Isn't it so refreshing to hear a director talking about his respect for lore and the fans and none of this "we made this to piss off alot of people" nonsense?. Which is only said to cover up bad writing imo
@@ChanceX74 i know but i wanna believe that the movie is good hope that the good reviewers (youtubers) confirm that before i buy my ticket i will not spend money without prof of that
I personally loved Prometheus/Covenant. I didn’t care that they killed or atleast didn’t show what happened to Shaw. I want to see Scott’s ideas further explored. Wish the studio would let him make more.
We're here now 2024 with a new Alien movie.Im glad there is a Prometheus and Covenant jus for the lore.Got to see Wheyland and the Space Jockey.And 3 different Xenomorphs
Personally I liked Prometheus, despite some the flaws, and was really onboard for what was being teased and set up, but I did feel Alien Covenant was a wrong turn and killing Shaw was a big mistake!
I'm not going that far, lol. I think the right story, in the right hands, in this universe, could be FANTASTIC. And I used to think Sir Ridley HAD to be the guy. Prometheus was a nice try, but it never went anywhere with the true horror, and the android origins were just CRAP. So, I LOVE what Fede is saying and doing so far, and I am VERY confident this one is going to be the best one since the original. A true sci fi horror movie that is worthy of being in this universe. But...IF it is not, you can bet I will still be there for the TV show, for the next one, the next one, and the next. I saw the original IN THE THEATER in 1979 after begging my mum for MONTHS to take this little kid to his first "R' rated movie, and she did, with a group of friends for my birthday. And THAT hatched a love with this franchise that has NEVER ceased. I LOVE it. I LOVE Giger. It is an amazing amalgam of art, science, and grotesque. I'll never give up. I'm a true Alien fan. True Fans aren't "wishy-washy" and come and go with the tide. True fans are there for each and every thing and evaluate each and every release in said universe on its own merits, not to give up. Casuals do not. So you either are a fan, or you aren't, and that's all there is to it.
@@thegood9 I am looking forward to this movie. I was very skeptical when I first heard but everything I have seen has made me very optimistic about this.
Same. After the abortion that was Covenant (just piss off Ridley), I SWORE I'd never see another Alien film at the cinema. I'm going against my own word here to see this one, so it BETTER BE friggin GREAT!!
Understandable. I won't be rushing to the theatre to see this but I will watch it eventually. I'm afraid we've already seen the best parts in the trailers.
I’m looking forward to the scene where the Alien hive (cannon) start chanting to the Queen (cannon) “The Power of one… the power of two… the Power of maaaaaanyyyyy”
@@jasoncruizer huh. I hadn't heard or considered that. I don't know I feel like that would blow the entire narrative up in a bad way. Danger for the main character, oh wait never mind. I don't think that's it but, maybe it is.
@@FatherFigure-itout maybe they all die, there would have been a survivor or incident (i.e.) Ripley case where Weyland Yutani was involved and covered it up.
@@LMacca97 really? Do you work for Disney? I know all about the production issues with alien three. Let's talk about alien resurrection and the campy shit show that movie was even considering the French director of that movie was already a respected director in his own right. Ridley Scott fucked up his own prequels to alien. Let's be real honest about this, there are only two good alien movies and we all know what they are. The rest are uneven in quality. There's good stuff along side just embarrassing bad stuff in the rest of them.
@BobJenkins-ez1jl Settle down sunshine. Fede isn't just the director, he also wrote the film. He's been on the project from the very start, he isn't jumping onto a sinking ship like Fincher. There's been no news to suggest a troubled production. Disney are too busy making Star Wars gay and lame.
Facts!! They haven't done that since "Aliens" bring the Marines back! They can be reintroduced if they did another prequel to Aliens=Hadley's Hope! They had a security team fighting against the Aliens
This might be a reach but I think he may have pretty much said yeppp... We're showing the growth process of the Xenomorph in the film... ( Regards to some of his quote in that article... )
I was encouraged by the trailer but I'm still worried about the DEI cast and the obvious discount Ripley role...yet again. I still don't get the blue light, is there canon for it? I always thought it was space jockey tech, as we don't ever see it any other time there's eggs. I'm hopeful though.
Holy crap look what happens when you hire an actual fan to work on your franchise! The odds of making a good product greatly improve. What a novel concept!
Yeah, it remains to be seen. And having to go heavy on the nods(outside the retro-future look) to the first two films isn't selling the movie for me. Well at least the female lead/survivor with a pulse rifle or flamethrower. After Star Wars:TFA, I learned not to trust anyone or any previews that'll tease nostalgia. That and this movie should have been more like Alien in the way that we don't know which characters will survive and not make it more about another female lead. But again , remains to be seen.
Nice on the Kenner action figures. I have the NECA of Scorpion, Gorilla, Rhino, Prey Mantis, and Snake. Maybe you should do a review on them one of these days and other Alien collectables.
There is barely a canon in Aliens universe. Some people view the first movie alone as canon some view the first two and ignore third and fourth. Some accept Prometheus and Covenant along with everything else. Some people accept Colonial marines game as canon where as others ignore it. We like to hear something is being done according to canon but what does that mean exactly?
@@leonpruden7079 Yes they are definitely younger than other Alien films, but it has a story explanation behind it and tbh, I see that as a plus, bunch of pretty unknown actors at least doesn´t break immersion and this movie could really kickstart their carrer if it does well.
im a huge fan of the Evil Dead series so while I wasnt into his take on the newer ED movie I respect his style of filmaking and he obviously has a love for and understands atmosphere and tone when it comes to horror and his love of creature effects makes him a good pick for this. I hope it turns out well
All sounds promising, and it's so refreshing to hear of Creatives who actually give a damn about the lore of the universe they are adding to. How sad that last sentence is: that it's "refreshing" rather than the norm.
Dear Sir, if one reads the same articles but with another more concerned intonation, these articles would be sounding like “I apologies, I tried my best, but it did not work out, so before you go to cinemas, I wanted to explain myself”
Something I picked up on. . . When Walter is alerted that the solar flare is damaging the ship, we see moments before , Walter's filling up a specimen container .... once he is alerted , he sets it down on the floor before he heads to where he goes... never to be seen or talked about again.... or will it ?? ... ?? Your thoughts on this?
