Arianna's first time watching ALIENS (1986) in a movie reaction. Full Reaction Here: / diegesischad Arianna's Instagram: / _aerii44 #React #Reaction #Aliens
So, Paul Reiser told a great story on The Tonight Show back when he was promoting this movie. He told the story about how he took his mother to the premier. Before going into the theater, he was worried she would get upset if she saw him die on screen, so he told her ahead of time about Burke's fate. She told him she'd be fine. During the movie, he could see the tension building in his mom, so he leaned on to remind her that Burke dies. She answers that she's fine. Finally, the scene comes. The alien pops out and Burke is trapped. The entire theater erupts in cheers. He turns to console his mom...only to find she's standing up cheering too.
Reiser was the biggest surprise in this film. Up until this, he was pigeonholed as the comedy guy, so I and a lot of other people were expecting him to be the comic relief of this film. Instead, he plays such a wonderfully hateable scumball that everyone cheers when he dies.
Arianna is a perfect reactor. She's talkative so the video isn't just a passive person staring at a screen off-screen but she doesn't talk over important moments or lines so she doesn't miss important details. She's also whip smart & can make really good predictions or insights as the movie is going along. Great video.
My two favorite thins Xenomorphs and Arianna's reaction! Love your reactions the most, as above you are active and don't just stare and doesn't miss a beat!!!
As far as Newt's accent, the actress Carrie Henn was born in Panama City, Florida to an American dad and English mom, but moved to England when she was two. So her accent was a strange mixture of southern US and English. It was the only movie she did, actually. Her family moved back to the US and she ended up becoming a schoolteacher and having her own family. She still keeps in touch with Sigourney Weaver.
The smartest thing they did was to not simply make it a carbon copy of the first one. The first one was a creepy horror movie; the second one was a war movie.
Nominated for 7 Oscars: Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing, Ray Lovejoy Best Original Score, James Horner Best Visual Effects, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, and John Richardson Best Production Design, Peter Lamont. It won Best Visual Effects and Sound Mixing It made $193 million dollars ($600 million dollars today) against an $18 million dollar budget. It's now considered to be one of the best Sci-fi Action movies ever made.
All of this knowing what happened behind the scenes between James Cameron and the set crew makes this even better. They didn't think he had the directing chops hence why they barely listened to him on set and now Aliens is a scifi classic that's quoted, referenced, and even used by other writers as inspiration for their own works.
Sigourney Weaver was robbed of her Oscar for Aliens because they NEVER give a best actor or actress award for a mega budget action movie....to this day.
The Sarah Connor transformation from the first movie was insane. She was ready for the end of the world and you could see it. Ripley was just mama bear. The parental instincts kick in to protect kids. I like the theatrical better and people sorta cheaping those kinda actions just make me like the theatrical a bit more. They always trying to connect Newt as a replacement kid to the one who died while she was in cryosleep. The old promise with the new promise too. Instead of it all just being a thing people do on the battlefield. Also the ugly investigation vehicle and autoguns aren't as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the gear as far as sci fi taste go.
Sigourney Weaver's reaction to seeing the Queen Alien for the first time is genuine. She had asked to avoid it until they shot the "reveal" scene so as to maximize the effect. And based upon your reaction, Arianna, it works! The Queen Alien is easily the masterpiece of the great Stan Winston and his "creature shop"!
Hudson was the first to see that the vitals for his comrades were still there and proposed they go back in to rescue them. Scared as he was he was honorable and courageous when it mattered most. For all his talk when things went pear-shaped you'd want him fighting next to you.
Ripley using the loader at the end to fight the Queen is iconic- the reveal, the lighting, and top it off with the classic line "get away from her, you BITCH!"... such a great callback to her demonstrating her skills with the loader earlier in the film.
And it was set up at the beginning, at the inquest, when the company revokes her flight officer license, which forces her to get a job at the loading docks. Burke reinforces this at her apartment, when he's a condescending azshole and points out she couldn't get a better job.
I agree that the added scenes are good but you loose that reveal of Newt on the planet when the group gets there in the theatrical cut. I think it's better to watch the theatrical cut on a first time viewing and then watch the extended cut later.
"better to watch the theatrical cut on a first time" Ya probably right. What gets me is the difference. Ripley had them parental instincts kick in. Theatrical it's just another thing people do on the battlefield. In the extended cut people always making the connection it's more to do with her lost child which sorta cheapens her actions. The ugly investigation vehicle and autoguns aren't aesthetically pleasing. Then the extras of colonial life, not much lost on the cutting room floor.
@@jbacunn I prefer the extended version, because you then get the scenes with the Sentries, which do an amazing job at giving the marines ''a small win'' but also at the same time ratcheting up the tension. But I do agree that the scenes with Newt and her family should've been scrapped even in the extended cut, because not knowing anything about the colony or the people themselves prior to that first drop was TENSE when watching the theatrical cut.
You actually know what Burke's fate was because there's a deleted scene (And it's also in the novelization) that during Ripley's search for Newt, she runs into a cocooned Burke saying that he can feel the alien inside, that he was in pain. Ripley pops a hand grenade and puts it in his hands. When Ripley find's Newt's tracker, there's an explosion that indicates that Burke is now dead. RUclips has the deleted scene.
The scene was cut because it didn't fit. They spend at least several hours in a comma with a facehugger implanting the egg. There wasn't enough time for Burke to be implanted and then wake up again.
The woman playing Vasquez is a good friend of James Cameron. She played John Connor's foster mother in "Terminator 2" and the Irish woman reading the kids a bedtime story when she knew her and the kids would not be saved in "Titanic". Hudson is Bill Paxton...the only actor whose characters have been killed by an Alien (Xenomorph), a Terminator (First film) and a Predator (part 2). Hicks has also been in several James Cameron films, this one, "Terminator" (Kyle Reese) as well as part 2 (Special Edition) and "The Abyss".
Both the first movie and this one are master classes in how to ratchet tension and invest your audience in the story. Easily 2 of my favorite movies ever. The series stops here, though, there are no others. No more.....at all.....
Gorman is such a tragic story arc. You really don't like him at all and even get to the point of hating him. However, he redeems himself and shows that deep down inside he probably isn't a bad guy, he just was put in a bad position probably because the corporation knew he'd be easy to manipulate. And that scene with he and Vasquez clutching that charge as hard as they can to make sure they die quickly is powerful. And Vasquez is mad that he came back for her. He did not have to do that and now he will die with her.
