I Ranked Every Alien Movie

[@aquahoodie9032]

oh man, bro that thumbnail had me writing paragraphs

[@diaz926]

Same XDDD

[@Soils9000]

It’s rage bait lol, but it worked on me haha

[@willct8026]

so many youtubers do it, its just rage bait to make you click on the video

[@barrettKiwi]

What do you mean Alien3 and Resurrection AREN'T on your S tier!? Haha

[@shanenephilim2727]

Baited

[@lesliestrong1905]

I think the alien/aliens debate just boils down to if you prefer horror or action films

[@botoxbabyy]

i prefer both and i like aliens more

[@Surberus1066]

I think they are both S-tier films in their own genres - each one is about as good as any movie can be

[@JNR22B]

¿Por qué no ambos?

[@SimianEncounter]

I think the first one edges it ever so slightly for me. Bottom line, you couldn't ask for a more perfect pair of films, each distinct with their own strengths. It's basically impossible to choose, but Alien gets props for being the original and getting things so perfect, especially in atmosphere and aesthetic.

[@deohere7647]

Alien is a far better film on most every level but Aliens is far more watchable. It's very much enthralling but challenging VS fun at the movies.

[@jlu96]

The final act for Romulus was really disturbing, I loved it

[@justbleedprod.9414]

How would you say it compares to covenant in terms of gore? I can’t wait to see this movie

[@EivindEid]

@@justbleedprod.9414 Covenant is prob worse gorewise.

[@jlu96]

@@justbleedprod.9414 covenant has more gore definately, but Romulus is the better movie imo

[@ScarScream]

@@justbleedprod.9414 Covenant was Prometheus 2.0 with an Alien cameo in the last 10-15 minutes. Romulus is Alien with teenagers with a really really gory and quite disturbing Alien Resurrection ending for the last 10-15 minutes.

[@rodgerigo]

​@@EivindEidno bro she gives birth to an engineer and the acid bit was crazy

[@mackwabam75]

Watching the space shots in IMAX was beautiful

[@AnotherNickMovies]

I’m jealous. I bet this movie does look phenomenal in IMAX.

[@Kaijuzilla-wf3re]

Did it have any IMAX shots in it or was it all regular wide shot ?

[@Pidalin]

@@Kaijuzilla-wf3re Probably regular shots, because if it was imax format, there would be imax logo on posters.

[@threeswept]

@@Pidalin The entire film is shown in IMAX format (1.90:1).

[@Pidalin]

@@threeswept that's not IMAX format, that's even wider than 16:9, IMAX is more like 16:10 or even more close to 4:3

[@Watermelon_Lover652]

I find it hilarious that it is implied in Aliens that the queen got into an elevator and clicked the button for the correct floor and waited to arrive

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

It's not, the fact the elevator returned to the surface after Ripley got off (because it was on the top floor when she was running from the queen) implies that they return to that level as a default... so when the queen got in, it automatically went to the top floor.

[@samuraijosh1595]

hey do you remember a movie where two brothers meet aliens roaming in thier house and they end up tracking where these aliens nest exists, go there and defeat them all and return ina UFO like thing to their college graduation towards the end of movie?

[@slobiden.2593]

She was smart enough to see ripley as a threat.

[@MegaNOObxX]

@@Dreadpirateflappy There were two elevators and Ripley hit both buttons while panicking hearing the Queen coming towards her and Newt. One of the elevators got there before the other and Ripley got in it. Then the second elevator arrived a few seconds after that and the Queen got in it.

[@chrisd9700]

They do have intelligence, just not in the same way as humans. They are made from humans after all. Remember in the command center? "They cut the power" - "What do you mean, 'They cut the power'? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!"

[@LCLucyfer]

I still belive we need a sequel for Alien: Isolation

[@thefierceninja2557]

YES! And there needs to be a multiplayer feature so you can sneak around with your friends taking turns with distracting the alien and completing the objective. Like a better Nemisis Distress

[@ewokcalypse4470]

Technically there is a sequel to the game. It’s Alien Blackout. A mobile game.

[@thefierceninja2557]

@@ewokcalypse4470 While I liked some of the idea of the game, it wasn't truly a sequel to the story and it was played in a completely different way and was significantly shorter. Besides, it was also said by the companies responsible for it that it is NOT a sequel (which to be fair was after it received loads of backlash).

[@TempoMotions]

The game is confirmed to be in production, dont know if it is a sequel tho

[@scifino1]

If you're into co-op shooters, I can recommend Aliens: Fireteam Elite. It's pretty good at what it tries to be. Also, I love the fact that they went with the Aliens branding for this, while using Alien for Isolation, because the different genres of the games kind of correlate with the different genres of the films.

[@jorgemiranda7918]

I'm so ashamed that the ragebait/clickbait thumbnail worked on me...

[@AnotherNickMovies]

I'm gonna be honest. It really wasn't click bait. I just arranged the movies in the way that looked the best to me lmao. I didn't think about the movies themselves.

[@Donjuggaxote]

​@@AnotherNickMovies 😂 you ain't gotta lie to kick it!

[@uglyshirts5965]

u ain't gotta try so hard​@@Donjuggaxote

[@Kriggleton]

@@AnotherNickMoviessure buddy

[@hyonimaru]

same hahaha

[@thefierceninja2557]

There is one thing you failed to mention about Alien: Romulus. Yes it had a lot of references to the previous movies but what is infinitely cooler about this movie (at least in my opinion) is the references they put to the games, especially Alien: Isolation. They are very small details but if you look closely, you will see similar room designs, wall decorations, and even a core game mechanic straight from Alien: Isolation. Not to mention that the movie has almost a perfect blend of characteristics from almost every alien film or game in such a way that it doesn’t feel overwhelming but also has a genuine connection to everything. It is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a LONG time.

