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<blockquote data-quote="wicked cool" data-source="post: 7206568" data-attributes="member: 85714"><p>I love xenomorphs as much as the next guy but in my opinion the franchise (for the most part) has not improved since Aliens 1986. last 2 have been better than the rest (I liked the idea of crossovers and wanted the terminatorsvs predator vs xenomorph) however the last 1 did poorly in theaters and theres a reason why. Its not just nitpicking (nothing worse than picking nits fyi). </p><p></p><p>1)The acting/scripts have been horrible in the most of the recent movies. the scientists are idiots and so are the soldiers.</p><p>2) Covenant has really no real scares. Lots of gore but there was no point where I jumped out of my seat of wondered what was around the corner like I would In what is considered good horror movies for todays standards (conjuring etc). theres a reason why IT is projected at 60 million opening weekend</p><p>3) David (fassbender is a great actor) has gone into superhero territory. Hes brilliant and stronger than 10 men and I feel like they have lost the android aspect of the ones in alien 1 and 2. </p><p>4) I would argue the heroines after Ripley have clearly not been as effective as Ripley and clearly not as smart. </p><p>5) The action after 3 has gone down hill. Nobody is considering any of these to be great action films in fact I'm not sure if any crack the top 25 of the last 5 years</p><p></p><p>What improved is gore and special effects but we've dipped into jaws 3-4 territory and its clear that jaws 1&2 are the only 1s that stand the test of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wicked cool, post: 7206568, member: 85714"] I love xenomorphs as much as the next guy but in my opinion the franchise (for the most part) has not improved since Aliens 1986. last 2 have been better than the rest (I liked the idea of crossovers and wanted the terminatorsvs predator vs xenomorph) however the last 1 did poorly in theaters and theres a reason why. Its not just nitpicking (nothing worse than picking nits fyi). 1)The acting/scripts have been horrible in the most of the recent movies. the scientists are idiots and so are the soldiers. 2) Covenant has really no real scares. Lots of gore but there was no point where I jumped out of my seat of wondered what was around the corner like I would In what is considered good horror movies for todays standards (conjuring etc). theres a reason why IT is projected at 60 million opening weekend 3) David (fassbender is a great actor) has gone into superhero territory. Hes brilliant and stronger than 10 men and I feel like they have lost the android aspect of the ones in alien 1 and 2. 4) I would argue the heroines after Ripley have clearly not been as effective as Ripley and clearly not as smart. 5) The action after 3 has gone down hill. Nobody is considering any of these to be great action films in fact I'm not sure if any crack the top 25 of the last 5 years What improved is gore and special effects but we've dipped into jaws 3-4 territory and its clear that jaws 1&2 are the only 1s that stand the test of time. [/QUOTE]
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