Aliens : Special Edition - RARE Trailer

[DoctorGerm]

i can close my eyes and tell you the whole movie from start to end.... muhahahaha

[TrickyDicky2006]

They should have looked to some of teh book sthat were out, ones liek earth hive, nightmare asylum and female war with billie wilkes and 'ripley'

[neckronn99]

Aliens3 never happened-- I banish it from the canon--it is forgotten....

[LukeLovesRose]

@neckronn99

Hey, neckronn99, Michael Biehn himself recently said, "FUCK ALIEN 3!" I couldn't agree more.

[darkdevil905]

Well i think Fincher just fucked up all the work of Ripley Scott and James Cameron, i think that Alien 3 Was a great Game but well the movie sucked so bad i just wonder how can fincher next up to AVP he could just make a fucking good alien movie

[monroe111]

All right, sweethearts, what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed? Another glorious day in the Corps! A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm.

[MercuryMorrison1]

@monroe111 Gee Sarge would you fetch my slippers for me?

[monroe111]

@MercuryMorrison1 look in to my eyes!

[Johnlindsey289]

I would have loved to see the original script used for ALien 3 instead of the turkey from David Fincher. It reminded of me of David Lynch's similar 1984 Sci-fi failure Dune is a kind of way on how a director went outside his comfort zone and failed.

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Alien 3 is still a good movie in it's own right though, just like Lynch's Dune. It's a very bleak, depressing, claustrophobic and nihilistic sci-fi/horror film much like Carpenter's The Thing.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

I agree it's good but bad for an alien film when it should have the original script. Now Dune was enjoyable but still his worst film because he's not a blockbuster dude or Sci-fi kind of guy when he was just a gun for hire when it could have been Alejandro Jorodowsky or Ridley Scott as intended. He did disowned it like Fincher did with Alien 3 and doesn't like to talk about it like Fincher, it was a schzio-film for it was either a triumph or glorious expensive trainwreck

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 The special edition of Alien 3 is a much better cut of the film that makes a lot more sense plotwise but, yes, it would have been better if they had stuck more closely to the original script.It has a very eerie and unsettling mood to it that i quite like and it really harkons back to the dark tone first film quite well, i think.Fincher made a very good film with the resources he had been given,even if he was less than thrillied with the final product himself. Same goes for Lynch.

[ExtremeBogom]

This is one of those movies that could only happen in 1986.

[Hbirdman1994]

@oldschooler85 In the first draft for A3 written by William Gibson, Hicks was going to be the main character but the studio kept on fucking about so it got torn up and in the end Cameron didn't direct because he and Biehn were so livid that Hicks and Newt were killed off in such a half assed way and it flew in the face of the end of aliens were they were all safe and going back to earth. Shame really because it could have been a good film if Hicks and Newt lived

[clovelywindheaven]

tell you what that queen did not react well to being called a "bitch"

[tiwhatihisaify]

watch this right here avatz (dot) net change (dot) to .

[999pooley]

Alien 3 ruined the series!! Why kill off newt and Hicks? First 2 films were outstanding, then sadly Alien 3 and resurrection killed it.

[oldschooler85]

Alien 3 was plagued with problems from the get go. After four screenplays someone decided to combine all four. With so much red tape I'm surprised it made it to the screen. I do appreciate it going back to one alien and with the whole horror theme from the first movie. It is unfortunate that the movie took so long to get into production. Maybe Newt and Hicks would've survived. Oh well.

[Fender1976uk]

I like the directors cut of Alien 3! much much better but when I first saw the original version when it was first released! I must say I was very very dissapointed!!! Hicks was dead!! NO WAY

[Fender1976uk]

Alien 3 kept the horror and dark atmosphere going!! it was alien 4 that wrecked things!! when they started showing the aliens too much and spray painting them brown???

[naedanger123]

Wow, Ripley's life is filled with misery, isn't it? I would hate to be her.

[FallofDarkness55]

71 aliens including me vs. 2 predators. 

[SincerestTester]

2 dislikes are predators

[notmemate]

The reason most people (myself included) don't like Alien 3 is because it destroys the ending of Aliens-

Hicks, Ripley and Newt are safe and going home to start some sort of life (maybe all together, maybe not) free from the horror they've faced.

