The APC used by the troops is actually an airport vehicle for towing planes. There is a book that explains Ripleys missing 57 years. The officer was specifically picked by Burke because he was inexperienced and easy to manipulate when the time came.
@@NiaMakiReacts Damn WaylanYutani corp, Burke was just a STOOGE, working for the company, and if anything went wrong, he'd be the fallguy. There was a comic, co written by Paul Riser himself, which shows an alternate take of the movie, had Burke survived.
Somebody always has to comment this, so I guess it'll be me this time: the actor playing Burke (the sleazy company man) took his mom to the premiere of the movie, and even SHE cheered and clapped when her son died in the movie. xD
Okay, look. What if that comment didn't even exist, huh? Did you ever think about that? I didn't know! So now, if I went in and made a major security situation out of it, everybody steps in. Administration steps in, and there are no exclusive rights for anybody; nobody wins!
What I like about Burke as a villain, is that he isn't some calculating evil genius. He is, to quote Futurama, A Monkey of medium intelligence who wears a suit. He's just some guy from company lower-middle management, with big aspirations of getting a key to the Executive Bathroom and figured this was his big chance to make it big, but has neither the authority, nor really the smarts to actually pull it off, so he's just winging it the whole time, often making a bad situation worse, not least for himself.
What is really tragic is the fact that that woman that got chest-bursted survived nearly as long as Newt. She only got captured maybe one or two days prior. I wonder if she and Newt knew each other.
In a Colony of only about 150 people, very likely. Even if they didn't know each other exactly, they were almost certainly familiar with one another. It's just too small a town for them not to
There is an official canon novel that details the happenings of Hadley’s Hope. It doesn’t say who the woman was, but it gives very detailed information on Newt, her family, and the members of the colony. It’s the third and final novel in a trilogy of books that are considered canon to the universe called Alien - River of Pain by Christopher Golden. I HIGHLY recommend this trilogy of books to any big fans of the franchise. Absolutely amazing reads
Can I just take a moment to give a ton of praise to whomever was in charge of maintaining continuity in the movie? Someone made a headcount of aliens dying, and came up with a number that was _really_ close to the number of colonists reported. That's damn good continuity for something very few people would even notice.
Yes. The actor who played Corporal Hicks also played Reese ( John Connor's father), in Terminator. And the woman who played Vasquez in Aliens also played John Connor's stepmother in Terminator 2.
Hudson was played by Bill Paxton who also played one of the 3 punks in the beginning of The Terminator. Paxton is also in Predator 2 so has the distinction of being killed by a Terminator, a Predator, and a Xenomorph 😯😀
Paxton isn't killed in Terminator, just thrown against the gate. Lance Henriksen thou, was shot by the Terminator, stabbed by a Predator (AvP), ripped in half by Xenonomorph
In deleted scenes, Bishop while crawling through the pipe encounters an alien who ignores him and keeps going. Ripley looking for Newt, sees Burke cocooned. Burke tells her he’s already got one growing inside him. Ripley gives Burke a grenade and continues looking for Newt. These scenes are somewhere on RUclips.
Bishop encountering an alien was never filmed, it was just a scene in an early script. It was included in the book version that was based on the early script, so that might be what has generated this myth.
When Bishop is getting in the pipe, someone hands him a pistol. He just looks at it and immediately hands it to Hicks. That's when I knew Bishop was a good egg.
@@weldonwin No he can't hurt active anyone or anything. Using a weapon is against his behavior limiter. The Alien Trilogy books from Alan Dean Foster are a really good addition to the movies. He even makes Alien3 logically working, wich was huge in my book. Pun intended.
Fun Facts Time: No fewer than four members of the cast of Aliens (Counting the special edition) were all voice actors on Starfleet, a British produced English language dub of a Japanese sci-fi marionet series that ran in the UK through 1980-81. Mark Rolston, who played Drake (The big, gruff blonde marine), played the pudgy comic relief character. The full series is available to watch on RUclips if anyone is interested and Brian Ferry, the lead guitarist from Queen, produced a rock album inspired by the series, as a collaboration with rock legend Eddie VanHalen.
Other than killing them with weapons the xenomorphs are virtually immortal. They can live in the vacuum of space, they just go dormant when there isn't anyone around to impregnate. The lore is quite extensive between films, novels and comics. There is an alien queen mother said to be thousands of years old, and over 50 feet long.
I love how in the video games, pretty universally - you never fight the queen. You always run from it. I think it keeps the fight between Ripley and the queen somewhat special.
Three of these actors are also in "Near Dark." Jenette Goldstein(Vasquez), Lance Henrickson(Bishop), and Bill Paxton(Hudson) all worked together again in that excellent vampire movie.
