One of my favorite bits of trivia is that Carrie Henn (Newt) didn't go into acting and is currently a teacher. She says that parents find out who she is and kids will show up with DVDs and posters for her to sign for their parents LOL
She also had so much fun with the duct slide that she kept messing up takes. Finally, Cameron said that if she got the next take right, she could play on it the rest of the day. She *nailed* it.
Paul Reiser plays both Burke and Mad About You's Paul Buchman. Actual scene from Mad About You: "Jamie: Have you ever seen the Alien movies? Paul: Only the first one." Reiser's own mother reportedly cheered when Burke died in the movie. And now you've seen both of the Alien movies. Well done. Moving on to the next franchise.
Just a note on Hudson. A lot of reactors get upset at his complaining, but I found his comments hilarious. He transcended the discipline of the military and was relatable in that the situation was impossible and frightening. I think another actor doing Hudson wouldn't have delivered the lines as well as Bill Paxton, and it made for a little more meat to the scenes instead of having everyone just saying yes sir throughout the movie.
She basically edited out most of the Hudson gems. "Game over man" and "why don't you put her in charge." She also missed my favorite line in the movie; Ripley asking which species is worse, us or them. I DID ENJOY THE FREE REACTION. Thanks, babe
@@frankmiller4550 She also edited out Newt's funny lines, not to mention "get away from her, you bitch" and "hey Vasquez have you ever been mistaken for a man". Sadly I've seen so many reactors do this that it makes me think their editing is just random.
The scene where Ripley threatens the eggs and the queen backs off was interesting. They formed a sort of non-verbal truce in that moment. All the queen cared about was her eggs, so Ripley and Newt could have retreated and left. And of course all the aliens (and eggs) would have been destroyed a while later in the explosion of the facility. But Ripley CHOSE to break that truce and escalate the situation. She burned up the eggs and then shot at the queen. She enraged the queen who then pursued them. All of the mayhem that followed was 100% Ripley's fault.
@@Mr.Ekshin When they were retreating, a egg opened. Maybe the queen couldn't control the hatching of the eggs, or it was a malicious move from her part, either way, a face-hugger was about to jump and threaten Ripley and Newt. The situation would have escalated the same.
@@juanausensi499 - Really? The queen was gonna come after them dragging her giant uterus around behind her? Yeah, I don't think so. Ripley blew that off, enraging the queen, who then came after them.
@@Mr.Ekshin No, the face-huggers and the normal aliens were the immediate threat. Tell me, if the face-hugger coming from the egg had attacked Ripley & Newt, how do you think events would have unfolded?
@@Mr.Ekshin Ripley let’s off a warning blast from the flamethrower, the Queen signals her drones to back off and allow Ripley to leave. The egg opens, Ripley sees that as an act of aggression and precedes to engulf the nest in flames. So Ripley didn’t choose to break the truce, she felt that the hatching facehugger was the truce breaker and retaliated. Xenomorph lore says they have a ‘hive mind’ and can communicate telepathically, so it’s also likely the Queen signalled the egg to hatch.
Agree, like Terminator and Robocop, all sequels affer the second movies are embarassingly awful, as it also nullify everything what was made in the first movies.
Totally agree sir, Alien3 is a mess, and as fans we all know why. And as for Prometheus and Alien Covenant... In my opinion, Ridley Scott is overrated. Yes, both of those movies look great....(less said about everything else the better) however he thinks he owns the I.P. on the Alien franchise, but in reality without H.R. Geiger, there wouldn't be such an iconic creature. (No I'm not a director/cinematographer/lighting director/audio mixer/composer etc etc but, I know a good movie when I see one..) 😀
@@LeChave To be a real fan is enough to judge a movie, not a professional myself but once you've watched a lot of movies, you have enough point of comparison to make fair judgements, no need to be a professional, just like politicians; no need to be one to be aware that they all f*** us in the end 😉
@@victorfatalys1076 I can't agree where the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, or the Harry Potter movies are concerned. I liked the third Underworld movie and quite a few of the James Bond films, also. I didn't dislike the Terminator sequels before Dark Fate, but T2 was a tough act to follow. I liked Predators. I enjoyed the first Alien Versus Predator, which could be viewed as in the Alien or Predator series. I also enjoyed Return Of The Jedi.
in the 80-s and 90-s they carried around the models to shows. It reached my country in the 90-s (around the time Alien3 was in the cinemas), where I could go and see them. As a kid standing by the life size Queen model was amazing. No idea where those figures can be now.
Lt. Gorman wasn't really a bad guy, he was just inexperienced and over-confident. Fun fact: A company called Hacksmith Industries built a real, working version of the power loader. They cheated a little by giving it treads instead of legs, but they made the arms pretty much identical to the movie version, if a little slower moving. There's video of them testing it, and they pick up a car with it.
In the Director's cut you see that Ripley had a daughter, which reinforces how she so easily bonded with Newt. He daughter died while she was in space all that time.
I noticed that at least three of the actors are also in the original Terminator movie. Michael Biehn - Hicks was Kyle in Terminator Lance Henriksen - Bishop was the cop Vukovich in Terminator Bill Paxtorn - Hudson was one of the three guys that the Terminator gets clothes from when he first appears. James Cameron directed both movies.
Excellent reaction. Personally, I’ve never seen the point of choosing Alien or Aliens as to which is the “better” movie. To me, they are both beautifully executed companion pieces that perfectly compliment each other. I would highly recommend skipping the rest of the Alien franchise. Although there are interesting moments in some of the later films, none can hold a candle to the first two imo. Cheers!
I liked 1986 Aliens so much and absolutely hated Alien 3. After this I did not bother seeing any of the rest of the Alien movies other than Prometheus which still was not nearly as good as the first two films. I only watched reviews on Alien Covenant and that was also a huge disappointment.
Aline 3 is a huge fuck you to anyone and everyone who likes Aliens. The people who try to defend that movie do so because at a primal level they know it is insulting trash and are trying desperately to deny that fact to themselves.
I love how its the same universe, yet a different take.. One's a clear Horror film, while the other is an action piece with horror elements.. Like the films know what they are, its why people love them. I still really enjoy Resurrection since its a fun action film with a crew of badasses.
@@MartinFransson - Yeah honestly I have been seeing a lot of hate for any of the Alien movies past the first two, but I'll be honest, I liked the one where she was at the penal colony, and I liked the one afterwards too, with the smugglers/pirate ship whatever they were - both had their positives and negatives, but were not bad movies. I am kind of 50/50 on the new offspring variant from the one movie, but it was actually kind of an intriguing and believable possibility, so it did work.
I love that Cameron was smart enough to make a point of demonstrating what makes Ripley different than the others, and as it turns out Newt was the same kind of person. Instead of freezing or freaking out, they become focused and take action. It's what qualifies them to have a chance of surviving.
Madison, concerning your opinions about Burke; don't feel alone. Paul Reiser has stated that when his mother went to see the movie, she cheered when he died.
Well,the mayor from jaws made mistakes,but it is a constitutional right to go where you please. So he was in the right to keep the beaches open,but he was wrong to not warn people.
I actually felt bad for the mayor in Jaws. I am from Massachusetts, and I know there are seaside towns exactly like 'Amity'. These are places where almost the entire economy depends on a two month stretch of summer tourists. A single bad tourist season, and half the town ends up on welfare, and struggling to feed their families through the winter. And a shark attack is normally like lightning striking... the odds of it happening again in the same place are incredibly low.
Cool roll top desk. You never see those anymore. I don’t think this was the extended edition but you find out that Ripley lost her daughter while she was asleep for 57 years. It makes the relationship with Newt that much more significant.
