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  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    edited April 29 Posts: 4,452
    Finally watched Romulus and wasn't very impressed. Shame, as i think there's a good film in there somewhere. Unfortunately it's buried under too much 'fan service' which i just found eyerollingly cringe. The script isn't completely terrible in it's own right, so why force in dialogue and tropes verbatim from superior films? I also had issues with the pacing. Very stop/start IMO.

    I liked the stuff with the re-programmed android and the zero gravity acid blood was cool. Some excellent special effects and a score i will listen to properly without the film, because it sounded pretty great.

    One other thing. Are we the audience supposed to believe that the creature Ripley blasted into the vastness of Space at the end of Alien was somehow recovered..? A needle in a Haystack is one thing, but that's hard to swallow!!! All very meh...





  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,839
    A fun bit of Alien history:


  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,452
    mtm wrote: »
    A fun bit of Alien history:


    I remember going on this back in the early nineties in London. Really great fun!

    I actually met the two guys who created Alien War, ironically at a 007 Magazine event at Pinewood Studios.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Amazing.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 26,316
  • ArapahoeBondFanArapahoeBondFan Colorado
    Posts: 142
    Nice!
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,875
    Funny timing, I’ve just been rewatching FARGO S1
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,321
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    Funny timing, I’ve just been rewatching FARGO S1

    Still the best season of a good bunch.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,612
    Love the franchise so looking forward to seeing how this plays out?
  • MSL49MSL49 Finland
    Posts: 448
    Romulus is one of the best in the series.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    Posts: 2,057
    Really don't like A:E so far. Just some really dumb ideas in that show imo.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 26,316
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Really don't like A:E so far. Just some really dumb ideas in that show imo.

    I am having issues with the Disney plus app in the UK it won't let me login its an issue others are having. I have listened to a few reviews of Alien Earth and it sounds horrible, I may just not bother.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,875
    I’ve dug this so far, it’s nice to have new creatures added to mix!
  • morcarvicmorcarvic france
    edited August 17 Posts: 128
    Just watched the first two episodes. For the most part, it feels like a laudable continuation of the franchise—though a little messy in how it introduces new ideas and otherworldly creatures. Then again, why wouldn’t there be more life forms out in space? Still, this shift does take some focus away from the Alien, which this time seems less concerned with stalking and reproducing through human hosts, and more hellbent on swift, Jack the Ripper–style kills. That said, it’s still a step up from the disappointing Romulus.
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