I did not see this at the movies during it's run as I had heard it was awful and to not bother by some friends. I saw it years later on DVD. And they were right. Of course different director and crew and they ruined the story. A basic slap in the face after Aliens. from roller coaster to stopped at the gates. Bumping off Hicks, Newt and for the most part Bishop just to have Ripley deal with things by herself was such a copout and i cant even go into plot holes. The dull grainy setting of a prison planet and having Weaver shave her head just brings this movie even further down. There are no genuine scares , it basically is like a version of The Thing with boring scenes of dialog and bad acting. They really needed to toss the script in the garbage and start over. They didn't need to bump off Hicks or Newt. Total waste of their characters. Of course Carrie Henn was too old but another young actress could have played her. Lousy as was Alien Resurrection. If they do another sequel they need a better story and director. Weaver said shed do it if they would do a good script. Otherwise , after that mess Prometheus they need to leave the franchise alone for awhile until someone who knows what they are doing can make a good movie
Review of Alien 3
