Apparently he fell from grace in hollywood because he could be hard to work with, had a tendency to try to tell directors what to change in their scripts and how to shoot the movie and he wasn't charismatic enough to be and A-lister. To me, Terminator and Aliens wouldn't be as great as they are without him.
He's one of those actors who you wanted to see more of in movies. He's a great evil villain in Tombstone. Sympathetic antagonist in The Abyss. And he's great when he's playing the hero. I wish we had more of him over the years.
Michael J Fox was the first choice to play Marty. He was unavailable so Eric Stoltz was hired. They didn't like Stoltz's Marty, too serious. They begged Fox and the producer of Family Ties let take the roll over. I'm not sure for how long, but Fox was filming Family Ties 8 -10 hours. Then jump in a waiting car and off to the set of B2F and film another 10 hours. Sleeping when he was able.
To be fair BTTF was the only one saved by the recast (and Michael J. Fox was always their first option). Both LotR and Aliens are probably better movies with the change, but I am pretty sure they would both had been pretty amazing movies still.
So many good lines in this movie; I loved hearing them again for the 30th Anniversary. "Why don't you put her in charge?!" "You look like I feel." Too bad they didn't play the extended version with the machine guns and other scenes, like Ripley losing her daughter, and Dwayne and Helen exchanging first names.
Hicks, Newt and Bishop were such fantastic characters, and each of them had their own unique chemistry with Ripley. After all this time, I still can't wrap my head around the sheer stupidity of killing them off. All I can do is view it the same way I view Terminator: There were only ever two (utterly fantastic) films in the series. The others simply don't exist!
Definitely one of the greatest sequels of all time, along with _Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, The Godfather Part 2, and _Avengers: Infinity War,_ though people say that number 3 doesn't count as a sequel.
Killing off Newt and Hicks off screen wounded this franchise big time, I remember watching Alien 3 and losing a lot of interest when it confirmed they were killed.
It's funny how studios are still making that same mistake today, killing a character off screen is very lazy in my opinion. Look at Doctor Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, killed off screen in Alien Covenant.
They also made Ripley a weird whore who would have sex with an ex con and then not hold any grudges after being nearly raped by the convicts on this prison planet. They had nothing while Cameron seemed to have mapped out everything about Ellen Ripley. He gave us what is arguably the greatest action heroine ever put to film.
@@TheZachary86 I've heard about what happened, studio interference, not trusting a young unproven director. There's apparently a different cut of the film where the Alien actually comes out of an Ox & not a dog but I've never seen this version. I think the decision to kill off Newt & Hicks was a terrible one, audiences hating the film in the first few seconds. I myself will NEVER watch Terminator Dark Fate for killing off John Conner in the opening seconds of the film. Not only did they kill the character, they killed the franchise in doing that.
Kyle Reese, Col Hicks, and Johnny Ringo. Michael played 3 of the most memorable characters in 3 of the most timeless films in modern cinema. All in like 10 years. Gifted actor.
Don’t forget “The Abyss”… another James Cameron classic that also included Biehn… as a soldier lol (bad guy this time though and he still killed it). Def one of my favourite actors.
Remar has basically said he fucked up, and that Cameron was right in firing him in that situation, he's never bad blooded either Cameron or the film itself. And that's class...
The same thing happened to Charlie Heaton of Stranger Things but in the opposite direction, he was found with drugs on him in the US so was sent home to the UK and it was looking like it was going to cause problems for the show but somehow they fixed it. In the US money talks so the studio likely greased some palms to get his visa returned to him and then kicked him up the arse for the trouble he caused.
Making a mistake is one thing, not taking responsibility and learning from it is another. I always find comfort in the stories where people do grow from their experiences 🙂
I’m glad Biehn got the role but it would’ve been really interesting to see Remar playing Hicks. I’ve always enjoyed seeing him in other films like The Dream Team, Judge Dredd and Dexter.
Michael Biehn is a family friend. Both our families live in Arizona, and I've worked with his wife on a film shot at Old Tucson. I was so excited a few years ago, when he started posting news of an Alien sequel that was going to retcon Alien 3, and have Hicks return. Alas, nothing came of that. I loved his role in Aliens, but sadly it seems as if we'll have to cherish all the more the one Alien film with him in it.
I was excited about that when I first heard about it, too! The obvious sequel to Aliens was stepping up the threat. Instead of a town full of xenomorphs, a whole planet of them. Hicks and Ripley make it back, Hicks leaves the Marines, Ripley clears her name, and they retire to some colony where they raise Newt as their own daughter. Until... It's still not too late to make that movie, really. It could even be a "passing the torch" film, with someone else taking over the franchise. Newt, I assume, would take over as the main character. And, perhaps, she's taken on a personal vendetta against "The Corporation" and exterminating the xenomorphs wherever they're found. Scott's insistence that the xenomorphs should be indigenous to LV-426 with his prequel movies really ruined them. The whole point of finding them on a crashed space ship is that they could pop up literally anywhere.
He played in a bunch of alien games!!! The story was they woke him up to help them take over an over run base. They put a fake dead body in the alien 3 escape ship. He got paid pretty well for them too. And I think a few audio comic/novel books. I know that they want him in future comic/action novels and future spin offs.
Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton tend to bring a certain authenticity to any movie they're in which acts like a kind of glue holding the movie together. The fact that they both star in Aliens, and it being one of the most celebrated sci-fi movies of all time, is no coincidence. I cannot imagine this movie becoming such a classic without them. Shout-out to Lance Henriksen who I would put in a similar tier as the previously mentioned gentlemen and of course Sigourney Weaver who freaked it as Ripley. Aliens easily makes it into my top 10 movies of all time.
Nope. It was perfect! Remember in the previous movies they said the xenomorph was the ultimate killer, the perfect specimen. By having them escape it reduces the xenomorph to just an animal you can escape from. By killing them, it proves how bad the xenomorphs are and that if you ever come across one, you WILL die. It was a great move that really drove home how dangerous the xenomorphs are.
I remember crying when I found out and feeling nauseous the first time I watched Alien 3. I felt ill when watching Resurrection too when her baby was sucked through the hole in the window too, so I think they got what they were aiming for in 3.
@@LastNameTom I agree, it's not something you can get away from easily. Almost like the Queen said, I may die, but here's a little suprise for you (leaving the egg). It's a persistent organism!
@@fordprefect4728 And he almost played a soldier again. Cameron originally wanted Biehn to play the evil Colonel in Avatar but eventually decided it would be too much like an Aliens reunion.
@@judsongaiden9878 Yah, Reese conveys the vibe that he grew up as a hunted animal that eventually learned to fight back. Perfect for someone from the post apocalyptic future of Terminator.
@@schwegburt3002 Every time he shoots or throws a pipe bomb at the Terminator, you can see the pure justified hate on his face as well as raw determination.
the 1 thing i would have changed in aliens was to have sarg. apone and frost to survive the first encounter with the aliens. killed off in a second encounter then proceed with the original storyline.
Michael Biehn elevates every movie he's in. He is the "everyman hero" or villain, that as a viewer, you immediately connect with. Incredibly underrated.
@@SophiaPerpetuahe was Johnny Ringo, a member of the Cowboys, in Tombstone. He was second to Curly Bill Brosius, and almost as good with a gun as Doc Holiday. He was a stone killer.
He's a jerk in person I met him at a convention a few years ago a lady in front of me asked him about a scene he said how am I supposed to remember that I did a lot of things after aliens you know signed her photo and basically threw it at her. I called him an a****** and walked out of line
Aliens 3 fails because it opens up with everyone being dead. Hicks , Bishop, Newt are dead, Ripley is infected by an alien, and will be dead, she goes to A maximum security prison where everyone sentenced to life - or until death. The story has no place to go. In addition, the premise is completely unbelievable, there's no way possible an alien egg could have been aboard Ripley's ship.
The worst mistake that movie does is being so, so boring. They could have really worked the grief angle, or made the characters have some depth to them ...I literally can't remember a single one except Ripley and I saw it a few times on cable
Jenette Elise Goldstein, "Private Vasquez," has virtually the same line, and just as good, in Presidio, 1988, just before her character is killed, at the start of the movie. as I remember it, a male member of the Army offers to keep her warm, just as she's about to go out on patrol, but she says that she has her coat, but the soldier says, "that's no subtitute for a man," and she responds, "neither are you."
Ellen Ripley is one of the greatest characters of any film ever, let alone a female lead. Incredible performance by Ms. Weaver and the whole cast and crew. ❤️
I'll never forget the first time I saw the movie. When the door slid open to show Ripley in the mechanical mover, and the camera zoomed on her face as she growls "Get away from her YOU BITCH!", the audience went absolutely nuts: men, women, boys, girls, you name it, they were cheering for her.
I liked Alien 3. It was a different genre (same as Aliens was compared to Alien) and it was a good movie. I didn't have any expectations when I saw it for the first time and I liked it very much. The assembly cut is even better.
Killing off Newt and Hicks at the beginning of Alien 3 is unforgivable. Edit- I forgive them because God says I must forgive. And those who do not forgive cannot not expect forgiveness. But, mannnnn. It still hurt!
I was in a huge theater in Westwood, CA for the premiere of Aliens. We all new what the alien was going to look like and do, but the tension in the audience waiting for it to appear was truly palpable. When we just knew that moment was getting close, Hicks says to Ripley "Are you scared?" Suddenly, someone in the audience yells out "We're all scared!" The audience lost it. It was the comic relief for the fear we all felt! Lol! Btw...Michael Biehn was the perfect actor for the role. Ok. For any role he's put into.
The fan story I liked was someone saying there were marines in the audience with them who were loud and whooping, until the aliens cut down the space marines. Then he said they were quiet for the rest of the film.
Cameron has a John Ford-ish tendency to stick with the same crew of actors. Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Jeanette Goldstein, and Sigourney Weaver among others have appeared in unrelated Cameron movies.
