Alien Romulus - Let Me Explain 

can we all agree that the biggest villain was that lady who added 12,000 more hours to her work service.

That hybrid genuinely had my hands clasped over my mouth. I was expecting some horrific, mangled monster judging from the footage of the rat exploding. But no. The music cuts out, and I saw a lanky, pale, eerily human looking *thing* that's just staring into my soul. Absolutely horrifying.

Andy was an awesome addition to the franchise, loved his character and arc, I feel he made the film

When the alien hybrid is first introduced I turned to my girl in the theater and whispered “holy shit it’s that basketball player from tik tok” as a joke. We looked it up after learning it really was him 😂

Loved how the Xeno was just chillin at the corner of the security camera frame

“Dora starts exploring” BRUH IM DEAD

Andy was my absolute favorite. I felt sympathy, I cheered for him, I was shocked by him, his actions and choices were gripping. Stand out character for sure. He absolutely nailed the role.

Fun fact: every haircut of the girls in the film was a callback to every haircut Ripley had in the films. Also, this flm is basically every Alien film when done right lmao. As a fan i dont mind the fanservicey stuff as long as it serves the plot purpose and it did. 😊

That last 3rd was so tense. Nightmare fuel for the rest of my life

When the alien/human hybrid first showed, it made me feel so uncomfortable! It was creepy as hell and I'm all for it.

To answer a question he had in 13:24, it's explained by Rook that Weyland-Yutani knew what happened in the station and placed it there to decommission it, essentially let the planetary ring get rid of their dirty work

Great plot. I worked in a movie theater when “Don’t Breathe” came out. This gave me the same feeling when hearing the audience’s audible reactions.

I cannot stand the opinion that alien Romulus is a callback or is just a call back movie. Freddy was able to make a movie where you actually feel like you're in the world of Alien. Every set piece and scene created was specifically made to sink you into the story and world. The way the characters act, the way they speak, these are all things that are synonymous with Alien. That's why it feels so familiar.

2:48 the reason why the prequels look all shiny and new is because of the difference in wealth between each crew.

I really enjoyed Romulus. It's the best Alien movie since Aliens.

honestly the movie was fun and made me wanna go rewatch the previous and then probably rewatch romulus which is a success imo. i think a good entry movie for those who havent seen any alien movie previous

as soon as the offspring showed up i literally gagged and said “ew she needs to kill that thing” like that was a freak of nature more than ripleys weird human xenomorph clone thing

I don't get why people are mad at a movie using a movie tag line. It's cliche but fun and it's such a small thing compared to all the amazing shots and sequences and story this movie pulled off. live a little guys xD

i don't know about the other films but alien, romulus, and aliens is the perfect trilogy for me.

I think Romulus handles the biblical symbolism integration into the alien lore the best out of all the recent alien movies. Prometheus had the right idea but it got way too lost in the more overt internal ramifications of the story, whereas Romulus took a more subtle and sparing approach to it. Specifically the parallels between the story of Romulus/Remus and the dynamics of the crew here is a lot more ambiguous and fascinating to really think about than the more overt parallels between the story of Prometheus and the engineers. But that’s just my opinion.

I want predators , aliens , engineers and Arnold in a battle royal

the actor that plays the android was beyond GODLIKE he carry all the movie

What they did with Andy was so smart. When British ver. of him is out you’re sad that old Andy is gone but when he’s back you’re like damn we need that smart ass British dude for just a minute….

That floating acid scene; chef’s kiss.

That jumpscare at the end... 😢

I’ll be honest, I didn’t love this movie, but the one thing I must overwhelmingly praise is the production design; this film looks fantastic and feels like a perfect modernization of the first film’s aesthetic. They did a great job.

I thought the Alien isolation save station easter egg was perfect! Immediately thought something bad was about to happen!

" I prefer artificial human" is obviously their programing response to being called an android or what ever

What breath of fresh air to hear something positive about this movie. It was a lot of fun, the atmosphere and details were nice, Andy was an interesting character. It wasn't perfect but Id rather enjoy an alien movie that is trying to pay homage, is appreciated.

I'm also happy that I finally know what the chestburster actually does to become the full xenomorph. apparently it just sheds and cocoons like a butterfly lol

16:08 I heard somebody say a good explanation for why he says bitch cuz when you watching a movie you can hear him say get away from her any pauses for decent amount of time before saying bitch he was trying to think of an insult and the only insult he could think of was what that one dude that hates synthetics kept calling him which was a bitch so kind of makes sense in that way

the ship out of control was the best scene for me . there obviously more memorable moments in the movie but the chaos that unfolded right after Andy got his update and that kid was trying to escape. the chestburster coming and the poor girl kicking the controls making the subsequent events take place.. the sound chaos and cinematography had me on the edge

7:30 i assumed his mouth moved like that bc he was all broken and messed up. Like his voicebox is working but the mtotors to move his mouth are wacking out

I love that Cailee Spaeny has been doing great in recent years. I'm so excited to see what else she does next, she's one of the most exciting young actors working right now

I just want the Prometheus/David/Engineer story finished!!!

