Joe Neff wrote:
At this point, we're pretty sure that ALIEN and ALIENS will bookend the Marathon,...
I have a crazy suggestion!
Since that's the way you (or, rather, Bruce) programmed it back in 1996, why not do something different this time? Play them back-to-back?
In fact, as I think about it, almost every time there's been similar programming - 2 films where one is a remake or sequel - they have been used to bookend the marathon (ie. Invasion of the Body Snatchers in '93, The Thing in '91, The Fly in '97, and Terminator in '99. The one exception I was able to find in the archives was way back in '89, when both Blob films played with just one film between them (Killer Klowns).
Time to change things up, my friend!