I always loved the Alien being called "The Dragon"

How this film depicts belief, fear, and redemption is extremely powerful and well done

Golic worshiped and compared himself to it. "It feeds on minds!" Quite figuratively the Xeno punches holes in skulls with its retractable jaws, but it 'feeds on minds' in the sense of instilling absolute fear and terror into prey. This is how it finds you. Players of Isolation will have experienced it hiding in lockers holding down R2!

Assembly cut definitely makes alien 3 a much better experience.

Nice. I just bought this version about a month ago. Really changed my outlook on the movie for the better. I think Golic, due to his mental illness, was hearing voices he associated with the Xenomorph. His desire to be free from his restraints paralleled the Xenomorph's desire to escape the inescapable room. That identification with plus the fascination with the Xenomorph drew him back to it. Whatever was in his head told him it would be a good idea to release it. The Dragon is another name for the Devil in Christian mythology. Maybe he was being led by demons, his own demons, or actual voices of malignant discarnate spirits that only he was sensitive to because of his ungrounded mental state. This is the first and only Alien movie where the struggle was physical as well as spiritual. The prisoners created a brotherhood that was tested by The Dragon, or The Devil. Golic was an outcast among them, and so he joined the side of evil when he sided with The Dragon, and "got what he deserved" as was mentioned.

I think the idea that the Alien killing off all the "human refuse" leaving only Golic and Ripley is pretty cool.

Golic’s obsession with the alien is a comment on Weyland-Yutani’s obsession with it (reckless life-threatening insanity). Completely went over the test audience’s head - cutting so much of Paul McGann from Alien 3 is perhaps the greatest crime in the Alien canon.

Golic character mad as a box of frogs..played a great part ..

The actor elevated this minor character

As in the original books by Steve Perry, some people are susceptible to the telepathic frequencies the aliens communicate over... resulting in vivid nightmares. I think Golic had these dreams, but instead of being terrified by them, his twisted mind felt kinship with the creature, thus informing his actions in releasing it.

"In an insane world, a sane man... Must.. appear.. insane..."

This movie, with it's legendary trials and tribulations, demonstrates what a powerhouse Director Fincher really is. In any other hands it would've been nothing. That said, I often wonder what film we would've actually got, had Fincher been given omplete authorship? I believe it would be his finest work and nothing short of a masterpiece.

It's very nice to see you giving love to Alien 3 I honestly don't mind the movie and don't think it deserves all the hate it gets. It's a good alien movie and definitely better than 4 and both stupid AvP movies. The assembly cut for 3 is so much better and I like to think of that version as canon, the golic subplot was one of the best and chilling parts of the film comparable to ash in the first movie.

I think that when Golic said, "It feeds on minds", he was being quite literal. He watched the Alien use it's inner jaw on Boggs, punching through his head as the Xenomorph has always done. Golic only believed the alien was bonding with him because the alien so freely and easily kills it's prey, yet didn't attack him, giving him a jilted sense of security about the Xeno, wherein the Xeno was likely saving him for later, knowing Golic was no immediate threat, instead going after the prey that was stronger than Golic. Anything Golic "heard" from the Xeno, was all n his head. That's just my opinion. Love your videos, Theory. I only hope Disney allows the opportunity for u to continue making these videos, with new films from the franchise I love more than any other. I will kick Mickey n his mouse nuggets if he buries the Alien franchise n that vault. Anyway, great video. Hope u have a great weekend to match it.👍💯

I don't know why but something about you reciting the passage from the Book of Revelations gave me goosebumps; I suppose it may be because you have the perfect narrators voice- like being able to convey a kind tone that is calm yet at the same time unnerving (in a clinically detached kind of way). Which is fitting considering all your videos could be seen as though they were a series of reports stashed within Weyland-Yutani's archives. :)

Another great video Derek. I am happy to see you giving Alien 3 the love it deserves. Golic was an interesting character and his development in the Assembly Cut made him more interesting. Especially his fascination with The Xenomorph.

"It was a Dragon!" Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) is soooo underrated, that cut is a masterpiece in my eyes. the series should've ended there. Ripley giving a final fuck you to The Company as well was just epic. Another great video as always! :D

After seeing the assembly cut, I cannot believe how much of Paul McGann was cut from the film. He was easily one of the best parts and when Golic is added to the movie, it provides so much more tension and intrigue. Wish he had more time. No I’m not just saying this because McGann is my profile picture..

