#šŸŽ„ Alien: Romulus

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We love you Cheddy, you understand and respect the Alien franchise lore like all of us

rigid yoke
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I think what Romulus does best is the atmosphere and sound. It sold the idea of a future capitalist hellscape that abuses and causes the death of its own workers without any care. The first 20 minutes or so, you're immersed in the filth and the alarms and klaxons and blinking lights, the endless rain that obscure every sight outside of the windows. The alarm that wakes them up in the morning is just torturous.

It also has some of the best space "photography" i've ever seen in a movie. The beauty and awe and wonder of the cosmos was on ful display, masterfully.

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Like you really believe these little shits who were orphaned by Weyland Yutani's negligence would do almost ANYTHING to escape

placid creek
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I completely understand your point, now. The reason it was fine to have the 120 model on the Renaissance, was because the station was ultra classified. I mean, when you think about it, if they were willing to kill the nostromo crew to get the alien back, why would they let so many people reverse engineer it on the Romulus-Remus part of the station? In the opening, theres like a few dozen weyland people in hazmat suits that clearly know whats going on. So it's not impossible to believe that the 120 model was used on the renaissance because they needed a science officer, AND they were all in on it.

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rigid yoke
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Its possible for sure, but it also suggest that the 120 could have been used in countless other places. thats just an extrapolation though, it seems unlikely they'd make 2 only

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I love this image

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out the window, just blurry lights, rain and filth

placid creek
placid creek
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# rigid yoke I love this image

You think the final act would be better if the Renaissance station crashed into Jackson Star with the surviving cloned xenos killing most of the inhabitants šŸ¤”

placid creek
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i like the simplicity and alien feeling of the ending. Rain in the cryo-pod with a fade in to space, perfect homage to the original

rigid yoke
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I wonder if WY let it fall into the rings because they couldn't send a team to go there and secure a xenomorph on time

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rigid yoke
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rigid yoke
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it seems odd that WY would let the station go like that, but im not sure how long Romulus takes after the Big Chap gets out

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Big Chap seeing his clones "Who the fuck are these guys and why are they so cool"

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placid creek
# upbeat flare Anything can happen before Aliens

I think it's mentioned that Weyland Yutani has no idea about the space station going dark, because of the big chap and clone attack. Also the entire space station is shut off, and it takes a manual activation from Andy to turn everything back on. When they connect rook, that's when he sends out a message to the company to come pickup the black good on the mining planet. He said they would arrive in 6months

rigid yoke
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Another interesting thing.... Dragon in Alien 3 clearly eats parts of some of those people As far as we know (excluding the comics) we don't see xenomorphs ever eating other than that

placid creek
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Yeah, it was explained that it was due to it being born from an animal (i prefer the dog version tbh).

rigid yoke
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I do love the image of the xenomorph smeared in blood

placid creek
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yessssss! so cool

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I’m surprised the Cloned Chaps didn’t show once the characters got into the station until their ship crashed probably awake the rest of Scorched brothers

placid creek
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huh?

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# placid creek huh?

Yeah once the characters got into the Renaissance station the xenos from the nest didn’t show from the beginning until the main characters ship crashed

placid creek
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I mean, that makes sense

rigid yoke
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Wouldnve been cool to see them hibernating then waking up because of the crash

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With no life forms left to attack or impregnante they'd probably have just gone to sleep on the walls

placid creek
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Yeah, the one that kills tyler is hidden in the wall, Aliens style

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So is possible the xenos can make more facehuggers eggs through dead bodies?

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rigid yoke
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make them materials for the hive walls

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placid creek
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I was literally going to mention it, but I forgot his name lol

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An Alpha Xeno that lead his brothers

placid creek
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killed two predators on his own. Almost killed Scar if it wasnt for the remaining human

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rigid yoke
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i Aliens the entire Hadley's Hope colony staff was strung up in the hive, living and dead. I think they either use corpses as biomass for their hive structures, or its like... saving a potential food source for chestbursters? hard to say

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The Chappies

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rigid yoke
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rigid yoke
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And in AVP they weren't blooded warriors, they were teens

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you don't become blooded until you survive a xeno hunt (in AVP comic lore, anyway)

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I didnt like that the queen was 2x the size she should've been and acted like a T rex.