[@mihailostankovic4480]

only thing i didnt like that much was xenomorph saving her when she was falling, in covenant they were so aggressive, killing and charging wasting no time, in Romilus it took them so long to attack or do anything at all... that hybrid or whatever was much scarier tbh

[@danielhungerford5480]

@@mihailostankovic4480in the same frame you see a face hugger. They don’t have a queen and have to protect the hive. He was holding her still for the face hugger to jump on her

[@Moxchi]

​@@mihailostankovic4480 I actually didn't understand that myself at first but i saw a comment in another video mentioning that the aliens primary objective is to make more of them and reproduce basically, and that they can't make use of a corpse, which i actually think was a great point and helped me understand that scene better! But hey if youre not still not a fan thats okay! I just think that context definitely helped me get why it happened!

[@rodgerigo]

I like it tied every thing together and while mostly it was more of the same thats fine because it did it well- unlike alien 3

[@_.alien_eli_31]

real, I'm a huge fan of Isolation and finding so many references of it made me so happy I can't even explain it. U can see how the design of the ship is clearly based on Alien AND the game. I went to see Romulus w my dad who's also a fan of the films and I was literally constantly tapping on his arm pointing out the references from the games and the movies lol

[@GeorgeMazur29]

Went with my friends to go see Romulus. They never saw any of the movies. All they knew was that the second movie inspired Halo and Doom. They never got the references but still understood the story and world. Andy's line just made sense for him in the context of the scene. It's the golden rule of callbacks: people who don't get it don't get distracted because it works in-character.

[@thepikminbrawler1746]

Wait, Aliens inspired Doom? I know it inspired Metroid and Halo, but Doom?

[@mankyt]

The callback totally lost what made it important in Aliens though

[@robbiedontmiss]

Same. I only watched alien 1 when I was a kid so I didn't catch any call backs besides that one character. This movie was amazing to me.

[@morpheusdorpheusorpheus]

@@thepikminbrawler1746 It's a sci-fi monster movie set on another planet featuring space marines with big guns. Not a lot of those before 1993.

[@KrusaderYT]

@@robbiedontmissMe too, I’d only seen the OG and the Predator crossover films but I felt like I could follow the story just fine.

[@iricrogers864]

One more point of criticism towards Covenant is the absolute disrespect to Shaw's character, killing her off screen like that. Honestly, the whole film feels so bitter at times. Almost like "fine you didn't like the new original stuff in Prometheus? Fine HAVE AN ALIEN. HAVE A BUNCH OF THEM."

[@nahqiv]

Honestly, I couldn't find a single redeeming quality about it. It felt ́ike a mish mash of previous entries, with terrible acting, CGI, and a nonsensical and repetitive plot. It felt completely pointless.

[@Merecir]

The same as in Alien 3. It's like poetry, sort of. They rhyme.

[@Bubuchga]

@@nahqiv I think the xeno was pretty good CGI, but I'm in agreeance with how they really messed up all the original stuff from Prometheus.

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

​@@MerecirI thought of the same too

[@oliverplougmand2275]

Can’t say I blame em. Fans are so obnoxious these days.

[@mrspiderhead8794]

"The xenomorph was scarier when it wasn't smart" Lol, did you pay attention in the first 2 movies at all? The xenos constantly outsmart humans and even deliberately cut the power. Sorry to break it to you, but they've always been as smart as they are in Resurrection.

[@ferti_ad3383]

They know how to cut powers.

[@egel7736]

I think you know what they meant. They've always been smart, but seeing a Xenomorph smash a red button like a human being, just isn't the move. It makes them seem intelligent like a human, not like some extraterrestrial brute of nature.

[@chrisd9700]

@@egel7736 They've always been intelligent. They even have a human skull inside their heads. They're made from our genes, so of course they're going to have some of our intellect and reasoning abilities.

[@Merecir]

@@egel7736 They can learn from observation. And the Xeno had learned from watching the human press that button, he even used it to threaten them and they understood the threat. If basic house cats can learn to open doors, it is not far-fetched that Xenos can understand the function of a button.

[@cosmicXtropics]

@mrspiderhead8794 THANK YOU! I'm tired of seeing people use that as a flaw against Resurrection.

[@Outlawguy]

Another thing about the og alien that I love is that you never get a real good look at the alien in the movie you see the overall shape and it’s teeth and each shot that gives a real view of the alien lasts no longer than 2 seconds and it really plays into the fear of the unknown and the design itself is perfect it’s so unnatural

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Absolutely.

[@cosmicXtropics]

Haha that is until the end of the film and you see it's a guy in a rubber suit. That's one of the main things Alien Romulus improved on, the build up and mystery of xenomorphs by primarily showing its outline or quick crouching shots. It ultimately makes the final reveal more rewarding and horrifying. Alien could have very easily capitalized on that build up as well but it's goofy final shot and “jazz hands” moment fumbled it so hard.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

​@cosmicXtropics Please remember that the original alien film came out in 1979, CGI was literally science fiction, So, practical effects were used.

[@alex626ification]

Alien resurrection was my first Alien movie, so I think I enjoy it more than most.

[@HexenStar]

I watched them as they came out, and i ended up liking Resurrection better than any other film in the franchise, save for Aliens and AVP. The rest is either a one-time watch, or sub-par nonsense. We need an Alien movie with Isaac Clark. The only proper successor to Ripley.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Resurection is one of the worst it has no direction or real identity at least Alien 3 tried to be really bleak and depressing though it doesnt even do it well. Res. is prob my least favorite too jokey

[@JP-yd9ui]

Resurrection is so underrated, I dont understand why it gets so much hate.

