If only we had listened to Fincher, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.

That has got to be one of my favorite stupid things Hollywood execs do. "We want this movie to be made quickly, but instead we're gonna take several years of saying no to scripts only to then scramble to get things done when we realize we took too long."

James Cameron: "Alien 3 was a smack in the face to the fans..." Also James Cameron: Green lights Terminator Dark Date, which kills off John Connor in the first 5 damn mins of the movie...

"We set out to make a release date" Unfortunately, that's still a thing.

I couldn't control myself seeing them putting a xenomorph suit on a dog

You totaly forgot thath part when they ignored H.R.Giger triing to get on project, used his new xenomorph design he send them and kinda forgot to credit him

I'd love to know what the Fox executives' reasons were for scrapping all of those scripts. It reminds me of the Super Mario Bros. movie script that seemed way better than what we got. Also, I can't help but grin at seeing the xenomorph being played by a small dog in a suit. That dog should've gotten top billing, dammit.

I always hated how they killed off all the other characters from Aliens. Kinda cheapens the impact from Aliens when all of the characters die immediately afterwards.

The fact that you can make What Happened's on every sequel after Aliens brings a tear to my eye... I also find it weird that each movie afterwards does the Resident Evil movie thing and just kill off characters in-between films or during the beginning. That's what you get for caring I guess.

That is literally the Worst/Best thing I ever saw so they dressed a actual dog up as a alien.

Fortunately for David Fincher, he's since proven that he was waaaaaaaaay too good for what Fox did to him while he was making Alien 3.

How was the phrase 'wooden satellite' used more than once without the speaker being laughed out of the room?

So glad this didn’t ruin David Fincher’s career before it started. Too bad it killed the Alien franchise which still hasn’t recovered.

The brutality that they shot the scene of the autopsy of Newt still haunts me today. And breaks my mind in not knowing "why did they do that!?"

“Fox believed that the Cold War would be over by the time the movie was out” Fox: *_hampers movie’s progress so it releases after the Cold War ends_* “See? We were right al along!”

Its all just sad really. And I like alien3 assembly cut for what its worth. There are so many nuggets of brilliance in the film.

James Cameron's thoughts on Alien 3: "A huge slap in the face to the fans" I wonder if he feels the same way about Terminator Dark Fate?

I felt bishop was going to be revealed as a villain in the third, I always thought he implanted an alien into Hicks then put him to sleep and opened the doors for the aliens earlier. There was a line he says "they wanted a live specimen, they were quite clear about that" that always stuck with me

If you do another movie flop (besides Dragon Ball Evolution and Avatar the Last Airbender), can you cover the 2015 Fantastic Four film?

Treating David Fincher like this on his first movie makes me remember that one time a Studio suit told Steven Spielberg that he would ammount to nothing in Hollywood

I honestly wish they had gone with the first script idea of Ripley, Newt and Hicks taking on Weyland Yutani to destroy them. There could've been so much potential there to go all out with the xenos given Weyland's interest in the aliens and also to give Hicks the leading role as was the original director's intent. Poor Hicks and Newt got done dirty big time. The Alien 3 we got in the end was okay I guess.

Fox: Ya can’t spell Alien without “Lie”

I'm one of those that has come around to this film. I absolutely hated it the first time I saw it, but when I saw the assembly cut I started to change my mind on it. While not the film Fincher wanted to make, his talent is very clear in it, and you even see early signs of his style that he would develop and refine over the years. I like the bleak and oppressive tone, the visuals are often gorgeous, the acting is top notch, the music while a bit over the top at times is fantastic, and I like that all three of the first Alien films didn't try to replicate each other, they all approached the concept in a unique way. While the most flawed of the first three Alien films, I think it's on par with the first two. However, had Fincher been able to make the film he wanted, I think it could have easily been the best.

"If you're like me- and I know I am." Aww Matt. Why do you do these things that hurt us so?

am I the only one who so wants to see him cover the Spawn movie from 1997?

oh man seeing that dog crammed into the alien costume gives me bad feels good to see it realized what was going on and refused to act

Song in that trailer is Skeletons in the Attic by Dance With The Dead for those wondering!

I always wonder if he’d return to this genre nowadays. With his experience and and vision, it could be mind-blowing.

This happens in more movies than most people realize. Unnecessary interference from big suits in the filming process can be absolutely disastrous.

Now this might be torture but how about a What happened? Episode on Highlander 2?

I tell people that Alien 3 is one of my favorite movies and I get weird looks, but then I explain to them about the Assembly Cut and how Fincher got screwed over by the studio and killed what could have been a good movie.