I cannot wait for August, I absolutely have to see this film! I rarely get excited for a movie but for Alien I make an exception. I've been let down by the last few movies i was pumped for like Antlers and Alien Covenant. I still liked both of those films but they were not what I expected or as good as I had hoped they would be.
One small thing I appreciated with the Romulus trailers is bringing back "in space, no one can hear you scream" tagine. As social animals, screaming is a way to call others to our aid, and taking away that instinctive call for help is terrifying.
This is very good news - it's also a good example of what all filmmakers/showrunners should be doing, when they end up working in an existing franchise. This, 'we didn't want the writers to know any of the lore' crap needs to stop. Do I think, sometimes, folks can offer a fresh perspective on something? Yeah, we should have that. But if it directly contradicts what exists, that's not a fresh perspective, it's just ego and/or laziness. I also want to point out that this director knows that you are always selling your film, even when you're answering questions or making posts on X. He's not talking about how this movie breaks traditionalism or associating it with modern politics. Instead, he's talking about things he knows fans of Alien(s) want to hear. So many of these ideologues-pretending-to-be-creatives could learn something from this guy.
Lets clear the air here about the Xeno incubation times. In ALIENS, when Ripley goes off on the Marines she says and i quote, "Just 1 one of these things managed to wipe out my entire crew in less than 24 hours" which implies that from the time Kane got facehugged to the time she blew Big Chap out the air lock, it had only been 1 day. If we take ALL the Canon across all the movies involving Xenos.... Compared to OG ALIEN, AVP and Covenant were sped up for sure..... but..... If we take into account what Fede says about DNA differences, then every time a Queen comes forth and spawns a new hive, across god knows how many years that Xenos have been around... Every hives incubation cycle across generations, DNA, and time, would potentially change how fast the facehugger implants and dies, how fast the chestburster developes and kills host, and finally how fast it would molt into its adult form. Just food for thought if all that i said makes sense to anyone.
I agree 👍 . It can also involve the species that becomes the hosts for these things. In the dog (the theatrical version of Alien 3), the development looked fairly quick and the chestburster looked larger. Maybe in species like a dog that are born or grow quicker, the gestation period is quicker.
@DarkLadyAthena1 that is also true in general ALIEN lore. Different species = different gestational times. Look at how much longer it took the PredAlien to burst out compared to a human grown in AVP!
@@charlesvernon5450 Well, Weaver said about the stripping scene, "After five days of blood and guts, and fear, and sweat and urine, do you think Ripley wouldn’t take off her clothes?" I reckon Cameron just made up the 24 hours bit without really thinking about continuity.
So we got practical effects & now confirmation that Romulus is “Respecting the canon!”. I could well be wrong….. But I’m hedging my bets, that this could indeed turn out to be the BEST Alien movie to date! I mean, we’re in 2024 & with all the current technology & filming techniques available today. This could well take the franchise to the Next level! … & to explain where my mind is at, saying this. 2 scenes in the trailer instantly come to my mind. The Alien breaking out of its Hibernation state & The use of Anti-Gravity! (Factoring in a wonderful blend of Acidic blood!) 😅 It really is good to see that Fede has implemented so many ideas (that make perfect sense, given the scene & setting). But haven’t currently seen on screen, to date! 😁 EXCITED!?…… Just a Little! 😬💪
Just remember folks, lots of people have said that "this project isn't going to be a piece of shit like the others" with horrible results. Just free yourselves of expectations and watch the movie. Then you can give an informed opinion afterwards. Until then, all videos and coverage means NOTHING.
Oh, are they offering everyone a free viewing of the movie so we can all have an informed opinion BEFORE putting money down? That's great news! I'm so sick of their standard marketing tactic, where they make a deliberately bad movie, and show you it's bad in the trailers, yet also have the gall to tell you to give them money before you make any judgement, and even after you do give them money you're STILL called toxic if you dare to utter a single gripe.
Well it pissed a lot of people off by killing off shaw ... even though they didn't get her and had to figure it out... the idiotic decision to go out without any breathing apparatus, not exploring the crashed Direlect , like at all other than 5 min. ,,,,, not helping the girl who was stuck in the room with the back burster .. shooting everything to only blow up the escape ship... or only ship ..... why spend big bucks to have dude from Spiderman in it only to be killed off before he ever showed up on screen... (though he was brought up on charges then) still not having xenomorphs in it ... or better yet, no tie in to Alien which was the point of "prequels" and just sooo many more things ... but it's all but a memory now 😂
I don't really understand what is meant by alien covenant not respecting the Canon. The Canon was created by ridley Scott together with H R giger and Shushett and o banon ,the original writers of alien . The derelict, space jockey, face hugger , xenomorph all their ideas . There was no suggesting in the original alien of an alien planet . That was the concept created by dark horse comics with their Canon based off the original movie . And we do see in the romulus official trailer what appears to be someone holding Vials of the black goo which most likely are directly linked to prometheus and Covenant. Is that a wrong interpretation?
@@21stcenturyhiphop that's what I said the original script was written by O bannon and Shusset . And it was the latter who came up with the fact hugger concept literally saying the way to get the alien on board the ship was to have a creature basically rape someone, which we now know is the face hugger. Walter hill and giler rewrote their script and added the ash android character
@@sebraven O'Bannon's script is actually more comparable to Prometheus than the original Alien. It bears no resemblance to the Giler/Hill version, except for a general structure.
This is why having your own headcanon is best when it comes to Aliens. Otherwise as a viewer you would be shooting yourself on the foot because something somewhere will definitely not add up with the rest of the other stories
course hes respecting the Canon. It looks like he totally copied and pasted Alien. I already know who is the main character and who will survive or die within a second of viewing. I already know the monster and all the mystery behind it.
Canon according to IP owners also mean the events of the Colonial Marines game occurred nd Hicks survived. It also means the events of Resurrection will come to pass. I would much more prefer at this point that they get the tone right over anything else.
