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Audio Mix for Alien 3 (Fincher Restored Version)

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7/27/08 at 6:06am
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after watching this new version when the quadrilogy box came out i was impressed with it. the only thing i had a problem with, was the raw audio used in the mix. this made me wonder why no adr and new audio mixing for these scenes where done. was there no money left or where the actors not available for adr?

for a future br release i'd like to see or better say hear a fully restored audio mix.
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7/27/08 at 8:52am
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Re: Audio Mix for Alien 3 (Fincher Restored Version)

I wouldn't call this the "Fincher Restored Version" since he had virtually nothing to do with this DVD project aside from giving Fox his blessing to do whatever they wanted. It is merely a restored version of the longest existing cut of the film. I say "merely" not to diminish this cut's historical importance to fans, but rather to say that it is by no means a director's cut.

Unfortunately, yes, it would have been somewhat costly to bring certain cast members in to complete ADR over a decade after the fact. And given that, in most cases, their busy schedules prevented them from doing new interviews for the documentary, getting them to come back and loop the required lines would have been even more difficult.

Frankly, considering the technical and legal challenges this project faced, it's a miracle it turned out as well as it did. Or even happened at all. I think Fox deserves a lot of credit for making it a reality.
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7/27/08 at 2:23pm
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Re: Audio Mix for Alien 3 (Fincher Restored Version)

thank you charles for your input.

you're right about the "fincher restored version". but calling it extended version would be wrong too, that's why i choosed this term as this film comes probably the closest possible way of mr. fincher's original intentions. to bad he doesn't wanna return to make a true director's cut.

since there is was some mystery surrounding if fox ever approched him, could you tell us if he was asked or not and if he was asked, what was his reply?

as for the importance for fans of this edit, warner bros., ridley scott and yourself proved that putting some extra money in a project just like this can be good. hence the wunderful 5 disc edtion of blade runner which i really enjoyed
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8/1/08 at 4:43pm
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Re: Audio Mix for Alien 3 (Fincher Restored Version)

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could you tell us if he was asked or not and if he was asked, what was his reply?

I remember reading a story that Charlie saw Fincher one time eating at the same restaurant he was and he approached him about getting involved in the project, but Fincher politely declined. Forget where I saw it though


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8/1/08 at 9:52pm
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Re: Audio Mix for Alien 3 (Fincher Restored Version)

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I remember reading a story that Charlie saw Fincher one time eating at the same restaurant he was and he approached him about getting involved in the project, but Fincher politely declined. Forget where I saw it though
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8/4/08 at 11:48am
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Re: Audio Mix for Alien 3 (Fincher Restored Version)

and dammit would it be that hard to do a subtitle track with arrows pointing to the cast with their names on it.

I was surprised to see that imdb didn't just list them as "Bald brit #1", "Bald Brit #2", "Ellen Ripley", and "Bald Brit then Scot for a scene then Brit".

Great movie still. Especially the extended cut. I first watched it with a friend who was having ulcer pains during the alien birth scene. He just couldn't watch and wanted out of there.
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9/2/09 at 3:52am
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and dammit would it be that hard to do a subtitle track with arrows pointing to the cast with their names on it.

I was surprised to see that imdb didn't just list them as "Bald brit #1", "Bald Brit #2", "Ellen Ripley", and "Bald Brit then Scot for a scene then Brit".

Great movie still. Especially the extended cut. I first watched it with a friend who was having ulcer pains during the alien birth scene. He just couldn't watch and wanted out of there.
Actually, not to get on your case, but... I don't think there is any Scottish actors in the film, or at least none that display a scottish accent, there is an Irish guy - Eric the cook.
Plus the assembly cut fleshes out a lot of the none British actors parts, Boggs, Rains and Junior for example, all of which are American actors. (I assume Leon Herbert playing Boggs is American)
I find it an odd misconception that Alien 3 is 'just a bunch of British actors running through corridors shouting "f@ck" as I have heard the film described elsewhere ;) It's quite an international cast, with the main leads of Weaver and Dutton both being American.

As to naming the individual prisoners, there is a handy name by picture run down in the quad set booklet :)

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9/3/09 at 4:01pm
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Ha. I was just making fun of something that actor who played Golic said in the making of doc. If I remember correctly, he was mentioning that they asked him to change his accent for one scene, filmed it, didn't like the accent, asked him to change it back and then didn't re-film or ADR it. I never noticed at all until he mentioned it. I didn't mean to put down the brit-fodder at all.
I love this movie and the Extended Version does not suffer at all from it's audio limitations. I'm ecstatic that that we got the opportunity to see this version and a few missing lines here and there would never spoil it. I doubt I've watched the theatrical version since.
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