Coupled with the fact that another Alien is running around on the ship, this one newly borne from what happens when a facehugger mates with a dog, all that is left is to find grace and meaning in a death and existence that’s been so meaningless. Trapped on a prison planet with Born Again murderers, rapists, and thugs (all confusingly shaved bald, at that), Ripley has little hope for her future, and that’s before she discovers she’s carrying an Alien Queen embryo in her chest to term. Beginning with the apathetic slaughter of all the likable survivors from the previous film, Alien 3 begins on a downer note and only gets grimmer.
Either the dumbest or bravest sequel of all time, Alien 3 rather defiantly revoked the happy ending of Aliens and discovered a new nihilistic corner of this universe that made the original movie look like a pleasure cruise.
How’s that for a game over, Hudson?Īvailable on: Amazon, YouTube, Google Play, HBO Alien 3ĭavid Fincher might have abandoned this film, but plenty of fans still swear by it. If the franchise had stopped here, it would have been the ultimate happy ending. The aliens get uglier and bigger, now with an Alien Queen to boot, but that just means they blow apart real good too. These space truckers are also trapped in their claustrophobic ship which is comprised of an ugly collection of shadows and dark corners. The heroes of Alien are really victims, pawn in a game we’ll never understand. Their minimalist dynamics are also the undergirding of a massive vision, one that continued the devaluation of space travel from the glistening cleanness of Star Trek and 2001, or even the scrappy but endearing Star Wars, into something bleak and foreboding. Directed by Ridley Scott at the tailend of the 1970s, it is a product of its time in the best way–when characters were allowed to breathe with understated authenticity and drudgery.
The original and, some of us would argue, still the best Alienis certainly the scariest. Whether it is Ridley Scott’s original masterpiece, James Cameron’s epic action movie throwdown, or even David Fincher’s weird nihilist take on the misadventures of Ellen Ripley and the xenomorph, each Alien movie has its own quirks that are worth exploring.īut where can you find them for streaming purposes? Well, we’re here to break that down for you right now! Alien With Alien Day upon us, we’re getting a hankering for that unique facehugger flavor that only the best (and even the not-so-great) Alien movies can provide.