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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Alien - One of the best movies ever made. 9/10.

Aliens - Not as good as Alien, but still a great movie. 8/10.

Alien 3 - You know, this movie is not terrible, it just isn't that good of a sequel to Aliens, or even an Alien movie. It's biggest problem is that it is flat out boring and moves at the pace of a snail. Oh, and it was a bitch move killing Hicks and Newt off screen, but at least Newt died with a sense of security in her life. The best thing of the movie though is its ending as it feels conclusive. Ripley is gone for good. Right? RIGHT?! :-D Oh yeah, and one of the worst things about the movie is that awful CGI used on the Xenomorph. It just looks down right terrible and you can clearly tell the creature is not even actually there. Roger Rabbit combined animation and live action better. Overall, I give Alien 3 a 5/10.

A movie review podcast that I highly enjoy reviewed those films a year or two ago, and they had something interesting to say. There was no CGI for the alien in Alien 3 (except maybe for the climax when it died). So that terrible CGI is actually terrible, HORRIBLE greenscreening of a puppet or suit.

(From wikipedia: The Alien is portrayed by both Woodruff, Jr. in a suit and a rod puppet filmed against bluescreen and optically composited into the live-action footage, with the rods removed by rotoscoping.)

Sad that they made practical effects look worse than terrible CGI.