Okay,a show of hands please....

I liked Dark Knight only because Christian Bale was a boss in that movie- much how Fassbender is a boss with his roles. Other than that I couldn't care less about super hero movies. Compared to other movie franchises, the Alien fans seem like a small but very loyal bunch.

Very true.Love The Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises,but I'm growing increasingly bored with Super hero movies.While everyone loved it,I thought last year's Captain America Civil war was a great example of how stale super heroes are getting.Throw all heroes into a single film is a guaranteed way to make big bucks....BORING!!!

Alien is indeed a smaller franchise with a kinda niche fanbase,but one that has endured for nearly 40 years.Marvel and other heroes can't say the same.

On film any way 

I half ass watched part of Spider Man 3 and part of another super hero years ago before giving up. All I remember was the guy playing Spidey was basically an whiney emo dude and it seemed like a coming of age movie theme wise. Another one seemed to have an overt anti corporate theme. I have read reviews about Wonder Woman being empowering- fine. Seems like Ripley did that back in 1979.

The ONLY super hero I support is The Tick! 

The Tick LOL!F'ng hilarious!

Spider-Man 3 is a piece of sh!t lol.Prime candidate for worst super hero movie,and one of the worst movies ever made in my opinion.

Damn good point on Wonder woman,haven't seen it,but it's Hollywood's currently business model,empowering female leads.Be it Wonder Woman,Hunger Games,The past couple Star Wars movies,it's seems Hollywood has forgotten they've always been there.Ripley,Sarah Connor,and Princess Leia (RIP Carrie Fisher.)In the case of Leia, since everyone believes Force Awakens Rey and Rogue One's Jyn Erso are being considered better characters than Leia,but they wouldn't be here if Leia hadn't come first.But that's beside the point lol.

100% agree ninXeno426. Predator and Terminator franchises are great too, but Predator has been stuck going around in circles re-hashing the same premise, and Terminator films have been progressively getting worse since T2.

I love every single Alien film (not counting the AVPs), I honestly don't have a favourite.

You're also 100% right about everyone's obsession with Super-hero films....

but wait, the Avatar sequels are coming next....

I forgot about Sarah and Leia but you are right. They were all strong lead characters and it seemed natural and not forced. I lean toward Ripley and Sarah though since they were tough but only because they had to be- they were either scared to death or just pissed off. 

Agreed.Love Alien way more than Star Wars so I'm on Ripley's side.My Brother is a Terminator fanatic so he's on Sarah Connor's side(though he once admitted Ripley is a better character than Sarah Connor)

I like the Alien franchise, but there are plenty of others I like just as much if not more.

I love Star Wars,James Bond,Star Trek,The Lord of the Rings etc.They just don't compare to Alien for me at least.

Here's an example:

Alien 

Star Wars

^For me it might be the opposite

1.Alien(s)

2.Predator(s)

3.Mad Max(s)

4.Terminator(s)

5.Cube(s)

6.Riddicks

7. JPs/JWs

And of the new generation of sci-fi franchises 

8. The Maze Runners

Was a similar thread a while back but I'll just do it here

1.Alien 

2.Star Wars 

3.Star Trek (tbh Wars and Trek are a tie)

4.Terminator 

5.Planet Of The Apes

6.Predator 

7. Riddick

8.The Matrix

Star Trek

Alien

Terminator

POT Apes

Matrix

Riddick

I no longer care about SW

if we include TV + Movie sci-fi's

FIREFLY 

Battlestar Galactica 

Stargate(s)

Yes.

Alien series is the only one that I like every movie.

Star Trek is close....But less focused....all over the map.

Star Wars...love 'em...but uneven.

Alien series = Space monsters versus humans....simple, elegant. Hard science.

for me the star wars franchise ends after the original trilogy. I don't like any of the episodes after 4,5 and 6 and haven't watched force awakens and have no interest whatso ever to watch any future SW films. give me the star trek franchise any day over star wars with the exception of the latest film which I thought stank. I love how even in the star trek series' such as next generation, voyager etc, the franchise didn't just stick to the same antagonist but it evolved every time.

 but bad films in any franchise is common. where the alien franchise is concerned, I 'like' alien3 and AR but im intrigued to see an alternate film to 3. of all the individual films released in the franchises alien stands with the best of them and will stand with them no matter what is released in years to come.

I think the super hero genre is here to stay as there are so many different characters from the comics that can be brought to life but I agree some are starting to get boring. of all the films in that genre, deadpool rocked imo. the problem is we are going to see far too much of certain characters the run the risk of over doing them, in much the same way as to how David is being used in the prequel trilogy here. I think they should reign David in a bit in awakening as to not ruin the character.

 I too enjoy a majority of super hero films that come out,but with the amount that come out every year it's starting to become over kill.As to where Alien comes out every other year or even decade for that matter.

I love the realistic grit in the Alien franchise.  I can really relate to the characters as your typical human.  They don't have lightsabers or super powers or are really anybody important.  They just average human beings trying to do the best they can in a world that the Xeno wants to control.  The Alien franchise is real.  Star Wars is a fantasy (yet, I do like them).  I haven't watched much Star Trek, but I did when I was younger.  Still, from what I remember, it's fantasy-like as well.

I honestly, when there was only Alien, Aliens, Alien3, and Alien Resurrection, I thought that the universe that those films take place in is our actually universe.  They take place so far in the future that it is possible... that is, until Prometheus came out.  We got that Peter Weyland TED talk and that just screwed up the timeline with the knowledge I have of the Alien Universe.  The realism starts to disappear with that TED talk...sadly.  Still, I do like to watch Alien movies like it's history, but it just hasn't happened yet.

So, again, what I love about the Alien franchise is the grit and humane character of majority of the characters.  I also love the android AI's that look exactly like humans.  What a great twist for Alien and Alien:Resurrection and even when it's not a twist for who's who, it's a twist over, "Can I trust this android."  This answer I have come to from the Alien franchise is, "It just ain't worth trusting an android, unless you can always see what they are up too.  Even then, it's not 100% safe. 

I don't mind some superhero movies, like the new Batman's.  They had some real grit to them.  I love the new Batman.  That's really the only new superhero movie I like.  That doesn't mean others are bad.  It just means that I haven't heard of any other superheros.  Sometimes I'll watch a superhero movie just because and sometimes they can turn out to be alright.  Ant Man was good.  Iron Man was good.  Still, I'm not obsessing over them like I am with the Alien franchise.  Not even close!