Uncle Bingo wrote:
Alien 3 LOOKS just fine, aside from the early CGI dog alien. I do love the browns and the "rusted" look of things. However, I think the story is really weak. The original was a very simple premise: basically "10 little Indians" trapped on a spaceship with a completely UNKNOWN monster. It's so basic and yet so brilliant it is almost hard to screw it up. Aliens was smart enough to take a slightly new direction, and I completely tip my hat to James Cameron for giving us "more Aliens" and an original storyline instead of rehashing Alien again as so many sequels seem to do.

After that, nothing really original has been done with the series. Story wise, Alien 3 had nothing going for it. Great setting, good basic idea.... but it was executed very poorly in the end result. By all accounts, David Fincher's hands were really tied while trying to make Alien 3, and he wasn't able to make the movie he really wanted to make. It shows.



I agree with this 100%.