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@LN78 I saw they used the same horrible tech to ‘resurrect’ a dead actor and immediately knew I didn’t want to watch.

@nessisonett That's not even remotely the worst part, either — I might have missed more of the cringe inducing «homages» because my eyes were rolled back into my skull for at least half the runtime. Come back «Alien Resurrection» all is forgiven.

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I made another one of my «custom» double-features at the cinema on Sunday; first watching Blink Twice and then moving across the hall to see Alien: Romulus

Blink Twice is a psychological thriller and the directorial debut of Zoë Kravitz and even comes with a trigger warning before the movie starts! I had gone in blind and did not know what to expect other than it was a thriller and initially I was a little disappointed. The first act was maybe a bit too long and dragged a bit, and while Kravitz managed to lace the proceedings with a slight tinge of dread, I found myself thinking it took too long setting the stage for the next two acts.
When act two came around, however, it got simultaneously quite creepy and quite funny and I started enjoying it quite a bit more. Act three was almost pure brilliance and made me come away from the movie feeling quite satisfied. Far from perfect, but a very solid first effort from Kravitz and she may be a director to look out for.

Alien: Romulus will probably not need any sort of introduction, so I'll cut right to my impression of it: I liked it, but I also had quite a few issues with it. First and foremost, I think this would have been better if Alvarez would have been able to make his own movie without having Scott looking over his shoulder. It feels like the movie was compromised by the need to accommodate everything that has come before, including the unfortunate retcon that took place in Scott's own Prometheus. There are also some incredibly heavy handed callbacks in there that pulls you right out the proceedings.
Also, the practice of digitally