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Two heads at once, actually.
Bloodier/Gorier a good movie doesn't make. If this sequel is going to be successful, it's got to have a good story, which the first one did not.
The reason Predator and Alien/(s) worked so well is because they had good stories too. Even a logline as simple as "Survival of the fittest between one soldier and a highly advanced hunter alien in the rain forests of South America" is intriguing. The "mother-figure (Ripley w/ Newt) vs. mother-figure (Queen Alien w/ Aliens)" theme worked on an entirely different emotional level than the blood/guts/violence parts of the film, and there were a lot of them.
Still, I'm a huge fan of both series, so I'll probably give this one a try.
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