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Today marks the 30th anniversary of Alien 3! A divisive film amongst fandom, but undeniably a fascinating story of film-making with many could-have or should-have beens. Will you be celebrating today? Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #SigourneyWeaver #DavidFincher
In the days before the Internet, fans took to genre magazines like Starlog to share their thoughts. The following are letters written by fans featured in issue #183 of Starlog. #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #Starlog #BeforeTheInternet #Alienated
2/2 ... Fincher was permitted to spend 2 days shooting a new dogburster sequence to insert into the film, alongside the now infamous mysterious eggs. #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #Xenomorph #XenomorphXX121 #Ovomorph
The earlier cuts that were screened at test screenings didn't include the egg aboard the Sulaco, or even a chestburster sequence. After feedback from the tests about the audience being confused where the Alien came from... 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #Xenomorph
On this day in 1992 Alien 3 premiered. It would release generally on the 22nd. Here we see David Fincher posing with producers Walter Hill and David Giler alongside Sigourney Weaver and Charles S. Dutton at the premiere. #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years
Goldenthal ended up spending the night sleeping at studio while working on the rewrites. 2/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #Xenomorph #XenomorphXX121 #Chestburster #Alien #ElliottGoldenthal #SigourneyWeaver
Following the reshoots that took place in Los Angles, composer Elliot Goldenthal had to re-write the music of the film’s finale after Ripley’s death was changed. 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #Xenomorph #XenomorphXX121 #Chestburster #ElliottGoldenthal
The Commandos backpacks were designed by Simon Atherton who had also worked on Aliens who constructed the Pulse Rifles. 2/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #TerryEnglish #SimonAtherton #WeylandYutani #Alien
The helmets of the Weyland-Yutani Commandos were designed by Terry English who had designed the Colonial Marine armor for Aliens. 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #TerryEnglish #SimonAtherton #WeylandYutani #Alien
For this sequence Amalgamated Dynamics Inc built a large chest cavity and Queen chestburster, both complete with beating hearts. 2/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #AmalgamatedDynamicsInc #Xenomorph #XenomorphXX121 #Chestburster #Alien #PracticalEffects
Alien 3 offered us our first look at an embryonic chestburster inside a host when Ripley uses the scanner aboard the EEV to confirm her fears. 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #AmalgamatedDynamicsInc #Xenomorph #XenomorphXX121 #Chestburster #Alien #PracticalEffects
...being one of “Weyland-Yutani's backwater prison planets.” Until this point, it had only ever been referred to as The Company in dialogue. 2/ #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #WeylandYutani
Despite the name being seen on logos in both Alien and Aliens, Alien 3 is actually the first time that the name Weyland-Yutani is said out loud on screen. Clemens describes Fury-161 as... 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #WeylandYutani
The only CGI effects in Alien 3 are the flying bits of debris during the exterior shots, and the one shot in which the cracks appear on the Alien’s skull after Ripley sets off the fire sprinklers. #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #Xenomorph #XenomorphXX121
The puppet was constructed by ADI, and then later modified by Boss Film Studios for filming. 2/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #AmalgamatedDynamicsInc #BossFilmStudios #PracticalEffects
To this day the full body shots of the Alien in Alien 3 are still mistaken for early CGI. They were in fact a rod puppet that was filmed against a blue screen and then later composited into the set footage. 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #AmalgamatedDynamicsInc
If you stacked the number of CBBs served daily, they would be 68x the height of Empire State Building! #30DaysFor30Years
It was constructed as a hand and rod puppet that Tom Woodruff puppeteered. 2/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #AmalgamatedDynamicsInc #PracticalEffects
ADI also constructed an adolescent (or teenage) stage of Alien 3’s Runner. It was seen only very briefly in one shot in which the acid spitting ability was debuted. 1/2 #Alien3 #Alien330th #30DaysFor30Years #AmalgamatedDynamicsInc #PracticalEffects
A Cheddar Bay Biscuit holiday sweater with an insulated pouch for your biscuits?… yeah, we did that, too. #30DaysFor30Years
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