The saving graces of the AVP movies.

While neither movies do any justice to the franchise's there are some standout moments in the flicks which pay homage the other movies, comics and games.

The satellite Queen.
At the start of AVP one we get a glimpse of what appears to be the Queen floating in space however as the camera pans back its reviled to be a Weyland  satellite....a wicked yet cool tease to say the least.

Bishop Weyland pen trick

The fact they got Lance back as Charles Bishop Weyland is awesome but the fact they made it that he designed the andriod in his likeness and may have even programmed the line to do his five finger fillet trick which he seemed to play as a human with a pen.

Wake up call.

At the start of Alien it shows a number of helmets activating the ships computer's to wake up the crew. In AVP the Predator helmets do likewise suggesting that Predtech went into Weyland-Yutani vessels.

Face off.

After so many comicbooks, novels and video games we finally got it. The battle we've all been waiting for and while it never really lives up to our expectations it still pretty cool. The moment both beasts came into the frame I got goose bumps.

Captured Queen

A huge element they they took from the Dark Horse Avp comics that the Predator's bred Xenomorph via a captive queen and this was done perfectly in the movie.

Predalien

Another element from the comic that made it to the big screen was the Predalien and while Im not fan of the end result...it was cool to see the creature make into the movie.

Life on a predator ship

One of two things that AVP:R did was show more of the Predator culture. The opening showed us what a life on a predator ship is like. The trophy room was awesome.

The Predator Homeworld

Another cool thing was seeing the Predator Homeworld. Temples,jungles and spaceships...it screamed Predator.

The Wolf

This Yautja Cleaner is named after Harvey Keitel and based off Broken Tusk from the first AVP comic. This is one badass predator.

Ms Yutani

Another thing that AVP:R did was introduce the head of Yutani corp and like the prior movie shed more light on the Alien lore. It also show how Wayland Yutani came buy predtech allowing them pioneer space travel.

So there you are...a few reasons why the movies dont totally suck. So if your a fan dont be ashamed if you like them...Im not.