#440: They Mostly Come at Night, Pt. 2 — Alien: Romulus

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Fede Álvarez’s ALIEN: ROMULUS is at its core an act of homage to the larger franchise, but is that a feature, a bug, or both? That’s a question we attempt to reconcile in our discussion of Álvarez’s acid-blood-soaked film, before comparing how this late-stage sequel compares with the franchise’s original sequel, James Cameron’s ALIENS, in iterating on the corporate meddling of Weyland-Yutani, the evolving nature of artificial humans, and comedy as characterization. And for Your Next Picture Show, we pivot hard away from this franchise-driven pairing for a recommendation of Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice’s first feature in over three decades, CLOSE YOUR EYES. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about ALIENS, ALIEN: ROMULUS, and anything else in the world of film and/or xenomorphs, by sending an email or voice memo to [email protected], or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Next Pairing: Jeremy Saulnier’s REBEL RIDGE and Ted Kotcheff’s FIRST BLOOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Knit me out to get bin bags.
0:01.2	We've got some.
0:02.6	Well, I better take the dog out.
0:04.4	We don't have a dog.
0:05.5	Okay, okay.
0:06.5	The double big Mac is back at McDonald's.
0:09.0	Right, get the keys.
0:10.3	The double Big Mac and double Big Mac with bacon are here for a limited time.
0:13.9	Don't miss it.
0:15.8	Available until the 19th of November.
0:17.4	Serves after 11 a.m. subject to availability.
0:19.1	Participating restaurants only.
0:25.2	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:31.9	Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being? We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:39.8	Welcome back to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film on the way it's shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:45.9	I'm Tasha Robinson here again with Genevieve Kosky.
0:48.9	And Scott Tobias.
0:50.2	Keith Phipps is in a lab somewhere.
0:52.1	We're slicing his DNA into a couple other things.
0:55.6	We're pretty sure good things will come of it.
0:57.6	It'll all be fine.
0:58.9	If nothing else, we'll probably make a profit.
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