I waited to listen to this review until I had seen Romulus for myself. Turns out I, too, was disappointed. I'm a fan of the franchise. I like them all (well, ok... even I find Resurrection to be chore.), and this one just didn't work. I was distracted by the biggest question that I just couldn't get past right from the beginning - these …
I waited to listen to this review until I had seen Romulus for myself. Turns out I, too, was disappointed. I'm a fan of the franchise. I like them all (well, ok... even I find Resurrection to be chore.), and this one just didn't work. I was distracted by the biggest question that I just couldn't get past right from the beginning - these kids could just fly to the station? It had some interesting elements, like the antigravity blood bit was kinda fun, but the film as a whole didn't even come close to the level of tension I've come to love. Nevermind the fact that I didn't care what happend to any of the characters (maybe Andy, a little). I saw it with my 20 year old son who has only seen Alien and it didn't work for him, either.
You perfectly summed it up for me when you said something along the lines of how each individual scene was fine, but putting them together doesn't work.
I really enjoyed the discussion, as well as the other podcast about the whole franchise. Thanks!
I waited to listen to this review until I had seen Romulus for myself. Turns out I, too, was disappointed. I'm a fan of the franchise. I like them all (well, ok... even I find Resurrection to be chore.), and this one just didn't work. I was distracted by the biggest question that I just couldn't get past right from the beginning - these kids could just fly to the station? It had some interesting elements, like the antigravity blood bit was kinda fun, but the film as a whole didn't even come close to the level of tension I've come to love. Nevermind the fact that I didn't care what happend to any of the characters (maybe Andy, a little). I saw it with my 20 year old son who has only seen Alien and it didn't work for him, either.
You perfectly summed it up for me when you said something along the lines of how each individual scene was fine, but putting them together doesn't work.
I really enjoyed the discussion, as well as the other podcast about the whole franchise. Thanks!