Amph On Earth, Everyone Can Hear You Scream: The Prometheus / Alien Discussion Thread (Romulus, Earth)

Fight on? DIE on. And valiantly.

 

I just think it's because that generation looked old af

 

Romulus was plenty fun. Some reviews complained about the slow start but I found that to be a bit unfair. I enjoyed the sci fi visuals a lot and the characters a bit as it built up to the horror part. Maybe it leaned more into the body horror than I personally would have liked, but each to their own.

The characters are a bit thin.

Cailee Spaeny's character is

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basically Daisy Ridley at the beginning of The Force Awakens, replete with a vague orphan backstory, except that she already has her own droid recovered from a junk heap before the story starts.

 

As I said I really enjoyed it. It pays tribute to the other films while bringing some new things to it. It certainly is not a lazy rehash, although some fan service might turn off some. I am going to see it again this weekend. It isn't perfect, but much better than any film since Aliens imo. If nothing else it is very scary. I read a review that said this director dials everything up to 11, and I agree. May be too gory for some, this one really plays up the ickiness factor. Some great set pieces and a few great jump scares.

 

I thought the two leads were fantastic.

 

It's basically a live-action version of an Alien rpg cinematic scenario. So I enjoyed it. And like I thought, loved the "4th Act" surprise and really disliked the repeated iconic lines. Overall it was fun and I dig it as a hardcore lore nerd (it doesn't really affect Aliens since the plot potentially ties up its own loose ends, at least for the next 37 years or whatever). I'm far too into the IP to judge it as a film as a normie. But I wish it was less "fun" and more disturbing and haunting, like the early teasers made it seem.

 

Yes. That Andy guy really nailed that part. the conflict on his face throughout the movie was remarkable. The girl is easily the best Alien lead since Ripley.

 

Just watched Prometheus and Covenant in full for the first time and enjoyed them both more than I expected to.

 

That's the only thing I didn't like about it, the callbacks to the recent films. That and some odd CGI

 

I would have preferred a straight up horror movie. The recent callbacks seemed like they were Scott's idea, as he was a producer. That said; it's a remarkable sequel. A lot to digest. I'm not a fan of the recent movies (not this one) "who made me?" mumbo jumbo.

 

if this movie doesn't work out Cailee Spaeny has another shot in the next Knives Out movie.

 

I kind of like the jumping around and never really outright explaining or directly following up on everything. There's a lot in these movies that exist or is stated without much context, and it's in those dark, unexplored areas where my nerdery thrives. I like Covenant a lot but am okay just imagining what happened next, and just inferring and connecting my own dots. I need some room to cook up my rpg scenarios and add my own tastes to the lore, and thankfully Romulus only adds and doesn't upset my head canon. As far as I'm concerned, David created a version of the Alien, not the Derelict version and that thing is still thousands of years old, the remnant of the engineers of old and their unknowable motives.

 

With a Thursday box office of $6.5 million, Romulus may have a comparable opening weekend to Quiet Place Day One - $40+ million on the high end, though it might be much less.

 

Alien is generally perceived as hardcore, gory horror. So it does not have the widespread appeal of a Marvel or Disney movie. Several of my friends have no intention of seeing it.

 

everyone expects to see someone impaled on a xenomorph tail or get the second set of jaws directly in the face, but this movie went the extra mile.

 

My guess is that the third installment of that trilogy woulda finally explained LV426, as well as what happened to David. We’ll probably eventually get an explanation for all of that stuff in a book or comic or something. Otherwise, I’m fine with just “filling in the gaps” by imagining stuff in my own head.

 

Geez I guess I should have rewatched Prometheus instead of Covenant because I'd say this is way more Prometheus 2 than Alien 2. Also at a 4:30 pm show got some whoohoos in the crowd

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Also Alien Resurrection Newborn 2.0 with Engineer face. Didn't see that one coming!

Also the music credits say "The Entry of the Gods into Valahala" is in there somewhere. Guess I have to watch again

Anyway it would have made more sense if they found the Covenant instead of experiments on the OG Xenomorph but i can buy it. Company and Not Ash gonna Company and when they extract the black goo can go haywire

was the videogame Andy was playing "Bug Hunt" was that where the term came from?

 

I enjoyed Alien Romulus, though at times it seemed more like an Alien Greatest Hits tribute which I think is to its detriment.
Some of the plot makes no sense at all, but the practical effects are good. It was better early on but started to slip as it got more into trying to replicate past Alien movies.