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Early Alien: Romulus Reactions Are Starting To Come In!

D23, the gigantic fan convention focused around Disney, is taking place this weekend. Normally a place for news and announcements about upcoming Disney films and products, for a number of lucky social media influencers and content creators, it was also an opportunity to watch Alien: Romulus before critics.

And over the last day, their early reactions to Fede Alvarez’s upcoming Alien film have been starting to hit Twitter. And I think it would fair to say they’re very enthusiastically positive!

Press screenings for Alien: Romulus are expected to begin next Monday. Alien vs. Predator Galaxy will also be attending the UK London premiere of the film and are looking forward to sharing our thoughts with you all! The film officially releases on Friday the 16th.

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  1. wasabinator
    Like some other fans, I am on the disappointed end of the spectrum with this film, but have been thinking the last couple of days, all the on-the-nose bits can be edited out quite easily condensing it into a much better (but still flawed) entry. Hoping someone with the editing chops releases something eventually.

    If that happens that would become my canonical version and would plan never to watch the theatrical release ever again.
  2. nanison
    I'm going to my local cinema in 2 hours time to watch Romulus. It will be my first time at the cinema in 6 years, The decent to good reviews pulled me in. I'm very excited!
  3. The Cruentus
    I wouldn't be so sure. He made Covenant when news about an Alien 5 started coming in, effectively cancelling in it. Prometheus intentionally went out of its way to contradict AVP. So I don't think he is above that sin.
  4. Allen (1979)
    He gave solicited notes/advice on how well the film is working for the potential audience on a cinematic storytelling level (structure, pacing, suspense, etc.), not plot mandates. He knows it's Fede's movie; he's not going to commit the ultimate cardinal sin for directors and take over another person's film.
  5. The Cruentus
    Its not about taking it serioualy, in fact I usually take what he says with a pinch of salt these days but sometimes it is hard to tell with this guy, especially since he has changed his mind a lot and made questionable decisions that it would not be surprising if the controversial stuff in Romulus is in part from him.
  6. D117
    Spoiler
    Just saw a decent camrip version. The offspring might be a little creepy for some folks, but not scary. Looks like an uglier version of Zuckerberg with a little inner mouth and a tail.  :laugh: I like the Resurrection's Newborn more. It's a much better design and creepier too.
    [close]
  7. The Cruentus
    Quote from: thexenomorph on Aug 15, 2024, 01:59:16 AM
    Quote from: NCF19 on Aug 15, 2024, 01:14:33 AM
    Quote from: Allen (1979) on Aug 15, 2024, 01:04:43 AM
    Quote from: NCF19 on Aug 15, 2024, 12:43:38 AMbut Ridley Scott forced him to include the black goo against his wishes.

     ::)
    Keep in mind, I have no idea whether or not all this is entirely true, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was.

    We don't even have confirmation that anything was forced down on him. By Scott or much, much more likely, studio executives.

    Ridley actually mentions Fede being given some notes in a interview, might be the red carpet one. Can someone confirm?


    Quote from: BeeHooKoo on Aug 15, 2024, 08:37:05 AMNow I've slept the night after the movie and I remembering the movie experience, here are my notes:
    (These spoil the movie)

    Spoiler
    The beginning of the film was relatively good for a long time. Around the 40 minute mark, my positive feeling of tension subsided completely, when a lot of facehuggers were released in the Cryo Chamber and the movie turned into more or less an action movie. Later on, the movie didn't build any kind of tension again for me. The end was practically just a numbing series of action scenes and waiting for the movie to end.

    These days, movies always have a special twist at the end, and so, unfortunately, in Alien Romulus as well. This surprise twist and its events ruined the movie for me.

    Things I liked:
    • The starting point and basic idea of the plot.
    • Everything about spaceships and space travel looked really good.
    • The weightlessness scenes were mostly well filmed.
    • Some scenes work well.
    • Some small references to Alien 1979 movie, toy birds, computer graphics, Weyland-Yutani Aspen Beer, etc.
    • Aliens looked good, but they were shown way too much.

