The thing is, I never voted for any movie online in my life, never rated one. I just didn't feel a need to, and that's something I know many lifelong movie fans can identify with - I know many hardcore, passionate fans of certain films who never voted online. Also, I don't even know personally anyone who did. However, just because it doesn't happen in my circle does not mean it doesn't happen. Just because a group of fellow friends give out an opinion on a movie, it does not mean it's the majority's opinion. While I may not have voted, hundreds of thousands people cast their votes on numerous websites, and that number is a very clear indicator of how the general moviegoing population rates the film. So let's take a look at how the ALIEN TRILOGY is perceived today. Spoiler alert - not much changed, but there are some changes nonetheless. It's still a neverending tossup between the first two movies, however, Alien appears to be slightly in the lead for the general audience. Also, Alien 3 isn't nearly as hated as it used to be back in the days
ALIEN
Let's start with IMDB. Based on 1,016,668 votes (yes, that's over 1 Million!), it has a rating of 8.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: Based on more than 250,000 votes from the audience, it has 94/100
Google Audience: Based on 1,051 reviews it has 4.6/10 score
Letterboxd: based on more than 50,000 votes, it has a 4.3 rating
Metacritic: Based on 1,325 votes, it has a 8.9 score
ALIENS
IMDB. Based on close to 1 million votes - 809, 317 to be precise, it has a rating of 8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: Based on more than 250,000 votes from the audience, it also has 94/100
Google Audience: based on 732 reviews, it also has 4.6/5 score
Letterboxd: based on more than 13,000 votes, it has a 4.1 rating
Metacritic: Based on 1,134 votes, it also has a 8.9 score
ALIEN 3
IMDB. Based on 340, 738 votes, it has a rating of 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: Based on more than 250,000 votes from the audience, it has 64/100
Google Audience: Based on 303 votes it has a 3.5/5 score
Letterboxd: based on 273 votes, it has a 2.8/5 rating
Metacritic: Based on 418 votes, it has a 6.2 score
For an easier comparison, here's a visual
As far as specifically diehard Alien fans, it's Aliens that takes the definitive lead, based on a poll on AvPGalaxy, in which 1,075 hardcore fans voted
