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I have but two points of dissent germane to your reviews. First among these is your charitable assertion that Alien Resurrection isn't awful. It is an abysmal picture afflicted with a wholly moronic script (sporting an abundance of Whedon's invariably fatuous dialogue), poorly-executed action sequences and bad performances from most of the principal cast (excluding Weaver and Flowers). Its excellent production design and handful of good ideas are hopelessly wasted. My second point of contention is that Fassbender did not nearly steal the show; in my opinion, he was fantastic, and far superior to his cast mates.
Though its preceding (and imperfect) continuity to Alien is prominent, I don't think of this as a prequel so much as an antecedent story of indirect relation. Had it ended on LV-427, I'd state otherwise! Note the prodigious height of the alien that ravaged the Nostromo's crew in relation to those smaller specimens infesting the sequel colony - clearly, the genetic influence of the Space Jockey Engineer imparted a discrete influence to its parasite, just as the canine of the third film did its smaller, quadrupedal offspring.
Finally, I admire this script's address of Darwinist theory, depicting varieties of accelerated macro-evolution with some invention...
Those are excellent observations and I agree! There is more to this movie that I hope that it will all come full circle. I wonder if that last scene was actually a 'queen'.
I liked that part of it myself. Thanks for the comments!
Alien Resurrection - not the embarrassing Star Wars special edition screenings - was the great pop cinema disappointment of my teenage years. It was the among the first motion pictures known to me ably promoted by a very good website updated daily with film stills, production details, interviews, etc. (Another site for Imamura's Unagi was also attractive and informative, but hardly so engaging.) You cannot imagine my chagrin upon seeing a handsome production of some sedulous quality, a rather good cast proven capable of much better performances and some good concepts wholly wasted on Whedon's high-school dialogue, predictable plotting, and preposterous scenarios...and Jeunet's incompatible stylism. A quite terrible project, that - for years, I've debated with others who might have executed it satisfactorily in capacities of screenwriter and director.
Scott is indeed showing his age somewhat. How come the great directors all appear to be retiring at the same time?