Alien: Romulus Catch-All Thread

[Nightmare Asylum]

Disney's CinemaCon panel starts in a bit under three hours. Bet they show off Romulus footage. I'll probably hold off on reading the report about that, if I can help it. I already know so much as it is - would like to save that for when I can see it myself, especially since, odds are, it'll probably be the same footage (more or less) that is shown at the Alien re-release for Alien Day.

[-Culky-]

Yeah I expect them to show off some footage at CinemaCon today behind closed doors and then release it online and in theaters on Alien Day.

[BigDaddyJohn]

At this point I'll take any info as long as it's not about

Spoiler

the new alien hybrid and the characters deaths

[close]

[MistressTeqila]

Waiting new....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK64lVuaEAAgBVM?format=jpg&name=large

waiting

[Sabres21768]

Obligatory brightening showing the skull beneath the dome and more detailing.

Oh yeah!  I'm loving this!

[Immortan Jonesy]

Can you imagine the new design looking a bit like Stompy?

[BigDaddyJohn]

Stompy looked really good... Except maybe for the digitgrade feet and too lenghty tail.

[skhellter]

Stompy looked really good... Except maybe for the digitgrade feet and too lenghty tail.

Stompy was designed with SIZE in mind. at that time a lot of alien games didn't really sell the size of the creature vs the player. So the designers played around a lot with exaggerating some features - digitigrade legs make it taller, longer tail.. etc. there's thought behind all decisions.

the hands are the only real problem for me.

[BigChapismyBestFriend]

Stompy is the definitive alien drone look.

[The Cruentus]

Minus the legs of course 

[426Buddy]

Never had an issue with digitigrade legs myself. Helps break up the "man in suit" effect imo.

[The Cruentus]

I like to see it as that they mimicked humans in a way, besides the first film and the second film showed they could move without it being too obvious, especially the wall jumps.

[BlueMarsalis79]

I have posted a render of plantigrade Stompy before, it does not work frankly, the proportions of his head and shoulders are designed for the digitigrade.

[Local Trouble]

Stompy was in no way a patch on the original.  Especially not with that big dumb jaw and permagrin.

[Cosmic Incubation]

I'm torn, cause I think keeping the human legs/form adds to the uncanniness and makes sense as it links it more to the lifeform it came from.
However I do see the benefit of getting rid of the "guy in a suit" effect. As well as the legs making sense for the type of creature it is.

Especially not with that big dumb jaw and permagrin.

The mouth/jaw is really the only thing that stops it from being a perfect design for me.