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Alien 3 was pretty bad, dude. Not least the crappy CGI dog alien thing. And the tedium.

It was pretty bad until they made the director's cut, then it was suddenly pretty good. For reasons that are beyond my comprehension.

Edit: It sounds like I am dissing those who believe that, which is not the case. I meant it literally, I actually do think the directory's cut is pretty good, and I truly do not understand how such seemingly small differences can add up to such a different overall experience.

Reading up on it, it seems it's not actually a director's cut, but something they call "assembly cut". In any case, I am talking about the alternate version in the Quadrilogy box set, where the dog is no longer there. There are many other changes, and apparently the whole thing is 25 minutes longer, so there are apparently more changes than I realised.

http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Alien_3_Assembly_Cut

Huh -- I didn't realise the BluRay Assembly Cut fixes the poor audio in the DVD one. I'll have to get hold of that at some point. I think I gave up trying to watch the DVD once because of the murky sound.

It's Aliens...it's Aliens and Winnie the Pooh...it's Aliens vs Winnie the Pooh.

http://godxiliary.com/alienvspooh/

The only "proper" CGI is when the alien's dome cracks at the end - everything else was done with practical effects (albeit green screened I believe, if that counts as CGI)

And Alien 3 is much better in the workprint version, but the theatrical release isn't as bad as people make out - it's only because they felt butthurt about Hicks and Newt being killed off.

No, it's cos the original version is a bit crap. The assembly cut is a bit better, but it's still very much the weakest of the 4 "proper" Alien(s) films. Despite some quality Charles Dance.

I'm going to find that Assembly Version on the interweb somewhere and give it a whirl. Sounds very interesting.

I like all of Alien 1-4. That is all.

It's been a long time since I have seen Alien3. I don't remember all that much about it, I don't recall either liking or disliking it.

Perhaps I should find this 'internets approved' version and watch it.

What do you reckon, GazChap? Should I open it?

It's 36 years old, so I doubt the bubble gum is that nice.

So just like new then.

You have valued it, yes?

I valued my 36 years. I rated it 'ok'.

Overrated.

The bubblegum? I have not.

(Yeah, they're not worth enough to consider not opening, if you see what I mean).

I wouldn't open it unless I had a second one - but I'm not you

You kidding? I have sealed and open copies of nearly everything Alien related - even AvP on the 360, for God's sake.

I have three of these.

Good good. In that case, get it open

(my Collector's Edition of Colonial Marines for the PC (with the powerloader action figure) remains unopened and in it's shrinkwrap - although that's more my commentary on the game itself )

Sort of but the cards are probably different in each. I'd just open all of them.

I busted that open because I wanted the loader on my shelf at work.

In fact - here he is:

Nice moves.

This sort of thinking is the reason I own three copies of an Alien poster book (because they are double-sided).

In the image tags?

Y'see, magic

Have you seen this, Grim... ?
Just pre-ordered my copy.

"Stephani Danelle Perry has written numerous Resident Evil tie-in novels, as well as an in-universe Alien title." a flawless pedigree.

She wrote the novelisations of Aliens: Labyrinth and The Female War, that's a decent pedigree IMO.

This new book is supposedly similar to the fap-worthy Colonial Marines Technical Manual.

Co-wrote them, with Steve Perry, but yeah, The Female War is easily the best book.

PRORDERED!

Hey Vasquez ever been mistaken for a man ?

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/04/18/ ... and-lv-426

Quick lurker post...

Audible have a new audio dramatisation of an Alien based novel(la)

http://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Sci-Fi-Fant ... B01D0FHRQQ

"As a child, Chris Hooper dreamed of monsters. But in deep space, he found only darkness and isolation. Then, on planet LV178, he and his fellow miners discovered a storm-scoured, sand-blasted hell - and trimonite, the hardest material known to man. When a shuttle crashes into the mining ship Marion, the miners learn that there was more than trimonite deep in the caverns. There was evil, hibernating and waiting for suitable prey."

....with Rutger Hauer, so it must be good right ? seems pretty good 1hr in.

it appears there may be versions available at your [local library]

Ooh! Also, hello lurker.

Have not found any stream of the actual panel yet

Didn't see this post. I bought a copy of this book a few months ago when I saw it in Waterstones but haven't had a chance to read it yet.

Never really got into audiobooks though, for me they're like video tutorials - unnecessarily annoying, as I can't go at my own pace.

Note to self: email gazchap anecdotes in future

No , email Gaz a youtube link to you reading out the anecdote ;-)

It's not an audiobook, it's an "audio drama".

I might give it a go, even though the book was shit.

Oh, OK - that might be worth a listen, then. Although if the book was shit that doesn't fill me with hope.

Wot no one know about this, happening at an Albert Hall near you this weekend?

http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/ ... iens-live/

Balls. That looks awesome and I'm on holiday so can't go.

I was going to say there's a remarkable lack of Covenant talk around here. I rewatched Prometheus the other day and it was better than I remember. Still some annoying things, but not terrible.

Yeah, that poster's pretty encouraging.

I felt much the same way about it. At the cinema, it all looked great, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would, but watching it a second time, it's not bad at all. Although that Scottish woman's acting still grated

https://www.facebook.com/imdb/videos/10155005142768949/

Merry Christmas, time for a trailer.

More opportunities for kittens...

http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/3/141553 ... dley-scott

A new trailer has dropped. Looking promising, if a little redolent of the original Alien. But that's no bad thing. It's on all the usual sites...