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When will studios understand they need to just stand back and let directors get on with their craft? It never works out well. This video on the other hand is absolutely outstanding! The editing and script is genuinely perfect and is honestly the most in depth and well made analysis of the production of this film. Well done mate, can’t wait to see more!

In my opinion Alien 3 is underrated. Yes it has flaws but it got innovative ideas from the camerawork to its darktones. I prefer this film than Alien Resurrection.

Despite everything it’s still my favorite; the world building just feels real…I don’t care what people say when I watch Aliens I feel like I’m looking at sets; but when I watch Alien3 I feel like I’m in the prison.

31:55 The first Alien film won the academy award for best visual effects.

I love Alien 3. Ever since i saw it in the cinema all those years ago it just gripped me.

I liked the absence of firearms in the story. It definitely gives more of a survival horror edge and less of an action film (as much as I enjoy Aliens, I wasn't keen on the much smaller serving of outright horror). What a shame that too many cooks barged into the kitchen, it could've been something really unnerving and beautiful.

Crying shame what happened... perhaps Alien and Aliens were just too damn awesome to follow up on. Maybe the only way to successfully create a third instalment would have been a sincere focus on creativity, not money. I guess we will never know.

With the Alien franchise being my all time favorite movie franchise because I'm a horror/creature movie buff, I actually really liked Alien 3. All of Fincher's movies are spectacular, he's so talented. Good video, this told a story that I had no idea about - Thanks.

Well, apparently you can also blame Sigourney "No Guns, Clone Me" Weaver too for ruining it...

Alien III, the Adult version of the Franchise, and the most atmospheric and intelligent.

This was excellent. Clear and concise. Well researched, presented and edited. This is my first video of yours. I will be watching more. Really well done.

Alien 3 wasn't the only Alien film to be nominated for an Academy award for special effects; Alien was also nominated for best visual effects and for art direction as well and actually won the award for visual effects. It remains the only Oscar any of the Alien films ever won, at least the Sigourney Weaver ones to my knowledge. Great video anyway. I like how you mentioned the part where the studio tried to force Fasano to preserve Ripley and the whole preist CPR thing. What a horrible idea that would have been. I never liked the idea of a wooden planet myself either. Personally I love Alien 3 and am overall very happy with the movie we got despite its flaws. A ton of disastrous script ideas were avoided throughout the production and it really becomes clear just how truly awful the movie almost was many different times. It's a miracle it came out as great as it is.

Another great video, it's very well researched and the presentation was spot on. I'm surprised the channel hasn't blown up more yet.

Very well done, Lee. Keep up the good work! 👍

Dynamic, concise overview. Troubled production notwithstanding, Fincher's aesthetic and tone is stunningly haunting.

The crazy thing is that at the end of all this lies a pretty damn good movie, somehow probably thanks to Fincher and Elliot Goldenthal

So- I just finished watching your "Thalassaphobia" video, and now I'm watching this one...you got some really, REALLY good stuff. I'm now a Subscriber, and a die-hard fan.

wow. criminally underrated channel. this shit rocks dude, keep it up

I think their method of making an alien puppet and moving it looked unique for the time. It makes the alien look as real as using suits, even if in the movie it had flaws and looked like it was made using stop motion or cgi

Cold and calculated criticism. Love it. Really good. Work on your audio leveling and consistency which I'm sure you thought of in the intervening 9 months.

I am really impressed. Great work on the Video!

Fabulous. I knew the production of this was a nightmare but JESUS. You should look into Once Upon a Time In America for video, it’s so fascinating how eviscerated that wound up being.

Can’t tell you how many times I go back and revisit this video, once again listening to it right meow.

The Wooden Planet script was the best idea.

Alien 3 is one of the best written character arc for both Dylan & Clemens. It was story over spectacle. The scene where Clemens runs with Ripley body form the beach to save her, in term of tone, music, visuals is simply awesome. Till today all the Alien series except for Alien 3 doesn't have serious character arch. Watched Alien 3 couple of times and it never bores you.

