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I thought both were Awesome!

The Alien was terrifying, so imagine a whole colony full of them!   I thought he pulled it off well.  But to each his own...

@GoldLeader Concept was good and big scale for Aliens, I agree. Although, I thought their was surprisingly little close-up action of the actual aliens until the very end. I have to admit I think Cameron's weakest point is directing acting, although he is good at the big action and sets. Weaver and the Bishop Android (Henricksen) did very well, although Henricksen seemed under-utilized. Cameron was the writer and director of Aliens, but not the original. I watched the Special Edition, so its possible I also saw a lot of extra fluff that was cut out of the Theatrical version. Overall, Cameron had big shoes to fill. 

Yeah he did!  And then he also did Terminator 2, which I thought was better and had far more plot than Terminator.