You raise a good point about Biehn's performance in Terminator, Hicks could have so easily become a Reese copy, but damn those subtle differences are there.
@@joehart6051 That's part of it, sure. Whilst they're similar Hicks had what could be considered a relatively normal life. He'd have a childhood, teen years, etc. Reese didn't have that, he has only known survival and to always be on guard. You can see it how both characters interact with others, Reese has this weird detachment because he's never experienced the world as it is in the past, he's never had to socialise, develop people skills, he's only known how to survive like an animal in the wild, Sarah brings him out of his shell so to speak. Hicks on the other hand is able to form connections with Newt and Ripley easily, his scene showing Ripley how to fire the gun is delicately done, shows a side to Hicks that Reese didn't have. I really have come to appreciate how good an actor Biehn actually is.
To add to this discussion, it's neat to also contrast these 'good guy' performances with his bad guy turns in The Abyss and Tombstone. He's playing a psychopath in both, but just like here his psychopathy is very different in those roles. In The Abyss he is clearly just going insane, whereas in Tombstone he is comfortable being crazy.
I remember sitting down to watch Alien 3 in the movie theater. The second I learned what the Alien 3 scriptwriters did to Reese and Newt, I cursed, loudly, and got up and walked out. Over half of the theater followed me. It was surreal, but in that moment, we were all connected by our love for James Cameron’s Aliens and our contempt for what the Alien 3 writers did to two of its most beloved characters.
@@Hawthorne-StudiosIt probably wouldn't have been a good movie with them in it,people would just say it's not as good as Aliens.Hicks and Newt where thrown in the molten lead because they couldn't make a good story by bringing them back.
Ripley is the way to do female hero characters. Yeah, she's a badass, but her character arc of overcoming her traumatic experiences on Nostromo, fighting through her emotional baggage, learning, and growing into a leader is awesome.
@@LastNameTom Yeah, I was just going to reply to Spark that Alien3 also gets better every time you watch it, each Alien movie has its own merits, for me the third one gives a sense of dread not found in the first or second due to how bleak Fiorina 161 is and how not everyone is happy to have Ripley there. Not to mention some of the cinematography is just outstanding.
I never felt more hurt or betrayed then when I left the theatre after Aliens 3. The franchise has never recovered, despite how good it's zombie corpse might look.
I appreciate you mentioning Terminator as a horror movie, it’s often forgot just how much of a slasher film it is. Same with Aliens being forgotten as a horror and regarded as a sci fi action action thriller. Predator is another film that people forget all about its horror elements.
Not just that. Whenever I call Terminator a slasher film, people tend to be completely flabbergasted, as if I've said something sacriligious. It's just the film at face value, pals.
None of these movies are Horror movies, because Horror movies suck. These movies have nothing in common with Freddy or Jason and other similar garbage. Alien, Terminator, and Predator may have some scary scenes in it, but they also have guns and that doesn't make them War movies, they also have jokes and that doesn't make them Comedies. So sick of Horror movie fans trying to claim these films in their favorite genre.
It's very strange that Aliens did so well that they decided to kill off 2 main characters at the start of Alien 3. Whoever decided on that direction killed the Alien franchise as not 1 movie since Aliens has been decent.
Thank god for fate, with respects to Remar, Hicks was such a massive part of Aliens. The chemistry with Ripley was perfectly put across without feeling forced or like it took away from the story. Totally agree that writing off Hicks & Newt, to get back to Ripley against the odds did deflate the growth Aliens had made to the classic franchise. Ripley was such a badass but it was good to see her connect with those around her.
He was PERFECT for the role of Cpl. Hicks. Looking back I can't imagine anyone else playing him with such authenticity. Cameron played it smart, hiring a man that he knew he could count on, as well as knowing that Biehn had to go through weapons training for the Terminator film, saving a lot of hassle. The rest of the crew had to undergo a rigourous training regimen laid down by UKSF, and Biehn was brought on after that.
I remember watching Aliens with my now ex because we were prepping for Prometheus and I was like you need to watch at least the first two lol. My proudest moment was when Hicks peaked his head up in the ceiling and saw the aliens crawling toward camera. She freaked out. I was so happy. Lol
One of my most beloved & rewatched sci-fi horror movies of all time perfected by replacing James Remar with Michael Biehn😂. This movie had everything you could ask for; wildly entertaining story, great dialogues, a genius film director, perfectly cast characters in movie history. Wish there were more movies like this..
Don't forget about the awesome visual effects which remain very impressive today because they feel real. That Alien queen is one badass and scary creature. How the crew managed to pull of the fact that she performs as if she was real is pure artistry and engineering talent. And there is James Horner's suspenseful and exciting score. Aliens is my favorite film ever.
I recently watched this movie for the first time in my life. Im 28, and I was completely amazed of how good the visuals and the story were compared to the 1. I had a lot of emotions during the film, James Cameron makes masterpieces!
@@federicomartinez9198 You make me envious of your first watch of Aliens. I can still remember mine from about 30 years ago (I'm now 47), it was the best and most awesome movie I saw back then and has remained that until now. The blend of Sci-fi horror action has never been bettered IMO. Cameron is a superb director, having made some of my most beloved films, but Aliens will always be number 1.
I used to watch Aliens everyday during summer vacation on the living room couch and every day different family members used to sit down and watch it with me. Nobody ever complained.
@@MultiDarkElfEven though with today technology, modern CGI, and all the AI they put in modern films. They didn't even produced me 5% of the nerve-breaking action this one gave me! Thank you a lot for sharing your story! I'll be sure to make my son (when i got one) it too!
The William Gibson script for Alien 3 focused on Hicks and Newt... It was REALLY good, and such a shame it was scrapped for the Alien III that we ended up with.. :(
@@jimh472 The studio didn't want to pony up the cash, went with low-cost, low tech crap. God I hated the 90s, it was generally shit for sci-fit movies.
That honestly would have been the better way to go if you ask me. Instead of ruining Ripley’s perfect ending and closure, they should have just continued with Hicks on his marine tour if they really wanted to continue the franchise. On the way, he could have encountered more Xenomorphs or even other deadly species of aliens instead, given that the series is called Alien so it doesn’t have to be specific to one species. Heck, one of the early unused drafts of Alien 3’s script even toyed with the idea of following Hicks as the lead instead. Ripley’s arc was done, bringing her back in any capacity would have almost certainly detracted from her journey in Aliens.
@@windowsVD Yeah, they should've went with William Gibson's unused screenplay for Alien 3 where Hicks and Bishop were the main character leads but they went instead with continuing Ripley's story as the lead. Gibson's Alien 3 was adapted as a comic book/graphic novel run along with audiobook on Audible with Michael Biehn and Lance Henricksen reprising their respective roles. It's worth a listen!
Michael Biehn has always been a favorite of mine. As a 9 year old girl, I saw Aliens for the first time in 1987. He was my first "celebrity crush" and Aliens immediately became my favorite movie, and has kept it's #1 spot in my heart for 37 years. The film is amazing, and Beihn had a huge roll to play in that for me. In my late teens, early 20's I began collecting Biehns films. I already had the obvious ones (Aliens, Terminator, The Abyss, Tombstone, Navy Seals, The Rock), so it was a quest to procure the less obvious. I was so excited in 97 when I saw he had a TV show about to air, and regardless of it's occassional cheese, The Magnificent Seven's 2 seasons are still much beloved by me. I've never given a damn about celebs, or meeting celebs, but Michael is the only one I would have loved to meet, shake his hand, and tell him how much his performances meant to me throughout my life. Never got that chance, but I hope he knows how much he has been appreciated by so many. Cheers, Mr. Biehn. You are an icon for so many. We have loved your work for decades, and are lucky to have had you fill so many amazing rolls. You weren't appreciated enough by the industry, but you were by the fans. The 1.5 million views of this video, and the comments section proves that in spades. We only wish we'd had more. "It's game time."
the thing that always struck me about Michael Biehn is that he always came off as imperfect, whilst simultaneously harbouring a kind, caring heart. this struck me as being convincingly and compellingly fatherly, and heroic. in no way casting a negative light on James Remar's work, i'd still ask for Biehn to be my dad any day before i'd ask for Remar.
I always liked the Idea that Alien 3 should have been a passing of the touch movie where by the end of the film a somehow older Newt becomes the hero of the franchise taking the mantle from Ripley I think it would have had more longevity overall if they had done something like that with it but alas they did not
Yep. I remember how they served refreshment wipes labelled "After Aliens" at the cinema entrance and during the show they levelled up the amps .... in the shuttle sequence you had to protect your ears as it truly sounded like an engines on passenger plane 15 meters away. Back then that movie truly kicked ass.
Hicks is one of my favorite movie characters of all time. I was incredibly disappointed when he was confirmed dead and almost didn’t bother to watch the rest of #3.
Being ex-military makes me appreciate Aliens even more. The Space Marines were well done and realistic. They got alot of the little details right (movement, banter, tactics, equipment, etc). Maybe not "perfect", but surprisingly well done. You'd be surprised at how so many movies get the military wrong - ESPECIALLY sci-fi movies. This is one of the few that does it in a realistic and believable manner.
Cameron hated that people liked the Colonial Marines so much that he had to make the military look like buffoons in Avatar and despite his efforts, yet again, the Colonel turned out to be the best character in the movie. Cameron's another coastal "elite" who doesn't like everyday meat and potatoes Americans who do all the heavy lifting.
Great vid, thanks. Another forgotten aspect of this movie is how awesome Vasquez is. In a time when studios are struggling to create believable female characters, they have the superbly written and acted Ripley, Vasquez, Dietrich and Ferro as models. They were all very believable (and I spent 20 years in the regular army) but Vasquez stood out IMO.
How can you mention James Remar and his works, yet fail to mention his most important contribution to cinema? His casting as Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
Love all the little details Cameron puts into his characters. Like how Hicks falls asleep during the drop scene, lol. "Somebody wake up Hicks" always cracks me up even though it's such a trivial thing. But it kind of reminds me of real military life, how you have to try to catch some sleep any chance you get, haha.