Am so glad you loved this one too, it’s one of my top ten favorites of all time! Checkout the Abyss, also by James Cameron with Michael Biehn ( hope I spelled that right ). Have an awesome weekend Madison.
You like horror?....I suggest "Train To Busan"...great story...amazing characters...great acting.... Korean Zombie movie...oh!..and have plenty of tissues on hand.
3:12 - that's a Vulcan-level eyebrow when he introduces himself as "an ok guy." 😂 Some characters are so good they elevate otherwise flawed movies. Perhaps my favorite one ever is Sam Jackson's Mitch Hennessy from The Long Kiss Goodnight. It's his favorite career role, I think. Once you cycle through your poll a few times you might consider Good Will Hunting. It's been reacted to a fair bit but the characters and motivations are so well grounded. Thanks for the great video and your thoughts!
Of Renny Harlin directed movies, The Long Kiss Goodnight is definitely the least flawed. As a director, I think he's a bit of a stopped clock; but I have no complaints about that particular movie.
@thunderrumble "3:12 - that's a Vulcan-level eyebrow when he introduces himself as "an ok guy." 😂" - Yup, that's what I thought as well. I was just saying to myself: "Oh boy, look at her instantly going full Spock on that one!..."
@@mikelarsen5836 🤠 I can understand the skepticism; however, there are some intelligent, inciteful folks left in this world, (ok, a few), and I choose to believe Madison is one of them. 🤓😂👍
I do find it so hard to believe that SO MANY people have never seen such central cultural milestones of cinema and music. Especially when they are fundamental parts of pop culture. I could buy multiple blind spots, people who never saw one franchise or the other, but all these reactors claiming they've never seen any major franchise. That said, judging on a case by case basis, reactor by reactor, I'm never willing to 100% call shenanigans. Though, amazing degrees of prescience tend to make me suspicious.
The definition of a rollercoaster. Ratchets up the tension, makes you wait & wait and does not let go. The practical effects are unbelievable, I've seen the makingof the 2 facehuggers scene and I still can't believe my eyes. Such a smart, satisfying movie
I love this movie. Too bad they never made any more Aliens movies. Yep, too bad. Aliens 3 and 4 were never made. They were never shown in any theaters. No copies of them exist. We do not talk about Aliens 3 and 4, we do not watch them. Any rumors that they are out there is a damned lie. Under no circumstances do we ever, ever watch 3 or 4. You have been warned.
I still like Alien 3 ,but only the 'directors cut '. You have to switch gears to recognize that it had a lot of things going for it ---- but the released version was nothing like the director intended .
Aliens has a directors cut you maybe interested in. It shows additional scenes at hadleys hope before they find the Aliens. It also has some interesting scenes with automated gun turrets and a bit more with Hicks and Ripley. The biggest scene which shouldn’t have been cut IMHO is we learn Ripley had aN 11 year old daughter Amanda who passed away 2 years before Ripley was found. This scene directly sets up the quite good horror survival game Alien Isolation. Where you play as Amanda in her mid 20’s working for the company and trying to find out what happened to her mother. The game looks and feels like you are in the original movie. It even includes DLC where you can play as the original crew voiced by the actors on the Nostromo being chased by the xenomorph. Highly recommended if you are into that sort of thing.
The scene in which Ripley asks about her daughter should not have been omitted in the version I first saw in the theater because it provides context for the bonding between her and Newt.
While there are interesting scenes in the directors cut, I prefer for people watching the cinematic version first. The tension and the unknown about the colony is great and you lose that completely by seeing the first scenes there with the family. There is nothing lost watching it on a 2nd run. :)
Completely agree. Alien: Isolation is an absolute must video game to play if you're an Alien fan. The atmosphere is just like the movies and will have you terrified.
@Move_I_Got_This those scenes were cut because the run time was over 2 and a half hours, and supposedly “no one wants to sit in a theatre for that long”. The ‘special edition’ is the version Cameron intended to be shown (that’s why he filmed those scenes), but the scenes that were cut, as you said, didn’t take too much away from the story, but they do give more context to the development of Ripley’s and Newt’s bond, and why the aliens are crawling through the ceiling to get to the group (they gave up trying to get past the sentry turrets).
@Move_I_Got_This I saw Aliens in the theater in 86 and the scene where Ripley finds out about her daughter was definitely not there. It wasn’t until I taped a version off the tv that I saw that scene and the ones with the automated sentries. For me I’m glad I saw the theatrical cut first and then the extended editions. The pacing in the theatrical version was tighter and I felt like appreciated the extend edition more after seeing the theatrical cut.
The interesting scene is when Ripley and the Queen meet for the first time. The Alien warriors are closing in on her and Newt and Ripley threatens the eggs with the flame-thrower. The warriors back off but then after a short pause an egg opens - thereby breaking the “agreement” between Ripley and the Queen. I’m mostly envious of someone enjoying a great movie for the first time. I’ve seen this movie so many times I forget how amazed I was the first time I saw it.
I saw this first when I was 13, and I really enjoyed re-watching that again with your commentary and reaction. Always good to see someone appreciate one of the all-time classics. 38:10 - lol what ?!?! That must mean... you've never seen The Terminator ?! edit - or The Abyss ?
After this they ALL lived happily ever after (including the Queen Alien, who's appearing in a one xenomorph musical off Broadway and also some daytime soaps) there's ABSOLUTELY no need to watch further, it'll only spoil your enjoyment of the first two.
28:14 black Queen takes white Bishop It’s a shame you didn’t watch the special edition version, it has a few scenes that flesh out Ripley’s and Newt’s back stories and give more context to their relationship.
Ripley is my all time favorite action hero! Also one of my favorite movies of all time is Galaxy Quest! I HIGHLY recommend you watch and react. Alan Rickman Tim Allen Sigourney Weaver Tony Shaluob and more.