    Things I didn't like:
    • There had been an attempt to get too many influences from other Alien films into the film.
    • End of the plot twist, Kay gives birth to the creature. Prometheus reference, a being is born and grows to an insane size in a few minutes. Completely unnecessary scene, practically ruined the movie significantly.
    • Mixing Prometheus/Covenant "black goo" into the movie. Black goo ruins the whole Alien story with Prometheus, it should never be confused with any Alien movie, here it was brought in and completely unnecessary. The movie would have done just fine without the black goo.
    • Bringing a new phase to the xenomorph life cycle. The original Xenomorph life cycle is a myth and should not be tried to explain or represent it in any way.
    • The direct quotes were REALLY bad: "I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies" (Alien 1979) and "Get away from her...you bitch!" Aliens (1986)
    • Too many facehuggers, too many aliens..ruined the suspense of the movie.
    • A lot of aliens were destroyed without much trouble. This ruins the feeling of Alien's dangerousness. The same effect happened in Cameron's movie Aliens.
    • Chestburster development time is far too short. Furthermore, the output was relatively bloodless.
    • Bringing a robot that looks like Ian Holm into the movie was little stupid, unnecessary reference again.
    • The characters were relatively hollow, no depth. They were just fuel for killing.
    • Rain is saved by the alien in the elevator shaft, a very odd twist that was apparently explained by Rain being booked as a facehugger victim, a really stupid event in the movie.
    • Andy's transformation into an evil corporation android was an annoying twist.
    • A lot of jumping around in the movie and plot from one place to another.
    • The new facehugger design was bad.
    • The pace of the film was numbing in relation to the events.
    • Somehow childish actions and behavior of the characters, although they were young. This strongly reminded me of 1980s B-slasher movies..in a negative way.
    • Rain's last voice records, copied directly from the movie Alien 1979, again a completely unnecessary addition in the movie.

    Maybe the movie gets better on the second and third viewings, I can't say.

    [close]

    At least now we know why Cameron distanced himself from it.
  8. Hatemorph
    Quote from: Genosha175 on Aug 15, 2024, 10:09:19 AM
    Quote from: SiL on Aug 15, 2024, 10:00:59 AM
    Spoiler
    One in the rock and another blown to pieces tangled in wiring in a hole in a ceiling.
    [close]

    Spoiler
    Does it actually look like Giger's BC? Or like, some dodgy sideshow statue that kinda looks like the BC but not.
    [close]

    Spoiler
    we literally get a short flash of the Big Chap skeleton in the ceiling. and that's it for the cameo. you can barely make it out, besides the skull. i found it extremely disappointing and insulting.
    [close]
  9. Elmazalman
    Quote from: SiL on Aug 15, 2024, 10:00:59 AM
    Quote from: Elmazalman on Aug 15, 2024, 09:56:46 AM
    Spoiler
    Just another reason not to see the film then.

    Tell me, what about the Big Chap scenes, anything of interest there, or just shots of it trapped in rock (like the NECA collectable)?
    [close]
    Spoiler
    One in the rock and another blown to pieces tangled in wiring in a hole in a ceiling.
    [close]

    Spoiler
    How did it get blown apart?

    Is the Big Chap likeness any good - does it look identical (or close to) what was seen in ALIEN?
    [close]
  10. Elmazalman
    Quote from: SiL on Aug 15, 2024, 09:43:58 AM
    Quote from: Elmazalman on Aug 15, 2024, 09:38:54 AM
    Spoiler
    Next to no originality (those Alien Scorched cocoon shots do look very nice, however). Easy pass. What a shame.
    [close]
    Spoiler
    You've seen them all in the trailer.
    [close]

    Spoiler
    Just another reason not to see the film then.

    Tell me, what about the Big Chap scenes, anything of interest there, or just shots of it trapped in rock (like the NECA collectable)?
    [close]
  11. BeeHooKoo
    Now I've slept the night after the movie and I remembering the movie experience, here are my notes:
    (These spoil the movie)

    Spoiler
    The beginning of the film was relatively good for a long time. Around the 40 minute mark, my positive feeling of tension subsided completely, when a lot of facehuggers were released in the Cryo Chamber and the movie turned into more or less an action movie. Later on, the movie didn't build any kind of tension again for me. The end was practically just a numbing series of action scenes and waiting for the movie to end.

