If not for Fincher this would have been a total loss

Rating: 5/10 (1 January 2007)

I know people like to defend this movie and some even say it's their favorite, but I just can't get past it's obvious flaws. I blame the producers. These guys got lucky when Ridley Scott came along and they got lucky when James Cameron wrote and directed the 2nd film. On this their luck ran out and their stupidity kicked in.
Throwing aliens onto the Sulaco in the beginning could be forgivable, but killing off the great characters Cameron created is not and the new edit of this film can't fix that, even though it is better. As far as I'm concerned this movie didn't happen and the 1st two are the only ones. There was actually a screenplay where Hicks was the main character and it set up a 4th film where Ripley would once again be the main character and they would go to "the source" to destroy the aliens once and for all. I read some of it and it was much better than what they ended up with. There were even a couple scripts where they used all new characters! How the hell did that happen? These producers were morons on this movie and they continue to profit of this series when Ridley Scott and James Cameron are the ones who really made it great. To hell with David Giler and Walter Hill. James Cameron told them he wanted to write and direct a 5th alien film as long as they didn't make the AVP movie. Now Cameron says forget it. These producers have effectively ruined the series regardless of how much money AVP made.