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Alien 3 assembly cut online4/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Indeed, it sounds like the people producing the “Alien Anthology” came up to Scott and politely stated that James Cameron had extended his cut of Aliens and that editors were trying to salvage Alien³, so would Scott like the chance to produce his own alternative version of the first film? It almost seems like he produced it so that his film wouldn’t be the only movie in the set with only one version available. This isn’t like Blade Runner, where the director has been slowly trying to recover his version of the film for decades. “I’ve always been proud of it,” Scott muses, about the theatrical cut of the movie, and he’s quite right to be. ![]() I don’t think there are any flaws with the original film that really mandate an alternative cut like this, and Scott himself concedes that in the introduction he filmed for the set. I don’t think the footage improves the film, nor would I argue that it diminishes the film – I think I’d prefer to watch the theatrical cut, but I’d have no objection if my companion opted for the director’s cut instead. Still, we’re not talking about an entirely different film here. Okay, there are differences between the versions. ![]()
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