This is what Aliens needs: take the formula for "Batman Begins" and apply that to Aliens. Get a director who is known for good DRAMA - not just great visuals. James Cameron just happens to have both qualities in abundance. So we've got a director, now you hire a screenwriter who is also KNOWN FOR DRAMA - NOT SCI FI EXTRAVAGANZAS. Tell this guy to start over, show us mankind's first encounter with the aliens, as if Ripley had never existed. Tell this writer and director that we're going for dark and gritty realism, almost documentary feeling - NOT slick, flashy Star Trek sci-fi! Imagine the natural, muted colors, the hand-held camerawork, the real human stories behind the characters, and most of all, the SLOW BURN of the story. Remember last year's "The Descent"? Hey, I just thought of the perfect director: Alfonso Cuaron. Watch the recent flick "Children of Men" and tell me you don't think Cuaron's style of filmmaking would KILL in the Aliens universe.