1. Movie synopsis (Movies: Alien)
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This article is from the Alien Movies FAQ, by Darryll Hobsonand Eelko de Vos E.W.C.deVos@TWI.TUDelft.NL with numerous contributions by others.
1. Movie synopsis (Movies: Alien)
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"ALIEN"
(Color, 1979, Rated R, Shot in Panavision (2.35:1)) In deep outer
space the crew of a commercial spaceship make an unscheduled landing
on a barren and desolate planet for engine repairs. They encounter
a pulsating organism which attaches itself to one of the crew members
and reproduces within his body to become the deadly ALIEN. As each of
the crew members is slain by the creature - one by one - the final
confrontation between the last surviving crew member and the Alien
culminates in an explosive conclusion. 116 minutes. [quoted from the
1984 CBS/FOX Video release]
"ALIENS"
(Color, 1986, Rated R, Shot flat (1.87:1)) Sigourney Weaver returns as
Ripley, the only survivor from mankind's first encounter with the
Alien. Her account of the Alien and the fate of her crew is received
with skepticism - until transmissions from space colonists who have
since settled on the Alien's planet abruptly stop. Determined to end
the recurring nightmares of her terrifying ordeal and to completely
exterminate the deadly creature, Ripley joins a team of high-tech
combat vets sent to investigate the disappearance of the space
colonists! Approx. 138 Minutes. [quoted from the 1992 CBS/FOX Video
release]
"ALIENS SPECIAL EDITION"
(10.000 copies, Color, 1986, Rated R, Shot flat (1.87:1))
The Alien Has Bred...
The Alien, the perfect organism. A killing machine whose physical excellence
is matched only by it's hostility.
Officer Ellen Ripley and the crew of the star ship Nostromo encountered one
such creature, she alon survived the massacre. After floating in space for
years Ripley is rescued only to learn she must return to the planet where
her nightmare began. L.V. 426, the world on which Ripley first encountered
The Alien, has now been colonized. When communication is lost with the
settlers, a team of battle hardened space marines are sent in, and Ripley
with them... What awaits them is not one creature, but thousands. The Alien
has bred and this time it's all out war!
Approximatly 154 minutes [quoted from the 198? FOX-Video release]
"ALIEN^3" (Standard version, not the above widescreen version)
(Color, 1992, Rated R, Shot flat (1.87:1))
Fiorna 161 is a lice-infected planet in a distant solar system. A maximum
security work correctional facility, this monastic community is host to
some of the most violent criminals of the universe. into this male dominated
world crashes Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, bringing with her an unwelcome
visitor. Ince again Ripley is pitted against her deadliest enemy, only this
time wihtout aid of advanced technology or modern weapons.
Approximatly 110 minutes [quoted from the 1992 FOX-Video release]
"ALIEN^3"
(Color, 1992, Rated R, Shot in Panavision (2.35:1)) In "ALIEN^3",
Ripley finds herself an unwelcome guest on Fiorina 161, a
lice-infested planet in a distant solar system, when the EEV she's
travelling on malfunctions and crashes. Fiorina -- or "Fury" -- 161
is inhabited by a small community of violent criminals who discovered
religion and stayed behind when their prison facility was evacuated.
As a woman, Ripley is the ultimate outcast; her presence causes
conflicts that endanger the pracarious balance of power on the planet,
threatening to turn the reformed members of the monastic community
back into killers.
There is, however, an even more dangerous visitor to Fury 161 -- a
stowaway alien who threatens not only the inhabitants of this planet
but of the entire universe. Faced with extinction, the prisoners band
together under Ripley's leadership and, despite a lack of advanced
technology and modern weapons, battle the creature for the very future
of mankind. [quoted from the 1992 CBS/FOX laserdisc release]
"ALIEN-RESURRECTION"
(Color, 1997, Rated R) This time it's twohundred years after Ripley has
committed suicide. The company found traces of her blood from an
examination that was conducted on her on Fury-161. They try to clone her
from the blood and after seven invain tries they get a new Ripley. This
Ripley is partly alien, though, which is the main reason why they want to
clone her. Inside her she has a queen alien which is removed. They let the
Ripley clone live and study her. She has enhightened perceptions and
precognitions and learns very quickly.
The facility where these experiments take place is a space-station where
other aliens are bread now too. For this they need human hosts which are
delivered by a small ship called the Betty. The Betty is run by smugglers.
They deliver their cargo, a dozen humans in stasis, but when they find out
what's happening on the station they turn out to have no other option then
to fight the seven scientists and fourty-two soldiers on board, and the
aliens which escape during the havoc. They are assisted by the new Ripley
and her abilities. Ripley does have a tendency to protect the aliens,
though, which makes her quite unreliable.
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