Oh I didn't know there was a 3rd one. But yeah the 2nd one had some slow wading moments, basically the obligation to make it have a beginning/middle/end type s

Oh I didn't know there was a 3rd one. But yeah the 2nd one had some slow wading moments, basically the obligation to make it have a beginning/middle/end type story under insane constraints while keeping it plausible. But it's worth the price of admission to nerd out on some earth species taking over some local region of space in another solar system.