re: Unpopular Opinion: Alien Covenant is the Second Best Alien Film

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.