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Originally posted by EXTR3MIST
Trouble with the Aliens Special Edition (or "Director's Cut", whatever) is the early introduction to the doomed colonists changes the angle of the opening reel - if we first see the throb of actual life around the complex, rather than slowly discover evidence that something bad has happened here, but to how many people? (as in the original cut) then the whole feel of the marines' investigation seems rather more predictable.
I always found these scenes in the ghostly complex very effective before the whole backstory of the colonists was inserted.
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I agree, but we kind of knew how many people when the guy tells Riply that over 40 families are on LV-426. But I do agree, the only thing really needed from the director's cut is the Riply mother thing and the cool motion tracking gunns those would have been cool to see more of.
As far as the ghostly feeling of the colony, I think that even though Cameron wanted to make a film that was similar to Ridly's Alien in that Alien was Texas Chainsaw Massacure meets 2001: A Space Odyesse. But its clear that Aliens ended-up being more of an action flick so the suspense and ghostly feeling was not totaly neccessary but it was a good aspect to trying to make the movie scary.