It literally just looks like a bad rehash of the original, down to the copy-pasted title transition. The MOST original part of this trailer is a guy in zero gravity floating towards floating acid blood. Thats it. Everything else is by the numbers. People saying it looks fresh are high on copium.
I think you're missing the point here, fede alvarez keep saying this movie is for OG fans and strictly obey the lore of the first 2 movies. Why you keep hating this movie when it's supposed to do that???? The reason why TH-camr said its fresh because this is the first movie since ressurection where alien is the main threat
Taking this with a grain of salt. I remember the Mortal Kombat director from a couple of years ago said he would respect the canon from the original film, and the movie sucked.
@beanbag9696 in which the movie greatly strayed from the source material for no reason. The guy straight up lied. Do I think Fede is lying? No. But it's worth noting that it wouldn't be the first time unfortunately.
🎉🎉new subscriber now second time I randomly found you on my page and you grab my attention great job and work. Yes definitely 2nd most hyped movie for me and I'm so happy to hear hear about how faithful he will be plus bringing back the old production crew from the first and second.😊😊
I like the sound of this, and I agree about budgets. Look what The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone accomplished when forced to work with a limited budget. It made them more creative.
Would love if they explained how the hell the chestburster grows from cat size into a three meter really heavy giant with serious bone density. That takes sustenance and a intake of physical mass. Is it gnawing on the ship's/station's structural beams, or is it raiding the pantry?
im delighted just to see this and deadpool v wolvering and hopefully Nosferatu (might be the new year for that movie) saved a fortune with no D+ subscriptions so spending that few bits of cash on movies in the cinema with my dad. Lets GO!
Its funny there are some people out there who genuinely think the original Alien isn’t a horror movie. Alien is absolutely horror. Straight up. And Fede Alvarez is going to bring the franchise back to its horror roots.
i hope they have the sarcastic humour in it aswell like when lambert and cain were saying something to each other. dallas: hey quit your griping lambert: i like griping and i love it when ash is examining the face hugger and one of them says are you sure it's dead and ash says i can safely say it's not a zombie
Well from what I read into it Alvarez does not want to go down the Rabit Hole of WHERE the Xenomorph came from and so he will likely be doing nothing to either Prove or Disprove what Alien Covenant had shown. He wants to just focus on the Xenomorph and yes as these are likely Obtained from DNA/Goo they will have some minor differences to Alien and Alien Covenant. Its interesting that he said that the Chest Burster Cycle would be more like ALIEN..... which implies that the Crew are stranded on the Station for a while... or the Chest Burster happens at a latter point than we may assume
So hyped for this movie… but I keep getting a feeling that’s it’s gonna be the original Alien vs Weyland-Yutani version of the Alien! I’m sure they did this in a graphic novel back in the 90s?
Cough* Colonial Marines Game is canon according to IP owners cough* Edit: Do what I do and just convince yourself the third movie was just a dream Ripley was having and both her Hicks and Newt survived.
I do hope it’s true, but Alien Romulus is set between Alien and Aliens. Do you remember that sentence in the begening of Aliens? « And you found something never recorded once in over 300 surveyed worlds. » I do hope Fede know this..
That means nothing because the person who said that might not have had a high enough clearance level. Remember, it was the company that sent the Nostromo and placed Ash in the crew last minute and the "Crew expendable" stipulation make it seem like they knew somthing. Also as far as know I could be wrong but Alien: Isolation is canon and that takes place between Alien and Aliens.
Prometheus and Alien: Covenant were pretentious?? That is the last word I would have expected to hear to describe them. Ridley Scott wanted the series to go a bit deeper. I thought they were very well done. Especially with Fassbender playing David. So menacing and glitched. Oh well, mob rule. People just want monsters without the imagination that made them so horrifying in the first place. =/
Alien covenant got studios meddling, that movie supposed to be shaw with David going to engineer planet and make havoc there. Sadly it became montage and Shaw died......
This is great news. Fede seems like an easy going guy. A sci-fi nerd. I hope the film is great. However I would not like it to break away from the mythos of Prometheus and Covenant. The latter messed up the lore but in the additional scenes, it is clear that David did not create the Xenomorph. Having the god complex he has, he fashions himself as such because he cannot fathom that he is just as flawed as his creators. The new comics keep the black goo and so on. I think Romulus still does. By no means am I saying give it all to Ridley and have it focus on the androids like he wanted, but create a balance like the first two alien films did. I think Fede could create that balance. After all, it keeps the cosmic horror element because we still do not know what the Alien is. Where it comes from, and that speaks to elements of the universe being this unforgiving and cold space where horrible dangers lurk and await us.
I wish Covenant had not been an alien movie and had been an engineers movie instead. That fan art of an engineer fighting an alien looked badass but we needed more work done on building the engineers up as a villain. So when Covenant expects us to believe that after an attack on one planet the engineers are all dead it was so dumb.
The TRUE creatives can create Excellence with a low budget just as well as with a higher budget, and PROBABLY MORE and BETTER with the lower budget. The stress and need to exercise even FURTHER creativity to meet those lower budgets, in the hands of the "good ones", generally leads to amazing results. I am MORE excited with each and every thing i read on this one. And I am SOOO happy that they didn't decide to "Hulu-ize" this release like they did to Prey. That sort of disrespect only disrespects audiences and LOSES audiences. The theater is the place to see a big spectacle in space WITH OTHER PEOPLE gasping and gawking along with you on a MONSTER screen with a massive Multichannel sound system. Not at home, even though I WILL eventually do so.
This had better not be just talk to draw fans in, they had better keep their words here, or you will be the next on a long list of Alien movies we as fans will say "Yeah you can avoid that one".
They are far better movies than people give them credit for being. I find that I didn't really appreciate either until I saw them a second and third time.
My question is how much is it sticking to what happened in prometheus, because the more time that passes the more i don't want prometheus included in the cannon, because a lot of that is contradictory to what happens in layer movies. Not strengthening later movies 😊
The image is similar to one of the press release images of AVP! I still say 'Alien Romulus' will be the best film in the ALIEN franchise since A L I E N S...
They say things like this everytime they wheel out a new alien movie, everyone gets excited, the trailer comes out, people dissect that for months and extole its brilliance, the director and actors come out and say its the best new alien movie and everyone believes them. Then its out and its crap. Again... Havent you all learned yet?!?