[@normalhuman9878]

I definitely prefer Resurrection over Alien 3. Sigourney Weaver as clone Ripley was a really neat thing to see

[@sidekickz2180]

I saw Aliens before I saw Alien. I wish I hadn't. I wish I could've seen the chest-burster's first appearance. And, yes, the way the first movie didn't reveal the main character right away? Genius

[@Howlingburd19]

I like Aliens more than Alien but if you are going to watch Aliens, then I agree I think it’s critical to watch Alien first and if you like horror, just watch it in general (because it’s a fantastic movie by itself)

[@headli_ce]

Fede Alvarez also directed Evil Dead (2013) which was honestly so good. I had high hopes for Alien Romulus and he actually delivered again. Definitely a director to keep an eye on.

[@househeadericmd]

Totally agree. The Evil Dead 2013 film is the best one. I never cared for the silly ones from the 1970’s but the 2013 is terrifying with just enough humor. When the first girl Olivia died I almost walked out I was so scared. I have to say that Evil Dead Rise was amazing too mostly because of the two main characters. The sisters. Fede Alvarez is great. Too bad he did not get the rights to the Halloween trilogy.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

Don't breathe is fucking amazing as well.

[@Rootofevil24]

The Funniest line in the whole Alien franchise Is the line It’s Game over man Game over.

[@TheWriterNW]

And an ad-libbed line too!

[@nelsonkerton7260]

Correct

[@Bochnia1000]

Or when Bill Paxton asked vasquez "Has anyone ever mistaken you for a guy?" and she replied " And you"?

[@Grizzleburrr]

"No, have you?" *

[@breezy-dk7mo]

"What the hell are we supposed to use man, harsh language?" Too lol

[@Gametheory-Fan]

The alien has more screen time then Godzilla

[@miguelgcgamer9878]

Because they are cheaper to do

[@TarkasBane]

Godzilla didn't have any screen time at all in the Alien movies.

[@TBL420]

than*

[@jk0608JC]

​@@TarkasBanereally? Didnt expect that at all

[@barteknobnekroblox5611]

​@@TarkasBane WOAH I DEFINITLY DIDNT KNOW!!!1!1!1!1! (Shut up)

[@pizzathehutt1812]

Romulus did that one thing from Alien 3, angry British blokes

[@Loundsify]

I mean first 3 films were made in the UK, so the film crew etc make them very much British films. Cameron needed to get over himself for British workers wanting tea breaks.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Romulus had real potential i love the look of it but the last 25 min. were pretty dumb

[@RyanG0899]

​@@LoundsifyBrits can have all the tea breaks they want considering they're the most talented people working in hollywood.

[@miketunney69420]

As a big of the first two Alien movies, I can confirm that the first Alien is, in fact, an F tier movie... F for Friggin' Fantastic!

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Based

[@AEGISDEFENSE]

Had us in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@househeadericmd]

Completely agree. This review is utter bs. To rank Alien from 1979 one of the worst is insane. Perhaps this idiot did not grow up during that period but that film was ground breaking. Every actor in that film has had a highly praised career and the cast was brilliant from John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, Iam Holm, Yappet Kotto and Sigourney Weavers’s ground breaking role plus the set and mood were incredible. The Director’s cut is even better. So many deleted scenes. F for Friggin’ Fantastic is Right! This reviewer is an idiot.

[@TelosEversor]

@@FH-cm1dj brooooooo. i was gonna be like wtf....

[@JohnSmith-sh3vs]

@@AnotherNickMovies - Based? or Biased?? If you really think Alien is sh1t, and Ressurection is good, ur a millenial!

[@thecyberviber]

Btw I believe those beings in the flashback weren’t the actual engineers, but another species the engineers had created in their image. It explains as to why there is only one docking port, and they are smaller and seemingly a lot less technologically developed than the engineers

[@AnotherNickMovies]

I did a little research while writing the script and it said they were the engineers. I assumed they were the non-scientist engineers who weren't involved in the space travel or black goop science.

[@thecyberviber]

@@AnotherNickMovies well then I’d presume the other engineers are fine then, so their story still has some potential. They likely have more than one planet since they are so advanced

[@thecyberviber]

@DorisDay-lw4xs exactly

[@xboywizardx]

Homie, Prometheus tells us that they were going to return to earth around the year 0 but something went wrong on the outpost.

[@nameless.greyceo]

Alien 3 is my favorite, the most gothic and scariest with the best atmosphere

[@Impulset0]

Right with you.

[@isaacmccreadie5742]

I just saw Romulus in imax. I absolutely loved it.

[@DiegoDeschain]

The Offspring in Romulus, and the reveal shot, one of the most haunting shit I've ever seen. Amazing.

[@K1ngfr3zno]

So happy Romulus was a new movie I could actually sit down and enjoy

[@jean-philippetessier6354]

On the defense of Hicks. He is seasoned corporal with combat experience. He is the most chill under pressure of the group. An experienced soldier catches sleep whenever they can because they dont know when is the next time they can sleep safely.

[@lepetitbolet7536]

I always thought he's passed out from the weird movement of the capsule dropping. You see he looks disturbed when the drop starts, I never thought about why he would but that was my explanation lol

[@superslotheroes7649]

GAME OVER DUDE GAME OVER MAN

[@Baton8112]

Pls make a predator tier list

[@LucasNaughton-fv8ek]

1.drake 2.diddy 3.kris Tyson 4.EDP 445 5. Dan Schneider

[@Baton8112]

@@LucasNaughton-fv8ek i mean the movie predator

[@LucasNaughton-fv8ek]

My bad

[@RagingBacon2017]

​@@LucasNaughton-fv8ek😂😂😂😂

[@RagingBacon2017]

​@@Baton8112😂

[@ErgoSum2603]

I loved the fact that Romulus follows and kinda is a callback for both the Prometheus and alien storylines, which in a way bridges the 2 together. I'd also love to see another installment on the david plotline, and also when you do the predator tier list i know prey is gonna be an s tier. Good job man

[@MIZZKIE]

S tier means godly. Prey was very good, but not godly. It's either an A or a very solid B+. It's hard to decide since so many people have so many different opinions on Prey, and there's nothing universally praised like how everybody's who's watched Romulus agrees that the cinematography and special effects are amazing.

