While I'm not the world's biggest fan of Paul WS Anderson, I am quite sure that the DVD version of AVP will be an entirely different animal than the film that was recently slopped onto the cinemascreens. I believe that the film is still being worked on in adverse conditions and I can sympathise with his plight.

It still won't be Andseron's 'director's cut'. Such a thing is not possible as a director as low down on the totem as he is would not be allowed final cut by most major studios let alone the grubby-handed execs at TwenCenFox.

I can understand why targeted release dates are immovable objects for marketing campaign purposes but I fail to see why Fox went out of their way at every step of the process to see this thing fail. That includes the hiring of the chosen 'talent' and approval of the final script to lowered budget and very tight shooting schedule right up to the hacking in the editing bay.

It's like they had a point they wanted to prove or something.

I think they proved it, the point was that they're hamfisted arseholes.