One of the best action sci-fi movie ever, even nearly 40 years later it hold its own because the practical effects were perfectly filmed. All the characters have something that makes em unique, Carrie Henn in her first and only movie role as Newt was a great character, Hicks sense of duty and leadership, Hudson cockiness/cowardiness, Vasquez being a badass, Gorman redeeming himself, Burke being the perfect representation of a corpo weasel... even the secondary character, I mean, one of my favorite scenes is when they're retreating from the hive, and Drake covers everyone, he essentially 'sacrificed' himself so that the others could live... Ripley ? She isn't badass cause of her brawn, but because of her smarts, her craftiness and her courage, she just finds a way to stay level-headed in front of danger. She should have been a model for the empowerment of women, at least I hope she was for many, cause strength of character should come above pretty much everything, and she's strong as fuck. Love your reactions, you are so genuine it's crazy. Thanks for making me re-live that masterpiece !
This was one of the better movies from the 80's wherein a woman plays a strong leadership part. Ripley never falters in the face of failure. Even Hicks pulling her back up after Newt gets captured is simply an expedient to the realization she was going to make in a moment more. She wasn't second in command of the Nostromo for nothing. You EARN a captain's license by being proficient. You BECOME a captain by making the right decisions and leading your crew in adversity. Weaver was a perfect choice for Alien, and she never let the character itself fail through her own efforts. The writing for -3 might have let us down, but she didn't.
I got to meet Hicks, Vasquez, Bishop, and Newt a few years ago. I got Lance Henriksen’s signed autobiography titled, “Not Bad For a Human”. All the cast members were super to meet in person and more than happy to share personal stories.
When I was younger and dumber, I used to do Bishop's knife trick. Only nicked my fingers a few times. Never stabbed myself. edit - As for Newt's random accent, she's an American, raised in London and DID have a messed up American/British accent. It resolved after she moved back the the US, but as a child she had trouble trying to keep an American accent.
wow... I literally just watched another reactor doing "Aliens"... You guys do reactions sooooo much better. You seem to understand and appreciate films - you pay attention... and the way you are displaying the film/arianna is sooo awesome :) Love your work!
Completely agree! I really appreciated how worked up she got during the scene of Ripley's debriefing for the company guys. I've never seen somebody feel so strongly on Ripley's behalf, I don't even think I did my first time. But during this reaction I was more like "YEAH! WHAT THE FUCK THATS BULLSHIT!!" 🤣
They have a real understanding of when to do the commentary and when to stop and listen. Too many reactors really feel they have to talk over the entire movie and they miss a lot of important stuff in the meantime.
I love that Newt calls Ripley " mommy". That ties in the fact early on Ripley never could honor her promise to her daughter that died before she came back. But Newt loses her family and finds a new mom in Ripley. So they just completed each other so to speak. Just my take...
In a deleted scene Ripley runs into burke impregnated with an alien. Burke asks for mercy and Ripley hands him one of the explosives off that belt she throws at the nest. Then he presses it, then later on in one of the scenes you see Ripley and newt and a loud background explosion.
Saw this opening weekend in the theater almost 40 years ago. We were all going nuts! What a ride!! One of the best action movies of the 1980's. Pacing, tension, action, execution.....all top notch from James Cameron.
I'm glad you reviewed this particular EXTENDED version of Aliens and not the original theatrical version. A lot of times extended editions are kinda tedious, but this is the exception to the rule: the extended footage (like the family discovering the aliens) really helps fill out the story.
I thought it was much better going in cold not knowing what was going on with the colonists. That way you are more immersed in what the marines are experiencing.
@@dogawful "much better going in cold not knowing what was going on with the colonists" Yup, 20 years in without a clue. Only knowing aliens are there. See the face hugger and you know it's just starting so you don't have to meet the kid to find that out or see her school picture.
Because it wasn't "extended," it was RESTORED. The special edition is the original version, as written, filmed, and intended to be seen. The theatrical was just cut for time, and created plot holes.
Great reaction! And proof that this sequel has lost none of its power to scare, shock, and keep you on the edge of your seat, 36 years after it was first released. This is often my response when asked what my favorite movie is as well, although it depends on my mood. Sometimes it's a Fincher movie (most of his work, and I'll even defend Alien 3 though he hates it), sometimes it's Shane Black (The Nice Guys or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang will do). But more often than not, I'll say this or Terminator 2 are my favorite movies.
@@tragicdeyz2641 nah, it exists. And it's the perfect first choice if you want to see all the survivors from Aliens die or if you want to watch all of David Fincher's flicks.
There was an edit filmed that had Ripley meet her daughter instead of the scene where she's told her daughter was dead, played by Sigourney's real life mother hence the similiarity in appearance, but James Cameron went with the "your daughter is dead" moment because he felt it would set up the Newt relationship better.
Ellen Ripley taught me what a good mother is supposed to look like. And Dwayne Kicks taught me the kind of Marine I wanted to be which positively affected my decisions in Iraq when two others around me needed to be confronted, I didn't hesitate. This film helped shape my morals when I was 12. Won't ever forget it.
One of the best sequels ever. Cameron is such an amazing writer/director. I know he's done some cheesy stuff in his films, but he's a master at pacing, character development, and tension. This has been in my top 10 since it came out, I've probably seen it over 500 times. Lol
4:22 Here's the thing at this point in the future where humanity goes off exploring the other star systems of the galaxy, we really just don't know what's out there, and for exploration it takes a certain type of person who has an open mind, perhaps open to a fault, and is not afraid to take risks. The hard truth is that people out there are going to die because of some unknown thing they ran into for which we have no way to prepare in advance. They're not going to have someone who's Earthbound watching and saying "Hell no, that doesn't feel right, you shouldn't go in there or open that or whatever else might expose you to some unknown like that!". They have to take the risk, and sometimes that risk is going to be enormous and we won't know it until after the fact. That's how the Nostromo ended up on that planetoid, and that's what drove those wildcatters out there to the Ilium range. Exploration, discovery.
The actor playing Pvt. Vasquez also played John Connor's foster mother in James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the Irish mother in James Cameron's Titanic, and a bridge officer aboard the Enterprise-B in Star Trek Generations. Bill Paxton (Pvt. Hudson) was one of the punks killed at the beginning of James Cameron's The Terminator, the treasure hunter in Titanic, nasty older brother in Weird Science, and the male lead in Twister. Michael Biehn (Cpl. Hicks) was Kyle Reese in The Terminator & Terminator 2, and a bad guy in James Cameron's The Abyss. Good catch on the guy from The Shawshank Redemption! Another guy from that film was a guard in The Green Mile from the same author an director, and another guard in The Green Mile was in Saving Private Ryan.
@@dogawful For me, the obvious was The Abyss. I had to look up the others, so I know which one you meant now, a movie I'd never seen nor heard of, but then I was chagrined to discover I had seen him as a SEAL in The Rock, but hadn't recalled him.
