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Originally Posted by Tommy Jarvis
Alien³
Like with Terminator, it seems like part 3 did more damage than the original sequel.
While Aliens expanded on the original concept, this one ventures more into generic action film territory. Not much to care about, though it's nice to Pete "Kobayashi" Postlethwaite get a small part. Even Sigourney Weaver looks a bit lackluster in this one and the Lance Henriksen cameo was a bit forced.
David Fincher probably did what he could with the script he was given, but at that point, he was still a way away from his later masterpieces.
It makes me want to say something nice, because somewhere in there, there's something that convinced a studio exec to give him the green light to do Seven. What it is? Not sure yet.
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You aren't saying that the sequels to Terminator and Alien are bad are you? Both Terminator and T2 as well as Alien and Aliens are the ways to handle sequels.
But with Alien 3, I attempted to watch the extended version a while back and couldn't finish it. I noticed that it did have a different ending. And it looks like it came straight out of Heavy Metal. But it's a terrible movie coming after Aliens. The premise of Alien 3 actually doesn't make sense.
I believe Alien 3 is the movie where an executive said they could film him using the bathroom on the wall and they would still call it an Alien movie. Sadly, that's the truth and also a terrible way to make movies, manage a movie, or run a movie studio. As you should be making the best movie creatively and in terms of story progression. Not something to just make money.
They haven't made a good Terminator or Alien movie since T2 and Aliens. I kind of like Prometheus but it also has the whole crossbreeding alien which I hate that starting in Alien 3.