I kinda felt the same way about this as I did Prometheus. Some things I really liked, some things I didn't. I didn't care for the way they handled Shaw and the Engineers. This movie had the opportunity to be great but just didn't hit the mark. All in all I'd give it a 6.5/10. Maybe they should just leave the Alien franchise alone for twenty years since they keep posing all these questions and rarely deliver satisfying answers.

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Posted by cigsmcgee

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Posted on 5/22/17 at 11:33 am to Das Jackal

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Maybe they should just leave the Alien franchise alone for twenty years since they keep posing all these questions and rarely deliver satisfying answers.

Im all for more Alien movies, but youre right in that they need to stop demystifing the franchise.

Scott to needs to let go and let some fresh blood take a stab at it. They had the right idea in finding interesting directors to helm sequels (to varying degrees of success, i admit). And i also dont care to see whatever Alien 5 was gonna be about. Leave ripley and that storyline alone.

Just use the Alien as a boogyman and give us some compelling characters to follow and root for (or against). The mythology isnt the main point of what made Alien such a cool concept.

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Posted by McCaigBro69

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Posted on 5/22/17 at 11:34 am to Das Jackal

This movie was certainly nowhere near perfect, but some of these reviews are insanely harsh. Not sure what expectations people are taking into this movie, but it appears to be some ridiculously high ones.

It's a suspense/horror film w/ a bit of backstory. People are looking for far too much storytelling (including myself, but you just have to take it for what it is).

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