It’s been a big day for the upcoming Alien: Romulus, with the first official trailer and poster finally being shown to the world. To talk bit more about what we saw in the teaser, Director Fede Alvarez sat down with The Movie Podcast to go a bit more in depth on this moment for the film.
Check out the full interview below:
Alvarez discussed a number of things from relief to finally be able to share a bit about the film, consulting with James Cameron & Ridley Scott, his favorite shots, and the timeframe of the setting.
Also explained was the name of the film, Romulus, as that of one of two modules of the space station central to the film (the other being Remus of course). The name originating from Roman myth also has a dual-meaning with certain plot elements as well. The name of the space station itself is the Renaissance Station.
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Yeah, that's pretty much it. Although things pretty much started sliding when the Weyland Era ended in the 2090s. It's even stated in several sources that the Covenant is more industrial and functional than the Prometheus.
Possibly; I mean when they first re-opened the Grand Central train service, my first few journeys in it, every coach felt like first class; tables and lamps, curtains etc... they quickly reverted and now every coach looks like your bog-standard train carriage... it's possible that early colony missions were given all bells and whistles as promoting WeYu (showing the world their latest innovation etc) and over time it was "meh, it's another Atmosphere processor crew, CRTs will do". 😂
100% agree with this... at the time Prometheus was made, this was my head canon. However it becomes more complex when the Covenant, a colony ship, has more advanced tech than Hadley's Hope does 60+ years later. 😅
I totally agree with him.
I always wondered about that myself, that the Marines were somehow aware of a hostile alien species and had been on missions related to them previously but had no idea about the term Xenomorph and appeared to be completely unaware of what they were dealing with once deployed.
Probably an angle thing, but he looks like he has no neck in this one. Maybe it's thinner than usual.
Yeah, that would be really cool, and another very strong visual way to portray what he is saying there. One of the other interviews also talks about the whole Prometheus/Alien of it all. I know that's been a fansplanation for quite a while, but it's one I do agree with and I like seeing Fede also bring up.
I know a lot of people felt like it makes no sense. But I think we make the mistake when we watch the Nostromo and assume that's how the entire universe looks like. If I decide to make a movie on Earth today, and I go to the Mojave Desert and I take an old truck because a guy drives a Chevy, if you're an alien, you're going to go, "That's what the world looks like." But it doesn't mean there's not a guy in a Tesla in the city, which would be the "Prometheus" ship. The first movie is truck drivers in a beat-up truck. "Prometheus" is the ship of the richest man in the world.