But Alien 3 shits all over that- Newt is dead, Hicks is dead and Ripley ends up dead- the Aliens win.

And why do another 'lone alien wipes out human victims one by one'- wasn't that all done perfectly in the original?

[Civiprotection]

@notmemate yeah i wish they would have kept the characters alive like a i said Alien 3 was rewritten so many times it could have been so much better.

[vardiss22]

@notmemate ....you nailed it excatly....i strongly recall going to theatre with such high hopes (thinking about the big battle on Earth as the trailer mislead just about everyone to expect) and then the HUGE dissapointment of watching the EVA crash on that prison planet (right then it felt like things were going in the wrong direction) IF only Cameron had have returned to properly finish the trilogy

[Danny77uk]

@notmemate Why? Money money money

[Civiprotection]

i dont hate Alien 3 but i do think it was a low point in the series and you should look up the different plots that were thrown around some of them were alout better than the final cut.

[Haloguydev]

I've noticed that the only Alien movie they show here in Ireland now is: Resurrection.................. Yep i have to watch the SHIT Alien.

[gungriffen]

Available for a Limited Time my ASS!!!! You have to hunt for the cut version now adays

[secrethide9]

Wait, first came Alien then Aliens then Aliens redemption (spelled) and then alien 3? plz tell me if im wrong i want to know :)

[vubevube]

@secrethide9 1. Alien 2. Aliens 3.Alien 3 4.Alien Ressurection

[1975buddha]

It has nothing to do with whether special effects today are good or bad, it's all to do with good story telling, great directing and excellent acting, and this has it all :)

[MiquRyuhi]

i'd prefer classics like this than all the special effects crap today... in a way, the old ways of making movies like that is a lot more artistic and even realistic

[dragon246135]

people in my class said this movie was crap and that everything looked so fake, i thought it was awesome :(

[TheTemplai]

Well it's a old movie.. But is a classic Sci-Fi movie!

[ChewySatisfaction]

WAAAT! This movie still looks good after all these years.

[deckard97]

your fellow classmates should be forced to watch rom-coms for the entire school yr(s)

[rachel7000rf]

Why did they cut the scenes in the first place

[GasmaskAvenger]

@rachel7000rf: Mainly for the theaters, so they could show it more during its original theatrical release

of course as we all know, Cameron prefers the Special Edition (and Sigourney as well)

[EchoBoomer1987]

Time constrictions

[Nykki72]

They cut scenes out of movies simply for time. The theater release was just under 2 hours. Think when they edit stuff for TV!

[etphonehome2915]

Maybe we got them demoralized :)

How can they cut the power :)

Apone:"Another glorious day in the Corps. A day in the Marine Corps is like

a day on the farm; every meal a banquet, every paycheque a fortune,

every formation a parade. I love the Corps!"

"He's just a grunt! No offense..." - Burke

"None taken." - Hicks

[al28283]

@etphonehome2915 Affirmative

[davidmumma66]

alien 3 and 4 are the bastard children of this series, alien and aliens were amazing then 3 was ok and 4 just needs to disappear lol

[evilotto91]

@ davidmumma66

Alien 3 was really good if you saw the assembly cut. they added 30 minutes of cut footage that makes the movie much more watchable and comparable to the other 2. such as the alien coming out of an ox rather than a dog and more character development.

[Venomp2]

I really like this version over the theatrical cause it showed how all the shit started going down at the colony.

[JayArgonaut]

I love this film and prefer this version over the theatrical cut Fox forced Cameron to show.

[GXPFiend]

God I just love the noise of the pulse rifle in the movie. Like when Ripley is going ape shit on the Queens eggs at the end of the movie. I really hope that AVP and Colonial Marines are JUST like the movie. LOVE IT

[bladrunner6]

I saw it on the cinema ten times! i fuckin love this flick! my fave scene/line is when Vasquez shouts "Lets rock!" and she fires her huge gun on the Aliens coming out if the walls! Amazing!

