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Romulus isn't as good as Alien and Aliens, (which is fine because those are both amazing), but it is the first Alien movie to actually come close at points; and it's not because of its many nostalgia call-backs, because it is actually really good (keep in mind, I am a huge sucker for sci-fi action thrillers and Aliens is my favorite movie so I admit 8/10 may be a bit of a reach built on hype but give me a break a good Alien movie has never been released in my lifetime before).
The most notably accomplishment of this movie is it easily the most beautiful of the alien movies. As the newest one you can expect that, but a lot of the shots were truly breathtaking, not something you'd expect from a movie that has no plants in it.
An important milestone for this movie is it is the first Alien movie to have memorable, original characters since Aliens (besides Michael Fassbender's David). Still, not as good as those characters but Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson do a great job. The others were alright but that's a huge improvement from all of the other Alien movies.
Now if you're like me and are more focused and fascinated by the alien than anything, you won't be disappointed. It is at it's most beautiful, with many of actions and kills having a strong mix of familiar and new.
There are some issues I do take issue with. One non-spoiler one is that sometimes it feels a little too close to Alien, but it had enough of its own unique strengths that I don't consider it a major detriment. Some of the side-characters could have been better but they were still good.
Some minor spoilers for my other two issues: the CGI for Rook is terrible, and I've never seen such bad CGI in a triple-A film. The other is they don't fill the a plot hole on how the crew got the ship and were allowed to leave. It's not major issue, and there's lots of easy explanations you could come up with, but it would have been nice to have like a 10-20 second explanation. These two issues are minor in the grand scheme though. It's just weird that in a movie with such amazing effects Rook looks so bad, maybe they should have his face ripped off and just have his skull talking.
To reiterate, this a very entertaining and surprisingly gorgeous film that makes the Alien literally awesome and fearsome again. What holds it from being a 10 is it relies on nostalgia a bit too much and most of the characters aren't great, but still good. I highly recommend it. It's easy the best Alien film outside of the first two, not because all of the rest are hugely disappointing, but because it is actually quite exceptional.
The most notably accomplishment of this movie is it easily the most beautiful of the alien movies. As the newest one you can expect that, but a lot of the shots were truly breathtaking, not something you'd expect from a movie that has no plants in it.
An important milestone for this movie is it is the first Alien movie to have memorable, original characters since Aliens (besides Michael Fassbender's David). Still, not as good as those characters but Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson do a great job. The others were alright but that's a huge improvement from all of the other Alien movies.
Now if you're like me and are more focused and fascinated by the alien than anything, you won't be disappointed. It is at it's most beautiful, with many of actions and kills having a strong mix of familiar and new.
There are some issues I do take issue with. One non-spoiler one is that sometimes it feels a little too close to Alien, but it had enough of its own unique strengths that I don't consider it a major detriment. Some of the side-characters could have been better but they were still good.
Some minor spoilers for my other two issues: the CGI for Rook is terrible, and I've never seen such bad CGI in a triple-A film. The other is they don't fill the a plot hole on how the crew got the ship and were allowed to leave. It's not major issue, and there's lots of easy explanations you could come up with, but it would have been nice to have like a 10-20 second explanation. These two issues are minor in the grand scheme though. It's just weird that in a movie with such amazing effects Rook looks so bad, maybe they should have his face ripped off and just have his skull talking.
To reiterate, this a very entertaining and surprisingly gorgeous film that makes the Alien literally awesome and fearsome again. What holds it from being a 10 is it relies on nostalgia a bit too much and most of the characters aren't great, but still good. I highly recommend it. It's easy the best Alien film outside of the first two, not because all of the rest are hugely disappointing, but because it is actually quite exceptional.
I was born in 2000, by then Daigle's career had become a joke. My love for hockey history eventually had me aware of his story, and I was quite content at laughing at him for things I, and seemingly everyone else at the time, new nothing about.
The documentary paints a very positive story of Daigle's life, perhaps it was a little soft on him at certain points but still revealed the true mental struggle behind Daigle's on-ice shortcomings. I was very satisfied with the documentary, and it's easy to watch with its 49 minute run time.
PS: While the doc does talk about Daigle's "nobody remembers second place" quote and that Chris Pronger was chosen second, they left out how unbelievably amazing Chris Pronger went on to be, now reverted as one of the greatest defensemen to play the game. I think it was important to talk about this part of the story because it really added to the media's bashing of Daigle that Pronger quickly blossomed in St. Louis by the time Daigle was about to leave Ottawa.
The documentary paints a very positive story of Daigle's life, perhaps it was a little soft on him at certain points but still revealed the true mental struggle behind Daigle's on-ice shortcomings. I was very satisfied with the documentary, and it's easy to watch with its 49 minute run time.
PS: While the doc does talk about Daigle's "nobody remembers second place" quote and that Chris Pronger was chosen second, they left out how unbelievably amazing Chris Pronger went on to be, now reverted as one of the greatest defensemen to play the game. I think it was important to talk about this part of the story because it really added to the media's bashing of Daigle that Pronger quickly blossomed in St. Louis by the time Daigle was about to leave Ottawa.
It's been a unanimous opinion for years now that remastering - or at the very least re-releasing with some improvements - the classic Battlefront games would be an easy money maker. The originals hold a place in the hearts of millions, and in a proper re-release would hold the hearts of millions more. Somehow, with the 20 years of developer knowledge built on since those games released, Aspyr managed to make them worse.
The first alarm came in the size. The original games were collectively 12 GB, the classic collection pushes 70 GB for no good reason. There were some minor graphical changes (which remains the only positive of the game), but that shouldn't take up more than a few GBs.
Another fumble came in the single-player: half of the cutscenes do not play.
But shouldn't I give credit to some of the new additions we can play with? No, no I shouldn't: because you can't. Aspyr only had 3 servers dedicated to one of the most popular shooter franchises of all-time, meaning the vast majority of players who purchased the game could actually play online. But they were lucky. The biggest issues come when you're in a game, it's far more buggy than the original releases.
I can talk about all of the additions they could have done, but there is no reason to because they abysmally failed to meet the minimum expectations. The only logical explanation was for Mark Sanchez to have paid Aspyr to fail so miserably because this has replaced his infamous butt fumble as being the greatest fumble of all-time. It's unbelievable, unthinkable, disrespectful, insulting, and disgusting.
The first alarm came in the size. The original games were collectively 12 GB, the classic collection pushes 70 GB for no good reason. There were some minor graphical changes (which remains the only positive of the game), but that shouldn't take up more than a few GBs.
Another fumble came in the single-player: half of the cutscenes do not play.
But shouldn't I give credit to some of the new additions we can play with? No, no I shouldn't: because you can't. Aspyr only had 3 servers dedicated to one of the most popular shooter franchises of all-time, meaning the vast majority of players who purchased the game could actually play online. But they were lucky. The biggest issues come when you're in a game, it's far more buggy than the original releases.
I can talk about all of the additions they could have done, but there is no reason to because they abysmally failed to meet the minimum expectations. The only logical explanation was for Mark Sanchez to have paid Aspyr to fail so miserably because this has replaced his infamous butt fumble as being the greatest fumble of all-time. It's unbelievable, unthinkable, disrespectful, insulting, and disgusting.