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- An hour-long build before the first sustained alien action
- Timeless hostile-terrain war structure
- Physical sets, miniatures and creature effects
- The war-focused promotional tagline
- Paul Reiser as a comic actor playing a villain
- Organic continuation from Alien
- Video calling and other simple future technology
- Michael Biehn’s screen presence
- Hudson and Hicks as contrasting partners
- Filming the Marines’ introduction late to capture their familiarity
- The finale’s countdown matching elapsed time