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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 12:04 AM
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Poll question: Alien or Aliens?
Lets face it. These are the only two in the series worth watching.
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 12:44 AM
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1. Both good but #2 is more action packed.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:05 AM
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2. It's a tough call
From wiki:

Alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success, receiving an Academy Award for Visual Effects,<2> Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Ridley Scott, and Best Supporting Actress for Veronica Cartwright,<3> and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, along with numerous other award nominations.<4> It has remained highly praised in subsequent decades, being inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for historical preservation as a film which is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"<5><4><6> and being ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre.<7>

A sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Aliens is set fifty-seven years after the first film and is regarded by many film critics as a benchmark for the action and science fiction genres.<2><3> Aliens earned $86 million in the United States box office during its 1986 theatrical release, making it the highest domestic gross of the Alien series. It earned $131 million internationally,<5> and was nominated for seven Academy Awards including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver, which was considered a benchmark at the time when the Academy gave little recognition to the science fiction genre.

I like to pretend that III and IV as well as the AvP films simply don't exist.
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JANdad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 03:00 AM
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3. Thats it man...
Game Over!
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 06:55 PM
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4. Alien wins in a landslide! (60% of the vote)
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:10 PM
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5. Space Marines!
That is all.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:23 PM
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6. None of the above.
:D
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:32 PM
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7. The one directed by the guy who became senile then directed "Titanic" as a result of his psychosis
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