Following Alien: Romulus’s home release in December, Alien fans started to notice that the physical release of the film seemed to have updated the effects of the controversial character Rook. An Ash model synthetic, Rook was portrayed with a combination of physical puppet and augmented using CG. It’s an aspect of the film that has drawn much conversation.
In an upcoming interview with Empire, Alien: Romulus writer & director Fede Alvarez acknowledged that they didn’t “get it right.“
Even Alvarez wasn’t quite convinced. “We just ran out of time in post-production to get it right,” the director tells Empire in a major new interview, reflecting on Romulus. “I wasn’t 100 per cent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention. So, for people that react negatively, I don’t blame them.”
Fans had already taken to Twitter to ask the director if they’d done additional work on the effects after the film’s theatrical release, which Alvarez confirmed. Discussing the change further with Empire, Alvarez told them that they’d relied more on the footage of the physical puppet than on the CG effects.
“We fixed it. We made it better for the release right now. I convinced the studio we need to spend the money and make sure we give the companies that were involved in making it the proper time to finish it and do it right. It’s so much better. What we did [for the home entertainment version] was revert a lot more to the puppet. It’s way better.”
Redditor Davidedby posted a comparison between the physical release and digital release of Alien: Romulus which you can check out below!
Alien Romulus – Rook CGI Updates BluRay vs Digital
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