first is best...ridley scott...young sigourney in her underwear...the classic operating table scene...harry dean stanton...yaphet kotto...cool homages to 2001...more patient development of suspense...a classic thriller...lots of atmosphere...riskier dialogue...it's a '70s movie
the second is a good action movie & a great sci-fi action movie...sigourney's ripley-as-badass...reiser as detestable villian...breakout for paxton from chet in hughes' weird science letdown...plentiful great special effects...spawned a good arcade machine & some cool videogames...early james cameron vehicle coming off The Terminator
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