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The xenos in AvP felt very dinosaur-y in some scenes

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I like her being medium size and spindly like a spider

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^ not cool

placid creek
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I barely like that explanation tbh. I thought it made sense that they were adults but had to go through a predator ritual to be respected.

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rigid yoke
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THIS Is how the queen should move

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rigid yoke
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spindly, long limbed, creepy, arachnid-like

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rigid yoke
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Maybe, im not sure

placid creek
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AVP isn't canon to the Alien universe anyways, only the predator universe

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The difference between Aliens Queen or AVP

granite sequoia
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hehehe

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Wait till Fede does one

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Pleaseeee more faithful to the comic books

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rigid yoke
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I always loved Labyrinth, but it's probably too small scale

remote trail
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bro

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i finally watched this movie

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IT FUCKS SO HARD

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HOLY SHIT

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THIS MOVIE IS SO FIRE

tranquil cypress
remote trail
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genuinely i love everything about this movie

charred bison
left flint
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WOOOOW Kojima likes Alien Romulus

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charred bison
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remote trail
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i have to watch prometheus now after this movie

granite sequoia
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prometheus i enjoyed despite it not being flawless, covenant is another thing entirely tho

charred bison
granite sequoia
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I just hope Romulus makes a fuck ton of moneys so the studio give Fede another Alien installment and why not a Predator one too...

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I would love to see more films of him with this franchise...

hoary linden
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This was pretty great. I don't see why so many people were upset over the usage of AI, it was well done and IMO tasteful. I do have some questions though. 1.) why did whatsherface inject herself with the mystery serum and 2.) how did Waylund Utani lose track of a whole ass space station? Like surely there is an automated distress call on a dead mans switch in there somewhere? And logically you would think this massive, solar system spanning corporation would want to recover their most valuable research station

hoary linden
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Like I remember the first time this was done in Rogue One and the reception then was mostly positive. I feel like this has gotten caught up in the general backlash against AI which is mostly driven by luddites that still think these glorified dictionaries we call AI are going to evolve into Skynet

granite sequoia
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Fun fact there's already a Chinese AI named Skynet... so too late... hehehehe

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That’s why she inject herself with the black goo

remote trail
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for the last few years i have only seen movies in pretty small local theaters

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but i saw this movie while i happened to be in toronto for a concert

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so i was able to go to a nice theater with a huge screen

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and it was frickin awesome

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Cloned Chaps

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hoary linden
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The Xenomorph/Human Hybrid was legit disturbing as hell.

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remote trail
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i think having it be more human-like was a good choice

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gives it a bit of uncanny valley which makes it creepier

runic cloak
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I LOVED this movie. The human Xenomorph hybrid will be burned into my brain forever. It was so creepy and the actual Xenomorph in this movie had such a cool design

placid creek
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As much as I want Romulus to make as much money as possible so Disney can quickly green-light a sequel, I don’t think it’ll surpass Prometheus numbers (maybe, honestly who knows lol)

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tall horizon
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to answer your question; movie

remote trail
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incest baby daddy??????

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did i miss something

inner stirrup
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What did I just read

granite sequoia
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I have no idea my brother

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Okay so originally Rook was going to be a female character šŸ¤” woow so is true it really was Ridley Scott idea for Ian Holm return

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inner stirrup
inner stirrup
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Did rain's bro pull an accent switch in the movie ?

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Does anybody remember ?

remote trail
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andy?

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his voice definitely changed when he was reprogrammed

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i think he always had an accent but it was harder to tell with the stutter

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Get ready guys for the prequel comic book

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We definitely gonna see Big Chap last fun

inner stirrup
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Did he change it from an American to a brit , did he ?