    These days, movies always have a special twist at the end, and so, unfortunately, in Alien Romulus as well. This surprise twist and its events ruined the movie for me.

    Things I liked:
    • The starting point and basic idea of the plot.
    • Everything about spaceships and space travel looked really good.
    • The weightlessness scenes were mostly well filmed.
    • Some scenes work well.
    • Some small references to Alien 1979 movie, toy birds, computer graphics, Weyland-Yutani Aspen Beer, etc.
    • Aliens looked good, but they were shown way too much.

    Things I didn't like:
    • There had been an attempt to get too many influences from other Alien films into the film.
    • End of the plot twist, Kay gives birth to the creature. Prometheus reference, a being is born and grows to an insane size in a few minutes. Completely unnecessary scene, practically ruined the movie significantly.
    • Mixing Prometheus/Covenant "black goo" into the movie. Black goo ruins the whole Alien story with Prometheus, it should never be confused with any Alien movie, here it was brought in and completely unnecessary. The movie would have done just fine without the black goo.
    • Bringing a new phase to the xenomorph life cycle. The original Xenomorph life cycle is a myth and should not be tried to explain or represent it in any way.
    • The direct quotes were REALLY bad: "I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies" (Alien 1979) and "Get away from her...you bitch!" Aliens (1986)
    • Too many facehuggers, too many aliens..ruined the suspense of the movie.
    • A lot of aliens were destroyed without much trouble. This ruins the feeling of Alien's dangerousness. The same effect happened in Cameron's movie Aliens.
    • Chestburster development time is far too short. Furthermore, the output was relatively bloodless.
    • Bringing a robot that looks like Ian Holm into the movie was little stupid, unnecessary reference again.
    • The characters were relatively hollow, no depth. They were just fuel for killing.
    • Rain is saved by the alien in the elevator shaft, a very odd twist that was apparently explained by Rain being booked as a facehugger victim, a really stupid event in the movie.
    • Andy's transformation into an evil corporation android was an annoying twist.
    • A lot of jumping around in the movie and plot from one place to another.
    • The new facehugger design was bad.
    • The pace of the film was numbing in relation to the events.
    • Somehow childish actions and behavior of the characters, although they were young. This strongly reminded me of 1980s B-slasher movies..in a negative way.
    • Rain's last voice records, copied directly from the movie Alien 1979, again a completely unnecessary addition in the movie.

    Maybe the movie gets better on the second and third viewings, I can't say.

    [close]
  12. wasabinator
    Quote from: S.E.B. on Aug 15, 2024, 01:34:09 AMI felt really hopeful about the movie up until a few weeks ago. I started getting a bad feeling about this flick... So I wanted to check with the ones of you who have already seen the movie what to expect before I decide to watch it in the theater...

    To Answer:

    Spoiler
    -  Is there one, a few or many adult Xenomorphs in the movie?

    Many, but mainly focuses on one main one most of the movie.

    -  Are the (adult) Xenomorphs easy to kill and treated as cannon fodder?

    Yes and no. She does use the auto targeting pulse rifle to mow them down, but the main xeno is at least given some respect in how dangerous is. It trivialises the facehuggers potency a little bit, eg. one guy pulls one off his face before it fully grabbed on, and another one swings a prod like a bat to knock them away, which I felt was a stretch for something that guy had only encountered the first time in his life, how could he know how they jump etc??

    -  Is there a hybrid type of Xenomorph OR some bigger/badder Xenomorph type in the movie?

    Sadly... YES. This is the final act. It's a human/goop hybrid that births near the end of the film and turns in a sort of white slederman type thing. I thought it was ridiculous and repeats the mistakes of Alien Resurrection. How they thought that was a good idea given the poor reception of a very similar scenario in that movie is honestly beyond me.

    -  What two movies in the Alien series (including the prequels) does this movie feel like the most?

    It is hard to say exactly, as it tries to be all of them at once. Me personally, I feel it's most similar to Aliens + Resurrection if I had to pick two.