Character's development is crucial, I agree, no plot can work without interesting/likeable/relatable characters. A story is all bout what happen to characters in the first place, If we don't care about them we don't care about the plot. Great reaction, I can relate to your stress, watched this movie in theater when I wasn't even old enough to buy a ticket, total panic, but loved it, one of the more intense memories in theater ever, too bad they can't do this anymore nowadays, 80's and 90's are the best times for movies, IMHO. Have a great time enjoying such classics 😉
Hey, Madison! This is one of the best sequels ever made! Unfortunately, you didn't see the superior SPECIAL EDITION version which has the Amanda Ripley scene, the functioning colony scene, Newt's family's discovery of the derelict ship scene, the automated gun scene, the Hudson speculation about queen ants scene and the name exchange scene. These deleted portions enhance the movie greatly and the Special Edition is the cut James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver themselves prefer! The future Ripley inhabits is implied to be a dystopic corporatocracy. The most pervasive and powerful corporate entity is the Weyland-Yutani Company, a 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. It is a multinational conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar transport and terraforming with a stake in every colony world. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of the Alien universe. Ash and Burke were following a secret corporate mandate to obtain a xenomorph specimen in order to profit from research and weaponization. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani. Some trivia: The picture of Ripley's elderly daughter in the Special Edition is actually Sigourney Weaver's real-life mother! The late Al Matthews, who played Sgt. Apone, was a true-blue Marine who was the first black man to be promoted to Sergeant in the Corps during his service in Vietnam! The knife-trick scene was originally supposed to be performed by Lance Henriksen alone but he convinced director James Cameron to surprise Bill Paxton by involving him as they shot the scene! Paxton's wide-eyed terror is completely real! Fan favorite Vasquez is played by non-Hispanic Jenette Goldstein! She goes out like a warrior and enables Gorman to reclaim his honor. Ms. Goldstein now is the proprietress of a Los Angeles-based boutique that specializes in bespoke large-size bras! The motto of her company is, "At Jenette's, the alphabet begins with 'D'."! Bishop's programming to not harm humans or allow them to come to harm through inaction is ripped straight from Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics! Carrie Henn, who played Newt, never acted again but became a schoolteacher. She still maintains a correspondence relationship with Sigourney Weaver thirty-four years later. The late Bill Paxton, who has the distinction of being attacked on screen by an Alien, a Terminator and a Predator, will NEVER be forgotten for his reading of the line, "Why don't you put HER in charge?", referring to little Newt in her oversized helmet. Lol. "ALIEN 3" is a DIVISIVE film but it's an EXCELLENT entry in the series. ABSOLUTELY SEE IT!!! It's directed by David Fincher and features Charles Dance and Charles Dutton. It's brutal, fast-paced, has some extraordinary scares, provides new insight into the creature and concludes the story elegantly. I strongly encourage you NOT TO SKIP IT! Make sure you see the ASSEMBLY CUT (Special Edition with longer runtime). "Alien Resurrection" is the optional one because it's a hot mess except for one cool aquatic sequence. The ambitious prequels, "Prometheus" and "Covenant", mark director Ridley Scott's return to the series but they are mostly good JUST for Michael Fassbender's performances. Scott demystifies the creature and unsatisfyingly attempts to address who the elephant-headed pilot of the derelict spacecraft was. VIEWING ORDER: Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] Predator (1987) Predator 2 Predators Alien vs Predator Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: Predator (1987) Predator 2 Alien vs Predator Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Predators Predator (2018) [SKIP THIS AWFUL FRANCHISE-KILLING REBOOT] Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
Great reaction. It cant be understated how great the art/lighting/sound design for this universe is. I once walked into an art gallery which had a corridor decorated like the movie - dark, industrial, strobe lighting, yellow beacons, hazard tape and that warning klaxon sound and I swear the hair on the back of my head stood up immediately. Halfway along the corridor was a closed 'hatch' with a darkened window. When I put my nose against the glass to peer in and the unseen guy in the 'Alien' suit on the other side whacked his huge silver head against the glass I swear my heart stopped dead!.
This is a great movie for the extras, you get more back story of Ripley’s daughter who dies before she Ripley makes it back. Which builds the strong relationship and need for a daughter figure in Newt.
Cpl. Hicks was "out" because he decided to get some extra sleep while he could. The real point is that he is super-chill and experienced, in contrast to their mighty commanding officer, Lt. Gorman, who was sweating bullets just from the drop and the fact that this was his first combat mission.
I always have time for an Aliens reaction! I love this movie so much, and I hope you get a chance to watch the special edition, as it does even more to flesh out Ripley's character. I think you'll enjoy that more than moving on to Alien 3, anyway... it often pays to be suspicious of a third franchise instalment 😬... and speaking of which, I'd heartily recommend watching The Terminator and Terminator 2, if you haven't already seen them! Oh, and 15:50 "Ripley in the Batmobile" - your comment is super-appropriate, as the 1989 Tim Burton-directed Batman movie was filmed in part in the same location as the alien hive (Acton Power Station, where the Batman crew was surprised to find the Aliens sets were still standing)... but not only that; in Batman, the Batmobile drives along the exact same place as the APC does in the shot when you made the comment!
You can count on one hand the number of sequels that are as good or better then the original and this is one of them. I also enjoy Michael Biehn's work. Other movies where you can check him out are the original Terminator, The Abyss (another James Cameron film), The Rock, The Seventh Sign and Jade. He just did a single episode of The Walking Dead tv show last week also. Great reaction, your deep breath at the end was telling. Glad you enjoyed it.
my parents took me-to the movies in 86. I was 10. I was terrified, my dad thought I should see it every weekend till I loved it. I did love it. One of the best movies. " They can bill me"...
This movie is on a close 2nd to be the best sequel ever. It just lost out to Terminator 2. :) James Cameron!, again! Also, you can go watch part 3. While so many people say it is bad, it is really not. It is made by one of the greatest directors of our time, David Fincher (who did Seven amongst other movies). And even when the movie had tons of problems during its production because the studio was so money hungry and they used really bad super-early CGI in some scenes for me it is a master piece of suspense. Would be great to see a reaction to Alien 3!
I strongly disagree. I have a very short list of movies I give a one out of ten rating to, and Aliens three is among them. Aliens three is that bad for one utterly unforgivable sin. It utterly ruins Aliens two.
@@panpiper How can one movie ruin another? I know what aspect you are talking about and I do not say it here because of spoilers but this way of looking at a movie and then saying it ruins another is completely weird. Nothing has and will happen to Aliens, the movie is great and will still be great in the future. No one will take away good movies from us, no matter how often they will reboot and redo stuff and no matter how bad this stuff will be. :)
For another great Michael Biehn role and more James Cameron, I recommend Terminator! It was my first introduction to him I think, and while the role is surface-level similar it does have a number of differences at the same time. I really, really like it. And T2 is another great sequel that holds up as well as, if not better than, the first, much like Alien/s.
Bill Paxton is also memorable in supporting roles in "True Lies," "Predators," and "Near Dark." He is a lead in some movies, like "Twister" and "Traveler."
A good considered review highlighting your interest in character development. I find Hollywood's '80s aliens really interesting - the two most prominent being this one and the predator. Gone are Speilberg's benevolent greys to be replaced by these true 'monsters' from space - a kind of return to '50s Hollywood aliens. We never get to see the alien perspective although in this movie a character says: 'how can they turn the power off - they're just animals' which implies we are dealing with a level of intelligence. Would this change our perspective of them - from carnivores driven by instinct to organized amoral murderers? I think our incarnations of 'aliens' tells you a lot about the culture that invents them. Perhaps we can add 'The Borg' and 'The Terminator' to this list as incarnations of genetic and political determinism?
Speilburg himself very nearly was a big part of the 80's hostile aliens cinema. His follow-on from 'Close Encounters' was going to be a movie called 'Night Skies', very loosely based on the Hopkinsville Goblins incident. Soemwhere in pre-production, he decided to do a more family-orineted sci-fi movie and 'E.T.' was the resulting movie.
Michael Biehn in the first Terminator film. He and James Cameron worked together on that film and another film, THE ABYSS. Of course, since you are on a roll with Ash and Bishop, you should also add BLADE RUNNER to your list.
So, a word of advise that I give to everyone who I see watch this movie. NEVER WATCH ALIEN 3!!!!! Just don't do it. You will live a happier life if you just let it go here. I don't even want to tell you why. The sequels are awful. The prequels even worse. If you must have more Aliens in your life, play Alien Isolation. Or watch the Alien v Predator movies, after you have also seen the first 2 Predator films. AVP is dumb fun.
If I could make 2 suggestions: 1. Don't bother wirh the next 2 Alien films, they're hot garbage. 2. You need to play Alien Isolation. It faithfully recreates the atmosphere of the first film....albeit on a space station.
A shame you didn't watch the Director's Cut. Guess the shorter versions are all streamers can see. Missing: Ripley's daughter, the colonists, Newt & parents finding the alien ship, etc. etc. Oh, and I don't hate #3 and #4, though I understand why others do. #3, directed by David Fincher, had interesting concepts ( and bald Ripley) and #4 was just a hoot. Fortunately I have the extended cuts of all 4.
Love this movie. (Don't) watch Alien 3 I suggest watching Terminator 1984 instead if you haven't seen it. Without giving anything away You might recognize 2 actors
You can't have a channel about movie reactions without RoboCop in your collection (the original 1987 film, not that silly 2014 remake). Just a suggestion.