[deckard97]

@bladrunner6 IT IS a beautiful film.Disappointed with Cameron;s choices lately but ALIENS Remains Exciting and intense

[mario5733]

"get away from her you bitch"

[mattiathekaiju]

i have the special edition in dvd.

there are many special features.

[tico8007]

one of the best movies ever!

[kirkpear]

@tico8007 it is!!! it's such a stupid premise, but both scott and cameron revolutionized the horror film industry. i hold the first two in my top ten!

[mellodge]

I always prefered the original cut.

[lanedek]

Are you insane? That one scene when Ripley learns about what happened to her daughter is important to the movie because it showed her strong connection with Newt.

[TheTruthIsGonnaHurt]

This time it's more one linears from Hudson !

[AlexBlend]

Alien is the best movie series of all time.

1st Alien movie is the scariest (atmosphere, the acting, visual effects can prove it).

Aliens is the best action movie of the 80's and impresses no less than Terminator 2 (maybe even more)

Alien 3 is the most unique and very underrated movie.

Yes, Alien: Resurrection is the weakest from the series but still good Alien movie.

I really hope to see Alien 5

[FeaclaGear]

@AlexBlend alien 3 sucked

[AlexBlend]

it's your opinion

[DOSRetroGamer]

more supsense? I don't think the autocannon stuff or wobbling around in the tractor added anything to the movie. Still a great film.

[DOSRetroGamer]

ok, sorry I forgot the "dead daughter" part. It was nice to have it in the film.

[efsq]

it's funny how hey sell it "this time with more action or whatever" and they show scenes which where already in

[fiveMIRrOrs]

Alien 3 was bad for the flow of the franchise but it really wasn't that bad movie in itself. At least it's nothing like the shit that they produce on the scifi frontier these days.

[rubes01]

The reason Alien 3 did not work for me was the family unit of Ripley, Newt and Hicks was nixed.

It would have been nice if Newt was not frozen correctly and Carrie Henn could have played her at the age Carrie was at the time.

[TWheels94]

Yeah, Alien 3 just totally pissed me off and seemed to piss on the 2 prio films by killing their characters in such bad fashion. James Cameron & Michael Biehn also sate this.

[MTVPatron4evr]

It's good to see some people who agree with me about what a terrible film Alien 3 is. I can't believe they would make that garbage, it wrecked the entire franchise. Unbelievable.

[ExClUr]

Hah, that's a good thing I watched Aliens special edition without knowing it was special edition. This is in my opinion the best Alien movie (out of three, I don't count the Alien3 abomination). I wonder what the theatrical Aliens version has to offer... Probably not much, compared to the full version.

By the way, does anyone know if the Mother Alien was a CG or mechanical? Because I can't tell, which means that it is either mechanical or high quality (better than many modern) CG.

[MrSpinkleswirth]

The Queen was mechanically driven.

CG was not that good back in the '80s.

[Tsagia]

And it's much better than CG actually...

[jmorris023]

She was(is) a giant puppet. They didn't have CG back in 86. Actually I guess they had "TRON"-style CG.

[ExClUr]

In this case I must say that mechanical effects are much more efficient than CG. The Mother Alien looks fantastically alive. No wonder modern sci-fi movies are as bad as they are, with their flat and 5-minutes-making CG. I wonder what they spend those so eagerly mentioned 50 million dollars on...

[20840I]

its mechanical

[LukeLovesRose]

First of all, Alien 3 ruined this great series. Resurrection just put the final nail in the coffin.

Second of all, the most important part of the special edition was the scene where we find out that Ripley had a daughter who died of old age. That by itself makes her story a kind of sci-fi drama. It's absolutely brilliant if you ask me.

The Special Edition is the best version of Aliens. The Special Edition of The Abyss is also the best version in my opinion.

[SlitharRipley]

@LukeLovesRose "adding a whole new dimension"

Come on, apart from the daugther and the part where Hick and Ripley exchange their first names"...

[Johnlindsey289]

@LukeLovesRose

Most agree, what is your opinion on the Extended special edition of T2? better than theatrical or do you like theatrical cut better? yes Alien3 was the beginning of the and Resurrection killed the series. Sort of how it happened to the original Batman movies, Superman movies, Terminator movies etc. i mean those had quality first 2 movies and not so quality 3rd and fourth movies, but at least Nolan saved the Batman series from Schumacher's gay parades of Batman movies.