"Alien 3" is very underrated. It does a couple of flaws, but it's still pretty great in its longer version (though a few things are better in the theatrical cut, like the Queen bursting out of Ripley at the end). The characters are so well-written, with some great dialogue exchanges, and the movie looks gorgeous: the idea of going the exact opposite of the previous movies and indulge in warm colors was just great. It also has an amazing soundtrack, probably the most distinctive in the series. I think people were too harsh on it because it wasn't a shoot 'em up like "Aliens". I remember in the late-90s somebody telling me "It's bad! There's only ONE monster in the whole movie!" and I was like "Well, that's the same as the first one...".

Good video. I enjoyed all the interesting details. A pity that the David version can never be assembled

Great job. Learned a lot in this one - more than others in fact. And the few funny turns of phrase were much appreciated - I laughed out loud a few times. Anyway, well done.

Finche’s subsequent body of work pretty much vindicates his decision-making throughout the state of flux that existed whilst Alien cubed was being shot. Nobody’s celebrating the stellar careers of suits at Fox - I hope that some of them learnt something about delegation and interference from the way that the final film came about. Great vid.

This was my first Alien movie and will remain my favorite ever...

OMG Sigourney at 15:57!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍

I liked Alien 3 a lot. And I am a serious Alien(s) fan. Even own a pulse rifle. The cast in Alien 3 was fantastic. Brian Glover, Charles Dance, Pete Postlethwaite etc. The special edition really adds a lot to the film. CGI was used and, back then, it wasn't too convincing. I would still always prefer a dude in a suit, like in the first 2, over CGI even now. I've listened to the Gibson full script, too. It's available here on YT. Pretty good. Alien Resurrection was absolute garbage. Fantastic video, by the way.

Wow! What another very interesting video. I do very much like a couple of David Fincher movies I've seen, (and in particular 'The Game'). I am very saddened he has quit Film making.

It's the first time I've known specifics about the script and shooting process. I love Alien 3 as it is, I can't wrap my head around the idea that it was made in these circumstances. If only it could be possible to go back in time and have Fincher do exactly the film he wanted... That would be incredible.

David Fincher is hands down my favorite director. I think Alien 3 and its troubled production, pushed him in the right direction and stand up for his creative vision going forward…His next film was Seven for gods sake!

I LOVE Alien3, it's so grim and tragic and operatic, so rich in symbolism and such a profound meditation on grief, fate and fatalism, redemption and sacrifice, the first two are technically better, more cohesive films and I love them too but A3 affected me deeply in ways they didn't. And apart from a couple of dodgy compositing shots it LOOKS absolutely stunning. A real shame it was such an ordeal for Fincher and everyone else involved, and that so many people refuse to look for its merits and just write it off because it isn't more like Aliens.

Very much enjoyed this. I knew when I used to live in Scotland what a mightmare Alien 3 was for David Fincher. Its always put me off making films in America. That's why I prefer films in Europe or the UK. Though our industry is suffering more so now in the Uk because of bloody Hollywood.

So good. Thank you!

I always tell people to watch the Assembly cut of this film. It's honestly the best version.

I've always thought Alien 3 was a great ending to the Ripley story. Especially if you amalgamate the theatrical and extended cuts of the film.

Hey! Happy holidays, are you ever planning on doing a video on fincher’s comeback? Would love a video of him doing Seven.

damn this is quality content and great editing!

I remember Alien 3 as different from it's predecessors and still a great movie!

Amazing video nice job

21:28 I'm happy that a Lannister approves 👌

This explains a lot abut why this movie was so much less than the others in so many ways.

Alien 3 is hands down my favorite Alien movie. That assembly cut is something else man. Just makes it a more cohesive piece of cinema. Although I still like the dog from the theatrical cut as the host rather than the ox from the assembly cut. I feel like critics have proven themselves as inconsequential to the perception of movies. The audience always knows. And I never hear your average Joe hating on Alien 3. Great fuckin movie, man.

