I know I'm in the minority since most people like Aliens over Alien.
I wouldnt say that at all. I feel I encounter far more original Alien purists than die hard 'Aliens' fans like myself. While I am most def in the Aliens camp, I can appreciate the argument Alien fans have. I disagree with the extremes they often go to often outright attacking 'Aliens'/Cameron, but I can appreciate the core principle behind their love of a truly unique and mysterious creature.
On that front, Giger was the architect of the mysterious life forms and all that was
implied in their backstory comes largely from his designs. Ridley made a great movie, but the creatures were the stars. Perhaps fear of staying faithful to Giger's creatures runs the risk of staying in his shadow. Every director since, INCLUDING Ridley himself has tried to inject their own spin and make their own imprint on that universe, and I'm not sure they should be faulted for it. Today we have Ridley himself going from original champion to perhaps the greatest offender of all with 2 movies done and more on the way with the primary goal of over explaining everything (and inconsistently with the original material many would argue).
Accepting that no one is innocent and nothing is pure, I don't find much value in the attacking the creative teams of the non-favored films.
*(unless of course that film killed off beloved characters off-screen in the first 5 minutes in a lazy effort to cleanse the pallet for their cobbled together story. From directors to the writers and on down to the guy who served the sandwiches at break time, it is perfectly OK to bash them mercilessly)