Never stand when you can lean. Never lean when you can sit down. Never sit down if you can sleep. - Lessons my grandfather told me were universal in military service.
Aliens is how you write a strong female character, it is completely believable for her character to make the strong choices she does in the film, love how hicks supports her
For those of you disappointed by the deaths of Hicks and Newt; in 1988 Dark Horse comics ran a continuation of the ALIENS storyline with them cast front and center. Ripley, however, does not show up until volume 2. I warn you, the story takes a VERY dark turn regarding their stories after the movie ends. Also, the comics are fairly expensive to get physical copies. Luckily I have the entire first print runs of volumes 1-3.
Dark Horse made the sequel the studio should of. I remember those comics at the old Newark Newsstand on Main street when I was at U of Delaware (theatre major, ironically). When they came out with Alien vs Predator, I thought "this is the movie they should make!" Over 20 years later, they did (sort of)...
Unfortunately, after Aliens 3, DH retconned the names of the two main characters in the collected editions. The story loses a lot of its impact if it's not about Newt and Hicks. They also colored it, which never looks quite right on art that was originally b&w. That original run of the single issues is priceless. I had it, but my former best friend lost my issue #1.
Dark Horse (or someone else) also made comic versions of William Gibson's Alien 3 script and Dan O'Bannon's original script to Alien for those interested.
The latest reprint of the collected edition restores Newt and Hicks. Look for the "Marvel Epic Collection" reprint. It came out within the last year. (yeah it's weird how later reprints are by different comic companies. They're doing Star Wars too now that Disney owns both Marvel and Star Wars)
As a fan of both Remar and Biehn Im glad Michael Biehn ended up with this role. James Remar has never given off that image of the guy you can fall in love with. He was always the angry loner.
To this day I can't believe that Michael Biehn didn't become as huge as Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sigourney Weaver to me he is as important part as James Cameron was to these 2 films. I can't see anyone else doing this role as Michael did it, he just add so much vulnerability in such a human and badasses characters as Hicks and Kyle, he was the JOHN MCCLAIN before Die Hard even happened and is a shame he remain underrated, the man is a hero to me and I wish Alien 3 keep him and Newt alive.
I worked with Jimmy Remar (the name he preferred to be called) on BAND OF THE HAND, (1986 - dir. Paul Michael Glaser) immediately after he left the UK and went to Miami Beach, FL. For the record -- Jimmy was a true gent in every aspect of his actions and behavior on the set. I'd work with him again any day of the week. D.A.
During the hive assault scene filming, Remar blasted a live shell from the shotgun, resulting in a hole through the hive set that extended into the set of Little Shop of Horrors next door. Al Mathews immediately went full Marine Sergeant on Remar, demanding to know where he got live ammo in typically colorful Marine language. Shortly thereafter, Remar's stash was found and, of course, he was sent home and replaced by Bien.
@@arthurchadwell9267 shotguns are quite common in rural areas. Strictly licensed mind you. Farming as well as leisure purposes ie. clay pigeon/rabbit hunting etc. Hear gunshots daily round my way. Handguns are illegal.
@@thesnoopmeistersnoops5167 It's my understanding that one may own a Colt M1911A1 or similar handgun in the UK under the provision that a long rod with a counterweight is attached to the heel of the grip.
The thing I remember most about Aliens is (RIP) Bill Paxtons character the winy marine with his “ That’s just great what are we supposed to do now” a term I use often today lol
The Netflix show "The Movies That Made Us" has an episode on Aliens and James Remar is very open about is Heroin addiction at the time and he had gotten busted trying to purchase heroin. He got sober right after.
I remember when this came out in Pensacola because I guess NAS was there in force and putting a war-like movie with a bunch of military made for a very unique experience. Had my friends and I high-fiving the guys next to us. Those were the days with Top Gun and Taps. Best time to live in a military town.
I saw the original while drunk sitting on the front row of the theater on NAS Millington TN while in the Navy going through AT-A School. At 18 years old from a rural farm town it scared the crap out of me and I had nightmares for weeks. Loved that show and the ones that followed they did a great job with them. Thanks for the info I never knew that. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Aliens is my childhood film. I had years of nightmares after it but watched it over and over again. Still love it. Cameron give us another real Alien movie
Same, I'd always imagine myself as Newt, stuck there ony own. That spooky feeling of being alone, stuck with me till now and provides my enjoyment of horror, sci-fi films.
Same here, my mum made the mistake of letting me watch it when I was 11. Gave me horrible nightmares, but I still loved watching it. It's still my favourite film.
Do a story on how the actor who played Newt wanted nothing to do with acting after making this movie. Instead she became a school teacher, teaching 4th grade. The grade she missed while filming Aliens. She did attend 4th grade, but it was a class of one with an on set tutor.
her dad was in USAF stationed at RAF Lakenheath, Carrie Henn was in elementary school on the base when discovered. in the unedited version, her real life brother was in film. he got whiffed up by an alien
I wouldn't hold my breath on ever seeing a quality Alien movie again. Ridley Scott seemingly wants to disown the Xenomorphs in favor of his weird fetish for AI. It would take someone actually trying to make a good movie, with little to no interference from the execs who suck at decision-making. Also, I don't know if they were planning to make it a new Alien 3 movie, or just make an Alien 5 (without numbering it) movie that ignored 3 and 4. I would love to see what Neill Blomkamp would do after District 9
He's trying to tell the story of how the xenomorph came about, he's not abandoning them. He just realized it would take more than one film between Prometheus and Alien. Hell he almost ended Prometheus with John Hurt walking into that spaceship.
@@jonnylawless6797 He said on record the alien is done and no one cares about it, and that he wanted to focus on AI. He doesn't even know what movies he was making. Just some stupid android messing around with shit while keeping the thing (Xenomorphs) everyone wanted to see in the background. The focus of both Prometheus and Covenant was on David and him being an android.
@@jonnylawless6797 he is doing something that never needed to be done and in doing so is taking mystery and wonder away and replacing it with what is unnecessarily complex (whilst somehow incredibly boring). In which every human is a goddamn moron; the other commenter is correct the Prometheus and Alien Covenant focus on the androids and it is good he did because Michael Fassbender is the only thing that makes those films watchable.
The chemistry between Biehn and Weaver was so natural and compelling that's it's impossible imagining Hicks being portrayed by anyone else, regardless of how good they are. And I couldn't agree more about the matter of killing off Newt and Hicks; just a senseless move that gutted the series. I remember having a bad feeling too about their fate just before the film came out, because neither were in the trailers. Sure enough when I saw the film and they confirmed this, I lost all interest in the film and largely for the series. That's one they really need an alternate reality for, lol.
It wasn't going to be Alien³, it was Alien⁵, or Aliens: Part 2, it would've retconned Alien³ and Alien: Resurrection by having them never happened. The two original versions of Alien³ that never happened were those scripted by Vincent Ward and William Gibson. Blomkamp was taking some of the unused material from Gibson's Alien³ script as a base for his direct Aliens sequel.
They always run as one movie to me. I've always watched both movies at the same time as a set, so I think they always blur together in my mind. I wonder what it would have been like to watch Alien, or even Aliens, in the movie theater for the first time.
I love them both… always have. That said, I think Alien is the better film by a lot. Its on another level for me. Totally different movies, though and i get why people feel Aliens is the best. It doesn’t have that spine tingling cosmic awe of Alien. Its not meant to, and I don’t think I ever had more fun going to a movie, just… goddamn Alien is on another level.
The "Gibson Script" has been turned into both a comic adaptation under Dark Horse, and an Audio drama on Audible, with returning cast of both Michael Bein and Lance Henriksen as Hicks and Bishop, respectively. It is, in my personal opinion, a superior product to many of the later movies in the series, and would have been a much better continuation than what we got.
Wow despite being a massive fan of the film and having watched it over 20 times including documentaries, I'm always learning something new about the production. Looking forward to the upcoming documentary about it too. I like Remar a lot and would have liked to see his performance in the movie. But I agree that Bein was a better and more nuanced choice.
I had the good fortune to attend a panel with Michael Biehn and Lance Henriksen. They were both great, super friendly, and spoke at length about Bill Paxton. It was clear that they all loved each other. These actors turned good movies into great movies and Aliens has one of the best casts in the history of film.
Fun Facts. Mike was in the USMC. The SGT was a real ARMY Sgt. Vasquez shooting in the ventilation where she dies isn't her, she couldn't fire the sidearm because she was afraid of it, a stunt double took her place. Flooring grates used in the film were found in a dump that happened to used in the 1st ALIEN.
I was pleasantly surprised you included scenes of the automated turrets from the movie. IIRC, that part was cut from the original that released in theatres and was later released in the director's cut. While it was a nice touch to see the marines weren't totally ill-prepared, the turret scene really didn't add much to the movie and I think it was smart to cut it. As for your comment about later movies, I don't quite understand what you're talking about--there wasn't a sequel to Aliens. (someone on the side: "But there was--") THERE ARE NO SEQUELS AFTER ALIENS!!!!!!
I love this video thank you very much I was a big fan of Hicks character. They went through so much trouble to keep Hicks alive and newt alive in aliens it was probably one of the worst decisions ever to kill them off in alien three. What were they thinking? The storyline possibilities were endless
I went to the theater to see this in 87 back when going to the movies was a totally different experience. Countless movies of today have literally imitated Aliens in every way
@@zimriel You have to be a true lover of film and really dissect the Alien Franchise to see what I mean. As far as James Cameron. He is the perfect example of being dealt a winning hand through no skill of his own. T2 and Aliens were going to be massive box office hits no matter who directed, period! The cast of Aliens and the screenplay was an unlosable situation, James had no hand in! In fact, that movie would have been better without him! Its insanely long, among other glaring defects that wimps never seem to want o address. Alien 3 is absolutely better, I could write an Essay on it. I will say this, Aliens is a great movie and hey, for alot of people its the #1 hit in the franchise, okay... just James Cameron is a deusch. Just look at Titanic and Avatar. BOTH TRASH MOVIES. lolololol..... just my opinion. I liked the Abyss for a long time but the ending finally wore out its welcome. Its just too hippie. LOL. have a great day
@@blitzmotorscooters1635 " You have to be a true lover of film and really dissect the Alien Franchise to see what I mean." Run for your lives! The Rick and Morty meme has attained consciousness!
