The prison planet setting made sure that this wasn't just a rehash of the first two movies, while the visuals and aesthetic fully drove home the HIV metaphor that is coursing through its DNA.
Alex Thomson's sickly cinematography and Elliot Goldenthal pounding orchestral score all add to serve up a specific mood, which is at least unique and interesting, as from this point on in the series, the Alien franchise couldn't help but keep looking back at its own origins.1997's Alien: Resurrection essentially felt like a mash-up of Alien and Aliens, with a too-quippy script by Joss Whedon and some pointless, goes-nowhere weirdness by direction Jean-Pierre Jeunet .
It would be another five years before anyone would touch the franchise again, with Ridley Scott giving us Prometheus in 2012. A gorgeous movie, withinteresting ideas, but so wrapped up in answering questions nobody was really asking, Scott was still looking back to 1979 for inspiration for the future of these movies. Another five years on, 2017's Alien: Covenant tried to bridge the gap - both in story and in tone - between Prometheus and Alien.
The thing about Alien 3 is that the cut for the original theatrical release is so badly done - studio interference one assumes - that it botches the story. If you want to watch Alien 3 in all its glory, go for the directors's cut: it's fab!
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