I would love to see David Fincher make another Alien film where he has more creative control while subtly flipping the bird at FOX. Although that would likely never happen

The mood and music inside that space monastery is unrivaled in ANY of the Alien movies, including the first one. The problem starts at the end, with Ripley's death. That fact, condemned economically that movie over any other. Every premise about this movie starts with a recount of its troubles, probably because of Fincher's known frustrations about it, but if looked objectively, its evident is one of the grittier, coolest movies of the genre. It's The Name of the Rose from outerspace.

It made me want to riot when I saw it on the day it was released...

If 20th century fox rekindles relationship with David Fincher, perhaps we could get a David Finchers Directors Cut of Alien 3 but that’s just wishful thinking.

Great video man. Can't stop laughing at the whippet though 😅

Alien 3 is my preferred movie of the trilogy.

I liked this much more than ALIENS believe it or not. The characters, the actors, the music, the cinematography, and the mood of the movie were incredible. Poorly done cgi though and they chopped the hell out of it. Can you imagine how good it would have been had they gone with the Gibson script? And speaking as someone who knows just about everything about ALIEN... you did an awesome job on this. Lots of little things I rarely hear from other youtubers. And Fincher is god. Screw Cameron. ;)

Poor Finchy! Sounds like a really crappy time

20:57 What do you mean by "its the only film of the series with its own individual look"? The original has a very unique aesthetic we had never seen before.

Okay, Alien 3 isn’t that bad. It’s too bad the studio got involved. Alien 3 had that potential a great film.

This is the reason why Fincher is kind of annoyed by studios like marvel .he despises studio interference

Although I found Alien 3 very disappointing on seeing it at the movies, I did enjoy the "Assembly cut" re-release. Still hated the ending either way.

I want the dramatised audio series sea of sorrows River of pain and I can't remember the rest but they got hicks and nute, hicks was in 2,and Ash was still.... about....in 1. they would of been amazing I got every audio and love listening to the actual movies and the dramatised audios in order its like one massive movie with a bonus on the 3rd they wrote another short version read by Bishop 😃

I liked the film being set in a prison, it gave a gritty quality the first two didnt have. Overall I liked it. It must be incredibly stressful to take on the project that follows the two best sci-fi films of all time. I mean how in the hell do you surpass Aliens? It did manage to provide one of the top iconic scenes of the entire series, the part where the alien and ripley are face to face, she winces and turns away in fear as it very slowly gets closer and closer and all we hear is it breathing before it retreats. You watch this almost exclusively for Sigourney who in my eyes can do no wrong and is the most versatile actress in Hollywood.

As a kid, Alien 3 was my favorite one.

IF studio execs are so creative and love to interfere so much in the original vision of movies, why don't they don the director's hat and just directly make the god damn movies themselves?!? BUT that would mean they would get the credit AND the blame.

Wait, 4700 views for such a quality video ? I guess youtube algorythm isn't giving you the fame you deserve

Are you insane? This video is really good and well made but you only made one of these? I went to your channel ready to binge watch like 5 more just to find out you only made this one? I watched one of your murder mystery videos but I’m not sure it holds up to this. Your style, your pace, and narration is perfect for his concept. You could dedicate your entire channel to it.

Everything needs more pulse rifle! Honestly I do not know what would have made a better Alien 3. Maybe nothing should have been done with it. The egg/s and facehuggers issue always bugged me. Where did it come from? I ended up blaming Bishop for it. Many do because it is the only explanation. Colony room full of samples and Bishop being off screen and away for a significant period of time. That line of thinking though tarnishes Bishop’s character, but it does give the only explanation for where the eggs or facehuggers.

I see Alien 3 as basically a polished turd of it's time which has aged well because of how well polished it is in spite of what it is. We were coming out of the 80's with some pretty massive, well fleshed films with big budgets that did well. The year before Alien 3, Terminator 2 blew audiences away and the hype and hopes for the third installment after Cameron's action masterpiece were going to be nigh impossible to meet. I like Alien 3 as my 2nd favorite in the franchise. It's flawed but there's something there that makes up for those flaws if you give it it's fair shot.