That part about the jumpscare that you still haven’t recovered from is real asf

Thank you for talking about how Andy was called a bitch earlier in the movie, so that callback line works for people who haven’t seen any of the Alien movies (which includes me)!

That Neil Blomkamp headline at 20:26 has to be one of the funniest headlines I've read.

Why is no one talking about the xeno that had electricity in its head??

7:36 it reminded me of the creepy cgi baby in twilight

0:26 - dude i can't stop laughing !!!! lol

12:08, I was not expecting to care about any of the characters until Andy and his dynamic with Rain was introduced and then tested by her intending to abandon him since he's an "artificial person" and him growing distant from her as his "brother" programming is overtaken by Rook's "science officer" programming, prompting her to choose to fight through the Xenomorphs to get him back.

Bro the movie gave me the same feelings i got when playing Alien Isolation

I actually loved david jonnson that played andy. I think he did fantastic portraiting him

Honestly I understand why (in verse) they brought back Daniel(Ash/Rook) rather than Lance (Bishop) because remember in aliens, Ripley freaked out learning Bishop was a synthetic when they were all eating and bishop specifically states that the models before him with malfunctioning and they got rid of them. If this takes place years before aliens, this is probably why they went this route. They probably tried prosthetics but you know studios. Especially sense Disney is “proud” of the deepfakes. If Fede Alvarez used all prosthetics for the most part and doesn’t have a history of using CGI like that, this points to Disney being the culprit. And of course no one can say anything about it. Big Mickey requires your silence 🙄

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that look was weird

The “ Get away from her you bitch” line gave the whole theatre a little chuckle. I love this movie it was genuinely a good time and the ending is not what I was expecting & that thing fucking scared me

Really loved this. Definitely had a lot of Alien (1979) in it. The only thing that threw me was "Ian Holm". The Deepfake just looked....offf. Much better than a practical mask but still uncanny valley.

@1:20 Ore is basically rock that contains traces of valuable materials that can be extracted from it, not like the Spice from Dune which is fictional. Ore exists in real life and is what most mining operations extract from the ground before refining into actual valuable materials such as metals and minerals.

They should make isolation into a movie

12:35 “How could you do that?” - Rain “What? Leave someone behind?” - Andy I think that’s not only my favorite scene from the film but my favorite line as well. Andy forces Rain to acknowledge her own hypocrisy with just one short sentence. David Jonsson and Cailee Spaeny KILLED their roles.

WHY did this girl not get cast as Ellie for TLOU

Great recap and research! I seriously love your subtle jokes and chill vibes. You're killing it bro

Saw it this week. As a lad of 16 bunking off college and queuing round the block in '79, this was the entertainment equivalent of chewing cardboard. Not an original bone in its body. Literally a 180 degree concept spin against the films in recent years. Two hour 'best of' is not a film. Shame, I had such high hopes.

The adult Xenomorphs were the scariest they've ever been, thanks to the decision to use practical effects over CGI. The Offspring jumpscared me at the end, though because I was able to predict so much of it, that was the only jumpscare. But the most intense element of horror in the film was the way the facehugger _manumala noxhydria_ did Navarro once it choked her out, because it evoked such a sense of absolute _WRONGNESS._

an important note, the directors did ask ian holme’s widow for permission and her thoughts on it and she was very enthusiastic about holme’s post-mortem cameo. plus, i think at the very least the CGI as rough as it looks, adds to the creepiness of rook being a human-looking robot who is all torn up

Took my fiance who has never seen an alien movie before. She thought the get away from her line was funny and cute because he said it with a stutter. She now wants to watch all of the alien franchise. We started with Prometheus last night. Romulus is a good film. I personally liked all the call backs and homages because the plot was very different from the first alien film. You missed the Easter egg to raised by wolves btw. Remus and Romulus were twins raised by wolves. Ridley's HBO show that was killed off.

Let me explain, goes onto explain the whole entire story scene by scene 👏

4:40 about the side note; ridley scott is referring to the engineers and the reason why in the movie Prometheus, they might have wanted to use the black goo for humanities extinction, it doesn't have anything to do with the xenomorphs.

Dora starts exploring line killed me 😂🤣

the hybrid at the end had me more scared then ive felt with alien movies in a while lol

I loved the look of Rook. The cgi/ practical animatronic gave him an uncanny valley effect I enjoyed. He’s an older ai bot that was corroded and cut in half I liked that he didn’t just look like a human

The Crashing into the planets rings was absolutely gorgeous

With Ridley involved, we'll never get the queen. He tries to retcon it with the black goo nonsense.

my one main complaint: IT'S TOO DAMN DARK! BRING BACK THE BRIGHT BLUE DARKNESS OF OLD!!

Fun fact: Aliens Colonial Marines is part of the Alien Canon. So this would serve as the "in-between" story from Aliens to Alien 3, which also means that Hicks is still alive and is actively working against the Weyland-Yutani.

