Absolutely agreed. I prefer the shorter cut.

…he divisive Special Edition release of 1990, which added a whopping 17-minutes to the running time. While it’s certainly interesting to see more of Ripley grappling with the tragic news that her daughter died a few years ago, and the sentry guns are incredibly cool, the Special Edition mostly undoes the efficiency of the original version and undermines the scares. In particular, I dislike seeing what happened on Hadley’s Hope before the Colonial Marines arrive, …
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Absolutely agreed. I prefer the shorter cut.
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