*BEWARE SPOILERS* Alien: Romulus

[Rotfish]

Can't say I noticed a difference on my physical watch a few weeks back. Then again, that was several months after my theater watch. Hard to tell without comparing the two side by side.

 

[Khev]

Huh, I didn't realize they had done this. Does the Ian Holm FX look any better on streaming? Apparently they reverted back more to the puppet.

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/alien-romulus-fixed-ian-holm-cgi-home-release/

I've watched it twice on disc and didn't realize that the effects were updated, so I'm guessing anyone that hated it before will feel largely the same.

I *did* think he looked better than I remembered, but assumed it was because I was viewing it on a smaller screen.

EDIT: They did include a deleted scene that showed the Rook animatronic with no CGI at all and I actually wish they had gone that route for the entire film. No it didn't look "real" but it still fit the aesthetic better than what we got IMO.

 

[choombaz]

Another thing, one of my very favorite scenes out of all the Nightmare on Elm Street films is in the second one where the one kid is trapped in his own bedroom as Freddy is being "birthed" out of the main character just a few feet away. The kid's all freaking out and trying to open the door while his parents are frantically trying to do the same on the other side. That scene just always hit me as being extra freaky due to how prolonged it was with Freddy not rushing at all and just being all nonchalant as he came into being while the kid could do absolutely nothing to escape.

I love that scene and film. Was my very first horror film at the cinema and really freaked me out.

holy **** wtf is that?

That’s Robert Picardo by way of Rob Bottin from Total Recall. Intentionally cheesy.

That's pretty cool, I hope they put that on the streaming platforms as well.

It should be, Disney put up extra money for Alvarez to make the additional changes for home video.

 

[Khev]

It should be, Disney put up extra money for Alvarez to make the additional changes for home video.

And yet would NOT pay the royalty fee to IMAX for the full aspect ratio on disc.