Alien; the director's cut

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2005)

This is the absolute best outer space motion picture anyone would have conceived. A ridiculous idea of an alien on board a spacecraft made into a Gothic horror film that has terrified audiences and has spawned a franchise. So far, Ridley Scott did an excellent job as director and still does (see Gladiator). Also as Weaver's first appearance in a film, she was excellent.
But I think that a bigger exploration of the derelict could have been a bit affective, and the alien pyramid in O'Bannon's original script. But still, it's good as they get.
The DVD is very impressive as well, with the deleted scenes, but the scene in which Dallas in found by Ripley in the climax, would have screwed it up, but I think with a bit of things cut, it would have been affective.