2:05 Ash wasn't programmed to get them there, they just stubled upon a distress signal, and as soon as Ash knew what was up, he started putting the company above everything else. Also, @ 12:30 acording to the subtitles, he wanted to name his horse Raindy (or something like that) more a combination of Andy and Rain. And @ 13:55 The painting also features a baby drinking from a dead womans (I'm guessing his mothers, but idk lol) breast, which is foreshadowing the ending.

It's a good movie. If Rook wasn't cgi and so involved in the movie, and if the "get away from her line" wasn't included it would be *chef's kiss* 👽

That random Xeno saving her from falling to her death WAS so random

I took the prequels shininess as a result of class. Considering who personally organized the mission and why.

“I want an answer, not an explanation.” - Ripley, Alien, 1979. Far superior film.

The hybrid monster was pure horror perfection

when he said eerie engineers and shows a face of an engineer smiling at 18:58, one person reminds me of it. Zuckerberg. I know you saw it too. lol

seeing it opening night in dolby at amc with a theater full of fans…. Made the experience so memorable. Romulus ripped!!!

That peek a boo alien with the dave Chappelle line has me crying 😂

That was extremely well put and make so much sense. A actor acting like a robot with human emotion is better then just most human acting.wild

Kay's death was forced as hell imo. I feel like out of all the characters she deserved to live the most

Movie Score: 7/10 *(Bjorn DIES)* Movie Score: 9/10 😉

I love this movie. Ive seen it twice the first dolby second time 4D. Fede alvarez did a great job.

It was the Deacon in Prometheus. Prometheus and Covenant show David’s work and progression to the Xenomorph…well, just short of it. We dont see him finalize it. We see the Proetomorph in Covenant. But its implied David ends up creating the Xenomorph…in Alien content it literally goes from Covenant to Xenomorphs being everywhere. There is 1 comic that shows that another Advanced Alien species may have created the Xenomorphs earlier than David and separately. So my theory? The same as Dead Space. Or similar. A species evolves or is created by the Engineers. Eventually becoming space faring. Either they become a selfless species OR a selfish one ultimately creating Xenomorphs in some way. Kind of how in Dead Space, humans own hubris causes them to create red markers. If you didn’t know. I think its cannon or at least it was an idea that Jesus was an engineer. Essentially they didnt like how selfish humans got. Sent Jesus to save them. Humans killed Jesus. So they decided humans had to go, but crashed on the planet in Prometheus But the deacon seems to be the first stage. And they can grow to the size of mountains. Immovable though. Anyways, xenomorphs are the cleaner of a species hubris. If you want a full recap of the entire franchise, go to Movie Balls Deep. Has a 2.5 hour video of EVERYTHING. Great video to listen to while at work or doing chores Also Khroft Talks about movies. He does updates when new information or script leaks drop. I’ve become an Alien expert in like a week 😂

this movie should be called ALIEN: piggy backs, they took what we love from alien and aliens and pieced it together

Great breakdown, the movie was good fun! 🍿I can't stand the youtubers that make a living out of bashing and trashing instead of critiquing. Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson were excellent.

“And this happened 9 times”🤣🤣

While watching this, i got an ad for Alien Romulus. Lol.

Andy was the best part! I need more of him!

Alien is the only horror movie revival that’s actually GOOD like really GOOD

Hearing you say trompo caught me so off guard. 😂

Very pleased with this movie! Saw it last Sunday!!!! Even the ending was interesting! What a concept! Looks half engineer!😳😱😲🤦🏽‍♂️😅👌

Oh my goodness. Thank you for this video! Felt like no one was really expaining things entirely.

When I saw this, I never expected to see Orphan of Kos being birthed once more.

18:14 “the last of them” with that frame. I see what you did there.

I didn't have a problem with Rook's facial expressions. He is an "artificial person". Why shouldn't he look artificial...

Huge horror nerd and critic, i honestly couldnt find much to complain about. Actually left the theater happy after watching romulus

Fun Fact: When the Ship gets knocked out of its Axis and the timer to impact gets lowered. It all plays during real time. Every passing 10 minutes happens in real life too!

I think we can appreciate alien resurrection and love this 😂❤☺️

I pretty sure the Xenomorphs don’t occur naturally in nature unfortunately and that it is a bio weapon based on its physical and biological traits.

As a person who had never seen an alien movie before this. I didn't even know some of these scenes were paying homage! Honestly it was an amazing movie coming from a complete noobie.

if youd tell me back in the AVP games era that Disney can make the best Alien and Predator movies, id laugh in your face. but here we are, best A And P movies ever

I get the impression that the station has only recently suffered the outbreak that led to it being knocked into a course towards the rings, considering it can take months if not years for a ship to get to a system in the Alien universe Weyland Yutani has probably not had time to get a recovery and response team out.

It always bothered me that people want an origin for the Xenomorph. It’s like Tapeworms. I don’t need to know why they were made or who made them, I just know that they are icky, they are parasites, and I don’t like them. Some things are better off unknown