Watched the Special Assembly Version.
"Don't be afraid, I'm part of the family."
Fincher's background in VFX/SFX is apparent in his Directorial Debut. The way that Charles Dance is shot and this prison planet is introduced in the intro reminded me immensely of Obi Wan in Star Wars. I don't quite know what to make of the title being presented as Alien cubed, so if you do by chance please share. The best I can do is that it's an inconsistent foreshadow to the queen in her. Similar to the idiocy of a male homosapiens being a double Y chromosome with no X.
I'd definitely recommend the Special Assembly Version for anyone interested in Fincher. There are some truly masterful sequences on display here, as well as some hilariously bad CG work that compromises the practical work. The Xenomorph...