It’s actually really ironic that you call it the Batmobile. That corridor the APC drives down, Is the same Corridor the was used as the Ace-Chemical set from Batman 89’, and that That Batmobile-Also drove down 😉
Lieutenant Gorman "We can't have any firing in there! I want you to strangle every Xeno you encounter with your bare hands! That's the safest way to proceed." Marines "Safest way my a**!!!"
Do yourself a favor and do not watch any other movies that are labelled "Aliens"... especially not no. 3, it just destroys the end of this movie (and is a mediocre pile of garbagge on top).
Paul Reiser, who played Burke, told a great story on the Tonight Show while promoting the movie. He took his mother to the Red Carpet premier before 'Aliens' opened nationally. Before the movie started, he told her, "Ma, I just wanna warn you...I die in this movie. I just don't want you to be upset," to which she assured him she'd be fine. As the movie played, he whispered to her that his "scene" was coming up soon, ad he wanted to make sure she was OK. She responded that YES, she was fine. As the scene happens, the theater erupts in cheers for Burke's death. Paul Reiser turns to his mother to comfort her, only to find her cheering and clapping, jumping up and down in her seat with everyone else haha
I am so glad you didn't watch the Director's cut first. You would enjoy more for It's character development for both Ripley and Newt, but there are things I don't like about it that telegraph events that ruin some surprises for you had you saw that version first. Also, enjoying this moving makes you enjoy the differences on a viewing of the director's cut later on. Ripley is a prime example of how to do a strong character right. She is one of my all-time favorite characters in movies.
If you’re a fan of Michael Biehn, he did 2 other films with James Cameron - “The Terminator” and “The Abyss”. Both are excellent films and worthy of a reaction.
Great show Madison. No one likes Hudson at first but then he turns into the character you don't wanna see die lol RIP BPax. Keep up the great work Madison now its time for part 3.
Now that you're on the James Cameron train, are you planning to do the Terminator series (at least the first 2 films)? I'd also recommend one of James Cameron's more underrated movies, True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger. True Lies is an absolute classic. Tons of fun and also very funny. I think you'd love it.
Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese in the Terminator, which is another must see movie! He was also in the next to last episide of the Mandilorian. Great reaction btw...
Now you've gotta see Michael Biehn in Cameron's first major film The Terminator. Sarah Connor is another great character, and seeing her evolve in Terminator 2 is a treat.
You gotta admit, although his whining was irritating, Hudson was much better in an actual fight than when anticipating one. He took out one "xenomorph" after another until one came through the floor and got him. He probably had the highest kill count out of all of them, and fired the most harsh language at the aliens, as well. 😉
Your post thoughts were fun to hear. Biehn was always a male cinematic hero for me haha. I knew him best from the movies Navy Seals (along with Charlie Sheen), and Terminator, of course
There's a great essay somewhere about Biehn and the style of vulnerable masculinity he brought to the screen. Terminator can almost be read as a conflict between "old" and "new" concepts of "being a man"; Arnold's unfeeling aloofness to Biehn's suffering humanity and his brave refusal to stop enduring what he must.
In the Director's cut of the movie, a couple scenes that were deleted from the theatrical release were added back to the film. The first important scene is right after Ripley's bad dream and just before the scene where she is brought in front of the board of inquiry for destroying the Nostromo at the end of the first movie. In the deleted scene, Ripley has recovered from hypersleep and she's in the hospital solarium looking out a window at a beautiful forest. As the camera pulls back and Burke enters the room, we realize that Ripley has been looking at a giant high definition display of a forest scene while waiting for Burke. She turns the display off and Burke tries to get her focused on her upcoming testimony in front of the board of inquiry. Ripley's having none of it, she wants to know if Burke has any information about her daughter, who would be an elderly woman by this time, 57 years later... Burke gives her the bad news that her daughter Amanda was killed 6 months prior to Ripley's rescue. Burke shows her a grainy printout photo of an older woman and Ripley breaks down in tears at the loss. Amanda was only 10 years old the last time they were together and Ripley had promised her that she'd be home by her 11th birthday. It is a crime that this scene had to be removed for the theatrical release and such a joy to see it in the Director's Cut. The other deleted scene was interesting but not necessary. It showed the auto-guns in action, deployed by the Marines cutting through an Alien attack in "the tunnels" leading up to the MedLab face-hugger attack scene on Newt and Ripley after Burke betrays them... The movie works without the scene of Ripley finding out about her daughter's death, but with it left in, other storylines take on new meaning. I really enjoyed your thoughts and reaction to my favorite movie of all time. Because you're not busy enough, I'd love to see your reactions to new (new to you anyway) music and songs that you may not have ever heard .... So get on that right away, lol..... Seriously, thanks for having us over for movie night, and much success to you and your channel!
'Very succinct analysis and a nice reaction. 'Glad you watched this one. It's your call, of course, but for my money, i'd move on to other films. Franchise, smanchise. It's so rare that you get a great sequel... beyond this one, it's Burger King, McDonald's. Better to move on. If you're looking for more great Sci-fi, i would like to recommend two excellent films: UNDER THE SKIN (2013) Scarlett Johansson and EX MACHINA (2014). Two really top-notch films. I'm enjoying your reactions - Carry on
@@rimasmuliolis1136 You're entiled. Not for me. To get to AvP, you need to wade through P2, ALIEN REDEMPTION, etc. I think the greatness ends here. I'd much rather see TERMINATOR and T2 reacted to. PREDATOR as well. Beyond that it just becomes Marvel redundancy. But that's my opinion. Obviously, not everyone will agree. There is good Sci-fi out there that didn't fly out of a comic book.
One of my favorite bits of trivia is that Carrie Henn (Newt) didn't go into acting and is currently a teacher. She says that parents find out who she is and kids will show up with DVDs and posters for her to sign for their parents LOL
Can you imagine? I don't know how she has any parent-teacher meetings that don't just immediately devolve into fan freakouts.
@@michaelccozens Because they mostly occur on weekday evenings. Mostly.
Lmfao
She also had so much fun with the duct slide that she kept messing up takes. Finally, Cameron said that if she got the next take right, she could play on it the rest of the day. She *nailed* it.
Lol, we don't talk about anything after Aliens...
I'm pretty sure Lieutenant Gorman is so inexperienced as Burke picked him to lead knowing he could boss him around when he needed to
Paul Reiser plays both Burke and Mad About You's Paul Buchman. Actual scene from Mad About You:
"Jamie: Have you ever seen the Alien movies?
Paul: Only the first one."
Reiser's own mother reportedly cheered when Burke died in the movie.
And now you've seen both of the Alien movies. Well done. Moving on to the next franchise.
I have a 10 year old, and we watched Pixar's Cars a lot... when I got to the 17:07 mark, I almost spit my coffe... "Dad gum!", Mater!
Terrific reaction Madison. You are very good at this. Looking forward to following you.
saw this at the best local theater on premiere night. Arguably the greatest thrill ride I have ever seen.
Rest in peace, Bill Paxton. We remember you.
AMEN
OMG I didn’t know he has passed away, damn, rip man
Just a note on Hudson. A lot of reactors get upset at his complaining, but I found his comments hilarious. He transcended the discipline of the military and was relatable in that the situation was impossible and frightening. I think another actor doing Hudson wouldn't have delivered the lines as well as Bill Paxton, and it made for a little more meat to the scenes instead of having everyone just saying yes sir throughout the movie.
I had a soldier like him in my company, total pain in the ass unless he was in action when he calmed down and was a decent soldier.
