dctoyrevolution.org • View topic - Brandon's Journeys: I SAW ALIEN ROMULUS!!! (2024)

So after We ate Our great Sonic Dinner, We left and My Mom is going toward Arsenal where My fave Schnucks is where she got My WWF LJN Iron Shiek from plus I have many more memories there. She turns right and surprised Me as she was driving in Our old neighborhood, I saw My Grandpa's A&M Bicycle Shop, the 7-11 & Our Old House, Tru-Buy, Rainbow Video/The Ringmaster, Imo's Pizza & My Father Buddy's House, the Rail-Road, both locations of Verna's Mr. T's and the Comic Shop next to her and more...I've showcased many of these great places & people that I once knew before and this is a very imperative thing I keep on talking about because it's extremely important to Me...if you truly read how I began this Topic then you know I think it's very crucial for plebeians to preserve their past but I'm not seeing much improvement with society but I hope that changes. This was really nice of My Mom to do that in the little time frame We had So next she needed gas and to get Soda so We stopped at QuickTrip. If you don't have them in your area, their one of the biggest Convenient Stores around, way bigger than a 7-11, I've known them since 1991

So this location is very convenient because it's in South County just blocks away from the Theater

Here's a great look at this cool QuickTrip that We've been to before

Here's the Moon...I love watching the skies

I made sure I took a picture of South County, I've known this area since I was a youngster...Toy Chest, Toys "R"Us, Showbiz Pizza/Chuck E. Cheese Pizza, Venture, K-Mart and more was down there including the defunct South County Plaza.

So here's My little Bottle of co*ke, My Mom said it was almost five bucks for two of'em but We're getting these to save more mollah

Now We're leaving and going down Lindbergh...

I'm standing in Ronnies Plaza now...see that building that is vacant That used to be a great Video Game Store but darn shame I don't recall the name of it We went there many times in the 90s. My Mom got Me some Sega Genesis 32X Games there. It was a very fun place and sadly I never thought they'd ever go under and I'm probably the only person that cared or even knew about them however I pointed that out and My Mom recalled them which is very good

So here's Ronnies Plaza Entrance Sign as you see TGI Fridays there in the background.

So here's the Marcus Theater...look at that

Sometimes I'd eat at the Subway that was on the left of the Plaza, to My unfortunate Suprise, their no longer there as the plandemic took them away Here's a closer look at the Theater's Building

Here's the side of the wall with Posters

Here's the Entrance...open Sesame

Now We're Inside...holy cow We made it Now your gonna see how big this marvelous Theater is. Remember the stuff I posted in PB's Drive-In Topic Well here's the tiny portion of what's left of that Drive-In of Wehrenberg's. I used to sit there, eat, watch the St. Louis Cardinals Games & more for years before the 2020 crap happen. Take a good gander at this because you can also see the Diner as well

Here's this cute spooky table as their having a special of Goonies & Top Gun

There's the Diner as well as a Electronic Movie Poster of Deadpool & Wolverine

Here's this cute table with Fall/Autumn Themed Items here as you see The Arcade in the background

Now here's the Arcade Room, while it doesn't beat what Wehrenberg had with their Bowling Alley and more of the classic times, this is one great fun area of the Theater. Look above as you see Alien Romulus Please note that the following is just to show the room, I didn't have enough time nor doe to play any games.

So now I'm inside of the Arcade...holy toledo would you look at this

While they removed the Space Invaders & TMNT Arcade Video Games, they replaced them. Look at this Fast & Furious Game

Here's these Prize Machines...

Now here's My fave of all. These DC Comics Coin Machines with the DC Super Powers Artwork Oh man, I've seen these for many years now and I just love going to the Arcade just to look at them especially Wonder Woman, Cheetah, Batman, The Joker & Superman. Since this is a DC Message Board you should be very glad that there is somebody here that went out of his way and took pictures of this

So I'm going further into the room as there is more stuff around.

Here's this Jurassic Park & Walking Dead Arcade Cabinets

So going around here's this Prize Machine...

I saw these Baseball Erasers that looked pretty sweet

Here's the cool Halo Fireteam Raven Arcade Cabinet Like many of these games here, it's by Raw Thrills

Now I'm leaving as it's close to Showtime as you see The Fast & Furious Arcade Video Game one more time.