[@Dreadpirateflappy]

In Resurrection the Aliens are shown how the button works, so they learn... They were always smart. goes into far more detail in the official novels of the movies, but the fact they found ways around the sentry guns and cut the power in Aliens showed how smart they could be.

[@HexenStar]

The sentry guns ran out of ammo. The movie clearly shows that.

[@cosmicXtropics]

​@@HexenStar yes and they still went around them through the ceiling what is your point?

[@HexenStar]

@@cosmicXtropics The point is, that in the 1986 movie - the xenos are not any smarter than an average 80's horror-movie prop-monster, even though we might like it to be otherwise. Definitely not as smart as Jason, Freddy or Chucky. For starters, this video has misled everyone that the smartest thing the xenos ever did - was that button thing. But that is not true: the smartest thing they did - was sacrificing one of their own in order to use the blood-acid to escape their holding cell (Resurrection). They could've used this modus operandi to disable the automatic guns, but they didn't; instead - they just ran into the bullets like a basic videogame cannon-fodder. Unless they charged at the guns at range - which would make them even less smart. (although the room and the aliens' attack MO do not support that approach) The second thing is that there is a reasoning blunder (or just blunder) in the script of Aliens: when Ripley looks at the station map and instructs Hicks to seal off the air ducts, - the map does not show any alternative ways to get around the complex, - which is why Ripley and Hicks come up with this plan. However, having an interconnecting crawlspace that goes throughout the entire structure (above AND below, btw) - and NOT having it appear on the blueprints - does not make any sense on so many levels (especially when the hollow ceiling is visible to a naked eye). But for the sake of a movie - let's grant that it was a "secret passage" - not shown on the map (yeah, like in Doom or something, lol). If that was the case, and the Aliens have been on Hadley's Hope for a while, then shouldn't a rat know its own maze🤣? Now if they did know, which in this case they definitely would, - then why to bum-rush the automatic guns? And if they didn't know - then are they really smart? No wonder Newt outplayed them for miles and miles. Finally, in the movie - the guns prove that the Aliens cannot get past them. Thus, if the guns had more ammo - there would be no way for the xenos around them in a direct confrontation. Which comes back to a better placement of the said guns (protection VS questionable wild goose chase). If anything, the script paints Ripley and especially - Hicks(!) lacking intelligence in this scene, rather than Aliens having an IQ edge. Also, we don't know what exactly caused a local power failure. There is no proof. Someone fear-speaking does not make it true. (if anything, Burke should be saying that nonsense, from Ripley it sounds cringe AF). Probably the pressure on the cables during "the Crawl of Cimarron" did it. Not deliberate. In the scene after Gorman's and Vasquez death - the lights are already on.

[@cosmicXtropics]

@@HexenStar TLDR !!!! Could have actually spent that time producing something instead of complaining about a film that wrapped production already.

[@PedroTorres-ky2yx]

About Alien 3's points: "it's too orange" - it's supposed to evoke the idea that they're in Hell or at least Purgatory; "Ripley doesn't have an arc" - she's been having solid development throughout all the movies - every movie, a new Ripley - it just so happens that she's in her bleakest predicament yet: she loses everything, she grieves, becomes cynical, nihilistic, suicidal (although for practical/altruistic reasons) and ends up sacrificing herself to literally save humanity/the universe (mirroring Jesus and the Cross) - she even kinda forgives the prisoners that tried to rape her, leading Junior to repent and sacrifice himself trying to atone for his sins while trapping the "Dragon" (the devil); "romance with Charles Dance" - it's not too much of a romance, at least at first, it's more like, after all she's been through and where it got her, she might as well have some pleasure/sex as well as use it to avoid answering some questions. Sure it is a very flawed movie, we all know why, but taking that into consideration really helped me get to love it ultimately. I love the cast the most on this one. As for the Alien effects and missing score on some scenes, yeah, I won't defend it, it really sucks at times.

[@Loundsify]

The assembly cut is so much better than the original.

[@perkigothdragon2397]

Forgive me if someone clocked this earlier about Romulus, but the Alien 3 references were visual - the yellow/orange backlit fan bank and the brief tracking shot that mimicked the xeno POV.

[@justafunluva1]

The rocking duck desk thing (metronome?) from 3 makes an appearance in Romulus!

[@AlexFuerteventura]

Ripley's face to face closeup with the alien also. With Rain, in the elevator shoot

[@laslalal8451]

The way Ash looked in Romulus had my fight/flight response going crazy in the theater

[@Deadbox_2002]

There is actually something from Alien 3 in Romulus; when Rain is climbing up the ladder after the elevator kills all the xenomorphs, that one xenomorph that caught her crawls out from the wall and reenacts the scene of ripley in the medbay, with her head to the side as the alien gets closer and closer to her. I’d love to provide actual evidence of what I’m talking about for reference but it’s a KZbin comment section lol

[@cadenpeterson7064]

I was VERY pleasantly surprised by how good romulus was

[@tenebris13]

The Xenos have always been smart, they just didn't have any opportunities to really show it before Resurrection. Just take a look at how Big Chap stalks and picks off the Nostromo crew one by one, or how the Queen understands Ripley's threats.

[@patrickcleary2305]

Nick: While the Xenomorph can and will kill you, it doesn't violate you like the face hugger does~ Lambert: Am I a joke to you?

[@jdslipknot]

movies like Romulus and Rogue one feel like high budget fan films. and im all for it.

[@dez_p]

I'm probably one of the few Alien fans who actually likes Resurrection

[@pcox530]

Its way better than anything that comes after it.