Michael Biehn really was iconic in the 80's and 90's. The dude played the military/paramilitary character so well! Plus he was very good at adding humanity to each of his roles. Even in his short screen time in something like The Rock, you could see so much character!
Hicks and Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) also get sent back to 1879 to American West and have a gun fight - depicted in the movie Tombstone, which is sort of a sequel that happened in the past to the Terminator / Aliens franchise.
Apparently James Cameron was making a screenplay about a human mother fighting an alien hivemind with its mother. When he was hired with Alien Sequel, he reworked that mother script into Aliens.
Aliens is the only 'Alien' franchise film that deserves a classic iconic film title - one film you can rewatch multiple times and enjoy it all over again
So many great horror/action sci-fi from the late 70’s to the early 90’s. The thing, alien/aliens, terminator, T2, they live, the fly, the list goes on and on.
One of those great what if scenarios. Biehn was great but it would've been fun to see Remar going up against the xenomorphs and acting across from Weaver. He would've brought more of a bad-ass vibe like Russell's MacReady in the Thing.
The Director's Cut of Aliens is amazing and my top favorite of Cameron's films so far. Such a great array of characters that I wanted to see in future adventures! Blomkamp's continuation of that sounds awesome and I wish that could have come to fruition. I have yet to see Alien 3, but considering that I've heard that they kill Newt, Hicks, and Bishop off right away, I probably never will.
I respect your opinion, but I personally don't like the Special Edition because they show you what happened on the planet before Ripley and the marines land on it. It's not so much that it kills the mystery of it all (though it does also do that), it's more the fact that the scenes take you out of the perspective of Ripley or any of our main characters. Perspective is an important thing in films, and the reason why the theatrical version works and feels so tight and lean is because everything is told through the sharply defined perspective of Ripley. You really feel the trauma and PTSD and nightmares that she's going through which makes her going back to the planet to confront them all the more meaningful. The Special Edition suddenly spending 10 minutes away from her to showcase two new characters who quickly die off earlier feels like it's "breaking the rules" of its own film and lacks meaningful perspective. The scenes feel like they "float above" the movie's narrative tension. I will say though, it's just those scenes specifically that I have an issue with. If the Special Edition just didn't have those scenes but had all the other extended bits, then I would 100% agree it's the better cut.
@@EACru2002That's fair. I didn't personally mind it because we're following Newt during those scenes about and it was interesting to see how the colony functioned before its destruction but I see what you mean. Yeah, I love the Special Edition because it goes deeper into the characters and their relationships and it really got me to care about and root for them.
@@EACru2002 For me the original Aliens movie seemed slightly light-weight without the SE, and I'm saying that as someone who didn't know it existed at the time I saw the movie.
I was in the theatre in the 1980s when this came out. When Bill Paxton's character was grabbed and taken away, the audience booed...and violently. Never seen that before or since. Huge statement to an actor with such a minor part conveying such emotion. "Game over man, game over".
Michael Biehn is the ultimate“that guy” in so many great movies and never gets enough credit for it.
I have watched and enjoyed him in several movies. Time Bomb where he played the brainwashed thug Eddie Kay was great.
Ryan, you are spot-on. He’s great!
Apparently he fell from grace in hollywood because he could be hard to work with, had a tendency to try to tell directors what to change in their scripts and how to shoot the movie and he wasn't charismatic enough to be and A-lister. To me, Terminator and Aliens wouldn't be as great as they are without him.
He's one of those actors who you wanted to see more of in movies. He's a great evil villain in Tombstone. Sympathetic antagonist in The Abyss. And he's great when he's playing the hero. I wish we had more of him over the years.
He's going to be at an Aliens screening at a cinema near me this month, for a live Q&A.
Hicks can stand shoulder to shoulder with Aragorn and Marty McFly as great last minute recasts that saved iconic films
Michael J Fox was the first choice to play Marty. He was unavailable so Eric Stoltz was hired. They didn't like Stoltz's Marty, too serious. They begged Fox and the producer of Family Ties let take the roll over. I'm not sure for how long, but Fox was filming Family Ties 8 -10 hours. Then jump in a waiting car and off to the set of B2F and film another 10 hours. Sleeping when he was able.
who was supposed to play aragorn originally?
To be fair BTTF was the only one saved by the recast (and Michael J. Fox was always their first option). Both LotR and Aliens are probably better movies with the change, but I am pretty sure they would both had been pretty amazing movies still.
@@rezaiyaz1439 Stuart Townsend
@@rezaiyaz1439 Lestat from Queen of the Damned.
Paxton being the hidden hero here. He faced all of them: Terminator, Alien and Predator
Lance Henriksen also faced all 3: Terminator, Alien and Predator.
@@warblerblue you are right, of course. i forgot
@@RobertLutece909 aliens versus predator but I fell asleep halfway through that movie - so that's my review.
@@RobertLutece909 2004 · Alien vs. Predator: Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. With Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner.
And Tornados... don't forget Twister!
‘I like to keep this handy……for close encounters’.
Just about the most badass line of all time.
So many good lines in this movie; I loved hearing them again for the 30th Anniversary.
"Why don't you put her in charge?!"
"You look like I feel."
Too bad they didn't play the extended version with the machine guns and other scenes, like Ripley losing her daughter, and Dwayne and Helen exchanging first names.
I heard that.
@@sandal_thong8631 *Ellen.
My favourite
“have you ever been mistaken for a man”
“No. Have you?”
Iconic
Hicks, Newt and Bishop were such fantastic characters, and each of them had their own unique chemistry with Ripley. After all this time, I still can't wrap my head around the sheer stupidity of killing them off. All I can do is view it the same way I view Terminator: There were only ever two (utterly fantastic) films in the series. The others simply don't exist!
Bishop comes back in AVP. 😉😁😆😅
Though technically not if the Alien franchise.
Absolutely right! It's similar to The Matrix, of which there was only ever one film in that series.
@@Beery1962 - Somehow I missed your comment and just saw it now. Yes, 100%! There is only one Matrix film!!
Definitely one of the greatest sequels of all time, along with _Empire Strikes Back, Terminator 2, The Godfather Part 2, and _Avengers: Infinity War,_ though people say that number 3 doesn't count as a sequel.
I'm getting some intense David Giler vibes on that sheer stupidity.
Killing off Newt and Hicks off screen wounded this franchise big time, I remember watching Alien 3 and losing a lot of interest when it confirmed they were killed.
It's funny how studios are still making that same mistake today, killing a character off screen is very lazy in my opinion.
Look at Doctor Elizabeth Shaw in Prometheus, killed off screen in Alien Covenant.
If they retcon those deaths, they would have to recast Newt since the original actress quit acting after Aliens.
They also made Ripley a weird whore who would have sex with an ex con and then not hold any grudges after being nearly raped by the convicts on this prison planet. They had nothing while Cameron seemed to have mapped out everything about Ellen Ripley. He gave us what is arguably the greatest action heroine ever put to film.
Alien 3 was originally a continuation of the previous casts. It was stuck in development hell for so long they changed the script
@@TheZachary86 I've heard about what happened, studio interference, not trusting a young unproven director.
There's apparently a different cut of the film where the Alien actually comes out of an Ox & not a dog but I've never seen this version.
I think the decision to kill off Newt & Hicks was a terrible one, audiences hating the film in the first few seconds.
I myself will NEVER watch Terminator Dark Fate for killing off John Conner in the opening seconds of the film.
Not only did they kill the character, they killed the franchise in doing that.
Kyle Reese, Col Hicks, and Johnny Ringo. Michael played 3 of the most memorable characters in 3 of the most timeless films in modern cinema. All in like 10 years. Gifted actor.
He was also excellent as the crazed Navy Seal Lieutenant in “The Abyss”.
@@coolcat6303 - I agree! He really played against type in that film. Shame it's sort of been forgotten over time.
Don’t forget “The Abyss”… another James Cameron classic that also included Biehn… as a soldier lol (bad guy this time though and he still killed it). Def one of my favourite actors.
Corporal Hicks, not Colonel
@@GLYDR oh sorry Cpl not Col
Remar has basically said he fucked up, and that Cameron was right in firing him in that situation, he's never bad blooded either Cameron or the film itself. And that's class...
Met him at a convention in Dallas and he was genuinely one of the kindest, most authentic celebrities I've ever met, the man has total grace.
A real man/woman owns his/her fuck ups. Sadly blaming others is more common.
The same thing happened to Charlie Heaton of Stranger Things but in the opposite direction, he was found with drugs on him in the US so was sent home to the UK and it was looking like it was going to cause problems for the show but somehow they fixed it. In the US money talks so the studio likely greased some palms to get his visa returned to him and then kicked him up the arse for the trouble he caused.
Making a mistake is one thing, not taking responsibility and learning from it is another. I always find comfort in the stories where people do grow from their experiences 🙂
I’m glad Biehn got the role but it would’ve been really interesting to see Remar playing Hicks. I’ve always enjoyed seeing him in other films like The Dream Team, Judge Dredd and Dexter.
Michael Biehn is a family friend. Both our families live in Arizona, and I've worked with his wife on a film shot at Old Tucson. I was so excited a few years ago, when he started posting news of an Alien sequel that was going to retcon Alien 3, and have Hicks return. Alas, nothing came of that. I loved his role in Aliens, but sadly it seems as if we'll have to cherish all the more the one Alien film with him in it.
