35 Deleted Scenes That Change the Way We Look at These Movies

More is always better, right? Alien is one of the greatest movies ever made, so thereby it makes sense that including every single scene that was written or filmed for it would make it even better! Unfortunately, that isn’t how movies work. The old adage says that a movie is written three times: the first time is a script; the second time is during production; and the third time is in the editing bay. These cuts help shape the tone and pacing of the story, makes sure the good stuff hits as hard and potently as the filmmaker intended. 

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting to see what ideas got cut from some of our favorite movies. Cuts like…