[quote name='JasonTerminator']Considering Alien 3 is a movie that the director distances himself with, yeah, I'd say you are.
Anyway, my order would be:
Aliens
Alien
Alien 3 (Only if it's the Assembly Cut.)
Alien Resurrection
I need to watch Prometheus[/QUOTE]
Prometheus is one of those movies that you'll be scratching your head or rubbing the bridge of your nose over the sheer stupidity of certain scenes, but still enjoying the rest of it despite those flaws. At least that's how I am with it, I just can't seem to help myself from liking it
.
Now about Alien 3, I'm also of those guys who thinks highly of Alien 3. The set design/cinematography/costumes were all well done, even in light of the trials that Fincher (being the last of several Directors for the film) had to go through. The Assembly Cut has a ton of great extra footage, and totally feeds that sense of mine that always wants more to digest from these films, but the original theatrical cut is great in my book too. The reason Fincher distances himself from it is because of how Fox
ed production from the start, and basically forced the cast/crew to conform to ridiculous standards on time/quality. I still need to watch the uncut version of the alien 3 documentary on the blu, to actually hear the meat of what Fincher went on about working with Fox, since it's supposed to be really great insight on the process.
I guess I was never bothered by the fact that the set-up Aliens provided wasn't continued in the films that followed, because the Dark Horse comics continued it for YEARS before the 3rd film ever came out. I think that's most of where the hate for Alien 3 comes from (not continuing the franchise where people expected / not living up to expectations from the original teaser, etc.), and I urge those folks to go pick up /download the ORIGINAL printings of the Aliens comics from Dark Horse (numbered, NOT titled). Also don't get me started on how Alien Resurrection didn't
ing need Ripley it in whatsoever. Or the "liberties" taken with the cloning. Or how despite all that the crew of the Betty are still
ing awesome (thank you Joss Whedon
).
Do NOT pick up the Aliens Omnibus Vol.1 from Dark Horse (even though you probably won't find it for under $40 since its OOP now). The reason being is that the original volumes were the sequel to the 2nd films story, set some years later following Rebecca/Newt & Hicks. They kicked
ing ass (at least the first 2 do) and are some of my favorite comics of all time. The Omnibus, however, collects the REPRINTS that were made to coincide the release of Alien3, and they COMPLETELY ret-con the fact they were about Newt & Hicks by CHANGING THEIR NAMES. Yes, that it. And they did a piss-poor job at that, because the editor
ing missed at least a dozen instances (in EACH BOOK) where they USED THE ORIGINAL NAMES INSTEAD.
In any case, for me the films and the comics storylines deviate from one another anyways, and I accept that both continuities exist and just enjoy the entire universe for what it offers. That said, Prometheus also ret-cons the comics, but like I said it works on it's own and is enjoyable just the same.
/Rant over
Worth every penny.[/QUOTE]