In the original movie, the Nostromo was 10 months out, so if we assume that the Sulaco is at least as fast (it's probably faster), then Ripley and the Colonial Marines took at most 10 months to reach LV-426 (now known as Acheron, according to the prequels).
The cocooning into an egg scene in the first film was only in the alternate 2003 cut, so when Aliens came out, it wasn't known to audiences and wasn't considered canonical (arguably, it still isn't).
Fun fact: The Alien Queen is still considered the biggest movie prop, to this day Folks would say the T-Rex from “Jurassic Park” is bigger but that prop was half real and half CGI The Alien Queen took up an entire room with how big she is.
"Get away from her, you bitch!" One of the best sci-fi duopolies ever made. The other being the two movie Terminator franchise. I'm so glad that Hollywood exercised a measure of control and never made any more sequels. Yep, no more Alien movies whatsoever. 👍 😎 Fun Fact: Al Matthews, who plays a Marine sergeant in this film, was in real life the first black Marine to be promoted to the rank of sergeant in the field during service in Vietnam. Simple Trick Fact: The full-size queen puppet was actually too big to fit into the elevator. For the shot where she is seen there, her tail was removed, and yet the back of the elevator still had to be opened to accommodate the prop; smoke effects, dark lighting, and a black curtain at the back obscure this. Cute Kid Fact: When filming the scene with Newt in the duct, Carrie Henn kept deliberately blowing her scene so she could slide down the vent, which she later called a slide three stories tall. James Cameron finally dissuaded her by saying that if she completed the shot, she could play on it as much as she wanted. She did and he kept his promise.
"Fun Fact: Al Matthews..." That is a fun fact. That character was in turn an inspiration for Sgt Johnson in the Halo universe, and in turn it feels like the "black senior NCO with an affinity for cigars and an abundance of enthusiasm" has become something of an archetype in military Sci-Fi in general. Neat that such a unique quirk of our culture can be traced back to a guy who achieved that.
There is a great history of the kid that played Nute. She is now a Primary Scholl teacher. She said that the water in the scene where she is in it and the monster rises they had heated and it was too hot so Her and the "monster" sat on the edge with their feet in the water waiting for the filming.
You're correct, the actor who played Drake, Mark Rolston, was in The Shawshank Redemption. He also dies in The Departed & Ahsoka. (He's the Republic captain in the opening scene of Ahsoka who called Baylan Skoll & Shin Hati "overconfident Imperial trash" (& not Jedi) before Baylan lightsabers him through the chest.)
Third Officer Ripley has been found and returned to near-Earth with a Xenomorph-size case of PTSD. What will The Weyland-Yutani Suits make of her blowing up the "Nostromo"? 1:17 Foreshadowing... 2:34 I see that you're watching the Special Edition version, which adds even more weight to Ripley's tale. I found out about "certain details" when I bought the SE Laserdisc(!). 8:10 Hey, sharpshooter. 8:32 Jenette Goldstein is/was a bodybuilder. 9:42 The Colonial Marines are going on a Bug Hunt, but THEY are The Bugs! 14:28 In 1986, I wondered how Ripley was able to "get close, quickly" to Rebecca, while none of the female Marines did. A reviewer of the time said: "Sisterhood!" That was too flip, and when I bought the SE Laserdisc, much was revealed. 16:54 Disarming the troops heading into a hot zone always bothered me. 19:48 Ripley is all about The Team. 22:17 The "nose art" on the Drop Ship says: "Colonial marines: We Endanger Species!." 31:35 They went out like Klingon warriors! 33:20 The Right tools for the job with Duck tape. 33:26 The studio Suits cut this scene!? 34:41 Egg chamber. 35:29 Let's negotiate. 38:07 It's not over. 41:20 If you listen carefully after the credit crawl, you will hear "a squishy sound" moving from left to right. Ellen Ripley's journey continues...
The ending is different??? No wayyy! In the extended, the queen is on the ship, kills Bishop, Ripley gets on the machine and fights it and ultimately blows it out of the ship kinda like in the first movie
Fun side note, Amanda Ripley her daughter is the protagonist of the game Alien: Isolation where she's searching what happened to her mother after the events of the first movie
The original theatrical cut of _Alien_ did not include the "cocoon" scene with Dallas, so when people first saw _Aliens_ back in 1986, this was the first they had seen of this kind of thing.
That scene where Newt slides down the shaft because of the grenade going off. The actress playing her, Carrie Henn, found it to be so fun that she purposefully botched the takes so that she could keep doing it over and over.
Back in the early 90s, only a few years after it’s release, my 10th grade Biology teacher (Mr Crouch) let me write a biological classification report on the xenomorph for extra credit . He thought it was very interesting and asked me where I got the idea for the creature and was surprised to hear that my report came from two movies, comics and novels. My favorite part of this movie is when Ripley is climbing out of the airlock after having blown the queen out into space. That moment is a perfect metaphor for her character arc and a perfect example of what a heroine is. I can’t wait for my sons to see these movies and hear what they get from them.
Arianna, your reactions are always great! You should add the 1995 sci-fi movie "Screamers" with Peter Weller to your list, it would be a good discovery for a lot of peoples.
Al Matthews, who plays Apone, was in real life a Marine sergeant during the Vietnam War. He was notably the first black Marine during that war to be meritoriously promoted to sergeant.
I like that Cameron went with a 10mm ammo in the rifles because at the time of filming this movie (1985) 10mm was an essentially new handgun round that was so powerful that only a few regular shooters could handle it correctly. Even today the 10mm round is powerful enough to go bear hunting with in a handgun.
Something I notice at 37:22 is that Ripley tells Newt to close her eyes and turns her away from the Queen, only for Newt to see Bishop flying behind them ... which means she didn't close her eyes. It has to be deliberate, though I'm not quite sure why.
I absolutely loved your reaction. This is exactly how i reacted when i saw it in the theater. I love horror/action movies, and Alien/Aliens and The Thing are 2 of my all time favorites. Great video and a better reaction
Hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving. Glad this movie won the poll. One of the best films but sequels. I grew up with this film and the first Alien film was my first horror film. I'll never forget seeing these films for the first time. If whenever I get a chance to show this film to a person for the first time it's always a gem
Burke is Paul Reisner. At the time he was a somewhat popular comedian on the rise. He later got a sitcom called Mad About You that was a big hit. Hudson is Bill Paxton who just died about a few years ago. Probably the biggest star from this movie. Vazquez is played by the same woman that played the step mom in Terminator two. Surprisingly she is Jewish. The robot dude is the same guy who played the Phycologists in Terminator 1. Hicks, played Reese in Terminator 1 and Johnny Ringo in Tombstone.
