Alien: Romulus (film)...

[MinionZombie]

I'll give it a chance because Fede Alvarez has been involved in numerous films that have been worth watching, but there's a lot to make up for after the messy affair that was Alien Covenant. I wonder where this one fits in. Is it after Covenant and before Alien (1979)? Is it somewhere else in the timeline? And other than milking the franchise to make money, what's the point in this film? Hopefully there'll be one!

[Neil]

Be nice if it's a solid film for a change...

[MinionZombie]

Set between the events of Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986),[1] the story concerns a group of young space colonizers who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Be nice if it's a solid film for a change... I read that, apparently, the film is combining a 'slasher movie approach' and a 'young cast' (i.e. very early twenties) to appeal to *wait for it* modern audiences. Also, the main character's name is fuckin' Rain. Seriously. The shot of a bunch of squiggly wiggly chasey wasey face huggers scampering after some of the crew members looked rather silly, too.

[EvilNed]

Think it looks pretty rad. I like Fede Alvarez, so I'm interested.

[MinionZombie]

Think it looks pretty rad. I like Fede Alvarez, so I'm interested. I'm a fan of his Evil Dead remake as well as Don't Breathe, but he didn't half drop the ball with the most recent Texas Chainsaw Massacre (writer/producer). I will say that the atmosphere and design of the ship look really cool, and to be fair it's only a teaser. He does certainly have solid filmmaking talent, and I do really want this movie to be good ... but initial impressions are very much split. I wonder if they'll somehow (being that it's set between Alien and Aliens) tie "Romulus" in to Weyland-Yutani's overall interest in the xenomorph and the colonisation of LV-426. If they do, though, I'd dearly hope they don't screw up the timeline of events, or introduce awkward story aspects that then don't gel with what follows in terms of the chronological story.

[shootemindehead]

I read that, apparently, the film is combining a 'slasher movie approach' and a 'young cast' (i.e. very early twenties) to appeal to *wait for it* modern audiences. Also, the main character's name is fuckin' Rain. Seriously. The shot of a bunch of squiggly wiggly chasey wasey face huggers scampering after some of the crew members looked rather silly, too. FFS. I'm already out.

[MinionZombie]

Again, there's a lot of impressive style going on here, which is nice - especially after the extraordinarily poor decision to show the Xenomorph in full daylight in Alien Covenant. Hopefully he can create some gruesome body horror stuff to add into the mix (seeing the facehugger's proboscis slithering into that dude's mouth was impressively icky) ... but hopefully without messing up the sense of tension (i.e. just throwing a lot of shit about the place). But this will live or die by its human characters in the end ... we'll see...