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This Title Will Become Available On or Around January 16, 2011
Original film name: Alien 3
New film name: Alien 3: Q2 Edition
Film studio name: 20th Century Fox
Date Original Film Was Released: 1992
Date Special Edition Was Released: 2003
Date Fanedit Was Released: 2011
Runtimes: 114 min (Theatrical) / 145 min. (Special Edition)
New Runtime: 135 min.
Amount of time Cut/Added: 15 min. cut / 5 min. added
Intention: The theatrical cut of Alien 3 was a disaster. It lacked focus and seemed to be missing key elements. Then in 2003 a special edition was released that was closer to David Fincher's original vision. This version was much better but was too long, and it replaced some of the theatrical material I preferred (e.g. the dog being host to the alien vs the ox).
What I aimed to do with this cut was utilize the special edition and remove the excess while re-incorporating some of the theatrical elements. I also wanted to introduce the alien as late as possible, thus building the suspense.
Cuts removed/added/extended:
Too many to list them all, but here are the biggies:
- replaced 20th Century Fox logo
- cut the alien being introduced during the credits (credits had to be reconstructed from scratch) (Special Thanks to ThrowgnCpr and Zeppelinrox for pin-pointing the font and its settings)
- reorganized and trimmed the opening
- cut all scenes with Andrews in contact with the Company
- replaced the special edition ox scene with that of the dog from the theatrical cut
- cut Ripley waking next to Clemens (I always disliked this and felt it was forced)
- tweaked scene where Ripley scans herself for the alien (the alien isn't revealed right away)
- cut Ripley's dialog "It must have... violated me..." when talking to Dillon
- cut Ripley screaming "NOOOO!!!" when Clemen's stays behind (I mean really... have you ever seen someone screaming "NOOOO!!!" to the heavens? Have you ever done it yourself? I thought not.)
- replaced Ripley jumping with the one from the theatrical cut
- many, many little cuts throughout to trim scenes, cut dialog and just speed things up a little
Release details:
DVD: DVD-SL @ 3900Kbps, Dolby Digital 5.1, Chapters
AVCHD: 720p DVD-DL @ 7300Kbps, Dolby Digital 5.1, Chapters
xVid: 720x405 @ 1800Kbps