Lessons from Aliens: If you have a good reason for telling people to do something that sounds stupid and time allows (like not using guns in a war), you should mention them. Even if you never smoke, always carry a lighter. Never trust a corpo.
20:30 I just commented on one of your videos about how I absolutely LOOOOVE your intuition!!! And this part here is an example of that. YES!!! that's exactly why they assigned him. They know that this mission would more than likely fail, allowing for Burke to sneak an embryo in stasis, and back to earth. I swear, your movie IQ is like seriously off the charts. :D
This is what gets me when people say that guys don’t like strong female characters. I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t love Ripley, man or woman. She’s awesome! She’s a badass but her vulnerability is what helps us identify with her. Ripley is no Mary Sue. She’s scared to death, but ultimately faces her fears and comes out on top by the skin of her teeth. That’s her strength. We should all aspire to have her force of will.
It's the writing (and the fact that Weaver acts the absolute hell out of it), but if the writing and the character arc is as good as this nobody gives a fak if it's a male or female.
There may be certain men who feel threatened by strong women, but I think (or at least hope) this is mostly about not liking bad writing. Portraying strong women seems to be more difficult for writers? It takes more than bravado and muscles, which often seems to be enough for male "heroes". Audiences expect more from female protagonists. At least that's my impression.
Re: Hicks asleep during the drop: Experienced soldiers/Marines catch a nap whenever possible during operations. Some of them can sleep through damn near anything.
Also, of course Gorman is inexperienced and has only done one previous combat drop. He's a Lieutenant, the lowest grade of commissioned officer. He'd normally just be one of several LT's on a mission, with a Captain above them to keep them in line. It's very unusual for a LT to be running an entire mission by himself.
Hah, had a chuckle out loud moment: 'I woulda been waitin' in the back, practicin' my moves for when I meet that alien.' Turns out, Ripley *was* practicing her moves for when she met that alien:)
There is a cut scene from this you can find if you scour the internet. While looking for Newt in the reactor, Ripley is suddenly grabbed by something to find Burke trapped to the wall. He essentially says something like "Ripely, oh god I can feel it! It's inside me! Help me!! " so she gives him one of the explosives and moves on. The next you hear is a muffled explosion.
"Not bad for a human" is a callback to "Empire Strikes Back" when C3P0 says something similar about Luke. "He's quite clever, you know...for a human being". I guess Ripley ended up being Cameron's answer to the Jedi.
22:12 Naw. There's a breed of wasps that paralyze caterpillars and spiders, and lay eggs in their bodies. When the larva emerges, it has a ready made food supply. This bug, I think, inspired the makers of the first film. Also, in 1975, there was a Doctor Who story called "The Ark in Space" when is quite similar to "Aliens" in some ways, and Tom Baker's 2nd aired story.
Regarding your comment about “do you know how heavy a child like that is?”… they had a dummy of Newt that was sewn into Ripley’s outfit so Sigourney Weaver could run around unencumbered.
Ripley made two mistakes in the Nest. First she destroyed the Queen's egg laying apparatus which made it easier for her to get up and chase. Second, she pressed up on both elevators giving the Queen an easy way to follow.
Those aren't really "mistakes" as they were the proper courses of action in those situations. Ripley has no way of knowing the egg tube thing is detachable, plus, firing a particular weapon for the first time, you should indeed go for the large and obviously 'soft' target. And with no way of knowing which elevator is closer, or even still functional, it should be obvious to press both buttons.
I've watched quite a few Aliens reactions (because I love the film, not weird; and because I like watching media reactions, which I once thought was weird but apparently *looks around* isn't so weird), and you're the first person I've watched that catches things like 'at that time' during Ripley's debrief by Weyland-Yutani corpos. I look forward to more of your reactions:)
*Pictures a Xenomorph sipping coffee, nibbling on a scone or a doughnut, and looks out the window of the colony, seeing the dropship arriving* Xenomorph: -in a posh accent- Oh, I say there, whatever could that spacecraft be. *sees the Marines* Oh, my. I better go alert the Queen that we have visitors.....OH MUMSEY!!!!!
Arguably the BEST sequel of ALL-TIME...right next to T2. Vasquez = Jeannette Goldstein = John Connor's mom in T2 Hudson = Bill Paxton = one of the top character actors of the 90s Hicks = Michael Biehn = John Connor in the Terminator Great reaction...🤗😉😊😳
The first one and the first movies did the director cut for alien that just showed a scene with Captain Dallas and Brett being turned into eggs called egg morphine. Because of the time there was only one alien so it was trying to make more from what I understand but we never really understand more past that because in this one there's more explanations
Nah it trashed ripley’s character by making her a terrible mom who abandons her own kid to travel far away, and then makes her connection with Newt seem creepy, because it seems more about her own grief than the kid’s needs. Instead of heroically protecting an innocent, vulnerable kid she happens to form a bond with, she’s an unstable, selfish, terrible parent glomming onto the first kid she finds. There are some good things in the special edition, but I’m always relieved when people watch the theatrical version first, because the director’s cut ruins her entirely, and you can’t unsee it. I will never understand why people think the “explanation” improves anything.
