Anyway, Alien: Romulus is the seventh film about these particular monsters. According to the producers, the film takes the franchise ‘back to its roots’. So we get a group of grimy crew-mates piloting a big rust-bucket of a spaceship who pick up an extraterrestrial stowaway and end up having to use their wits and courage to survive as it gobbles them up, one by one.
And it’s not a bad film. It’s nicely creepy, the special effects are good, the acting is perfectly serviceable. In fact, I could give you a normal review of Alien: Romulus, but just writing this is making me feel a little crazy. It’s not a bad film, but it’s also a direct copy of a much better film that already exists. That film is called Alien, and it came out in 1979. It had Sigourney Weaver in it. It hasn’t vanished. If you have a Disney+ subscription or a torrent client, you can watch it tonight. Why have we made it again? What’s the point? Why have we spent the past 45 years – which is longer than I’ve been alive – making seven different versions of the same film? What on Earth is going on?
Counterpoint: please make another actually good work in the universe.
I have my fingers crossed for the HBO (I think) series set to release next year.
Because of the track record of HBO and its IPs, I think I'll wait until the show is officially over and find out if it actually has a meaningfully satisfying ending, even if it's Aliens-grim.
What even is the last HBO show I can think of that did that? Rome, sort of?
How to With John Wilson, it's like David Attenborough but for people-watching in New York
Also, The Rehearsal because
is a silly little man
I haven't seen those or heard much about them, but I'll take your word for it.
John Wilson is a very beautiful show, i think you'll like it. here's the season 3 trailer
The Rehearsal on the other hand is a sort of pseudo-continuation of Nathan For You, so if you liked the Burgerpunk aspect of first one, you'll like this one