Loved Hicks. Never felt the franchise did him justice. That said, I do consider Alien 3 to be canonical. It can't be changed
I was excited about that when I first heard about it, too!
The obvious sequel to Aliens was stepping up the threat. Instead of a town full of xenomorphs, a whole planet of them. Hicks and Ripley make it back, Hicks leaves the Marines, Ripley clears her name, and they retire to some colony where they raise Newt as their own daughter. Until...
It's still not too late to make that movie, really. It could even be a "passing the torch" film, with someone else taking over the franchise. Newt, I assume, would take over as the main character. And, perhaps, she's taken on a personal vendetta against "The Corporation" and exterminating the xenomorphs wherever they're found. Scott's insistence that the xenomorphs should be indigenous to LV-426 with his prequel movies really ruined them. The whole point of finding them on a crashed space ship is that they could pop up literally anywhere.
He played in a bunch of alien games!!! The story was they woke him up to help them take over an over run base. They put a fake dead body in the alien 3 escape ship.
He got paid pretty well for them too. And I think a few audio comic/novel books. I know that they want him in future comic/action novels and future spin offs.
Can you tell him we said hello?
He was great in Tombstone, too!
Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton tend to bring a certain authenticity to any movie they're in which acts like a kind of glue holding the movie together. The fact that they both star in Aliens, and it being one of the most celebrated sci-fi movies of all time, is no coincidence. I cannot imagine this movie becoming such a classic without them. Shout-out to Lance Henriksen who I would put in a similar tier as the previously mentioned gentlemen and of course Sigourney Weaver who freaked it as Ripley. Aliens easily makes it into my top 10 movies of all time.
Go Navy Seals.
I still haven't gotten over it.
Killing off Hicks was absolutely unforgivable.
Nope. It was perfect! Remember in the previous movies they said the xenomorph was the ultimate killer, the perfect specimen. By having them escape it reduces the xenomorph to just an animal you can escape from. By killing them, it proves how bad the xenomorphs are and that if you ever come across one, you WILL die. It was a great move that really drove home how dangerous the xenomorphs are.
Except, canonically, he's not dead. The DLC campaign for Colonial Marines (Which IS canon, as per FOX), reveals that he is, in fact, alive.
@@numberyellow dumb.
I remember crying when I found out and feeling nauseous the first time I watched Alien 3. I felt ill when watching Resurrection too when her baby was sucked through the hole in the window too, so I think they got what they were aiming for in 3.
@@LastNameTom I agree, it's not something you can get away from easily. Almost like the Queen said, I may die, but here's a little suprise for you (leaving the egg). It's a persistent organism!
Biehn is always a memorable character in his movies. Underrated.
I'm your Huckleberry.
been in alot of good movies but i think being a soldier in 3 diff movies for cameron kinda type casted him.
@@fordprefect4728 And he almost played a soldier again. Cameron originally wanted Biehn to play the evil Colonel in Avatar but eventually decided it would be too much like an Aliens reunion.
Totally agree about your assessment of Biehn.
@@theradgegadgie6352 why Johnny Ringo, we started a game we never got to finish.
I've never even considered "Hicks" and "Reese" as the same person. So different but both awesome. Thank you Michael Biehn
Hicks is more stoic. Reese exudes a more manic energy.
He also did a fine turn in a 1980 film The Fan, with Lauren Bacall where he nails being a psycho stalker.
No one ever considered them as the same person.
@@judsongaiden9878 Yah, Reese conveys the vibe that he grew up as a hunted animal that eventually learned to fight back. Perfect for someone from the post apocalyptic future of Terminator.
@@schwegburt3002 Every time he shoots or throws a pipe bomb at the Terminator, you can see the pure justified hate on his face as well as raw determination.
You just knew that this dude was the man when Sergeant Apone said, “somebody wake up Hicks!” during the Gunship drop from space.
the 1 thing i would have changed in aliens was to have sarg. apone and frost to survive the first encounter with the aliens. killed off in a second encounter then proceed with the original storyline.
Could go either way with story telling. That could have also foreshadowed that Hicks was going to screw something up and cost the team.
Michael Biehn elevates every movie he's in. He is the "everyman hero" or villain, that as a viewer, you immediately connect with. Incredibly underrated.
Has he ever played a villain?
@@SophiaPerpetua Johnny Ringo in Tombstone.
@@SophiaPerpetuahe was Johnny Ringo, a member of the Cowboys, in Tombstone. He was second to Curly Bill Brosius, and almost as good with a gun as Doc Holiday. He was a stone killer.
Michael Biehn is the most underrated action star of all time.
The Abyss, his narcosis psycho SEAL character was an awesome villain, Beihn's a true actor.
He truly is a real human Biehn
@@joeking6972 😂
He's a jerk in person I met him at a convention a few years ago a lady in front of me asked him about a scene he said how am I supposed to remember that I did a lot of things after aliens you know signed her photo and basically threw it at her. I called him an a****** and walked out of line
Alright lunnnnger, let’s do this.
Michael Biehn is such a pro's pro. Come in at the last minute and make a gigantic impact on an iconic movie.
100%
Aliens 3 fails because it opens up with everyone being dead. Hicks , Bishop, Newt are dead, Ripley is infected by an alien, and will be dead, she goes to A maximum security prison where everyone sentenced to life - or until death. The story has no place to go. In addition, the premise is completely unbelievable, there's no way possible an alien egg could have been aboard Ripley's ship.
The worst mistake that movie does is being so, so boring. They could have really worked the grief angle, or made the characters have some depth to them ...I literally can't remember a single one except Ripley and I saw it a few times on cable
I think Alien 3 is a good movie, but I just hate the direction it took the franchise
such a shallow and nerdy way to critique a film
@@nalday2534 But a perfectly valid way to critique a franchise entry
Alien 3 is actually BETTER than Aliens IMHO. To each their own
Jenette Elise Goldstein, "Private Vasquez," has virtually the same line, and just as good, in Presidio, 1988, just before her character is killed, at the start of the movie. as I remember it, a male member of the Army offers to keep her warm, just as she's about to go out on patrol, but she says that she has her coat, but the soldier says, "that's no subtitute for a man," and she responds, "neither are you."
Ellen Ripley is one of the greatest characters of any film ever, let alone a female lead. Incredible performance by Ms. Weaver and the whole cast and crew. ❤️
Yeah and "girl power" wasn't shoved into our throats. Her leadership was natural.
I'll never forget the first time I saw the movie. When the door slid open to show Ripley in the mechanical mover, and the camera zoomed on her face as she growls "Get away from her YOU BITCH!", the audience went absolutely nuts: men, women, boys, girls, you name it, they were cheering for her.
@@nobody3120zX Aliens was made during the time when movies had good writing. The women could be strong without nerfing the male characters.
The real tragedy Aliens was that we never got the true sequel we deserved.
we did. it was Isolation
EDIT - well, interquel, technically
I liked Alien 3. It was a different genre (same as Aliens was compared to Alien) and it was a good movie. I didn't have any expectations when I saw it for the first time and I liked it very much. The assembly cut is even better.
100%.
Dark Horse comics did a great sequel in their comics which later became a full cplour graphic novel
well even aliens wasn't as much about alien as it was about jimmy's feminist wet dreams so ...
Killing off Newt and Hicks at the beginning of Alien 3 is unforgivable. Edit- I forgive them because God says I must forgive. And those who do not forgive cannot not expect forgiveness. But, mannnnn. It still hurt!
omg just grow tf up already
I think it would have been better if hicks was impregnated during three and sacrificed himself to save Ripley and Newt at the end but that’s me
Yep, I remember instantly hating that movie from the revelation of that.
I liked the movie. I don't like children so I was fine with Newts dead, but Hick's death was sad.
Agreed
Michael Biehn was perfect as Hicks and was also prefect as Reese. As the video said "steely yet vulnerable"
Remar is a little too creepy to be Hicks Michael is the guy even if the role is too similar to Terminator
Micheal Bien's combination of fear and strength at the sane time made Hicks a movie icon.
I was in a huge theater in Westwood, CA for the premiere of Aliens. We all new what the alien was going to look like and do, but the tension in the audience waiting for it to appear was truly palpable. When we just knew that moment was getting close, Hicks says to Ripley "Are you scared?" Suddenly, someone in the audience yells out "We're all scared!" The audience lost it. It was the comic relief for the fear we all felt! Lol! Btw...Michael Biehn was the perfect actor for the role. Ok. For any role he's put into.
Are you sure he says that? I don’t remember that from the movie.
There is a special hell for child molesters and people who talk in the theater.
The fan story I liked was someone saying there were marines in the audience with them who were loud and whooping, until the aliens cut down the space marines. Then he said they were quiet for the rest of the film.
Is it no surprise that Michal Biehn is also in The Abyss, another James Cameron masterpiece
The Abyss was no masterpiece
@@DeltaAssaultGaming your opinion which you’re entitled to, same as I am.
Which proved that even as a rather villainous (or twisted by HPNS) character he acts great.
@@DeltaAssaultGamingit is now.
Cameron has a John Ford-ish tendency to stick with the same crew of actors. Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn, Jeanette Goldstein, and Sigourney Weaver among others have appeared in unrelated Cameron movies.
Sigourney Weaver actually got an Oscar nomination for playing Ripley, which was huge
a crime they wouldn't give it to her.
You raise a good point about Biehn's performance in Terminator, Hicks could have so easily become a Reese copy, but damn those subtle differences are there.
Reese is intense, Hicks is easygoing.
@@joehart6051 That's part of it, sure. Whilst they're similar Hicks had what could be considered a relatively normal life. He'd have a childhood, teen years, etc. Reese didn't have that, he has only known survival and to always be on guard. You can see it how both characters interact with others, Reese has this weird detachment because he's never experienced the world as it is in the past, he's never had to socialise, develop people skills, he's only known how to survive like an animal in the wild, Sarah brings him out of his shell so to speak. Hicks on the other hand is able to form connections with Newt and Ripley easily, his scene showing Ripley how to fire the gun is delicately done, shows a side to Hicks that Reese didn't have. I really have come to appreciate how good an actor Biehn actually is.
