10/14
Director Fede Alvarez turned to the special effects team from Alien 2 (1986) to work on the creatures
Synopsis
Searching the depths of an abandoned space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Director Fede Alvarez explains the rule he established for Alien: Romulus that “if it can be practical, it will be practical”, so the actors always played against the physical representation of the xenomorph. Physical sets, practical creatures and miniatures were used wherever possible to anchor subsequent visual effects work. When Rein turns off the ship’s gravity and shoots all the aliens, all their blood hangs in the air in long drops.
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Weightlessness in real life makes liquids take the form of spheres, and not spread out in long flat pieces, as in the film. Andy: The solution for a claustrophobic astronaut is to give him more space. The fanfare of 20th Century Studios fades and becomes ominous, as in “Alien 3” (1992), leading to the first scene of the film. The logo itself experiences a surge of static electricity and turns green.
A Stranger’s Theme by Jerry Goldsmith
Death of Cinemas – Real BBC @MauLer @HeelvsBabyface (2024). I saw this last night and was very disappointed. There was so much hype around it. In fact, it’s just another mediocre film about Aliens, which we really don’t need.
A real copy
Predictable and shallow plot and characters. Some passages made me laugh out loud and not in a good way. This is literally a copy of the first two films in terms of appearance, feel and tone. Yes, there are new moments that are interesting, but these are not the moments that make the film.
We don’t need movies anymore
The ending is also a complete failure, which we already saw in Alien Resurrection. The same story with the Terminator. Everything that needs to be said has already been said in the first two films. Whether they’re exploring the stars, escaping dystopias, or making the world a better place, these women are the stuff of science fiction.