    -  Is the overall acting & dialogue great, good, ok/decent, bad or horrible?

    The acting is all decent, however the dialogue is TERRIBLE. Get this, these lines are spoken in the movie:

    "I prefer artificial person myself"
    "I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies"
    "Get away from her you bitch"
    "This is xxx the sole survivor of the yyy signing out"

    Seriously, they are all used and they damage the legacy of the originals in my view.

    -  Does this movie end like a stand-alone movie or does it imply the possibility of a Romulus sequel?

    Ends identically to Alien. With the female lead signing out the same way Ripley did in Alien.
    [close]
  13. NCF19
    Quote from: thexenomorph on Aug 15, 2024, 01:59:16 AM
    Quote from: NCF19 on Aug 15, 2024, 01:14:33 AM
    Quote from: Allen (1979) on Aug 15, 2024, 01:04:43 AM
    Quote from: NCF19 on Aug 15, 2024, 12:43:38 AMbut Ridley Scott forced him to include the black goo against his wishes.

     ::)
    Keep in mind, I have no idea whether or not all this is entirely true, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was.

    We don't even have confirmation that anything was forced down on him. By Scott or much, much more likely, studio executives.
    That's why I stated I have no idea if any of what I said is entirely true, if any of it at all.  I merely had a hunch about what happened with the third act.
  14. thexenomorph
    Quote from: NCF19 on Aug 15, 2024, 01:14:33 AM
    Quote from: Allen (1979) on Aug 15, 2024, 01:04:43 AM
    Quote from: NCF19 on Aug 15, 2024, 12:43:38 AMbut Ridley Scott forced him to include the black goo against his wishes.

     ::)
    Keep in mind, I have no idea whether or not all this is entirely true, but I wouldn't be shocked if it was.

    We don't even have confirmation that anything was forced down on him. By Scott or much, much more likely, studio executives.
  15. S.E.B.
    I felt really hopeful about the movie up until a few weeks ago. I started getting a bad feeling about this flick... So I wanted to check with the ones of you who have already seen the movie what to expect before I decide to watch it in the theater...

    Spoiler
    -  Is there one, a few or many adult Xenomorphs in the movie?
    -  Are the (adult) Xenomorphs easy to kill and treated as cannon fodder?
    -  Is there a hybrid type of Xenomorph OR some bigger/badder Xenomorph type in the movie?
    -  What two movies in the Alien series (including the prequels) does this movie feel like the most?
    -  Is the overall acting & dialogue great, good, ok/decent, bad or horrible?
    -  Does this movie end like a stand-alone movie or does it imply the possibility of a Romulus sequel?
    [close]
  16. NCF19
    Quote from: The Cruentus on Aug 14, 2024, 08:20:09 PM
    Spoiler
    I think there was some executive meddling going on, it was mentioned that Fede was "given some notes" and apparently he was hearding hitting something in frustration over it.
    [close]
    I get the feeling that Fede wanted to do a "back to basics" type of movie, but Ridley Scott forced him to include the black goo against his wishes.  So, he decided the best way to do that is for one of the characters to be pregnant, have her be infected with the black goo, and give birth to the offspring.
    I also get the feeling the studio wanted a Ripley stand-in like all the other films post-Resurrection.  In fact, with the mention of notes from the executives and reshoots, my theory is that the original intent was for the movie to be an ensemble piece, just like the first Alien, where the cast is gradually picked off one by one until one character remains.  Now, whether it was meant to be Rain or she was going to be a red herring protagonist who gets killed off in the final act, making way for the real protagonist to step up, I have no idea.  But, all of this wouldn't surprise me if it were true.
  17. razeak
    Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Aug 14, 2024, 09:11:21 PM
    Quote from: Philhelm on Aug 14, 2024, 01:40:15 PM
    Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Aug 13, 2024, 09:11:33 PMThe third act cannot be worse than what Covenant did.

    To what part of Covenant are you referring?  I would argue that last act of Covenant was its best, if for no other reason than it had a more proper alien running around a ship.

