All quick clarification. Yes, I am aware that they used a puppet in Alien 3. I believe that was only for the theatrical cut and there are some additional CGI scenes in the assembly. I’m not 100% on this, but it definitely looks like bad CGI in a few of the shots. Again, I could be wrong. Thank you all for watching. You are totally awesome.
The only CG shot I recall in the theatrical cut was the cracking of the alien's dome when it was being doused after leaping from the molten lead. I liked that effect, though.
@@georgeheilman885 I thought that too, but this is what I found out a little earlier - here's a good vid I found about where the CGI was used sparingly: ruclips.net/video/1kmjUPEd1wg/видео.htmlsi=yxOOngYBQ5cvZc0h Also found this on Google: The 1992 film Alien 3 uses computer-generated imagery (CGI) in a few shots, including: Alien head: The alien's head cracks after sprinklers cause thermal shock, which is a fully computer-generated image. The head was modeled because it's roughly the shape of an oblong football, and the shot is from above to show the crack. Shadows: The shadows cast by the rod puppet alien are mostly CGI, with some help from rotoscoping. Debris: Airborne debris in outdoor scenes is also CGI. Lead: The globs of lead falling off the rod puppet are rendered in CGI.
I'd watch Alien ROMULUS in IMAX it's not the 2.40.1 is more of a 1.90.1 wider picture than those black bars between the two. IMAX delivered wider picture and better choice of a beautiful screen format.
Here's my ranking: 1. Alien - An absolute Sci-fi Horror Classic 2. Aliens - An Absolute Sci-fi Action Classic 3. Romulus - a return to form for the franchise 4. Prometheus - an almost great prequel 5. Covenant - some interesting ideas but i wanted more 6. Alien 3 - unforgivable opening but the rest isn't that bad 7. Resurrection - too ridiculous for it's own 8. AvP - Got Nothing out of 9 Requiem - Just Unwatchable
Awesome ranking; I personally haven’t seen any of the AVP’s but adore the rest of the franchise. I agree with your #1, amazing how it’s help up after 40+ years.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviewsI'm suprised you like romulus actually. I mean nothing in the story makes sense in the context of the Alien. The script seems so much like an AI script. It's all aesthetic with really nonsensical story telling
you'll have lots alien material to talk about for the near future with the alien romulus prequel comic, and alien earth tv show next year. we fans are rabid! we will be here to watch all of it.
Alien 3 : The Assembly Cut is such a favorite of mine. I just love the dark and depressing atmosphere with the religious themes mixed in. Overall, I really love the first 3 and the 2 prequels. I don't care about the hate they get. Resurrection and the 2 crossovers are the only duds for me. And I haven't seen the new one yet.
Great Ranking Lee, my new updated ranking is (from best to worst) 1. Aliens 2. Alien 3. Alien 3 (For me this is a perfect trilogy. I agree with the CGI being awful in 3 and it my only criticism of the movie. To me they just dont look finished. So not even bad. Just like they ran out of time. Would be better taking all those full shot scenes out) 4. Romulus 5. Prometheus 6. AVP 2! I still don’t get the whole being too dark thing haha. I’ve never had any issues seeing most of the film. There is one or 2 smalls scenes I can’t see. But I say I see 95% of it. I do find it underrated. It’s basically a slasher with aliens and predators 7. Resurrection 8. AVP 9. Covenant. I’m planning on a rewatch of Romulus as some of the hype lowered my enjoyment slightly. But I really liked it overall.
1 > 2 > Romulus > 3 > Prometheus > Resurrection > Covenant > AVP > AVPR Entertainment-wise, Resurrection is probably my #3, but I couldn't justify putting it over 3 and Prometheus in terms of filmmaking quality.
Great ranking of the Alien movies Lee I'm going to see Alien Romulus tomorrow I'm really excited to see it. A 3 hour commute for me that's how far I live from the closest movie theater to me I hope I really like it and it's worth the trip. I love Evil and don't breathe from Fede Alvarez. Aliens for me is my favorite so I would rank it number 1
“Last And Certainly Not Least, My #1 Guys, Swinging For The Fences Here, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM, You Heard That Right Folks, “Trapped On An Island” Level, Ridley Scott, James Cameron David Fincher, Fede Alvarez, Paul W. S Anderson Should Have Taken Notes, What A Mic Drop Of A Film…”
One of the hardest rankings. Each one had good timing for me and always comes with a package of some memories. My favourite moment out of all is Aliens and the Queen. So scary and badass back then and now, still good enough.
In the process of watching AvP and AvP2, and also saw Alien Romulus today. Is Romulus a perfect movie? No. But it's no where near as bad as some people make it out to be. Enjoyed it and fits in to the Alien franchise well. I also like some of the back story about WY that they explored. Aliens Special Edition was what got me in to the franchise and it will always hold a special place for me, so it wi always be my number 1. I also really love Alien 3 and can easily rewatch both those movies. I look forward to rewatching Romulus and the prequels. The only movie I can't rewatch is Resurrection. It's my worst movie in the franchise. The writing and acting were just bad.
Hey, Lee, this video gave me an idea for another one that could be fun to do: you could rank the xenomorphs in the Alien franchise, based on their design, same as you did back in the day with the Michael Myers' masks and the portrayals in each movie! I wpuld love to see that! Great video as usual, my man! 🎉
Great ranking Lee, I would switch a few but mostly agree. My aunt actually saw Alien in theaters, she was 24 min you, when the xenomorph came out of Kanes chest she said she threw her bag of M&Ms all over the place lol 😂 Alien Romulus was great 8/10.
You're "excuse me, I hate Alien Covenant" is hilarious. Man do I relate. I saw it, really liked it, and championed it to some friends. They all saw it, hated it passionately and blamed me for wasting their money haha.
Interesting positions. I do wonder if and how this may change over time, but it's early days. Just came back from a second Romulus viewing tonight, this time in IMAX, where it looked visually fantastic (apart from one aspect), and I had greater appreciation for the clues and references. I still consider it an upper-middle entry though, and would like to share my ranking as below, with the first two films being interchangeable with mood: 1. Aliens (special edition preferred) 2. Alien (theatrical preferred) 3. Prometheus 4. Covenant 5. Romulus 6. Alien 3 (assembly cut preferred) 7. Resurrection (theatrical preferred) Both AVP films are also interchangeable at the bottom of the barrel, with the theatrical versions going AVP then AVP:R, and vice versa for the unrated versions.
Long time 😊. Alien should be watched because it’s stylish, interesting and feels part of film cultural history. It depresses me however 😂 and my favourite is Aliens because the characters are more fun and I prefer the story. It also has Bill Paxton.