With those words I'm glad that Shameful Retcon from Ridley Scott isn't going to Bleed over to the Xenomorph. It will be a Pleasure to see it now then before when I had reservations about Ridley Scott involvements.
nothing in COVENANT disrespects the canon. people have simply been drawing the wrong conclusions. they see David in COVENANT experimenting with Xenomorphs, and they jump to the idiotic assumption that David was the original creator of the first Xenomorphs. that's just dumb. nothing in COVENANT says David was the first to create Xenomorphs. the movie simply tells us that David took the existing organism and altered it. his Xenomorph is very different from the one in ALIEN in several respects. so this whole issue is really stupid.
@@jointcerulean3350 i'm really one of the biggest sticklers for canon in movies you'll find, but i don't consider the thing with the Space Jockeys in PROMETHEUS/COVENANT any kind of breach of canon at all. it's simply an extended backstory. it doesn't violate anything.
As a fan of alien besides the movies, like comics etc i was actually incredibly exited about getting movies that were different and explored lore more. Im gonna like Romulus im sure but i genuinely like when movie franchises make bold movies from time to time instead of just reskining the same vibes over n over.
Only one thing bothers me so far, the Alien's bottom jaw seems to stretch a little too far back, almost like a snake, or as if it's a piece of the prop they stuck too far back
Idk about canon, but what turned me off about Covenant and Prometheus(although Prometheus was a little better) was the incompetence of a lot of the characters. Good horror movies don't have incompetent characters(unless you're trying to go for a more of a slapstick comedy horror film). Films like Aliens, Aliens, The Thing(1984), Predator, etc were good horrors because the characters were competent which made for better and more realistic scenarios, therefore better entertainment.
This is the 7th film in Alien franchise (9th if you include AvP). How often is the 7th film in ANY franchise good? Any Saw 7 fans here? How about Friday 13th 7? No? But hyped for this film? Hmm, ok
Isn't it so refreshing to hear a director talking about his respect for lore and the fans and none of this "we made this to piss off alot of people" nonsense?. Which is only said to cover up bad writing imo
J j abrams said the exact same words when asked about Star Wars “respecting the legacy” and look how that turned out
Right but He is Not j.j. So i believe him the first time because i wanna believe him
By "legacy" he meant respecting whatever his feminist lesbian overlord says.
@@Sirtobiwan1988 He's not JJ, but he is the guy who butchered The Girl in the Spider's Web.
@@ChanceX74 i know but i wanna believe that the movie is good hope that the good reviewers (youtubers) confirm that before i buy my ticket i will not spend money without prof of that
@@gaiali453 yeah i see all the red flags i will not buy a ticket without prof that the movie is woke free
Fede, please dont shatter my last molecule of hope for this franchise😢
I kind of liked Alien: Resurrection, too.
@@PaulaBean Same here
I personally loved Prometheus/Covenant. I didn’t care that they killed or atleast didn’t show what happened to Shaw.
I want to see Scott’s ideas further explored. Wish the studio would let him make more.
We're here now 2024 with a new Alien movie.Im glad there is a Prometheus and Covenant jus for the lore.Got to see Wheyland and the Space Jockey.And 3 different Xenomorphs
Personally I liked Prometheus, despite some the flaws, and was really onboard for what was being teased and set up, but I did feel Alien Covenant was a wrong turn and killing Shaw was a big mistake!
@@alexhenderson1312agreed give shaw plot armor
I am giving Aliens one last chance. If they fuck it up I'm done
@@Hootie1971 That's very understandable. Here's hoping
I'm not going that far, lol. I think the right story, in the right hands, in this universe, could be FANTASTIC. And I used to think Sir Ridley HAD to be the guy. Prometheus was a nice try, but it never went anywhere with the true horror, and the android origins were just CRAP. So, I LOVE what Fede is saying and doing so far, and I am VERY confident this one is going to be the best one since the original. A true sci fi horror movie that is worthy of being in this universe. But...IF it is not, you can bet I will still be there for the TV show, for the next one, the next one, and the next. I saw the original IN THE THEATER in 1979 after begging my mum for MONTHS to take this little kid to his first "R' rated movie, and she did, with a group of friends for my birthday. And THAT hatched a love with this franchise that has NEVER ceased. I LOVE it. I LOVE Giger. It is an amazing amalgam of art, science, and grotesque. I'll never give up. I'm a true Alien fan. True Fans aren't "wishy-washy" and come and go with the tide. True fans are there for each and every thing and evaluate each and every release in said universe on its own merits, not to give up. Casuals do not. So you either are a fan, or you aren't, and that's all there is to it.
@@thegood9 I am looking forward to this movie. I was very skeptical when I first heard but everything I have seen has made me very optimistic about this.
Same. After the abortion that was Covenant (just piss off Ridley), I SWORE I'd never see another Alien film at the cinema. I'm going against my own word here to see this one, so it BETTER BE friggin GREAT!!
Understandable. I won't be rushing to the theatre to see this but I will watch it eventually. I'm afraid we've already seen the best parts in the trailers.
I’m looking forward to the scene where the Alien hive (cannon) start chanting to the Queen (cannon) “The Power of one… the power of two… the Power of maaaaaanyyyyy”
and then the stone temple their in can catch on fire from a candle
I know its just a promo image, but i dont really like that she is staring it down fearlessly.
@@jasoncruizer huh. I hadn't heard or considered that.
I don't know I feel like that would blow the entire narrative up in a bad way.
Danger for the main character, oh wait never mind.
I don't think that's it but, maybe it is.
Didn't they have this same shot in the 2nd AVP movie? It was the pred in place of the girl tho.
@@FatherFigure-itout maybe they all die, there would have been a survivor or incident (i.e.) Ripley case where Weyland Yutani was involved and covered it up.
@@OneCut1Slash hahaha. I think I know the shot your talking about. But man that would be ridiculous
Plus it's a promo image you always look rough for them Arnie was scared of the predator in the film
This is great and not surprising. Fede Alvarez isn't just a talented artist, he's also a genuine geek and very respectful of the original movies.