    Which was indeed the worst part of the film. In addition to David creating the Aliens which was the intention.
    it's when it collapsed to fan film territory.
  18. xShadowFoxX
    Quote from: Philhelm on Aug 14, 2024, 01:40:15 PM
    Quote from: xShadowFoxX on Aug 13, 2024, 09:11:33 PMThe third act cannot be worse than what Covenant did.

    To what part of Covenant are you referring?  I would argue that last act of Covenant was its best, if for no other reason than it had a more proper alien running around a ship.

    Which was indeed the worst part of the film. In addition to David creating the Aliens which was the intention.
  19. BeeHooKoo
    I just came from the premiere and for me the movie was a little disappointing. I was expecting more of a Hitchcock feel like the first -79 movie, in a terror/horror style, but for my taste the Romulus had too much of everything, and above all, the number of references to other alien movies annoyed me. I would have liked the movie more if it had been more of an independent Alien movie, not a collection of all previous alien movies. Of course there was a lot of good in Romulus too, the effects and execution were good and there were many good scenes.
  20. razeak
    I think there is a heavy attractiveness to the elements that we see in Covenant from the point that they start to see his experiments etc. It's perfect horror in that respect. It's beautiful in the macabre way it's presented. Fassbender is amazing in the role also. It just didn't respect what came before (both Alien and Prometheus), or at least didn't acknowledge it. The likely spoiler I've discerned from the comments in the 3rd act likely confirm my fear with Scott being involved. Ugh. Give us back our beast. I've participated in so many discussions on various websites since the 1990s and one of the common threads was how awesome the mystery was, and there was a lot of fun in guessing and speculating.

    It is a great irony that David is the creator. Absolutely. It's fantastic in a vacuum, or a story with different creatures and no previous films. That doesn't mean the puzzle piece fit.

    Regardless, I will watch Romulus with an open mind. It's not Fede's call to take the origin in the direction it went, so my disappointment there will be compartmentalized to Covenant.  He is working within the box the series is apparently now captured in, when there wasn't a box before.

    My biggest fear is the earlier comment about the call backs, repeated lines etc. I was vocal from the outset about that before we hardly knew anything.
  21. Dan2004
    Quote from: Allen (1979) on Aug 14, 2024, 03:30:29 PM
    Quote from: Dan2004 on Aug 14, 2024, 01:07:25 PM
    Quote from: D117 on Aug 14, 2024, 12:47:06 PMMost people have hated the third act on Reddit's spoiler thread.

    Yep. Now here come the real reviews. Not some critic or influencer. The true fans. I've read them too and I am saving my money. Simple as that.

    I can't think of anything I disagree with on a regular basis on most of my passion subjects than the "real reviews from 'true fans'"

    Guess thats the industry now right.....
  22. CANNON
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 14, 2024, 02:34:46 PMI should also add, in regards to my above comments in defense of Covenant's take on the universe and Alien specifically – I don't *love* Prometheus (I do appreciate it and find it interesting, though, especially retroactively post-2017) and on paper I hated everything I knew about Covenant before I saw it, but the execution just completely clicked into place for me and made me see the light on what Ridley was going for, and its own specific brand of a Gothic-infused twisting of the cosmic horror of Alien. It isn't the direction I would have ever gone in if I was developing prequels, but against all odds, it became a movie I fell in love with.

    I agree 100% with this take.
  23. Allen (1979)
    Quote from: Dan2004 on Aug 14, 2024, 01:07:25 PM
    Quote from: D117 on Aug 14, 2024, 12:47:06 PMMost people have hated the third act on Reddit's spoiler thread.

    Yep. Now here come the real reviews. Not some critic or influencer. The true fans. I've read them too and I am saving my money. Simple as that.

    I can't think of anything I disagree with on a regular basis on most of my passion subjects than the "real reviews from 'true fans'"
  24. Nightmare Asylum
    Quote from: reecebomb on Aug 14, 2024, 03:04:37 PM
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 14, 2024, 02:54:54 PM
    Quote from: reecebomb on Aug 14, 2024, 02:53:40 PMEven if they were set outside of Alien universe, there are a quite a bit of serious issues. But being more of a fantasy sci-fi setting than hard sci-fi, some of these issues would be a lot more easily tolerated and something that could be turned a blind eye to.

