio cash grab.
Alien three was actually good for what it was but I hated the fact that they killed off our main characters.
However the audio drama from William Gibson is pretty good on Amazon.
I’m actually really excited to see what alien Romulus brings to the table unlike the trailers for covenant actually looks pretty good. The only thing that I’m worried about is they have a bunch of kids in there but maybe they will do a good job I like Kaylee Spainy, she was good in Civil War.
Time will tell though but my favorite alien movie will always be James Cameron’s Vietnam style epic war film aliens
In space, no one can here you scream. This guy is the exception.
Whats with the Engineers?The story about our makers is not over,or?
Well i must be one of the few who wanted to see the rest of David`s story i was loving the direction of Prometheus and Covenant it was a more riveting journey. and here we go again a 20+ crew getting infected woops i melted the flaw all over again look at the size of that queen.....seen it.