How the Assembly Cut Fixes Alien 3

0:00 The Alien 3 You Don't Remember
2:04 Making Alien 3 Was a Disaster
4:38 What's an Assembly Cut?
7:05 The Xenomorph's Capture
8:38 Golic, the Missing Prisoner
11:23 Two Ways to Edit a Scene
12:46 Getting to Know the Inmates
15:21 Dog vs. Ox Alien
17:02 Ripley's Death
18:15 Theatrical vs. Assembly Cut
19:16 Outro

Plenty of movies have alternate versions called director's cuts, but Alien 3 has an "assembly cut." What is that? Why isn't it called a director's cut? And the big question: is it better than the version that made it to theaters?

Edited by Kyle Warnke.

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