Here's a close-up of the Alien Romulus Banner above The Arcade

So moving on, here's this of Twisters, shame how this has no to little impact on plebians compared to the original epic in 1996, gosh how things have changed

I saw this Beetlejuice 2 Poster on the wall

I saw this which was weird they have Wizard of Oz & Gone with the Wind...Me and Packer was just talking about this really recently...here we go with coincidences again

Okay now We're heading to where the IMAX Room is. On the left there's Twisters and on the right is Beetlejuice 2

Here's the screen of the showroom's seats...

Now this was serendipitous, while I'm taking the above picture, a worker, a nice black man says here's a better picture better you better hurry because it'd electronic and it will change so I hurried to take the pic and thanked him and this was fantastic

Now, I was able to take one one picture of the actual IMAX Screen and which you can see how massive it is by 50 x 50 The previews were the reboot The Crow (must they do this when this year is the 30th Anniversary of the movie that literally killed Brandon Lee, boy they must want him erased , We saw the preview of Hear No Evil, Marvel's Captain America & Kraven, Gladiator 2 which Gladiator 2 looks to be totally dynamic Seeing those preview was pretty nifty, as I said earlier, it is truly THE way to see an action & horror films

If you've been to a theater that doesn't have an IMAX screen, here's the absolute epic intro before every movie starts

So here's this radical Alien Romulus trailer...I adore how this one is before it features the original and this new movie continues right after the first one left off and it was done so well. Think of this trailer as the little big preview of this great film

So the Alien Romulus film is over and as always We stayed till the end credits was done because of the superb musical score. So We're leaving, here's the dark, empty and very scary hallway

As We leave here's this good IMAX Alien Romulus Poster

So it's about 1:15 AM, We basically closed the place. Here's one more look at the Marcus Theater as the Concession Stands is closed and down the way is the SuperScreenDLX area plus the next hall of Showrooms

So this adds another Alien film that I was fortunate to see at the show. I first saw 92's Alien 3 & 97's Alien Resurrection with My Grandparents. Then My Mom took Me to see 2007's Aliens vs. Predator 2: Requiem for My Birthday which was totally awesome then We saw 2010's Predators, 2012's Prometheus & 2017's Alien Covenant. I saw 2018's The Predator at the show by by Myself and I'm grateful for all of this

Here's these important quotes from Me originally from Packer's Movie Trailer Topic pertaining to this great subject & Journey of Mine

packerbacker180 wrote:

BrandonDaCollector wrote:There's the new movie Trap and ALIEN ROMULUS I hope to see that new Alien film at the show when it comes out...fingers crossed

BrandonDaCollector wrote:Well, I'm quoting that because a several weeks ago I made a plan with My Mom to go to the show to see Alien Romulus and last night on the 20th We went and it was a good night We've seen many of the Alien & Predator films at the show because she is also a very big fan of them too and she's like okay, let's see it, that will be special So, I wanted to see it on the IMAX screen because that's a superb way to see a movie of this nature & stature. We saw Prometheus & Alien: Covenant on the IMAX screen before and that was awesome. So I'm not going to say much about it right now except these few things. #1. I was very pleased with the movie. I know I said about Godzilla x Kong being the film to see but this was a must because I got into Alien around the same time I did Kaijus so it's a very important franchise to Me plus this year marks Alien's 45th Anniversary from 1979 #2. This IS NOT a reboot, it takes place in-between Alien & Aliens and while I have been complaining for years about the gap between Alien Covenant & Alien...this was a very necessary movie because it serves as a sequel and a prequel that explains and has a lot of stuff I wasn't expecting #3 The Xenomorphs are used greatly here It was a lot of fun plus it filled-in some missing pieces that I needed

IMPORTANT NOTE ---> I'm goin' to have an enormous showcase of this and My whole day of what we did. I took pics of My local Marcus Theater, it's Arcade and so much more...wait till you see what I have in store, I look to finish it up within a week's time but I'm not rushing it as I want it to be as good as possible Here's this short but great IMAX Teaser of Alien: Romulus

