Alien: Romulus can't copy one element of Alien.
Summary Now that Alien: Romulus has given away a lot in its trailer, the Alien reboot can’t copy one element of the original movie’s successful formula. A lot of movies tried to copy Alien’s success after director Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi horror movie was released in 1979.
The rest of the Alien movies all expanded on Scott’s setup with varying degrees of success, but a slew of Alien rip-offs predated even Alien’s first sequel, 1986’s Aliens. Movies like Galaxy of Terror, Creature, Inseminoid, Xtro, and Star Crystal all tried to replicate Alien's unique tone and style, but none succeeded. While some of Alien’s sequels are great and others are less impressive, none of the franchise’s later offerings replicated the tone and style of Alien exactly. Director James Cameron’s Aliens was more bombastic and action-forward, while David Fincher’s infamously troubled Alien 3 was darker and meaner than Scott’s original movie. Even Scott’s own Alien prequels were more ambitiously weird and philosophical than his admirably simple original space-set horror movie. Now, 2024's upcoming Alien reboot Alien: Romulus won’t be able to copy Alien’s setup either. However, this is secretly a good thing for the new movie. Related This Underrated $100M Sci-Fi Movie That's Now On Streaming Is Perfect To Watch While Waiting For Alien: Romulus Before Alien: Romulus arrives viewers should seek out a similarly grim, brutal sci-fi horror from 2017 that has been underrated since its release. 8 Alien: Romulus’ Trailer Deaths Mean It Can’t Be As Slow As Alien 1979’s Alien Is More Patiently Paced Than Many Viewers Remember Close Even though Alien: Romulus director Fede Alvarez has voiced his dislike of trailers that include spoilers, Alien: Romulus’s trailer gave away a major death already. The movie's final trailer depicts Aileen Wu’s Navarro getting attacked by a face hugger and later succumbing to a chest-burster. This makes it pretty clear who the movie’s first victim will be, which means Alien: Romulus can’t wait as long as Alien did before revealing the titular monster. As surprising as it might sound, a full hour of Alien’s two-hour runtime elapsed before John Hurt’s Kane died as the chest-burster first appeared. While Alien: Romulus might borrow from Scott's prequels, this spoiler proves that the movie would have a hard time waiting an hour before its first death. After all, viewers could be understandably annoyed if it took half the movie's runtime for Alien: Romulus to reach an event that was already revealed in the trailer. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since Alien: Romulus doesn’t need to revive the slow, atmospheric pacing of Scott’s original movie. Alvarez has a more fast-paced, aggressive style of his own that the director could, and should, bring to the series. Alien: Romulus Giving Away Navarro’s Death Makes Slow Pacing Impossible The Alien Reboot Can’t Repeat This Slow-Burn Style Alien: Romulus can’t be paced like Alien as this slow-burn style doesn’t fit the tone of the reboot. Alien: Romulus borrows its plot from Alvarez’s earlier horror hit Don’t Breathe and, judging by the trailers, the reboot also has that movie’s mile-wide mean streak. Alvarez’s earlier horror franchise reboot, 2013’s Evil Dead, managed the impressive task of making the infamously nasty series even more brutally violent and boundary-pushing. Rather than trying to replicate the tone of Alien, Alien: Romulus needs to utilize this intense, pulse-pounding style to revive interest in the series. Although horror movies can be deliberately paced, the Alien franchise is in desperate need of some energy. Both of Scott’s prequels, 2012’s Prometheus and 2017’s Alien: Covenant, featured swathes of lengthy exposition before anyone got killed. This didn’t help their critical reception and was singled out as a problem by numerous reviewers. Although horror movies can be deliberately paced, the Alien franchise is in desperate need of some energy. Alien: Romulus’ glimpses of the human homeworld of its characters already prove that the movie won’t be jumping straight into gory action. As such, it would be a positive development if the movie took less than an hour before hitting its first big death. Alien: Romulus Shouldn’t Be As Slow As Alien The Reboot Needs To Be More Intense And Aggressive Close Alien: Romulus needs to be faster and nastier than Alien since this fits director Fede Alvarez’s style better, and Aliens already upped the ante massively in terms of action and pacing. Numerous actors and creators involved in the movie’s production have stated that Alien: Romulus aims to blend the tones of Alien and Aliens. This should mean that the movie will be as dark as Scott’s original horror, but as fast-paced as Cameron’s later blockbuster. For Alien: Romulus to avoid the prequel mistakes, the movie needs to steer clear of lengthy scenes spent hanging around with characters who will soon meet their doom. Although Alvarez was only a story writer on 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it is worth noting how badly that franchise reboot fell victim to this issue. The reboot took its time setting up its cast, but they were hard to care about and the movie would have benefited from getting to the slaughter earlier. Hopefully, Alien: Romulus will learn from this mistake and not attempt to copy Alien’s unique pacing.Director Fede Alvarez Release Date August 16, 2024 Studio Scott Free Productions , 20th Century Writers Fede Alvarez , Rodo Sayagues , Dan O'Bannon , Ronald Shusett Cast Cailee Spaeny , David Jonsson , Archie Renaux , Isabela Merced , Aileen Wu , Spike Fearn Franchise Alien Expand
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