[@MarkDrisch]

4>3 for sure.

[@estupidelavida]

I'm a sucka for the OG Ripley Saga

[@marthouismcmiller4787]

I liked it better than the new one

[@RoamingIRaccoon]

@@pcox530 Yeah its goofy as hell but I'll take "so bad its good" over "shits all over the universe and characters" any day

[@abdallaha92]

Alien 3 had some scenes that made the film worth it. I loved the funeral speech, and also the development of Charles Dance's character

[@JokerSad117]

I’m sorry but resurrection is a guilty pleasure

[@Fiorwestcoast]

Wanna know something fun? Christopher Nolan loves alien³ and I'm not joking. And it makes me happy because I love Alien³

[@yosshy4774]

Alien 3 is the best among the first 4 imo... I really do not get all the hate.

[@kierenhughes9143]

Agreed, a close tie with the first for me. I can see the influence of Alien 3 in Batman Begins

[@michelescaratti362]

Thanks god someone who really love the alien 3, in my opinion the best of the entire saga. Prometheus also is great.

[@Aether-n2h]

I truly unironically totally believe covenant is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. I can’t explain it really, just the whole plot moving from unknowingness and tame space exploration to literal horror, betrayals and plot twists is so good, I love how EVERY character is so fleshed out and the fact that you have someone from the inside of the ship being behind your downfall without you knowing is the actual horror, not the aliens. Not even the first alien had so much depth and as much as I like the og I couldn’t care less about most character besides two or three

[@landonperez7521]

I really love Prometheus. It has flaws but its philosophical elements are really interesting and it’s genuinely scary.

[@Loundsify]

I remember watching it at the cinema and being like wtf did I just watch lol. Needs a few watches to truly understand it. After watching them all recently I think Alien 3 might be one of the best.

[@theorangecarousel481]

Which cuts of the films do you guys prefer? Most seem to say Alien- Theatrical Aliens-Special Alien 3-Assembly Cut

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Theatrical, Theatrical (although it is better with Ripley’s daughter deleted scene), Assembly Cut.

[@Paul_1971]

Agree on 2 & 3 but starting to think maybe Director's cut of Alien as well, mainly because of Parker seeing Brett get dragged upwards, as he's talking about the size of it in the next scene whereas that's not in the theatrical. Also the cocoon scene as makes more sense why Parker says there's no blood from where Dallas was taken out.

[@chrisd9700]

@@Paul_1971 The extended edition of Aliens is the one that James Cameron says matches his vision for the movie. It adds about 20 min of run time to it as well. I thought the extra scenes about Ripley's daughter and the sentry guns, really fleshed things out more

[@chrisd9700]

@@Paul_1971 Ridley Scott said that the theatrical release of Alien was the one he intended. He has since disavowed the deleted scenes with Dallas and the other guy in the proto-nest getting turned into Alien eggs. Both Ridley Scott and James Cameron thought that was a stupid idea and that's why JC came up with the Queen alien to explain how the eggs are made.

[@Godmadegav]

How I knew this wasn’t the real ranking: Alien 3 was in S tier

[@AnotherNickMovies]

LOL. The thumbnail is never the real ranking

[@scifino1]

Alien 3 is easily the most boring film of the series.

[@HeavyLightDesign]

@@AnotherNickMoviesit’s kind of annoying, you realise?

[@JohnnySturdivant]

Romulus didn’t feel scary to me even though there was a few people in my theater who felt the terror. My experience with this film was more akin to the first time I viewed Aliens. It felt more like a thrilling action film with moments of horror. This film for me felt closer kinship with Aliens than Alien. I didn’t like any of the characters besides Andy and maybe Rain in some moments. My hope is that Andy and David will face off in a future installment because besides Ripley they are the most compelling characters in my opinion.

[@minecraftsteve2504]

While the cast may not be likeable, they were definitely human And that's something I enjoyed The banter, the bond they shared It felt real. It didn't make their deaths sad, but unfortunate, seeing these young adults fight for a better tomorrow, only to get snubbed (in some seriously grotesque ways)

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Seeing David and Andy on screen together would be amazing.

[@christianmabrey8905]

When Andy had that new chip in him he turned into a bad ass and I was so on board for it

[@OtisF96]

Spot on. It wasn’t a scary film and that only struck me after it ended when I realised I hadn’t at any point felt scared. That’s concerning for an Alien movie. I liked the characters more than you did but I think you make a great point.

[@Darthmonk864]

​@@OtisF96 I've always kind of hated this scariness argument. It's so subjective. I've only ever felt scared by one horror movie. But that doesn't mean all the other ones I've watched have been worse or better definitively.

[@ColeKnott]

Bro knew what he was doing with that thumbnail he wanted people to watch and it worked

[@kylejackson7913]

"I liked the xenomorphs when they weren't smart" they've been intelligent since the very beginning lmao. You seriously can't take these fans seriously anymore when they don't even remember the movies they claim to like lol.

[@j.a.g.8689]

He said that??

[@shanenephilim2727]

I read a theory that the reason why the Aliens got an intellect boost (resurrection) was because of the human DNA they're mixed with?

[@shanenephilim2727]

​@@j.a.g.8689yeah when he was talking about Resurrection he didn't like it when the alien used the cryo freeze to kill the human.

[@ceeb830]

The alien has always been sensible but I think he’s talking more about how they randomly knew what buttons and shit do in resurrection

[@j.a.g.8689]

@shanenephilim2727 that's crazy. Frankly it shows how much you truly know about the franchise. I mean the second half of Alien is literally about the Alien out smarting them

[@BTGSyphon]

Watched all of them back to back in 3 days ending with Romulus in the cinema in 4dx. Loved Romulus, ngl it was my favourite. I feel a lot of the newer ones I didn’t enjoy that much, and I like a lot of parts of the first 4 but this new one had a likable cast imo and great moments and grandstand ending. Ngl I didn’t watch the vid, I just went straight to comments as I feel according to thumbnail yourself and others prob just gonna slate it like most new movies get these days. I enjoyed it a lot and that’s all that matters to me. I’ll drop you a like tho. Edit: I couldn’t help myself but watch, and I’m glad I did. The way you felt about Romulus was very similar to how I felt. I personally like Alien 3 more than 1 and 2 but like Romulus the most, and it’s not recency bias as I saw them all in last 3 days.

