If we rip the "franchise" out of Alien 3 we would have ourselves a top-level science fiction film. The generations' worth of thrashing for Alien 3 should not stand in the eyes of anyone who critically looks at the film. In this episode of The Film Buff your host AKAPAD takes a stand that may have him as the only critic in the far stretches of the galaxy who not only favors this film but puts in on the list of one of the Sci-Fi greats.