James Cameron told Fox he had an idea for an alien sequel. When they had their first meeting, he walked up to a whiteboard and wrote Alien$. The rest is history.
I had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater in Horton Plaza in San Diego and I had almost the same reaction when the door opened to reveal Ripley in the power loader, except I think I used a different word before 'yeah.' 😅
Great observation at the end. Every reaction I've watched, when Ripley gets the Queen's head in one of the loader's "hands", they yell "crush her", forgetting the acid blood problem...
There are a couple moments during the final battle where they had to use dolls on a model set instead of practical effects. Now that I've been shown it I can't unsee the moments, but thankfully its quick enough it doesn't take away from the tension.
This movie is pushing 40 years. Saw it first time in the early 90's and its still in my top 5 sci-fi movies. Arianna is great at reacting. She lives the movie. And feel with the characters.
I love how this movie is intense enough to make you go from "H-E-double hockey sticks" to "I don't trust him one fucking bit". :) I saw this in the theater when I was 12. It's still one of my favorite films.
The resin is used to incapacitate the hosts... the face huggers leave the eggs then implant the hosts, then die. The xenomorph then grows and bursts out the host
33:15 - The scene where Dallas is being transformed into an egg was cut from the theatrical version of Alien, and was only included in the Director's Cut about fifteen years after this film released. When Cameron made this one being cocooned just kept you prisoner until a facehugger got you.
I thought that too. But, truth be told, you could still justify it. They weren't turning the colonists into cocoons because the queen was already there, laying eggs through parthenogenesis, but it's quite possible that if the queen wasn't there or there weren't any eggs/facehuggers for whatever reason, the human prey could have been cocooned to form an egg. So if you trace it back, the mostly likely scenario was that Newt's Dad was implanted with a Queen, who escaped from the medlab and set up shop, growing her ovipositor and responsible for the main thrust of the infestation.
Do you know the "Alien with a $" legend? James Cameron went in to pitch this movie by writing "Alien" on the whiteboard. Then added an "S" at the end. Then drew a line through it to make an "$" and that was the whole pitch.
Bishop was also a cop in Terminator 1 Vasquez is the foster mom in Terminator 2 the clothes worn by the Terminator and Terminator 1 was taken off the punk who plays Hudson the guy who complains a bunch Kyle Reese is also the main commanding officer that survives in this movie A lot of the same actors and actresses were used
That "me too", at around 28:50, is what cemented this as THE action film for me. She's scared as Newt is, as the marines are. I've watched action protagonists and I've enjoyed action flicks, but this is the best for me. Hands down, no holds barred, whatever is the idiom, fookin' hell it's a great movie.
Credit where it's due with Hudson, he's got a big mouth but there's heart there too. Gets on well with Newt, gets himself between her and that facehugger, is so disgusted by Burke's plot that he openly advocates just executing him where he sits, and goes *completely berserk* when it's a stand-up fight to great effect. He just wasn't ready for them to be underneath him. He's awkward and loud, but he's got a steel core where it counts.
24:24 That's because the girl that play as Newt grew up in UK, eventhou her parents are Americans. Her father was a USAF officer stationed in UK at the time of the filming.
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You really need to check out the next one to get some resolution for Newt!
Next "Blood Diamond" actor Leonardo DiCaprio
Sven That’s evil, man! You know that the series ends here. They never made another Alien movie!
You actually borught up a HUGE ERROR in the film Newts family have no spacesuits yet Alien = required suits = same planet same ship
I love you watched the extend version
So, Paul Reiser told a great story on The Tonight Show back when he was promoting this movie. He told the story about how he took his mother to the premier. Before going into the theater, he was worried she would get upset if she saw him die on screen, so he told her ahead of time about Burke's fate. She told him she'd be fine.
During the movie, he could see the tension building in his mom, so he leaned on to remind her that Burke dies. She answers that she's fine.
Finally, the scene comes. The alien pops out and Burke is trapped. The entire theater erupts in cheers. He turns to console his mom...only to find she's standing up cheering too.
😂😂😂😂😂
You know you're a good actor when even your mom wants your character to die
That's fantastic
Reiser played an amazing sleaze in this, props to him.
Reiser was the biggest surprise in this film. Up until this, he was pigeonholed as the comedy guy, so I and a lot of other people were expecting him to be the comic relief of this film. Instead, he plays such a wonderfully hateable scumball that everyone cheers when he dies.
Hudson was a little annoying at first, but he ends up being my favorite character in the film. RIP Bill Paxton.
Bill Paxton is dead?
@@terenceballands3321 yeah dude, like 6 years ago
@@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn 😢
Yeah I always found him so irritating then I think, I'd probably be acting the same in the situation haha
@@TheCheekyhalfling Yeah, Hudson is pretty realistic imo.
Arianna is a perfect reactor. She's talkative so the video isn't just a passive person staring at a screen off-screen but she doesn't talk over important moments or lines so she doesn't miss important details. She's also whip smart & can make really good predictions or insights as the movie is going along. Great video.
My two favorite thins Xenomorphs and Arianna's reaction! Love your reactions the most, as above you are active and don't just stare and doesn't miss a beat!!!
She's mostly a perfect reactor... Mostly
@@heatrayzvideo3007 😄😄😄🖖
Truly smart and feminine,perfect combo.
@@heatrayzvideo3007 hehehe,and comes out at nite
The actor who plays Burke took his mother to a screening. She applauded when his character died 🤣
And then after the movie, she kicked his ass throughout the trip back home.
As far as Newt's accent, the actress Carrie Henn was born in Panama City, Florida to an American dad and English mom, but moved to England when she was two. So her accent was a strange mixture of southern US and English. It was the only movie she did, actually. Her family moved back to the US and she ended up becoming a schoolteacher and having her own family. She still keeps in touch with Sigourney Weaver.
This movie is a masterpiece. A rare instance of a sequel being just as good, if not better than the original. And a great reaction!
Just like Terminator 2
The smartest thing they did was to not simply make it a carbon copy of the first one. The first one was a creepy horror movie; the second one was a war movie.
@@tinocontreras5105 You spelt it correctly.
ALIEN$
I love watching Arianna's reactions in anything... I feel like her empathy for any character is always dialed up to 11.
She didn't have empathy for Burke 🙂
@@TonyTigerTonyTiger 🤣 You got a point. To be fair Paul Reiser's own mom had no empathy for Burke either 🤣
The sounds she makes during the Alien Queen egg laying scene are hilarious. A+ reaction
Plus, she's cute 😊
Nominated for 7 Oscars:
Best Actress Sigourney Weaver
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Film Editing, Ray Lovejoy
Best Original Score, James Horner
Best Visual Effects, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, and John Richardson
Best Production Design, Peter Lamont.
