The Aliens special edition was marred by the inclusion of an unneeded scene as well. In the original, there is no contact with the aliens after the 1st battle (besides the facehuggers in the medlab) until the interrogation of Burke, when they suddenly cut the power. The surprise and resulting tension work magnificently.
The special edition includes a scene where the survivors remotely monitor some automatic security guns that they've set up outside their barricade. The aliens attack the guns but are beaten back, and everyone goes back to their business as if nothing happened. There is no more action until the medlab scene. This really reduced the impact of the aliens' final assault on the the command center - instead of it feeling like "oh crap, they're here", after the absence of any adult aliens for the entire second act, it's now more like "oh, so they're attacking again," as we knew they had already made their way from the power plant to the command center. The editors were right to leave this on the cutting room floor.
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