Somehow, Alien and Aliens escaped the curse of the
sequel (outlined in the last article). This is a surprise, considering that the
sequel was written by different people than the original. That’s an obvious
count against a movie because (again, as we discussed last time) money is a
much more likely common inspiration uniting people than artistic vision. But,
like I said, it worked. Alien and Aliens are both good (but different) movies
for different (but related)
reasons.
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And one of the central things that distinguishes
these two movies from other pairs is that nothing of the original is negated so
that the sequel can proceed.
