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I've been re-watching both franchises lately. Although I enjoy the two, I'm curious to know about your opinions on the movies.

I like all except Alien Resurrection.
Grrrr......

Agreed. Even though I'm in the minority that thinks the Alien Newborn is a neat creature, I prefer to pretend that Resurrection doesn't exist.

People dog Predator 2 constantly, I actually like it quite a lot.  Maybe not as much as the ah-nold version but I don't get the hate.  I find Danny Glover to be immensely entertaining and Busey to be a good side antagonist.  

I actually don't mind Alien Resurrection that much either Doggy.

Alien and Aliens are two of my favorite movies of all time.  Unfortunately I've watched them so many times I really can't stand to sit through them any more  :bouncegiggle:  Alien 3 is good too, especially the Director's cut.  I thought Resurrection was just plain terrible. 

Predator is another huge favorite.  I also liked Predator 2 - not quite as good as the original, but it had its charms.  I haven't seen Predators yet.

I liked the original Alien. I could do without Alien Resurrection. I liked the first Predator, didn't care for the sequel or AVP. I recently watched the newest edition of the Predator franchise and liked it much more than I thought I would. I thought Adrien Brody did a lot better job in it than he did in Splice (honestly I don't see why there was so much hype around Splice).

I really love Alien and Aliens.  Alien 3 and Resurrection just don't hold up for me (and I've seen both multiple times).  As for Predator, I liked the first one, but just not enough to go sing its praises or watch it again.  I love Predator 2!  It's honestly one of my favourite movies of all time!
 I have seen AVP, and I'm just not that big a fan.  It's on par with Alien 3 and Resurrection for me.  I have not seen Predators or AVPR.

I really like both Alien and Aliens.  Didn't care for the sequels that followed.

Liked both Predator and Predator2 as well.  Saw Predators recently and thought it was pretty good.   

I'm sure Hollywood has plans for more sequels, remakes,  or whatever ...  :lookingup:

I like Predator - in fact, it is one of my favorite movies of all time.  Predator 2 is also quite good.  I didn't like Predators.

The Alien franchise doesn't do a whole lot for me.  Alien has awesome production design but is otherwise extremely blah.  Even Aliens hasn't held up too well.  It only gets really good from the "ceiling attack" scene onwards.  I could take or leave the previous 2/3 of the movie.  Alien 3 is ... ok.  Alien Resurrection never happened.  There was no such movie made.

This. It's tough for me to choose as I like pretty much every film (though I haven't seen the most recent Predator outing, and the AVP films were a little disappointing)

I'm sad because ALIEN CONTAMINATION didn't make the list . . .

Still no love for Alien Resurrection in this poll.

Good.

Lets keep it that way.  :smile:

Alien Resurrection may not be the best movie out there, but it does have Winona Ryder in it and she's friggin' hot.  That makes up for any flaws it might have. 

Wait, no love for Resurrection? Hold on a second...

I've liked every film so far for different reasons but it definitely became more of a guilty pleasure by Alien Resurrection and the AVP films which are the worst ones so far IMO. Haven't seen Predators yet.

I loved all 3 Alien films. I thought 1 and 2 were better than 3 though. I even enjoyed Alien vs. Predator.

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Yeah, I know there was more than 3 Alien movies, but I always consider them to be a trilogy. Alien, Aliens and Alien 3 is how I see it. It's much the same way as I consider the Indiana Jones trilogy, Die Hard trilogy or original Star Wars trilogy (yeah I know) to be separate from more recent versions/spinoffs.

The original Alien and the original Predator I've watched many times and enjoy a great deal. Aliens is almost as high on my list.

Both Alien 3 and Resurrection have their good points, and I don't mind either of them. Same with Predator 2. I didn't vote for them because I don't consider them nearly as good as their predecessors.

Predators and the AVP movies are crap. I think the Predator, as a movie monster, has gone downhill more than the Alien, and really had more potential to do so. For four movies, the Alien remained a tough, vicious, intelligent but mostly instinct-driven monster that the protagonists needed to kill and corporate types wanted to possess. The Predator managed to go two movies as a mysterious alien hunter who flew in to bag armed humans as trophies. Then it started to suffer the curse of virtually every cool monster or alien since the 1970s - fanboys started to ask questions and others felt compelled to answer them. The Predators got a history and a culture and a proper name and a social structure. Jeez, I hate that. Am I the only one who thinks mysterious characters are better if they remain mysterious?

Absolutely.  Predators pretty much finished off any remaining coolness the Predators may have had as characters.  The Predators have gone from dangerous monsters who could single-handedly slaughter the most elite special forces team in the world to a bunch of chumps, three of whom couldn't even take down a motley collection of thugs.  The "super Predators" from Predators were fools and wimps, even worse than the loser Predators from the first AVP.  One of them gets killed by a human wielding a friggin' sword!

I voted Aliens only. Not that I don't like any of the others, but that's the only one of those that I truly love.

I think Weaver looked her best in Alien Resurrection.

Somewhat related - This evening, my daughter saw a picture of the Alien for the first time. She was looking at the video shelf, and the box caught her eye, so she pulled it out and looked at it.

She thinks the Alien is cute. Remember, this is a kid who has loved dinosaurs since she could pronounce the word.

I then had to explain that the movies are very scary, and she's not old enough to watch them. This, in turn, led her to ask how they could be scary when the monster isn't scary looking. Rather than explain that the Aliens kill people rather gruesomely, I told her it was past her bedtime. :teddyr:

Nice. Hahaha.

I voted for Aliens. I actually like it better than the first one. I've seen Predator, but it didn't really leave a lasting impression on me.

I was always more of a Preadtor fan (original 2 only) than Aliens.  The Predator is far more interesting in a sense he/she/it can think and has intelligence. 

But sorry Doggett, I like AR so I voted for it.

Alien.
That's about it. Sorry, I'm not even a fan of the second one. Don't dislike it, just don't care for it.

ALL are good but some are stronger than others.  Alien, Aliens and Predators are the strong ones IMO. 

I would watch ALL of them.

Later,

John