While the official marketing of Alien: Romulus is expected to start winding up over the next month or so, things have been very quiet on the details front for Fede Alvarez’s upcoming Alien: Romulus. However, the last few days have seen quite a few details about Alien: Romulus unleashed on the internet from various insiders with knowledge of a recent test screening (you can check out a summary of that information here).
Beware huge spoilers! Please do not read further if you don’t want the connections spoilers. You have been warned!
While it’s been public for a while thanks to the Perfect Organism Podcast’s previous teases about the film having connections to the prequel films, Mike’s Monsters has recently confirmed that neither David or the Covenant are featured in the film at all. So what is the connection?
Rather, Alien vs. Predator Galaxy can exclusively confirm that the black goo (or accelerant as it is known in the expanded universe) is making a return in the film. A Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2 model android was able to discover and reverse engineer the genetic makeup of the black goo contained within the DNA of the Aliens that had been captive aboard the spacestation. Known in Alien: Romulus as the Prometheus Strain, the scientists had been experimenting with the black goo as a miracle cure for all diseases.
![[Exclusive/Spoilers] How Alien: Romulus Connects To The Prequels & The Original Alien](https://www.avpgalaxy.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/prometheus-still-081.jpg)
Alien: Romulus will also feature another huge connection to the original Alien film in the way of the inclusion of the previously mentioned Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2. Named Rook, this new synthetic character features the likeness and voice of the late Sir Ian Holm which Alien vs. Predator Galaxy understands is augmented by AI.
Keep your browsers locked on Alien vs. Predator Galaxy for the latest Alien: Romulus news! You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube to get the latest on your social media walls. You can also join in with fellow Alien and Predator fans on our forums!
The facial scar on the cheek is the give away-AND this scar is emphasised in the scene with Daniels when he's mending his face back on the Covenant.
It just like myself at first went over people's heads, it's a subtle but clear hint.
Also think Walter chose to reign in hell & made a 'Covenant' with David, giving him his body
Well, David found his wolf.
And his flock of lambs.
Feel this is gonna link all this up
EDIT: Whoops. Just realized this was one of the spoiler threads, didn't mean to click in on this one. I'm talking just in terms of the trailer/interviews from today. Time to duck out of this thread again.
Hell, even one facility with a few hundred people or less is messy.
This. I don't think people realize how strangely incompetent huge companies can be. How much confusion, bad communication and an unimaginable number of internal factions fighting for the same thing while being blind as to what their colleagues are doing.
After the Pandemic and having some experience in the workforce, very few things seem impossible for me regarding human behavior and the stupidity of companies.
Cover ups are fine, but we've had Isolation in this time period already.. we've had those s**tty comics with Ripley and Zula. Romulus, I think, is going to fall into that trap.
Which is why Romulus is giving shitty midquel vibes.
Oh, you really cannot overestimate the power of miscommunication or lack of communication in a big company. For one innocent example - I used to work for a global Service Company and we were setting up a little project/team at my local area when we already have an entire department already setup nationally to do the exact same thing which we didn't find out until much much later.
I mean it just seems hard to cover up an entire wetland Yutani space station that had a xenomorph outbreak from a guy like Burke who probably has deep connections and access to things within the company.
It's possible that when the Romulus captured/gained possession of BigChap experimented obtained the black goo leading to these new alien strain there was an outbreak of facehuggers and the entire crew were wiped out aboard the station, no survivors, no escape shuttles, no S.O.S sent out to the network to notify the company and the Romulus is stricken from the record, considered the loss and wouldn't be to Burke's knowledge, perhaps it's bit of a stretch.
Something ominous like the original Alien poster with the egg and caption "In space no one can hear you scream",
The Prometheus teaser poster with the crew member (presumably Shaw) looking upon a partially obscure Engineer big head monument and caption "The search for our beginning could lead to our end.
The Alien Covenant teaser poster with the Alien/Protomorph face and caption "Run".
Hope they come up with is simple yet cleverly creative idea for the poster.
At the screening where Fede talked with Guillermo del Toro and mentioned that it was either some producers or Ridley Scott who complimented him and his partners writing and dialogue, it's to be noted that some were not impressed by the little of the dialogue was heard the the audition videos, it's not clear if the lines will actually be used in the final film, about unfair to judge purely based on audition videos well have to wait see how it's executed.
Yes Alavarez wrote it with his usual writing partner Rodo Sayagues.
Whether or not this Alien Romulus will be a box office hit depends and the film if it's appealing, has a rewatchable appeal and whether we the fans and the average movie going audiences will support it to the degree it needs.
At home, we could watch Prey whenever we want with nothing to stop us.
I think the success of prey is the reason switched this from a Hulu release to a theatrical one in the first place.
I would feel a lot better if somebody else thought up the story, because Fede wrote Romulus, right?
to see a big franchise like Alien reduced to a Hulu release
Whereas some of the other films have that more cheesy b- movie popcorn entertainment novelty, not taken so seriously but was made to be fun for audiences. So something from this franchise recapturing critical prestige, recognition, respect and a 10/10 objectively great reputation is slim but not out of the realm of possibility.
Can I ask did any of you come across the YouTube channel LittleJimmy835's and his retrospective What happened to the Alien and Predator series? It's an old video series but he's subsequently covered Prometheus, Alien Covenant, The Predator and Prey, he makes some interesting points.
Well, even with the questionable ideas I would definitely prefer it to be unexpectedly great, so I could eat my own words, but chances for that happening are near zero. Realistically it will be a visually competent but lame in all other regards bringing the franchise down a notch or two yet again. If it's bad, I'd prefer it to be really f**king terrible.
I hope this movie fails so spectacularly that it would be easy to objectively banish it out of the franchise. Worst thing that could happen to Alien is another mediocre at best film muddying the waters.
Building Better Worlds refers to the Storm Rifle's design lineage, but the image is indeed unsourced. I've been thinking of deleting it.