Jonno said:

If you want something to complain about, just look at the genuine balls-up that is Alien Resurrection (which makes the critical error of insisting that the series is all about Ripley, against all logic and good taste).

So, we can't complain about Alien 3 but we are allowed to complain about Alien 4? Nice. But I already made a fanedit of Alien 4, I'm in peace with this movie now.

I think Bingo is right about the "soap Skywalker storyline" of Star Wars being a weakness of the saga, but that's also what makes the 6 movies a "saga". So it's both a weakness and a strenght, IMO. Had the movies been better it would only be a strenght I guess. (I always wished the Alien movies could have a more structured storyline between them, other than just Ripley/creature in a different place each time. Anyway move along))