Alien: Romulus director says it's "unfair" [REDACTED] wasn't deepfaked until now
When you see [REDACTED], even in space, they'll hear you scream

The following post discusses the plot of Alien: Romulus reader discretion is advised
Alien: Romulus has a lot of problems that fans can quibble over. Why are all the characters magical orphans with an Amblin sense of adventure? Why was Caliee Spaney’s robot Andy programmed to look sad? Seeing as Andy coined “get away from her, you bitch” earlier in the timeline, is Ripley quoting Andy at the end of Aliens, creating a Marty McFly-Chuck Berry scenario? Why are the characters punished for trying to escape the company? Isn’t it typically the company’s exploitation that dooms them? Maybe Disney wants fans to see Weyland-Yutani as a kinder, gentler corporate meat grinder that you cannot sue, even if you die at Weyland-Yutani Land because you wanted to watch WandaVision during COVID lockdown.
Many won’t agree with these criticisms. Plenty of folks like Alien: Romulus just fine, opting to see Romulus as a fun, meaningless Alien adventure stripped of Ripley and all the fascinating ideas that kept the Alien series floating in space for 40 years. But there’s still one question we’re all asking: Why the hell were we forced to endure the uncanny, computer-generated eyes of Ian Holm for Romulus’ archetypal evil android and all-important on-screen HUD? Not only does Rook get tons of screentime where the viewer is forced to waste precious brain cells committing his appearance to memory, but he also gets to be the instruction manual for the movie’s many video game-inspired sequences, where Rain must go from one end of a room to the other and collect a key.