Why do some people not like Fire and stone/ life and death?

[yhe1]

For those that read it.

I find the characters pretty compelling and the ahab-galgo relationship believable.

[The Old One]

No restrictions. (Pathogen)

Unbelievable. (Story.)

Contradictions.
(Prometheus Pathogen design language.)

Characterisation is caricaturisation. 

[SuperiorIronman]

I don't particularly like Life and Death as much as other works but I don't regret picking up the collection.

Life and Death's problem for me boils down to it being filled with practically identical characters (to the point I had no idea who was getting killed off), and the main characters not really having much to say or do. The art is also not as good as Fire and Stone with it being more cartoonish which makes the stylistic differences between franchises all the more apparent.You can basically tell that the Colonial Marines, Aliens, Engineers, and Predators were never meant to occupy the same space.

While we don't have issues conflicting with the Alien Prequels, we do have issues with the goo which is due to it not really having an established rules beyond it being a mutagen and not knowing how or why it affects things the way it does.

All things considered it's alright and it's leaps and bounds ahead of prior AVP books but it just doesn't live up to its potential that Fire and Stone does.

[The Old One]

Fire & Stone's no superior IMO.

[Ultramorph]

I liked them both for what they were. I think in 5-10 years people will look back on them as a cool novelty. A "remember that comic where a Predator fought an Engineer?" sort of thing.

The biggest problem was doing them when the films were still in development. That really hamstrung their ability to play with the Prometheus aspects, and I agree with the complaint that not a lot actually happens in the crossovers. That's especially true of Fire and Stone.

Life and Death worked a lot better as a straightforward survival story, but my biggest problem is that at times it came close to some cool Prometheus stuff, but couldn't go all the way because of the movies. My other complaint is also the thing I found most interesting: that damn cliffhanger ending. It will be a crying shame if that never gets followed up on, but I have a creeping suspicion it won't ever happpen.

[yhe1]

No restrictions. (Pathogen)

Unbelievable. (Story.)

Contradictions.
(Prometheus Pathogen design language.)

Characterisation is caricaturisation.

Do you mean the part where the goo made the queen sterile? It fits with the "kill or mutate" established in Prometheus. 

[The Old One]

Everything.

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