@@stream_gene I never thought of it that way, but you're spot on.
To add to this discussion, it's neat to also contrast these 'good guy' performances with his bad guy turns in The Abyss and Tombstone. He's playing a psychopath in both, but just like here his psychopathy is very different in those roles. In The Abyss he is clearly just going insane, whereas in Tombstone he is comfortable being crazy.
@@juvandy great point. People all have the same layers, just in different orders. Great actors recognise that.
I remember sitting down to watch Alien 3 in the movie theater. The second I learned what the Alien 3 scriptwriters did to Reese and Newt, I cursed, loudly, and got up and walked out. Over half of the theater followed me. It was surreal, but in that moment, we were all connected by our love for James Cameron’s Aliens and our contempt for what the Alien 3 writers did to two of its most beloved characters.
Salutes to you for that. I was reading the magazine adaption and, suffice to say it didn't last in my collection long either.
@@Hawthorne-StudiosIt probably wouldn't have been a good movie with them in it,people would just say it's not as good as Aliens.Hicks and Newt where thrown in the molten lead because they couldn't make a good story by bringing them back.
@@galvinstanley3235 Was that in one of the earlier scripts about the molten lead fate for Hicks and Newt?!
And everyone in the foyer clapped...
Ripley is the way to do female hero characters. Yeah, she's a badass, but her character arc of overcoming her traumatic experiences on Nostromo, fighting through her emotional baggage, learning, and growing into a leader is awesome.
Much like Naru in Prey!!
the way to do human hero characters.
Michael Biehn is good in all his movies
He’s the go to futuristic solider he’s even in far cry retro game blood dragon lol
@@Madanth0ny you mean Rex Power Colt lol that's his version of The Terminator
Hes amazing as the bad guys in The Abyss and Tombstone
K2!
The Divide
I've always thought that Michael Bienh was massively underrated.
Michael Bienh is the Karl Urban of the 1980s - he is everywhere and yet he is willing to sacrifice his name recognition for the needs of the film
Aliens and Alien are the type of
movies that get better every time you re-watch it, I swear. Happens to me everytime such good movies Alien and Aliens
Dude, watch the RUclips video, "alien 3, the compromised masterpiece." You'll see actually how great of a movie it is after that.
@@LastNameTom Yeah, I was just going to reply to Spark that Alien3 also gets better every time you watch it, each Alien movie has its own merits, for me the third one gives a sense of dread not found in the first or second due to how bleak Fiorina 161 is and how not everyone is happy to have Ripley there. Not to mention some of the cinematography is just outstanding.
2 movies in my top 10.
You should try not watching aliens or alien for over 5 years and then watch. Its so good.
@@krashd Aliens is practically a heart warming story compared to alien and alien 3 but especially compared to alien 3.
That line to Vasquez, and her reply - best line in the film =o)
It's the only line I remember from that movie all these years later, to be honest.
You know she was in T2 too
What about Paxtons “Game over man! Game over!”
I never felt more hurt or betrayed then when I left the theatre after Aliens 3. The franchise has never recovered, despite how good it's zombie corpse might look.
I appreciate you mentioning Terminator as a horror movie, it’s often forgot just how much of a slasher film it is. Same with Aliens being forgotten as a horror and regarded as a sci fi action action thriller. Predator is another film that people forget all about its horror elements.
Not just that. Whenever I call Terminator a slasher film, people tend to be completely flabbergasted, as if I've said something sacriligious. It's just the film at face value, pals.
Probably because none of them are really scary, least not to me
I always liked how Terminator and Alien are amazing horror movies, and Terminator 2 and Aliens are amazing action movies.
Out of curiosity, how would you class The Predator (2018)? was it a horror, comedy or a family drama? its a tricky one i know lol
None of these movies are Horror movies, because Horror movies suck. These movies have nothing in common with Freddy or Jason and other similar garbage. Alien, Terminator, and Predator may have some scary scenes in it, but they also have guns and that doesn't make them War movies, they also have jokes and that doesn't make them Comedies. So sick of Horror movie fans trying to claim these films in their favorite genre.
It's very strange that Aliens did so well that they decided to kill off 2 main characters at the start of Alien 3. Whoever decided on that direction killed the Alien franchise as not 1 movie since Aliens has been decent.
Thank god for fate, with respects to Remar, Hicks was such a massive part of Aliens. The chemistry with Ripley was perfectly put across without feeling forced or like it took away from the story.
Totally agree that writing off Hicks & Newt, to get back to Ripley against the odds did deflate the growth Aliens had made to the classic franchise. Ripley was such a badass but it was good to see her connect with those around her.
Hicks' interaction with Newt was awesome too. What an awesome father figure.
He was PERFECT for the role of Cpl. Hicks. Looking back I can't imagine anyone else playing him with such authenticity. Cameron played it smart, hiring a man that he knew he could count on, as well as knowing that Biehn had to go through weapons training for the Terminator film, saving a lot of hassle. The rest of the crew had to undergo a rigourous training regimen laid down by UKSF, and Biehn was brought on after that.
I remember watching Aliens with my now ex because we were prepping for Prometheus and I was like you need to watch at least the first two lol. My proudest moment was when Hicks peaked his head up in the ceiling and saw the aliens crawling toward camera. She freaked out. I was so happy. Lol
One of my most beloved & rewatched sci-fi horror movies of all time perfected by replacing James Remar with Michael Biehn😂. This movie had everything you could ask for; wildly entertaining story, great dialogues, a genius film director, perfectly cast characters in movie history. Wish there were more movies like this..
Don't forget about the awesome visual effects which remain very impressive today because they feel real. That Alien queen is one badass and scary creature. How the crew managed to pull of the fact that she performs as if she was real is pure artistry and engineering talent. And there is James Horner's suspenseful and exciting score. Aliens is my favorite film ever.
I recently watched this movie for the first time in my life. Im 28, and I was completely amazed of how good the visuals and the story were compared to the 1. I had a lot of emotions during the film, James Cameron makes masterpieces!
@@federicomartinez9198 You make me envious of your first watch of Aliens. I can still remember mine from about 30 years ago (I'm now 47), it was the best and most awesome movie I saw back then and has remained that until now. The blend of Sci-fi horror action has never been bettered IMO. Cameron is a superb director, having made some of my most beloved films, but Aliens will always be number 1.
I used to watch Aliens everyday during summer vacation on the living room couch and every day different family members used to sit down and watch it with me. Nobody ever complained.
@@MultiDarkElfEven though with today technology, modern CGI, and all the AI they put in modern films. They didn't even produced me 5% of the nerve-breaking action this one gave me! Thank you a lot for sharing your story! I'll be sure to make my son (when i got one) it too!
The William Gibson script for Alien 3 focused on Hicks and Newt... It was REALLY good, and such a shame it was scrapped for the Alien III that we ended up with.. :(
Gotta deify Ripley.
@@badlaamaurukehu I think it was more about Weaver wanting out and giving Ripley a memorable death. Sadly it also killed the franchise.
Gibson is such an incredibly talented writer, one of my favorites. But the man is just cursed when it comes to Hollywood.
@@jimh472 The studio didn't want to pony up the cash, went with low-cost, low tech crap. God I hated the 90s, it was generally shit for sci-fit movies.
Honestly Hicks was such a cool character he could have easily taken over the franchise. Leaving Ripley to find peace.
That honestly would have been the better way to go if you ask me. Instead of ruining Ripley’s perfect ending and closure, they should have just continued with Hicks on his marine tour if they really wanted to continue the franchise. On the way, he could have encountered more Xenomorphs or even other deadly species of aliens instead, given that the series is called Alien so it doesn’t have to be specific to one species. Heck, one of the early unused drafts of Alien 3’s script even toyed with the idea of following Hicks as the lead instead. Ripley’s arc was done, bringing her back in any capacity would have almost certainly detracted from her journey in Aliens.
@@windowsVD Yeah, they should've went with William Gibson's unused screenplay for Alien 3 where Hicks and Bishop were the main character leads but they went instead with continuing Ripley's story as the lead.
Gibson's Alien 3 was adapted as a comic book/graphic novel run along with audiobook on Audible with Michael Biehn and Lance Henricksen reprising their respective roles. It's worth a listen!
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@@arcturionblade1077 I didn’t know they made that into an audiobook. I may check that out!
Absolutely not. Wtf is going on in this thread jeuss
Michael Biehn has always been a favorite of mine. As a 9 year old girl, I saw Aliens for the first time in 1987. He was my first "celebrity crush" and Aliens immediately became my favorite movie, and has kept it's #1 spot in my heart for 37 years. The film is amazing, and Beihn had a huge roll to play in that for me.
In my late teens, early 20's I began collecting Biehns films. I already had the obvious ones (Aliens, Terminator, The Abyss, Tombstone, Navy Seals, The Rock), so it was a quest to procure the less obvious. I was so excited in 97 when I saw he had a TV show about to air, and regardless of it's occassional cheese, The Magnificent Seven's 2 seasons are still much beloved by me.
I've never given a damn about celebs, or meeting celebs, but Michael is the only one I would have loved to meet, shake his hand, and tell him how much his performances meant to me throughout my life. Never got that chance, but I hope he knows how much he has been appreciated by so many.
Cheers, Mr. Biehn. You are an icon for so many. We have loved your work for decades, and are lucky to have had you fill so many amazing rolls. You weren't appreciated enough by the industry, but you were by the fans. The 1.5 million views of this video, and the comments section proves that in spades.
We only wish we'd had more.
"It's game time."
the thing that always struck me about Michael Biehn is that he always came off as imperfect, whilst simultaneously harbouring a kind, caring heart. this struck me as being convincingly and compellingly fatherly, and heroic. in no way casting a negative light on James Remar's work, i'd still ask for Biehn to be my dad any day before i'd ask for Remar.
