like I said to much comedy...number 3 has less budget and acting..but more serious horror

DC of aliens3 was better for the simple reason that it showed the alien coming from a dog hince its bone structure.
the dc of legend was super weird with funny music and some added scence that really weren't significant, like a man sitting in the window at the peasent woman's house.
oh yeah, and I couldn't watch natural born killers any other way

Which scenes were the extra ones in that? Was one of them the "crab-walk down the stairs, puking blood" scene? I've only seen "The Version You've Never Seen", so someone fill me in on which scenes were added.

The Crab walk, some extra shit when Regan's at the doctor's and some other shit I can't really remember.

The director's cut of Alien 3 is the biggest improvement ever.

In it the improvements was made to plot, tension and action. It finally made sense.

But why did they cut nearly 45mins of footage in the first place?

A good case for theatrical versions is Sam Peckinpah. Many of his films meander when restored to the director's vision. Fortunately, the inclusions in his masterpiece The Wild Bunch, were so minor, that they were barely noticeable(unnecessary flashbacks). But Major Dundee and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid really get messed up in restoration. Sam never knew when to apply the breaks, and his ego never permitted himself cuts. And one of the main reason's for his ostracism from the Studio system.

Wow! Old thread!

Leone, on the other hand, has improved DCs.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is even better in its uncut form, and so is Duck, You Sucker.

Sucker is excellent in the new version. All the unanswered questions(due to the usual butchering by US editors) are gone, and Leone's real intentions are apparent. The set looks better than ever.

Definitely....The film as aged soooo well.