I have the same rankings for top 3 with the top two movies being head and shoulders above the rest. Romulus was so good because I felt like I was watching an old school movie with the full sets and practicals.
Thanks for your coverage of the franchise and your rankings. I don't agree with them as mine would be Alien, Aliens, Romulus, Resurrection, AVP, Covenant, Prometheus, A3, AVPR. It's personal preference.
I just watched Prometheus fully for the first time yesterday with my friends after i watched Alien Romulus and yeah I'm very mixed on it , I love how different Prometheus is from the rest of the franchise but at the same it being so different is why I'm so mixed on this movie Lol 😂 but i like this movie more than i dislike it , but yeah now that I've finally seen Prometheus my ranking is 1 Aliens 2 Alien 3 Alien Romulus 4 Prometheus 5 Alien Covenant 6 AVP: Alien Vs Predator 7 Alien 3 8 Alien Resurrection 9 AVPR: Alien Vs Predator Requiem
People in the alien community really need to stop saying that alien Romulus was terrible. Ya'll getting very petty, some of you are saying that Resurrection was a better film. Ya'll nuts.
If romulus made sense it would be good lol Nothing in the film makes sense. Nostromo wreckage was vaporized because of the factory holding mineral ore. Big chap alien doesn't produce face huggers. The Droid is a dead actor that looks like shit. The woman injecting herself with a substance she doesn't know makes 0 sense. The ending is Ridley Scott forcing the black goo to retcon the Queen for the third time. The good is the xenos and acting. The rest is all aesthetics made to be the force awakens of the Alien franchise
Bruh lol If the miners were the ones who fixed the gravity machine in the beginning that means the Aliens in the bottom of the ship were floating and dropping too. The big chap was shot with force into space, it wouldn't have stopped at the Nostromo wreckage. To many holes
As someone who doesn’t have any nostalgia for the franchise and just started watching it a few weeks ago here’s my ranking: 1. Romulus 2. Prometheus 3. Alien 4. Resurrection 5. Aliens 6. Covenant 7. Alien 3 Didn’t see any of the Alien vs Predator films btw
Oh wow. That is interesting. I was just wondering the other day what someone in your situation would think of these. They've been with me my whole life so it's hard to think about them objectively at all. Saying that.. while watching Romulus there were times when I was thinking "this has to be the most fun/exciting alien movie ever made". It's a rollercoaster and I love it.
That's a fair ranking especially the Top 3. I am just digressing a bit and have a wild theory since you mentioned about the Queen (in Aliens). In the last scene of Alien Covenant, Daniels was trapped in the sleep chamber by David. What if David experimented and transformed her into the Queen (which appeared in ALIENS). Remember Covenant is a prequel to Alien and Aliens!
I absolutely agree that Romulus is now solidly in third place. I would say it’s an incredible example of how to do fan service almost perfectly, while still adding and creating new avenues for the franchise to explore. I loved it. Most high profile horror reboots or legacy sequels could probably be trusted with Alvarez at this point. He’s quickly becoming one of my favorite modern horror filmmakers
1.) Aliens 2.) Alien 3.)Covenant 4.) Resurrection 5.) Avp2 6.) Romulus (Plot is a copy of "Don´t breathe" . Too many "Memberberries" like "The Force Awakens". the third act is the same as Covenant and Resurrection) 7.)Alien³ 8.) AvP1 9.)Prometheus
At the time of release, I thought the queen alien in Aliens was so awesome! Today, after seeing all the movies of the franchise I feel as though the queen concept should have been left alone after Aliens.
Love Alien film series favs in the film series Alien Covanent Alien - directors cut Aliens- directors cut Alien 3 Cant wait to see Alien Romulus ! Thank you Lee Mccoy .
i personally think ridley scott need settle movie ‘aliens’ queen as cannon or not. i know he doesn’t like the idea of queen, so the whole prometheus and after are all trying to move away from queen. or maybe his next movie will finally reach to the evolution of queen, since right now he is keep making all the movies set before movie ‘aliens’. or maybe he is gonna branch out to new territory and move away from movie ‘aliens’ and make new stories that doesn’t involve movie ‘aliens’, and keep the concept of queen away. i guess ending up with two version that one version mutated or evolve to have queen and end with alien 4, and one without the queen and who knows how many. lol anyway him not settling the matter kinda hinders the movie story imo.
Look up Project A34K; a very impressive upcoming fanedit of Alien3 with updated special effects and a hybrid cut of the Assembly and Theatrical versions, coming this October :)
My current ranking from memory ill have to watch them all again and see if the order changes 1 Aliens 2 Alien 3 Resurection ( its the most 'fun' for me, which is why its so high up here if it wasnt so fun it would have been my number 7 or 8) 4 Covanant 5 Romulus 6 Promethus 7 AVP 8 Alien 3 9 AVP Requium
Great ranking, Lee. My ranking as of now, from my favorite to my least favorite, is 1. Aliens (5/5) 2. Alien (5/5) 3. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (3.5/5) 4. Alien vs. Predator (3.5/5) 5. Alien: Covenant (3.5/5) 6. Alien 3 (3/5) 7. Prometheus (3/5) 8. Alien Resurrection (2.5/5) I can't wait to check out Alien: Romulus.
I agree with this list mostly. I’d still put Prometheus ahead of covenant, just because it felt more intellectually intriguing. Such a shame that we still have never gotten that 3rd and final prequel answering all questions prior to the first Alien movie. Covenant was a good, solid movie and I wanted to see it followed up on, such a shame
People always complain about the dumb characters in Prometheus and Covenant (specifically Prometheus) but i think that's the point. Humans think they're so special when in reality the things that created us are ashamed of us. The scientists in Prometheus aren't necessarily the cream of the crop, they're just the only ones crazy enough to volunteer for the mission. They have such an inflated view of themselves and it bites them in the ass.
Agree but the Covenant crew going on that Planet without helmets was the stupidest decision of all the movies put together. Obviously they never read War of the Worlds! 😅
When you said I miss seeing Sigourney Weaver, it really hit home. That is what is missing and part of the problem with the slew of Alien films since she left. Even in Alien Romulus, it needed her to elevate the film and give it more depth and heart. Alien movies struggle to be top tier without Ripley involved.
I liked the Alien vs. Predator movies because I love monsters showdowns ever since I saw the Universal classics and Godzilla. Good ranking and cool video Lee!👉🏼🙂👈
Just rewatched the entire franchise and I enjoy every movie including AVP Requiem. I have a much more positive opinion on Prometheus, Covenant, and Resurrection than I did before. Need to watch Romulus again because I was mixed on initial watch
Aliens is my favorite, however, I will say the only thing that bothered me about it was the timeline. They don't really tell you how long it takes for the colonist to be exposed to facehugger, all the way to having a full size queen with all colonists dead. Newt doesn't seem to have aged at all, so you sort of assume it's not long.
