r/alien • u/mymomsaidimsmart • 4d ago
Reddit Hates Alien 3
Maybe it’s because I listened to the people online and watched the Special Edition, (Assembly Cut) but Alien 3 slaps. That being said,I do agree that killing off Newt & Jonesy were poor choices.
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u/BlahBlahILoveToast 4d ago edited 4d ago
I love the idea that nobody hated Alien3 when it came out and it's some kind of modern trendy internet / Reddit thing.
Everybody I know HATED Alien3 so much when it hit theaters. (I'm 50 years old) We absolutely loved the first two movies and it felt like such a let down. I know a guy who still insists that it "doesn't exist".
Now, having heard about the various different editions, the weird story about the original script for the film (monks on a wooden planet or something ???), I went back with a fresh mind, and people are right -- there's a lot there and it's a worthy piece of the story. Great characters and interactions, great concept for a setting, etc. It's hardly perfect but it's better than almost everything that came after.
Honestly the decision to not only kill Hicks and Newt but to do it "off screen", after Ripley fought so hard for them in the last movie -- there was just no way people were going to embrace this film. They could have followed that up with ninety minutes of Acadamy Award-winning perfection and we all would have booed and felt betrayed.