The Series Gets Fun Again

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2020)

I hadn't laid eyeballs on this since that matinee back in 1997, so it seemed fresh and new almost. It's less dreary than the previous episode. It actually is more like Aliens, with it's humor and steady stream of action.
Ripley is dead but Sigourney Weaver is back playing a clone instead. It's probably what lured her back a fourth time, playing such a wild variation of the character. That, plus being paid eleven million dollars.
Joss Whedon's script is fun and full of many unique choices and homages to this series and other movies. It's pretty obvious that this was the springboard for Whedon's later TV series, Firefly.
The newborn baby/alien/hybrid creature had the saddest eyes, you almost feel sorry for it when it gets sucked into space in a most nasty manner.
Ron Perlman, classic bad ass, as always!