[@MattPerrette]

The only Alien 3 references I caught were the opening Fox logo sting and the quick first person POV shot.

[@alexfilmsprojects]

That thumbnail almost put me into cardiac arrest. Seriously, that is convincing enough to click on the video.

[@Gametheory-Fan]

Ripely is a good character for the first 3 movies in my opinion

[@chrisd9700]

I liked the Clone Ripley in 4, but it took a couple watches to get there. Her scene when she finds the failed clone lab is really gut wrenching and her acting totally won me over there.

[@luisperez8325]

the third movie is a great send off for her character, don't know why people hate the movie that bad

[@HexenStar]

For all movies.

[@HexenStar]

@@chrisd9700 It's a great scene. Perfectly on par with Ripley descending in the elevator to the queen's lair in Aliens.

[@MIZZKIE]

That's coz the Ripley in Resurrection is Ripley 8, a different character with different genetic makeup than the original Ripley. They're not meant to be the same.

[@Higs8091]

Totally got me with the thumbnail, nice work! I was curious about your thoughts on Romulus compared to other reviewers and the uniformity is really encouraging. I concur with what you said about the engineer/David trilogy; I'm always disheartened that I'm in the minority who liked the originality of what Prometheus brought to the table. The philosophical tone interested me and I was intrigued as to how they were going to tie it to the original film

[@russelldriver2476]

I really dont understand why Resurrection gets so much hate. I thought a good majority of the film was wayyyyyyy better than Alien 3. We got some cool scenes from Resurrection imo

[@albert_obey3151]

Yeah I’d honestly swap them on the list, I’d move covenant up one to

[@ag4759]

Same. I like how Ripley's personality changed (She's no longer human, but an alien hybrid, ofc she gotta act different), like the new alien in the end (he was way scarier than the one in Romulus, and the love between him and Ripley was disturbing af). Aliens themselves in the movie are smart which makes them scary. Resurrection shows all the fucked up experiments the corporation did, which added a lot of disturbing things in the universe.

[@Loundsify]

The director did fifth element and he genuinely fucked it up with his humour and designs. It's trash to me. The script is terrible.

[@nahqiv]

We all have different opinions. I personally think that Prometheus is S tier, Covenant D, and that Alien3 and Resurrection should both go up a tier. Different strokes for different folks.

[@russelldriver2476]

@@nahqiv prometheus and covenant are both A tier imo. Great quality

[@igork.8471]

You need to consider another Alien story in that tier list. It is Alien: Isolation. Despite it is a game, the atmosphere is truly fantastic at the level of initial film.

[@currentofthesnake8486]

I have no idea why everyone is bashing Alien 3. Could it really be a little bit of peer pressure?. All the negative points he listed never bothered me, which means I've seen it so many times that I could watch it again.

[@Leech-3]

I feel everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but in this case I do feel some peer pressure is in affect.

[@ninelaaa]

It was a good film

[@xsm5525]

I really love Alien3, my only real nit-pick with it is, that there's some sort of orange/brown filter on the camera lens for the entire movie.

[@Reynard_11]

I love Alien 3. It's my second fave after the original.

[@currentofthesnake8486]

@@Reynard_11 What many haters of the film cannot understand is that I like the characters of the prisoners. I kind of like them. Except for the two rapists, of course. I also like the prison director because it seems he only wants the best.

[@olufagosebambulagose]

Fede Alvarez won me over with his remake of Evil Dead and been a fan of his work ever since so was hyped to see his take on Alien. The guy knows how to direct a horror.

[@Silence-qm3ku]

... so there is a person who saw a newborn creature being torn to pieces and screaming for help and thought: "Yeah this is funny." Like what the hell, man.

[@normalhuman9878]

I want a family sitcom that features the Ripleys. It’s sort of a mixed timeline so you have post-Aliens Ellen raising Newt, an adult Amanda Ripley post-Alien: Isolation, and then the Newborn. Somehow, they’re actually a somewhat functional family

[@Kaijuzilla-wf3re]

Love the ranking, I personally find myself liking alien 3 quite a bit, but I can understand why many don’t get into it

[@AnotherNickMovies]

I can understand the appeal of Alien 3.

[@Gerald675]

I liked Andi dropping the Ripley line made the entire theatre laugh

[@domi7411]

I really wish he winked at the camera after saying it

[@-_deploy_-]

​@@domi7411 "It is alien time"

[@RoamingIRaccoon]

@@-_deploy_- "It's 'morphin' time was right there

[@Loundsify]

I loved it also and laughed

[@armouru5415]

Yess yess yess predictor ranking!!

[@carlosgouveia]

Unpopular opinion: Alien 3 is very underrated

[@OM-sb2bd]

Agree! ☮️🔥

[@mimic_is]

Fun fact they used actual blood for the Chestburster scene in Alien to get a real reaction out of the cast

[@fernhausluv44]

This is a very respectable tier ranking; although I'd argue Romulus is just on the borderline between S and A; either an S- or an A+ for me tbh.