It won Best Visual Effects and Sound Mixing
It made $193 million dollars ($600 million dollars today) against an $18 million dollar budget.
It's now considered to be one of the best Sci-fi Action movies ever made.
YOU kind of already Cameron was a good director, with Trminator. WITH A bigger Hollywood budget, you knew this was going to be good.
All of this knowing what happened behind the scenes between James Cameron and the set crew makes this even better. They didn't think he had the directing chops hence why they barely listened to him on set and now Aliens is a scifi classic that's quoted, referenced, and even used by other writers as inspiration for their own works.
Weaver was robbed blind on that Oscar, she really was
Sigourney Weaver was robbed of her Oscar for Aliens because they NEVER give a best actor or actress award for a mega budget action movie....to this day.
it's second only to Terminator 2: Judgement Day and that's a tight call. In my book anyway.
This is how you do a great female lead. Ellen Ripley is still one of the greatest action heroes of all time along with Sarah Connor.
This is what good writing and good direction looks like. Not a single Mary Sue in sight.
AGREED.
The Sarah Connor transformation from the first movie was insane. She was ready for the end of the world and you could see it.
Ripley was just mama bear. The parental instincts kick in to protect kids.
I like the theatrical better and people sorta cheaping those kinda actions just make me like the theatrical a bit more. They always trying to connect Newt as a replacement kid to the one who died while she was in cryosleep. The old promise with the new promise too. Instead of it all just being a thing people do on the battlefield. Also the ugly investigation vehicle and autoguns aren't as aesthetically pleasing as the rest of the gear as far as sci fi taste go.
agreed! mustve been influenced by Jennifer Lawrence!
You mean, you grew up with these two (admittedly fantastic) female leads so you’re comfortable with THEM.
If there’s too many…that’s a problem, right?
Sigourney Weaver's reaction to seeing the Queen Alien for the first time is genuine.
She had asked to avoid it until they shot the "reveal" scene so as to maximize the effect.
And based upon your reaction, Arianna, it works!
The Queen Alien is easily the masterpiece of the great Stan Winston and his "creature shop"!
Hudson was the first to see that the vitals for his comrades were still there and proposed they go back in to rescue them. Scared as he was he was honorable and courageous when it mattered most. For all his talk when things went pear-shaped you'd want him fighting next to you.
Ripley using the loader at the end to fight the Queen is iconic- the reveal, the lighting, and top it off with the classic line "get away from her, you BITCH!"... such a great callback to her demonstrating her skills with the loader earlier in the film.
And it was set up at the beginning, at the inquest, when the company revokes her flight officer license, which forces her to get a job at the loading docks. Burke reinforces this at her apartment, when he's a condescending azshole and points out she couldn't get a better job.
I'm glad you watched the extended version. Offers more backstory for Ripley and for Newt.
I agree that the added scenes are good but you loose that reveal of Newt on the planet when the group gets there in the theatrical cut. I think it's better to watch the theatrical cut on a first time viewing and then watch the extended cut later.
"better to watch the theatrical cut on a first time" Ya probably right. What gets me is the difference.
Ripley had them parental instincts kick in. Theatrical it's just another thing people do on the battlefield.
In the extended cut people always making the connection it's more to do with her lost child which sorta cheapens her actions.
The ugly investigation vehicle and autoguns aren't aesthetically pleasing. Then the extras of colonial life, not much lost on the cutting room floor.
I was wondering why they showed the Newt family dying or her origin of being lone survivor
@@jbacunn I prefer the extended version, because you then get the scenes with the Sentries, which do an amazing job at giving the marines ''a small win'' but also at the same time ratcheting up the tension.
But I do agree that the scenes with Newt and her family should've been scrapped even in the extended cut, because not knowing anything about the colony or the people themselves prior to that first drop was TENSE when watching the theatrical cut.
You actually know what Burke's fate was because there's a deleted scene (And it's also in the novelization) that during Ripley's search for Newt, she runs into a cocooned Burke saying that he can feel the alien inside, that he was in pain. Ripley pops a hand grenade and puts it in his hands. When Ripley find's Newt's tracker, there's an explosion that indicates that Burke is now dead. RUclips has the deleted scene.
The scene was cut because it didn't fit. They spend at least several hours in a comma with a facehugger implanting the egg. There wasn't enough time for Burke to be implanted and then wake up again.
The woman playing Vasquez is a good friend of James Cameron. She played John Connor's foster mother in "Terminator 2" and the Irish woman reading the kids a bedtime story when she knew her and the kids would not be saved in "Titanic". Hudson is Bill Paxton...the only actor whose characters have been killed by an Alien (Xenomorph), a Terminator (First film) and a Predator (part 2). Hicks has also been in several James Cameron films, this one, "Terminator" (Kyle Reese) as well as part 2 (Special Edition) and "The Abyss".
What a masterpiece. The FX, sound design, soundtrack, remarkable.
And there’s no sequels!
Both the first movie and this one are master classes in how to ratchet tension and invest your audience in the story. Easily 2 of my favorite movies ever. The series stops here, though, there are no others. No more.....at all.....
The reaction to the queen was absolutely golden.
Agree... that and the mech suit reveal followed by "Get away from her..."
Perfect reaction.
*chefs kiss*
I must also say this is a perfect movie. Perfection.
Gorman is such a tragic story arc. You really don't like him at all and even get to the point of hating him. However, he redeems himself and shows that deep down inside he probably isn't a bad guy, he just was put in a bad position probably because the corporation knew he'd be easy to manipulate. And that scene with he and Vasquez clutching that charge as hard as they can to make sure they die quickly is powerful. And Vasquez is mad that he came back for her. He did not have to do that and now he will die with her.
Never hated him I just knew alot of XO's or bosses just like him so I knew he was in over his head from the jump
One of the best action sci-fi movie ever, even nearly 40 years later it hold its own because the practical effects were perfectly filmed. All the characters have something that makes em unique, Carrie Henn in her first and only movie role as Newt was a great character, Hicks sense of duty and leadership, Hudson cockiness/cowardiness, Vasquez being a badass, Gorman redeeming himself, Burke being the perfect representation of a corpo weasel... even the secondary character, I mean, one of my favorite scenes is when they're retreating from the hive, and Drake covers everyone, he essentially 'sacrificed' himself so that the others could live...
Ripley ? She isn't badass cause of her brawn, but because of her smarts, her craftiness and her courage, she just finds a way to stay level-headed in front of danger. She should have been a model for the empowerment of women, at least I hope she was for many, cause strength of character should come above pretty much everything, and she's strong as fuck.
Love your reactions, you are so genuine it's crazy. Thanks for making me re-live that masterpiece !
