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A review by monagle
Aliens: Bishop by T.R. Napper
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
One of the challenges of modern Aliens adaptations is the desire of the studio to find points of intersection between the original films Ridley Scott's latest adaptations. For many fans, Aliens is marines and monsters, period. But even if you're not a big fan of Prometheus or Alien: Covenant, the beautiful hook about that movie is that they shifted the focus of the Alien franchise away from the xenomorphs and towards mankind's obsession with artificial intelligence. Michael Fassbender's performance as David taps into the Frankenstein mythos that lays near the beating heart of the franchise as a whole: being hated by the very things we looked to create.
Aliens: Bishop does a remarkable job of holding those thoughts together while also playing in the big, beautiful, and often-contradictory sandbox that is the Aliens universe. Napper is clearly most interested in the relationship between Bishop and Michael Bishop, but that serves the story well. We get to enjoy the best of both halves of the franchise -- soldiers and monsters, fathers and (robot) sons -- while also tapping a bit more into the political bodies that run the whole show. Excellent stuff, and a lot of fun.
Aliens: Bishop does a remarkable job of holding those thoughts together while also playing in the big, beautiful, and often-contradictory sandbox that is the Aliens universe. Napper is clearly most interested in the relationship between Bishop and Michael Bishop, but that serves the story well. We get to enjoy the best of both halves of the franchise -- soldiers and monsters, fathers and (robot) sons -- while also tapping a bit more into the political bodies that run the whole show. Excellent stuff, and a lot of fun.