Say man, that was real cool. Thank You.

Fox Studios is Weyland-Yutani. “Crew Expendable.”

Since the Cold War never ended and threatens a return to the Warsaw Pact era if Putin gets his way, William Gibson's version still works.')

Alien 3 is my favorite. Followed by Alien then Aliens and then Alien Resurrection.

I like his movies but was never keen on his screenplay

The greatest sin of Alien 3 was killing off Newt and Hicks offscreen at the beginning of the film. It basically rendered Ripley's heroics in Aliens all for nothing. Whoever thought it was a smart and compelling move, should never be allowed to write another movie script. This was my main gripe about 3. And the dreaded studio exec interference. Fincher has proven in several of his later films that he can make a great flick. This was truly an absolute waste of celluloid.

The only thing that irritates me more than Alien 3 itself, are people who try to convince me that's it's a good movie.

The best closure to the Alien trilogy… until resurrection and other movies related to it destroyed it

Alien 3 is gorgeous, it has its flaws, but this heavy nihilistic atmosphere and religious references make it much, much better than Aliens, which for me with its ideas destroyed this mysterious, miraculous figure of the Alien.

I enjoy alien 3 for what we got

I didn't know Fincher directed Aliens 3.

It never occurred to all these studio apes that Aliens was the end of the franchise. Anything for a dollar.

Nice typo. Should be called "Fincher's Alien 3"

The fact that Fincher could take such garbage input and put together a serviceable film is commendable. I enjoy Alien 3, and while it's not as good a watch as the first two, it has its charm.

And despite it all, Fincher made a very good movie.

Better than nolan

Okay, I have to weigh in on this. The whole Alien 3 production saga is one of the most melodramatic Hollywood behind the scenes facades of all time. Thousands of movies have gone through countless script re-writes, heavy editing and changing directors. Fincher was hired to take over for another writer/director who had been fired, Vincent Ward. HE is the man who's "vision was compromised" NOT DAVID FINCHER. Fincher didn't have "a vision", he was not the writer, he was a director for hire, and came in when the majority of the story had already been decided on by the producers. People did not like the move for those decisions that were made. You cannot blame that on the production. He was clearly VERY ungrateful to be in the director's chair, and he clashed with the producer's over money...That's it! Audiences didn't like the bleakness of the story, killing of all the major characters, and poor story continuity(the unexplained egg for example). And on that matter, I read that Fincher's response was "The audience was just never suppose to question it". I strongly object to him washing his hands of it and pretending he was wronged just because his ego got hurt. HE was a huge part of the problem. And considering he walked away from the film before editing, any complaints in that department by him are also void. There is not one single scene or element that can actually be named that he didn't get to do. There was even a story about Fox refusing him to film a scene, so he grabbed a camera himself and filmed and yes..it is even in the final film. Jesus, people. How can so many people misinterpret what actually happens? Sorry for the rant, but this was a long time coming.

Great movie

Let Fincher finish it

Jodorowsky's Dune is obviously the greatest sci-fi never made.

Wasn't there guns in Aliens?

14 screenplays, 14!! 😭😭😂😂😂

Not a fan of Alien 3. The Assembly cut is the best cut, but still a mess of writing and production problems . As much as i used to like Sigourney Weaver she is also responsible for a lot of the mess behind the scenes and her treatment of Ralph Brown

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Didn't Weaver shave her head twice tho?

alien 3 rocked.more scary than aliens.

Idiot studio, idiot writers.... Pure madness that they couldn't make a proper sequel to Aliens. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to make a good story!

I love Alien 3.

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I don’t know why people slam this film, l really liked it. Granted it’s not as good as the first two, but isn’t that the way it goes.

Fincher was very much a director for hire and nothing else. His mistreatment by FOX says it all.

I love alien 3