Director’s Cut Rant

Hmmm. I’ll grant that “Alien” is probably the best sci-fi/horror hybrid movie ever made. Good lord is it scary. But now Fox is set to ruin it with a new “Alien: The Director’s Cut” coming out next month. If the added footage contains any of the deleted scenes that were included as extras on the original laser disc/dvd “Special Editions” then, man, is it gonna suck. Watching the deleted footage you could really see why it was cut from the movie. “Alien” is a tightly wound, very claustrophobic movie. I do think that “more” would make it “less.” Seems like we’re being dumbed down once again to re-visit a “re-imagined” classic … just like that ultra-crappy “Version You Have Never Seen” of “The Exorcist.” (Yes. I used a lot of quote marks in this post.)

Director’s Cut Rant

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