{"id":1596,"date":"2024-08-16T20:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2026-11-07T14:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T14:23:06","slug":"alien-romulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/16\/alien-romulus\/","title":{"rendered":"Alien Romulus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/alien-poster-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1600\" width=\"638\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/alien-poster-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/alien-poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/alien-poster-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/alien-poster.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like many horror and sci-fi nerds, I grew up with the <em>Alien<\/em> franchise. My Dad took me to <em>Aliens <\/em>in 1986, when I was about 11-years-old. At the start of the movie, Sigourney Weaver\u2019s Ellen Ripley is lying in a hospital bed talking to Paul Reiser. Suddenly, she doesn\u2019t feel right. She looks scared, she clutches at her chest, we hear her heartbeat as time slows, Jonesy the Cat hisses at her as she goes into full panic mode, knocking equipment over and making a scene. Then &#8212; bam &#8212; a chestburster blasts through her rib cage &#8212; and she wakes up. It was all a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that moment, I knew real horror for the first time. My body had a physiological reaction &#8212; my own heart was pounding, I was sweating, I felt a scream working its way up my throat. But I swallowed it hard, held it all in, because I didn\u2019t want my Dad to see that I was freaking out. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ALIENS Movie Clip - Nightmare (1986) Sci-Fi Horror Movie HD\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnYlcVh-awE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was my introduction to the Alien franchise, but also to horror and science fiction beyond heroic space operas that featured a lived-in world of blue collar workers. Alien Romulus director Fede Alvarez clearly a similar experience. (Alvarez is known for the <em>Evil Dead<\/em> remake, which I didn\u2019t love, and <em>Don\u2019t Breathe<\/em>, which is a surprisingly excellent home invasion movie).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original Ridley Scott Alien is a classic. The James Cameron follow up is an upping the stakes action bonanza sequel. Fincher\u2019s <em>Alien 3<\/em> was unfairly maligned and is still my third favourite in the series. <em>Alien vs. Predator<\/em> are unwatchable and Scott\u2019s later <em>Prometheus<\/em> and <em>Covenant<\/em> are technically masterful and have some great ideas, but they\u2019re crushed under the weight of plot holes and other nonsense. So, what was Alvarez going to bring to the table?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Alien Romulus, a group of young slaves on a corporation mining planet figure out a way to freedom that involves stealing cryo-sleep chambers from an orbiting, derelict space station. (It takes place after the events of Alien and before Aliens).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, I\u2019m positive about the film and it was a fun theatrical experience, worth spending your hard-earned money on. That said, the movie also left me a bit cold. But let\u2019s unpack that sticky, gooey egg and see what\u2019s inside. Guard your mouth hole!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/egg.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/egg-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the plus side, the movie is a well-crafted action\/horror film that feels at home among the original three films. There are some good jump scares, a couple of decent characters, and it looks great (some really cool space shots!). There are a few great action movie\/video game idea; acid blood in zero gravity, fighting on a ship where acid blood means a hull breech, etc. There are some good practical effects (though, one legacy character with very distracting, bad CGI). The movie is paced well; it never feels like it\u2019s dragging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, while I don\u2019t have anything overly negative to say about it, it left me somewhat cold. The reason for this is because it felt like a fan fiction Alien movie. Which, I suppose, it was. But it borrows so much from the first three movies, with almost no surprises. At some points, it\u2019s literally giving you the same moments as those films, including some cringey fan service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s where I think mileage may vary for viewers. To me, it felt like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu &#8212; a carbon copy of several better movies that I\u2019ve seen hundreds of times. However, I think if you haven\u2019t seen an Alien movie, or at least, you\u2019re not overly familiar with them, then this could be the most exciting and surprising movie you\u2019ve seen this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/caly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1602\" width=\"511\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/caly.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.craigsilliphant.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/caly-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, take what you will from that assessment. I wish they had chosen to do something different with this franchise. Like, when are the Xenomorphs finally going to get to (or near) Earth? That was what the original trilogy kept hammering on. And yet, here we are on another derelict space station in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, don\u2019t let me put you off too much. Alien Romulus is an otherwise excellent film that looks amazing and has a ton of thrills. It is 100% worth seeing in the theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My own 11-year-old son isn\u2019t ready for horror movies yet. But if he was, I know this would scare the shit out of him. And potentially create a lifelong fan of horror and science fiction, the way Aliens did for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many horror and sci-fi nerds, I grew up with the Alien franchise. My Dad took me to Aliens in 1986, when I was about 11-years-old. 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