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The matrix would like a word, as would Jurassic Park, and independence day. All three are far better than alien or aliens. I admit that I have a bias against sigourney weaver. She sucked in that and sucked in avatar. I've never seen a good movie that she was in. But the alien movies are highly overrated.
You talking shit about ghostbusters, peasant?
Actually... This may piss you off even more... But I haven't seen it. ๐ฌ
ALIEN is a movie designed around making men understand the horrors of r*pe.
All three films you menion as alternatives came out in a post-ALIEN world, mind you.
I thought that men learned about the horrors of rope in PE class. I'm not sure what that has to do with Alien, though.
Galaxy Quest.
I love all those movies. And if you don't like an actress, I'm not going to convince you that you're wrong. You like what you like.
From a holistic view, I'd point out that the three movies you mentioned were also pioneers in filmmaking. They each invented new technologies to do new things. Independence Day in green screens and explosions, Jurassic Park in blending CG with pratical puppetry, and Matrix created a new type of multicamera stop-motion slow-motion.
But they all borrowed heavily from Alien and Aliens. Each of the movies you mentioned had a direct homage to the Alien franchise. In aesthetic, in atmosphere, in creature design, they all stood on the shoulders of Ridley Scott and HR Geiger.