ALIEN ROMULUS post screening discussion
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TheMechanic
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I counted 6 times they used lines from the other movies and I missed 5 minutes when I ran to the bathroom so I'm sure I missed others. Just felt like they were trying way too hard to pander to fans with empty fan service and the wildly unnecessary "cameo" that was completely distracting and could have been accomplished with literally any other actor or character. Coincidence on top of coincidence, endless exposition, 100 things that made absolutely no sense and felt forced into the narrative. I could go on and on.
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I enjoyed it up until the final 15-20 minutes, then I got impatient. The production design was amazing.
I agree, the cameo that TheMechanic mentioned was distracting and unnecessary.
I gave it a B+
I agree, the cameo that TheMechanic mentioned was distracting and unnecessary.
I gave it a B+
I could have done without the recycled lines as well. How about the name 'Andy'? Too easy. As for the cameo--you can reveal it here since it's post screening. It was not the best results for sure, but it was a nice surprise to see Rook/Ashe show up.
JiminSTLouis
Sr Member
The production value was very good. Sets, hardware, push button control panels… loved it all. The take off scene of the cargo ship was very cool. Then…
That’s one tough cargo ship. It slams and crashes all over the Romulus space station and is completely undamaged. I know, I know this is common in scifi.
So there’s this top secret research station that “the company” looses contact with and it’s just hanging up there unguarded for any group of punks to stumble across.
The acting was pretty bad. And those British accents, half the time I couldn’t understand a thing they were saying.
So they found the Ripley harpooned alien and took it back. How did they get all of those face huggers from it? I thought it took a huge queen alien to lay those? Maybe genetically engineered? It would have been much cooler if they found a frozen Dallas or Brett or Lambert with an implanted embryo. We’d just have to ignore the directors cut where Ripley burned them.
The action and suspense was good, but really drug out. OK the movie is over… but wait! Whew now it’s over… but wait! Over and over. I know, I know this is common is scifi.
That xenomorph sure matured quickly. What, about 5 minutes? I know it didn’t take long in Alien either but it sure seemed fast. And what was that cocoon the mature alien was coming out of? I guess it’s just something we’ve never seen before.
Floating through the acid. Silly.
Explosive decompression. It’s exactly what it’s called. Hooked to a cable and surviving is one thing. Climbing back up while the ship is about to crash into the planets rings is another.
The pod birthing scene was in a word disgusting.
The alien/human/engineer hybrid. Enough said!
That’s one tough cargo ship. It slams and crashes all over the Romulus space station and is completely undamaged. I know, I know this is common in scifi.
So there’s this top secret research station that “the company” looses contact with and it’s just hanging up there unguarded for any group of punks to stumble across.
The acting was pretty bad. And those British accents, half the time I couldn’t understand a thing they were saying.
So they found the Ripley harpooned alien and took it back. How did they get all of those face huggers from it? I thought it took a huge queen alien to lay those? Maybe genetically engineered? It would have been much cooler if they found a frozen Dallas or Brett or Lambert with an implanted embryo. We’d just have to ignore the directors cut where Ripley burned them.
The action and suspense was good, but really drug out. OK the movie is over… but wait! Whew now it’s over… but wait! Over and over. I know, I know this is common is scifi.
That xenomorph sure matured quickly. What, about 5 minutes? I know it didn’t take long in Alien either but it sure seemed fast. And what was that cocoon the mature alien was coming out of? I guess it’s just something we’ve never seen before.
Floating through the acid. Silly.
Explosive decompression. It’s exactly what it’s called. Hooked to a cable and surviving is one thing. Climbing back up while the ship is about to crash into the planets rings is another.
The pod birthing scene was in a word disgusting.
The alien/human/engineer hybrid. Enough said!
Good points all.
I thought the film was really bad in all honesty, barring the opening half hour. Why bother setting up something new and fresh in the beginning to only go down the “fan service” route. Don’t even get me started on the final surprise with the human/hybrid alien thing. Also why were there so many face huggers there? Who was laying all the eggs?
It met my expectations--which weren't high--just hoped for something better. As for the facehuggers; I assume with all WY attempted on Romulus they must have learned to breed them.
Just got back from seeing it. It was Meh for me. I had all of the above questions too.
For such a big explosion in the original Alien, There was sure a lot of big pieces of wreckage of the Nostromo.
Acting was pretty bad. Other than the "special needs artificial person", I couldn't tell you any of the characters names.
Not something I would ever sit through again. To bad too. I was looking forward to something good.
For such a big explosion in the original Alien, There was sure a lot of big pieces of wreckage of the Nostromo.
Acting was pretty bad. Other than the "special needs artificial person", I couldn't tell you any of the characters names.
Not something I would ever sit through again. To bad too. I was looking forward to something good.
It started well with interesting sets..
It was nice to hear Mother and all the cool Puter console sounds,the music started strong but later became generally forgettable.
We soon got introduced to characters You couldnt care less about and knew thanks to the trailer I'd accidentally seen watching Deadpool the night before grrr knowing who would die..
Nice to see the scam Three Cups one ball still thrives into the next century.