In his apocalyptic view of Christianity, the Alien was divine punishment.

Seriously, I never gave much thought to Golic's character and basically just dismissed him as crazy. Great analysis!

Amazing video!! Golic´s arc in the assembly cut gives the story of Alien 3 a whole different vibe, i´m so glad you covered this. I hope you do more character videos like this one.

I personally always loved the idea that the xenomorphs (the queens) had some power of suggestion. They're scary enough as they are, but add the ability to influence people (even if it's just in a subtle way), and a clearly underestimated intelligence, and they become absolutely terrifying.

Always thought The Collector in Avengers Infinity War screaming "Magnificent" after Thanos was "killed" by Gamora was a nod to Golic in Alien 3.

"It wasn't me! Ah, I didn't do it! It, it was the dragon." The only point in the movie where Golic is level headed and talking straight-ish.

I need to rewatch these... binge it like there's no tomorrow... 😚 thanks again man! Keep er goin'!

It certainly makes you think to that 'attack on Earth' mini-series. That perhaps the alien really was controlling Golic. It would make it more interesting than this guy just being crazy and releasing the alien as part of that madness.

Alien 3 is my second favorite Alien movie......too bad the theatrical release had so many cut scenes.......

That mind control theory sounds awesome! I think also is just another one of those characters that really really is into the xenomorph something more like godlike, Ash also reffers to the xeno like something pure, Alien resurrectio n and all those comics too... right?

Golic is a great character!! He's scary, unpredictable and played very well!! I'm glad that Paul McGann does some commentary on the bluray for Alien 3!!

_"It feeds on minds! It's unstoppable!"_ --W. Golic [referring to the Xenomorph while being confined to the infirmary], _Alien 3_

I always liked the characte rof Golic. I only just recently found out that he was played by Paul McGann, and I can't help but like him even more than that. An underrated actor who deserves a lot more exposure.

Assembly Cut or bust for me. I chatted to Ralph Brown one time who told me about a cut, he and other cast members were shown by David Fincher, before he left the film. It included a temp score and he told me how different it was in tone. Would love to have seen that.

So in the comic and novel, Golic pleads with the xenomorph to let him go so he can be its friend and help it kill others, and it yeets the hell out of there without killing him. Golic essentially freaked the fuck out of a killing machine and left it too disturbed to hurt him. One could essentially argue Golic was killed in the assembly cut out of self defense.

Golic´s obsession with the Xenomorph is non other than his encounter with his own human murderous nature. I´ve always seen the Alien creature in general as a metaphor of what would all us human beings be like, if we weren´t domesticated by an imposed morality, by a penal system and by society in general. Golic basically sees the Alien as his doppelganger, and the "Alien" portrays the worst part of human beings, or better said, he portrays our real form.

People call me mad when I say that I love Alien 3 as much as first two Alien films but I don't care. This movie introduced the most exciting thing about xenomorphs: they took features of their hosts. I really love many characters in this film, not just Ripley or Dillon. The whole Golic story should've been in the final cut!

cutting out the Gollic subplot was NUTS

Always loved your attention to detail, I must of watched them all over 100 times and asked myself many questions. Love your channel dude 🖤

I really like how you edit/filter footage of the films (for copyright reasons?) But it looks really awesome and gives your videos an unique aesthetic

under-rated actor. He portrays insanity perfectly!

I always wonderd why he was crazy when I rewatched it. Thanks for explaining it to me.

That one time the 8th Doctor kinda lost his shit...

Normally I would say the sort of mind control theory the Xeno had over Golic is crazy, but after watching your videos on the Earth War saga, I wouldn’t dismiss it entirely.

The guy was just crazy to begin with. Yet, the religious aspect in the movie, the passage from the bible, that seems like it all mixed. Adding in the religious nature the the cons, the appearance of Ripley, and the alien all mixed together in his mind and his actions in the assembly cut reflect that.

Great Chanel pal, you certainly know the franchise. Good job.

The idea of the alien “feeding on minds” and possibly even controlling and/or influencing Golic adds an extra layer of Lovecraftian horror to the franchise

I'm a big fan of the Alien mythos, despite its recent setbacks, and I found this video incredibly insightful and interesting, unlike many fan-theory channels I watch. Your channel really does justice to the complexity of the Alien series, and this video in particular was fascinating. Liked, subscribed and will watch more.

