I finally went to see it this evening.

I won't spoil anything for anyone who might still be waiting to see it, or at least I'll try not to, but I'm going to go against what seems to be the popular opinion and say that I actually enjoyed it. It wasn't quite what I expected, but I think that's really for the best. Xenomorphs will always be cool in my book, but there's not really much more anyone can do with them at this point. I guess my biggest complaint is that they seem to be on some shaky ground where science and genetics are concerned but it's not like the whole xenomorph life cycle makes that much sense, biologically, when you stop to think about it.

I find it mildly amusing that the heroine's name is Dr. Elizabeth Shaw. I suppose it's probably too much to hope that it's an homage of sorts, as the original Liz Shaw certainly tangled with enough alien species and threats to humanity in her own time. But I just kept looking for the time machine.

I think I can kind of see why people don't care for this film. It's rather slow and artsy, especially at the beginning, and it breaks sharply away from the action-adventure flavor of the later Alien films. But I thought that was a point in its favor.

Whatever you think of it, at least it's not Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. My inner historian wanted to puke after seeing that preview.