Yes it is a gradual development as the words form, and alien in look too, like a bunch of symmetrical lines. Nothing but forms. The dissolves are also seen later in the wake-up scene around the white beds. Kind of tasty filmmaking! When the words come to full form and substance now the music jumps up and the time is now because the monster is coming! The brown planet (seen in 70mm at the theater) sets up that dark environment where our dreams and thoughts like to dwell. I like this movie because the experience it gives is storytelling in 4 dimensions. The genre is besides the point, the experience is just romantic in a survival sense, and a mystery that begs for the right choice of the characters.

I hope they get that Alien 5 going and make it an experience! AVP and AVP Requiem are lesser creations!

BTW, a great analysis of the titles used for this series. Thanks for posting it.

ALIENS conveys the update in style and narrative of the movie very well.

ALIEN 3 is really a complicated subject. Even though I believe Fincher’s direction is overall excellent, the problem with the movie lies within the screenplay. Look it up. They were going to make a “wooden planet”, for god’s sake. The actual result was pretty decent. BTW, the title sequence is pure Fincher, circa his more “music video” days.

Number 4 is totally disposable. Leave it to a french director to ruin the genre. Also, “Fifth Element” rings a bell. RESURRECTION only made sense to me once, when I was totally baked.

I do think, however, David Fincher is right in practically disowning Alien³; it is bad. Killing off two of the characters from the get-go who fought so hard to stay alive in Aliens? Unforgivable.

Sigourney Weaver was the best thing about Alien: Resurrection.

Alien Resurection there is nothing there. Total crap.

Haunting and evocative