Alien 3 alternate ending?

[BrendonR]

actually, I must be the odd one out, because I loved Alien3! Alien: Ressurection... not so much - but Alien3... dude - good shtick to me!

Of course, Fincher's "assembly cut" is vastly supperior to the theatrical cut.

can't wait for Fox to put out their quadrilogy pack on Blu!!!

[Tcan21]

Originally Posted by BrendonR

actually, I must be the odd one out, because I loved Alien3! Alien: Ressurection... not so much - but Alien3... dude - good shtick to me!

Of course, Fincher's "assembly cut" is vastly supperior to the theatrical cut.

can't wait for Fox to put out their quadrilogy pack on Blu!!!

I agree the "director's cut" or "assembly cut" is a much different and vastly improved film than the theatrical release.

[coralfangs]

Actually, it was the extended version if I remember correctly. They had the ox dying, the trapping inside the waste dump, the dumbass releasing his dragon lord, etc.

I actually had the boxset and watched all of them for several times. Maybe I just forgot about the alternate ending..... weird.....

[KenThompson]

By the time Aliens is over we care about Newt and Hicks and to just kill them off so easily in the 3rd was like a slap in the face. Alien 3 is like one big chase scene and the inmates, do we care about them, I think not.

[Rob J in WNY]

Originally Posted by KenThompson

By the time Aliens is over we care about Newt and Hicks and to just kill them off so easily in the 3rd was like a slap in the face. Alien 3 is like one big chase scene and the inmates, do we care about them, I think not.

+1

Absolutely! Couldn't agree more! Ripley rescued them, nearly sacrificing her own life in the final throes of "Aliens" only to have them "explained away" in Alien 3. I have to say that this was disappointing.

"Alien Resurrection" was, IMHO, an awesome idea, but not very great execution. "Alien 3," though disappointing, harmonized with the first two a little better than "Resurrection" did.

I do have all four movies in the Special Edition releases on DVD. I would definitely purchase the first two on BD. Would only get "3" and "Resurrection" if they were really inexpensive or a really great box set price.