Dark Horse Comics just published the first issue of William Gibson's Alien 3, a new comic book miniseries that adapts an unproduced version of the Alien 3 screenplay. Naturally, there are some pretty big changes between Gibson's version of the story and the one that eventually wound up on the big screen.
Scroll down to find out the key differences so far and what might have been had Gibson's work made its way into the final version of Alien 3.
The Setting
Even the setting of Gibson's script is very different from that of the actual movie. Whereas most of Alien 3 takes place on the remote prison world of Fiorina 161, this version instead unfolds in deep space as the Sulaco drifts off course and is intercepted by a crew belonging to a socialist movement called the Union of Progressive Peoples.
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Scroll down to find out the key differences so far and what might have been had Gibson's work made its way into the final version of Alien 3.
The Setting
Even the setting of Gibson's script is very different from that of the actual movie. Whereas most of Alien 3 takes place on the remote prison world of Fiorina 161, this version instead unfolds in deep space as the Sulaco drifts off course and is intercepted by a crew belonging to a socialist movement called the Union of Progressive Peoples.
Continue reading…
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