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Previews was released it was Big Chap

placid creek
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I wonder what actually wakes Big Chap up, if they manage to damage it without him waking up, initially

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Rook was trying to get his DNA and that manage to awake himsmug

placid creek
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the hand then flops down. It seemed like it was a post death reaction - like the facehugger in Alien

rigid yoke
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In space no one can hear your cousin s(cream)

runic cloak
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😭

remote trail
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confirmed

rigid yoke
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yup

granite sequoia
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Sweet home mining colony Jackson's Star.

remote trail
rigid yoke
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Go up to a hot lady at the bar and say "Hey cuz, wanna play Romulus?"

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"Lets make a Zuckermorph"

hoary linden
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My ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…Ā½ review of Alien: Romulus on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/7lIyXT finally wrote my review. Anyone else here feel like this film needs a directors cut or something?

This is a good film that's held back from being truly great by a few shortcomings, I really feel like there is 20-30 minutes missing from this film that would solve a lot of it's problems, so I am hoping maybe we will see a directors cut of this movie at some point down the road. Now that I've front loaded that bit, onto the review. So audiences...

granite sequoia
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I do feel I could like an extended cut

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Havent write my review yet lmao

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and I saw this the weekend after it came out

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remote trail
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alien romulus is a five star movie for me

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probably the best movie i've seen this year

rigid yoke
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3.5 for me too

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Lose the fan service and its a 4.5

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rigid yoke
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Yeah, its like a sampling of each one

obsidian tusk
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granite sequoia
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The Asylum

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like with...

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they probably used the same artist for both posters

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lmao

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similar style

obsidian tusk
granite sequoia
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oh no

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rigid yoke
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them teeef

granite sequoia
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# rigid yoke them teeef

Cheddy soooo because the substance from dorsal tubes on the xenos, that’s why they can create a nest and putting themselves on a cocoon like Big Chap did?

rigid yoke
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Just a theory, but it adds up

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I figured they excrete from their mouths and dorsal tubes. Would explain how some of them stick to walls without even using their limbs

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might help them regulate temperature, might help them carry eggs/facehuggers

granite sequoia
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damn them Xenos need some napkins

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maybe a bucket or something idk....

Lmao

dusky rose
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"the highest grossing horror film of 2024"
didn't feel like it had much competition.

finite goblet
granite sequoia
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Yeah I kinda getting annoyed at ppl saying is "more of a thriller" than a horror movie

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Feels like its the type of viewer than think only "supernatural horror" is horror

terse relic
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I classify movie genres by what letterbox says

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Could be more better if was more Xeno looking than Engineer

granite sequoia
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but i think even Lb recognize Romulus as horror

frank epochBOT
granite sequoia
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yep it dont say thriller...

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granite sequoia
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yeah fr

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I mean Alien 1979 is a horror sci-fi classic

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Aliens 1986 is an action sci-fi classic

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Romulus is a mix of both

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with even a bit of Resurrection there in the third act

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I fail to see how is not horror

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Even Alien 3 because this scene and the 20th century studios opening style

granite sequoia
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this scene?

granite sequoia
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oh yeah

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well it does have plenty callbacks

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and homage

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granite sequoia
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He right you can see Fede love the previous ones a lot

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granite sequoia
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Nah I want Fede AvP

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ASAP

granite sequoia
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Me fr fr lmao

round pasture
granite sequoia
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kinda looks like an engineer on meth

rigid yoke
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rigid yoke
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that would have been pretty cool o.o

granite sequoia
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fucking nightmare fuel

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gotta love Fede twisted imagination

obsidian tusk
dusky rose
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It’s horrible

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Extended scenes šŸ‘€

round pasture
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Wonder what the slipcover will look like

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I never get steelbooks

runic cloak
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Guess what I will be rewatching when it comes out on streaming 😁

granite sequoia
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Count me in

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For sure gonna get a physical copy too eventually

round pasture
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Nice

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gusty scroll
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My ass will buy it all

granite sequoia
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Can it also buy it all for me too?

