Here's John and Vin's deep dive into the latest film in the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus, directed by Fede Álvarez and written by Álvarez & Rodo Sayagues. It stars Cailee Spaeny as Rain, David Jonsson as Andy, and Isabela Merced as Kay.
Find the full video review on YouTube @TheCosmicCircus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPpUhd1RUQ0
Alien: Romulus review timestamps 00:10 - Intro 01:00 - Initial reaction and spoiler free thoughts for Alien: Romulus. Is this The Force Awakens for Alien 10:00 - Other parallels with Star Wars. 12:15 - Watching Prometheus may add to the experience and explain some things 14:09 - Alien: Romulus in IMAX 15:30 - The quality of sets, props and cinematography 17:50 - Actor performances in the film 19:30 - New additions to android lore and theories 20:45 - Beginning of spoiler discussion for Alien: Romulus. Issues with new rules for alien development and hybrid alien growth. 34:45 - Mixing all of the previous films in one, Easter eggs, and call backs 41:19 - Ridley Scott's first film, and the lack of philosophical questions in Romulus. 47:00 - Ripley vs Rain as our main hero 49:30 - Feeling less connected with the new group of characters than some previous films 50:23 - A need for a woman to direct or write something in the Alien franchise finally 53:20 - Ranking the Alien films 55:00 - Talking about the upcoming Alien TV series 56:00 - Outro
John's early reaction to Romulus https://youtu.be/fiqL6Lz55b4?si=O5wqY9lms9EdIAdv
John and Vin's retrospective review of the Alien films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7PtoNooZTA
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