‘Alien: Romulus’ (dir. by Fede Álvarez) | Official Trailer | 20th Century Studios (8/16)

[Poetical Poltergeist]

That was NOT a mass invasion movie .

That was just aliens running around in a SMALL TOWN.

When I say Aliens on Earth. I'm talking The Aliens in MAJOR City's and going up against the military AND the ENTIRE WORLD.

CASE IN POINT like this movie:

It would end up a major letdown like.



Excellent teaser tho. Better than the movie.

 

[Damnshow]

That was NOT a mass invasion movie .

That was just aliens running around in a SMALL TOWN.

When I say Aliens on Earth. I'm talking The Aliens in MAJOR City's and going up against the military AND the ENTIRE WORLD.

CASE IN POINT like this movie:

AVP2 wasn't a mass invasion film but it was an aliens on earth theme still.

I don't know if massive invasion in a big city Aliens film could work. We already seen lots of mass invasion, mass disaster films of military fighting off aliens. It would be all of that again except with different Alien models this time. Also they need to create a strong character, they haven't done that in decades. This franchise is really done.

 

[Jaguar93]

At this point just make a decent to great movie. If the Predator franchise can do it with Prey, so can the Alien franchise. Every idea for this franchise has been exhausted. You stray too close to the franchise’s formula and tropes. Fans will hate it and want something new. You stray too far away from the franchise’s formula and tropes. Fans will hate it and want something they’re accustomed to. Factor in the suits behind the scenes fukking shyt up. Nobody knows what to do with this franchise, and whatever they do the fans will not be happy. If you want a good Alien experience play Alien Isolation.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Art Barr]

Write a treatment Art and post it here.

This shyt is simple.

They have a whole darkhorse series of books to pull from.

To make it simple.

You show Newt get trained.
Along with Newt slash Rambo gear suit up scene if female badassery montage.
With the new futuristic gear.
Along with Acid bio repellent armor.
showcase newt's bad ass team.
With their mask cartoon like intro.
That states where they are from.
Along with how they are the shyt as come cold bad ass side characters.
with elder ripley along for the ride.
so newt has ripley on a com.
Away from the battle.

Newt arrives on the Alien planet.
To whip some xenomorph ass.
End part of one.

with cliff hanger for part two.
As Newt discovers the Corp and biodroid David program.
is originally behind said xenomorph.
from prometheus tie in.

Then kills the robot protocol david program.

Part three
Newt and ripley arrive to planet of greedy corporate.
To confront and blow a hole in the greedy corporate shills.

While also whipping more xenomorph ass.

* oh no mutated xenomorphs with extra powers. Nobody wants to see that. We just want rego aliens. That Newt gives the machine gun buddy Buda alien machine gun efx too.


Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

This is what is going to KILL the Franchise.

They are still trying to appeal to the 1978 audience with the SAME IDEAS when we're in 2024 almost 50 years later.

The Franchise HAS to evolve.

All we want is: NEWT


all that other shyt is a waste of money time and over thinking.

They have a whole dark horse comic book series line of titles about:

NEWT

PICK ONE.

where Newt is the most bad ass and we do not wanna see ripley die either.
The blonde girl who was the female Reese.
in that last stoopid terminator movie.
Can easily play Newt.

Why are they making this so fukkin hard.

Again it is only.
A four letters NAME.
to fix this to a blockbuster:


N E W T

Art Barr

 

[987654321]

This is what is going to KILL the Franchise.

They are still trying to appeal to the 1978 audience with the SAME IDEAS when we're in 2024 almost 50 years later.

The Franchise HAS to evolve.

They’ve been trying to kill it with every release since 3. The people want xenomorphs, darkness, mystery, isolation, and GRADUAL introductions of new things.

Grand and broad evolution killed a lot of casual hope for the franchise, but it still has a very large harcore standom that will follow whatever the series does.

The Alien franchise needs to stay contained or it will lose itself. The same way the Predator franchise saw a celebrated comeback with MEASURED approach

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Huge fan of the franchise, and wasn't excited about another installment after Covenant, but honestly the trailer looks dope to me.

At the very least, the cinematography looks very sharp. Lots of attention to detail. The girl with her hand up in front of the big light...the shadow of her hand even looks like a facehugger. I see a lot of Blade Runner inspired visuals here.

I like that the trailer didn't spoil too much, besides the one chestburster death. It looked like a long teaser. I can see why some folks might be frustrated that this essentially looks like a blend of Alien and Aliens, but after Covenant there's just no way they were going to tackle a broader story again without lowering the scope and telling a more bare bones story.

