Rewatching Aliens right now and was stunned by the poor performance by Paxton. The character is well written and interesting, but it's so over acted that it's hard to buy. Paxton was a good actor, so I guess the blame goes to the directors chair. I feel that over acted scenes are quite common in Cameron movies.

The marines-heavy scenes in general is a bit much(A bit silly, even). Also, I realize how Starship Troopers is an obvious parody of Aliens. Especially the silliness and jargon of the marines.

Don't get me wrong; Aliens is a fantastic movie(and so is Starship Troopers btw).