This was one of the better movies from the 80's wherein a woman plays a strong leadership part. Ripley never falters in the face of failure. Even Hicks pulling her back up after Newt gets captured is simply an expedient to the realization she was going to make in a moment more. She wasn't second in command of the Nostromo for nothing. You EARN a captain's license by being proficient. You BECOME a captain by making the right decisions and leading your crew in adversity.
Weaver was a perfect choice for Alien, and she never let the character itself fail through her own efforts. The writing for -3 might have let us down, but she didn't.
I got to meet Hicks, Vasquez, Bishop, and Newt a few years ago. I got Lance Henriksen’s signed autobiography titled, “Not Bad For a Human”. All the cast members were super to meet in person and more than happy to share personal stories.
When I was younger and dumber, I used to do Bishop's knife trick. Only nicked my fingers a few times. Never stabbed myself.
edit - As for Newt's random accent, she's an American, raised in London and DID have a messed up American/British accent. It resolved after she moved back the the US, but as a child she had trouble trying to keep an American accent.
As a British person, who's family lived in Iowa, I can sympathise after all the times I got accused of being American when I was younger
wow...
I literally just watched another reactor doing "Aliens"... You guys do reactions sooooo much better.
You seem to understand and appreciate films - you pay attention... and the way you are displaying the film/arianna is sooo awesome :)
Love your work!
Completely agree! I really appreciated how worked up she got during the scene of Ripley's debriefing for the company guys. I've never seen somebody feel so strongly on Ripley's behalf, I don't even think I did my first time. But during this reaction I was more like "YEAH! WHAT THE FUCK THATS BULLSHIT!!" 🤣
They have a real understanding of when to do the commentary and when to stop and listen. Too many reactors really feel they have to talk over the entire movie and they miss a lot of important stuff in the meantime.
Aliens is one of the best sequels, best action film, best sci fi film, best film every made!!
The guy playing Hicks was John Connor's dad in T1, and the woman playing Vasquez was John Connor's stepmom in T2.
john connors dad? lol you mean Kyle reese, thats the character. hes not just "connors dad" lol.
@@Aileron90 the straw man is strong in you.
@@nstents7781 I don’t think you understand what straw man means…..
@@Aileron90 I agree with the first 3 words of your sentence.
I love that Newt calls Ripley " mommy". That ties in the fact early on Ripley never could honor her promise to her daughter that died before she came back. But Newt loses her family and finds a new mom in Ripley. So they just completed each other so to speak. Just my take...
I absolutely adore the soundtrack for this movie. James Horner did an amazing job with it.
In a deleted scene Ripley runs into burke impregnated with an alien. Burke asks for mercy and Ripley hands him one of the explosives off that belt she throws at the nest. Then he presses it, then later on in one of the scenes you see Ripley and newt and a loud background explosion.
Saw this opening weekend in the theater almost 40 years ago. We were all going nuts! What a ride!! One of the best action movies of the 1980's. Pacing, tension, action, execution.....all top notch from James Cameron.
One of the best action movies ever. As you pointed out, it's not missing anything.
The guy that plays Corporal Hicks "the grunt" 😆 also played Kyle Reese in The Terminator. Bill Paxton was in both as well
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And the woman who plays Vasquez was John Connor's stepmother in T2.
15,56 rip Bill Paxton.. good actor
24:20 Carrie Henn, who played Newt, was British.
The girl that plays Vasquez was a bodybuilder. She plays John Connor's foster mom in Terminator 2
I'm glad you reviewed this particular EXTENDED version of Aliens and not the original theatrical version. A lot of times extended editions are kinda tedious, but this is the exception to the rule: the extended footage (like the family discovering the aliens) really helps fill out the story.
I thought it was much better going in cold not knowing what was going on with the colonists. That way you are more immersed in what the marines are experiencing.
@@dogawful "much better going in cold not knowing what was going on with the colonists"
Yup, 20 years in without a clue. Only knowing aliens are there.
See the face hugger and you know it's just starting so you don't have to meet the kid to find that out or see her school picture.
@@dogawful Same here, never liked the family scene that was added at the start.
Because it wasn't "extended," it was RESTORED. The special edition is the original version, as written, filmed, and intended to be seen. The theatrical was just cut for time, and created plot holes.
@@miller-joelPotayto, potahto....
Great reaction! And proof that this sequel has lost none of its power to scare, shock, and keep you on the edge of your seat, 36 years after it was first released. This is often my response when asked what my favorite movie is as well, although it depends on my mood. Sometimes it's a Fincher movie (most of his work, and I'll even defend Alien 3 though he hates it), sometimes it's Shane Black (The Nice Guys or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang will do). But more often than not, I'll say this or Terminator 2 are my favorite movies.
Alien 3 does not exist. It's a disgrace and a travesty.
@@tragicdeyz2641 nah, it exists. And it's the perfect first choice if you want to see all the survivors from Aliens die or if you want to watch all of David Fincher's flicks.
Sigourney Weaver was nominated for best actress for her role in this film.
There was an edit filmed that had Ripley meet her daughter instead of the scene where she's told her daughter was dead, played by Sigourney's real life mother hence the similiarity in appearance, but James Cameron went with the "your daughter is dead" moment because he felt it would set up the Newt relationship better.
Ellen Ripley taught me what a good mother is supposed to look like. And Dwayne Kicks taught me the kind of Marine I wanted to be which positively affected my decisions in Iraq when two others around me needed to be confronted, I didn't hesitate. This film helped shape my morals when I was 12. Won't ever forget it.
Yeah ! Finally ! Aliens with Arianna !!!😃
One of the best sequels ever. Cameron is such an amazing writer/director. I know he's done some cheesy stuff in his films, but he's a master at pacing, character development, and tension. This has been in my top 10 since it came out, I've probably seen it over 500 times. Lol
And they all lived happily ever after. There were no sequels after Aliens. None at all.
Correct. There are no other sequels. None whatsoever.
4:22 Here's the thing at this point in the future where humanity goes off exploring the other star systems of the galaxy, we really just don't know what's out there, and for exploration it takes a certain type of person who has an open mind, perhaps open to a fault, and is not afraid to take risks. The hard truth is that people out there are going to die because of some unknown thing they ran into for which we have no way to prepare in advance. They're not going to have someone who's Earthbound watching and saying "Hell no, that doesn't feel right, you shouldn't go in there or open that or whatever else might expose you to some unknown like that!". They have to take the risk, and sometimes that risk is going to be enormous and we won't know it until after the fact. That's how the Nostromo ended up on that planetoid, and that's what drove those wildcatters out there to the Ilium range. Exploration, discovery.
