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I highly recommend this documentary to anyone who has issues withAlien: Resurrection (Alien 4), as a means of understanding the issuesbehind the scenes which effected and affected this installment of theAlien Quadrilogy. Completely inclusive and definitive, this is truly adocumentary work of art. (us.imdb.com/title/tt0387469/)
According to the 1991 Special Widescreen Collector's Edition Laserdisc release of the movie (presented on the Bonus Disc of the 2003 Alien Quadrilogy DVD Box Set), James Cameron turned in the first treatment for the film, called Alien II at the time, on September 21, 1983. Some of the differences between this initial treatment and the final film included the following: The character of Carter Burke was absent, instead, his dialogue was given to someone named Dr. O'Niel, who did not join Ripley and the marines on their voyage to the colony planet. Instead of being taken to the Gateway Station, Ripley was taken to Earth Station Beta. The name of the colony planet was Acheron, taken from the script of Alien (1979), instead of LV-426. Ripley's daughter was alive, and Ripley had a disheartening videophone conversation with her, where she blamed Ripley for abandoning her by going to space. There were multiple atmospheric processors on the planet. The initial discovery of the aliens on the colony planet is much longer, where it is shown how Newt's father gets to the site of the eggs and is jumped by a facehugger (us.imdb.com....605/trivia)
All DVD's should come with extras as exhausting as the ones in the newALIEN QUADRILOGY box set. When ALIEN 3 first came out, I was disappointedwith it. Later, as I was able to ween myself off of the expectations JamesCameron's relentless ALIENS set up, it became a favorite of mine. Thisdocumentary goes to great lengths not to just dissect the movie, but alsotoshow just what film studios typically put creative people through. We getinterviews with Michael Biehn , detailing how upset he was at the killingoffof his character. We get a look, in story boards, at an abandoned versionofthe film that was larger in scope. And we see some of the studioineptitudethat prevented the film from being all it could be. That David Finchercouldnonetheless create a film as uncompromising as he did is a true testamenttohis talent. I loved this! (us.imdb.com/title/tt0387374/)
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Ripley visits Parker and Brett to inspect their progress, she says "Yeah, you'll get whatever's coming to you." But the word "Yeah" is missing entirely from the soundtrack, and the rest of the sentence is out of sync with the video. This error is not present on the original Alien DVD box set, where Ripley's "Yeah" is muffled but quite audible. But the 2003 theatrical release and the new "Alien Quadrilogy " boxed set both have the word entirely absent. (us.imdb.com....8748/goofs)
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