I always liked the Idea that Alien 3 should have been a passing of the touch movie where by the end of the film a somehow older Newt becomes the hero of the franchise taking the mantle from Ripley I think it would have had more longevity overall if they had done something like that with it but alas they did not
that’s a really great concept!
Wasn't that the theme of the Alien comics? later retconned as "Outbreak" (badly).
Alien3 is an easy fix. Ripley had a dream sequence about the prison planet and wakes up in bed, as a grandmother, next to Hicks.
Seeing this movie in the theatre on that huge screen surrounded by friends was a great time back in the day.
Yep. I remember how they served refreshment wipes labelled "After Aliens" at the cinema entrance and during the show they levelled up the amps .... in the shuttle sequence you had to protect your ears as it truly sounded like an engines on passenger plane 15 meters away. Back then that movie truly kicked ass.
Hicks is one of my favorite movie characters of all time. I was incredibly disappointed when he was confirmed dead and almost didn’t bother to watch the rest of #3.
I like how Bill Paxton was the ultimate bad axx in this and saved Weaver's life.
Being ex-military makes me appreciate Aliens even more. The Space Marines were well done and realistic. They got alot of the little details right (movement, banter, tactics, equipment, etc). Maybe not "perfect", but surprisingly well done.
You'd be surprised at how so many movies get the military wrong - ESPECIALLY sci-fi movies. This is one of the few that does it in a realistic and believable manner.
Cameron hated that people liked the Colonial Marines so much that he had to make the military look like buffoons in Avatar and despite his efforts, yet again, the Colonel turned out to be the best character in the movie.
Cameron's another coastal "elite" who doesn't like everyday meat and potatoes Americans who do all the heavy lifting.
Seconding this though as a Brit we would have insisted on stopping for a brew at set I intervals, Xenomorphs or not
..loses it, his comrades bring him back into line reminding him of his training.
@@badlaamaurukehu you're kidding, right? Why would he make the Colonial Marines such an integral part of the movie if he hated them?
Gotta love movies like Starship Troopers, where they have tents downrange from a live fire exercise.
Great vid, thanks.
Another forgotten aspect of this movie is how awesome Vasquez is. In a time when studios are struggling to create believable female characters, they have the superbly written and acted Ripley, Vasquez, Dietrich and Ferro as models. They were all very believable (and I spent 20 years in the regular army) but Vasquez stood out IMO.
She also had a small part in terminator 2 as John connors foster mom….
Vasquez was badass!! Let's rooock!!!!
How can you mention James Remar and his works, yet fail to mention his most important contribution to cinema?
His casting as Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
Honestly, he was a much better Raiden than Christopher Lambert or that new guy
How dare you. Dancer in "Rent-a-cop" was his actual best performance.
I mean, he was pretty good in 48 Hours.
I don't know, the old master from 'Sucker Punch' was pretty good.....
is there a worse sequel to a movie than that?, maybe mask 2.
Love all the little details Cameron puts into his characters. Like how Hicks falls asleep during the drop scene, lol. "Somebody wake up Hicks" always cracks me up even though it's such a trivial thing. But it kind of reminds me of real military life, how you have to try to catch some sleep any chance you get, haha.
Never stand when you can lean. Never lean when you can sit down. Never sit down if you can sleep. - Lessons my grandfather told me were universal in military service.
@@Sorain1 Yep!
I could easily fall asleep riding along in the back of a Huey where others were busy filing their helmets
Beihn as the badguy in 'The Abyss' and as the SEAL commander in 'The Rock' were also both impeccable performances. He is a solid one of my faves.
Johnny Ringo in Tombstone
Aliens is one of THE best movies of all time!
It's certainly in the top 10, easily.
CGI is put to shame by this visually delicious timeless classic!
Aliens is how you write a strong female character, it is completely believable for her character to make the strong choices she does in the film, love how hicks supports her
For those of you disappointed by the deaths of Hicks and Newt; in 1988 Dark Horse comics ran a continuation of the ALIENS storyline with them cast front and center. Ripley, however, does not show up until volume 2.
I warn you, the story takes a VERY dark turn regarding their stories after the movie ends.
Also, the comics are fairly expensive to get physical copies. Luckily I have the entire first print runs of volumes 1-3.
with much power - comes much responsibility
we depend on you to make digital copies of the comics in your possession
and post them on the internet 😜
Dark Horse made the sequel the studio should of. I remember those comics at the old Newark Newsstand on Main street when I was at U of Delaware (theatre major, ironically). When they came out with Alien vs Predator, I thought "this is the movie they should make!" Over 20 years later, they did (sort of)...
Unfortunately, after Aliens 3, DH retconned the names of the two main characters in the collected editions. The story loses a lot of its impact if it's not about Newt and Hicks. They also colored it, which never looks quite right on art that was originally b&w. That original run of the single issues is priceless. I had it, but my former best friend lost my issue #1.
Dark Horse (or someone else) also made comic versions of William Gibson's Alien 3 script and Dan O'Bannon's original script to Alien for those interested.
The latest reprint of the collected edition restores Newt and Hicks. Look for the "Marvel Epic Collection" reprint. It came out within the last year.
(yeah it's weird how later reprints are by different comic companies. They're doing Star Wars too now that Disney owns both Marvel and Star Wars)
As a fan of both Remar and Biehn Im glad Michael Biehn ended up with this role. James Remar has never given off that image of the guy you can fall in love with. He was always the angry loner.
To this day I can't believe that Michael Biehn didn't become as huge as Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sigourney Weaver to me he is as important part as James Cameron was to these 2 films. I can't see anyone else doing this role as Michael did it, he just add so much vulnerability in such a human and badasses characters as Hicks and Kyle, he was the JOHN MCCLAIN before Die Hard even happened and is a shame he remain underrated, the man is a hero to me and I wish Alien 3 keep him and Newt alive.
James Reimar is underrated, but the cast and their characters sing beautifully
@Ralph Reilly And who are you to question his opinion?
@Ralph Reilly him and the 50+ people who liked his comment
@@Nomad524i like the stuff he was in, he is often overlooked or missed,.
Imagine arguing and going against James Cameron 💀
That man always delivers
Yep Stockton Rush should have listened to him too 😂
I worked with Jimmy Remar (the name he preferred to be called) on BAND OF THE HAND, (1986 - dir. Paul Michael Glaser) immediately after he left the UK and went to Miami Beach, FL.
For the record -- Jimmy was a true gent in every aspect of his actions and behavior on the set. I'd work with him again any day of the week.
D.A.
During the hive assault scene filming, Remar blasted a live shell from the shotgun, resulting in a hole through the hive set that extended into the set of Little Shop of Horrors next door. Al Mathews immediately went full Marine Sergeant on Remar, demanding to know where he got live ammo in typically colorful Marine language. Shortly thereafter, Remar's stash was found and, of course, he was sent home and replaced by Bien.
Where did he get live ammo, especially in gun-shy Britan?
It could have come across in his luggage, or someone else's, or bought locally because there are some guns allowed in Britain.
@@arthurchadwell9267 shotguns are quite common in rural areas. Strictly licensed mind you. Farming as well as leisure purposes ie. clay pigeon/rabbit hunting etc. Hear gunshots daily round my way. Handguns are illegal.
@@thesnoopmeistersnoops5167 It's my understanding that one may own a Colt M1911A1 or similar handgun in the UK under the provision that a long rod with a counterweight is attached to the heel of the grip.
The absolutely did not happen. Nice try tho
The thing I remember most about Aliens is (RIP) Bill Paxtons character the winy marine with his “ That’s just great what are we supposed to do now” a term I use often today lol
The Netflix show "The Movies That Made Us" has an episode on Aliens and James Remar is very open about is Heroin addiction at the time and he had gotten busted trying to purchase heroin. He got sober right after.
The real love story of Aliens was Hicks and Hudson! Everyone wanted those guys to make it out alive
Game over, man! Game over!
I like Vasquez. A brave s0ldier wh0 defended everyb0dy until the end.
@@mannylugz5872 she was awesome!
@@mannylugz5872 I just want to know one thing, where they are.
“LET’S ROCK!”
I've struggled to conclude which Cameron sequel film is better? Terminator 2 or Aliens. But the answer will always be Piranha II: Spawning.
I remember when this came out in Pensacola because I guess NAS was there in force and putting a war-like movie with a bunch of military made for a very unique experience. Had my friends and I high-fiving the guys next to us. Those were the days with Top Gun and Taps. Best time to live in a military town.
I saw the original while drunk sitting on the front row of the theater on NAS Millington TN while in the Navy going through AT-A School. At 18 years old from a rural farm town it scared the crap out of me and I had nightmares for weeks. Loved that show and the ones that followed they did a great job with them. Thanks for the info I never knew that. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Aliens is my childhood film. I had years of nightmares after it but watched it over and over again. Still love it. Cameron give us another real Alien movie
Same, I'd always imagine myself as Newt, stuck there ony own. That spooky feeling of being alone, stuck with me till now and provides my enjoyment of horror, sci-fi films.
Same here, my mum made the mistake of letting me watch it when I was 11. Gave me horrible nightmares, but I still loved watching it. It's still my favourite film.
Do a story on how the actor who played Newt wanted nothing to do with acting after making this movie. Instead she became a school teacher, teaching 4th grade. The grade she missed while filming Aliens.
She did attend 4th grade, but it was a class of one with an on set tutor.
her dad was in USAF stationed at RAF Lakenheath, Carrie Henn was in elementary school on the base when discovered. in the unedited version, her real life brother was in film. he got whiffed up by an alien
I wouldn't hold my breath on ever seeing a quality Alien movie again. Ridley Scott seemingly wants to disown the Xenomorphs in favor of his weird fetish for AI. It would take someone actually trying to make a good movie, with little to no interference from the execs who suck at decision-making. Also, I don't know if they were planning to make it a new Alien 3 movie, or just make an Alien 5 (without numbering it) movie that ignored 3 and 4. I would love to see what Neill Blomkamp would do after District 9
He's trying to tell the story of how the xenomorph came about, he's not abandoning them. He just realized it would take more than one film between Prometheus and Alien. Hell he almost ended Prometheus with John Hurt walking into that spaceship.
