doomed from the beginning

Rating: 10/10 (12 April 2007)

I've read quite a few comments about this film saying it trashed the legacy of the two previous films by seemingly condemning Ripley, getting rid of great characters from Aliens etc...but what people are forgetting here, is that from the very first moments of the very first Alien film, the character of Ripley is doomed to never return home, and to fight the Alien/s until her dying breath. The ending of Aliens was not hopeful...it was a small illusion of hope amid a terrible darkness.
I was disturbed by the deaths of the Hicks and Newt characters when I first saw the film...it wasn't until I viewed it several more times that I came to realise the overall point (one of darkness and hopelessness but ultimately sacrifice and redemption) and now I see it as a fitting end to the trilogy.
I am in total agreement with all fans who do not recognise Alien Resurrection or Alien vs Predator as having anything at all to do with this original trilogy. Winona in an Alien movie? A CLONE of Ripley we're suddenly supposed to CARE about? Please...
Rounds out the story nicely...and i love the line (Charles S. Dutton) "We're all gonna die...the only question is, are you gonna go on your feet? Or on your f*ckin knees?..." love it