@@vinnyganzano1930 basically what I was going to say. That kind of guy is definitely a thing.
She basically edited out most of the Hudson gems. "Game over man" and "why don't you put her in charge." She also missed my favorite line in the movie; Ripley asking which species is worse, us or them. I DID ENJOY THE FREE REACTION. Thanks, babe
@@frankmiller4550 Another one I like, "What do you mean THEY cut the power?" I crack up every time.
@@frankmiller4550 She also edited out Newt's funny lines, not to mention "get away from her, you bitch" and "hey Vasquez have you ever been mistaken for a man". Sadly I've seen so many reactors do this that it makes me think their editing is just random.
"The movie was two angry moms protecting their children." Well said.
The scene where Ripley threatens the eggs and the queen backs off was interesting. They formed a sort of non-verbal truce in that moment. All the queen cared about was her eggs, so Ripley and Newt could have retreated and left. And of course all the aliens (and eggs) would have been destroyed a while later in the explosion of the facility.
But Ripley CHOSE to break that truce and escalate the situation. She burned up the eggs and then shot at the queen. She enraged the queen who then pursued them. All of the mayhem that followed was 100% Ripley's fault.
@@Mr.Ekshin When they were retreating, a egg opened. Maybe the queen couldn't control the hatching of the eggs, or it was a malicious move from her part, either way, a face-hugger was about to jump and threaten Ripley and Newt.
The situation would have escalated the same.
@@juanausensi499 - Really? The queen was gonna come after them dragging her giant uterus around behind her? Yeah, I don't think so. Ripley blew that off, enraging the queen, who then came after them.
@@Mr.Ekshin No, the face-huggers and the normal aliens were the immediate threat. Tell me, if the face-hugger coming from the egg had attacked Ripley & Newt, how do you think events would have unfolded?
@@Mr.Ekshin Ripley let’s off a warning blast from the flamethrower, the Queen signals her drones to back off and allow Ripley to leave. The egg opens, Ripley sees that as an act of aggression and precedes to engulf the nest in flames. So Ripley didn’t choose to break the truce, she felt that the hatching facehugger was the truce breaker and retaliated.
Xenomorph lore says they have a ‘hive mind’ and can communicate telepathically, so it’s also likely the Queen signalled the egg to hatch.
There's no need to choose between Alien and Aliens. They tell an amazing, coherent two-part story. And there are no other parts to the story....
Agree, like Terminator and Robocop, all sequels affer the second movies are embarassingly awful, as it also nullify everything what was made in the first movies.
Totally agree sir, Alien3 is a mess, and as fans we all know why. And as for Prometheus and Alien Covenant... In my opinion, Ridley Scott is overrated. Yes, both of those movies look great....(less said about everything else the better) however he thinks he owns the I.P. on the Alien franchise, but in reality without H.R. Geiger, there wouldn't be such an iconic creature. (No I'm not a director/cinematographer/lighting director/audio mixer/composer etc etc but, I know a good movie when I see one..) 😀
@@LeChave
To be a real fan is enough to judge a movie, not a professional myself but once you've watched a lot of movies, you have enough point of comparison to make fair judgements, no need to be a professional, just like politicians; no need to be one to be aware that they all f*** us in the end 😉
It's interesting that the Batman(not the trilogy), Superman, and Blade series also fell off the cliff after the second movie.
@@victorfatalys1076 I can't agree where the Christopher Nolan Batman movies, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, or the Harry Potter movies are concerned. I liked the third Underworld movie and quite a few of the James Bond films, also. I didn't dislike the Terminator sequels before Dark Fate, but T2 was a tough act to follow. I liked Predators. I enjoyed the first Alien Versus Predator, which could be viewed as in the Alien or Predator series. I also enjoyed Return Of The Jedi.
Your face as you're realizing Ripley was near the queen was amazing. Top notch.
in the 80-s and 90-s they carried around the models to shows. It reached my country in the 90-s (around the time Alien3 was in the cinemas), where I could go and see them.
As a kid standing by the life size Queen model was amazing. No idea where those figures can be now.
Lt. Gorman wasn't really a bad guy, he was just inexperienced and over-confident.
Fun fact: A company called Hacksmith Industries built a real, working version of the power loader. They cheated a little by giving it treads instead of legs, but they made the arms pretty much identical to the movie version, if a little slower moving. There's video of them testing it, and they pick up a car with it.
your ave american male? @Lt. Gorman wasn't really a bad guy, he was just inexperienced and over-confident.@
The company purposely put an incompitent in charge. We're not expecting survivors other than Burke protecting the samples.
"I work for the company, but don't let that fool you. I'm really an ok guy."
Your left eyebrow goes up in obvious suspicion of him and I was rolling.
He was probably the most poorly developed character.
In the Director's cut you see that Ripley had a daughter, which reinforces how she so easily bonded with Newt. He daughter died while she was in space all that time.
I noticed that at least three of the actors are also in the original Terminator movie.
Michael Biehn - Hicks was Kyle in Terminator
Lance Henriksen - Bishop was the cop Vukovich in Terminator
Bill Paxtorn - Hudson was one of the three guys that the Terminator gets clothes from when he first appears.
James Cameron directed both movies.
Vasquez is the Foster mum in T2 (without the dodgy makeup)
Paxton got killed by xenomorph, a predator and a terminator.
I tripped out the first time I realized Vasquez and the foster mom where the same actress
@@edreed9189 and had a bit part in Titanic as an Irish mother reading to her kids as the ship goes down
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But was he killed tho, always hoped he'd survive.
Love Paxton, great actor, great director, may he R.I.P...
Excellent reaction. Personally, I’ve never seen the point of choosing Alien or Aliens as to which is the “better” movie. To me, they are both beautifully executed companion pieces that perfectly compliment each other.
I would highly recommend skipping the rest of the Alien franchise. Although there are interesting moments in some of the later films, none can hold a candle to the first two imo.
Cheers!
Alien and Aliens are two very different feeling movies.
I liked 1986 Aliens so much and absolutely hated Alien 3. After this I did not bother seeing any of the rest of the Alien movies other than Prometheus which still was not nearly as good as the first two films. I only watched reviews on Alien Covenant and that was also a huge disappointment.
Well Aliens is the payoff from alien. There is no way they could have made Aliens in 79.
Aline 3 is a huge fuck you to anyone and everyone who likes Aliens. The people who try to defend that movie do so because at a primal level they know it is insulting trash and are trying desperately to deny that fact to themselves.
I love how its the same universe, yet a different take.. One's a clear Horror film, while the other is an action piece with horror elements.. Like the films know what they are, its why people love them. I still really enjoy Resurrection since its a fun action film with a crew of badasses.
Of all the iconic moments in Aliens, the sight of Hudson being dragged through the floor with an alien hand over his face is horrifying...
@Rick King 22 For sure! No argument from me.
@Rick King 22 and since I can't remember that scene it was obviously WAY too long since I saw it 🙂
@Rick King 22 Yeah, I know. I remember that I actually liked that one a lot despite the common opinion.
@@MartinFransson - Yeah honestly I have been seeing a lot of hate for any of the Alien movies past the first two, but I'll be honest, I liked the one where she was at the penal colony, and I liked the one afterwards too, with the smugglers/pirate ship whatever they were - both had their positives and negatives, but were not bad movies. I am kind of 50/50 on the new offspring variant from the one movie, but it was actually kind of an intriguing and believable possibility, so it did work.
In the novel, Hicks shot into the hole to try to kill Hudson immediately, thus saving him a worse prolonged fate.
I love that Cameron was smart enough to make a point of demonstrating what makes Ripley different than the others, and as it turns out Newt was the same kind of person. Instead of freezing or freaking out, they become focused and take action. It's what qualifies them to have a chance of surviving.