So was David fincher. That's not a guarantee of anything. Grow up
@@BobJenkins-ez1jlDavid came onto an already troubled production. Fede has full control of his film. Not even a comparison
@@LMacca97 really? Do you work for Disney? I know all about the production issues with alien three. Let's talk about alien resurrection and the campy shit show that movie was even considering the French director of that movie was already a respected director in his own right. Ridley Scott fucked up his own prequels to alien. Let's be real honest about this, there are only two good alien movies and we all know what they are. The rest are uneven in quality. There's good stuff along side just embarrassing bad stuff in the rest of them.
@BobJenkins-ez1jl Settle down sunshine. Fede isn't just the director, he also wrote the film. He's been on the project from the very start, he isn't jumping onto a sinking ship like Fincher. There's been no news to suggest a troubled production. Disney are too busy making Star Wars gay and lame.
@@LMacca97 well that's funny because the cast of alien Romulus all look like gay teens. You may be in for a surprise.
Just give us colonial marines, action, horror, maybe a theatre type battle and lots of aliens.
No thanks
@@frankthecat1660 yes.
Facts!! They haven't done that since "Aliens" bring the Marines back! They can be reintroduced if they did another prequel to Aliens=Hadley's Hope! They had a security team fighting against the Aliens
I want more of the evil company and mad science aspect.
Not everyone wants that, some people want alien not aliens
This might be a reach but I think he may have pretty much said yeppp... We're showing the growth process of the Xenomorph in the film... ( Regards to some of his quote in that article... )
Clicked for the alien news. Nerded out over the gunpla kits in the background! Awesome video Mr. H!
I was encouraged by the trailer but I'm still worried about the DEI cast and the obvious discount Ripley role...yet again. I still don't get the blue light, is there canon for it? I always thought it was space jockey tech, as we don't ever see it any other time there's eggs. I'm hopeful though.
Holy crap look what happens when you hire an actual fan to work on your franchise! The odds of making a good product greatly improve. What a novel concept!
@@unknownindividual Alien 3 was terrible, Alien Resurrection was much better..
Tell me again how good Prometheus was, or wrath of Khan for that matter
me watching the Alien Romulus trailer with my hands over my eyes; "please be good....please be good.... please don't be more woke girl-boss crap...."
The good thing is alien sort of led the way for bad ass female leads - long as they don’t woke it up with gender politics
Yeah, it remains to be seen. And having to go heavy on the nods(outside the retro-future look) to the first two films isn't selling the movie for me. Well at least the female lead/survivor with a pulse rifle or flamethrower. After Star Wars:TFA, I learned not to trust anyone or any previews that'll tease nostalgia.
That and this movie should have been more like Alien in the way that we don't know which characters will survive and not make it more about another female lead. But again , remains to be seen.
The good news is this will be better than 2018's The Predator.
The bad news is it will be as memorable as 2018's The Predator.
@@jimjam51075Nothing will be worse than Predators hunting for autism. *NOTHING.* 😭💀
@@jimjam51075 this makes no sense.
Nice on the Kenner action figures. I have the NECA of Scorpion, Gorilla, Rhino, Prey Mantis, and Snake. Maybe you should do a review on them one of these days and other Alien collectables.
"Respecting The Canon" Sure, ok.
Its without question just gonna be a checklist of doing everything the original movie did but worse
There is barely a canon in Aliens universe. Some people view the first movie alone as canon some view the first two and ignore third and fourth. Some accept Prometheus and Covenant along with everything else. Some people accept Colonial marines game as canon where as others ignore it. We like to hear something is being done according to canon but what does that mean exactly?
They race swappoed the face huggers.
Amazing 😂
"There's somefink in the wattah!!" That single line has killed this movie for me.
Not aware Alien is known for being a teenage slasher?
There doesn't seem to be any adults in this film. It looks like a teen slasher film.
Last I checked people in their 20´s are adults, you must be around some very mature looking teens if this fits the definiton of a teen to you.
@@CZJames20 OK in their 20's. Were all the people in Alien, Aliens or any of the other films just in their 20's?
@@leonpruden7079 Yes they are definitely younger than other Alien films, but it has a story explanation behind it and tbh, I see that as a plus, bunch of pretty unknown actors at least doesn´t break immersion and this movie could really kickstart their carrer if it does well.
@@CZJames20 I appreciate your optimism.
@@leonpruden7079 Hopefully it pays off :)
im a huge fan of the Evil Dead series so while I wasnt into his take on the newer ED movie I respect his style of filmaking and he obviously has a love for and understands atmosphere and tone when it comes to horror and his love of creature effects makes him a good pick for this. I hope it turns out well
What if a facehugger got hold of a sheep? Would we have some wooly xenomorph running around?
Yes
Or , what would happen if a facehugger attached to a xenomorph... hmmmmm
All sounds promising, and it's so refreshing to hear of Creatives who actually give a damn about the lore of the universe they are adding to. How sad that last sentence is: that it's "refreshing" rather than the norm.
Dear Sir, if one reads the same articles but with another more concerned intonation, these articles would be sounding like “I apologies, I tried my best, but it did not work out, so before you go to cinemas, I wanted to explain myself”
I remember the directors of Alien vs Predator: Requiem saying similar things about AvP. Look how that turned out...
Man I liked covenant.
Same.
Something I picked up on. . . When Walter is alerted that the solar flare is damaging the ship, we see moments before , Walter's filling up a specimen container .... once he is alerted , he sets it down on the floor before he heads to where he goes... never to be seen or talked about again.... or will it ?? ... ?? Your thoughts on this?
I cannot wait for August, I absolutely have to see this film! I rarely get excited for a movie but for Alien I make an exception. I've been let down by the last few movies i was pumped for like Antlers and Alien Covenant. I still liked both of those films but they were not what I expected or as good as I had hoped they would be.
One small thing I appreciated with the Romulus trailers is bringing back "in space, no one can hear you scream" tagine. As social animals, screaming is a way to call others to our aid, and taking away that instinctive call for help is terrifying.
I'm very excited about this film. I have an Alien pinball machine, two 1:1 Alien sculpts, statues, figures, books, etc.