Awsome video as always..

My favourite video of yours to date. Keep up the fantastic work

Anyone wonder what would happen if Newt lived because knowing the track record of these prisoners how they would react to her would be a huge stress upon Ripley shoulders just saying

New video. Great way to start the evening.

I was always fascinated with this subplot. Thanks for the video!

Paul Mcgann is a great actor! To chop his character right down the way they did is just idiotic!!

I think that the xenomorph sensed that the character was always a greater threat or atleast a liability to his comrads much more than he was to the xenomorph. To a warrior, if it is not a threat, its a tool. Another piece to the puzzle that spells victory. To the xenomorph, survival is about choosing the victory that consumes the least amount of energy and time; in turn, that also increases the likely hood of survival. So it is perfectly possible that the xenomorph would rather let loose the ticking time bomb on on its enemies in order to raise some hell than expend resourses on killing him

What if this connection is similar to what Newt is experiencing in the comics? A psychological instability that furthers his already deranged state. So which version is officially canon?

awesome stuff as usual mate! i really like the idea that the xenomorph (i mean the dragon lol) telepathically got golic to open the door never really thought of it like that b4.

Keep the great videos coming.

Holy cow, this gives me a completely new appreciation for Alien3. Great video.

Your series is a model for series on other film series. This is a truly impressive video, and thanks for introducing the work on Alien and philosophy.

Anyone else hyped for Dark Horses alternate alien 3 adaptation? Don't get me wrong its a good movie considering the problems it had, but what could have been always fascinated me.

Amazing Video Derek :3

Once I saw the assembly cut, I gained a whole new appreciation for alien3. A big part of that was the reinsertion of golic's subplot. As a big fan of the comics, I have always found the whole idea that there would be people worshipping the damnable things fascinating. Two of the characters in the movies sort of touch on that, and from different angles. Thr way i always viewed him, Golic is the most obvious as far as a pseudo- religious fascination goes, seeming to view it as some sort of deity, the ultimate manifestation of whatever demons drove him to kill to begin with. Your video furthers that. As far as the idea of the xenos controlling him, perhaps so, maybe it was able to use its posited psychic abilities on his poor, damaged brain, where it couldn't on others, because their brains were much closer to normal. Geddiman, in resurrection, also seems to have a sort of spiritual fascination with them, though his is tempered in its whacked-out insanity by his intelligence and scientific knowledge of ye olde strange form. In the expanded stuff, I think my favorite psycho-cultist character was Dr. Cotlow in tribes. He was just... Eery, through and through.

I love your channel. Good job !

Great video as usual. Thank you! I think Golic was just really crazy and the alien sent him over the edge even more. I liked Alien 3, but I always felt I wanted more from the story. Newt and Hicks should have definitely been included per some of the original scripts. What I think would really be cool would be an awesome animated re-do of the series that includes some additional deep plot lines and characters that we may not have received in the original films.

Very clever analysis Derek. Thank you

Golic and the Alien were in a me tal thg of war, like in the comics , the jockey and newt have a small mental clash. Golic's insanity v.s the aliens instinct was a well fought match. Golic drove the alien to hunt irratically, to leave him and Ripley alone, or perhaps for last, but could not suppress its nature: to hunt. When golic was finally in front of the alien, one on one. No other distractions, the fina mental clash took place. They had commanded each other in tugs at their mental ropes, but now their natures must fight. The aliens want to hunt, and golics to survive. In the end, felix seemed more eager to serve than survive, and the dragon slew him. He made a deal with the devil so to speak, and the devil collected sooner than he thought. Or that's my theory.

I had no idea about this! I think all the ideas are cool and should have been kept in the movie.

Thanks for the videos.

Thanks for making this. I know I asked about it a year ago and I think you nailed it on the head. One part I found interesting is when you mentioned the part about the the great red dragon. This got me thinking about the killer from Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde who was obsessed with the great red dragon and the woman clothed in the sun. He also has dissociative identity disorder. One of the original scripts to the film also had a plot where Dillon and Morse would find Golic cocoon in a hive and Dillon would set fire to the hive with the use of a flare.

