It's definitely mostly due to nostalgia, but I've always had a big soft spot and a lot of love for the first AVP. And I'm glad to see AVPG showing it some love.
I'll always have precious lifelong childhood memories around this films release. I had already been a huge fan of both franchises at a young age (maybe too young lol), and I was about 9 when it came out, so when my dad told me they were going to actually be making a movie of Alien and Predator in the same film together, it blew my mind.
It was all I could talk or think about between hearing the news and and the movie hitting theatres.
I remember spending a lot of free time drawing Aliens and Predators fighting eachother in my sketchbooks and scouring the internet for art and fan discussion (including here a few times I'm sure). It introduced me to the fandom and expanded media as a whole. I talked about it so much that I remember my dad bluntly, but politely, having to ask if we could not talk about it for an afternoon lol. I even vividly remember the excitement I had on the car ride to the theater with my dad.
To this day I don't think there's ever been a movie before or since that's matched the amount of excitement I had for AVP, and that's something I'll always cherish. As an adult I see it more now for what it is, flaws and all, but 9 year old me was just ecstatic to see my two favorite movie creatures on the same screen together. And I still tap into that enjoyment watching it today, and can throw it on for a rewatch fairly often.
