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Oh, and btw, the producers tried to ruin Aliens. The cut Cameron wanted to go with was a good deal longer than what ended up in theaters. The studio forced him to take a hatchet to it. So against his will he cut out several scenes (One of which involved Ripley being told that her daughter had died. The omission of that scene, later restored in the director's cut, really pissed Weaver off). The new cut was in the area of 2 1/4 hours. The studio still wasn't satisfied. They wanted it down to 2 hours, whether it made the plot nonsensical or not a moot point to them. But Cameron outright refused to cut anymore. He ended up winning only be agreeing to direct 2 more films for them, one of which, The Abyss, would go on to get hacked as well. The cut-up ending of the theatrical version of The Abyss doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The restored ending in the director's cut is a lot better.

<blockquote data-quote="Sean Elifritz" data-source="post: 135209" data-attributes="member: 1787"><p>Oh, and btw, the producers tried to ruin Aliens. The cut Cameron wanted to go with was a good deal longer than what ended up in theaters. The studio forced him to take a hatchet to it. So against his will he cut out several scenes (One of which involved Ripley being told that her daughter had died. The omission of that scene, later restored in the director&#039;s cut, really pissed Weaver off). The new cut was in the area of 2 1/4 hours. The studio still wasn&#039;t satisfied. They wanted it down to 2 hours, whether it made the plot nonsensical or not a moot point to them. But Cameron outright refused to cut anymore. He ended up winning only be agreeing to direct 2 more films for them, one of which, The Abyss, would go on to get hacked as well. The cut-up ending of the theatrical version of The Abyss doesn&#039;t make a whole lot of sense. The restored ending in the director&#039;s cut is a lot better.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Sean Elifritz, post: 135209, member: 1787"] Oh, and btw, the producers tried to ruin Aliens. The cut Cameron wanted to go with was a good deal longer than what ended up in theaters. The studio forced him to take a hatchet to it. So against his will he cut out several scenes (One of which involved Ripley being told that her daughter had died. The omission of that scene, later restored in the director's cut, really pissed Weaver off). The new cut was in the area of 2 1/4 hours. The studio still wasn't satisfied. They wanted it down to 2 hours, whether it made the plot nonsensical or not a moot point to them. But Cameron outright refused to cut anymore. He ended up winning only be agreeing to direct 2 more films for them, one of which, The Abyss, would go on to get hacked as well. The cut-up ending of the theatrical version of The Abyss doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The restored ending in the director's cut is a lot better. [/QUOTE]

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