Making the perfect organism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the Alien trilogy, from James Cameron feuding with his British crew on Aliens to David Fincher being micromanaged by Fox on Alien 3.

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

00:35 - Dan O’Bannon’s Alien

01:25 - David Giler & Walter Hill’s Rewrite

02:25 - Ridley Scott Boards Alien

03:45 - H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph Design

04:12 - O’Bannon: The Loose Cannon

05:42 - Oxygen, Allergies, & Chestbursters

06:43 - Scott’s Revised Ending(s)

08:08 - Alien Releases May 25, 1979

09:22 - Fox vs Brandywine

09:49 - Brandywine finds James Cameron

11:35 - Cameron’s Money Fights with Fox

13:05 - Scheduling Chaos & James Remar

13:49 - James Cameron vs the British Crew

16:35 - Oxygen, APCs, & James Horner

17:37 - Cutting Ripley’s Arc

18:35 - Aliens Releases July 18, 1986

19:32 - Brandywine’s Many False Starts

21:25 - Vincent Ward’s Wooden Vision

22:50 - Fox Loses Faith Ward’s Alien 3

23:57 - Dealing David Fincher a Bad Hand

25:31 - Fincher’s Endless Fox Problems

27:53 - A Difficult David Fincher

29:10 - Fires, Bullies, & Teaser Trailers

30:14 - The Final Disastrous Pieces

31:37 - Alien 3 Releases May 22, 1992

32:22 - Director Cuts of Each Film

Sources: https://youtu.be/TzJ-38-380I

Music:

Elliot Goldenthal - Alien 3 OST

James Horner - Aliens OST

Jerry Goldsmith - Alien OST

Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme

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