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[samurainoir]

Space Jockey.

[palitoy]

I wish Alien would go away.

[wolfie]

I wish it would come back better than the origanals but if it is anything like the last one then you are correct.

[ctc]

>I wish Alien would go away.

Hmmmm.... I still really like the original, but I find the second one became THE template for sci-fi action movies and as such I've seen it a zillion times. So yeah; I can kinda sympathise with you.

I think part of the problem is that the first movie was based on the monster.... so all the sequels are kinda thin story/plot/character wise, since there isn't really much story there.

Don C.

[palitoy]

Honestly, while I wasn't a big Alien fan to begin with but I do think that the first is a great movie. The second managed to be an exciting sequel, I think a lot of lesser directors couldn't have made a good sequel to Alien without simply remaking it.

Alien 4 is probably the only sequel I'll leave on if it's on TV (I never saw the last AVP and probably never will) but even it feels like a rehash of 1 and 2.

The other part is the films are influential and have been copied and cloned so much that it's hard to inject new life into them.

[clemso]

AVP & AVP2 never happened as far as I am concerned. As for this film, i'm willing to give it a shot. It can't be worst than Aliens 3

[wolfie]

Am i the only person in the world who liked Alien 3?

[clemso]

Am i the only person in the world who liked Alien 3?

Yes!

[Mikey]

I always liked Alien and Alien-2 but that's where I stop.

The other ones don't interest me.

As far as a prequel, that don't interest me either.

It was a good movie that unfortunately got caught up in the Hollywood sequel machine and turned to crap like Jaws.

[BlackKnight]

I wish AvsP Woulda Started off where Aliens 4 Left off ..., Hollywood Killed a good thing.
Aliens 4 is my Favorite of the Series.

[babycyclops]

Am i the only person in the world who liked Alien 3?

I still can't forgive Fincher for killing off the characters of Newt and Hicks. Although it was a bold move to start off his contribution to the cycle, it was just so mean. I s'pose it was a way to drop Ripley in another hopeless situation alone. Style-wise I didn't mind 3, though I hated it on first viewing, I have to admit it has grown on me a little bit, and I think it's a masterpiece compared to 4.
Alien and Aliens are the only ones I'd have on my DVD shelf, though.

[Bo8a_Fett]

Alien is still a great movie, visually it is still fantastic...Aliens was great but essentially a war movie. I too love Alien 3 which tried to get back to the essance of the first movie with a single creature menacing a multitude of people, 4 was more of a aliens remake...avp and avp2 were forgettable. I think what makes the differance with the prequal is the fact that Ridley Scott is back on board. Apparently both him and Camerron asked to do prequals or sequals which would lead into avp but were told no which is a real shame.

[Mikey]

I still can't forgive Fincher for killing off the characters of Newt and Hicks. .

I agree.

Killing the little girl off and showing her autopsy imo pushed Alien-3 into crude exploitation film catagory.

Most if not all filmakers would not go that way unless they were a real sleezeball.

Alien-3 is a piece of garbage

[Bruce Banner]

Always loved Alien, definitely a bona fide SF benchmark, and also I think Aliens is a great sequel (one of the very best sequels of all time, IMHO), praiseworthy for not simply rehashing the tone and format of the original.
I've come to appreciate Alien 3 a lot more over the past ten years or so, and I do like the extended cut with the reinstated subplots, etc.

But still can't enjoy Alien Resurrection.

The new movie has a lot of promise. I really like the idea of showing us more of the Space Jockey and his kind... that guy has fascinated me ever since I first saw the original movie!

[The Batman Professor]

Am I the only one that finds AVP1 entertaining? Hell, I like it better than 3, 4, or the abortion that was AVP2.

Alien Queen vs. Predator? Pure Sci-Fi fun.