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Alien: Romulus
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The latest Alien film, Alien: Romulus is very good. I’ve always liked the Alien franchise, I’m even one of the few people that liked Alien: Covenant (although I didn’t really like Prometheus as it was somewhat of a confusing ‘Alien’ film).
In the new Alien: Romulus, we follow these space teenagers as they try and steal some fuel for their stasis chambers, for long space travel on an abandoned spaceship. Of course, they accidentally unleashed the Aliens and facehuggers. They fight for their lives to try and escape, and that’s pretty much the plot of the movie.
The film looks like the first film, it’s dark and gritty and dirty. I love the look; it looks like the future, if it was in the 1970s. The Alien looks amazing, and I believe it is because it’s “a guy in a suit” and not computer-generated. So it looks real. I wish more movies would do practical effects.
The only thumbs down I have is that they used a CGI of Ian Holm (who plays the Android Ash from the first film). Holm died in 2020, so resurrecting him for this role seems like an odd choice. I mean, why not do the same for Lance Henriksen to play the Android Biship from Aliens? Or maybe just hire a brand new, fresh actor? I am only guessing that the filmmaker just wanted to tie something back to the original Alien film.
Otherwise, Alien: Romulus, is a terrific little Alien film, that you can actually just watch on its own without having seen the other films.
I hope they do more in the Romulus-universe, I’d like to see more Cailee Spaeny, who also recently starred in my favorite Civil War film.
20thcenturystudios.com
The latest Alien film, Alien: Romulus is very good. I’ve always liked the Alien franchise, I’m even one of the few people that liked Alien: Covenant (although I didn’t really like Prometheus as it was somewhat of a confusing ‘Alien’ film).
In the new Alien: Romulus, we follow these space teenagers as they try and steal some fuel for their stasis chambers, for long space travel on an abandoned spaceship. Of course, they accidentally unleashed the Aliens and facehuggers. They fight for their lives to try and escape, and that’s pretty much the plot of the movie.
The film looks like the first film, it’s dark and gritty and dirty. I love the look; it looks like the future, if it was in the 1970s. The Alien looks amazing, and I believe it is because it’s “a guy in a suit” and not computer-generated. So it looks real. I wish more movies would do practical effects.
The only thumbs down I have is that they used a CGI of Ian Holm (who plays the Android Ash from the first film). Holm died in 2020, so resurrecting him for this role seems like an odd choice. I mean, why not do the same for Lance Henriksen to play the Android Biship from Aliens? Or maybe just hire a brand new, fresh actor? I am only guessing that the filmmaker just wanted to tie something back to the original Alien film.
Otherwise, Alien: Romulus, is a terrific little Alien film, that you can actually just watch on its own without having seen the other films.
I hope they do more in the Romulus-universe, I’d like to see more Cailee Spaeny, who also recently starred in my favorite Civil War film.
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Terminator Zero
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There’s a new Terminator in town, it’s called Terminator Zero (aka Terminator: The Anime Series).
As you know, I’m a big fan of Terminator franchise, although the last film Terminator: Dark Fate was not great.
I really love Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, because I felt the series worked better as a television/long-form series. The series stars Game of Thrones-famed Lena Headey as Sarah Connor and Summer Glau as a female Terminator called Cameron (named after the Terminator creator James Cameron). Again, I love the series, it’s really a shame that it was cancelled after two seasons… but man, that second season is pretty amazing!
Terminator Zero is about a scientist called Malcolm Lee developing an AI to counter Skynet, in the year 1997. Close to Judgement Day, a Terminator from the future was sent back to prevent the AI from going online. The human resistance has also sent back a mysterious soldier with the same purpose… but finding herself trying to protect Lee’s three children.
There were a couple of twists and turns, which probably wouldn’t surprise anyone if they were paying attention. The show does a good job in sprinkling in clues, but if you’re a fan of these sort of time travel stories, you’ve probably figure it all out and who’s who.
I was pretty satisfied with the television and its ending. I will be happy if Netflix just leave it at this ending and that’s it. I don’t really think I need more of this universe. If they want to do another Terminator series, do something completely different.
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There’s a new Terminator in town, it’s called Terminator Zero (aka Terminator: The Anime Series).
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Terminator Zero is about a scientist called Malcolm Lee developing an AI to counter Skynet, in the year 1997. Close to Judgement Day, a Terminator from the future was sent back to prevent the AI from going online. The human resistance has also sent back a mysterious soldier with the same purpose… but finding herself trying to protect Lee’s three children.
There were a couple of twists and turns, which probably wouldn’t surprise anyone if they were paying attention. The show does a good job in sprinkling in clues, but if you’re a fan of these sort of time travel stories, you’ve probably figure it all out and who’s who.
I was pretty satisfied with the television and its ending. I will be happy if Netflix just leave it at this ending and that’s it. I don’t really think I need more of this universe. If they want to do another Terminator series, do something completely different.
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