[Fender1976uk]

Batman and Robin had alot of Gay messages!! which helped ruin the movie!!! it was suppose to be about Batman!! not men in tight nippled costumes with loads of bright colours! and camp max factor!!

[Punk93Metal]

@LukeLovesRose

Resurrection was...eh...ok in my opinion (I liked it but it was nothing compared to Aliens or Alien) and I will NEVER see Alien 3.

[Johnlindsey289]

@LukeLovesRose

Do you think Alien3 is the aborted fetus of Fincher's career?

[WarOfSalvation]

@LukeLovesRose Prometheus is bringing back Alien. And Prometheus is a prequel that won't just "lead up to Alien". But be it's own series. So, hopefully, Alien will be back.

[ryonafan]

i actualy prefer the release version, it may sound funny or wierd but the only thing i would keep from the special edition is when hicks says his name and ripley hers: ''it's dwayne'' ''i'm ellen''

[trurealest]

dude the release version didn't have the automated sentry guns ( Well in britain it didn't) how can you not like those.

[ryonafan]

shure they're cool but pointless

[trurealest]

nah man they add an extra scale in the movie to exactly how many aliens they're up against

[ryonafan]

they say earlier or later i don't remember ,thet they're a 100 at least

[trurealest]

true, and they do mention how many people went missing from the colony and their can only be as many born aliens as their are humans to incubate within.

[princesszelda125]

get away from her YOU B*TCH!!!!!!!!!

COOLEST AND BEST LINE IN THE ENTIRE MOVIE!!!!! best line in the entire saga!!!!!!

[ningeaBLADEclanuBECA]

yes,it would be a crap like avp

[THEGAMEOFDEATH1970]

Those are my favourite films of all time!

[bigswano]

the theatrical version's better. the extra scenes (besides the automated turret scenes) just slow the film down.

[uan2323]

0:16 is this voice from the Iron Maiden - Number of the beast? LOL

[ningeaBLADEclanuBECA]

I WANT ALIEN 5!

[THEGAMEOFDEATH1970]

I doubt they could recover the HORRIBLE Alien Ressurection.

It's just the damn nerve!

THEY RUINED THE SERIES

IF THEY DO A NUMBER FIVE WILL THE ALIEN TAKE OVER EARTH LIKE THEY DID TO FURY 161.

[vikkicole]

but if bishop did it then how did get the egg? and when he got the egg on the drop ship how did it not open up with people on it on the drop ship the eggs go on host presents in the area it wouldnt have opened to him but on the drop shit hicks was alive still it would have sensed that and as he had hicks why did he go bk for ripley and newt and if he did get that far with out it being noticed how did he get it off the drop ship when as soon as they stepped off he got gutted in half by the queen

[ItsBurnett1984]

Of course, all this i've posted is just my own personal speculation ;) as i said..its doubtful that what we saw on screen was them 'just getting off the dropship' and also...i'm not suggesting Bishop intended Ripley, Hicks or Newt to be hosts... (especially since his behavior inhibitors make it impossible for him to harm or by mission of action allow harm to human beings)...

[ItsBurnett1984]

....i'm simply suggesting the eggs were being brought back for study by the company labs...upon return to the dropship to move hicks, he is incapacitated by the Queen (something he couldnt have forseen) and the rest is history :)

[ItsBurnett1984]

And to all you 'Alien 3' haters... i just don't get it.. i *really* don't get it... Maybe theres some sort of sheep cult i'm unaware of, built up of AVP gamers, where preachers cry "boohoo...no big guns! no 9000000000000000 aliens for cannon fodder..boohoohoo" Basically, 'Alien 3' returned the Alien series to its routes..a Sci-Fi HORROR.. HOR-ROR... not big-gun rambo action flick. Awesome soundtrack, fantastic debut for a director, and a fantastic conclusion to the Ellen Ripley trilogy. 5 stars.