@@miriam8376 That's all your own negative assumptions. We have no idea about her circumstances, such as the economics of the society she lives in and what choices she had available.
yes i think the same! truly and amazing film, i remember being paranoid as hell after i first saw it. everything could be the thing at that point and it can slip through cracks in doors i was baked 🤣🤣
Hicks was Kyle Reese in Terminator, Hudson was one of the punks the Terminator fought at the beginning of the movie, Bishop was one of the cops who were killed in the police station and Vasquez was the foster mom in T2.
you're right, quite a few of the actors are in terminator 1 and 2: lance henriksen, michael bean, bill paxton, janet goldstein. henriksen is even in one of the predator movies. alien and predator exist in the same universe, so there's a reason the face of bishop to look like this!
It's a big company with operations across many worlds. It is unclear from the film if anyone in that inquest hearing knew about the reason the Nostromo was diverted, although it's entirely possible. During the previous half-century LV426 was likely selected for colonization independent of the classified information about the ship that crashed there. Burke appears to have done some digging, and connected the dots after Ripley's testimony in the hearing. He then sent the colonists to check the ship, resulting in the loss of contact, which he then used as the pretext for the mission.
38:01 In the films, the Xenomorph show a reasoning intelligence. They can understand concepts such as buttons, switches, elevators, doors, on/off, etc. With heads SO large, the Xenomporphs must have SOMETHING in them, you know. Just because they do not build Wal-Marts or nuclear bombs does not mean they are dumb, on the contrary....THEY were the ones to attack from both above from the ceiling, and below from the floor. It was the HUMANS that were demonstrating two dimensional thinking.
5:22 From my understanding, unless I'm remembering incorrectly, the Company didn't really know about the xenomorphs per-say at this point in the movie. It's a long story filled with spoilers for future movies, but the shortened spoiler-free version is that Weyland-Yutani (The Company) knew that there was something out there, something alien. However, seeing how they really had no idea where to look or even what they were looking for, the Company basically put that Special Order out to ensure if a ship/crew on their payroll found something that it'd be brought back. This is also why it was in the contracts of the Nostromo crew that if they come across a transmission from possibly intelligent life, they have to check it out or risk losing their pay for the run.
They didn't know the coordinates of where the ship was tell Ripley woke up and told them they didn't know the planet was too big so they never found the ship until it was later this guy when Ripley woke up and she told them all in the meeting. She explained where the coordinates were.
In the Theatrical cut you would have missed the scene where Newt's family finds the alien ship, goes in and then comes back with a face hugger attached to her father's face. Also the initial scene of the Hadley's Hope colony is missing, also the scene where Ripley learns that her daughter has passed away while she slept for 57 years, and also all scenes with the sentry guns that they set up to defend against the aliens are missing as well.
Read earth war volumes 1and 2, first editions. Newt and Hicks are the main characters 10 years later. After 3 was announced, the names were changed to Welks and Billie, but it's Hicks and Newt.
Let people make their own decisions. Without giving spoilers, I was not particularly happy with what happened in 3, but I can still acknowledge it was a decent movie. Most reactions I have seen from those watching 3 have been positive as well. I think 4 was a lot worse, much too campy, and not a very good story. I still would not tell a person not to watch it based on my own subjective opinion of the movie. If I am asked if I think they are good, I would say not in any way close to as good as Alien and Aliens. But they can still be entertaining. Three actually has some good scenes and cinematography with the setting. - I am NOT trying to change your opinion of the sequels. As I said, I have my own issues with them. But I also would not suggest a person not watch them and form their own opinion. Plus it has Charles S. Dutton and Charles Dance, I thought they did an amazing acting job.
man i miss movies that had characters you cared about , still after 38 years later . I saw Romulus and only one i remembered or cared about afterwards was Ash ( Rook ) from Alien lol
Is he from Terminator? About 3 of them are at least. Reese, Bill Paxton was the punk in the beginning- killed by Arnold. And Bishop actor was one of the detectives- also killed by Arnie.
"Is he from Terminator?" Yep. Michael Biehn played Kyle Reese in T1 (and T2 Directors Cut). He's also in another Cameron film, The Abyss, which is amazing if you haven't seen that yet...highly suggest it.
@@NiaMakiReacts Like T2 and Aliens, the Abyss has both a Theatrical Cut and a longer Director's Cut. Both are good. Your choice. But there are probably some rabid fans on either side of the preference.