Madison, concerning your opinions about Burke; don't feel alone. Paul Reiser has stated that when his mother went to see the movie, she cheered when he died.
Not sure there's any greater confirmation that you played the shit out of a villain role than that.
"Kill my boy! Kill my boy!".
Carter Burke is one of the most rancid villains in cinema history. Right up there with the Mayor from Jaws and Commodus.
Can't forget Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Percy in The Green Mile.
Well,the mayor from jaws made mistakes,but it is a constitutional right to go where you please. So he was in the right to keep the beaches open,but he was wrong to not warn people.
And that guy from Train to Busan.
I actually felt bad for the mayor in Jaws. I am from Massachusetts, and I know there are seaside towns exactly like 'Amity'. These are places where almost the entire economy depends on a two month stretch of summer tourists. A single bad tourist season, and half the town ends up on welfare, and struggling to feed their families through the winter. And a shark attack is normally like lightning striking... the odds of it happening again in the same place are incredibly low.
Burke was such a sleaze that Paul Reiser's mother stood and cheered in the theater when he was killed.
Cool roll top desk. You never see those anymore.
I don’t think this was the extended edition but you find out that Ripley lost her daughter while she was asleep for 57 years. It makes the relationship with Newt that much more significant.
Am so glad you loved this one too, it’s one of my top ten favorites of all time! Checkout the Abyss, also by James Cameron with Michael Biehn ( hope I spelled that right ).
Have an awesome weekend Madison.
Abyss.... Ah.... Another classic!!
You like horror?....I suggest "Train To Busan"...great story...amazing characters...great acting.... Korean Zombie movie...oh!..and have plenty of tissues on hand.
3:12 - that's a Vulcan-level eyebrow when he introduces himself as "an ok guy." 😂
Some characters are so good they elevate otherwise flawed movies. Perhaps my favorite one ever is Sam Jackson's Mitch Hennessy from The Long Kiss Goodnight. It's his favorite career role, I think.
Once you cycle through your poll a few times you might consider Good Will Hunting. It's been reacted to a fair bit but the characters and motivations are so well grounded. Thanks for the great video and your thoughts!
Of Renny Harlin directed movies, The Long Kiss Goodnight is definitely the least flawed. As a director, I think he's a bit of a stopped clock; but I have no complaints about that particular movie.
@thunderrumble "3:12 - that's a Vulcan-level eyebrow when he introduces himself as "an ok guy." 😂" - Yup, that's what I thought as well. I was just saying to myself: "Oh boy, look at her instantly going full Spock on that one!..."
You're some kind of film pre-cog. So many of your plot predictions came early on and were so spot on. Definitely an enjoyable reaction.
Can you be sure she didn’t watch it earlier so her ‘predictions’ would of course be spot on?
@@mikelarsen5836 I do wonder that about some of these reactors.
@@mikelarsen5836 Waaay too many coincidences.
@@mikelarsen5836 🤠 I can understand the skepticism; however, there are some intelligent, inciteful folks left in this world, (ok, a few), and I choose to believe Madison is one of them. 🤓😂👍
I do find it so hard to believe that SO MANY people have never seen such central cultural milestones of cinema and music. Especially when they are fundamental parts of pop culture. I could buy multiple blind spots, people who never saw one franchise or the other, but all these reactors claiming they've never seen any major franchise. That said, judging on a case by case basis, reactor by reactor, I'm never willing to 100% call shenanigans. Though, amazing degrees of prescience tend to make me suspicious.
The definition of a rollercoaster. Ratchets up the tension, makes you wait & wait and does not let go. The practical effects are unbelievable, I've seen the makingof the 2 facehuggers scene and I still can't believe my eyes. Such a smart, satisfying movie
Have you seen "Train To Busan" (2016)?
I love this movie. Too bad they never made any more Aliens movies. Yep, too bad. Aliens 3 and 4 were never made. They were never shown in any theaters. No copies of them exist. We do not talk about Aliens 3 and 4, we do not watch them. Any rumors that they are out there is a damned lie. Under no circumstances do we ever, ever watch 3 or 4.
You have been warned.
I still like Alien 3 ,but only the 'directors cut '. You have to switch gears to recognize that it had a lot of things going for it ---- but the released version was nothing like the director intended .
William Gibson: ruclips.net/video/fS0cMEl8YJI/видео.html
if science fiction is your joy, I highly recommend "Firefly" (14 episodes-single season) and the movie "Serenity" to follow
❤ ✌ 🎥
Without question!!
Don't forget the original: "Cowboy Bebop" (1988). See you, Space Cowboy...
Firefly was an amazing show cancelled unfairly.
@@vinnyganzano1930 For sure
Their is an extended version of this movie...adds more to the Ripley story..and her mothering feelings toward Newt.
Sigourney Weaver was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for this movie. It's too bad she didn't win, we deserved it!
She did however become the highest paid female actor at the time, though 🙂
She didn't win an academy award because Hollywood has a bias against awarding the sci-fi/horror genre.
@@jeffreythornton428 True. Return of the King is an exception.
She totally did, who says Hollywood has no powerful women?
@@jeffreythornton428 Maybe, but then why the nomination? And that year Marlee Marlin was pretty much a runaway winner.
The part where bishop rats out burke about the specimens is the first indication that he isn't on the company side.
Probably wasn't programmed "properly" since Burke was there.
Aliens has a directors cut you maybe interested in. It shows additional scenes at hadleys hope before they find the Aliens. It also has some interesting scenes with automated gun turrets and a bit more with Hicks and Ripley.
The biggest scene which shouldn’t have been cut IMHO is we learn Ripley had aN 11 year old daughter Amanda who passed away 2 years before Ripley was found.
This scene directly sets up the quite good horror survival game Alien Isolation. Where you play as Amanda in her mid 20’s working for the company and trying to find out what happened to her mother. The game looks and feels like you are in the original movie. It even includes DLC where you can play as the original crew voiced by the actors on the Nostromo being chased by the xenomorph.
Highly recommended if you are into that sort of thing.
The scene in which Ripley asks about her daughter should not have been omitted in the version I first saw in the theater because it provides context for the bonding between her and Newt.
While there are interesting scenes in the directors cut, I prefer for people watching the cinematic version first. The tension and the unknown about the colony is great and you lose that completely by seeing the first scenes there with the family. There is nothing lost watching it on a 2nd run. :)
Completely agree. Alien: Isolation is an absolute must video game to play if you're an Alien fan. The atmosphere is just like the movies and will have you terrified.
@Move_I_Got_This those scenes were cut because the run time was over 2 and a half hours, and supposedly “no one wants to sit in a theatre for that long”. The ‘special edition’ is the version Cameron intended to be shown (that’s why he filmed those scenes), but the scenes that were cut, as you said, didn’t take too much away from the story, but they do give more context to the development of Ripley’s and Newt’s bond, and why the aliens are crawling through the ceiling to get to the group (they gave up trying to get past the sentry turrets).
@Move_I_Got_This I saw Aliens in the theater in 86 and the scene where Ripley finds out about her daughter was definitely not there. It wasn’t until I taped a version off the tv that I saw that scene and the ones with the automated sentries.
For me I’m glad I saw the theatrical cut first and then the extended editions. The pacing in the theatrical version was tighter and I felt like appreciated the extend edition more after seeing the theatrical cut.
Aiiens is an amazing sequel, even though it changes genre. My favourite is still Alien, but I can accept when people prefer Aliens.
Totally agree . Alien was like an 'art' movie compared to Aliens .