[fraught]

Totally agree.. i love Alien 3! :D

[vikkicole]

im not an alien 3 hater i just dont get the way it happens how did the egg get onto the ship?

[ItsBurnett1984]

*agrees* yeah, the movie isnt without faults (dont get me wrong, im not downing anyone with constructive critism like yourself... just the whole 'Alien 3 sucks cause everyone else thinks so' campaign that seems to flood the net, lolz!)But i wondered that myself...the only conclusion i came to was that Bishop is responsible. (will have to post this in parts)....

[ItsBurnett1984]

...(part 1) It's clear that he is just as facinated with the creature as the 120A-2 droid (Ash) was in 'Alien' referring to the facehugger in medlab as 'Magnificent'. Bishop is also the only character who has several absences (once while on his way to the uplink tower to remote pilot the dropship, and again when he claims the platform was becomming to unstable for the dropship and he had to circle...

[ItsBurnett1984]

(part 2)...(although Hicks was unconsious during this period, so we don't know for sure)...You have to remember, theres also 'off-screen' unaccounted timeslots...for example..after the Hadley's Hope atmosphere processor explodes...we see the dropship fly into space, but by the next shot, they're on board the Sulaco, and hicks is now bandaged up (suggesting they weren't JUST getting off the ship, but rather have been aboard the Sulaco, and were back on the dropship to move Hicks)...

[ItsBurnett1984]

this leaves the *possibility* of a scenareo where Bishop *could* have unloaded concealed eggs upon docking, before returning to the dropship for Hicks. Don't forget, that if Bishop IS responsible, he couldn't have predicted an Alien Queen had travelled to the Sulaco with them (and thereby incapacitating him)....

[ItsBurnett1984]

(part 4).... for all we know, it could be standard protocol for the droid to set the cryotubes for crew (which would have left a window for him to freely place the eggs in cargo before putting himself into hypersleep) however... due to unforseen circumstances(caused by the queen), Ripley sets the freezers...so the eggs are left unattended....

[ItsBurnett1984]

(Part 5).... Theres also the more-likeley possibility that Bishop isnt as friendly as we assume, and the eggs were placed there on purpose...don't forget that in 'Alien 3' he accesses the flight recorder...so he knows full-well that Ripley has an alien inside of her (just as Weyland Yutani do) but he doesn't tell her ;) he's also very evaisive in the information he provides 'Its very dark here Ripley, im not like i used to be'

[doeupiqojei]

...or maybe the queen laid the eggs somewhere on the ship...

[N9olan]

Part 3 as described by the director was a nightmare to make because they were just bein indecisive and shooting all kinds of scenes not really finalizing on anything...In the end the director said something like "there were to many cooks in the kitchen."

[SgtHydra]

@Burnett I dunno, Alien was great because nobody knew what the hell they were dealing with, and Aliens had the logical step of them finding out and acting accordingly (military force).

What Alien 3 should have been is either moar space marines or a new group of characters. For Ripley to have to suffer through everyone's ignorance in A3 is pitiful. Been better if a new bunch had found some xenos and done things differently than the crew of the Nostromo, even if meeting a similar fate.

[LordSnakeJake]

@ItsBurnett1984 Then how do you explain it being the worst rated film in the series?

[SlitharRipley]

@LordSnakeJake Because everybody likes happy ends. And nobody understood that "alien" is not for happy end lovers.

Moreover, because the theatrical cut bashed the movie : special edition is really interseting, more than the "Aliens" special edition or any other.

[LordSnakeJake]

@SlitharRipley It wasn't entertaining at all! The director had no creativity and thought just by making it bloodier its more scary. WRONG!

[SonicSnail95]

@ItsBurnett1984 Aliens, while not a HORROR movie, per say, ispretty damn scary if you put yourself in the main characters positions... stranded with minimal resources, 17 days until a rescue ship comes, SURROUNDED by hostile aliens, and if they dont kill you, the immient nuclear blast will... oh, and there's a child... an ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL... its like Jurassic Park, the movies not too scary, but it is if you imagine yourself in the characters' situation

[chime85]

@ItsBurnett1984 tbh i enjoyed alien3. Ok it's not an all time classic but I'll still happily sit down and watch it. However, that's where i draw the line, the 4th movie stank!!