This is very good news - it's also a good example of what all filmmakers/showrunners should be doing, when they end up working in an existing franchise. This, 'we didn't want the writers to know any of the lore' crap needs to stop. Do I think, sometimes, folks can offer a fresh perspective on something? Yeah, we should have that. But if it directly contradicts what exists, that's not a fresh perspective, it's just ego and/or laziness.
I also want to point out that this director knows that you are always selling your film, even when you're answering questions or making posts on X. He's not talking about how this movie breaks traditionalism or associating it with modern politics. Instead, he's talking about things he knows fans of Alien(s) want to hear. So many of these ideologues-pretending-to-be-creatives could learn something from this guy.
I want to believe they can make a great movie, on the other hand I thought it should've been over after Alien 3. 😐
*Aliens
@@bewmdogg I didn't dislike Alien 3's ending. Decent conclusion. I have a rough guess why you prefer Aliens. 😊
even Alien 3 should not exist.
@canceritself1854 That was the movie that convinced me 3 movies were enough. 😄
Lets clear the air here about the Xeno incubation times.
In ALIENS, when Ripley goes off on the Marines she says and i quote, "Just 1 one of these things managed to wipe out my entire crew in less than 24 hours" which implies that from the time Kane got facehugged to the time she blew Big Chap out the air lock, it had only been 1 day.
If we take ALL the Canon across all the movies involving Xenos.... Compared to OG ALIEN, AVP and Covenant were sped up for sure..... but.....
If we take into account what Fede says about DNA differences, then every time a Queen comes forth and spawns a new hive, across god knows how many years that Xenos have been around... Every hives incubation cycle across generations, DNA, and time, would potentially change how fast the facehugger implants and dies, how fast the chestburster developes and kills host, and finally how fast it would molt into its adult form.
Just food for thought if all that i said makes sense to anyone.
I agree 👍 .
It can also involve the species that becomes the hosts for these things. In the dog (the theatrical version of Alien 3), the development looked fairly quick and the chestburster looked larger. Maybe in species like a dog that are born or grow quicker, the gestation period is quicker.
Or she meant it was 24 hours from the time it killed Kane through to her escaping, which seems much more likely.
@DarkLadyAthena1 that is also true in general ALIEN lore. Different species = different gestational times.
Look at how much longer it took the PredAlien to burst out compared to a human grown in AVP!
@andysmith1996 that could be the case, but no one knows for sure which she was referring to...
@@charlesvernon5450 Well, Weaver said about the stripping scene, "After five days of blood and guts, and fear, and sweat and urine, do you think Ripley wouldn’t take off her clothes?" I reckon Cameron just made up the 24 hours bit without really thinking about continuity.
So we got practical effects & now confirmation that Romulus is “Respecting the canon!”.
I could well be wrong….. But I’m hedging my bets, that this could indeed turn out to be the BEST Alien movie to date!
I mean, we’re in 2024 & with all the current technology & filming techniques available today. This could well take the franchise to the Next level!
… & to explain where my mind is at, saying this.
2 scenes in the trailer instantly come to my mind.
The Alien breaking out of its Hibernation state & The use of Anti-Gravity! (Factoring in a wonderful blend of Acidic blood!) 😅
It really is good to see that Fede has implemented so many ideas (that make perfect sense, given the scene & setting). But haven’t currently seen on screen, to date! 😁
EXCITED!?…… Just a Little! 😬💪
Can't wait, sounds great! Thanks for sharing. 👍
Just remember folks, lots of people have said that "this project isn't going to be a piece of shit like the others" with horrible results. Just free yourselves of expectations and watch the movie. Then you can give an informed opinion afterwards. Until then, all videos and coverage means NOTHING.
Oh, are they offering everyone a free viewing of the movie so we can all have an informed opinion BEFORE putting money down? That's great news!
I'm so sick of their standard marketing tactic, where they make a deliberately bad movie, and show you it's bad in the trailers, yet also have the gall to tell you to give them money before you make any judgement, and even after you do give them money you're STILL called toxic if you dare to utter a single gripe.
How did Covenant not respect the canon?
It did.
@@anon_laughing_man exactly. So I don’t get the hate
Well it pissed a lot of people off by killing off shaw ... even though they didn't get her and had to figure it out... the idiotic decision to go out without any breathing apparatus, not exploring the crashed Direlect , like at all other than 5 min. ,,,,, not helping the girl who was stuck in the room with the back burster .. shooting everything to only blow up the escape ship... or only ship ..... why spend big bucks to have dude from Spiderman in it only to be killed off before he ever showed up on screen... (though he was brought up on charges then) still not having xenomorphs in it ... or better yet, no tie in to Alien which was the point of "prequels" and just sooo many more things ... but it's all but a memory now 😂
I don't really understand what is meant by alien covenant not respecting the Canon. The Canon was created by ridley Scott together with H R giger and Shushett and o banon ,the original writers of alien . The derelict, space jockey, face hugger , xenomorph all their ideas . There was no suggesting in the original alien of an alien planet . That was the concept created by dark horse comics with their Canon based off the original movie . And we do see in the romulus official trailer what appears to be someone holding Vials of the black goo which most likely are directly linked to prometheus and Covenant. Is that a wrong interpretation?
Walter Hill and David Giler wrote the script that got filmed for the original Alien, based on O'Bannon's script.
@@21stcenturyhiphop that's what I said the original script was written by O bannon and Shusset . And it was the latter who came up with the fact hugger concept literally saying the way to get the alien on board the ship was to have a creature basically rape someone, which we now know is the face hugger. Walter hill and giler rewrote their script and added the ash android character
@@sebraven O'Bannon's script is actually more comparable to Prometheus than the original Alien. It bears no resemblance to the Giler/Hill version, except for a general structure.
This is why having your own headcanon is best when it comes to Aliens. Otherwise as a viewer you would be shooting yourself on the foot because something somewhere will definitely not add up with the rest of the other stories
@@sebraven Ronald Shushett
Thanks for the video and I'm surprised you weren't invited to this event!
course hes respecting the Canon. It looks like he totally copied and pasted Alien.
I already know who is the main character and who will survive or die within a second of viewing. I already know the monster and all the mystery behind it.
