Can I vote for five instead of four? Alien/Aliens/Alien 3... everything after that is utterly worthless. Predator/Predator 2... see above comment, ditto for this franchise.
The Alien franchise has gone right off the rails and is in need of a serious rebooting. This idea/concept of these prequels tying into the storyline of the original ' Alien' movie is not working. Not for me anyway.
Alien and Aliens are top, no question. Alien 3 is one of my four choices as long as it's the restored extended version from the bluray box set. It's a completely different film from the theatrical cut, and really holds its own against the first two in my opinion. Rounding out my top 4 is Prometheus, which I think is a terrific, intelligent, atmospheric and interesting film. I'll defend it til the day I die.
I disagree - an Alien reboot would just be lots of CGI xenomorphs running around. Basically the least interesting parts of Covenant. I thought Prometheus was a gripping and successful attempt to go somewhere new with the franchise, but I felt Scott lost his nerve with Covenant - people complained that there weren't enough aliens in Prometheus so he put them in Covenant, and the result was a mish-mash of stuff we'd seen before.
First two Alien and Predator films were what I voted for here. All 4 are extremely solid, well done action/ horror flicks. It gets way dicier after that. The third and fourth Alien films are a bit on the lousy side, as are the third and fourth Predator movies. I actually hated Prometheus (though I thought Covenant was a big step up from it). I do find the first Aliens Vs Predator pretty enjoyable (though the second was awful).
It's not that I hated ' Prometheus ' because I didn 't. It just went off the rails. Took itself a bit too seriously too. ' Covenant ' as well in a lesser way. What 's the key ingredient in an Alien movie ? The Alien. Not some droid fingering some other droid's flute hole or some babe with daddy issues. As for the Alien/ Predator movies....well, I look at those as entertaining popcorn movies. Nothing more , nothing less.
Alien: great Aliens: fun Predator: blah Predator 2: ugh Alien 3: yawn Alien Resurrection: lol Prometheus: good Alien Covenant: meh
Alien: A classic Aliens: A classic Predator: A classic Predator 2: Fantastic sequel, very underrated Alien 3: Different approach, but ultimately a miss Alien Resurrection: Has some fun moments, but very wonky and self-referential AVP: I enjoy it, also underrated AVP 2: Terrible sequel I thought Predators: Not bad, not great Prometheus: I really disliked this movie Alien Covenant: Big step up from Prometheus, enjoyable if not particularly memorable The Predator: Terrible and disappointing--WTF were they thinking?
