Or maybe SHIELD? Robin could use a dog, right?

Point taken on the unfinished fx being a bit of a distraction in the producer’s cut. For what it’s worth, I still really like the theatrical cut (saw it four times in the theater!) but I think the PC should be required viewing before anyone make a final “Alien 3 stinks” proclamation.

Great post, I mostly feel the same way. I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say that I LOVE it, but I like it a LOT more than its rep and think some parts of it are incredibly effective, particularly the score and the climax.

I say the producer’s cut is better in general, but I get distracted every time by the crummy…

This is the thing - up until the Alien vs Predator nonsense, you got the sense that the whole concept was a sort of prestige playpen - a chance for people to take a simple pop-cinema concept and do something stylistically interesting with it. That’s why they got Jeunet in for the fourth one.

Resurrection is an every-other-time pleasure for me. I’ll watch it, and be kind of caught up in the weird juxtaposition of Whedon’s screenplay against Jeunet’s visuals, and end up really enjoying it. Then, a couple of years later, remembering that experience, I’ll watch it again, and find myself disappointed with the…

You said it better than I could’ve. I think dumb story ideas were making their way into this franchise since Aliens, and I thought Resurrection was a fun ride with lots of unexpected turns.

My idealized Alien includes the scrapped ending that would’ve shown the xenomorph’s original lifecycle and what ultimately happens…

I never understood the hate for this movie- it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but I always liked it. The success of the Alien franchise is in its willingness to change- I used to have a different genre for every Alien and AVP movie, but I forget them right now; the first is clearly a classic horror movie while the…

“Killing Newt and Hicks was an unforgivable decision that irrevocably tainted the rest of the film”

Just...no. Adam Sandler makes lousy movies. This is more accurately described as ‘flawed’, no matter how raped your childhood was.

I will never get the hatred for Resurrection. I said this in another comment but its a really successful merger of Jeunet’s bright, crisp visual style with Alien’s already established design. And it has a ton of great character actors beside the Jeunet regulars.

I actually love Alien 3. It can’t hold a candle to its predecessors, true, but Alien and Aliens are the high water mark for sci-fi horror and sci-fi action movies, period. Tough acts to follow.

I think this film and Resurrection are both better than their reputations suggest, but Resurrection is the one I’m really hoping has a critical re-appraisal. I honestly like it a little better than Aliens, but hey maybe I just have poor taste.

Take it from someone who’s watched many bands, movies, and shows become surrounded by toxic fandom: don’t let those fuckers ruin a good thing for you. The latest example for me was Rick and Morty, which has now become shorthand for scumbag fandom on the internet. Their high volume antics made me really wary of the…

The ironic part is that while the cast of the Witcher games and books generally are white, the message of Geralt and his adventures leans a lot more towards what these idiots would call “SJW” territory. The Elves and Dwarves of the Witcher universe are fill ins for just about any minority, and they’re usually unfairly…

As a rule of thumb, I ignore “fandoms”. I love the Witcher series, both books and the games. The world and characters are very interesting. Like what you like, and ignore the rest.

Indeed. The idea that “SJWs” are somehow ruining Bioware games is just as completely batshit insane as they idea “SJWs” were ruining Star Trek. It’s like, you dumb fucking flag-humping misogynist motherfuckers, those IPs have been progressive since day fucking one... It’s just beyond belief.

This is going to sound really stupid but I’m being genuine here: Don’t let a toxic fandom prevent you from being a fan.

This. Nationalists ruin everything. They complain about liberals using identity politics but their entire life revolves around identity politics and pushing their fucking regressive views onto everything and hitching when things aren’t overly white.

1) Twitter is often a terrible place online.
2) She seems to try to make it a better one.

The same sort of person that is super-butthurt that a diverse staff is working on The Witcher show evinces no concern whatsoever over (or, worse yet, handwaves the idea of) whitewashing in films that come from non-Anglo-European cultures.

Here’s the thing about fiction: it’s fucking fiction. It is entirely possible for…