@Project A34K Confused on how both of said philosophies intersect:
"The EEV hurls toward prison colony Fiorina 161 and breaks atmosphere, crashing into the ocean, causing catastrophic damage. A hole is torn in the side of the shuttle and it is flooded instantly. Hicks and Newt's cryotubes are damaged with the impact. Newt's floods in seconds and Hicks is crushed in the impact.
Neither wake up or suffer for a moment."
Which I absolutely agree with given what Clemens tells Ripley, I prefer to think he tells the truth.
"The reveal shot of Hick's body is from the Assembly Cut,
while the shots of Bishop and Newt are from the Theatrical Cut, although the information card that appears on screen for these shots has been removed. The audio has been reworked to fit the new cut and the sequence still ends with the shot of the oxen and the prisoners on the beach to suggest that's how they got the shuttle out of the water."
So... ?