I just have trouble trying to figure out how anyone can say that AvP:R is the movie that ruins the AvP franchise.
The AvP franchise was buried before it could even get off the ground with the first attempt. Despite my displeasure with Wolf's outrageous mandibles and Mr.Gadget Presto-Chango shoulder cannon-gun, and also while I can empathize with hardcore alien fans about the watered down nature of what we've seen with the alien warriors so far, at the same time I still feel that this movie is better in almost every conceivable way than the first one, just from what's been seen and said so far.