Regarding the cgi; I think there was some misunderstanding, I wasn't suggesting replace *all* the cgi with a guy in a suit; I'm saying (particularly in the case of the Alien films) sometimes less is more... there are indeed some cool shots as some of you have mentioned (the underwater bite was indeed cool) but I really, *really* think that whole scene needed tighter editing; there seems to be this necessity to show the alien in full; the whole reason the earlier movies work is we see shapes and movement in the darkness and our mind fills in the rest; in example - an awesome shot in 'Aliens' is the xeno leaping into the elevator with Ripley and Hicks, it works because we have this fast split-second shot of this huge thing almost tumbling through the door from the ceiling. If that scene had been in Alien resurrection, there would have 100% been a point of view shot from the elevator of a shit cgi full-
body glistening brown xeno running up the corridor towards them, followed by a mega camera zoom from the other side of the corridor to focus in on the characters expressions before it jumped in 😂 it's that kind of crap that needs to go... the underwater scene doesn't need that slow shot of two swimming xenos at all; instead Jona's scream could have cut straight to the fast moving near-miss bite and would have had more impact (and less focus on the 32-bit graphics xeno teeth 🤣) just as we didn't need the crap climbing xeno; there was a nice shot of it jumping out of the water, from there fast cut to it grabbing Christie's ankle straight from the leap, and then immediately to the nice practical close up of its face as it bares teeth.
I swear, when I have more time once my dissertation is submitted this year, I'll attempt a fan-edit to better demonstrate what I mean.. I believe there is an alright movie hidden amongst what we got, and it mostly requires leaving more on the cutting room floor... nearest example I could give in the original trilogy would be Alien 3 theatrical vs Assemblh... when Clemens is attacked, the theatrical cut 100% made the right choice to leave that awful-looking bite out..it's only a split second, but it looks cheaper for having it... I feel the same way about a lot of the cgi shots in resurrection. They aren't needed, but some snippets would really work nicely. 😊