I have an idea for a good script-- but I'm not saying what it is here.
@@jonnylawless6797 He said on record the alien is done and no one cares about it, and that he wanted to focus on AI. He doesn't even know what movies he was making. Just some stupid android messing around with shit while keeping the thing (Xenomorphs) everyone wanted to see in the background. The focus of both Prometheus and Covenant was on David and him being an android.
@@jonnylawless6797 he is doing something that never needed to be done and in doing so is taking mystery and wonder away and replacing it with what is unnecessarily complex (whilst somehow incredibly boring). In which every human is a goddamn moron; the other commenter is correct the Prometheus and Alien Covenant focus on the androids and it is good he did because Michael Fassbender is the only thing that makes those films watchable.
@@Punmaster9001 that’s stupid of him. Would be better to make an entirely new movie
The chemistry between Biehn and Weaver was so natural and compelling that's it's impossible imagining Hicks being portrayed by anyone else, regardless of how good they are. And I couldn't agree more about the matter of killing off Newt and Hicks; just a senseless move that gutted the series. I remember having a bad feeling too about their fate just before the film came out, because neither were in the trailers. Sure enough when I saw the film and they confirmed this, I lost all interest in the film and largely for the series. That's one they really need an alternate reality for, lol.
7:49 ... Re: Alien 3 w/Newt & Hicks: ... Why didn't it happen?
It wasn't going to be Alien³, it was Alien⁵, or Aliens: Part 2, it would've retconned Alien³ and Alien: Resurrection by having them never happened. The two original versions of Alien³ that never happened were those scripted by Vincent Ward and William Gibson. Blomkamp was taking some of the unused material from Gibson's Alien³ script as a base for his direct Aliens sequel.
You'll always get people who say ALIEN is better or ALIENS is better. True fans love them both.
Exactly. Which one is "better" just depends on what we're in the mood to watch that day.
They always run as one movie to me. I've always watched both movies at the same time as a set, so I think they always blur together in my mind. I wonder what it would have been like to watch Alien, or even Aliens, in the movie theater for the first time.
I love them both… always have. That said, I think Alien is the better film by a lot. Its on another level for me. Totally different movies, though and i get why people feel Aliens is the best. It doesn’t have that spine tingling cosmic awe of Alien. Its not meant to, and I don’t think I ever had more fun going to a movie, just… goddamn Alien is on another level.
The "Gibson Script" has been turned into both a comic adaptation under Dark Horse, and an Audio drama on Audible, with returning cast of both Michael Bein and Lance Henriksen as Hicks and Bishop, respectively. It is, in my personal opinion, a superior product to many of the later movies in the series, and would have been a much better continuation than what we got.
Wow despite being a massive fan of the film and having watched it over 20 times including documentaries, I'm always learning something new about the production. Looking forward to the upcoming documentary about it too.
I like Remar a lot and would have liked to see his performance in the movie. But I agree that Bein was a better and more nuanced choice.
I had the good fortune to attend a panel with Michael Biehn and Lance Henriksen. They were both great, super friendly, and spoke at length about Bill Paxton. It was clear that they all loved each other. These actors turned good movies into great movies and Aliens has one of the best casts in the history of film.
Fun Facts.
Mike was in the USMC.
The SGT was a real ARMY Sgt.
Vasquez shooting in the ventilation where she dies isn't her, she couldn't fire the sidearm because she was afraid of it, a stunt double took her place.
Flooring grates used in the film were found in a dump that happened to used in the 1st ALIEN.
Strange, she was firing a converted MG42 machine gun no problem though....
Hollywood be like " you had me at $"
1:47
I was pleasantly surprised you included scenes of the automated turrets from the movie. IIRC, that part was cut from the original that released in theatres and was later released in the director's cut. While it was a nice touch to see the marines weren't totally ill-prepared, the turret scene really didn't add much to the movie and I think it was smart to cut it.
As for your comment about later movies, I don't quite understand what you're talking about--there wasn't a sequel to Aliens. (someone on the side: "But there was--") THERE ARE NO SEQUELS AFTER ALIENS!!!!!!
I love this video thank you very much I was a big fan of Hicks character. They went through so much trouble to keep Hicks alive and newt alive in aliens it was probably one of the worst decisions ever to kill them off in alien three. What were they thinking? The storyline possibilities were endless
Also all the spinoff media assumed they survived, so everything had to be rewritten in later reprints because a grown up Newt was the main character.
It's good to see Biehn getting recognized rather than just made fun of. So many iconic roles - Terminator, Aliens, Tombstone, and on and on
I went to the theater to see this in 87 back when going to the movies was a totally different experience. Countless movies of today have literally imitated Aliens in every way
And how many video games?!
Michael Biehn is underrated. Aliens 3 could have been so good if James Cameron continued with the franchise.
Got derailed trying to squeeze Ripley's lemons for every last bit of mileage.
Totally diagree, Cameron is not a good director. Alien 3 is perfect the way it is, the best film in the franchise
@@blitzmotorscooters1635 a comment that asinine, you have to be on drugs. i hope your visa is current
@@zimriel You have to be a true lover of film and really dissect the Alien Franchise to see what I mean.
As far as James Cameron. He is the perfect example of being dealt a winning hand through no skill of his own. T2 and Aliens were going to be massive box office hits no matter who directed, period! The cast of Aliens and the screenplay was an unlosable situation, James had no hand in! In fact, that movie would have been better without him! Its insanely long, among other glaring defects that wimps never seem to want o address. Alien 3 is absolutely better, I could write an Essay on it.
I will say this, Aliens is a great movie and hey, for alot of people its the #1 hit in the franchise, okay... just James Cameron is a deusch. Just look at Titanic and Avatar. BOTH TRASH MOVIES. lolololol..... just my opinion.
I liked the Abyss for a long time but the ending finally wore out its welcome. Its just too hippie. LOL.
have a great day
@@blitzmotorscooters1635 " You have to be a true lover of film and really dissect the Alien Franchise to see what I mean."
Run for your lives! The Rick and Morty meme has attained consciousness!
Micheal biehn is fantastic in this film huge fan of the actor.
Not just one of the greatest movies of its genre but one of the greatest films ever..
Michael Biehn really was iconic in the 80's and 90's. The dude played the military/paramilitary character so well! Plus he was very good at adding humanity to each of his roles. Even in his short screen time in something like The Rock, you could see so much character!
"Somebody wake up Hicks " PERFECT !
Jesus. Only just realized - Hicks was John Connor.
And Vasquez was his foster mum.
@Mad Shangi Army II indeed. That's the one I was thinking of.
Hicks and Hudson (played by Bill Paxton) also get sent back to 1879 to American West and have a gun fight - depicted in the movie Tombstone, which is sort of a sequel that happened in the past to the Terminator / Aliens franchise.
Apparently James Cameron was making a screenplay about a human mother fighting an alien hivemind with its mother. When he was hired with Alien Sequel, he reworked that mother script into Aliens.
I'll never get tired of this movie and Michael Biehn is the ONLY Hicks!
Aliens is the only 'Alien' franchise film that deserves a classic iconic film title - one film you can rewatch multiple times and enjoy it all over again
So many great horror/action sci-fi from the late 70’s to the early 90’s. The thing, alien/aliens, terminator, T2, they live, the fly, the list goes on and on.
One of those great what if scenarios. Biehn was great but it would've been fun to see Remar going up against the xenomorphs and acting across from Weaver. He would've brought more of a bad-ass vibe like Russell's MacReady in the Thing.
The Director's Cut of Aliens is amazing and my top favorite of Cameron's films so far. Such a great array of characters that I wanted to see in future adventures! Blomkamp's continuation of that sounds awesome and I wish that could have come to fruition. I have yet to see Alien 3, but considering that I've heard that they kill Newt, Hicks, and Bishop off right away, I probably never will.
Yes. Theres no better way to watch Aliens. After you see Aliens: Special Edition, there's no going back
I respect your opinion, but I personally don't like the Special Edition because they show you what happened on the planet before Ripley and the marines land on it. It's not so much that it kills the mystery of it all (though it does also do that), it's more the fact that the scenes take you out of the perspective of Ripley or any of our main characters. Perspective is an important thing in films, and the reason why the theatrical version works and feels so tight and lean is because everything is told through the sharply defined perspective of Ripley. You really feel the trauma and PTSD and nightmares that she's going through which makes her going back to the planet to confront them all the more meaningful. The Special Edition suddenly spending 10 minutes away from her to showcase two new characters who quickly die off earlier feels like it's "breaking the rules" of its own film and lacks meaningful perspective. The scenes feel like they "float above" the movie's narrative tension.
I will say though, it's just those scenes specifically that I have an issue with. If the Special Edition just didn't have those scenes but had all the other extended bits, then I would 100% agree it's the better cut.
@@EACru2002That's fair. I didn't personally mind it because we're following Newt during those scenes about and it was interesting to see how the colony functioned before its destruction but I see what you mean. Yeah, I love the Special Edition because it goes deeper into the characters and their relationships and it really got me to care about and root for them.
@@EACru2002 For me the original Aliens movie seemed slightly light-weight without the SE, and I'm saying that as someone who didn't know it existed at the time I saw the movie.
Love this movie, along with the original Predator.
I was in the theatre in the 1980s when this came out. When Bill Paxton's character was grabbed and taken away, the audience booed...and violently. Never seen that before or since. Huge statement to an actor with such a minor part conveying such emotion. "Game over man, game over".
The chemistry between Ripley and Hicks was undeniable.