Only with teenagers 🤣
Canon according to IP owners also mean the events of the Colonial Marines game occurred nd Hicks survived. It also means the events of Resurrection will come to pass. I would much more prefer at this point that they get the tone right over anything else.
This must be like Christmas for all Alien fans. I’m really happy for you all 👍 Just wish there was someone like Fede Alvarez in charge of Star Wars. 😢
The Q&A is on youtube.
That gives me a little bit more of hope but I’m still gonna hold off until reviews from people I trust come out.
It literally just looks like a bad rehash of the original, down to the copy-pasted title transition. The MOST original part of this trailer is a guy in zero gravity floating towards floating acid blood. Thats it. Everything else is by the numbers. People saying it looks fresh are high on copium.
I think you're missing the point here, fede alvarez keep saying this movie is for OG fans and strictly obey the lore of the first 2 movies. Why you keep hating this movie when it's supposed to do that????
The reason why TH-camr said its fresh because this is the first movie since ressurection where alien is the main threat
Taking this with a grain of salt. I remember the Mortal Kombat director from a couple of years ago said he would respect the canon from the original film, and the movie sucked.
so one director says something and everyother director is a liar? lool
The director did make a underrated evil dead movie
Mortal combat is a game...
@beanbag9696 in which the movie greatly strayed from the source material for no reason. The guy straight up lied. Do I think Fede is lying? No. But it's worth noting that it wouldn't be the first time unfortunately.
@@Tripl3Cherri3s calm down sweetheart
🎉🎉new subscriber now second time I randomly found you on my page and you grab my attention great job and work. Yes definitely 2nd most hyped movie for me and I'm so happy to hear hear about how faithful he will be plus bringing back the old production crew from the first and second.😊😊
I like the sound of this, and I agree about budgets. Look what The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone accomplished when forced to work with a limited budget. It made them more creative.
I’m curious about this movie. I do think having a bunch of teens is suspect and odd.
You say ‘confirms’, I say ‘claims’.
We’ll see.
I thought Ridley invented the canon. How can it not be canon if they started it?
Would love if they explained how the hell the chestburster grows from cat size into a three meter really heavy giant with serious bone density. That takes sustenance and a intake of physical mass. Is it gnawing on the ship's/station's structural beams, or is it raiding the pantry?
im delighted just to see this and deadpool v wolvering and hopefully Nosferatu (might be the new year for that movie) saved a fortune with no D+ subscriptions so spending that few bits of cash on movies in the cinema with my dad. Lets GO!
I wonder if David will somehow be in this movie.
Its funny there are some people out there who genuinely think the original Alien isn’t a horror movie.
Alien is absolutely horror. Straight up. And Fede Alvarez is going to bring the franchise back to its horror roots.
i hope they have the sarcastic humour in it aswell like when lambert and cain were saying something to each other.
dallas: hey quit your griping
lambert: i like griping
and i love it when ash is examining the face hugger and one of them says are you sure it's dead and ash says i can safely say it's not a zombie
Well from what I read into it Alvarez does not want to go down the Rabit Hole of WHERE the Xenomorph came from and so he will likely be doing nothing to either Prove or Disprove what Alien Covenant had shown.
He wants to just focus on the Xenomorph and yes as these are likely Obtained from DNA/Goo they will have some minor differences to Alien and Alien Covenant.
Its interesting that he said that the Chest Burster Cycle would be more like ALIEN..... which implies that the Crew are stranded on the Station for a while... or the Chest Burster happens at a latter point than we may assume
Are there going to be any adults in the film?
Seems like the right man for the job. The release of this movie is closing in. Man, I'm excited!
Please have a bonus disk with all of the behind screens action, sometimes its on par with the feature film
So hyped for this movie… but I keep getting a feeling that’s it’s gonna be the original Alien vs Weyland-Yutani version of the Alien!
I’m sure they did this in a graphic novel back in the 90s?
Trailer was still full of women and diversity hires. I aint watching it. Plus Prometheus and Covenant were both shite.
True
I believe it when I see it! Scott said the same thing when he made Prometheus.
Would love to see the growth process of the Xeno
If Alien 3 is still cannon I don't give a shit.
😂😂😂
Well this takes place between one and two
@@jeremy3824 I know, doesn't change the fact that Alien 3 fucking sucks.
Cough* Colonial Marines Game is canon according to IP owners cough*
Edit: Do what I do and just convince yourself the third movie was just a dream Ripley was having and both her Hicks and Newt survived.
Let's just hope they do respect the cannon and don't pull a Star wars on us.
when the Director himself is researching the franchise to try to keep his movie as canonically as possible, gives me high hopes for this film.
I do hope it’s true, but Alien Romulus is set between Alien and Aliens. Do you remember that sentence in the begening of Aliens? « And you found something never recorded once in over 300 surveyed worlds. » I do hope Fede know this..
That means nothing because the person who said that might not have had a high enough clearance level. Remember, it was the company that sent the Nostromo and placed Ash in the crew last minute and the "Crew expendable" stipulation make it seem like they knew somthing. Also as far as know I could be wrong but Alien: Isolation is canon and that takes place between Alien and Aliens.
Yes, because no company EVER lies.
@@R005TERILLUSIONthat person could have been lieing they work for the company
Remember that records can be falsified or deleted
Prometheus and Alien: Covenant were pretentious?? That is the last word I would have expected to hear to describe them. Ridley Scott wanted the series to go a bit deeper. I thought they were very well done. Especially with Fassbender playing David. So menacing and glitched. Oh well, mob rule. People just want monsters without the imagination that made them so horrifying in the first place. =/
Alien covenant got studios meddling, that movie supposed to be shaw with David going to engineer planet and make havoc there. Sadly it became montage and Shaw died......
I loved prometheus and covenant lol
"Respecting the cannon" usually means diversity swapping all the characters and putting chicks in it and making them all lame and gay 😂
This is great news. Fede seems like an easy going guy. A sci-fi nerd. I hope the film is great.
However I would not like it to break away from the mythos of Prometheus and Covenant. The latter messed up the lore but in the additional scenes, it is clear that David did not create the Xenomorph. Having the god complex he has, he fashions himself as such because he cannot fathom that he is just as flawed as his creators.