Now one and I mean one major factor that I was concerned about was the music. It was by Benjamin Wallfisch. I've known him for many years now and I know his great sound & composing but I really didn't know how clever he is though. Well, last week I was able to get a copy of the score on it's release day. When I initially heard the first track I was really astounded because right away it sounds like the first Alien which was by the legendary Jerry Goldsmith. This was absolutely paramount because I've known his wonderful theme & music from the film since My Grandpa PoPo introduced Me to it when I was a youngster and that's a long time ago and I'm proud of it There's a lot of Goldsmith's music here, also inspirations that sounds like it plus a lot of original material as well that is fantastic that I can tell that it's Wallfisch. I've listen to the score from beginning to end many times since I was able to get it so I could get every Cue down pat which as I've said before, this is what I do when I get ready to see a big movie at the show to see what the movie sounds like and what kind of personalty it has. I'll say right now, if Wallfisch ignored Goldsmith's theme & sound I would have have been very disgusted about that but that isn't the case here and I'm so glad of it. Now I'm only going to provide 1 Cue, this was a very important one, it's called XX121, this was such a surprise in the movie...here it is

In the near future, I'm going to revamp My Alien, Predator & Terminator Topic and it will be similar to My Horror & classic Kaiju Topics

packerbacker180 wrote:I haven't followed the Alien franchise closely after the first 3, but I do want to see this eventually.

BrandonDaCollector wrote:Okay, well if you ever get involved with them it's best to watch them in order story-wise and not random because you just won't get everything especially since the new film has major, major elements from the prequels which was a big surprise for Me You gotta to see Prometheus (2012) and Alien Covenant (2017) first then Alien (1979). There's special cut scenes of the 2014 Video Game, Alien: Isolation on YT that is official that you can watch like a movie. This takes place a bit after the first film then the new movie that I just saw Alien: Romulus takes place five years after that Then you see Aliens (1986), then Alien 3 (1992) and then Alien Resurrection (1997). If you put the Predator films as canon then you watch them first before Prometheus...that goes as Prey (2022), Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), Alien vs. Predator (2004), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), The Predator (2018) & Predators (2010). The msuci for every single one I've mentioned is phenomenal. Like I said, I'm a huge AVP fan, I'm as big of it as much as Star Wars & Star Trek, in fact a lot times I feel much closer to it than any other franchise You may want to bookmark this or copy & paste as an important note Packer

Okay, 1983's Something Wicked This Way Comes is a really good movie. My Grandma loved it. It's a deep story. Johnathan Pryce is really something else in it. The music score is wonderfully done by the late great James Horner (he did 1986's Aliens by the way in a marvelous & dynamic score). Here's the Main Title, if you look at the picture of the man in the upper left corner, that's James Horner, a man who brought so much joy in the 80s

packerbacker180 wrote:I've heard you mention him a few times. I remember seeing that movie probably in the 80s. The I never saw AvP. I did see Prometheus but not being a knowledgeable fan of the franchise it probably didn't mean as much to me.

BrandonDaCollector wrote:I see, well I seriously recommended you watch Prometheus first and gradually get through the story, you'll get the movie & story more then Like I said before, their's still a huge gap between Alien Covenant & Alien but Alien: Romulus does continue that a bit which was a huge plus for Me it will be I never seen Billy Bathgate but boy I sure recall the previews. It was one of the many movies of a fantastic film lineup of 1991

Yes, I have, James Horner was a household fave of Our's especially My Grandpa. Surely that Cue of Something Wicked This Way Comes was great to you I mean that was one of Horner's first big ones He's from around the same time as Alan Silvestri & Danny Elfman in the great 80s. I knew all three shortly after I knew Jerry Goldmsith & John Williams as a youngster. I recall it like last week when I found out that he got killed in a plane crash and that was in 2016 already Horner was only 61 Composers are as special as actors, comedians, wrestlers or any other talent. Since he tragically passed I read so little of people acknowledging him and talking about his history, his great sound and such wonderful music & times that he made I've read some people on YT but there should be a ton more than that I posted two parts of Horner in My Composer Topic, part 1 was his great themes of the 80s and part 2 was his great stuff in the 90s all on the 5th page. Soon I'll be doing a part 3 of what he did in the 2000s

Well that will do it for this Journey of Mine and I hope you were thrilled. If your just now seeing this then stop what your doing because you don't want to skip how My Journey to Marcus Theater started and My preview of Wehrenberg Theater plus before that I posted My great journey to Jack in the Box. Soon I will post more. I'm going to be working hard on My showcases in the mean while, until the next good Journey, I'll see you around