Saw it today, have zero clue why or how this is getting so much praise. It's 4/10 at best. Boring, horrible characters, plot holes party, didn't care about anyone, bad CGI, felt cheap, too dark... extremely overrated. RUclipsrs continue to give medicore and or horrible movies high ratings and I don't know why. Has the bar gone down so far?
The only CGI I found was mid but didn't completely ruin for me was rook, they still used practical effects on the xenomorphs and for the characters I found rain and Andy to be awesome, the rest were fine , I don't think it's that bad of a film, way better then a lot of the sequels..I saw it in IMAX and wasn't that dark
@@JazziG59 what, I liked the movie and so did many, sure some don't but at least respect my opinion , I'm tired of so many people that hate films gotta tell the ones that love it how wrong we are..if you didn't like it ok cool just don't harass me and try to change my mind, anyone else disagree with me then just fuck off
@@doshi066 I was replying to OP. I completely agree with you. People are especially miserable in these RUclips comment sections. The average person I interact with in real life isn’t so hate filled and sad. I like your fire though 😂💀
Totally agree with the ranking of Alien and Aliens. Those movies are just pure cinematic perfection. There is a large chasm between these two and everything after. I agree that Romulus should get the number 3 spot which unfortunately isn't saying much. Yes, it's a fun well-made movie, but it is nowhere near the level of the first two. Prometheus had so much potential at being a great film but the execution fell way flat.
One thing I noticed: some of the same reviewers that don't like Romulus dislike it for not "doing anything new", so to speak, but are the same reviewers who trashed Covenant and Prometheus, because they missed the "grittiness" or something about the originals. WIth franchises, that is always a problem. They complain about something not being similar enough to the originals, while they complaining that other entries are not trying to do something new.
Like all the Alien films, but top two for me is Aliens, then Alien. Despite its flaws, liked new movie, but didn't love it. Loved the overall look. Hopefully with this having already made 100 million in a matter of days, hopefully this is a tentpole for a bigger, better sequel. Bring back an epic, rated R Aliens vs Predator, but put in Cameron's space Marines and get BOTH audiences placing this franchise into the much-vaunted Billion Dollar Club. Script is King!
I really enjoyed Romulus, but seeing some people place it at #1 or #2 on their list is mind-boggling. The first two are genre-defining classics that will never be topped. 9: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem 8: Alien: Resurrection 7: Alien vs Predator 6: Alien: Covenant 5: Prometheus 4: Alien 3 3: Alien: Romulus 2: Aliens 1: Alien
@@Mickey-1994 I feel like I’m in the minority by liking 3. It has a more cohesive arc for Ripley for sure, but I think Romulus trumps it with entertainment value.
Ok coming from an Alien Diehard (my all time favorite franchise bar none) it's really difficult to rank them. Like you've said about Halloween Lee my top 2 favorites and bottom 2 never change but everything else constantly moves. Iove all but the AVP's. And right now I don't think i can accurately place Romulus until after a few views but I'll try. THIS IS NOT 100% DEFINITIVE 1:Aliens. This is my all time favorite movie. This movie got me obsessed with the franchise when I was a little kid, probably 3 or 4 years old so about 30 years ago. Still my favorite today. Top notch perfection across the board 2:Alien. My second favorite and still in my top 3 all time favorite movies, sci fi, horror or otherwise. 3: Alien 3 The Assembly cut. Takes a muddled mess that was the theatrical release and makes it a near perfect violent horror masterpiece. My only gripe to this day remains on how the eggs wound up on the Sulaco. 4: Prometheus. This blew my mind in a way few other movies did In the past decade. I've watched it at least a dozen times 5: Alien Resurrection. I'm aware how people feel about this entry...and I don't F'ing care lmao. I was 7 years old when it came out and it was my first Alien movie I got to see in theaters. My dad took my brother and I. I have a lot of nostalgia attached to it. And it's just fun. The cast is great. A lot of the characters are great and it's ridiculously gory. I even like the Newborn. It's kinda weird but it won't hesitate to kill you 😂. 6/7:Alien Covenant and Alien Romulus tie. I really need to sit on Romulus a bit. There's a lot of things I really liked about it, Rain, Andy, all the practical effects, the setting, the score, the cinematography, the offspring. And there were a lot of things I didn't like about it. The rest of the characters, the callback dialog, the cgi Ian Holm, an all too familiar ending that's already been done twice, a lack of proper build up for the final encounter kinda echoing a similar issue with Covenant. I still really enjoyed it. Loved little nods to games like Alien Isolation and comics like Aliens Defiance. Most people will miss these. Hearing XX121 Xenomorph for the first time In a movie was also great. Now Covenant. I was really disappointed in my first theatrical viewing. After multiple views I've grown to love it. At one point it was in my top 3, every movie has been at some point. Resurrection was my third for a long time and so was Prometheus. As of now Covenant hovers around the back end. The reasons are the weaker cast of characters. So many of them but I only really care for Walter, David, Daniels, and Tennessee. The rest are disposable. I love the neomorphs and their grotesque births. The big issue are the xenomorph themselves. They feel forced In. Especially the second one on the ship. Ridley at the time was really disinterested in the Alien, he said "The beast is cooked" and it kinda shows. The xenomorph really needed maybe another half to breath. For a movie that was really patient for two thirds of it becomes pretty eager to end when the title creature shows up. That being said I still love it. Have the steelbook for a reason. Also David didn't create them. He only imitated. Don't take Ridleys word for it lol. The evidence that David didn't create them is so stacked against the idea he did. 8:AVP Requiem. This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Almost a so bad it's good. It's objectively a bad movie. But it's also a dumb fun slasher lol. I wish Jason X was this amusing. Good gore thanks to being a hard R rated movie and more AVP action than the first one. It also oddly takes a lot from Resident Evil Apocalypse which is weird. The ending nuke scene is identical 9:AVP. Look it's just bad. I was 14 when I saw it opening weekend. It was my summer event movie while everyone was hyped for Spiderman 2 (they were the smart ones) I even read the damn novelization before I saw. I loved it when I saw it in theaters, come on I was 14 cut me some slack lol. Every viewing since I've really disliked it. Half of it is boring and when you finally get to the action it just sucks. I've watched it maybe 5 times in 20 years. I've watched Covenant more than that in just 7 years. It could be rated R and it still would suck. So that was longer than intended lol. I'll definitely change my mind at some point but right now this is just how I feel. If you read this whole damn thing then I'm sorry and thank you lmao
I agree with you on Alien 3 easily being the best after the first 2 movies. People say they want something different; Alien 3 had balls and didn't do the typical happy Hollywood ending. I would change somethings. I would kill Newt off about 40 minutes in the movie to take all hope and innocence away. I would keep Hicks alive. It would've been different if the male character lived, and the female characters died. My ending would be Ripley defeated the evil by dying and Hicks is left alone as a broken man.
