The Alien Franchise

[Silver Nemesis]

Romulus felt feels like a greatest hits remix rather than a bold new chapter. Recycled dialogue, visuals and plot beats - and a big one - the xenos didn't feel dangerous. The film needed a bigger cast to inflict more kills. A 6/10 film at best.

This is what I expected. I still haven't seen Romulus, but I'm planning to check it out in the next week or so. Based on the trailers and reactions I've seen, I get the impression it's a safe Force Awakens-style sequel that appeals to the familiar without doing anything new or innovative. But I'm hoping I'll enjoy it and will find some positive qualities to highlight.

[Silver Nemesis]

The trailer for Predator: Badlands (2025) has been released.

Why am I posting this in the Alien thread? Because Elle Fanning's character is a Weyland-Yutani android. You can see the Weyland-Yutani logo in her eyes in the following shot.

It looks like Disney is reconnecting the Alien and Predator franchises. Does this mean there's a new AvP movie on the horizon?

[The Joker]

I only just watched Romulus last week, despite having the blu for months, I don't know, just haven't been in the mood, but I'll echo TDK's comments that it's alright, but more of a by-the-numbers entry in the series, than anything else.

Admittedly, I was very underwhelmed by what they did with Big Chap (though sure, Chap's actions are felt throughout the movie, I just wanted to see Chap a bit more, as I've always viewed Big Chap as THE Xenomorph), but the stuff with the synthetics was done pretty well, and I can imagine Ridley Scott must've been happy with that considering Prometheus/Covenant. The depiction and threat level involving the Hybrid, or whatever it's called, was, I thought, excellent, however the effect you're left with, is that I think it does diminish the Xenomorph threat level to some degree. Yeah, I know, the stakes have to be risen in each film, and the Hybrid achieves this, but you have to be careful with stuff like that, as you never want to lower the Xeno's in any capacity. They are forever the franchise.