The new comics keep the black goo and so on. I think Romulus still does. By no means am I saying give it all to Ridley and have it focus on the androids like he wanted, but create a balance like the first two alien films did. I think Fede could create that balance. After all, it keeps the cosmic horror element because we still do not know what the Alien is. Where it comes from, and that speaks to elements of the universe being this unforgiving and cold space where horrible dangers lurk and await us.
I wish Covenant had not been an alien movie and had been an engineers movie instead. That fan art of an engineer fighting an alien looked badass but we needed more work done on building the engineers up as a villain. So when Covenant expects us to believe that after an attack on one planet the engineers are all dead it was so dumb.
A director who is a fan, respects the fans and the source material? Whaaaaat???
The TRUE creatives can create Excellence with a low budget just as well as with a higher budget, and PROBABLY MORE and BETTER with the lower budget. The stress and need to exercise even FURTHER creativity to meet those lower budgets, in the hands of the "good ones", generally leads to amazing results. I am MORE excited with each and every thing i read on this one. And I am SOOO happy that they didn't decide to "Hulu-ize" this release like they did to Prey. That sort of disrespect only disrespects audiences and LOSES audiences. The theater is the place to see a big spectacle in space WITH OTHER PEOPLE gasping and gawking along with you on a MONSTER screen with a massive Multichannel sound system. Not at home, even though I WILL eventually do so.
Did you catch there appears to be a Narcissus type shuttle in the distance when the space station is crashing into the planetoid rings?
This had better not be just talk to draw fans in, they had better keep their words here, or you will be the next on a long list of Alien movies we as fans will say "Yeah you can avoid that one".
I say we forget that Alien: Covenant happened.
And add Prometheus as well...
@@davidpaterson3443 Yeah. As much as I WANTED to like Prometheus, I admit that it was a failure.
I really enjoyed those movies.
Very interesting and creative movies.
Alien Covenant was such a kick in the nuts, So happy to hear this.
I disagree
They say talk is cheap so we will see
I will fucking defend Prometheus and Covenant until I fucking DIE! And I know I am not alone..
Me to😊
Love both and to be honest covenant is probably my favorite in the franchise love that movie
They are far better movies than people give them credit for being. I find that I didn't really appreciate either until I saw them a second and third time.
Prometheus was great
Same here but again I also love the entire franchise yes alien 3 and resurrection included even if I’m alone on that
0:25 that alien is huge. Are we going to see a Praetorian in this movie?
I'll watch it but I'm not paying for it.
I refuse to give Disney views or my hard earned cash 🤷🏻♂️
I hope it's good though.
Im going to go see it in the Cinema.
My question is how much is it sticking to what happened in prometheus, because the more time that passes the more i don't want prometheus included in the cannon, because a lot of that is contradictory to what happens in layer movies. Not strengthening later movies 😊
The image is similar to one of the press release images of AVP! I still say 'Alien Romulus' will be the best film in the ALIEN franchise since A L I E N S...
It does and I really don’t like the aliens dinosaur mouth. They had the same horrible look in the avp movies.
I hope we do get around to seeing an actual sequel to covenant, with the original engineer getting face hugged, maybe creating athe first Queen alien.
So are we sticking with the fact the engineers engineered the xenomorphs or is there a xenomorph prime ??
What an intelligent director🙏🏼
Absolutely this is MY #1 most anticipated movie of the year, ahead of #2 Longlegs, and #3 Maxxxine...
Hmmm. I'm still going to wait for it on streaming.
They say things like this everytime they wheel out a new alien movie, everyone gets excited, the trailer comes out, people dissect that for months and extole its brilliance, the director and actors come out and say its the best new alien movie and everyone believes them.
Then its out and its crap.
Again...
Havent you all learned yet?!?
With those words I'm glad that Shameful Retcon from Ridley Scott isn't going to Bleed over to the Xenomorph. It will be a Pleasure to see it now then before when I had reservations about Ridley Scott involvements.
It looks extremely gen z, I hope it exceeds my expectations.. but really there’s be no decent movies for years now.. can’t see this being an exception
nothing in COVENANT disrespects the canon. people have simply been drawing the wrong conclusions. they see David in COVENANT experimenting with Xenomorphs, and they jump to the idiotic assumption that David was the original creator of the first Xenomorphs. that's just dumb. nothing in COVENANT says David was the first to create Xenomorphs. the movie simply tells us that David took the existing organism and altered it. his Xenomorph is very different from the one in ALIEN in several respects. so this whole issue is really stupid.
The space jockeys
@@jointcerulean3350 i'm really one of the biggest sticklers for canon in movies you'll find, but i don't consider the thing with the Space Jockeys in PROMETHEUS/COVENANT any kind of breach of canon at all. it's simply an extended backstory. it doesn't violate anything.
As a fan of alien besides the movies, like comics etc i was actually incredibly exited about getting movies that were different and explored lore more. Im gonna like Romulus im sure but i genuinely like when movie franchises make bold movies from time to time instead of just reskining the same vibes over n over.
This might be the first movie I might go see in a theater in twenty years!
Only one thing bothers me so far, the Alien's bottom jaw seems to stretch a little too far back, almost like a snake, or as if it's a piece of the prop they stuck too far back
The fact thay Frede cares about established lore makes me like him 1,000x more
Idk about canon, but what turned me off about Covenant and Prometheus(although Prometheus was a little better) was the incompetence of a lot of the characters. Good horror movies don't have incompetent characters(unless you're trying to go for a more of a slapstick comedy horror film). Films like Aliens, Aliens, The Thing(1984), Predator, etc were good horrors because the characters were competent which made for better and more realistic scenarios, therefore better entertainment.
This is the 7th film in Alien franchise (9th if you include AvP). How often is the 7th film in ANY franchise good? Any Saw 7 fans here? How about Friday 13th 7? No? But hyped for this film? Hmm, ok
Don't trust their words, look at their actions ;)
This is a really good advice in general about anything.
Alien Covenant not only do respect canon but add much more to it.
Guy's a fan first. I fucking love it.