I can’t buy that. Another movie that sums up what I’m talking about perfectly is that Tom Cruise movie about aliens invading us and viruses we’re immune to killing them.
They’re a team of scientists. They should have known better. Hell, since this takes place in the future, I would say anybody that travels from planet to planet would know this.
They still could have gone with a theme of hubris without mixing it with complete stupidity. Like, petting an alien tape worm, especially when it’s hissing at you.
it’s the difference from a literal interpretation of the film’s events vs. looking at it as a work
Something that blatantly stupid and obvious takes you out of the immersion.
almost all fictional stories don’t make sense if you really want to find a way, even in universe, to solve all the problems. I’ve mentioned this before somewhere but it’s like star trek. You could solve almost all the plots in star trek with transporters. But then there’s no story to tell.
characters should know, in universe, that this tool exists, but they conveniently forget, usually at a high cost. most of the time writers find a way to explain why that won’t work, which is the typical out, but sometimes they miss it.
in the case of Prometheus, I think they could have gone with some dialogue, perhaps to reinforce the concept of hubris, on why they take their helmets off.
It depends on the setting of a movie.
If I’m watching a movie about unicorns, dragons and fairies then I’m not going to care if magic is used to explain things.
But the Alien movies are science fiction, not fantasy. They are set in our future, in our universe. If they are going with those rules then they have follow our rules or our brain is going to start protesting.
Aliens isn’t really about aliens though, it’s about humans being stupid and arrogant.
Additionally, Sci-fi and fantasy are often considered the same genre. They both use out-of-world mechanics to explain things we can’t achieve in the real world. One uses science and the other magic, but both are effectively magic to us.
Only by people that don’t know what they’re talking about.
For example. Star Wars is fantasy. Alien is science fiction. There’s a difference. The Force is really no different than magic. There’s no mystical forces in the Alien franchise although Alien 4 was toeing the line with Ripley “feeling” the xenomorphs.
It depends if you are more focused on superficial aspects of the film or the overall point of what you are watching.
As for myself, I felt Romulus had no story to tell and therefore was an inferior film to Prometheus.
The sci-fi elements to me are secondary.
Prometheus is definitely a prettier film with better actors. Those two things make it more watchable for me than Romulus
Plus, I think the AI Slender Man and Ian Holm was just… terrible.
Ian Holmes likeness use was a disgrace. I know they got permission from his estate, but it’s a cheap member berries dig. I hated it.
As far as Slender man did you konw that guy actually looks like that? Kinda sad really.
No, I didn’t know he was based on a real person. I just thought it was something invented by the internet.
One of the good things about Romulus was the use of practical effects. The tangible nature of them just makes things better. The actors can also give better reactions when they can actually see a monster vs. a dude in tights and probes
Yeah, I love practical effects. It’s cool they used them.
Better luck next time! Maybe one day we’ll get another good Alien movie.
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i thought it was still above average. While I did feel they played it very safe, the things they did right they did very well.
I particularly liked Andy’s performance. Usually I am a sucker for actors who play different role types. I love American Horror Story because it often casts the same actors in very different roles, which is fun. I suppose I should have loved Fassbender in Covenant based on this, but for some reason…lol
Andy’s dual personality was enjoyable.
I wish we spent more time on the colony.
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