They tried expanding the lore on Prometheus and Covenant, and the feedback was mixed and the numbers weren't that impressive. I don't know much about this new one, but I've heard it's got the vibes of both Alien and Aliens.

I'm actually in for this on the strength of the visuals alone. I don't know...the cinematography and the mood really drew me in. It doesn't look original but it looks like it's competently directed at the least. No goofy shots like the last shot of the Covenant trailer or the cheesy shower sex kill from that movie.

 

[Monoblock]

 

[Jaguar93]

This shyt is simple.

They have a whole darkhorse series of books to pull from.

To make it simple.

You show Newt get trained.
Along with Newt slash Rambo gear suit up scene if female badassery montage.
With the new futuristic gear.
Along with Acid bio repellent armor.
showcase newt's bad ass team.
With their mask cartoon like intro.
That states where they are from.
Along with how they are the shyt as come cold bad ass side characters.
with elder ripley along for the ride.
so newt has ripley on a com.
Away from the battle.

Newt arrives on the Alien planet.
To whip some xenomorph ass.
End part of one.

with cliff hanger for part two.
As Newt discovers the Corp and biodroid David program.
is originally behind said xenomorph.
from prometheus tie in.

Then kills the robot protocol david program.

Part three
Newt and ripley arrive to planet of greedy corporate.
To confront and blow a hole in the greedy corporate shills.

While also whipping more xenomorph ass.

* oh no mutated xenomorphs with extra powers. Nobody wants to see that. We just want rego aliens. That Newt gives the machine gun buddy Buda alien machine gun efx too.


Art Barr

So you want another Aliens

 

[Duke Dixon]

I like to think that Terminator, RoboCop, Alien, and Predator are one big universe or whatever.

I mean it could be worse. Alien could have the terrible recent sequels Terminator has had, or it could be a dead franchise like RoboCop

Right now only Predator is up, and that's off of one movie they had no faith in, and was after their dumbest sequel

Right now my faith in this movie is in Fede Alvarez. The tension in Don't Breathe was top notch.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

That was NOT a mass invasion movie .

That was just aliens running around in a SMALL TOWN.

When I say Aliens on Earth. I'm talking The Aliens in MAJOR City's and going up against the military AND the ENTIRE WORLD.

CASE IN POINT like this movie:

I think a mass invasion angle just takes away from what made the xeno so scary to begin with. Earth is just inherently was less scary of an atmosphere and vibe than a more enclosed area in a more hostile environment like space. And having a million enemies is way less scary. That's one of the few gripes some die hard fans had with Aliens, was that they made the aliens less scary by having more of them and having them killable with guns. AVP2 was not a mass invasion thing, but it was on earth and it was easily the worst movie out of both franchises. One of the worst movies ever made.

Keep it in space, for sure, I think.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I kinda did (like many other Alien fans). Prometheus and covenant could have been dope to if Ridley didn’t try to go in so many different direction… but he did so fukk Prometheus and its ho ass fans. We just want xenomorphs, an android or two, isolated/dark corridors, derelict ships, a clueless crew… simplicity.

He also really wanted to push his religion onto people and seemed to not really understand his own lore. There's a ton of plot holes between Prometheus and Covenant, and it doesn't seem to understand its own mythology. Even little shyt, like in Covenant when the chestburster isn't even a chestburster, but an already fully formed alien, but just in a smaller form? WTF was that about? Prometheus was better than Covenant overall, but also had super confusing plot elements and lore.

 

[Duke Dixon]

I disagree with Sci Fi horror ending in the 80s.

If you want some more modern Sci fi horror I do recommend.

Event Horizon
In the Mouth of Madness
The Mist
Annihilation
Possessor
Underwater(This is pretty much Alien)
Upgrade (Often compared to RoboCop)
The Void( I thought it was alright but good use of practical effects)

 

[br82186]

At this point .

If you not gon give us a Newt movie.
.to retcon.
the stoopidest creature feature direction mistake of all time. To kill Newt in alien three. To take us to some bullshyt prison planet.

Then fukk this alien franchise to all high hell.

This is bullshyt.

You have one of rhe best female heroes ever in Newt after Ripley.


It has an entire series and volumes of lore and stories.

Stop the dumb shyt.

This is just like mad max.


fukk these new characters.
that no one will give a fukk about.


Give us a cot damn Newt solo adventure military movie. Where Newt kills all the fukk'n aliens.


Why is this so fukk'n hard.


Give us Newt or die.....


Art Barr

Only way to get Newt back involved is to bring back either Cameron or the director who did District 9.

It's like all of the people involved stay skipping on Aliens and put focus on the events of Alien and Alien 3