Xeno, you can't talk about AVP2 without refering to AVP, because it is (or will be) a direct sequel of the first, so the comparison factor will have to be involved in any preview, review, analysis, etc... About the TV cast, the characters these actors performed were not convincing, and we all know that the script has to be good for the actors to display their gifts (or not)... Also, the series you mentioned were worth for their story more than the performances... And I never noticed these actors in them, so they must have been forgettable... Neverthess, if this hospital scene is correct, Alien continuity is dead, my friends...My worst fears have come true... Shane 'Armaggedon' Salerno is definitely not the writer I would enlist to redeem AVP...Not by a long shot... Andf this surely proves it... Unless, as I have stated elsewhere, AVP 1 and 2 are reboots of the Alien franchise, but I think we all know what our reactiion to this would be...invoving lynching, stoning, wedges...