Warning: This article contains some light spoilers for Alien: Romulus.
Alien: Romulusstarts with something of a goofy premise.
It’s a little peek at what kind of mess the Alien franchise’s overarching story has become.
Cameron’s solution was a 57-year time skip, jumping way into the future from the original Alien.
It also imagines that nobody else ever encountered the alien anywhereotherthan LV-426.
Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection made the situation even worse.
Both movies solidify the idea that maybe those aliens on LV-426 were theonlyaliens.
When the characters “nuke the site from orbit” in Aliens, they effectively render the species extinct.
We get a few other stories that include the aliens–namely the Aliens vs.
Predator movies–but they’re even less serious about making the whole situation make sense.
I’ve always found this idea to be a frustrating one that makes the alienlessscary, rather than more.
Alien: Romulus doesn’t ignore that origin, though.
That’s a pretty tight box for Alien: Romulus to work within.
What’s more, not a lot is really gained from sticking with these stories.
It’s just a lot of needless baggage and tight confines for an Alien story to deal with.
The more stories that get added to the franchise, the smaller the box they can fit into becomes.
It just runs with a good idea.
And that’s what the Alien films should do.
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