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After finally having watched the movie, despite knowing the reputation it had and what not, I still wanted to watch the movie for myself and to make my own opinions on it. I owed to myself since I loved Alien and especially Aliens. The worst decision IMO the movie did was killing off Newt and Hicks. The two characters you could most care about in Aliens.
Not the lulzy CGI Alien, nor some of the retarded prisoners, seeing Bishop come back to live for a short moment only to be taken away again, it was the damn lack of Newt and Hicks. I mean I understand the emotional malarkey that it allowed the movie, but c'mon, seriously? Six years after Aliens and they decided to let it go that way?
Goddamn it guys. Way to kill off perfectly good characters in exchange for a wide cast of idiots (although there were some good ones). Even then, I still decently liked the movie. Not necessarily a bad one, but definitely no where on the level of the past two. Now on to watch Resurrection.
Anyways, what did you think of Alien 3 when you saw it? What did you have against it?
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I honestly hated Newt, she is the only thing wrong with Aliens. Hicks is also my least favorite Marine. However, the way they are killed off is so stupid and lazy it really hurts the film, kind of giving the middle finger to the second. The Bishop scene was unecessary and hurt the film as well. And Alien 3 isn't terrible, it is just disappointing compared to the epicness of the first two. Now Resurrection is so bad it actually made me mad, mad that it is part of the Alien franchise. It just shits all over everything the movies built up and is so terrible and I hate it. Have fun watching it, and please respond to this when you do, I want to know what you thought about it.