Having a young cast that made sense in the story was a great move.

Alien: Romulus' ending leaves the door open for another entry in the franchise.

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Rain protecting Andy with a gun in Alien Romulus

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This breadth provides contrasting characters and choices in the face of primal fear.

This being said, audiences are frustrated whencharacters make needlessly silly decisions.

This has been done to create more of a slasher movie feel, as withAliens vs.

Rain staring at a Xenomorph in Alien: Romulus

Predator: Requiem, which is set on Earth and features mostly teen citizens.

It goes beyond demographics even inPrometheusandAlien: Covenant,audience frustrations come down to crew incompetence.

Something the films in the original series do really well is a wry self-awareness.

Alien Romulus Poster Showing a Facehugger Attacking A Human

InAlien: Romulus,theres similarly self-aware humor.

When Tyler demonstrates the F44AA Pulse Rifle to Rain, she asks him,Whered you learn all this?

he replies,Erm, games and magazines.

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