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Alien: Romulus

The best Alien movie since Aliens

Tales Beyond Tomorrow
3 min readSep 26, 2024

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An alien Xenomorph threatens the main character (Rain). Its mouth and jaw are wide open, and its inner mouth is trying to bite Rain, who’s screaming in terror.
20th Century Studios

Finally!

A worthy sequel, no-wait prequel, erm, interquel, whatever it is, it's a breath of fresh air and what this franchise needed, holy Jesus.

No one can hear you scream in space, but over here on Earth, I’ve been screaming my head off with these horrendous Alien movies that have been coming out.

Alien: Covenant was so bad that a new Alien movie came out seven years later, lol.

Prometheus was an intriguing concept film as it delved into the lore of the Xenomorphs and the Engineers, but it did so in a peculiar and less satisfactory manner. Too much was happening, but it kept the franchise alive just enough.

The rest of the sequels were equally bad. I would say maybe some were okayish, entertaining watches. Alien 3 (Directed by one of the greats, David Fincher) is considered a cult classic. For a 90s movie, sure, it had its moments.

Aliens (1986) is the greatest of them all. The legendary James Cameron directed the perfect sequel, upping the stakes and introducing us to some badass space marines and futuristic weaponry.

Finally, we have Alien (1979), directed by the one and only Ridley Scott. It’s like “Jaws” in space and introduces us to…

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