This was certainly a much more "balanced" assessment than I was expecting.
Personally there's not a whole lot I like about this film. I rewatched it fairly recently to see if my opinions might have changed, but alas they really hadn't.
I think one big problem I have with it that I don't see mentioned a whole lot is that it's just a very bland movie to look at. It has a very drab, dreary colour palette. Grey/white ice (at night), grey concrete pyramid corridors, silver Predators, dark, silvery Aliens with not a lot to break it up. It just gets dull real fast. Even though I was never a fan of the whole pyramid concept I at east might have liked it better if it had been more interesting to look at.
It's technically a better/more competently made movie than AVPR or sure, but yeah........eh. As a few folks said on the podcast, I don't hate it, but I certainly don't love it either.
Also, that mural-type image up the top there is unintentionally hilarious!
It looks like they're both strutting their stuff on the dance floor, not locked in mortal combat.
"Whoever Wins........Faces John Travolta in the Finals!"