Speaking of which, the Arts cinema is doing an Alien all-nighter on the 30th. I'm tempted.

What, all four of them? Blimey, that would go on for a while. It's quite an effort to sit down and watch even three films back to back, IME.

(Sensible-length ones such as the Star Wars trilogy, I mean. Obviously watching the entire extended LotR would take more staying power than the entire Aliens!)

Ah, no, it's only 1-3. Probably more sensible.

Someone else suggested 1,2,4 would have been even better, through omitting 3 which is considered dreadful by most who've seen it.

Oddly it's the only one I haven't seen, so I can't really comment :-)

I think I'd agree. I don't think I thought 3 was actually unwatchable, but I certainly preferred 4.

I have all of them on DVD (I bought the box set), so if you want to fill in the gap, just shout.

Oooh, that would be more sensible than renting from lovefilm, which I was planning to do at some point. I'm not sure I've the stamina for an Aliens marathon :-)

Whereas I can't stand 4 but like 3 best of the lot.

I quite like 3. But I can't do all-nighters anymore.

For that, one needs a bouncy castle, or a room of beds.