I'd stick to the theatrical release if I where you!!

Rating: Null/10 (6 April 2004)

Here be spoilers.
Whilst Alien Resurrection was by no means as good as the first two instalments in this highly successful series, it was certainly a lot better than Alien 3 (until that is the much much better Special Edition).
Where as the Special Edition treatment transformed Alien 3 from an ugly duckling into a wonderful film, the same treatment for Alien Resurrection has done the reverse.
The original version (with the exception of the thankfully few scenes with the cutsey Alien Newborn hybrid) was good, the action kept moving and there was some interesting ideas here. All right not all of them worked but at least thought went into them.
However the Special Edition now adds an atrociously badly done opening title sequence that is both meaningless and has nothing to do with the story whatsoever. It gets worse as well with some added clunky dialogue that really should have been left on the cutting room floor.
The new ending on Earth with the devastated Paris (or is it Blackpool!!!) is rather poor CGI (again as per the opening sequence) and is a rip off of the closing sequence of the excellent (CGI free) similarly devastated Sydney city-scape in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.
All in all I would recommend that for better viewing, avoid the Special Edition and stick to the original release, a piece of advice I reverse for the other three editions of this hugely successful series.