Alien was horror with a sci-fi flavor. Aliens was an action sci-fi movie. Similar to Terminator and Terminator 2.
The interesting scene is when Ripley and the Queen meet for the first time. The Alien warriors are closing in on her and Newt and Ripley threatens the eggs with the flame-thrower. The warriors back off but then after a short pause an egg opens - thereby breaking the “agreement” between Ripley and the Queen.
I’m mostly envious of someone enjoying a great movie for the first time. I’ve seen this movie so many times I forget how amazed I was the first time I saw it.
And just remember, after this, Newt, Ripley, and Hicks lived happily ever after. And no other bullshit movies that defile the completed story exist.
Wow! James Horner is one of the best? Thanks for noticing. So many reactors don't pay attention to the composer. Kudos! You're one of a few. :)
I saw this first when I was 13, and I really enjoyed re-watching that again with your commentary and reaction. Always good to see someone appreciate one of the all-time classics.
38:10 - lol what ?!?! That must mean... you've never seen The Terminator ?! edit - or The Abyss ?
After this they ALL lived happily ever after (including the Queen Alien, who's appearing in a one xenomorph musical off Broadway and also some daytime soaps) there's ABSOLUTELY no need to watch further, it'll only spoil your enjoyment of the first two.
28:14 black Queen takes white Bishop
It’s a shame you didn’t watch the special edition version, it has a few scenes that flesh out Ripley’s and Newt’s back stories and give more context to their relationship.
Ripley is my all time favorite action hero! Also one of my favorite movies of all time is Galaxy Quest! I HIGHLY recommend you watch and react. Alan Rickman Tim Allen Sigourney Weaver Tony Shaluob and more.
Ripley is my all time favorite love interest, to this day!
Character's development is crucial, I agree, no plot can work without interesting/likeable/relatable characters.
A story is all bout what happen to characters in the first place, If we don't care about them we don't care about the plot.
Great reaction, I can relate to your stress, watched this movie in theater when I wasn't even old enough to buy a ticket, total panic, but loved it, one of the more intense memories in theater ever, too bad they can't do this anymore nowadays, 80's and 90's are the best times for movies, IMHO.
Have a great time enjoying such classics 😉
Hey, Madison! This is one of the best sequels ever made!
Unfortunately, you didn't see the superior SPECIAL EDITION version which has the Amanda Ripley scene, the functioning colony scene, Newt's family's discovery of the derelict ship scene, the automated gun scene, the Hudson speculation about queen ants scene and the name exchange scene. These deleted portions enhance the movie greatly and the Special Edition is the cut James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver themselves prefer!
The future Ripley inhabits is implied to be a dystopic corporatocracy. The most pervasive and powerful corporate entity is the Weyland-Yutani Company, a 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. It is a multinational conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar transport and terraforming with a stake in every colony world. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of the Alien universe. Ash and Burke were following a secret corporate mandate to obtain a xenomorph specimen in order to profit from research and weaponization. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani.
Some trivia:
The picture of Ripley's elderly daughter in the Special Edition is actually Sigourney Weaver's real-life mother!
The late Al Matthews, who played Sgt. Apone, was a true-blue Marine who was the first black man to be promoted to Sergeant in the Corps during his service in Vietnam!
The knife-trick scene was originally supposed to be performed by Lance Henriksen alone but he convinced director James Cameron to surprise Bill Paxton by involving him as they shot the scene! Paxton's wide-eyed terror is completely real!
Fan favorite Vasquez is played by non-Hispanic Jenette Goldstein! She goes out like a warrior and enables Gorman to reclaim his honor.
Ms. Goldstein now is the proprietress of a Los Angeles-based boutique that specializes in bespoke large-size bras! The motto of her company is, "At Jenette's, the alphabet begins with 'D'."!
Bishop's programming to not harm humans or allow them to come to harm through inaction is ripped straight from Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics!
Carrie Henn, who played Newt, never acted again but became a schoolteacher. She still maintains a correspondence relationship with Sigourney Weaver thirty-four years later.
The late Bill Paxton, who has the distinction of being attacked on screen by an Alien, a Terminator and a Predator, will NEVER be forgotten for his reading of the line, "Why don't you put HER in charge?", referring to little Newt in her oversized helmet. Lol.
"ALIEN 3" is a DIVISIVE film but it's an EXCELLENT entry in the series. ABSOLUTELY SEE IT!!! It's directed by David Fincher and features Charles Dance and Charles Dutton. It's brutal, fast-paced, has some extraordinary scares, provides new insight into the creature and concludes the story elegantly. I strongly encourage you NOT TO SKIP IT! Make sure you see the ASSEMBLY CUT (Special Edition with longer runtime). "Alien Resurrection" is the optional one because it's a hot mess except for one cool aquatic sequence. The ambitious prequels, "Prometheus" and "Covenant", mark director Ridley Scott's return to the series but they are mostly good JUST for Michael Fassbender's performances. Scott demystifies the creature and unsatisfyingly attempts to address who the elephant-headed pilot of the derelict spacecraft was.
VIEWING ORDER:
Alien
Aliens (Special Edition)
Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
Predator (1987)
Predator 2
Predators
Alien vs Predator
Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
Prometheus [OPTIONAL]
Covenant [OPTIONAL]
INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY:
Predator (1987)
Predator 2
Alien vs Predator
Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
Predators
Predator (2018) [SKIP THIS AWFUL FRANCHISE-KILLING REBOOT]
Prometheus [OPTIONAL]
Covenant [OPTIONAL]
Alien
Aliens (Special Edition)
Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
You forgot the best Alien story since the first two films - Alien Isolation. A Madison Let’s Play would be a fantastic watch.
The scene to watch Alien Resurrection for is when she enters the room with the other clones. Dear God, that scene!
Great reaction. It cant be understated how great the art/lighting/sound design for this universe is. I once walked into an art gallery which had a corridor decorated like the movie - dark, industrial, strobe lighting, yellow beacons, hazard tape and that warning klaxon sound and I swear the hair on the back of my head stood up immediately. Halfway along the corridor was a closed 'hatch' with a darkened window. When I put my nose against the glass to peer in and the unseen guy in the 'Alien' suit on the other side whacked his huge silver head against the glass I swear my heart stopped dead!.
Yeah thank God, Hicks and Newt made it with Ripley.
Apparently even Paul Reisers mum cheered at Burkes death scene when he took her to the premiere of this movie lol
This is a great movie for the extras, you get more back story of Ripley’s daughter who dies before she Ripley makes it back. Which builds the strong relationship and need for a daughter figure in Newt.
It would add to it, but I can't see it being crucial.
Kids are sympathetic characters, girls especially, so simple empathy suffices to create a bond.
Do NOT watch the 3rd movie. Just don't. It will disappoint and anger you in the first 5 minutes.
You’re a smart person. I like how you analyse this movie.
hhahaahahaha you gotta be kidding right? completely nutterr
Cpl. Hicks was "out" because he decided to get some extra sleep while he could. The real point is that he is super-chill and experienced, in contrast to their mighty commanding officer, Lt. Gorman, who was sweating bullets just from the drop and the fact that this was his first combat mission.
Loved it, unfortunately the franchise goes downhill from here...
I always have time for an Aliens reaction! I love this movie so much, and I hope you get a chance to watch the special edition, as it does even more to flesh out Ripley's character. I think you'll enjoy that more than moving on to Alien 3, anyway... it often pays to be suspicious of a third franchise instalment 😬... and speaking of which, I'd heartily recommend watching The Terminator and Terminator 2, if you haven't already seen them!