[@chrisd9700]

I gave it an 8.5 / 10 on my second watch. It's really good, but some of the dialogue callbacks were minus for me. I think they have the opportunity to see what happens to Rain and Andy on their way to Yvaga though, I would definitely watch a Romulus 2

[@axelmogr]

romulus is a run of the mill horror flick with an alien veneer on top. B tier at best, and only because the visuals & cinematography are absolutely delicious

[@lbgskuad]

prometheus and covenant are so underrated, great movies. i didn't like aliens 1986 so much, to me it's an empty and commercial movie, you just can't compare it to the original, although it's totally legitimate that you like it

[@blueshit199]

i totally agree about aliens

[@Lukeskywalker-hc5dd]

The thumbnail picture made me feel nauseous.

[@76Gh0st-e7d]

Romulus really dug into the R-Word vibe with the face huggers and the baby abomination and btw the Movie was Great

[@mandrake6486]

That Alien: resurrection slander won't go unpunished.

[@Loundsify]

It's shite. And the misogyny makes the film seem so dated. How was Alien more progressive in 79 Vs 97 😂.

[@HexenStar]

That's right. We have twelve of them. Twelve...TWELVE.

[@jamestkirkcameron9189]

@@Loundsify misogyny?

[@popcornmoviesgames8117]

It was trash just like Aliens 3

[@mandrake6486]

@@popcornmoviesgames8117 I think resurrection is way more enjoyable.

[@juulia-gabriellemoreau6886]

Thanks, guy, for putting Alien Romulus in A-tier! I see too many people hating on this film .... They definitely haven't played Alien Isolation, because it gets beautifully inspired by the game as well....

[@terriblemovierecreations]

Thanks to alien Romulus, it brought my attention to alien isolation, and it is the greatest horror game I've ever played

[@TavAkuma]

Unpopular opinion here: Alien 3 Is on par with the first two movies, I've never understood why people shits on It so much, in fact, it's probably my favourite of the original series

[@Impulset0]

I also love it but I understand the hate it gets.

[@normalhuman9878]

It just doesn’t sit right with me that it took away everything Ripley earned in Aliens. It feels almost mean spirited to make Ripley lose two daughters

[@TavAkuma]

@@normalhuman9878 I understand that many people didn't like it, but I don't think it's fair to say Alien 3 is bad because of it. In fact, I think that's what makes the movie stands out the most in the series, setting a dark atmosphere, painful for the protagonist, almost in a depressing way, making her feel like she's in a living nightmare where she can't save who's around her and not even herself, realizing the only thing she can do is sacrifice herself for a greater good. That's a big part of the horror in the movie, making it a more loyal sequel to the first movie than Aliens imo, because even though that movie was great, it felt more like an action sci-fi rather than horror. Anyway, that's what I think

[@GearsOfCake]

It's better than Aliens imho

[@TavAkuma]

@@GearsOfCake Based. Love seeing the movie get some recognition

[@ClearCritique]

Very fun video and recorded well. Subbed!

[@wendelleasports]

I have an appreciation for Alien 3 and resurrection

[@Alegiance]

Prometheus is my fav by a long shot

[@elenexdarkfire4371]

As a long time fan, I absolutely agree w this ranking (except for Resurrection, but because it's a guilty pleasure movie of mine😂) Can't wait to see Romulus, the enthusiast reviews really excite me 👀

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Hope you enjoy Romulus!

[@mattbrown4833]

Mostly agree with the tier list, but I would be tempted to bump Resurrection up a little because even though it's stupid, it's at least fun.

[@iokuproductions7131]

17:35 damm, i forgot that they were huge... Dude never skips a day in the space gym.

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Either that or he's been space juicing

[@iokuproductions7131]

@@AnotherNickMovies both?

[@HunterWingate]

@@AnotherNickMovies he’s definitely on those aster-roids

[@toastylian3335]

Great review, but I feel like Romulus at least hasn't gotten much love for its final act yet which I think was top tier. SPOILERS: By the end of the film one of the characters injects themselves with black goo and gives birth to an alien x human hybrid. It was already hinted at earlier in the movie but even though everyone in my theater was expecting it I don't think any of us were expecting just HOW horrific and intense the final stretch was. Alvarez knew exactly what people were interested in - how it would look - and did a great job drawing it out until its reveal. And its reveal isn't even anything visually fancy. Andy walks into the cryo chamber and finds Kay and all she can do is weakly point behind him, and all you see is a spindly humanoid crouched down in shadow just watching the whole time. The design is great as it puts it intentionally into the uncanny valley with too long limbs and an engineer face which plays to a totally different fear than earlier. And the final stretch where Rain is suspended on a cable while the ship is crashing was so intense that EVERYONE in the theater was dead silent, even the dude behind me who was laughing for half the movie.

[@rodgerigo]

It fucking smiled while it was about to kill her and that painting set up was super horrifying when i realized

[@vainot4u]

Love your rating! Aliens did one thing to amp the tenseness with those motion trackers - the first time we got to hear those infamous blips as the aliens drew in closer! I remember watching it when I was about 13, and those things had me on edge! For me it doesn't get much better than Aliens, with Alien falling barely into second place - both S tier worthy!

[@ako_gare]

the best part of Covenant was James Franco dying immediately as the movie starts.

[@GeeVanderplas]

Romulus had two nods to Alien 3: the face off with Rain and the alien in the elevator shaft, and Tyler's last words "is that all you got" that echo Dillon's last words

[@aaronsustaita277]

I enjoyed Romulus until it became Alien, Alien 2, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, and Prometheus.

[@rodgerigo]

Say what ever about the film but the first 10 minutes looked so good i thought it was blade runner

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

Saying something is like something else is a weak critique

[@aaronsustaita277]

@@marcus_ohreallyus I just didn’t like the movie as much the second half. It felt rushed the compared to the first half and there is a difference between a reference and just taking story parts from the past films. The Matrix combines different ideas from several past materials but incorporates it into its own story and movie.

[@HexenStar]

Bingo!

