Aliens - My Own Cut - Cinema Series

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First alien wouldn't have hurt. The Janek and Vickers scene takes us away from Shaw and David for too long and was ultimately superfluous.

Fan cuts pffft

[BlueMarsalis79]

As you would say.

 

"Special Edition" like 4K77 does much more than just cut, despite my misgivings about the score.

For example, halving that particular scene, for the exact reason you outlined. But it is also good to have that scene just for characterisation, for motivation.

[SM]

It's a good character scene - if those were the main characters.

Also I have no idea what ""Special Edition" like 4K77 does much more than just cut, despite my misgivings about the score" means.

[BlueMarsalis79]

You have no idea, because you have a preconception. "Fan cuts pffft."

Prometheus Special Edition the "Agent 9" fan cut, has colour corrected shots, finished effects. In the prior post, the link has a full list of changes, I am just glad Pietro Scalia does not cut for Fede Alvarez.

4K77's a "fan cut" that essentially, it's a print of the original Star Wars painstakingly restored by fans. 4K80's still being worked on as it is in pretty rough shape, 4K83's in good shape.

[Local Trouble]

I saw a fan cut of Prometheus that had mercifully removed most of Fifield's worst scenes.  I liked that more than the theatrical.

[BlueMarsalis79]

cut fifield howeling like a wolf

cut holloway asking fifield for directions

cut alien "piss" conversation

cut fifield saying "what did you find?"

cut fifield yelling at shaw and saying he's going back to ship

cut fifield & millburn talking about being lost
added audio que / transition

cut various shots of millburn in structure

cut fifield smoking in his respirator

[Local Trouble]

Jesus, I didn't realize how many scenes Fifield actually had.

[Elmazalman]

The gerbil/hamster scene should go.  It is a "motion tracker fakeout" which is fine, but that fakeout happens twice in the movie which detracts from the tension of the second one. Since we need the Newt scene, this one needs to go. Not finding anything is way more scary than a cheap jump scare.

The sped-up shot of Vasquez and Hudson bursting into the room, looks bad - reason enough to dump the scene, imo.

[SM]

You have no idea, because you have a preconception. "Fan cuts pffft."

Prometheus Special Edition the "Agent 9" fan cut, has colour corrected shots, finished effects. In the prior post, the link has a full list of changes, I am just glad Pietro Scalia does not cut for Fede Alvarez.

4K77's a "fan cut" that essentially, it's a print of the original Star Wars painstakingly restored by fans. 4K80's still being worked on as it is in pretty rough shape, 4K83's in good shape.

I was actually asking what the 4K77 thing is in good faith, because I didn't know what you were talking about.  I didn't realise you were talking about Star Wars.

Oh that eternal and everlasting snark though... I have missed it so...

I saw a fan cut of Prometheus that had mercifully removed most of Fifield's worst scenes.  I liked that more than the theatrical.

Space Jesus and Fifield love you.

[Local Trouble]

I bet even rocks hate Fifield.

[SM]

  

As I would say.

[Highland]

Opening scene going back to the Planet would be a big no, we just left there in Alien. I much prefer the robot scanner starting. I imagine watching this for the fist time (I obviously can't remember) you would potentially think a jump scare is coming, is the Alien still in there? Is something else in there...?

I actually do agree that seeing more of Hadley's Hope is really cool. It's one of the best area's/sets in a sci-fi movie ever, I'm just not sure where you put it and sadly it probably is better left out.

Cameron has the Bishop exchange already perfect in the Theatrical "It must be something we haven't seen yet". Perfection.

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Oh that eternal and everlasting snark though... I have missed it so...

I find it genuinely endearing, but I may be biased.

[BlueMarsalis79]

You have no idea, because you have a preconception. "Fan cuts pffft."

Prometheus Special Edition the "Agent 9" fan cut, has colour corrected shots, finished effects. In the prior post, the link has a full list of changes, I am just glad Pietro Scalia does not cut for Fede Alvarez.

4K77's a "fan cut" that essentially, it's a print of the original Star Wars painstakingly restored by fans. 4K80's still being worked on as it is in pretty rough shape, 4K83's in good shape.

I was actually asking what the 4K77 thing is in good faith, because I didn't know what you were talking about.  I didn't realise you were talking about Star Wars.

Oh that eternal and everlasting snark though... I have missed it so...

Forgive me for not thinking "pffft" and good faith go well together.

[SM]

You are forgiven.