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Special Edition vs. Theatrical Release
By A Customer
ALIEN 3 was disliked so much. To all the people who hated this movie, I would like you to give it a second chance and watch the Special Edition version of the movie. There are 30 minutes of restored footage that really helped fill in the plot holes. There is more depth with Golic showing his relationship with the prisoners, how he gets caught, how he gets loose, and how he dies. There is about 8-10 extra minutes added after the fire starts and before Dillon finds a prisoner’s throat cut. There is one more thing ALIEN 3 didn’t do. They didn’t show how Eric died! Eric started up the piston and we never saw him again. Anyway, ALIEN 3 SE gets 5 stars and is my favorite movie in the ALIEN series.

The theatrical version of the movie was pretty good. The alternative begining on Fiorina 161 was better and you got to see the outside of the planet. Instead, for the TR, they made it more simple. The ending in the theatrical version was also different. The Queen chestburster came out of Ripley. The other different thing about the movie was the alien came out of a dog, it was an ox in the Special Edition. The theatrical version and Special Edition were different ins so many ways. The Special Edition of the movie made ALIEN 3 a more likeable movie and some ALIEN fans are getting a better view of the movie. The special features disc is packed with 164 miutes of featurettes! There are also the different theatrical trailers and TV spots. The still photo galleries and the story boards are also on the DVD. In the supplementary part of the first disc, you can use deleted footage markers, turn on commentaries, and view the deleted scenes(only on theatrical version supplement.) You can also use Dolby 5.1 for your audio and have English or Spanish subtitles. This DVD is awesome, and I wou;d recomend it to any ALIEN or sci-fi fan!

47 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
Alien 3 – Much better than I remembered it to be!
By K. Wyatt
I remember the long wait between the release of this movie and “Aliens” and the great amount of anticipation that was built up around this movie considering how extraordinary the first two films were and just imagining how great this one was “going” to be. Then its release date came and it received generally bad reviews and collectively, the majority of the fans were highly disappointed by it, including myself. That being said, I was quite reluctant to spend the money on this DVD but after reading some of the other positive reviews I decided to give this film one more chance and now, after having watched it again I would have to say I’ve completely changed my mind.

Alien 3 just wasn’t as bad as I remembered it to be from that one time viewing in the theater so many years ago and in fact, stylistically, it’s a movie that was ahead of its time. Ultimately, I think what turned so many people off of this film when it was released is that it was so dramatically different from the first two that it initially just didn’t seem as though it belonged in the mythos that is the Alien legacy. The one thing about this film that does make it drag is its pacing. What the director appeared to be reaching for was the same feel that “Alien” engendered but in the end, in reaching for that intense atmosphere didn’t always work and only resulted in the pace slowing down and too little suspense. As stated above though, thematically it was just years ahead of its time and I believe, were it a movie that were originally released more recently, with some minor changes, it might’ve garnered much more success in the theaters.

Performance wise, Sigourney Weaver does just as wonderful a job with this film as she did with the first two and, not to mention, she co-produced the film, further showing her support for the script and this addition to the Alien mythos. Charles S. Dutton’s role in the film is “over the top,” as his acting usually is and it fits quite well with the character.

David Fincher, who took up the directing mantle for “Alien 3″ deserves a fair amount of credit for the thematic style of this film, bringing the original story and screenplay to fruition. Twelve years ago, I would’ve said don’t ever let the man direct again, but this second viewing of “Alien 3″ and after seeing some of the other films he’s directed since, I would definitely have to say that he is a very good director!

This Collector’s Edition release comes with two options, the original 1992 Theatrical version or a 2003 Special Edition. One note of caution, the Special Edition doesn’t really add too much to the film, but of the small portion that is added, it helps to set up the story that much better. The THX certification and 5.1 Dolby Surround is perfect for the film, bringing out the score beautifully!

