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My 12 yo daughter loves sci-fi movies and we just started watching the Alien franchise in preparation for Alien: Covenant this weekend. My plan was to show her

My 12 yo daughter loves sci-fi movies and we just started watching the Alien franchise in preparation for Alien: Covenant this weekend. My plan was to show her Alien, Aliens, then Prometheus. I hadn't even planned to watch Alien 3 or Alien: Resurrection (or any of the spinoffs like AVP). But after reading this, maybe we should at least watch Alien 3. Any suggestions?

fnord123 9y ago
I recently reached alien 3 thinking it doesn't get a fair shake. It's possible that it's overly maligned. But it's not good.
- RobertKerans 9y ago
  Yeah, it's a complete mess, but it's an interesting mess at least. Resurrection is kinda the same level of mess I guess; a few amazing scenes, really interesting underlying ideas that seem to have been gimeped by rewrites/lost in the edit.
  - fnord123 9y ago
    Resurrection is unwatchable in my opinion. I didn't even bother with the AvP films.
- fnord123 9y ago
  s/reached/rewatched/
scarecrowbob 9y ago
FWIW, I think that AVP is interesting in that it juxtaposes two diametrically opposite creatures. It's a fun literary exercise with kids to point out all the ways that a dichotomy is expressed, and IMO it makes "reading" the Aliens franchise easier because its tropes are easier to see in relief. For instance, both creatures (or whatever you want to call em) have an approach to technology... one uses tools, one embodies the tech. There are a good number of tropes along those lines which, IMO, bring out a lot of interesting ways of thinking about the aliens. Just a suggestion from a literature geek.
- callmeed 9y ago
  yeah, I figured maybe after all the Alien franchise, we could watch Predator I then maybe AVP.
awkwardtortoise 9y ago
I always watch Alien and Aliens back to back. From time to time, if I have more time to kill, I watch Alien 3 ( the extended director's cut ). I watched Alien: Resurrection once and have never watched it again and have no desire to. Terrible movie. I will never be able to forgive Alien 3 for killing off hicks and newt so unceremoniously ( off screen ). That was so lazy and cowardly, it ruins what is a fun movie to watch.
thrww123 9y ago
I can't imagine a 12 year old girl being able to cope with such gruesome movies. The Alien franchise is more horror than sci-fi.
hmstx 9y ago
If you intend on watching Alien 3, maybe go for the assembly cut - it's like an unofficial director's cut made for the DVD release and fixes a number of issues with the theatrical cut.

fnord123 9y ago

I recently reached alien 3 thinking it doesn't get a fair shake. It's possible that it's overly maligned. But it's not good.

RobertKerans 9y ago
Yeah, it's a complete mess, but it's an interesting mess at least. Resurrection is kinda the same level of mess I guess; a few amazing scenes, really interesting underlying ideas that seem to have been gimeped by rewrites/lost in the edit.
- fnord123 9y ago
  Resurrection is unwatchable in my opinion. I didn't even bother with the AvP films.
fnord123 9y ago
s/reached/rewatched/

scarecrowbob 9y ago

FWIW, I think that AVP is interesting in that it juxtaposes two diametrically opposite creatures. It's a fun literary exercise with kids to point out all the ways that a dichotomy is expressed, and IMO it makes "reading" the Aliens franchise easier because its tropes are easier to see in relief. For instance, both creatures (or whatever you want to call em) have an approach to technology... one uses tools, one embodies the tech. There are a good number of tropes along those lines which, IMO, bring out a lot of interesting ways of thinking about the aliens. Just a suggestion from a literature geek.

callmeed 9y ago
yeah, I figured maybe after all the Alien franchise, we could watch Predator I then maybe AVP.

awkwardtortoise 9y ago

I always watch Alien and Aliens back to back. From time to time, if I have more time to kill, I watch Alien 3 ( the extended director's cut ). I watched Alien: Resurrection once and have never watched it again and have no desire to. Terrible movie. I will never be able to forgive Alien 3 for killing off hicks and newt so unceremoniously ( off screen ). That was so lazy and cowardly, it ruins what is a fun movie to watch.

thrww123 9y ago

I can't imagine a 12 year old girl being able to cope with such gruesome movies. The Alien franchise is more horror than sci-fi.

hmstx 9y ago

If you intend on watching Alien 3, maybe go for the assembly cut - it's like an unofficial director's cut made for the DVD release and fixes a number of issues with the theatrical cut.