He got there in spite of Alien 3, not because of it. The 1992 sequel, and Fincher's feature debut, was a production disaster ...
One of the most impactful sci-fi crossover franchises is surging on streaming, indicating it might be time for another entry.
Ridley Scott's Alien is widely considered the ultimate sci-fi horror movie, but a few genre films, like The Fly and The Thing, are even better.
The fan favorite (and much longer) edit of David Fincher's film contains a different version of the much-maligned 'Alien' ...
In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.