Quote from: SM on Jan 06, 2019, 11:46:55 PM
The problem for the vast majority of punters - not those of us who watch alternate cuts over and over - is that they don't know their faces.
Counterpoint: I've seen a lot of casual viewers on other forums who...
1. didn't like 'Alien3' to begin with
2. watched both versions back to back
3. liked Alien3 but hadn't seen the extended edition
...and gave the extended edition a shot and greatly enjoyed it more than the original cut. Like, it's far and away an overwhelming opinion I've seen from casual fans or non-fans.
I've seen reasons such as better being able to tell the characters apart (simply due to them being on-screen for longer), the Golic arc having an interesting payoff (as opposed to him getting strapped down in the medical ward and then.... vanishing), the further development of Michael Bishop in his additional scenes, simply having the opportunity to drink in more of the film's atmosphere, set design, and soundtrack, preferences on the movie's opening with Clemens recovering Ripley, the list goes on and on.
Quote from: SM on Jan 06, 2019, 10:18:32 AM
I've heard pretty much every reason and they generally amount to 'I like the Special Edition more'.
That seems hilariously reductionist when people are genuinely honest-to-god giving more involved reasons than this.
Quote from: SM on Jan 06, 2019, 10:18:32 AM
SiL sums it up perfectly above - it doesn't fix any of the problems with the Theatrical Version.
Well, I mean, other than making it easier to tell a bunch of the characters apart merely by putting them on the screen more, and resolving the "Golic vanishes into thin air" thing.
Quote from: 426Buddy on Jan 06, 2019, 01:41:35 PM
Ive always been a sucker for a good chestbursting and that queenburster was really cool. Ripley took it like a champ though lol.
Absolutely, I wasn't big on the extended edition taking out the chestbursting. The Queen Chestburster puppet is magnificent, and seeing Ripley unnecessarily clutch it to herself all the way down
just to make sure was great.