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Ripley

Updated: 2nd May 2024

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Faneditor: JobWillins

Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st November 2015
Fanedit Runtime: 2h:3m:0s
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Franchise: Alien
Genre: Horror • Sci-Fi • Thriller
Original Title: Alien 3 (1992)

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Original Release Date: 24th May 1997
Original Runtime: 1h:54m:0s

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Certificate: 18
Source: Digital
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Synopsis: 

After the positive reception to Derelict (my Prometheus/Alien mashup), I decided to take a look at the least-loved of the proper Alien series.  Ripley is an editing project that blends Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection.  I used footage from the theatrical & extended editions of both films to focus on the tragedy and eventual triumph of Ellen Ripley through a time-shifting narrative.

Intentions: 

I like Alien 3, but didn't really care for how Alien: Resurrection undercut the impact of the former's ending.  I wanted to try to use footage from both films to make a new experience.  Although the two films were only made a few years apart, their tone and visual style are significantly different.  On the visual side, I used black & white again to both blend the material and to make a unique viewing experience.  To help with tone, sequences with over-the-top action from Alien: Resurrection were either unused or re-edited and many dialogue scenes were refashioned.

Change List: 

I won’t go into all the choices I made, but with a running time of about 2 hours, I was very selective in what scenes were used from both films, as well as how certain sequences were re-edited.  There’s roughly 45 minutes of Alien: Resurrection and 1 hour 15 minutes of Alien 3 in Ripley.