Three of the actors in this were in "The Terminator." Michael Biehn(Corporal Hicks) was Kyle Reese. Lance Henrickson(Bishop) was one of the cops. Bill Paxton(Hudson) eas one of the punks the terminator demanded clothes from.
The theatrical cut doesn’t include what happened to Ripley’s daughter while she was gone. Keeping it in adds a lot of subtext to her interactions with Newt
Actually, IIRC in the theatrical version Ripley tells Newt she used to have a daughter (but doesn't anymore), and without the added scene from the DC it's implied that Ripley's daughter died when she was still a kid. As sad as the DC version is, at least Ripley's daughter had a full life, we can assume, even if she was only 66 when she died. Ripley losing her daughter when she was roughly the same age as a Newt is infinitely more heartbreaking. It also explains why Ripley, a woman with strong maternal instincts, as we can se in her care for Newt, would take a job that forces her to be away from her child for months or possibly years at a time (as crew member of a space freighter) - it's because her daughter had already died when she signed up.
The APC used by the troops is actually an airport vehicle for towing planes. There is a book that explains Ripleys missing 57 years. The officer was specifically picked by Burke because he was inexperienced and easy to manipulate when the time came.
Damn you Burke!!!! 😤 😤
@@NiaMakiReacts Damn WaylanYutani corp, Burke was just a STOOGE, working for the company, and if anything went wrong, he'd be the fallguy.
There was a comic, co written by Paul Riser himself, which shows an alternate take of the movie, had Burke survived.
Somebody always has to comment this, so I guess it'll be me this time: the actor playing Burke (the sleazy company man) took his mom to the premiere of the movie, and even SHE cheered and clapped when her son died in the movie. xD
Okay, look. What if that comment didn't even exist, huh? Did you ever think about that?
I didn't know!
So now, if I went in and made a major security situation out of it, everybody steps in.
Administration steps in, and there are no exclusive rights for anybody; nobody wins!
What I like about Burke as a villain, is that he isn't some calculating evil genius. He is, to quote Futurama, A Monkey of medium intelligence who wears a suit. He's just some guy from company lower-middle management, with big aspirations of getting a key to the Executive Bathroom and figured this was his big chance to make it big, but has neither the authority, nor really the smarts to actually pull it off, so he's just winging it the whole time, often making a bad situation worse, not least for himself.
I didn't know that. And I saw this movie when it came out. I will say this, I never watched Mad About You because I hated Burke so much.
Viggo Mortensen broke his foot kicking the helmet
@@larsyxa Hey, give me some goddamn credit for The Aviator, alright?!
What is really tragic is the fact that that woman that got chest-bursted survived nearly as long as Newt. She only got captured maybe one or two days prior. I wonder if she and Newt knew each other.
In a Colony of only about 150 people, very likely. Even if they didn't know each other exactly, they were almost certainly familiar with one another. It's just too small a town for them not to
There is an official canon novel that details the happenings of Hadley’s Hope. It doesn’t say who the woman was, but it gives very detailed information on Newt, her family, and the members of the colony. It’s the third and final novel in a trilogy of books that are considered canon to the universe called Alien - River of Pain by Christopher Golden. I HIGHLY recommend this trilogy of books to any big fans of the franchise. Absolutely amazing reads
Can I just take a moment to give a ton of praise to whomever was in charge of maintaining continuity in the movie? Someone made a headcount of aliens dying, and came up with a number that was _really_ close to the number of colonists reported. That's damn good continuity for something very few people would even notice.
Plus the countdown at the end is real.
Yes. The actor who played Corporal Hicks also played Reese ( John Connor's father), in Terminator. And the woman who played Vasquez in Aliens also played John Connor's stepmother in Terminator 2.
Also the actor who played the Colony Mayor, played Captain Hollister in Red Dwarf and was the "Thirsty Cop" from The Fifth Element
Foster mother
She was also in "near dark" with Lance hendrickson.
He's the artificial person in this movie.
'Near Dark' is awesome. I've seen it 8 or 9 times
Affirmative. Great film, casting, lines, everything. Great reactions too.
Awesome movie indeed!!!
you dont say "affirmative" or some shit like that. you say "no problemo"!
@@TrippingHawk ok can I go now? 😀
@@ivansmith-x9o hasta la vista, baby
Hudson was played by Bill Paxton who also played one of the 3 punks in the beginning of The Terminator. Paxton is also in Predator 2 so has the distinction of being killed by a Terminator, a Predator, and a Xenomorph 😯😀
Paxton isn't killed in Terminator, just thrown against the gate.
Lance Henriksen thou, was shot by the Terminator, stabbed by a Predator (AvP), ripped in half by Xenonomorph
Let's not forget that Bill Paxton also played Carlos "The Jackal", a real Jason Bourne type spy, in True Lies!
