Sequel Update: Fede Alvarez Wants To Try Something New With Alien Romulus Sequel

[Nightmare Asylum]

Something new ? That's cool. But maybe start thinking first about imposing your own style, and not break your back trying to reference anything and everything this franchise once did. Then you can start focusing on something new.

I think the things you suggested there constitute as something new.

[SiL]

Having your own style and not slavishly nostalgia baiting are not new to the franchise, no.

[BigDaddyJohn]

Something new ? That's cool. But maybe start thinking first about imposing your own style, and not break your back trying to reference anything and everything this franchise once did. Then you can start focusing on something new.

I think the things you suggested there constitute as something new.

The most flagrant exemple of this being done before is Jeunet's Resurrection. But Cameron's Aliens and Fincher's Alien 3 also qualifies perfectly.

[SiL]

Every movie before Romulus has its own style and didn't nostalgia bait out the backside.

[Slutty Badger]

Every movie before Romulus has its own style and didn't nostalgia bait out the backside.

Covenant has a few callbacks, but they're well-executed and work well in context. Katherine Waterston's "I got you, you son of a bitch!" is the absolute standout - I nearly always punch the air when she says it.

Actually, hold the "nearly".