[vardiss22]

@chime85 ......i agree i've slowly but surely come to like Alien 3... as a stand alone movie....separate from Alien and Aliens its actually pretty well done .....but for fans of the entire series it was the beginning of the end (and not the end they wanted) which resulted in Ressurection, AvP and AvPr...now Ridley Scott has a two or three 3-D prequels in the works ...hopefully he can end the series on a high note.

[acandterra]

@ItsBurnett1984 yeah but it wasnt scary as you knew wot was gonna happen as they'd already done it in alien

[ymirza1]

watch the directors cut - its even better...

[ItsBurnett1984]

Okies, for those mentioning the Carter Burke cocoon scene... i know it was included in the dark horse comic adaption 'Newt's Tale' However, in this version, Ripley hands him a grenade instead of a gun, and tells him "I cant help you now Burke...But you can help yourself." (besides the novel adaptation, this is the only other officially released merchandise that includes that particular scene)

[freakinflax]

Am I mistaken, or did the narrator say at the end," This time, it's more."

I thought it was clever using the "this time it's war" tagline from the original, or he just said it again and i mis heard.

[fraught]

He does indeed say 'More', because its an advert for the Special Edition which contains 'more' footage. :-)

[1015287]

I have seen the scene with burke in the hive Ripley hands him a granade

[hzzn]

Nice! I'm going to head right out and get that special edition vhs!

[depechemodedude1991]

''Get away from her-you BITCH!''

[69johnsmith69]

it´s strange that they do this trailer for the special edition and dont show any special edition scenes in it! No big wood-hologram on the spacestation. no szene, in wich newts parents find the ship. no "DWAYNE" Hicks! well, it doesnt matter. think we all got the special edition! Best action movie ever!

[rieper96]

i didnt see it but read about it it said burke was in the hive when ripley was looking for newt ripley saw burke and he said i can feel it moving inside him and then ripley gave him a gun and goes away then you hear a gun shot. it siad it was in the special edition movie i bought it and there was no scene like that in it.

[fraught]

I know what happens in the scene, i even have a photograph of the scene... just need to see the actual scene! Why they didn't include it on the DVD i don't know?!

[N9olan]

They didn't include the scene because of the time frame when Burke got caught and when Ripley passed by him-the fans would complain about how he got impregnated so fast and in the first one it took quite a while to grow inside Kane-and he didn't feel anything.

[fraught]

Which i can understand, and would be a fair point... but why wasn't it in a Deleted Scenes section on the DVD? :-)

[N9olan]

Now that I believe was probably a mistake which they often make because I doubt it had anything to do with space on the DVD.

[N9olan]

There was also suppose to be a scene where the alien uses the stinger on it's tail to stun one of the soldiers while they were in tank, but I don't think they recorded it.

[Gattberserk]

The time frame for Newt to get caught and used as host doesn't make sense either, those aliens were traveling faster than a dropship would and quickly stick those goo on Newt just before Ripley arrives.. I still rmb Ripley, carrying the injured Hick ask the time of nuclear explosion from Bishop and was mentioned about 40 mins... When Ripley founded Newt it was like 10+ mins left? It seem too fast for Newt to be brought there IMHO...

[albertoalejandro0424]

I have an edition that shows Ripley's daughter, newt's Parents, robot sentinels, "Dwayne" Hicks... but no Burke with a gun.

I'm not calling you liar, I just want you to tell me... Where can I watch that only scene?!

[fraught]

Sadly no one has seen this scene! Although i do know it exists as i have seen the pics!

[rieper96]

idk i been asking people about that scene

[rieper96]

has seen the scene with burke in the hive

[fraught]

How?! Get it up on here! ;-)

[UFO721]

what about alien quadrilogy it has about like 9 disks and it includes both the original and special edition.

[fraught]

Nope... not even on that wonderful DVD set!

[drewd1987]

I like all of the special edition scences (especially the sentry guns those were awsome) but I feel they should have completely cut the scene in the beginning where newt's parents go to the alien ship.

I think leaving that out builds more suspense until you see that first alien.

