He got there in spite of Alien 3, not because of it. The 1992 sequel, and Fincher's feature debut, was a production disaster ...

Yet, it’s easy to see why fans would treat the Assembly Cut as the “true” version of Alien 3. The movie takes more time ...

The fan favorite (and much longer) edit of David Fincher's film contains a different version of the much-maligned 'Alien' ...