Escapist writers talk Aliens.

Just read Jim Sterling's article on Escapist, it's really good. Thanks for sharing Invaderzim. :)

I pretty much agree with both arguements. But I don't think its fair to say that the charactors in aliens were bad or even "deep as a puddle" . To be honest I think the colonial marines were very well done. Judging by the way they acted (their charactors that is) you could see what sort of person they were, and hints of their back ground. When james cameron cast Hudson, he told bill paxton to think of a person raised by a solo mother. I think Bill Paxton hit the nail on the head. Hudson  was brilliant.

There are a few thing that I don't like about aliens. In particular, the dumbing down of the alien and the introduction of the queen. It really didn't add much to the story as a whole (except if you don't consider the queen as cannon) . But all in all I think it has quite a few merits. 

Interesting comments, about multiple films from the franchise, likes and dislikes are all very interesting, but saying that ratings speak much better and then clearly the film with the higher rating has more likes from cinema goers.