Film

[The Butcher]

Finally got around to watching Alien Romulus. A good watch ruined by some absolutely fucking pointless references to the older Alien films and some very dodgy CG for one character in particular. Shame really as Alvarez is a fairly competent director.

Got around to Romulus on Monday night and felt the same...although the last 30 minutes or so I thought were horrendous. Felt like an attempt at a 'best of' from all the previous Alien and Alien related films. Plus didn't care much for the characters bar the Android actor (best part in terms of acting chops) Some cool ideas sprinkled throughout and the retro style of the original was a nice touch but for me, 6/10 max - pretty bang average which is better than what was come since Aliens.

If anyone has played Alien Isolation, I think that could have been translated into a great film.

[Carnage]

The was an Alien Isolation animated series a while back, didn't see it though.

[Sworntothecans]

Isolation is what Ridley should have jumped on to erase the Fassbender shite.

Re watched Romulus on 4k the other night and genuinely enjoyed it more this time round. There's some fantastic production design. The fan service bits are still cringe (guaranteed there was studio notes crowbarring them in), but it's in good hands.

Kinda captured the Dark Horse Comics vibe too which I didn't notice in the cinema, but knowing that Alvarez has read feckin' everything Xenomorph it's no surprise.


Still could have tweaked Rook a little more in post production though but they didn't have the biggest budget to be fair, Fox have a "no more than 90 million on Aliens/Predator if it's not Ridley as there's still folks salty about Alien 3 and Resurrection not drawing crazy money.

[Jward]

The Thing (1982)

I watched it last night as someone told me that Morricone did the soundtrack
I was intrigued then to see that John Carpenter directed it

I felt Morricone didn't appear as much as I would have liked

Some of the effects are brilliant
For '82 it must have been incredible!

[Carnage]

The score has Carpenter written all over it, I imagine he redid a lot of it when Morricone was done.

Phenomenal movie, I picked up the 4K reissue a couple of years ago and it looks fantastic.

[Sworntothecans]

Some of the effects are brilliant

Blasphemy! All of them are brilliant! Rob Bottin damn near killed himself on the creature FX.
And the Matte & miniatures still hold up.
As for the score it's definitely Morricone via Carpenter (and Alan Howarths) filter.
Think Ennio over delivered on his initial pass, whereas JC wanted a less is more approach, so Ennio trimmed the fat.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Christopher Nolan's next film announced: The Odyssey. As in Homer's Odyssey. July 2026 release. Holy shit, is all I can think for the moment!

[Eoin McLove]

Watched Ronin for the first time in years over the weekend.   I have forgotten how bad the Irish accents are and just how poor the plot is... But the cars chase scenes are still amazing and worth watching the movie for those alone. 

Haven't seen it since I was a teenager and I remember really liking it. Maybe it's pure dogshit 

[Trev]

Christopher Nolan's next film announced: The Odyssey. As in Homer's Odyssey. July 2026 release. Holy shit, is all I can think for the moment!

Better have Symphony X in the soundtrack

[astfgyl]

Christopher Nolan's next film announced: The Odyssey. As in Homer's Odyssey. July 2026 release. Holy shit, is all I can think for the moment!

Ah I was hoping it would be one of those Odyssey true stories starring Brian Dennehy that the mother used to send me down the video shop for. Always a bad oul buzz as a minimum guarantee

These ones..



Jaysus they were awful. Just look at that flashing saying you would have to endure nearly 3 hours of it

[Carnage]

I worked in a video rental place for a year when I left school, those Odyssey film were a big moneyspinner. This was the big one, multiple copies permanently loaned out:




Incidentally, I thought I'd read that Nolan's next was going to be another American Psycho adaptation...

[91/30]

The Pig, The Snake and The Pigeon - a 2023 Taiwanese black comedy / Tarantino style
First on the plane on a midgety screen, again on Netflix last night on the telly, a lot better

[Jward]

Ah I was hoping it would be one of those Odyssey true stories starring Brian Dennehy that the mother used to send me down the video shop for. Always a bad oul buzz as a minimum guarantee

These ones..

Jaysus they were awful. Just look at that flashing saying you would have to endure nearly 3 hours of it

I remember liking a few of the Brian Dennehy movies
Can't remember which ones now
Maybe 'To Catch A Killer', then he went to sh*t

Was he a lawyer in a good few roles, and a detective?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Incidentally, I thought I'd read that Nolan's next was going to be another American Psycho adaptation...

That's Luca Guadagnino's next project.

[Carnage]

Ah right. Wires crossed.