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Alien series: Best to worst now..


Imo

Classic:
Alien/Aliens - nothing between them (like T1/2 but 1 is the best imo)

Good:
Covenant - gets a bad rap but I liked it/easy 3rd best imo, its Ridleys return to full on Alien, felt like a truly adult film with lofty arty poetic stuff of Blade Runner (David going all Roy Batty), lots of Giger, Hammer, Frankenstein, Roman imagery, Wagner, the killer ending. but obviously some bad stuff in it like:
Prometheus - disappointing but its still Ridley, still a 2001 meets Alien scifi epic.
Alien3 - yeah its a huge let down after Aliens but its still the trilogy's doomed end, with 'cyberpunk' aesthetic in a Dante's Inferno like setting, and its Fincher.
Romulus - like an Alien 'Rogue 1' (or if they'd made an 'Alien 2' in early 80s before Cameron's Aliens) and an obviously mash of Alien/s (with bit of Prometheus/Covenant/Resurrection) - might go higher for me as time goes on (initially placed it above A3, but idk seems too much to put it above the OG trilogy end with Ripley)

Ok:
Resurrection - hated this when it came out, esp the off kilter humour. caught some the other night on TV , there's some cool 'Alien/s' stuff in it but not enough to overcome that disgusted disappointed feeling i had seeing it late 97
AvP - talking of mash of Alien/s (and pre Prometheus), its bad (and setting it on earth was unforgivable). but still kind of fun/well made.



Dire:
AvP:R - f'kin disgrace

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1. Alien/Aliens - hard to decide
2. Alien Isolation
3. Resurrection
4. Alien 3
5. Romulus - remove Ash and the terrible callbacks, maybe this rises a spot
6. Prometheus/Covenant - time to hang it up, Ridley

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1) Alien, the quintessential horror sci-fi masterpiece
2) Aliens, an action masterpiece that led to the Space Hulk game and so many videogames
3) Prometheus, the Icelandic landscape is breathtaking and I like the leading characters
4) Alien 3, Ripley's death an original twist
5) Alien: Covenant or Alien: Resurrection. Funny thing is that I didn’t remember anything about Covenant. Bland and forgettable. I only remembered having seen it one day. So, I Googled now images to wake up some memories, like the pixie-haired female protagonist and the android's return.

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For me...

Alien
Aliens
Alien 3 (Assembly)
Alien 3 (Theatrical) = Prometheus
Covenant
Romulus
Resurrection

I don't count the AvP movies though they'd be at the bottom anyway.

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Alien Resurrecton was so bad that it convinced me to research a film a bit prior to paying to see it. If it is not at least a 7/10 on IMDB, I will not see it at the cinema.

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1. Alien 10/10
2. Aliens 9/10
--- (long silence)
3. Romulus 7/10
4. Prometheus 7/10
5. Covenant 6+/10
--- (long silence)
6. Alien 3 5/10
7. Resurrection 5/10
--- (next year)
8. AvP 4/10
9. AvP: Requiem 2/10

Funny thing is that I didn’t remember anything about Covenant.


Well it had the slapstick comedy scene: "I'll do the fingering".

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After recently watching Alien: Covenant again after the release of Romulus which raised my appreciation for Covenant even more, it goes like this:

Alien
Aliens
Alien: Covenant
Prometheus
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Resurrection
Alien3


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1. Alien
2. Aliens
3. Prometheus
4. Alien: Romulus
5. Alien Resurrection
6. Alien: Covenant
7. Alien vs. Predator
8. Alien3
9. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

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Prometheus (By far the best of this franchise)
Aliens (A good movie)
Alien (Good but too dated even for its time)
Alien: Resurrection (Quite fun)
Alien: Romulus (I haven't seen it, the placement may be wrong)
AvP movies (I don't remember them well but they wasn't bad)
Alien: Covenant (Not very good, but not the worst)
Alien 3 (Borefest)

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