@Mickey-1994 That's not entirely different from Vincent Ward's draft. His version had Ripley walking into a burning wheat field as a character named Johns watched, the character that would become Clemens. And the game Aliens Colonial Marines had a scenario where Hicks watched as Ripley falls...but let's not talk about that 😅
My franchise ranking (least to best): 9) Alien3 8) Alien vs Predator: Requiem 7) Alien: Covenant 6) Alien vs Predator 5) Alien: Romulus 4) Alien: Resurrection 3) Prometheus 2) Alien 1) Aliens While I can admit that Alien3 is a decent stand-alone movie, I will never forgive how it ruined the natural progression of the 1st 2 movies (and killing off main characters off screen in the opening credits). It is still the most disappointing sequel I've ever seen (with a very depressing theater experience for me)! They doubled-down with smart people making incredibly stupid decisions in Covenant and I absolutely hated what they did with David! Not to mention committing the cardinal sin AGAIN of killing the main character from the previous movie off-screen and not really paying off the ending of Prometheus. Romulus is right smack-dab in the middle for me. While I enjoyed the movie overall, I also felt underwhelmed by it and the call-backs were hit & miss. It might get better on rewatch... I just have dumb fun with AvP and Resurrection (especially Resurrection). While I love Alien for its introduction to the necronom xenomorph among other things, Aliens is just one of my all-time favorite movies and one the best theater experiences I've ever had!
Pretty solid ranking except I’d switch Covenant and Resurrection controversially. And I’ll back you up on the hot take, as much as I love the Queen, the OG worker is much more frightening and iconic to me. Something about her being so much bigger makes her feel too much like a fictional monster in a movie rather than something believable if that makes sense
what i find with movies is that many people like the one they seen first the best. For some Jason Takes Manhattan is the best Friday movie. For some H20 is the best Halloween movie because its what they seen first. Especially if they seen it in theaters. Keep in mind i said "MOST"..not all lol..Just wanna clear that up cause i know ill have some comments..BUT Alien is always going to be the better movie. Just like Halloween 78 will always be the better movie. Just like The Shining. Just like The Thing. Just like Jaws...Ive only seen a handful of the Alien movies at this point. I need to get caught up. Good video Lee..
Hey man lol before the miners got there and fixed the gravity machine the xenomorphs(at the bottom of the ship)were floating and falling like the rat in the vent. There's holes everywhere with this movie. They should have actually told the story of the Romulus instead of what happened after.
I got one question, that alien anthology boxset, does it have a rigid outta box, or is it flimsy? I know it’s a strange question but I just wondered if they come with a hard outta box?
Prometheus is a terrible Alien film - the engineers arn't even the same size as the Space Jockey. Even though I'm not a big fan of it, I much prefer Covenant.
All quick clarification. Yes, I am aware that they used a puppet in Alien 3. I believe that was only for the theatrical cut and there are some additional CGI scenes in the assembly. I’m not 100% on this, but it definitely looks like bad CGI in a few of the shots. Again, I could be wrong. Thank you all for watching. You are totally awesome.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews also with janky rotoscoped early days CGI
The only new CGI addition to the assembly cut was the ox burster running away
The only CG shot I recall in the theatrical cut was the cracking of the alien's dome when it was being doused after leaping from the molten lead. I liked that effect, though.
@@georgeheilman885 I thought that too, but this is what I found out a little earlier - here's a good vid I found about where the CGI was used sparingly: ruclips.net/video/1kmjUPEd1wg/видео.htmlsi=yxOOngYBQ5cvZc0h
Also found this on Google:
The 1992 film Alien 3 uses computer-generated imagery (CGI) in a few shots, including:
Alien head: The alien's head cracks after sprinklers cause thermal shock, which is a fully computer-generated image. The head was modeled because it's roughly the shape of an oblong football, and the shot is from above to show the crack.
Shadows: The shadows cast by the rod puppet alien are mostly CGI, with some help from rotoscoping.
Debris: Airborne debris in outdoor scenes is also CGI.
Lead: The globs of lead falling off the rod puppet are rendered in CGI.
@DrumdumsMovieReviews yeah there were some painful CGI shots there but I forgive them it's an entertaining movie.
The Queen is the afterburner of Aliens. Took an already badass movie and gave us a mini kaiju fight at the end. Love it
Alien Romulus is in my top five of the year, and that's saying something considering how many certified bangers have been released so far.
I'd watch Alien ROMULUS in IMAX it's not the 2.40.1 is more of a 1.90.1 wider picture than those black bars between the two. IMAX delivered wider picture and better choice of a beautiful screen format.
Right? This has been an absolutely stellar year for blockbuster entertainment. It's an embarrassment of riches.
@@gluttonousghost2022 was goat. But this year has been great so far
Here's my ranking:
1. Alien - An absolute Sci-fi Horror Classic
2. Aliens - An Absolute Sci-fi Action Classic
3. Romulus - a return to form for the franchise
4. Prometheus - an almost great prequel
5. Covenant - some interesting ideas but i wanted more
6. Alien 3 - unforgivable opening but the rest isn't that bad
7. Resurrection - too ridiculous for it's own
8. AvP - Got Nothing out of
9 Requiem - Just Unwatchable
@@adamcade604 requiem was at the bottom for me too. Its absolute garbage
Alien is in a constant battle for best high-concept slasher flick of all time with The Terminator.
Yep.
The terminator definately I thought was a slasher when I watched it.
you’ll be at 100k subs in no time. congrats bro
Haha bumps into strange “ excuse me I hate alien covenant” lol
Aliens is so much fun and equally scary; one of the best sequels ever.
Couldn’t agree more.
Awesome ranking; I personally haven’t seen any of the AVP’s but adore the rest of the franchise. I agree with your #1, amazing how it’s help up after 40+ years.
This Alien ranking video is a perfect way to celebrate the release of Alien Romulus.
It’s been fun af.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviewsI'm suprised you like romulus actually. I mean nothing in the story makes sense in the context of the Alien. The script seems so much like an AI script. It's all aesthetic with really nonsensical story telling
you'll have lots alien material to talk about for the near future with the alien romulus prequel comic, and alien earth tv show next year. we fans are rabid! we will be here to watch all of it.
Haven't seen Alien: Romulus yet but here's my ranking.