I did enjoy Andy the robot/synthetic and think he pulled off the two characters he played Very well.
"But Who was the brimmed hat guy watching them leave the space port ?"
Dan O bannon and Ian Holme must be spinning in their graves...or spitting milky fluid all over the place, that CGI was god awful I dont think his lips were in sync once..
The Production looked good like it was lifted straight outta Alien but I later I kept noticing spray can dirt speckling and such like.
Maybe I'm just too old but this was more like Sweet valley high goes to space..
I could add more but that bloomin Promethus black goo and Engineer Slender man alien laughable was what ruined it for me.
Too many nods to mention... based around Ripley in Alien.
Floating Acid!
They really really missed a golden opportunity to have the ship crash on Hopes Cove and the pregnant woman give birth to the Alien Queen linking the franchise...
But it was wasted..
The last 20 minutes was Alien re hashed..
I know he said he didn't but wonder if Ridley had a hand in this..
They intentionally miss cut the trailer to lure you in, the best bits the Face Huggers are in the trailer.
Did I mention they kept shoe horning Promethus elements into it...
I don't hold out much hope for the TV show if a movie can't have a decent outing.
It was nice to hear Mother and all the cool Puter console sounds,the music started strong but later became generally forgettable.
We soon got introduced to characters You couldnt care less about and knew thanks to the trailer I'd accidentally seen watching Deadpool the night before grrr knowing who would die..
Nice to see the scam Three Cups one ball still thrives into the next century.
I did enjoy Andy the robot/synthetic and think he pulled off the two characters he played Very well.
"But Who was the brimmed hat guy watching them leave the space port ?"
Dan O bannon and Ian Holme must be spinning in their graves...or spitting milky fluid all over the place, that CGI was god awful I dont think his lips were in sync once..
The Production looked good like it was lifted straight outta Alien but I later I kept noticing spray can dirt speckling and such like.
Maybe I'm just too old but this was more like Sweet valley high goes to space..
I could add more but that bloomin Promethus black goo and Engineer Slender man alien laughable was what ruined it for me.
Too many nods to mention... based around Ripley in Alien.
Floating Acid!
They really really missed a golden opportunity to have the ship crash on Hopes Cove and the pregnant woman give birth to the Alien Queen linking the franchise...
But it was wasted..
The last 20 minutes was Alien re hashed..
I know he said he didn't but wonder if Ridley had a hand in this..
They intentionally miss cut the trailer to lure you in, the best bits the Face Huggers are in the trailer.
Did I mention they kept shoe horning Promethus elements into it...
I don't hold out much hope for the TV show if a movie can't have a decent outing.
Jason1428
New Member
Really liked it, loved the aesthetics of it all, was a lot to take in at once , so will go again later in the week, was a lot of facehugger,s alright, my take on this, each one was a former person that was cocooned into an egg fist by the original Alien over a long period of time, not sure if that was the intention of the Director though ?
If that’s true, why were they all stored in that one room? I think they may have been bred in the facility.
With the lack of a queen , I assumed they had somehow been magicked up from the Big Chap's DNA a la Alien Resurrection. They looked different from your common or gudden hugger, more scorpion like. TBH the whole thing didn't make a lot of sense.
So did the Xenomorph life cycle increase by like 50 fold? Face hugger to full grown alien... bam! Newborn baby alien to 7ft tall man-alien in just a few minutes. Ugh.
If it has Noah Hawley involved, it never had a chance; that guy expened all his ability on the first three seasons of the Fargo TV series. His X-Men show was abysmal.
I liked the few additions to Alien lore:
- They make pods for themselves to grow in. We've never seen that part of their life cycle (just shed skin), so that was kinda cool.
- It's mentioned that they can speed up or slow down their metabolism as needed. It's a pretty neat explanation for the wide variance in growth time across all the movies.
- The Prometheus fluid can be distilled from the body of an Alien, and is still very much tied to the DNA of the Engineers themselves.
- "Xenomorph" is now officially part of their scientific definition. No longer just Gorman using a generic term.
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AnubisGuard
Master Member
Didn't realize there was a post-release discussion thread. Copying my comments over:
Too derivative to be good on its own merits. What's frustrating is if they'd dialed back the callbacks and fanservice, the exact same story would have played a lot better.
The final survivor should have been
He was by far the best character, and it would have paid off the themes set up in the first act – the movie came very close to being about the futility of loyalty in a Godless universe, but that went out the window as soon as the first big plot twist dropped.
I'm baffled too. I have no idea who signed off on that or how. No exaggerating, I noticed the teeth warping with the lips in one shot.
The role should have been original to the film. Or, failing that,
Too derivative to be good on its own merits. What's frustrating is if they'd dialed back the callbacks and fanservice, the exact same story would have played a lot better.
The final survivor should have been
Andy, with Rain sacrificing herself to save him.
I'm baffled too. I have no idea who signed off on that or how. No exaggerating, I noticed the teeth warping with the lips in one shot.
The role should have been original to the film. Or, failing that,
another David, played by Fassbender. It seems like it may have been written for him at some point, given the Prometheus tie in.