[Artas1984]

Damn the opening sceene is the same as in terminator.

[LukeLovesRose]

Please, tell me, what's so great about Alien 3?

BTW, the special edition is the best version of Aliens.

[Artas1984]

I think Alien 3 is great, because it represents the first movie with quality - it is about 1 alien VS armless group of people, those are contained in a structure in which they act in game like 'cat VS mouses'. The movie focusses on human nature beeing criminal and chaotic, but on top of that having an alien, all that nature and the structure and order of prison is diminshed versus the fact for survivor and team-work.

[Rasirez]

Actually they had a flamethrower in ALIEN, if you were to be a little more observant.

[fincherfann]

I like Alien 3, and D. Fincher, I thought Alien 3 was great to be a director's first film following Ridley Scott and James Cameron. but to say that Alien (1979) did not have quality is just plain wrong. That film is almost 30 years old and holds up today.

[levitabusman]

Very well said the thing I liked was the dark atmosphere of number 3. Although at first upset by the deaths of Newt and Hicks, after a while it fits th story because at the end she dies. It's a poignant end to a very dark series. Disturbing yet beautiful, and there are some really big issues brought up subtley. Overal in my opinion there's only 3 films, 4 and the AvP series can go kil themselves those were horrible.

[rekunta2758]

Damn I wish I could've seen Aliens in the theatre. That and MJ in concert in his prime. Those are my two regrets! :)

[socknetea]

that limited edition has been going on for years i have it its awsome.

[chemogang]

AVP should be 1million aliens vs 100000 predators then the movie would kickass ^^

[alexfrJAWS]

The special edition is better than the theatrical edition .

[conatcha]

I disagree. I think that some of the scenes are way too long and could slow the pace too much. Although I like the ones with Newt and Ripley talking about death and birth.

[kblixt]

I actually like alien,aliens,alien3,and alien resurrection but both AVP's sucked major ass.

[AlannTH]

I hate voice overs in trailers, I think no voices works better. Let the action on screen speak for itself.

[Atomicskull]

Too bad they burned the franchise to the ground with alien 3 then dug up the foundation and tilled salt into the ground it was built on with alien resurrection. Then, deciding the job wasn't quite finished they dropped a nuke on it with AVP.

[jmorris023]

...It's was a bad call Atomicskull, it was a bad call...

Don't they have any idea what they've done here!!??!

[AstroNath]

I agree with Atomicskull and jmorris :)

[ktzeroii]

Alien 3 really wasn't that bad... what really ruined the franchise was Resurrection.

[commandox20]

People who base Alien 3 are bafoons. They bash it for Hicks and Newt dying, so I guess having a world where bad things can actually happen is not a good call? Right. Its a story people, and stories dont all have happy endings.

[ktzeroii]

agreed, well put. :D

[CheeseheadTanner]

Correction. Alien 3 is poor, period. With or without Newt and Hicks.

Fincher is overrated, just like the lousy Fight Club, and The Game which he also directed.

[TheGurry]

wow from this trailer i fell in love with the movie all over again.... except i don't care about the special edition.

[xxxHero0fTimexxx]

Is the special edition Aliens in the quadriology?

[fraught]

It is indeed. :-)

[LukeLovesRose]

BluRay? Boo! I say HD DVD.

[atti97]

I love this version at Aliens movie.

[BurtWilson1]

Can't wait for the Bluray disc version. Let's hope they use 'Mpeg 4' compression, which is the same as video tape.

[AllenKeys1]

The best Alien film in the quadrilogy. The best film of all time. The only problem with the DVD version is, why is picture quality not quite as good as the original Alien film DVD transfer. Has the remastering technique not been as good as that used on the original Alien film. By the way horror fans, check out the newly THX remastered version Halloween, done by Dean Cundey. This is the future of remastering.

[fraught]

I remember reading somewhere that the film was shot on degraded film stock to give it a more 'being there' feel. Hence why the film always looks grainy.

[AltheEagle]

My second favourite film of all time, i have the Alien quadrilogy and always go back to the sequel because it kicks the proverbial backside in terms of sheer intensity.

[Faeden]

Great stuff, I have this on video.