8. Alien Resurrection
7. Alien vs. Predator
6. Alien Covenant
5. AvP: Requiem
4. Alien³
3. Prometheus
2. Aliens
1. Alien
Alien 3 : The Assembly Cut is such a favorite of mine. I just love the dark and depressing atmosphere with the religious themes mixed in.
Overall, I really love the first 3 and the 2 prequels. I don't care about the hate they get. Resurrection and the 2 crossovers are the only duds for me. And I haven't seen the new one yet.
Yeah, gimme the Assembly Cut of Fincher's _Alien 3_ any day of the week. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5 stars for _Alien 3!_
10/10 - Alien
9/10 - Aliens
8/10 - Alien 3 and Romulus
7/10 - Prometheus and Covenant
5 and below - Resurrection, AVP, AVP: Requiem
Your list is perfect but Aliens a 9 you’re smoking crack.
Great Ranking Lee, my new updated ranking is (from best to worst)
1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Alien 3
(For me this is a perfect trilogy. I agree with the CGI being awful in 3 and it my only criticism of the movie. To me they just dont look finished. So not even bad. Just like they ran out of time. Would be better taking all those full shot scenes out)
4. Romulus
5. Prometheus
6. AVP 2! I still don’t get the whole being too dark thing haha. I’ve never had any issues seeing most of the film. There is one or 2 smalls scenes I can’t see. But I say I see 95% of it. I do find it underrated. It’s basically a slasher with aliens and predators
7. Resurrection
8. AVP
9. Covenant.
I’m planning on a rewatch of Romulus as some of the hype lowered my enjoyment slightly. But I really liked it overall.
AVP2 has that one sick scene at the hospital that is the most sick, scary and disgusting in the entire series.
i saw Alien 3 in the theater when i was really young and liked it at the time...
So you've gotten dumber over time is what your saying
1. Aliens
2. Alien
3. Romulus
4. Prometheus
5. Covenant
6. AVP
7. Alien 3
8. Resurrection
9. AVP: Requiem
1 > 2 > Romulus > 3 > Prometheus > Resurrection > Covenant > AVP > AVPR
Entertainment-wise, Resurrection is probably my #3, but I couldn't justify putting it over 3 and Prometheus in terms of filmmaking quality.
Great ranking of the Alien movies Lee I'm going to see Alien Romulus tomorrow I'm really excited to see it. A 3 hour commute for me that's how far I live from the closest movie theater to me I hope I really like it and it's worth the trip. I love Evil and don't breathe from Fede Alvarez. Aliens for me is my favorite so I would rank it number 1
Damn. I hope you have the best time my friend.
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Shh. No spoilers.
The Queen Alien was genius!!!! It enhanced the mythos in scope and horror.
I must admit that Ripley's alien child looks cooler than I remember, but I still don't really recall anything I enjoyed about Resurrection.
I rewatched it recently. It’s a freaky looking creature….that cries.
One of the hardest rankings. Each one had good timing for me and always comes with a package of some memories. My favourite moment out of all is Aliens and the Queen. So scary and badass back then and now, still good enough.
The safe and hollow Romulus made me appreciate Prometheus and Covenant significantly more
In the process of watching AvP and AvP2, and also saw Alien Romulus today.
Is Romulus a perfect movie? No. But it's no where near as bad as some people make it out to be.
Enjoyed it and fits in to the Alien franchise well. I also like some of the back story about WY that they explored.
Aliens Special Edition was what got me in to the franchise and it will always hold a special place for me, so it wi always be my number 1. I also really love Alien 3 and can easily rewatch both those movies.
I look forward to rewatching Romulus and the prequels.
The only movie I can't rewatch is Resurrection. It's my worst movie in the franchise. The writing and acting were just bad.
David Fincher is an excellent director, without question, but I hate how the ending of Aliens was basically squandered in Alien 3.
Hey, Lee, this video gave me an idea for another one that could be fun to do: you could rank the xenomorphs in the Alien franchise, based on their design, same as you did back in the day with the Michael Myers' masks and the portrayals in each movie!
I wpuld love to see that!
Great video as usual, my man! 🎉
I actually thought about doing that!
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews I am all for it, man! Can't wait
Was that really a Grease 2 reference at 7:40? LOL Just another reason why I love this channel so much!
You know it!
Great ranking Lee, I would switch a few but mostly agree. My aunt actually saw Alien in theaters, she was 24 min you, when the xenomorph came out of Kanes chest she said she threw her bag of M&Ms all over the place lol 😂 Alien Romulus was great 8/10.
Haha that’s awesome!
You're "excuse me, I hate Alien Covenant" is hilarious. Man do I relate. I saw it, really liked it, and championed it to some friends. They all saw it, hated it passionately and blamed me for wasting their money haha.
Interesting positions. I do wonder if and how this may change over time, but it's early days.
Just came back from a second Romulus viewing tonight, this time in IMAX, where it looked visually fantastic (apart from one aspect), and I had greater appreciation for the clues and references.
I still consider it an upper-middle entry though, and would like to share my ranking as below, with the first two films being interchangeable with mood:
1. Aliens (special edition preferred)
2. Alien (theatrical preferred)
3. Prometheus
4. Covenant
5. Romulus
6. Alien 3 (assembly cut preferred)
7. Resurrection (theatrical preferred)
Both AVP films are also interchangeable at the bottom of the barrel, with the theatrical versions going AVP then AVP:R, and vice versa for the unrated versions.
I'm seeing it for the 2nd time on Tuesday night.
Long time 😊. Alien should be watched because it’s stylish, interesting and feels part of film cultural history. It depresses me however 😂 and my favourite is Aliens because the characters are more fun and I prefer the story. It also has Bill Paxton.
I have the same rankings for top 3 with the top two movies being head and shoulders above the rest. Romulus was so good because I felt like I was watching an old school movie with the full sets and practicals.
Grease 2 reference? Nice.
Romulus didn't have tension.
You knew she was going to survive.
Thanks for your coverage of the franchise and your rankings. I don't agree with them as mine would be Alien, Aliens, Romulus, Resurrection, AVP, Covenant, Prometheus, A3, AVPR. It's personal preference.
Thank YOU for watching!
Alien is back😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊. Great video. Loved the new alien movie
Thank you!
I just watched Prometheus fully for the first time yesterday with my friends after i watched Alien Romulus and yeah I'm very mixed on it , I love how different Prometheus is from the rest of the franchise but at the same it being so different is why I'm so mixed on this movie Lol 😂 but i like this movie more than i dislike it , but yeah now that I've finally seen Prometheus my ranking is
1 Aliens
2 Alien
3 Alien Romulus
4 Prometheus
5 Alien Covenant
6 AVP: Alien Vs Predator
7 Alien 3
8 Alien Resurrection
9 AVPR: Alien Vs Predator Requiem
Besides the c-section scene, Prometheus is a complete blank for me. I still may revisit though.
