Alien Romulus is the Force Awakens of the Alien franchise. See it’s like poetry, it rhymes… Alien Isolation inspired, LOVE THAT! Young people try to escape goalpost-shifting existence. Woof! Relevant. Great setup & payoff. Didn’t hate all the fan service but at least 3 dialogue Easter eggs too many - ThreadSky

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krystalsim.bsky.social • 45 days ago

Alien Romulus is the Force Awakens of the Alien franchise. See it’s like poetry, it rhymes…

Alien Isolation inspired, LOVE THAT! Young people try to escape goalpost-shifting existence. Woof! Relevant. Great setup & payoff. Didn’t hate all the fan service but at least 3 dialogue Easter eggs too many

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robfahey.net•45 days ago

Loved it overall, but I wish the absolute clunkiness of the “get away from her you bitch” line hadn’t stuck in my brain quite as much as it did. Immersion breaking, totally out of character, and everyone involved seemed a bit embarrassed by it. You could almost *taste* the studio note.

sheepchase.net•45 days ago

Totally agree with this. Suspension of disbelief couldn’t hold with that!

krystalsim.bsky.social•45 days ago

Completely with you. I loved most of the film but that line, woof! They could’ve even ended at “get away from her!” In full, the line makes zero sense to his character and didn’t have the same battle of the matriarchs relevance as the iconic scene. Step too far

krystalsim.bsky.social•45 days ago

I’m a mum now, so my film reviews now come 3-6 months late, when stuff lands on streaming 🤣

Ah I remember the days when I’d see three movies in a day for a laugh.

krystalsim.bsky.social•45 days ago

Overall though, waaaaaaay better character development than a lot of your intervening series entries. Not saying they all were super well drawn but I got their motivation and some of their specific buttons

husker777.bsky.social•45 days ago

Watched it for the first time last night and really liked it. Definitely one for the fans but I’m ok with that

I kept drawing parallels with The Expanse at points and that’s not a bad thing in my book

9/10 would watch again

krystalsim.bsky.social•45 days ago

Same! There was plenty of fan service but a lot were nods, and I adore Alien Isolation and the station felt very Sevastopol-inspired. That Ripley line was a problem, they could’ve pulled back and it would’ve been almost perfect

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