Did anyone else think...

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2004)

That Vincent Ward's initial vision of the movie and storyline outlined on the special features of the Quadrilogy was extremely interesting? I found the whole story with the monastery and the monks instead of the prison colony and the inmates was great. It was almost a 100% reversal in the actual movie. It's not that I don't like the prison angle, but the way the story of the monks was told, I found it pretty neat. I thought the idea of the alien dragging the first victim through the monastic toilet was funny, and that the love storyline (like Clemens and Ripley) was with Ripley and a holy man doubting his devotion because of a woman's temptation. Then, how they viewed the Alien as God's vengeance and judgment and that they blamed this on Ripley and locked her in the basement. Finally, the burning wheat fields with Ripley's sacrifice and the glass foundry were all ideas that were presented in a neat fashion. Too bad the wooden coverings in the gothic style monastery turned off the producers.