It's worth noting that Fincher was already quite experienced when he made Alien3. He was actually a big deal at the time, even without directing a single feature film. The studio he co-founded, Propaganda Films, was *THE* production company for slick ads and other promo videos. He'd won tons of awards and helped define the "look" of 80s pop filmmaking. And an absolutely absurd amount of future talent got their start there over the years doing videos and ads - including Michael Bay, Gore Verbinski, Spike Jonze, and Zach Snyder.

you know for a second there… I thought this was the aliens 3 Sega Genesis game.

Killing off Hicks and Newt was a bad decision, but Alien 3 is not a bad movie on its own. It's a very dark and atmospherical movie, and honestly very unique for a sequel to an action blockbuster. Morse, Dillon and Clemens were awesome new characters. The movie looks and sounds fantastic, Elliot Goldenthal's score is absolutely perfect. The alien becoming different depending on what animal the host was, is a really cool addition. Ripley's death scene is really well done, and even though Aliens was already pretty much a perfect ending, this is still a great send off for the Ripley character. Far better than what they did with her in Resurrection. I'm really glad this movie exists.

The Assembly Cut is so close to being a decent film, it's tragic. Has legs up until the third act before it turns into a completely incoherent mess.

Hi Matt, it seems every time I look at my youtube page there's another upload from you. Thank you for keeping us entertained during quarantine

It's sad that this kind of thing is still happening with movies being made today. Studios never learn.

Justice League-What Happened? I'm curious to see how Matt can tackle that debacle into a 20 minute video.

I remember eating this stuff up in the sci-fi movie rags in the '90s as a Teepling, about how it was supposed to be a Cold War thing but they got cold feet (hah) after the Berlin Wall fell. Reading about that goofy stuff in the Alien series was part of my formative parts of being a scifi nerd. Also 3 still has one of my favorite moments in the series when it did that scary version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare at the beginning.

Funny that one of the best directors of our time (or ever) started his career with a flop. Kinda inspiring, really

The dog in the alien suit is one of the cutest things I've ever seen, if he jumped from the celling and ripped me apart limb from limb I would still try and pet him.

The voice you did at 11:00 for the Michael Biehn interview is absolute gold 👑

Paul McGann’s character was also brilliant. Alien 3 was not a typical Alien film and that’s what made it great, it was gritty, moody and dark and Bishop’s scene really hits that home.

2:17 Proceeds to do the exact same thing to his own Terminator franchise with Dark Fate.

I love how the dog's reaction is the same as the audience: "Really? REALLY?"

*THIS HAS BEEN AN EPISODE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR*

The Assembly Cut was actually pretty good. Wasn't super great, but it was at least much more competent.

The BD Assembly Cut of Alien 3 was actually pretty decent.

Oooh, I've always wanted to learn about this movie's history. Never seen it, only seen the first two. Btw, is there any chance you'll ever cover Insomniac's Fuse? Thanks!

The comics that focused on the the three that survived at the end of Aliens is a whole lot better than what fox did with Alien 3. The relationship with hicks and the little girl. I still refrain from watching this film and I don't think Ill ever watch it.

Fun fact: There was a comic book sequel to Aliens called Alien: Earth War. Later publishing runs changed the identities of Newt, Hicks, and Ripley to try to fit with Alien 3's canon. In 2017 they said to hell with it and rereleased the saga with the original characters intact.

Just seeing this video in my subs made my day Matt, thank you.

Matthew's Michael Biehn impression is golden.

I once read someone who explained that Alien 3 should have had a change in genre, the way Alien to Aliens did. They proposed that Alien 3 should have been a heist movie...which could have still worked with the real Alien 3's prison setting.

Dude. Epic video my guy. I shared this with my movie buff film friend. And you're right, Micheal Biehn is a legend. Shame, I would like to see that Monk stuff, lol.

Another amazing video that i just watched, and me and my friend already backed In Search of Tomorrow last week, and we pledge for the Admiral Kirk reward!

You're killing me with these, Mr. McMuscles, keep up the stellar work!

Omg that clip of the live action avatar movie brought back unpleasant memories

"I think it was a big mistake."... well said.

I liked it, it's nihilistic setting made it my favourite of the franchise; it could not live in isolation (no pun intended) but as a trilogy ender I thought it worked with lots of fun unanswered questions.

