saw this with a friend today.
we both thought it was pretty decent.
i have no problem with the story or it being
a prequel, and i liked all the overtones to the
original alien. (which is my favorite, along with alien 3,
didn't like aliens)...
for what they tried to do, it was a nice tie in
the mythology and origin of a lot of questions.
very satisfying to know about a lot of it.
it wasn't that tense or scary really, everything
that happened has been seen before, unless
you've never seen the originals. as a standalone
movie, i don't know if it works. someone asked
me if they should see it, but since they haven't
seen the original alien, and they liked aliens,
i told them to stay away.
later
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