Sci-Fi Alien: Romulus (2024)

[henzINNIT]

I'm not an expert on CGI, nor do I place that much importance on it one way or the other as far as creating a sense of immersion for me, but I've always thought the CGI in The Phantom Menace was actually better than that which is used in The Matrix. Heretical opinion, I know, but it's how I've always felt.

Not really heretical. Episode 1 had the best in the industry working with near unlimited resources. They created some amazing effects, many that hold up well today. Matrix was the plucky underdog that had less money, but clever techniques and a more striking visual style. I miss the old days of both, where effects teams were tasked with creating the impossible, and not just fixing crap in post.

 

[Zantera]

I'm a big Matrix guy so any talk of Phantom Menace having better CGI is crazy talk to me. I think the first Matrix is just perfect pretty much. But I do think the sequels definitely tried to do things beyond their capability. The toughest part on a rewatch today is probably in Reloaded when Neo fights all the Smiths. There's definitely some ragdoll physics that you can't avoid going pure CGI at that time.

But overall with practical I think a lot of what made it great in movies like Alien is that when you can't do whatever you want in a computer to make something look a certain way, you're forced to shoot it in a certain way, shroud it in some shadows, make it a bit more mysterious. And I think those are the moments that stick in our head the most. You think of the xenomorph shrouded in darkness, smoke and water dripping killing someone in a slightly obscured way. You're not thinking about a xenomorph on top of the drop ship in Covenant shot in bright day light (or whatever) being fully visible and feeling a lot less like a threat.

Then again you can go overboard and get a movie like AvP Requiem that requires tampering with the brightness settings on your screen to see ANYTHING.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Captain Tired]

Describing it in those terms is creating a bit on obstacle for yourself as a filmmaker tbh. Not that that obstacle didn't already exist, but to call attention to it is a bit odd. For him, it'll be enough of a win if it's as good as, or better than, Alien 3 or Prometheus. And I say that as someone who's liked his movies for the most part.

 

[emielaen]

Spaeny looks great.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

So it seems like it'll have the creepiness of Alien with the action of Aliens. Looking forward to seeing what he means.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

So it seems like it'll have the creepiness of Alien with the action of Aliens. Looking forward to seeing what he means.

Music to my ears

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Gothamsknight]

This is my most anticipated film of the summer. The trailer is dropping just as I have to go into work, so I'm gonna have to sneak a peek at some point!

 

[Captain Tired]

That's a pretty great poster

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Cautiously optimistic.

 

[Breogan]

Fede Álvarez - "To ask an Alien fan to choose between them is a perverse question," he says. "So I thought, 'How do I do both?'"

Agree, that's a great reply, and actually the best approach.

 

[Drizzle]

Cautiously optimistic.

Same. I'm not expecting it to be the best sequel this franchise has seen since Aliens but it'd be cool if it was.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

I just want it to be better than the last 2 movies were.

 

[Pittman4Two]

Facehuggers. The objects of my childhood nightmares. That poster brought back a lot of those memories.

 

[Zantera]

I think you could make an argument for the facehugger being the scariest form of the Alien (even though I love the Xenomorph ofc) but I was always surprised they never did more setpieces with facehuggers in the original films.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Pittman4Two]

I think you could make an argument for the facehugger being the scariest form of the Alien (even though I love the Xenomorph ofc) but I was always surprised they never did more setpieces with facehuggers in the original films.

That's probably why they're so terrifying. Minimal screentime, but man do they make their presence felt.

You don't understand how long it took for me to make it through the Ripley/Rebecca scene where they were locked in a room with one. *shivers*

 

[Punisher_MAX]

Even playing the AvP games I always HATED any parts where Facehuggers were involved. Especially since they were instadeath.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The new images evoke the atmosphere of the 2 classics and the new poster is suitably horrific!

 

[Drizzle]

Nothing in this movie or the entire Alien franchise could be as disturbing as the butthole scene in Cherry. IYKYK.

 

[Filmfreak]

Nothing in this movie or the entire Alien franchise could be as disturbing as the butthole scene in Cherry. IYKYK.

I don't know if I should curse you or thank you for making me look this up.

 

[Drizzle]

I don't know if I should curse you or thank you for making me look this up.