I’m glad others agree with me about Aliens. When I watched it right after Alien, I really didn’t like it at all, and only saw the technically well-made qualities as a positive. I figure a big problem for me is, as with a few other sequels in big franchises, I don’t think it has any reason to exist. Alien didn’t end with any questions that needed to be answered, and I think that Alien is the kind of picture that no matter how they tried, a sequel would do nothing but make the whole point less special. I feel similarly about Cameron’s own T2, though even that I think did a much better job than Aliens.

I’ve heard a lot that “Aliens proved that more is better in some cases,” but I find that statement incredibly ridiculous, since the fact that there are so many aliens running around and dropping like flies is one of the worst aspects of the whole film.