Every single Alien flick has featured a female protagonist to stick it to the patriarchy. The Alien hive having a Queen in charge further sticks it to the man.
There was also a reference to transgenders with Vazquez. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Yeah, but it goes a little deeper than that.
Every single Alien flick has featured a female protagonist to stick it to the patriarchy. The Alien hive having a Queen in charge further sticks it to the man.
There was also a reference to transgenders with Vazquez.
Always seemed like a butch to me. I don't think they were going that way back in the 80's. [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
Of all the titles, did they have to use “Romulus”? That’s a terrible idea.
There is some lore behind it. The director's explanation. Sorta minor spoilerish, but not really.
Spoiler!
Is the meaning behind the name Romulus explored in the film?
It is, absolutely. It’s based on the Romulus and Remus myth. If people aren’t familiar, it’s the creation myth of Rome. Romulus killed Remus. It’s not a siblinghood that went down the right path. [Alien: Romulus] is a film about siblinghood. A lot of the character stories are related to siblinghood.
As you may know, Weyland-Yutani, which is the big company in the Alien movies, has this obsession with Rome and Imperialist iconography. You really have to go deep into the canon, but a lot of the planets, and a lot of names come out of the early Roman Empire, either from rivers or cities.
And there’s a station where most of the story takes place. It’s called the Renaissance Station, and it’s made of two big models that are connected. One is Remus, the other one is Romulus. And that’s as much as I can tell you…