Heck yeah, I’ve been waiting for this one

Glad to see you doing another movie episode. Good stuff

It took me a minute to find the comment sections, but Matt, I just want to show you my verbal support (because the BRL to USD exchange is nuts right now so I can't Patreon you) and say that you're one of the only youtubers I still support and watch videos. Your quick looks are not really my thing but seeing you playing things you enjoy or have fun making the video of is really nice, but you really shine on your on the spot comments like in the Xbox reveal video as well as in these kind of videos like "what happened" and other similar ones. Keep it up! I hope you're doing well!

This the one project I have truly been waiting for

I don’t understand why shows made so good as this doesn’t have millions of subs but crap shows do. Man I love this show thanks for everything champ

Great episode, to anyone who enjoyed this I highly recommend Oliver Harper's retrospective on Alien 3 (and pretty much any of his retrospectives), while lacking in Matt's flair for comedy, Oliver gives great insight and context to a lot of the "what happened?"'s in films of the past and I find them highly enjoyable.

Watching both versions, I get why people prefer the Assembly Cut, but it has problems of its own, mostly pacing that makes it drag. I wish there was a cut somewhere in between those two versions, but really, Alien 3 in any state is just an OK movie and a bad sequel. I get why some people like it, but ultimately so many ideas and characters are half-baked or clumsily slammed in there, you would need to reshoot most of the movie to get a worthy sequel to Alien/Aliens. Well, at least we have Alien: Isolation.

Awesome work as always, keep it up!

On a real note Alien 3 is a good gem of a sci-fi movie to come across if you were looking for sci-fi movies from a bit ago apart from the established big ones, I dig it

I love this show. The infotainment is great, and I've been randomly binge watching the show.

I love all the details and research that goes into this series and of course a dash of that McMuscles flair.

This movie is the single most fascinating failure. It's so full of good ideas, that absolutely all want nothing to do with each other.

Huge love towards hearing "if you're like me (and I know I am)" for the first time in ages

And I’d still rather watch this over Covenant

There’s a whole story about how hr giger’s xenomorph got rejected too.

It never ceases to amaze me how a studio can see a great script that might need some tweaking and instead of saying "This is good let's just tighten it up" they throw it out wholesale and then end up going with a blatantly terrible script.

More What Happened about movies! This was great! Love your videos.

I love the Aliens arcade music in the background!

thanks for doing another film! lynch’s dune sometime? you’re really great with your research and production. i think you can add to the stories and make them more accessible than ever!

Daaawwww, the little dog looks so cute in his alien outfit. I would just die!

Proud to say that I just backed "In Search of Tomorrow"! Can't wait to see it when it releases!

Alien 3 should've had the Xenomorphs on Earth.

I remember hearing that H.R. Giger actually went to the producers of Alien 3 and repeatedly asked to help work on it, even going so far as to make a new alien design for free sending it to them, only for the producers to repeatedly turn him down.

Your impressions are fire bro

Love this series!!

Fox: we want a sequel now! Also Fox: *rejects scripts for 4 damn years*

15:50 Alien 3 subverting expectations before it was cool

If only we could get each of those abandoned scripts made today (with a few alterations so that Sigourney Weaver can move on with her life), we might actually get back to having interesting Alien films.

do a video on the star wars sequel trilogy

How do you put these super in-depth videos together so quickly?! Your work ethic puts most other youtubers to shame! Though hope you're not slowly burning yourself out with your insane output speed.

This was really good.. 👍 The 3rd Strike Reference was funny af !

7:19 EA, is that you?

I am part of the minority that liked Alien 3 and saw it as an end to Ellen Ripley's story, gave me vibes that they would've done more with Alien but with different people allowing anyone to have a role as iconic Ripley or Hex and what not, but apparently Fox has to ruin everything... 🤷‍♂️

I personally really enjoyed Alien 3 when I first watched it. It helps that I love Fincher’s movies, and I wasn’t really a fan of Aliens.

Love the video Mr.big muscles

This movie is a personal rabbit hole of mine. I have dug up so much info on this nightmare of a production that I've kind of become obsessed with it. To me the production is far more fascinating than the movie itself.

For a moment I thought that I was getting a bugged ad but then realized it was part of the video

funny thing is with all the production problems, it is still the 3rd best Alien movie.

Wonderful job on this again, Matt! :) For those who’re interested in horror analyses, I’d recommend checking out John Kenneth Muir’s books on 1970s, 1980s, & 1990s American-released horror-the last of which includes perhaps by far the most wonderfully-written defense of this film I’ve ever seen anyone give, one that might be the main reason I’ve started to like it as much as “Alien” and “Aliens.”

Hey Matt, your Hicks and Tywin voices are on point!