At 48:30 .... QUEEN TAKES BISHOP!
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In deleted scenes, Bishop while crawling through the pipe encounters an alien who ignores him and keeps going. Ripley looking for Newt, sees Burke cocooned. Burke tells her he’s already got one growing inside him. Ripley gives Burke a grenade and continues looking for Newt. These scenes are somewhere on RUclips.
Omg I need to see all the deleted scenes!!! I wondered about the androids, so they really have no interest in them!
Bishop encountering an alien was never filmed, it was just a scene in an early script.
It was included in the book version that was based on the early script, so that might be what has generated this myth.
When Bishop is getting in the pipe, someone hands him a pistol. He just looks at it and immediately hands it to Hicks. That's when I knew Bishop was a good egg.
Yeah, I was like oh damn, but then the next shot made him look evil with that lighting 🤣
That, or Bishop had studied the aliens enough to know a little 9mm pistol would do somewhere between Jack and Sh@t against an alien
@@weldonwin No he can't hurt active anyone or anything. Using a weapon is against his behavior limiter. The Alien Trilogy books from Alan Dean Foster are a really good addition to the movies. He even makes Alien3 logically working, wich was huge in my book. Pun intended.
Fun Facts Time: No fewer than four members of the cast of Aliens (Counting the special edition) were all voice actors on Starfleet, a British produced English language dub of a Japanese sci-fi marionet series that ran in the UK through 1980-81. Mark Rolston, who played Drake (The big, gruff blonde marine), played the pudgy comic relief character. The full series is available to watch on RUclips if anyone is interested and Brian Ferry, the lead guitarist from Queen, produced a rock album inspired by the series, as a collaboration with rock legend Eddie VanHalen.
The X-Bomber one? That is one of my fav british childhood series of all time!!
OMG you are right! ruclips.net/video/p8Tfi_3bmpk/видео.html
@@JimsScience Yeah, that's the one
Other than killing them with weapons the xenomorphs are virtually immortal. They can live in the vacuum of space, they just go dormant when there isn't anyone around to impregnate. The lore is quite extensive between films, novels and comics. There is an alien queen mother said to be thousands of years old, and over 50 feet long.
Another thing is that while the IQ of the average xenomorph drone is not much higher than that of a dog, a xenomorph queen has an IQ over 290.
I love how in the video games, pretty universally - you never fight the queen. You always run from it. I think it keeps the fight between Ripley and the queen somewhat special.
Yeah I’d take one look and run, Riley is so BA
@@NiaMakiReactseasiest NOPE in cinema 🤣🤣🤣
Unless it's Rebellion's AvP games series, where in the second one you Light up the Empress, this massive evolved Alien Queen
AVP on Atari jaguar 1994 you fight the queen :-}
Three of these actors are also in "Near Dark." Jenette Goldstein(Vasquez), Lance Henrickson(Bishop), and Bill Paxton(Hudson) all worked together again in that excellent vampire movie.
Lessons from Aliens: If you have a good reason for telling people to do something that sounds stupid and time allows (like not using guns in a war), you should mention them. Even if you never smoke, always carry a lighter. Never trust a corpo.
20:30 I just commented on one of your videos about how I absolutely LOOOOVE your intuition!!! And this part here is an example of that. YES!!! that's exactly why they assigned him. They know that this mission would more than likely fail, allowing for Burke to sneak an embryo in stasis, and back to earth. I swear, your movie IQ is like seriously off the charts. :D
This is what gets me when people say that guys don’t like strong female characters. I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t love Ripley, man or woman. She’s awesome! She’s a badass but her vulnerability is what helps us identify with her. Ripley is no Mary Sue. She’s scared to death, but ultimately faces her fears and comes out on top by the skin of her teeth. That’s her strength. We should all aspire to have her force of will.
We don't like "strong female characters" that don't earn it. Ellen Ripley, Vasquez and Sarah Conner all earned it.
It's the writing (and the fact that Weaver acts the absolute hell out of it), but if the writing and the character arc is as good as this nobody gives a fak if it's a male or female.
@@Jayskiallthewayski James Cameron has stated multiple times that he loves to write strong female characters. It's kinda his forte.
There’s an excellent in-depth character analysis of here here in YT.
There may be certain men who feel threatened by strong women, but I think (or at least hope) this is mostly about not liking bad writing. Portraying strong women seems to be more difficult for writers? It takes more than bravado and muscles, which often seems to be enough for male "heroes". Audiences expect more from female protagonists. At least that's my impression.
And they all lived happily ever after.
until Alien 3 ughhhh
Re: Hicks asleep during the drop: Experienced soldiers/Marines catch a nap whenever possible during operations. Some of them can sleep through damn near anything.