The actor playing Pvt. Vasquez also played John Connor's foster mother in James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the Irish mother in James Cameron's Titanic, and a bridge officer aboard the Enterprise-B in Star Trek Generations. Bill Paxton (Pvt. Hudson) was one of the punks killed at the beginning of James Cameron's The Terminator, the treasure hunter in Titanic, nasty older brother in Weird Science, and the male lead in Twister. Michael Biehn (Cpl. Hicks) was Kyle Reese in The Terminator & Terminator 2, and a bad guy in James Cameron's The Abyss. Good catch on the guy from The Shawshank Redemption! Another guy from that film was a guard in The Green Mile from the same author an director, and another guard in The Green Mile was in Saving Private Ryan.
Name the three movies where Biehn plays a Navy SEAL. One is pretty obvious.
@@dogawful For me, the obvious was The Abyss. I had to look up the others, so I know which one you meant now, a movie I'd never seen nor heard of, but then I was chagrined to discover I had seen him as a SEAL in The Rock, but hadn't recalled him.
In the original movie, the Nostromo was 10 months out, so if we assume that the Sulaco is at least as fast (it's probably faster), then Ripley and the Colonial Marines took at most 10 months to reach LV-426 (now known as Acheron, according to the prequels).
The cocooning into an egg scene in the first film was only in the alternate 2003 cut, so when Aliens came out, it wasn't known to audiences and wasn't considered canonical (arguably, it still isn't).
“Oh my god I’m going to vomit - they did this so right”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Fun fact: The Alien Queen is still considered the biggest movie prop, to this day
Folks would say the T-Rex from “Jurassic Park” is bigger but that prop was half real and half CGI
The Alien Queen took up an entire room with how big she is.
Jones the cat is the true survivor.😂He was the first one to witness the xenomorph. And he lived longer than all of them! lol
the reason Newt has a british accent that seems to come and go is because she spent alot of time in England with her military family at RAF Lakenheath
My dad was stationed in England,in the 80s at that time too.He was stationed at Alconbury AFB.Us American kids all started to adapt a British accent.
"Get away from her, you bitch!"
One of the best sci-fi duopolies ever made. The other being the two movie Terminator franchise. I'm so glad that Hollywood exercised a measure of control and never made any more sequels. Yep, no more Alien movies whatsoever. 👍 😎
Fun Fact: Al Matthews, who plays a Marine sergeant in this film, was in real life the first black Marine to be promoted to the rank of sergeant in the field during service in Vietnam.
Simple Trick Fact: The full-size queen puppet was actually too big to fit into the elevator. For the shot where she is seen there, her tail was removed, and yet the back of the elevator still had to be opened to accommodate the prop; smoke effects, dark lighting, and a black curtain at the back obscure this.
Cute Kid Fact: When filming the scene with Newt in the duct, Carrie Henn kept deliberately blowing her scene so she could slide down the vent, which she later called a slide three stories tall. James Cameron finally dissuaded her by saying that if she completed the shot, she could play on it as much as she wanted. She did and he kept his promise.
"Fun Fact: Al Matthews..."
That is a fun fact. That character was in turn an inspiration for Sgt Johnson in the Halo universe, and in turn it feels like the "black senior NCO with an affinity for cigars and an abundance of enthusiasm" has become something of an archetype in military Sci-Fi in general. Neat that such a unique quirk of our culture can be traced back to a guy who achieved that.
Ryley Hayes ...Al Matthews killed it in this movie. I love how he just wakes up and puts a cigar in his mouth.
Yep not a single one... 🤫
Fun fact: Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen both have gotten wrecked by The Terminator, the Alien and the Predator.
Barry Stroman ...But only Bill Paxton has been KILLED by all three.
There is a great history of the kid that played Nute. She is now a Primary Scholl teacher. She said that the water in the scene where she is in it and the monster rises they had heated and it was too hot so Her and the "monster" sat on the edge with their feet in the water waiting for the filming.
You're correct, the actor who played Drake, Mark Rolston, was in The Shawshank Redemption. He also dies in The Departed & Ahsoka. (He's the Republic captain in the opening scene of Ahsoka who called Baylan Skoll & Shin Hati "overconfident Imperial trash" (& not Jedi) before Baylan lightsabers him through the chest.)
The crazy thing is that the actress that played Vasquez also played Janelle, John Connor’s foster mom in Terminator 2.
Third Officer Ripley has been found and returned to near-Earth with a Xenomorph-size case of PTSD. What will The Weyland-Yutani Suits make of her blowing up the "Nostromo"? 1:17 Foreshadowing... 2:34 I see that you're watching the Special Edition version, which adds even more weight to Ripley's tale. I found out about "certain details" when I bought the SE Laserdisc(!). 8:10 Hey, sharpshooter. 8:32 Jenette Goldstein is/was a bodybuilder. 9:42 The Colonial Marines are going on a Bug Hunt, but THEY are The Bugs! 14:28 In 1986, I wondered how Ripley was able to "get close, quickly" to Rebecca, while none of the female Marines did. A reviewer of the time said: "Sisterhood!" That was too flip, and when I bought the SE Laserdisc, much was revealed. 16:54 Disarming the troops heading into a hot zone always bothered me. 19:48 Ripley is all about The Team. 22:17 The "nose art" on the Drop Ship says: "Colonial marines: We Endanger Species!." 31:35 They went out like Klingon warriors! 33:20 The Right tools for the job with Duck tape. 33:26 The studio Suits cut this scene!? 34:41 Egg chamber. 35:29 Let's negotiate. 38:07 It's not over. 41:20 If you listen carefully after the credit crawl, you will hear "a squishy sound" moving from left to right. Ellen Ripley's journey continues...
Paul Reiser is SO GOOD in this film... "I want to punch the smugness out of his face!" Ha!
It's a thankless task for an actor
Arianna is the reason, I am subbed to this channel.
She's a diamond amongst glass.
I wish I could see this movie again for the first time. I've watched it so many times.
The ending is different??? No wayyy! In the extended, the queen is on the ship, kills Bishop, Ripley gets on the machine and fights it and ultimately blows it out of the ship kinda like in the first movie
Fun side note, Amanda Ripley her daughter is the protagonist of the game Alien: Isolation where she's searching what happened to her mother after the events of the first movie
The original theatrical cut of _Alien_ did not include the "cocoon" scene with Dallas, so when people first saw _Aliens_ back in 1986, this was the first they had seen of this kind of thing.
That scene where Newt slides down the shaft because of the grenade going off. The actress playing her, Carrie Henn, found it to be so fun that she purposefully botched the takes so that she could keep doing it over and over.
