Reviewing the Alien Series

Alien (1979)
Release Date: May 25, 1979
Director: Ridley Scott
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Aliens (1986)
Release Date: July 18, 1986
Director: James Cameron
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Alien III (1992)
Release Date: May 22, 1992
Director: David Fincher
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Alien Resurrection (1997)
Release Date: November 26, 1997
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Alien movies have continued to be produced into the present-day, including the mind-numbingly campy Alien vs. Predator (2004), and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), and two disappointing and overly complex prequels directed by Ridley Scott: Prometheus (2012) and Alien Covenant (2017). Both are excessively reliant upon massive computer animations and odd conspiracy theories related to ancient human civilizations. As with most Hollywood classics, this series has sadly been beaten into the ground from a once brilliant film. Lamentably like many other once successful franchises Alien has devolved into a cheap, unoriginal, cash-grabbing string of sequels. It is our great misfortune that more sequels are likely to come.