    Enter: Raised By Wolves.


    I watched the first season and it was very intriguing, somehow didn't have time to watch second season straight on and haven't managed to do it yet. Is the second season worth watching?


    I loved it, commits to and doubles down on the weirdest impulses of season one and was shaping up as something really special, had it been able to tell its story in full. Just go in knowing it ends on a massive cliffhanger that will absolutely go unresolved. The plan was for five seasons.

    I long for a third season of Wolves even more than I do for a Covenant followup, in some ways.
  25. reecebomb
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 14, 2024, 02:54:54 PM
    Quote from: reecebomb on Aug 14, 2024, 02:53:40 PMEven if they were set outside of Alien universe, there are a quite a bit of serious issues. But being more of a fantasy sci-fi setting than hard sci-fi, some of these issues would be a lot more easily tolerated and something that could be turned a blind eye to.

    Enter: Raised By Wolves.


    I watched the first season and it was very intriguing, somehow didn't have time to watch second season straight on and haven't managed to do it yet. Is the second season worth watching?
  26. Imbrie
    Quote from: The Cruentus on Aug 14, 2024, 02:02:52 PM
    Quote from: SiL on Aug 14, 2024, 01:54:34 PM
    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 14, 2024, 01:43:11 PMAnd what's emptier, or more bleak, than the only other thing out there in the universe being an older version of you that made you and then tried to sweep you entirely under the rug like you were nothing, "because they could?"
    Easy!

    The only thing out there in the universe is something completely unrelated to you, that never knew you existed, something that's long dead, which died painfully and alone on some god forsaken rock in the middle of celestial nowhere, having succumbed to a parasitic organism that simply seeks to propagate itself and destroy everything else.

    Something just as cold and small and lonely in the expanse as us, desperately trying to warn anyone who passes of the terror that lurks nearby.

    A cold, dead universe with nothingness interspersed with corpses of things long gone is much more bleak than humans making humans because we simply cannot conceive that we aren't somehow the most important thing in the universe.

    Yep, the universe is supposed to big if not infinite but the Prequels made everything feel small and connected to each other.  Reduces humans to being a creation and made Aliens a creation of something humans created. Which means its not really an alien organism.

    I quite like some aspects of Prometheus but the first mistake was turning the Space Jockey into an Engineer, quickly followed by mistake number two of making mankind the creations of the Engineers. That choice really pivoted the Alien universe to one that is an alternate to ours and not one that a feasible future Earth could feature in a la the original movie.
  27. reecebomb
    Even if they were set outside of Alien universe, there are a quite a bit of serious issues. But being more of a fantasy sci-fi setting than hard sci-fi, some of these issues would be a lot more easily tolerated and something that could be turned a blind eye to.

    Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 14, 2024, 02:51:24 PM
    Quote from: reecebomb on Aug 14, 2024, 02:42:20 PMYeah, nothing wrong with liking a film that is not highly regarded, sometimes bad films click for me too that a lot of people hate. And seems that Covenant has fair share of fans out there and here in Avpgalaxy.

    Oh I would never call it bad – if I thought it was bad, I wouldn't like it so much! My love there is earnest. It was just good in ways I never would have considered or expected, given my biases against its concept from the outset.

    For example I truly love Ridley Scott's Legend, even though I agree that the characters are paper thin and it is narratively lackluster.
    Ah, what am I saying, despite these issues I think that Legend is a great movie as the issues are not noteworthy to take away the enjoyment, carry on.

    But then again, Covenant has more crippling issues than Legend.
  28. Nightmare Asylum
    Quote from: reecebomb on Aug 14, 2024, 02:42:20 PMYeah, nothing wrong with liking a film that is not highly regarded, sometimes bad films click for me too that a lot of people hate. And seems that Covenant has fair share of fans out there and here in Avpgalaxy.

    Oh I would never call it bad – if I thought it was bad, I wouldn't like it so much! My love there is earnest. It was just good in ways I never would have considered or expected, given my biases against its concept from the outset.
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