Movie Alien: Romulus

[Taylor]

Prometheus says hold my beer, this was the best explanation for doing what they did.

• Charlie Holloway: Captain, would you please tell the survey to suit up and meet us in the airlock.
• Janek: There's only six hours left of daylight. Why don't you leave it till the morning.
• Charlie Holloway: No, no, no. It's Christmas, captain, and I want to open my presents.

As with so many stories lately which make the bad guys inept, cheapening the wins for the heroes and losing engagement from the audience (mostly) I think the mistakes of the good guys leads to the alien being less scary. Just my opinion, but if people were doing everything right and it still gets them, that's a thriller.

 

[GROTTO]

As with so many stories lately which make the bad guys inept, cheapening the wins for the heroes and losing engagement from the audience (mostly) I think the mistakes of the good guys leads to the alien being less scary. Just my opinion, but if people were doing everything right and it still gets them, that's a thriller.

One thing that I guess is no surprise in the world we live in 2024, but would be different in a good way, is if the lead character and the hero of the new Alien movie, was a man.

 

[rumply]

I thought Prometheus was excellent ..don’t get the criticism.

On first viewing, I thought much the same despite some of the lazy script writing. A fan edit called Prometheus Giftbearer showed imho how much better a job could have originally been done. & there's no going back once you've seen that fan edit.

 

[bourbons]

Hasnt that happened in every single movie involving Alien?

Kinda true, but I think it works a bit better in Alien with the whole truckers in space/company orders thing.

Aliens, well they were brash over-confident marines who thought it was just gonna be another stock standard bug hunt, and even after they get their arse handed to them for probably the first time in their careers it's only Bill Paxton's character who loses the plot.

In Prometheus it just stood out to me like dogs balls for some reason. The biologist guy was the worst, behavior not even consistent from scene to scene - supposed professional handpicked for this amazing mission, freaks out over not a lot pretty much the instant he sets foot on the planet then the next scene he's trying to pat a weird alien worm that just reared up like a cobra lol

 

[rumply]

Kinda true, but I think it works a bit better in Alien with the whole truckers in space thing.

Prometheus it just stood out to me like dogs balls for some reason. The biologist guy was the worst, behavior not even consistent from scene to scene - supposed professional handpicked for this amazing mission, freaks out over not much pretty much the instant he sets foot on the planet then the next scene he's trying to pat a weird alien worm that just reared up like a cobra lol

Fairly sure I groaned the first time I saw that scene. It was utterly ridiculous.

 

[Taylor]

One thing that I guess is no surprise in the world we live in 2024, but would be different in a good way, is if the lead character and the hero of the new Alien movie, was a man.

Man or woman is fine. Just not changing from being competent enough to be in their specialist role in outer space to making stupid mistakes for the purpose of plot moving on.

There's one of these themes in a movie that might be called Life, is about scientists in space studying dangerous stuff in orbit. There is a breech and the scientists chosen for their pragmatic positions act like totally emotion driven regular people trying to open the secure door to get their friend out who is clearly compromised.

Frustrates me so much. If protocols are ignored it makes the whole threat hard to get into, but if everyone is smart and good at their jobs and STILL can't avoid it then anyone watching would have copped it too.

 

[phantom13]

Man or woman is fine. Just not changing from being competent enough to be in their specialist role in outer space to making stupid mistakes for the purpose of plot moving on.

There's one of these themes in a movie that might be called Life, is about scientists in space studying dangerous stuff in orbit. There is a breech and the scientists chosen for their pragmatic positions act like totally emotion driven regular people trying to open the secure door to get their friend out who is clearly compromised.

Frustrates me so much. If protocols are ignored it makes the whole threat hard to get into, but if everyone is smart and good at their jobs and STILL can't avoid it then anyone watching would have copped it too.

To be fair they cast Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhall in that movie. If that doesnt set a character up as a doofus then im not sure what to tell you

 

[GROTTO]

To be fair they cast Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhall in that movie. If that doesnt set a character up as a doofus then im not sure what to tell you

I liked Life, really enjoyed the surprising final scene, thought it was epic.

 

[Taylor]

To be fair they cast Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhall in that movie. If that doesnt set a character up as a doofus then im not sure what to tell you

Definitely trying to give the guys something to take their girlfriend to.

 

[phantom13]

I liked Life, really enjoyed the surprising final scene, thought it was epic.

I quite enjoyed it too but ya know, the suspension of disbelief started with Jake, Ryan and Rebecca, three of the hottest people on the planet as veteran astronauts.

 

[GROTTO]

I quite enjoyed it too but ya know, the suspension of disbelief started with Jake, Ryan and Rebecca, three of the hottest people on the planet as veteran astronauts.

The stupidity of the black character in this movie, was genuinely on another level. He would fit perfectly in the Alien universe.

When I watch a movie, I try to not dig deep looking for flaws or issues at least on the first viewing, I think with most movies you genuinely do need to suspend your disbelief in many ways.

Im expecting a similar theme in Alein Romulus, ie a really stupid moronic character. Admittedly, Im excited about the movie, I love the Alien universe. Sure they are not masterpieces, but I love the genre.

 

[phantom13]

The stupidity of the black character in this movie, was genuinely on another level. He would fit perfectly in the Alien universe.

When I watch a movie, I try to not dig deep looking for flaws or issues at least on the first viewing, I think with most movies you genuinely do need to suspend your disbelief in many ways.

Im expecting a similar theme in Alein Romulus, ie a really stupid moronic character. Admittedly, Im excited about the movie, I love the Alien universe. Sure they are not masterpieces, but I love the genre.

Someone said it here earlier Alien and Aliens had roughnecks and marines, people id expect to make brash if not stupid decisions.

Making the scientists and the like is a bit eye roll worthy.

Romulus is gonna be directed Fede Alvarez who has done Dont Breathe and the 2013 Evil Dead so im gonna assume this is gonna be disgusting and gory and if nothing else, thatll be fun.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I want to have a goregasm.