Spoilers Alien: Romulus (Spoilers)

[pukunui]

I’m sure I saw on a screen of her bio (in the film) that she was looking at in an early scene that she is called Marie Raines Carradine.

But everyone calls her Rain.

A quick Google search seems to confirm this: Rain Carradine

 

[Older Beholder]

I was really impressed.

Firstly, the film looked great. There was a shot of some control panels and screens inside a ship at the start of the movie that made me feel just based on the production design, that I was in safe hands. The early world building also got me in, showing the mining planet/colony where the sun is always obscured and disease is common, did a great job setting both stakes and motivation for the characters.

The stakes were then constantly raised, from stuck on a mining colony where you’ll have a short miserable life, to stuck on a space station with face huggers, to the space station heading towards the rings of the planet, to a hive of xenomorphs, etc…

There were a bunch of great set pieces: the face huggers in the flooded room, the elevator sequence, the zero gravity acid scene, just to name a few. A nice mix of action and horror which did a good job of capturing the feel of the first two films

The script was really tight, everything was set up and paid off nicely. I loved the Android Andy and his relationship with Rain, great performance.

I know some people might take this as a negative, but I thought it was to the Alien franchise what The Force Awakens was to Star Wars, a reboot that does a great job of capturing the elements that made the original films so great.

Just as a side note, I read that the director was a big fan of Alien Isolation and used the check points from the game in the film.

 

[darjr]

Just saw it with my Mom. It was OK but it doesn’t compare.

 

[Clint_L]

Just saw it with my Mom. It was OK but it doesn’t compare.

Though to be fair, 1 and 2 are near perfect examples of their genres. So it's a high bar.

 

[darjr]

Though to be fair, 1 and 2 are near perfect examples of their genres. So it's a high bar.

That’s true. But it didn’t get to Aliens vs Preditor.

 

[Morrus]

That’s true. But it didn’t get to Aliens vs Preditor.

Oh, it's waaaaaay better than AvP!

(and that really is a low bar!)

 

[Larnievc]

That’s true. But it didn’t get to Aliens vs Preditor.

I really enjoyed AvP and even have some love for AvP:R but A:R is a better film by far.

 

[darjr]

Oh, it's waaaaaay better than AvP!

(and that really is a low bar!)

I think the acting is better….

 

[Vael]

Went and saw this with a friend last night. Realized that this was the first Alien movie I'd seen in theaters, despite seeing all of them except Alien 3 (even both AVP movies). Alien and Aliens were common VHS fair, I remember a sleepless childhood sleepover. But as someone who's never been a horror movie person, I generally don't see them on the big screen.

And yeah, it was ... fine. I dunno, I didn't really get all that invested in the fodder, but there were some fun sequences and it was well executed. I know I missed a lot of the lore, while I've seen most of the franchise, I'm not particularly invested in it.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Finally saw it -- was quite happy. It's a worthwhile add to the first two movies.

Just one nitpick ... planetary rings don't work like that!