Ripley and the facehugger in Alien 3

[Kradan]

Could you imagine old mansion just full of webbing and flying facehuggers ?

[Xenomorphine]

The AC isn't clear enough to make out the membranes, IMO. I only know it's meant to look different because of being familiar with the model, but it isn't sharp enough to just mostly looks like a normal one on screen.

Plus, the one which actually crawls over the cryotube is completely normal.

[SM]

You can see the webbing very briefly if you're looking for it.  It's also a lot bigger than a normal hugger.

[Local Trouble]

Would you say that the super facehugger's design traits are unavoidably canon within the alternate story of the AC?

[SM]

If by design traits you mean being a big webby finger f**ker - I supposed they would.

[Huggs]

Pretend it was a normal facehugger that just got squashed and discolored by a big dead cow.

[Local Trouble]

If by design traits you mean being a big webby finger f**ker - I supposed they would.

Yes, that's what I mean.  Do you reject the argument that it's too blink-and-you'll-miss-it or too far-away-from-the-camera as a way to handwave it?

If so, you may upset people.

[SM]

It's easy to handwave the webbing.  The size issue less so.

But it's the special edition so matters little.

[Local Trouble]

I'd explain the larger size along the same lines as the webbing: it grew so it could properly fit the head of an ox.

But yeah, it doesn't really matter since it's just the AC.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

Isn't the AC widely considered the definitive cut these days?

[SiL]

Preferred, maybe, but not the definitive.

[SM]

Not sure definitiveness is something that can be "widely considered".

[Immortan Jonesy]

Yup. David creating the Alien with Ridley Scott confirming the above is a good example of that.

[𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔥 𝔓𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯]

But if it is the preferred cut how come it doesn't matter?

[SM]

Because the theatrical cut is the definitive cut.

Not to downplay CdLs sterling work on the series over the years - but the special edition is a glorified fan edit.