Hmmm, my DC of Alien has RS speaking about the changes he made to it.
Alien Anthology Blu-ray - Which Version to watch?
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Same here.
I've mentioned that before, in some thread or another.
I don't know why they didn't use the dog as the host, as it was in the theatrical release. It makes much more sense.
Well I can see the 2 being equally as valid .... the dog host would make more sense with the eventual more agile alien they encountered .... on the flip side, the ox made sense from the point that they were being used to drag the escape pods from the shore and thus more likely to have encountered the facehugger.
One of the funniest outtakes from Alien3 was the use of an actual dog dressed up as an baby alien running away from the dog carcass .... it just looked way too silly and the crew were peeing themselves with laughter. They wisely used CGI as the replacement even though the CGI wasn't that mature (we're talking Spawn: The Movie level of CGI terribleness)
But yeah back to the original question, the order to watch:
Alien Theatrical Cut (as its more coherent for plot and tension)
Aliens Special Edition (for the additional scenes giving more background on characters & events)
Alien3 Assembly Cut (less plot holes and more "gloom & doom" dread of Ripley's ultimate death)
Alien: Resurrection Extended Cut (for the bonus ending scene on Earth)
The Alien3 Assembly Cut actually makes that film good .... its not great but the version pushes it above the 4th film. It's an interesting piece as I hated the theatrical cut of Alien3 and prefer the Assembly Cut.
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Aliens Special Edition, Alien Theatrical Cut, don't bother watching 3 and only watch 4 if your bored one day and want some kinda cheesy popcorn scifi/action/horror hybrid (tho there are some ok scenes in it). May seem an odd order to watch them in but I think Aliens works better when you only have a vague idea of whats coming and the original still works when you watch it after Aliens.
The dog Alien just doesn't match up to how big the dog is itself. It makes more sense that the alien came from something larger in terms of size ratio.
After watching the directors cut of Alien 3 I really do prefer this to the original, although it still seems a bit mashed together.
In some ways the third Alien film is my favourite film now. If not then its my favourite after the first. The second film just seems to go downhill when Ripley goes back for Newt, and I'm not a fan of the queen alien and never thought it looked good at all. Its a shame Scott didn't set the ground rules for how the Aliens procreated in the first film. I find it much more believable and interesting.
After watching the directors cut of Alien 3 I really do prefer this to the original, although it still seems a bit mashed together.
In some ways the third Alien film is my favourite film now. If not then its my favourite after the first. The second film just seems to go downhill when Ripley goes back for Newt, and I'm not a fan of the queen alien and never thought it looked good at all. Its a shame Scott didn't set the ground rules for how the Aliens procreated in the first film. I find it much more believable and interesting.
What? Melting people into eggs is more believable than having a hive Queen who lays eggs like many insect species?
Neither does the size of an Alien Queen, when you look at the size of a human host. If a larger Alien can come from an average size human, surely an average size Alien can come from a dog.
Rottweilers are not small dogs.
The Alien shares far more in common with a dog, than an ox, in terms of characteristics.
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Anthology sat on my shelf for a couple months now...
and tis thread has just made it more confusing! I LOVE and always have loved the Alien films. But have never seen specials or directors cuts of 1, 3 and 4. So reading through this thread has been interesting, but also made me not sure which ones to watch. I mean, I loved the originals, then saw DC of Aliens (which I think is superb), but I don't want to ruin the others in my mind.
Bah, maybe I should just watch all of em, them decide, lol.
and tis thread has just made it more confusing! I LOVE and always have loved the Alien films. But have never seen specials or directors cuts of 1, 3 and 4. So reading through this thread has been interesting, but also made me not sure which ones to watch. I mean, I loved the originals, then saw DC of Aliens (which I think is superb), but I don't want to ruin the others in my mind.
Bah, maybe I should just watch all of em, them decide, lol.
The general consensus is that the DC's for Aliens, 3 & 4 only make them better so no worry there.
The DC of Alien is really the only one that seems to split opinion. I prefer the original over the DC but give it a watch, what's the worst that could happen?
The DC of Alien is really the only one that seems to split opinion. I prefer the original over the DC but give it a watch, what's the worst that could happen?
The Sentry Guns are only in the DC of Aliens
Also the Dropship weapons readout, which should never have been cut!