Also, of course Gorman is inexperienced and has only done one previous combat drop. He's a Lieutenant, the lowest grade of commissioned officer. He'd normally just be one of several LT's on a mission, with a Captain above them to keep them in line. It's very unusual for a LT to be running an entire mission by himself.
Great reaction, you're very empathetic and intuitive about what will happen
When Ripley was in the hospital bed and Burke said "I work for the company", that look you gave summed it up :D
Hah, had a chuckle out loud moment: 'I woulda been waitin' in the back, practicin' my moves for when I meet that alien.'
Turns out, Ripley *was* practicing her moves for when she met that alien:)
Great reaction to this sci fi classic/ masterpiece
There is a cut scene from this you can find if you scour the internet. While looking for Newt in the reactor, Ripley is suddenly grabbed by something to find Burke trapped to the wall. He essentially says something like "Ripely, oh god I can feel it! It's inside me! Help me!! " so she gives him one of the explosives and moves on. The next you hear is a muffled explosion.
I love that bard comment when they took their mags 😂
27:26 Classic line! 😂💪
The guy who played Frosty also played Boggs in Shawshank Redemption. He was the 'sister' that the guard Hadley crippled for harrassing Andy.
"Not bad for a human" is a callback to "Empire Strikes Back" when C3P0 says something similar about Luke. "He's quite clever, you know...for a human being". I guess Ripley ended up being Cameron's answer to the Jedi.
Awwwwwww damn I didn’t catch that reference
Ripley should have replied "and not half-bad for an android" lol
22:12 Naw. There's a breed of wasps that paralyze caterpillars and spiders, and lay eggs in their bodies. When the larva emerges, it has a ready made food supply.
This bug, I think, inspired the makers of the first film. Also, in 1975, there was a Doctor Who story called "The Ark in Space" when is quite similar to "Aliens" in some ways, and Tom Baker's 2nd aired story.
Tarantula Hawk Wasp. Absolutely brutal.
Regarding your comment about “do you know how heavy a child like that is?”… they had a dummy of Newt that was sewn into Ripley’s outfit so Sigourney Weaver could run around unencumbered.
Ripley made two mistakes in the Nest. First she destroyed the Queen's egg laying apparatus which made it easier for her to get up and chase. Second, she pressed up on both elevators giving the Queen an easy way to follow.
Those aren't really "mistakes" as they were the proper courses of action in those situations. Ripley has no way of knowing the egg tube thing is detachable, plus, firing a particular weapon for the first time, you should indeed go for the large and obviously 'soft' target. And with no way of knowing which elevator is closer, or even still functional, it should be obvious to press both buttons.
@@HeatRaver Three mistakes. One that was easily foreseeable. She used all her ammo in a rage.
I've watched quite a few Aliens reactions (because I love the film, not weird; and because I like watching media reactions, which I once thought was weird but apparently *looks around* isn't so weird), and you're the first person I've watched that catches things like 'at that time' during Ripley's debrief by Weyland-Yutani corpos. I look forward to more of your reactions:)
"Practicing my moves for when I meet that Alien." Funny you should mention that in regards to the loader....
*Pictures a Xenomorph sipping coffee, nibbling on a scone or a doughnut, and looks out the window of the colony, seeing the dropship arriving*
Xenomorph: -in a posh accent- Oh, I say there, whatever could that spacecraft be. *sees the Marines* Oh, my. I better go alert the Queen that we have visitors.....OH MUMSEY!!!!!
ALIENS (1986) MOVIE IS ALL TIME CLASSIC
The cat was taken to the shelter when Ripley left and since 57 years had passed no one who Ripley knew adopted him, he was put down.
Arguably the BEST sequel of ALL-TIME...right next to T2.
Vasquez = Jeannette Goldstein = John Connor's mom in T2
Hudson = Bill Paxton = one of the top character actors of the 90s
Hicks = Michael Biehn = John Connor in the Terminator
Great reaction...🤗😉😊😳
Enjoyable, insightful reaction. Thanks.
The space mushroom line is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in a reaction. 😂
The first one and the first movies did the director cut for alien that just showed a scene with Captain Dallas and Brett being turned into eggs called egg morphine. Because of the time there was only one alien so it was trying to make more from what I understand but we never really understand more past that because in this one there's more explanations
Haha you got me helping her with nightmares like space mushrooms :D
11:16 Forgot the actor's name, but he was in the first Terminator movie. John Carter's father
The director's cut really better sets up the touching moment when Newt calls Ripley "mommy".
Nah it trashed ripley’s character by making her a terrible mom who abandons her own kid to travel far away, and then makes her connection with Newt seem creepy, because it seems more about her own grief than the kid’s needs.