People in the alien community really need to stop saying that alien Romulus was terrible. Ya'll getting very petty, some of you are saying that Resurrection was a better film. Ya'll nuts.
If romulus made sense it would be good lol
Nothing in the film makes sense.
Nostromo wreckage was vaporized because of the factory holding mineral ore.
Big chap alien doesn't produce face huggers.
The Droid is a dead actor that looks like shit.
The woman injecting herself with a substance she doesn't know makes 0 sense.
The ending is Ridley Scott forcing the black goo to retcon the Queen for the third time.
The good is the xenos and acting. The rest is all aesthetics made to be the force awakens of the Alien franchise
Bruh lol If the miners were the ones who fixed the gravity machine in the beginning that means the Aliens in the bottom of the ship were floating and dropping too. The big chap was shot with force into space, it wouldn't have stopped at the Nostromo wreckage. To many holes
@@Fiorwestcoast @ you just proved my point. Lol nitpicking
@@trustme2001you mean respect for the actual story? You can't call it a 'return to form' by taking the form and disregarding it.
@@Fiorwestcoast do you have a PhD in like nuclear fusion and metallurgy?
As someone who doesn’t have any nostalgia for the franchise and just started watching it a few weeks ago here’s my ranking:
1. Romulus
2. Prometheus
3. Alien
4. Resurrection
5. Aliens
6. Covenant
7. Alien 3
Didn’t see any of the Alien vs Predator films btw
Thank you for sharing!
Oh wow. That is interesting. I was just wondering the other day what someone in your situation would think of these. They've been with me my whole life so it's hard to think about them objectively at all. Saying that.. while watching Romulus there were times when I was thinking "this has to be the most fun/exciting alien movie ever made". It's a rollercoaster and I love it.
Agreed about covenant, way way underrated
My list is
Aliens , Alien Romulas, ALIEN , Promethus . Throw the rest away
That's a fair ranking especially the Top 3. I am just digressing a bit and have a wild theory since you mentioned about the Queen (in Aliens). In the last scene of Alien Covenant, Daniels was trapped in the sleep chamber by David. What if David experimented and transformed her into the Queen (which appeared in ALIENS). Remember Covenant is a prequel to Alien and Aliens!
Fede Alverez said he’s interested in directing a AvP3 with Dan Trachtenberg, the director of Prey.
I absolutely agree that Romulus is now solidly in third place. I would say it’s an incredible example of how to do fan service almost perfectly, while still adding and creating new avenues for the franchise to explore. I loved it. Most high profile horror reboots or legacy sequels could probably be trusted with Alvarez at this point. He’s quickly becoming one of my favorite modern horror filmmakers
Yes completely agree.
Agreed on Romulus and Covenant. Romulus does some really interesting things and some of the action set pieces are absolute knockouts.
Preach brother!
AVP is #4. The fights were really good
Oof.
1.) Aliens
2.) Alien
3.)Covenant
4.) Resurrection
5.) Avp2
6.) Romulus (Plot is a copy of "Don´t breathe" . Too many "Memberberries" like "The Force Awakens". the third act is the same as Covenant and Resurrection)
7.)Alien³
8.) AvP1
9.)Prometheus
This is actually the worst ranking I’ve ever seen
Rumor back then was Freddy Vs Jason ruined the Alien return to form. AVP was created because of success of Freddy
Yeah that period was the era of versus movies. He also had underworld which was basically that.
The unrated versions of both alien versus predator movies are much longer and gory
At the time of release, I thought the queen alien in Aliens was so awesome! Today, after seeing all the movies of the franchise I feel as though the queen concept should have been left alone after Aliens.
Love Alien film series favs in the film series
Alien Covanent
Alien - directors cut
Aliens- directors cut
Alien 3
Cant wait to see Alien Romulus !
Thank you Lee Mccoy .
i personally think ridley scott need settle movie ‘aliens’ queen as cannon or not. i know he doesn’t like the idea of queen, so the whole prometheus and after are all trying to move away from queen. or maybe his next movie will finally reach to the evolution of queen, since right now he is keep making all the movies set before movie ‘aliens’. or maybe he is gonna branch out to new territory and move away from movie ‘aliens’ and make new stories that doesn’t involve movie ‘aliens’, and keep the concept of queen away. i guess ending up with two version that one version mutated or evolve to have queen and end with alien 4, and one without the queen and who knows how many. lol
anyway him not settling the matter kinda hinders the movie story imo.
Look up Project A34K; a very impressive upcoming fanedit of Alien3 with updated special effects and a hybrid cut of the Assembly and Theatrical versions, coming this October :)
My current ranking from memory ill have to watch them all again and see if the order changes
1 Aliens
2 Alien
3 Resurection ( its the most 'fun' for me, which is why its so high up here if it wasnt so fun it would have been my number 7 or 8)
4 Covanant
5 Romulus
6 Promethus
7 AVP
8 Alien 3
9 AVP Requium
Great ranking, Lee. My ranking as of now, from my favorite to my least favorite, is
1. Aliens (5/5)
2. Alien (5/5)
3. Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (3.5/5)
4. Alien vs. Predator (3.5/5)
5. Alien: Covenant (3.5/5)
6. Alien 3 (3/5)
7. Prometheus (3/5)
8. Alien Resurrection (2.5/5)
I can't wait to check out Alien: Romulus.
Great ranking! You're going to love Romulus.
From a technical standpoint, the first two Alien movies are the best, but on a personal enjoyment radar, Alien: Romulus was the best.
I agree with this list mostly. I’d still put Prometheus ahead of covenant, just because it felt more intellectually intriguing. Such a shame that we still have never gotten that 3rd and final prequel answering all questions prior to the first Alien movie. Covenant was a good, solid movie and I wanted to see it followed up on, such a shame
People always complain about the dumb characters in Prometheus and Covenant (specifically Prometheus) but i think that's the point. Humans think they're so special when in reality the things that created us are ashamed of us. The scientists in Prometheus aren't necessarily the cream of the crop, they're just the only ones crazy enough to volunteer for the mission. They have such an inflated view of themselves and it bites them in the ass.
Exactly! I glad someone gets it. That’s the point.
Agree but the Covenant crew going on that Planet without helmets was the stupidest decision of all the movies put together.
Obviously they never read War of the Worlds! 😅
The new one very good movie had problems though
When you said I miss seeing Sigourney Weaver, it really hit home. That is what is missing and part of the problem with the slew of Alien films since she left. Even in Alien Romulus, it needed her to elevate the film and give it more depth and heart. Alien movies struggle to be top tier without Ripley involved.
