A plot twist in the 1992 movie Alien 3, which killed off characters he created in the first movie, has drawn criticism from James Cameron.
James Cameron wrote and directed the science fiction action movie Aliens in 1986. It is the second movie in the Alien franchise. The follow-up to the science fiction horror movie Alien from 1979. Sigourney Weaver plays Ellen Ripley, the only person who survives an alien invasion on her ship in this far-off future film. Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser, Michael Biehn, and Lance Henriksen all portray supporting parts.
However, only Ripley survives when their getaway vehicle collides with a prison planet early in Alien 3, killing all the other protagonists. The picture, directed by David Fincher in his first feature film, is a contentious divergence from earlier productions, with Fincher himself denouncing it because of studio meddling.
Cameron voiced his annoyance at the characters’ rapid demise in an interview with Biehn on the actor’s Just Foolin’ Around podcast. “I thought that was the stupidest fucking thing,” he said, “So, you build a lot of goodwill around the characters of you know, Hicks, Newt and Bishop, and then the first thing they do in the in the next film is kill them all off, right? Really smart guys, you know, and replace them with a bunch of fucking convicts that you hate. And want to see die. Really clever.”
But he would not criticize the film’s director. He said, “Now, I’m a big fan of Fincher and his work and all that. And that was his first feature film, and he was getting vectored around by a lot of other voices and all that. So, I give him a free pass on that one.”
Fincher has been “handed a bowl of shit,” according to Biehn, who also related an occasion in which he urged the filmmaker to “go fuck yourself” after his visage was used against his consent. Cameron joked, “I wonder why you’ve never been cast in a David Fincher film.”