Instead of heroically protecting an innocent, vulnerable kid she happens to form a bond with, she’s an unstable, selfish, terrible parent glomming onto the first kid she finds.
There are some good things in the special edition, but I’m always relieved when people watch the theatrical version first, because the director’s cut ruins her entirely, and you can’t unsee it. I will never understand why people think the “explanation” improves anything.
@@miriam8376 That's all your own negative
assumptions. We have no idea about her circumstances, such as the economics of the society she lives in and what choices she had available.
48:08 My man Bishop! 🙏🏽💪
Super reaction. Thanks.
Corporal Hicks was Kyle Reese in Terminator, Bishop was a cop & the whiny soldier (Bill Paxton) was one of the punks at the beginning of the movie.
Gotta do part 3 now. But stop there.
Great job on the editing
LOL, the Aliens were literarily "JUST... having morning coffee" when we showed up! I think some of them had just literarily JUST discovered coffee 😅
And donuts!
Yes, both Hicks and Hudson were from Terminator. It's a James Cameron film afterall.
Vasquez also played John Connor's foster mom interminator 2
27:56 Amen! 🙏🏽💪
Game over, man! Game over!!!
You should react to The Thing (1982). It’s infinitely more terrifying than ALIEN. 👍🏻
yes i think the same! truly and amazing film, i remember being paranoid as hell after i first saw it. everything could be the thing at that point and it can slip through cracks in doors i was baked 🤣🤣
35:56 I know right
Hicks was Kyle Reese in Terminator, Hudson was one of the punks the Terminator fought at the beginning of the movie, Bishop was one of the cops who were killed in the police station and Vasquez was the foster mom in T2.
That's quite a lot when you string it all together like that.
Omg, well damn here I just barely recognized Hicks 😂 that’s quick a lot of familiar faces
still might be my favorite movie of all time
It's one of my all time favorites, too. But Jaws is firmly at #1.
It's up there. Definitely top ten.
This was great and had all the feels but looking back I’m like, I really liked 1 too…
you're right, quite a few of the actors are in terminator 1 and 2: lance henriksen, michael bean, bill paxton, janet goldstein. henriksen is even in one of the predator movies. alien and predator exist in the same universe, so there's a reason the face of bishop to look like this!
I saw this in the theater on a big screen in Dolby surround sound on two hits of Mescaline... Can you imagine?!
It's a big company with operations across many worlds. It is unclear from the film if anyone in that inquest hearing knew about the reason the Nostromo was diverted, although it's entirely possible. During the previous half-century LV426 was likely selected for colonization independent of the classified information about the ship that crashed there. Burke appears to have done some digging, and connected the dots after Ripley's testimony in the hearing. He then sent the colonists to check the ship, resulting in the loss of contact, which he then used as the pretext for the mission.
8:48 Bless her! 🙏🏽
38:01 In the films, the Xenomorph show a reasoning intelligence. They can understand concepts such as buttons, switches, elevators, doors, on/off, etc. With heads SO large, the Xenomporphs must have SOMETHING in them, you know. Just because they do not build Wal-Marts or nuclear bombs does not mean they are dumb, on the contrary....THEY were the ones to attack from both above from the ceiling, and below from the floor. It was the HUMANS that were demonstrating two dimensional thinking.
5:22 From my understanding, unless I'm remembering incorrectly, the Company didn't really know about the xenomorphs per-say at this point in the movie. It's a long story filled with spoilers for future movies, but the shortened spoiler-free version is that Weyland-Yutani (The Company) knew that there was something out there, something alien. However, seeing how they really had no idea where to look or even what they were looking for, the Company basically put that Special Order out to ensure if a ship/crew on their payroll found something that it'd be brought back. This is also why it was in the contracts of the Nostromo crew that if they come across a transmission from possibly intelligent life, they have to check it out or risk losing their pay for the run.
I had such a giant crush on Bishop when I was a kid
50:58 Now this, puts a smile on my face 😌
They didn't know the coordinates of where the ship was tell Ripley woke up and told them they didn't know the planet was too big so they never found the ship until it was later this guy when Ripley woke up and she told them all in the meeting. She explained where the coordinates were.
In the Theatrical cut you would have missed the scene where Newt's family finds the alien ship, goes in and then comes back with a face hugger attached to her father's face. Also the initial scene of the Hadley's Hope colony is missing, also the scene where Ripley learns that her daughter has passed away while she slept for 57 years, and also all scenes with the sentry guns that they set up to defend against the aliens are missing as well.
41:24 Ahh, so you saw Jaws, then? XD
25:41 Exactly!!!! 😂💪
Dope reaction! You got some good videos! You gotta continue with ALIEN 3 🙏🏽
Loved your reaction ! alien aliens and John carpenters the thing are my 3 favorite movies of all time .