She's like the Loomis of the franchise.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviews Also, the Nancy of the franchise 😉
I liked the Alien vs. Predator movies because I love monsters showdowns ever since I saw the Universal classics and Godzilla. Good ranking and cool video Lee!👉🏼🙂👈
My ranking is Aliens, Alien, alien Romulus, Prometheus and the rest is garbage, I hate those films but I respect your opinion
Aliens
Alien
Prometheus
Alien Romulus
Alien 3
AVP: Requiem
AVP
Alien Resurrection
Alien Covenant
Nailed the top three !
Just rewatched the entire franchise and I enjoy every movie including AVP Requiem. I have a much more positive opinion on Prometheus, Covenant, and Resurrection than I did before. Need to watch Romulus again because I was mixed on initial watch
Nice!
Just letting you know the Alien in Alien ³ was actually a puppet shot on a green screen
The movie was OK I liked how they did the movie real good even then👍🏽
How about casting Mia Goth as the new Ripley in a 3 movie arc??
I'm not so sure about that.
Aliens is my favorite, however, I will say the only thing that bothered me about it was the timeline. They don't really tell you how long it takes for the colonist to be exposed to facehugger, all the way to having a full size queen with all colonists dead. Newt doesn't seem to have aged at all, so you sort of assume it's not long.
romulus was awesome
I haven't seen Covenant.
I love Covenant.
Saw it today, have zero clue why or how this is getting so much praise. It's 4/10 at best.
Boring, horrible characters, plot holes party, didn't care about anyone, bad CGI, felt cheap, too dark... extremely overrated.
RUclipsrs continue to give medicore and or horrible movies high ratings and I don't know why. Has the bar gone down so far?
The only CGI I found was mid but didn't completely ruin for me was rook, they still used practical effects on the xenomorphs and for the characters I found rain and Andy to be awesome, the rest were fine , I don't think it's that bad of a film, way better then a lot of the sequels..I saw it in IMAX and wasn't that dark
Haha cmon dude that’s just bs
@@JazziG59 what, I liked the movie and so did many, sure some don't but at least respect my opinion , I'm tired of so many people that hate films gotta tell the ones that love it how wrong we are..if you didn't like it ok cool just don't harass me and try to change my mind, anyone else disagree with me then just fuck off
@@doshi066 I was replying to OP. I completely agree with you. People are especially miserable in these RUclips comment sections. The average person I interact with in real life isn’t so hate filled and sad. I like your fire though 😂💀
@@JazziG59 at least it's better then what star wars is doing 🤣
Totally agree with the ranking of Alien and Aliens. Those movies are just pure cinematic perfection. There is a large chasm between these two and everything after. I agree that Romulus should get the number 3 spot which unfortunately isn't saying much. Yes, it's a fun well-made movie, but it is nowhere near the level of the first two. Prometheus had so much potential at being a great film but the execution fell way flat.
I rewatched Alien 3 recently and that damn CGI alien took me out every single time it appeared on screen, I ended up frustrated. 😅
Awesome Ranking 🔥
Yep. Damn shame.
I heard they are bringing the bush back on the 4k 😂
The Alien franchise is probably the only franchise where I don't dislike any of the films.
One thing I noticed: some of the same reviewers that don't like Romulus dislike it for not "doing anything new", so to speak, but are the same reviewers who trashed Covenant and Prometheus, because they missed the "grittiness" or something about the originals. WIth franchises, that is always a problem. They complain about something not being similar enough to the originals, while they complaining that other entries are not trying to do something new.
Exactly. I judge each movie on its own merits. Whether it's trying something new or not.
My ranking: 1) Alien 2) Aliens 3) Alien 3 4) Prometheus 5) Alien Covenant 6) Alien Resurrection 7) AvP 8) AvP 2.
It’d be fun to see again for new movie in imax or like 4d is fun
Like all the Alien films, but top two for me is Aliens, then Alien.
Despite its flaws, liked new movie, but didn't love it. Loved the overall look.
Hopefully with this having already made 100 million in a matter of days, hopefully this is a tentpole for a bigger, better sequel. Bring back an epic, rated R Aliens vs Predator, but put in Cameron's space Marines and get BOTH audiences placing this franchise into the much-vaunted Billion Dollar Club.
Script is King!
I really enjoyed Romulus, but seeing some people place it at #1 or #2 on their list is mind-boggling. The first two are genre-defining classics that will never be topped.
9: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
8: Alien: Resurrection
7: Alien vs Predator
6: Alien: Covenant
5: Prometheus
4: Alien 3
3: Alien: Romulus
2: Aliens
1: Alien
Alien 3 easily beats Romulus.
@@Mickey-1994 I feel like I’m in the minority by liking 3. It has a more cohesive arc for Ripley for sure, but I think Romulus trumps it with entertainment value.
I love that you put Covenant over Prometheus. I totally agree! Prequels get way too much hate, they’re beautiful films.
Yes! Love the prequels.
I’d rank them:
Alien
Prometheus
Romulus
Alien 3
Covenant
Aliens
AVP
AVP requiem
Resurrection
Really enjoy requiem. Love the gore.
Yes!
For me personally it's my second favorite after Aliens
Love your vids keep it up buddy
Out of the ones I've seen( haven't seen Alien 3, Resurrection, Prometheus and Covenant)
1. Aliens
2. Alien Romulus
3. Alien
4. AvP
5. AvP Requiem
Also would you sell a copy of your Requiem with the adjusted brightness?
Shoot me an email. I’ll send you a DL link for free. Drumdums@yahoo.com.
@@DrumdumsMovieReviewsI sent an email. Sorry I must have had my notifications turned off.
Here's my potentially triggering ranking
#1 Aliens
#2 Alien 3 assembly cut
#3 Alien
#4 Alien Romulus
#5 Alien resurrection
#6 Alien vs Predator Requiem
#7 Alien vs Predator
#8 Prometheus
#9 Alien covenant
Ok coming from an Alien Diehard (my all time favorite franchise bar none) it's really difficult to rank them.
Like you've said about Halloween Lee my top 2 favorites and bottom 2 never change but everything else constantly moves. Iove all but the AVP's. And right now I don't think i can accurately place Romulus until after a few views but I'll try.
THIS IS NOT 100% DEFINITIVE
1:Aliens. This is my all time favorite movie. This movie got me obsessed with the franchise when I was a little kid, probably 3 or 4 years old so about 30 years ago. Still my favorite today. Top notch perfection across the board
2:Alien. My second favorite and still in my top 3 all time favorite movies, sci fi, horror or otherwise.
3: Alien 3 The Assembly cut. Takes a muddled mess that was the theatrical release and makes it a near perfect violent horror masterpiece. My only gripe to this day remains on how the eggs wound up on the Sulaco.
