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Aliens

Though this is like comparing a 9.9 to a 10
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Alien is a better movie and has aged better, but Aliens is more fun and action packed.

I voted Alien because its better
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Alien is a better horror movie Aliens is a better action movie.
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Alien over Aliens for me.
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Aliens, I like action way more than horror.
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Alien is the better movie, but I like Aliens more
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The character Newt completely ruins Aliens for me. Didnt mind the character so much on my first view, but on rewatches its an unbearable plot point. I just hate the whole take care of and protect the innocent child! trope, its just annoying. An Aliens cut without Newt in it would be fantastic.

I also just prefer horror over action for the Alien universe in general. And I think Alien has a tighter narrative over Aliens.
Both are incredible, but as a horror fan primarily, Alien was the obvious choice.
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Aliens, but the extended cut.
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Alien is the better movie but I'd rather rewatch Aliens (I have seen both many times obviously).
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I actually liked Alien 3 more but I know most dont
I would rather watch Aliens, but I admire the atmosphere moments of Alien more.
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FrozenBananas posted...
Alien is a better movie and has aged better, but Aliens is more fun and action packed.

I voted Alien because its better
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Both 10 / 10 though
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Kanaya413 posted...
I actually liked Alien 3 more but I know most dont

I liked Alien 3, but the first two are leagues better.
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FrozenBananas posted...
Alien is a better movie and has aged better, but Aliens is more fun and action packed.

I voted Alien because its better

Alien is pretty much a perfect movie.
Aliens is almost a perfect movie, but they fucked it up when Ripley fought the Queen. The robot she was piloting was so stiff and awkward

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I'm more of a horror fan than an action fan, so I gravitate towards the first film.

Both films are classics, though.
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Between the movies though, I prefer Aliens, even if both movies are amazing. It also feels like Aliens has aged better, maybe due to coming out seven years later. The greatest feeling of dread I get between the movies is when the Colonial Marines are investigating the aftermath of the massacre of the settlement. Before they encounter any of the Xenos mind you.

Just...everything is so well done in Aliens. Alien has a few things I am less clear on. Still not sure if eggmorphing in the director's cut is a good idea or not.
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DavidZ2844 posted...
The character Newt completely ruins Aliens for me. Didnt mind the character so much on my first view, but on rewatches its an unbearable plot point. I just hate the whole take care of and protect the innocent child! trope, its just annoying. An Aliens cut without Newt in it would be fantastic.

I also just prefer horror over action for the Alien universe in general. And I think Alien has a tighter narrative over Aliens.
We know that facehuggers are everywhere and she never ran into one? In all the scavenging she did? That place she hid they would find easily
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Honestly, you should watch them as a double feature, and that's the only acceptable answer.
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vycebrand2 posted...

We know that facehuggers are everywhere and she never ran into one? In all the scavenging she did? That place she hid they would find easily


Are they? My understanding is they only emerge from an egg once a host is near, so without a stimulus, there shouldn't be any out and about.

Plus, their biology is basically built to use all of their energy in securing a host as quickly as possible (which plays into them only emerging when a host is near). They don't appear to be built to endure for long periods outside of that; as they don't eat, it just doesn't make sense from a metabolic perspective.
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vycebrand2 posted...
We know that facehuggers are everywhere and she never ran into one? In all the scavenging she did? That place she hid they would find easily
By the time Rip and the Marines arrived on the scene, there were no Xenos/Facehuggers out and about...with the closest being facehuggers found in containers. They just seemed to all be in hibernation in the reactor area. So Newt seemed to out last them. Plus, facehuggers don't just seem to be out and about most (but not all as Romulus showed) of the time...usually jumping out of the eggs onto people's faces and dying shortly after.
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I think Alien is a better film.

And Aliens has a broader appeal.
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Alien is good.
Aliens is better.
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It's Alien and despite what culture teaches us, Aliens is not an acceptable alternative answer.
Aliens is an extremely good action movie.
Alien is a genre-definer - it wrote the book on sci-fi horror and established conventions that would be used for decades after.
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Charged151 posted...
By the time Rip and the Marines arrived on the scene, there were no Xenos/Facehuggers out and about...with the closest being facehuggers found in containers. They just seemed to all be in hibernation in the reactor area. So Newt seemed to out last them. Plus, facehuggers don't just seem to be out and about most (but not all as Romulus showed) of the time...usually jumping out of the eggs onto people's faces and dying shortly after.


I don't think facehuggers even consume sustenance. The egg keeps them dormant until a suitable host comes nearby. They aren't meant to exist for very long, especially once they've impregnated their unfortunate victim. It's not too unreasonable for Newt to have just hid during the initial attack and any facehugger was either spent or she didn't get near an egg.
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I like Aliens slightly more, but both are great.

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DavidZ2844 posted...
An Aliens cut without Newt in it would be fantastic.
I think she's in it like gum stuck in hair.
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I mostly think Alien is better...mostly
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Cocytus posted...
I think she's in it like gum stuck in hair.
Ripley successfully escapes, then... goes back in... for reasons.
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Alien, but I like Aliens more.
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Alien, but they're both fucking excellent.

I think the 50/50 split is fair.

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Umbreon posted...
Aliens

Though this is like comparing a 9.9 to a 10
Completely this.

i think often whichever one the person sees first is their favorite
MartavisBryant posted...
I mostly think Alien is better...mostly
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Alien is better as a horror movie, Aliens is better as an action movie with some horror elements.
Mormaurd posted...
Alien is better as a horror movie, Aliens is better as an action movie with some horror elements.
Exactly. For a video game comparison I always like to say Alien is like REmake and Aliens is like RE4.
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Sunburst posted...
Exactly. For a video game comparison I always like to say Alien is like REmake and Aliens is like RE4.
Interesting
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Straight 50/50 tie atm

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Cocytus posted...
Straight 50/50 tie atm

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Cocytus posted...
Straight 50/50 tie atm
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