"Are they really ok?"
Yes. Yes they are. Sadly there were no sequels. There Were No Sequels. So they're fine.
This! Proceed ahead at your own peril and mental well-being. David Fincher is STILL dealing with the trauma.
Read earth war volumes 1and 2, first editions. Newt and Hicks are the main characters 10 years later. After 3 was announced, the names were changed to Welks and Billie, but it's Hicks and Newt.
Let people make their own decisions. Without giving spoilers, I was not particularly happy with what happened in 3, but I can still acknowledge it was a decent movie. Most reactions I have seen from those watching 3 have been positive as well. I think 4 was a lot worse, much too campy, and not a very good story. I still would not tell a person not to watch it based on my own subjective opinion of the movie. If I am asked if I think they are good, I would say not in any way close to as good as Alien and Aliens. But they can still be entertaining. Three actually has some good scenes and cinematography with the setting.
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I am NOT trying to change your opinion of the sequels. As I said, I have my own issues with them. But I also would not suggest a person not watch them and form their own opinion. Plus it has Charles S. Dutton and Charles Dance, I thought they did an amazing acting job.
THERE WERE NO OTHER SEQUELS
@@onegemini420 4 was proto firefly
I love your "movie smarts" so many people, yes i mean girls" have no movie smarts, but you really do understand sci fi!!
man i miss movies that had characters you cared about , still after 38 years later . I saw Romulus and only one i remembered or cared about afterwards was Ash ( Rook ) from Alien lol
42:28 Yikes! 😭😂
12:05 Understandable! 😂💪
8:00 Exactly! 😂
Is he from Terminator? About 3 of them are at least. Reese, Bill Paxton was the punk in the beginning- killed by Arnold. And Bishop actor was one of the detectives- also killed by Arnie.
14:45 Yikes! That would be interesting 😂
44:50 There's the Queen Xenomorph! 👀
I really wish that Bruke's death would have stayed in the movie just like it did in the comic book.
"Is he from Terminator?"
Yep. Michael Biehn played Kyle Reese in T1 (and T2 Directors Cut). He's also in another Cameron film, The Abyss, which is amazing if you haven't seen that yet...highly suggest it.
I haven’t heard of the abyss, I’ll have to check it out!
@@NiaMakiReacts Like T2 and Aliens, the Abyss has both a Theatrical Cut and a longer Director's Cut. Both are good. Your choice. But there are probably some rabid fans on either side of the preference.
49:14 My woman Ripley! 🙏🏽💪
Lol, space mushrooms 😂
26:56 Salutations 👀
48:20 But wait, there's more! 👀
Three of the actors in this were in "The Terminator." Michael Biehn(Corporal Hicks) was Kyle Reese. Lance Henrickson(Bishop) was one of the cops. Bill Paxton(Hudson) eas one of the punks the terminator demanded clothes from.
This film's theatrical release omitted any mention of Ripley's daughter.
The theatrical cut doesn’t include what happened to Ripley’s daughter while she was gone. Keeping it in adds a lot of subtext to her interactions with Newt
Actually, IIRC in the theatrical version Ripley tells Newt she used to have a daughter (but doesn't anymore), and without the added scene from the DC it's implied that Ripley's daughter died when she was still a kid. As sad as the DC version is, at least Ripley's daughter had a full life, we can assume, even if she was only 66 when she died. Ripley losing her daughter when she was roughly the same age as a Newt is infinitely more heartbreaking. It also explains why Ripley, a woman with strong maternal instincts, as we can se in her care for Newt, would take a job that forces her to be away from her child for months or possibly years at a time (as crew member of a space freighter) - it's because her daughter had already died when she signed up.
I hate it so much. Totally unnecessary to add a daughter.
Regarding the how hard it is to hold a child a run, they actually had to make a fake newt model for that reason 😊
Great reaction. End it here. And go straight to Prometheus and then Alien Romulus. 👍🏾
35:00 Uh oh 👀
7:28 The shenanigans are about to begin 👀
Did you notice that the marine that was flirting with Ripley was Reece from Terminator
I thought it was but I wasn’t entirely sure 😂
@@NiaMakiReacts Yeah and "Bishop" the android was the lieutenant at the police department that was trying to save Sarah (Lance Henricksen)
@@periechontology And "Hudson" was one of the punks in the beginning that the Terminator demanded clothes from.
18:14 🙏🏽
22:32 Let the games begin
32:40 😂
@ 48:24 : Queen takes Bishop (heheheh)
44:49 You definitely don't wanna see a termite queen, then.
“Y’all don’t wanna put on a jacket? Looks Kinda cold out there” looool the most woman statement ever
12:40 🙏🏽💪