Indeed...
For some reason the writers and director of Alien 3 figured they would make it as inferior to Alien and Aliens as much as possible. Could you imagine just for a minute that it's the early 90's, and you've just watched Aliens for the first time, and you head to the theater for Alien 3 all hyped up and expecting another incredible movie....
Instead, disappointment begins to hit immediately into the movie when it's revealed that a plothole egg remained on the Sulaco and is stuck at an angle above the cryo beds (a question not even answered until the other disappointment: Aliens Colonial Marines as there is NO way the queen put that there herself, the Cryo beds were decks away from the hangar deck), Newt and Hicks are both dead, Ripley is on her own with a bunch of evil men stuck on a prison planet (with strange accents mind you), and eventually Ripley herself dies?
(The theatrical release has nothing on the assembly cut, but the person watching in the theater has no idea this is even going to come out one day.)
I couldn't even have began to imagine the thoughts of the audience as they left the theater, I only saw Alien 3 in the early 2000's. They went in expecting Alien or Aliens quality, instead that did not happen.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
I saw it at the time and the only thing that pissed me off is it was cut to death. The AC is a better movie for reinstating cut scenes (particularly Golics fate).
Is it as good as Alien? No. But it's not a bad movie. I personally put it on a par with Aliens.
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Iramet (31)
6 years ago
The director's cut is an okay film, but still it does not compare with the first 2 in terms of quality. I think one of the things going against it was the fact they made it a really 'depressing' films and that was off putting to many. Alien despite being a terrifying horror film was not depressing and Aliens was more focused on action and had a very 'feel good' ending. Coming off a feel good ending with extremely opposite type of feeling I think hurt the film overall. I should have done more to work its way into being a more sad and tragic film coming off the more upbeat ending of Aliens. Of course the filmmakers were somewhat limited by not being able to use Newt or Hicks since they did not get those actors back.
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wearsalan (5554)
6 years ago
My favourite used to be Aliens, but over time my opinion has changed.
I know a lot of dislike for this movie comes from the (senseless) loss of Hicks and Newt and in my opinion this could have been averted by simply putting those characters in a different escape pod. Once they'd killed off those characters it opened the movie to being picked apart for every little flaw. The obvious one being how the hell did that egg get on board? But you know what? At the time not many people mentioned that! It was more about the senseless deaths of Hicks and Newt and the overall depressing mood of the film. Funnily enough the movie was quite well received here in Europe.
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5 years ago
For some reason the writers and director of Alien 3 figured they would make it as inferior to Alien and Aliens as much as possible. Could you imagine just for a minute that it's the early 90's, and you've just watched Aliens for the first time, and you head to the theater for Alien 3 all hyped up and expecting another incredible movie....
not enough bang bang shooty shooty for you?
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Volley (3368)
5 years ago
Hahaha, don't get me wrong--as a unique setting, Alien 3 hits the jackpot, and it actually has some really good atmosphere. I just can't get over that egg stuck right above the cryo chambers which is the entire premise of the Sulaco fire, thus: Alien 3.
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5 years ago
yep thats definately a plothole of the highest order.
Didnt seem to bother me when the film was released but it does now . a bit . i dont let it ruin it for me ...
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crc32 (2584)
5 years ago
The story had gone through so many rewrites I don't think anyone gave a danm about that big plot point.
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5 years ago
well , i guess with the conclusion of Aliens being "All the Aliens are dead" it would take some pretty creative thinking to a) get one back , and b) have it be a problem for Ripley.
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crc32 (2584)
5 years ago
At this point even a silly "Bishop" brought two back before picking up riply and newt would have explained enough. instead they put a single egg thats the smallest in the series leaving us to speculate that one hugger was able to impregnate 2 people which seems implausible cause in every other film face huggers die right after impregnatio0n.
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