In your opinion do you think Alien 3 killed the franchise?

[Voodoo Magic]

Alien Covenant > Half of the franchise, not including Alien, Aliens or Alien³ though of course.

True. Although, I personally like Covenant probably better than Alien 3, or at least on par with it. I feel both movies are actually quite similar in certain ways, and both films were pretty bold in the direction they took. I consider both to be flawed masterpieces. Covenant has also given me more to think about and chew on since longer than I can remember in this spiralling franchise.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the phrase "flawed masterpieces" when referring to film. Most every film, masterpieces or not, have flaws. Especially FX films. At that rate Alien 1979 can be called a flawed masterpiece with a few of its man-in-a-rubber-suit issues, Ash head issues, continuity mistakes, etc... but Alien is just called a masterpiece and I think rightly so.

To me the need to include the word flawed with the word masterpiece, just so one doesn't mistake another as classifying an inferior film on a masterpiece level, means the movie is just not a masterpiece at all.

It's only my personal opinion. I'm not using "masterpiece" in the most literal definition; I'm only using it to express how highly I consider these films within this series. And when I say flawed, it's obviously because there's things that could be better.

I got ya. I'm just expressing a personal pet peeve of mine, not at you, just in general. I have a hang up with the word masterpiece being used so liberally these days that I can't just shake. 

Same thing with perfect scores. I'll read reviewers say The beginning act of a film was sluggish, the acting and pacing could have been better, but otherwise it was a great movie. 5 Stars out of 5. And I'm like... what? Not even a 4.5? That makes no sense!

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Hey Kimmy ain't PsyKore one of those oldskool GameGossip peeps too?

[PsyKore]

I go back a long way in the community, but I was never really into gamegossip much. I did post there but it was more in the modding/gaming scene.

[Drukathi]

Killed? No. Just broke the legs and left in the desert without water.

[The Old One]

Alien³ is a 8/10 hiding in a 6/10. Frustratingly.

[Kimarhi]

Nutters.

Where can I read your unfiltered opinion of the prequels?

I don't mind Covenant half as much as Prometheus.  I hate that a superior Alien film came from the dumpster fire that was Prometheus because now I have to acknowledge it's presence.

I've always liked Alien 3 more than the prequels.  But the AC is superior to either by a wide margin.

Of course this is my opinion.  Which is the correct one.

[The Old One]

Haha, yes. The correct one.

[Local Trouble]

I've always liked Alien 3 more than the prequels.  But the AC is superior to either by a wide margin.

[Kimarhi]

Haha, yes. The correct one.

[Huggs]

I've always liked Alien 3 more than the prequels.  But the AC is superior to either by a wide margin.

The truth is that shocking?

[Local Trouble]

The SMorph might see it!

[Huggs]

It sees everything.

[Kimarhi]

That is the Assembly Cut............realize that could've been taken as Covenant. 

[Samhain13]

Oh they know. Even though we are used to call it the best cut around here.

[Kimarhi]

The SMorph might see it!

I have survived the fires of SM disagreement for close to two decades now.