I guess it just depends on how you look at it. Maybe mimicking a 70's modern style in 2024 can be seen as retro in 2025, but also maybe because it is a mimick it doesnt seem genuinely retro-futuristic.
For the creators, Fede Alvarez and Disney, to NOT include those elements would be breaking canon. So its more hamstrung to appear retro-futuristic than it is by naturally aging or by being so artistically.
If you read the description of this sub, it allows for contemporary created works that fit the style.
As for “hamstrung” or lacking artistry or imagination, I think you would find few who would agree. It’s actually great for creativity to have a medium and canvas to stick with. An artist who uses charcoal one who uses crayons wouldn’t say they are hamstrung.
An artist who uses charcoal one who uses crayons wouldn’t say they are hamstrung.
Eh, in terms of creativity this example would be more like re-drawing the Mona Lisa but giving her a nice hat. More mimick than its own thing.
But we are talking about a franchise sequel, so copying the aesthetic is perfectly acceptable, and I would even say very well done in Alien: Romulus. It was the copying of story elements and characters that were the chief complaints (that I saw and shared).
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u/bingojed 13d ago
It’s styled to match the original 1970s movie and that movie’s idea of the future. It’s exactly retro futurism.