Related / unrelated - I want to watch Aliens this weekend. My son is mad that we won't let him join us.
Might change up and watch Alien though.
Thread hijack attempt - if you could only ever watch one of the two, would you pick Alien or Aliens?
They're so different, it's like asking if you'd prefer "The Thing" (claustrophobic terror) or "Commando" (ass-kicking action).
Sitting here thinking on the question, I'm genuinely struggling to come to answer, it's pretty mood dependent. Just to get off the fence though, I'll go with Alien, though if the question was worded differently, to "if you could only watch one of the two henceforth..." meaning, given that I've already seen both, I'd go with Aliens because it has better rewatchability.