Carrie Henn's father was an air force officer stationed in England when she got scouted to play Newt. That's where the accent probably comes from
Back in the early 90s, only a few years after it’s release, my 10th grade Biology teacher (Mr Crouch) let me write a biological classification report on the xenomorph for extra credit . He thought it was very interesting and asked me where I got the idea for the creature and was surprised to hear that my report came from two movies, comics and novels.
My favorite part of this movie is when Ripley is climbing out of the airlock after having blown the queen out into space. That moment is a perfect metaphor for her character arc and a perfect example of what a heroine is. I can’t wait for my sons to see these movies and hear what they get from them.
Arianna, your reactions are always great! You should add the 1995 sci-fi movie "Screamers" with Peter Weller to your list, it would be a good discovery for a lot of peoples.
Al Matthews, who plays Apone, was in real life a Marine sergeant during the Vietnam War. He was notably the first black Marine during that war to be meritoriously promoted to sergeant.
I like that Cameron went with a 10mm ammo in the rifles because at the time of filming this movie (1985) 10mm was an essentially new handgun round that was so powerful that only a few regular shooters could handle it correctly. Even today the 10mm round is powerful enough to go bear hunting with in a handgun.
Even cooler she's watching The Directors cut. Nice job on a classic move! One of rhe best!!
This is the first reaction to Aliens that's made me remember seeing it in the theater for the first time. Thanks and kudos!
Something I notice at 37:22 is that Ripley tells Newt to close her eyes and turns her away from the Queen, only for Newt to see Bishop flying behind them ... which means she didn't close her eyes. It has to be deliberate, though I'm not quite sure why.
Paxton plays Hudson. He has so many iconic lifetime lines and menes in this movie! Bill Paxton, R.I.P.!
I absolutely loved your reaction. This is exactly how i reacted when i saw it in the theater. I love horror/action movies, and Alien/Aliens and The Thing are 2 of my all time favorites. Great video and a better reaction
This is the 2nd time that Ripley's been involved in blowing up hugely expensive pieces of hardware. She's an anarchist!
Hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving. Glad this movie won the poll. One of the best films but sequels. I grew up with this film and the first Alien film was my first horror film. I'll never forget seeing these films for the first time. If whenever I get a chance to show this film to a person for the first time it's always a gem
Burke is Paul Reisner. At the time he was a somewhat popular comedian on the rise. He later got a sitcom called Mad About You that was a big hit. Hudson is Bill Paxton who just died about a few years ago. Probably the biggest star from this movie. Vazquez is played by the same woman that played the step mom in Terminator two. Surprisingly she is Jewish. The robot dude is the same guy who played the Phycologists in Terminator 1. Hicks, played Reese in Terminator 1 and Johnny Ringo in Tombstone.
36:06 "Oh! There're like actual eggs!" (I never noticed the yolks!)
Hudson and Gorman really pulled themselves up at the end. Badassery from both.
James Cameron told Fox he had an idea for an alien sequel. When they had their first meeting, he walked up to a whiteboard and wrote Alien$. The rest is history.
I had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater in Horton Plaza in San Diego and I had almost the same reaction when the door opened to reveal Ripley in the power loader, except I think I used a different word before 'yeah.' 😅
Great observation at the end. Every reaction I've watched, when Ripley gets the Queen's head in one of the loader's "hands", they yell "crush her", forgetting the acid blood problem...
There are a couple moments during the final battle where they had to use dolls on a model set instead of practical effects. Now that I've been shown it I can't unsee the moments, but thankfully its quick enough it doesn't take away from the tension.
This movie is pushing 40 years. Saw it first time in the early 90's and its still in my top 5 sci-fi movies. Arianna is great at reacting. She lives the movie. And feel with the characters.
I love how this movie is intense enough to make you go from "H-E-double hockey sticks" to "I don't trust him one fucking bit". :)
I saw this in the theater when I was 12. It's still one of my favorite films.
I always say this is the most exciting movie I ever saw at the theater! Thanks Arianna!
The resin is used to incapacitate the hosts... the face huggers leave the eggs then implant the hosts, then die. The xenomorph then grows and bursts out the host
33:15 - The scene where Dallas is being transformed into an egg was cut from the theatrical version of Alien, and was only included in the Director's Cut about fifteen years after this film released. When Cameron made this one being cocooned just kept you prisoner until a facehugger got you.
I thought that too. But, truth be told, you could still justify it. They weren't turning the colonists into cocoons because the queen was already there, laying eggs through parthenogenesis, but it's quite possible that if the queen wasn't there or there weren't any eggs/facehuggers for whatever reason, the human prey could have been cocooned to form an egg.
So if you trace it back, the mostly likely scenario was that Newt's Dad was implanted with a Queen, who escaped from the medlab and set up shop, growing her ovipositor and responsible for the main thrust of the infestation.
Do you know the "Alien with a $" legend? James Cameron went in to pitch this movie by writing "Alien" on the whiteboard. Then added an "S" at the end. Then drew a line through it to make an "$" and that was the whole pitch.
Bishop was also a cop in Terminator 1 Vasquez is the foster mom in Terminator 2 the clothes worn by the Terminator and Terminator 1 was taken off the punk who plays Hudson the guy who complains a bunch Kyle Reese is also the main commanding officer that survives in this movie A lot of the same actors and actresses were used
Fun fact.
Michel Bien gets bit on the hand in both movies.
@@eddiejravannen haha he does
Ripley is Fork Lift certified and that is why she did so well.
That "me too", at around 28:50, is what cemented this as THE action film for me. She's scared as Newt is, as the marines are.
I've watched action protagonists and I've enjoyed action flicks, but this is the best for me. Hands down, no holds barred, whatever is the idiom, fookin' hell it's a great movie.
My favorite movie ever.
Credit where it's due with Hudson, he's got a big mouth but there's heart there too. Gets on well with Newt, gets himself between her and that facehugger, is so disgusted by Burke's plot that he openly advocates just executing him where he sits, and goes *completely berserk* when it's a stand-up fight to great effect. He just wasn't ready for them to be underneath him.
He's awkward and loud, but he's got a steel core where it counts.
I honestly feel like I'd love watching classic epic movies with you, you're so expressive &get caught up 😂
Some movie trivia. Bill Paxton who plays Hudson, is the only actor who has been killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator.
24:24 That's because the girl that play as Newt grew up in UK, eventhou her parents are Americans. Her father was a USAF officer stationed in UK at the time of the filming.
As many times I've watched both Aliens and Shawshank, I've never made that connection. I'm impressed.
For 30 years after this film, everyone would quote “Game over, man! Game over!”
Cameron liked to use the term "kiddo" as a writer early on. He used it in _The Terminator_ as well.
Every time Michael Beihn is in a James Cameron movie he gets bitten on the hand LOL