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Lol

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I am gonna get regular probably but just cuz i am broke

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lol

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The movie deserves the 4k

jolly berry
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I personally feel like unless I get a side by side, I probably won't notice the difference between a normal high definition and 4K

inner stirrup
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My eyes cant make out the difference between 4k and regular nowadays

rigid yoke
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Watch Alien in 4k. You'll be able to tell

tall horizon
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somehow i missed that

tacit rapids
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But isn’t like they aren’t really cousins tho

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Whaaaaaaa!!!

winged bear
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Old news

granite sequoia
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Yes it is

finite trellis
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marsh yoke
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couldve used better art but sure

obsidian tusk
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Not a fan of the white cover myself

marsh yoke
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Yeah agreed

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sinful sable
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I watched Alien: Romulus last night and while it's a significant improvement compared to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, I felt that there was a lack of xenomorph screen time by the end of the movie

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The number of characters is also too few, just a small group of young adults

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I know it was intended to be on Hulu and smaller in scope but still has feel of lacking more xenomorphs and characters
The CGI of Rook's face / head could have been better but it didn't bother me too much

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Everything else was on solid to good levels - 7.5/10 from me

rigid yoke
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Rook was the worst part for me

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pandery fan service that would have been bad even if it looked good, but it looked like ass

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Instead Ian Holm

rigid yoke
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Much better

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# rigid yoke Much better

Ohhhhh Cheddy so when the temperature goes subzero it can make xenomorph go into hyper sleep or hibernation

sinful sable
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Another reason how Big Chap went on hyper sleep while he was in space

sinful sable
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And he was sleeping inside like many years until they found him

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Definitely the Queen from Aliens have the same ability as Big Chap

sinful sable
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somehow they can make themselves cocoon in time while in vacuum of the space

sinful sable
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we don't care about temperature, we don't care about atmosphere, we don't care about cosmic radiation, we don't care about resources needed for organic lifeform to sustain themselves in space and etc

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Rook says that that xenomorph was for a decade in space

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sinful sable
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I'm glad that Alien: Romulus ended up being successful and I understand it was constrained by initially being planned for Hulu

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It sounds you really hate Romulus

sinful sable
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but I hope for the sequel they don't use cheap excuses

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I really like it

sinful sable
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I also like the Cloned Chaps, they also share many similarities like his passive behavior, curiosity, intelligence and also a stealthy killer

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winged bear
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I'm really not bothered by the Ian Holm appearance at all. It looked wonky but they had the blessing of his family so whatever

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Hot dude

rigid yoke
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Blu Ray when

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remote trail
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i will be buying

granite sequoia
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The Bluray WILL BE MINE

dusky rose
remote trail
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i do remember thinking it looked weird when watching it in theaters

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didn't really bother me though

silent temple
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All I remember is it looked 10x better than what I expected after seeing half the population ready to give up on life for how seemingly nightmarish it looked

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It was weird at best

remote trail
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yeah it just looked weird, but not distractingly bad or horrendous or anything

rigid yoke
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it took the movie down a whole point for me

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I thought it looked atrocious

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rigid yoke
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Im glad it didnt have a Joss Whedon script

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Cloned Xenos
A old character back from dead

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Human hybrid

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That’s how Resident Evil reboot should be using Hunters, Dogs and Lickers

rigid yoke
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I just want a good RE series based on the early games 😦

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Season 1: RE1

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season 2: RE2

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rigid yoke
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Treat it like a dark, serious, suspenseful horror film, not a "game movie"

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I have full on scenes vividly imagined in my head x.x

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rigid yoke
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I say YES

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rigid yoke
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Crimson Heads would be OK

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and you could tease how they will mutate into lickers, but full blown lickers, no

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rigid yoke
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pretty much confirmed by Outbreak

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The hotel level has a number of young lickers, and the boss is between the Crimson Head and Licker state

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this thing

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rigid yoke
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its never outright stated, but it seems VERY implied

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granite crane
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I love my queen.

wintry zinc
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Hey guys

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What if this much fabled "Yvaga" that Rain wants to go to is in ruins?

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Like the ||Green Place|| in Mad Max:Fury Road

winged bear
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That would be in character for the Alien franchise

waxen plaza
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Why does tyler have to die

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So sad