Heavy Metal Spike wrote: ↑May 31st, 2024, 5:10 am
It's unusual for us to disagree about something (hey it had to happen eventually) (* you are still on the Christmas card list though *)
Alien3 is actually my fave out of ALL movies the beasties are involved in. Neither the wee Wifey or I were impressed when we originally saw it (it was SO different that what was expected after "ALIENS", and no-one wanted Hicks & Newt to die!)
It grew on me with subsequent watchings, but what REALLY sold it to me was the exclusive/directors/whatever cut that includes the extra cut scenes, fleshing out a lot of the character decisions and generally providing more background. The latest super-duper version has taken THAT version even further by cleaning up the visuals and applying an overdubbed/restored soundtrack & dialogue. Absolutely amazing film. The cast is perfect too (with Charles Dance getting prime recognition). Probably my fave design of the creature too (although love the Alien Resurrection design also).
So I personally would NOT want that rewritten in any shape or form.
As regards the B-movies though - I totally agree with your observations, historical examples and suggestion.
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I love ALL of Sigourney Weaver's "Alien:" movies, but, after the first one, my favorite is "Alien Resurrection" because - well, truth be told, I find the "sexy vibe" of the buffed bad-ass Ripley-clone to be "off-the-charts".
(But that's just me. You are free to have a different opinion. 
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I started this about Alien 3 but I actually quite like the movie though I now wish a new fork were created after Aliens, something Sigourney Weaver, Neill Blomkamp and James Carmeron have worked on. For me it's more about that killing off Newt, Hicks and Ripley proved to be a really unproductive direction and as Todd pointed out 3 "cast a dark shadow" over subsequent films leading to travesties like the follow up Alien Resurrection (sorry Vlad!). None of the following films have been much chop and while I'm hoping the upcoming Alien Romulus might be better, experience has taught me not to hold my breath. Aliens is among the best sequels ever made and it seemed mean-spirited to kill off characters that so much effort went into. I know that tragic events of this sort happen in real life but I go to movies to get away from real life. I and millions of others enjoyed the military SF approach of Cameron's and interestingly much of the book, RPG and fan films have taken Aliens as their root and inspiration. So, I'm happy for 3 to exist but would like to see an alternate timeline created from Aliens in the same way other franchises have done.
Personally, I have found all of the post Resurrection alien movies to be utter unadulterated dreck. 