[@gpplayzguy]

great vid as always

[@YodaOnABender]

Watching Ripley, Hicks & newt’s bond form in Aliens just makes me despise Alien 3 so much more. It’s insane how they made you not wanna like the movie right out the gate and it completely overshadows any good stuff in that movie

[@shalindelta7]

What good stuff ? Even without that opening premise the movie super mid.

[@YodaOnABender]

@@shalindelta7 true

[@Traffic_Coner]

I dont know if anyone has said this already, but the reason Alien: Romulus had a lot of references and stuff to Alien: Isolation is because the director of the movie said that Isolation was a huge inspiration to him and his work because of how much he loved that game. That really explains all of the super detailed stuff in the movie from that game

[@cloudgaurdian3771]

"Prometheus is probably the most controversial movie in this entire series." Alien Resurrection, AVP, and AVP Requiem: "Are you sure about that?"

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Those movies are worse, but I feel like people (especially when it came out) argued over Prometheus a lot more.

[@chrisd9700]

AVP and AVP Requiem should be erased from existence and they should actually make an AVP movie based on the original Dark Horse graphic novel that was incredible.

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

I think divisive is a better way to describe it. Some such as myself liked it, and some weren't fans of it.

[@NATURALGC]

I absolutely love Aliens and Alien. I think as a 12 year old, Aliens spoke to me, with its loveable yet vulberable characters, but now that im older I see Alien as a piece of art. I get lost in the ship scene and i keep admiring the sets and the way the shots are set up. Alien pacing and sounds get my imagination going. But Aliens has my adrenalin going and the watching the motion detectors gave me nightmares once upon a time. One of the best sci fi movies of all time.

[@casteltheghettomonk4392]

Watched Romulus yesterday and yeah .... The glory days are back ! With a bang

[@alexbickers8388]

On that "in the earlier films the Aliens weren't smart" line. The Xeno in the first film was EXTREMELY smart. It was alone so it knew it had to hide, and where to hide, how to outsmart Dallas in the tunnels as well as sneak its way aboard the shuttle at the end. In Aliens, because there was lots of them, they knew how to use strategy to overwhelm the marrines.

[@MLawrence-z9k]

Alien 3 is still my favorite , idc what anyone else has to say especially rookie fans & all u other dumb YT weirdos that actually hate that unapologetic depressing masterpiece!!! Ur just not real true Alien fans , u only think u are!!!!! Fun fact: Aliens is definitely not original , its literally just the same exact concept as the 1956 movie "Them" except with Xenomorphs instead of giant ants 🐜 Even James Cameron admitted this & if u grew up with both films like i did as a kid , u will see all the similarities 🥱

[@kRaZyXmAn]

i agree with the tier list and its well explained. nicely done

[@scottgooding9935]

What the hell is up with dolphin Gordon Ramsay?

[@AnotherNickMovies]

That's me

[@Jalbesbe]

There is no need for theories about the engineers in Prometheus, we know that there are two main factions of them, one more militaristic, and one more peaceful and life cultivating. We know the engineers accidentally made humanity with the first shot of the movie, and we know that by the end they were planning to end the world but got defeated before and had to go into stasis. Also not all of the engineers were killed off, one planet yea (and the wrong faction at that), but with how they had a military base on another world they definitely were homed on multiple worlds

[@kmo_1612]

It's very fashionable these days to hate on Alien 3, and poor reviews manifest poor expectations, so it's always going to be a downward spiral for Alien 3; when in fact, it's a fantastic movie, and Weaver has never been more bad ass, especially with that cropped hair.

[@chrisd9700]

The tone reminded me of the Dark Horse comics series / extended Universe stuff. I liked that about it, but otherwise I have to agree with the criticisms in the video

[@massimopollo5242]

u coudlve talked way more bout Andy David Jonsson was sooo good He played both Characters perfect

[@Shadow.fan24]

Agreed

[@fatcat2015]

One thing you get wrong about Prometheus is that they do not even slightly leave the Engineers open ended. From when they learn that humans are an exact DNA match with them to the scene where the captain character literally dumps everything onto Shaw, "we were created by them, but then they wanted to kill us this planet was a military installation and this is where they keep the super weapon they were going to use to wipe us out but I guess it turned on them we CANNOT let it leave this planet." I'm paraphrasing but honestly word for word he figures out the Engineers before they even find the last one and wake him up.

[@jackodeep4355]

YOUR A JOKE RESSURECTION WAS BADASS A CLASSIC

[@gmicrowave9134]

I agree! I understand why many people don’t like resurrection, but it’s actually my favorite of them all. Idk why. I just really like it, the humor, the characters (especially call and Ripley!!)

[@jackodeep4355]

@@gmicrowave9134 the final scene was just crazy

[@Ultradahn]

My only REAL problem with Romulus was the last thing they tried to do. It just did not work for me

[@barry7816]

Why not? They tied it to Prometheus/Covenant? It was a Human/Engineer/Xenomorph mix due to the black goo

[@justinfever9787]

Agreed the climax felt unnesscerry, and brought the total movie going experinece for me down. This is how it could have been amazing. Spoiler..... Instead of Human x Alien hybrid baby. Why not Introduce an Alien King?

[@megawarrior_101]

@@justinfever9787That just sounds terrifying

[@justinfever9787]

@megawarrior_101 Or even better, Andy turns out to always having been a Wayland Yutani operative, and he frees or implants the Alien King into Rain.

[@Ultradahn]

@@barry7816 I already don’t like Prometheus/Covenant, so seeing what they did with the hybrid at the end just rubbed me the wrong way

[@blackdeth818]

22:46 That small crunch mixed with Ferris' face of agony made me laugh so hard 😂 it's so subtle but hilarious

[@EncoreBetch]

I’m glad we can all agree Romulus was an absolute masterpiece. Not better than the first two, but a masterpiece.

[@CruzToast]

W vid👍

[@AnotherNickMovies]

Thank you! W comment