Quote from: Elmazalman on Oct 01, 2022, 05:30:29 PMQuote from: xeno_alpha_07 on Oct 01, 2022, 04:45:17 PMQuote from: Elmazalman on Oct 01, 2022, 04:29:53 PMAs much as I love the film as is, I would badly want to see the strongest cut possible. I wish that extended cut (with EVERYTHING thrown back in) was released, instead of, the Ridley Scott 2003 DC re-edit.
Same. The director's cut was definitely a missed opportunity with some questionable edits. The release of the x-rated cut was teased a handful of times in various magazines which always got my hopes up. The director's cut could have been much much more. I never thought they could release an extended version of Alien 3 but they did many years later. So, maybe one day Alien will get the same treatment...fingers crossed.
I saw the DC twice at the time, and enjoyed the additional material - but was hoping for (much) more. The amount of previously-unseen material in the later released 2003 Quadrilogy set only confirmed how much more material could've been used. Definitely a missed opportunity.
It's a long way off, but, I'm hoping something very special happens for 2029
The director's cut was released while I was living and working in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately I never got to watch the DC cut in the cinema due to work. When I eventually got time off it was no longer showing so as you can imagine I wasn't impressed. I pre-ordered the Alien Quadrilogy set and I was lucky enough to get my copy a day early
so that's how I got to watch it. I couldn't wait to see it and I enjoyed it but I couldn't help but feel disappointment on top of my happiness. I was expecting more from the Brett death scene and more. But instead what I was expecting wasn't in it. I was still happy don't get me wrong but I had so many hopes of seeing the x-rated cut. I do like Alien as it is but I'm also obsessed with what was cut from the film. The Alien 3 Assembly Cut was everything I wanted and more. I have so many fond memories of the Quadrilogy's release
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And let's not forgot those extra Alien deleted scenes! Man I was happy as a pig in sh*t