Alien Resurrection (1997): Does This Film Deserve The Hate It Gets...?

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Ben and Rob smash the vat of ‘Alien Resurrection’ as they birth the latest episode of their series covering every ‘Alien’ movie ever! Released in 1997, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder, ‘Alien Resurrection’ was a critical and commercial failure, but still represents a significant part of the franchise's history and canon. Ripley 8, a human-alien hybrid clone, is reborn 200 years after the events of Alien 3 aboard the spaceship Auriga, along with space pirates and biology nerds.

But what on earth were Fox thinking by hiring a famed French arthouse director and pairing him up with the writer of Buffy The Vampire Slayer? How on earth did they convince Sigourney Weaver to play the sci-fi icon Ellen Ripley for one more film? And will Fede Alvarez save us all when he re ...