Thanks for deep analysis. A3 is my favourite film in the franchise. I don't understand why so much people hate it.

Ive never even made it through the first movie in one sitting but yet I just keep watching these. Loved the game. I just never really got into the movies but these are super interesting.

Such a deep exploration. Thank you.

Love your KZfaq channel Great stuff, Cheers from Australia.. 🇦🇺😊

I really hate that they cut that reel. The whole movie makes more sense for the climax. They know the Bait and Chase will work. Gives confidence to their plan when discussing whether to fight it or not.

Man, I really wish this wasn’t the follow up to Aliens. There are so many great ideas for a stand alone sci-fi thriller

Great as always.

"It's a dragon!"

One thing worth noting is that after he kills the other prisoner guarding the alien in the waste tank, he becomes emotional, saying sorry over and over. So he understands that what he is doing is wrong and he feels remorse; it's just unclear if he's being compelled (or thinks he's being compelled) to do this by the alien against his will, or if he is following his own plan and merely regrets that killing a fellow prisoner is necessary to fulfil that plan.

Wow...these videos. Really fascinating content.

due to his madness, the xenomorph was able to exploit the cracks in his mind and employ its telepathy to manipulate golic into freeing it

Not only is Golic’s actor played by Doctor Who himself, but Superintendent Andrews also appeared in _Doctor Who_ - as a bumbling and loveable bank robber in the 1986 serial _Attack of the Cybermen_ And, of course, Kane’s actor John Hurt played the Doctor from 2013 to 2017 (though only in audio dramas after 2013).

I loved 3 so much and it makes me so sad that fox didn’t stop pushing David, eventually leaving us with his disowning of the film. He really had a hard time and if the execs just let him direct with no time or budget limits, it would have been an even more amazing film. All things considered it’s a miracle of a film and I support the visions intended, be those that made it onscreen or otherwise. Great video, as always.

The part about him asking alien what to do next really reminds me of the cultists in earth war. I wonder if the comic book creators drew inspiration for that angle from the original script for alien three.

Boggs & Rains.. "We dont like Golic and he smells bad"!! Quality line..

The new Alien book, Sea of Sorrows explores the Empath between human and Alien. It’s on Audible. Really good book.

I'd love to see you make a video exploring the telekinesis of xenomorphs you mentioned.

That movie had so much potential.

The Polish word for 'shave' is 'golic'. Golic has several close shaves with the alien. His frequently bloodied face looks like he's literally given his face too close a shave. And, of course, like everyone else, his head is shaven. It's strange that they didn't film him being attacked by the alien and that the alien, quickly scurrying away, showed no sign of having attacked him.

good video, this explains alot

Nothing I can say here that hasn’t already been said about the telepathy of the Xenomorph. Great video the assembly cut fleshes out more characters and is a much better cut than the theatrical. When do we get to have a viewing party of the other Alien films?

Interesting...and I need to see the assembly cut.

Fascinating! (especially the biblical ties toward the end) Another fun fact regarding the Dracula comparison (6:00-7:00) - the meaning of that surname is basically 'son of the order of the dragon'...which further strengthens the connection considering Golic's 'dragon' term for the alien.

thanks for the video

I think Golic's comment of "It feeds on minds" was due in part to witnessing the Xenomorph's killing of the other inmates when first encountering it and not just the insanity talking. That aside, was very interesting how you included some history of psychology in this one. Wouldn't happen to be studying it would you?

I think Golic thinks the dragon was his god.

Why not both on Golic? Another good video, AT. Watching from orbit with the nukes ready just in case.

Alien 3's a cool film. I think some people just say they don't like it because it's got a bad reputation.

It’s wild that Paul McGann, the fucking Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who, played someone as insane as this😂

I dont know why the hate towards this movie. There are great memorable characters. Great quotes and scenes. It took it in a new direction from the action packed marine experience. To me its my favourite alien film

Which character called it a dragon? Was it Golic? I had seen your poll on twitter of favorite character this was the one I chose.

Walter Golic. Being in prison for mass murder....Weyland-Yutani found out his real identity, the Time Lord known as THE DOCTOR...they took his sonic screwdriver, his TARDIS key, threw him into prison, because he has blown up Skaro (before the Time War)... and then he was killed off by the Xenomorph. No regeneration could start for an unknown reason