4: Prometheus. This blew my mind in a way few other movies did In the past decade. I've watched it at least a dozen times
5: Alien Resurrection. I'm aware how people feel about this entry...and I don't F'ing care lmao. I was 7 years old when it came out and it was my first Alien movie I got to see in theaters. My dad took my brother and I. I have a lot of nostalgia attached to it. And it's just fun. The cast is great. A lot of the characters are great and it's ridiculously gory. I even like the Newborn. It's kinda weird but it won't hesitate to kill you 😂.
6/7:Alien Covenant and Alien Romulus tie.
I really need to sit on Romulus a bit. There's a lot of things I really liked about it, Rain, Andy, all the practical effects, the setting, the score, the cinematography, the offspring. And there were a lot of things I didn't like about it. The rest of the characters, the callback dialog, the cgi Ian Holm, an all too familiar ending that's already been done twice, a lack of proper build up for the final encounter kinda echoing a similar issue with Covenant. I still really enjoyed it. Loved little nods to games like Alien Isolation and comics like Aliens Defiance. Most people will miss these. Hearing XX121 Xenomorph for the first time In a movie was also great.
Now Covenant. I was really disappointed in my first theatrical viewing. After multiple views I've grown to love it. At one point it was in my top 3, every movie has been at some point. Resurrection was my third for a long time and so was Prometheus. As of now Covenant hovers around the back end. The reasons are the weaker cast of characters. So many of them but I only really care for Walter, David, Daniels, and Tennessee. The rest are disposable. I love the neomorphs and their grotesque births. The big issue are the xenomorph themselves. They feel forced In. Especially the second one on the ship. Ridley at the time was really disinterested in the Alien, he said "The beast is cooked" and it kinda shows. The xenomorph really needed maybe another half to breath. For a movie that was really patient for two thirds of it becomes pretty eager to end when the title creature shows up. That being said I still love it. Have the steelbook for a reason.
Also David didn't create them. He only imitated. Don't take Ridleys word for it lol. The evidence that David didn't create them is so stacked against the idea he did.
8:AVP Requiem. This is a guilty pleasure of mine. Almost a so bad it's good. It's objectively a bad movie. But it's also a dumb fun slasher lol. I wish Jason X was this amusing. Good gore thanks to being a hard R rated movie and more AVP action than the first one. It also oddly takes a lot from Resident Evil Apocalypse which is weird. The ending nuke scene is identical
9:AVP. Look it's just bad. I was 14 when I saw it opening weekend. It was my summer event movie while everyone was hyped for Spiderman 2 (they were the smart ones)
I even read the damn novelization before I saw. I loved it when I saw it in theaters, come on I was 14 cut me some slack lol. Every viewing since I've really disliked it. Half of it is boring and when you finally get to the action it just sucks. I've watched it maybe 5 times in 20 years. I've watched Covenant more than that in just 7 years. It could be rated R and it still would suck.
So that was longer than intended lol. I'll definitely change my mind at some point but right now this is just how I feel. If you read this whole damn thing then I'm sorry and thank you lmao
Right there with you brother. My ranking can change on a dime.
I agree with you on Alien 3 easily being the best after the first 2 movies. People say they want something different; Alien 3 had balls and didn't do the typical happy Hollywood ending. I would change somethings. I would kill Newt off about 40 minutes in the movie to take all hope and innocence away. I would keep Hicks alive. It would've been different if the male character lived, and the female characters died. My ending would be Ripley defeated the evil by dying and Hicks is left alone as a broken man.
@Mickey-1994 That's not entirely different from Vincent Ward's draft. His version had Ripley walking into a burning wheat field as a character named Johns watched, the character that would become Clemens.
And the game Aliens Colonial Marines had a scenario where Hicks watched as Ripley falls...but let's not talk about that 😅
My franchise ranking (least to best):
9) Alien3
8) Alien vs Predator: Requiem
7) Alien: Covenant
6) Alien vs Predator
5) Alien: Romulus
4) Alien: Resurrection
3) Prometheus
2) Alien
1) Aliens
While I can admit that Alien3 is a decent stand-alone movie, I will never forgive how it ruined the natural progression of the 1st 2 movies (and killing off main characters off screen in the opening credits). It is still the most disappointing sequel I've ever seen (with a very depressing theater experience for me)!
They doubled-down with smart people making incredibly stupid decisions in Covenant and I absolutely hated what they did with David! Not to mention committing the cardinal sin AGAIN of killing the main character from the previous movie off-screen and not really paying off the ending of Prometheus.
Romulus is right smack-dab in the middle for me. While I enjoyed the movie overall, I also felt underwhelmed by it and the call-backs were hit & miss. It might get better on rewatch...
I just have dumb fun with AvP and Resurrection (especially Resurrection).
While I love Alien for its introduction to the necronom xenomorph among other things, Aliens is just one of my all-time favorite movies and one the best theater experiences I've ever had!
Pretty solid ranking except I’d switch Covenant and Resurrection controversially. And I’ll back you up on the hot take, as much as I love the Queen, the OG worker is much more frightening and iconic to me. Something about her being so much bigger makes her feel too much like a fictional monster in a movie rather than something believable if that makes sense
Perfectly stated.
Overall personally i rank alien resurrection much higher than most people who put it at 7-9 range for me it's #3
what i find with movies is that many people like the one they seen first the best. For some Jason Takes Manhattan is the best Friday movie. For some H20 is the best Halloween movie because its what they seen first. Especially if they seen it in theaters. Keep in mind i said "MOST"..not all lol..Just wanna clear that up cause i know ill have some comments..BUT Alien is always going to be the better movie. Just like Halloween 78 will always be the better movie. Just like The Shining. Just like The Thing. Just like Jaws...Ive only seen a handful of the Alien movies at this point. I need to get caught up. Good video Lee..
Hey man lol before the miners got there and fixed the gravity machine the xenomorphs(at the bottom of the ship)were floating and falling like the rat in the vent. There's holes everywhere with this movie. They should have actually told the story of the Romulus instead of what happened after.
I had so much fun with it. The "holes" didn't get in the way.
I got one question, that alien anthology boxset, does it have a rigid outta box, or is it flimsy? I know it’s a strange question but I just wondered if they come with a hard outta box?
@@krisorgan It’s a sturdy hard box. It’s thicker than the US release too. Very well put together.
Prometheus is a terrible Alien film - the engineers arn't even the same size as the Space Jockey. Even though I'm not a big fan of it, I much prefer Covenant.
9 alien vs predator requiem
8 alien resurrection
7 alien vs predator
6 alien covenant
5 alien 3
4 prometheus
3 alien romulus
2 alien
1 aliens