This is true. And I would say it's pretty much straight up action, rather than "war." While it still holds a few horror-type elements, overall it's an action movie with typical military tropes.

I do like Aliens, and think it's solid, but I always feel that it is pretty overrated based on how awesome people usually feel it is.

I think Baloo and I are the only people on Earth that actually think Alien 3 is the superior movie/sequel. I don't know why, but I just love it. I think the whole trapped in a prison in space thing, along with the cat and mouse they play, Ripley still being a badass, etc. And I still say that people hated it mainly because it wasn't on Earth, which was how it was marketed at first. But lost within that hatred is a really solid Alien film.

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Posted by Rep520

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Posted on 9/24/18 at 12:51 pm to CocomoLSU

I like Alien 3 more than most. I think the prison planet concept is a cool one they sort of let down.

My biggest issues with 3 begin with how forced the killing of the Aliens cast is. It comes off like they couldn't figure out how to handle it, so they just killed them in between movies to not have to write that part.

I thought the character development beyond Ripley was pretty weak in 3. It's Ripley and a bunch of bald prisoners. Other than the preacher aspect to Charles S Dutton's character, I couldn't really tell you anything about the other characters.

The bleak vibe doesn't really bother me. In fact, it's one of the stronger parts of the movie, that it's so hopeless. It almost helps excuse the lack of character development for me, because they're all doomed anyways.

That's why I put it with Covenant. Both are flawed but I don't regret watching either. I was let down after Prometheus and Resurrection is only really enjoyable as parody for me.

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