I haven't watched Alien in years. Should I watch the theatrical version or the "Director's Cut"?
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Polter-Cow - Jan 01, 2012 2:28:26 pm PST #17291 of 30000
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DavidS - Jan 01, 2012 2:47:41 pm PST #17292 of 30000
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I haven't watched Alien in years. Should I watch the theatrical version or the "Director's Cut"?
Well, the theatrical version is just about a perfect movie of its type. And I'm starting to trust Riddley Scott less with the Director's Cuts after the third do-over on Bladerunner.
Polter-Cow - Jan 01, 2012 4:09:59 pm PST #17293 of 30000
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Theatrical it is, then. Even he said he was perfectly happy with it to begin with.
Gris - Jan 01, 2012 4:24:09 pm PST #17294 of 30000
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I really liked the Director's Cut, but I think it's the only version I've ever seen. I saw it in the theater, and it was mind-blowingly awesome.
Polter-Cow - Jan 01, 2012 4:26:59 pm PST #17295 of 30000
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According to Wikipedia, the Director's Cut removes five minutes and adds four minutes. I would have gone ahead and watched it if it were just adding stuff (but Scott actually thought it was too long as an "expanded" edition), but I don't want to LOSE stuff from the classic version.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2012 4:51:47 pm PST #17296 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I really really liked it, but I know I'm not finished with it. It is complicated and subtle and the heavy lifting is up to you (I couldn't work out any way the flashbacks were being signalled, for instance, other than you realising this couldn't be taking place during the main timeline-was there some visual or audio cue I was missing, or was it really all in the narrative?).
I read the book this year and it jumps all over the place. However, I finally got Disc 1 of the Alec Guinness version and can't believe it starts at the end with the whole initial Tinker Tailor code setting meeting with Jim and Control.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2012 4:51:48 pm PST #17297 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
le nubian - Jan 01, 2012 5:00:17 pm PST #17298 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
And I'm starting to trust Riddley Scott less with the Director's Cuts after the third do-over on Bladerunner.
This.
THIS.
It's like he got knighted and then got a big ego or something.
§ ita § - Jan 01, 2012 7:06:24 pm PST #17299 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is there buzz on Corolianus? It looked kind of interesting, and then, only then, did I realise it was a modernising.
Polter-Cow - Jan 01, 2012 8:31:47 pm PST #17300 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Man, I wonder what it was like for people to see Alien for the first time, especially if they didn't know anything about it. Because it's like, whoa, eggs, what the fuck. Facehuggers, what the fuck! Chestbursters, what the fuck! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHAT IS THAT THING WHAT THE FUCK! Special Order 24, what the fuck! ROBOT WHAT THE FUCK. The black guy is not the first, second, or even third person to die, what the fuck!
I really loved how elaborate the sets were, especially given the long tracking shots. That is a dirty-ass, lived-in spaceship.
I was surprised by how little you actually see of the alien. The last time I rewatched the movie, it felt weird to me too because it was like I didn't really remember what the movie was about. I think most of what I associate with the franchise, what really stuck with me, is in Aliens. Which is next.