How is it that through chapter after chapter, The Fast & Furious, Resident Evil, Mission: Impossible, and Marvel are all able to at least deliver bang-for-the-buck, while the Alien franchise is more like the Terminator franchise — a series with so much potential, so much built-in audience goodwill we continue to lay our money down, even though the batting average of late is near zero?
The talent is there, director Sir Ridley Scott, for crying out loud. Additionally, you have the limitless wonders to be found in the late H.R. Giger’s beautifully grotesque universe, including one of the most iconic and terrifying creatures in all of movie history. Then there is the genre — horror/action/sci-fi — which offers a toy box of goodies, the ability to let the imagination frolic anywhere.
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