The Premise:

As Ripley, Hicks, Newt and Bishop are slumbering away in hyper sleep, hoping to next wake up near Earth, the ship suddenly encounters problems of the alien kind. Being the good futuristic starship that it is, it kindly ejects Ripley and the bodies of her companions on a prison planet. Ripley awakens to find herself on this prison planet and not long thereafter, prisoners start showing up dead and Ripley herself finds that her worst nightmare has come true…

What follows from there, as stated above, is most certainly not the best of the Alien series but it is most definitely a lot better movie than my initial assessment of it had been. I would definitely recommend this film to any and all fans of the Alien series, as I believe it plays an integral part in the mythos. {ssintrepid}

Special Features:

-1992 Theatrical version (Deleted/Extended Scene Index) & Alien vs. Predator Teaser Trailer-2003 Special Edition (Deleted Footage Marker)-”Development: Concluding the Story” Featurette-”Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward’s Vision” Featurette-”Pre-production, Part III” Featurette-”Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger’s Redesign” Featurette-Still Photo Galleries (multiple)-”Optical Fury: Visual Effects” Featurette-”Music, Editing and Sound” Featurette-”Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film” Featurette-”Production, Part I” Featurette-”Adaptive Organism: Creature Design” Featurette-”Production, Part II” Featurette-”Production, Part III” Featurette-”Furnace Construction: Time Lapse Sequence”-E.E.V. Scan Multi-Angle Study with Optional Commentary

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
An underrated film gets a second chance with great new DVD
By Crazy Jim
“Alien 3″ has always been given the harshest treatment of any of the Alien films. Having to follow up Ridley Scott’s suspense masterpiece and Jim Cameron’s action-adventure juggernaut of a sequel is no easy task. I have always looked at David Fincher’s third entry as sort of a misunderstood child in the Alien franchise. Perhaps going from the thrill-a-minute gun-blazing epic that was “Aliens” to a sort of a dark and gloomy European-style “cat and mouse” film was too much of a sour note for most of the fans and critics to handle. From the hectic details of the production to the less-than-stellar way in which the film was received, many saw “Alien 3″ as being a mediocre final nail in the coffin of the Alien series. I have always had a special place in my heart for this film and now with its latest DVD release, it is finally getting the treatment that I feel it honestly deserves.

With this latest edition of “Alien 3″ on DVD as part of the “Alien Quadrilogy” boxed set, you not only get the controversial 1991 theatrical version but a never-before-seen “alternate version” of the film that includes over 30 minutes of new footage. Included in this new version are several new sequences including an alternate opening sequence and several lost “character moments”. In this version, the alien is born through a dead bull, instead of a dog. We also get more of an insight into Charles Dutton’s Dillion as his role as a sort of religous leader is defined a lot deeper. There is also a number of sequences showing what happened to Paul McGann’s “Golic” that were omitted from the original version. The “alternate ending” isn’t very different from the original one but there are a few subtle changes. For the record, this is not a “director’s cut” as David Fincher had nothing to do with this DVD release at all.

“Alien 3″ is in my opinion, a lot better film that it ever gets credit for. Charles Dutton’s perfomance alone is better than anything seen in the terrible “Alien: Resurrection”. Elliot Goldenthal’s musical score is absolutely brilliant and is not mentioned nearly enough when people talk about this movie. In my opinion, the music may have been one of the things that I enjoyed the most about the movie. The lack of firepower has always been something that the die-hard fans have always complained about but I never saw it as a problem. Maybe today’s audiences just aren’t into the whole idea of trying to outsmart the creature in a tunnel maze rather than just blowing it up with a grenade launcher. “Alien 3″ also displayed a far better use of performances. I was a big fan of the character interactions between both Ripley and Clemens as well as Ripley and Dillion. From an acting perspective, Weaver is given a lot more to do, this time around. Not that her performance in the other two films was ever bad but she really takes over here. I have always felt that this was a good way to end the series but Fox’s decision to release a fourth film in 1997 shows that perhaps, many people didn’t agree. This one is superior to “Resurrection” on every level.

This DVD is packed with bonus features including a full-length commentary for both versions of the film with numerous members of the cast & crew. As previously stated, director David Fincher is noticeably absent. We also get a whole bunch of featurettes that cover nearly every aspect of the film’s production. These do a great deal to show the frustration that the crew had to deal with when working on this film. It also shows all of the different concepts for the script and overall design of the film that were abandoned. For any of the fans who truly enjoyed “Alien 3″, this is certainly a definitive collector’s item.

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