Before we talk about the energetic-but-empty Alien: Romulus, we need to talk about the Alien movie franchise.
When Ridley Scott's Alien debuted in 1979, it helped set the template for both horror and sci-fi films for decades to come. The film, which pitted a slimy, chest-bursting xenomorph against a crew of what were essentially space truckers, was a monster movie set in space, a slasher film, like Halloween almost, except with grizzled laborers complaining about corporate stinginess instead of libidinous teens frolicking in the 'burbs.
