Give It Some Credit Chaps

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2003)

I certainly do agree with a great number of people who notice the obvious faults of ALIEN 3 : It`s rather too slow , the CGI alien is unconvincing , the alien POV is overused , there`s massive plotholes , and the ending is totally ridiculous . BUT at least the producers tried to do something a little bit different with the franchise . I know everyone was expecting some good old US marines to kick more alien ass but it was a pleasant surprise to see the story take place on a prison planet populated by a bunch of British bald geezers . I find it slightly sad that no one has given the cast any credit as they`re the best thing about this film
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If I have a problem with ALIEN 3 it`s to do with the fact that once again Ripley is the main character . This seems slightly stupid seeing as the franchise is called ALIEN and not RIPLEY ( But not as stupid as resurrecting Ripley for a fourth alien film ) , and would have preferred it if the story had Cpl Hicks as the main character . Indeed in one of the early draft screenplays of ALIEN 3 Hicks was the hero in a story set upon a space station with the company using genetic modification to create a new type of alien species which would have probably appealed to the audience more , but in tone sounds more like the awful ALIEN RESURRECTION