Oh, and 15:50 "Ripley in the Batmobile" - your comment is super-appropriate, as the 1989 Tim Burton-directed Batman movie was filmed in part in the same location as the alien hive (Acton Power Station, where the Batman crew was surprised to find the Aliens sets were still standing)... but not only that; in Batman, the Batmobile drives along the exact same place as the APC does in the shot when you made the comment!
You can count on one hand the number of sequels that are as good or better then the original and this is one of them. I also enjoy Michael Biehn's work. Other movies where you can check him out are the original Terminator, The Abyss (another James Cameron film), The Rock, The Seventh Sign and Jade. He just did a single episode of The Walking Dead tv show last week also. Great reaction, your deep breath at the end was telling. Glad you enjoyed it.
They are different films, so not really comparable.
He was also brilliant in Tombstone as Ringo.
my parents took me-to the movies in 86. I was 10. I was terrified, my dad thought I should see it every weekend till I loved it. I did love it. One of the best movies. " They can bill me"...
Sigh. Why can't I meet a woman who owns two different Boba Fett helmets?
Absolutely do NOT watch any of the subsequent movies. They aren't just bad, they utterly ruin the first two.
This movie is on a close 2nd to be the best sequel ever. It just lost out to Terminator 2. :) James Cameron!, again! Also, you can go watch part 3. While so many people say it is bad, it is really not. It is made by one of the greatest directors of our time, David Fincher (who did Seven amongst other movies). And even when the movie had tons of problems during its production because the studio was so money hungry and they used really bad super-early CGI in some scenes for me it is a master piece of suspense. Would be great to see a reaction to Alien 3!
I strongly disagree. I have a very short list of movies I give a one out of ten rating to, and Aliens three is among them. Aliens three is that bad for one utterly unforgivable sin. It utterly ruins Aliens two.
@@panpiper How can one movie ruin another? I know what aspect you are talking about and I do not say it here because of spoilers but this way of looking at a movie and then saying it ruins another is completely weird. Nothing has and will happen to Aliens, the movie is great and will still be great in the future. No one will take away good movies from us, no matter how often they will reboot and redo stuff and no matter how bad this stuff will be. :)
For another great Michael Biehn role and more James Cameron, I recommend Terminator! It was my first introduction to him I think, and while the role is surface-level similar it does have a number of differences at the same time. I really, really like it. And T2 is another great sequel that holds up as well as, if not better than, the first, much like Alien/s.
Add to the fact that Terminator is as iconic a movie as Alien was.
Queen takes Bishop
Won't have time to watch this until later, but I needed to hop in here to give a quick thumbs up and say *WOOHOO!*
Bill Paxton is also memorable in supporting roles in "True Lies," "Predators," and "Near Dark." He is a lead in some movies, like "Twister" and "Traveler."
He was also brilliant as the lead in A Simple Plan, directed by Sam Raimi.
@@jonessmith3187 And in Tombstone as well, of course.
@@jonessmith3187 Thanks for the reminder. I haven't watched that since it was released in rental stores.
A good considered review highlighting your interest in character development. I find Hollywood's '80s aliens really interesting - the two most prominent being this one and the predator. Gone are Speilberg's benevolent greys to be replaced by these true 'monsters' from space - a kind of return to '50s Hollywood aliens. We never get to see the alien perspective although in this movie a character says: 'how can they turn the power off - they're just animals' which implies we are dealing with a level of intelligence. Would this change our perspective of them - from carnivores driven by instinct to organized amoral murderers? I think our incarnations of 'aliens' tells you a lot about the culture that invents them. Perhaps we can add 'The Borg' and 'The Terminator' to this list as incarnations of genetic and political determinism?
It's just fashion basically.
apart from "feel good and friendly", people also like "Kill 'em all!"
Speilburg himself very nearly was a big part of the 80's hostile aliens cinema. His follow-on from 'Close Encounters' was going to be a movie called 'Night Skies', very loosely based on the Hopkinsville Goblins incident. Soemwhere in pre-production, he decided to do a more family-orineted sci-fi movie and 'E.T.' was the resulting movie.
Michael Biehn in the first Terminator film. He and James Cameron worked together on that film and another film, THE ABYSS.
Of course, since you are on a roll with Ash and Bishop, you should also add BLADE RUNNER to your list.
So, a word of advise that I give to everyone who I see watch this movie. NEVER WATCH ALIEN 3!!!!! Just don't do it. You will live a happier life if you just let it go here. I don't even want to tell you why. The sequels are awful. The prequels even worse. If you must have more Aliens in your life, play Alien Isolation. Or watch the Alien v Predator movies, after you have also seen the first 2 Predator films. AVP is dumb fun.
If I could make 2 suggestions:
1. Don't bother wirh the next 2 Alien films, they're hot garbage.
2. You need to play Alien Isolation. It faithfully recreates the atmosphere of the first film....albeit on a space station.
A shame you didn't watch the Director's Cut. Guess the shorter versions are all streamers can see. Missing: Ripley's daughter, the colonists, Newt & parents finding the alien ship, etc. etc. Oh, and I don't hate #3 and #4, though I understand why others do. #3, directed by David Fincher, had interesting concepts ( and bald Ripley) and #4 was just a hoot. Fortunately I have the extended cuts of all 4.
Love this movie.
(Don't) watch Alien 3
I suggest watching Terminator 1984 instead if you haven't seen it. Without giving anything away
You might recognize 2 actors
You can't have a channel about movie reactions without RoboCop in your collection (the original 1987 film, not that silly 2014 remake). Just a suggestion.
It’s actually really ironic that you call it the Batmobile. That corridor the APC drives down, Is the same Corridor the was used as the Ace-Chemical set from Batman 89’, and that That Batmobile-Also drove down 😉
James Horner was the goat! Rip
Lieutenant Gorman "We can't have any firing in there! I want you to strangle every Xeno you encounter with your bare hands! That's the safest way to proceed." Marines "Safest way my a**!!!"
Do yourself a favor and do not watch any other movies that are labelled "Aliens"... especially not no. 3, it just destroys the end of this movie (and is a mediocre pile of garbagge on top).
Paul Reiser, who played Burke, told a great story on the Tonight Show while promoting the movie.
He took his mother to the Red Carpet premier before 'Aliens' opened nationally. Before the movie started, he told her, "Ma, I just wanna warn you...I die in this movie. I just don't want you to be upset," to which she assured him she'd be fine. As the movie played, he whispered to her that his "scene" was coming up soon, ad he wanted to make sure she was OK. She responded that YES, she was fine.
As the scene happens, the theater erupts in cheers for Burke's death. Paul Reiser turns to his mother to comfort her, only to find her cheering and clapping, jumping up and down in her seat with everyone else haha
Bishop: "I´m afraid, I have some bad news." 😶😵😕
Pvt. Hudson: "Well, that´s a switch!" 😓🤔😤
I am so glad you didn't watch the Director's cut first. You would enjoy more for It's character development for both Ripley and Newt, but there are things I don't like about it that telegraph events that ruin some surprises for you had you saw that version first. Also, enjoying this moving makes you enjoy the differences on a viewing of the director's cut later on. Ripley is a prime example of how to do a strong character right. She is one of my all-time favorite characters in movies.
If you’re a fan of Michael Biehn, he did 2 other films with James Cameron - “The Terminator” and “The Abyss”. Both are excellent films and worthy of a reaction.
This my favourite of this franchise. Ripley is a real badass ! Love this movie xx
I was so happy to hear she is now a conservative and backs the GOP.
Great show Madison. No one likes Hudson at first but then he turns into the character you don't wanna see die lol RIP BPax. Keep up the great work Madison now its time for part 3.
Now that you're on the James Cameron train, are you planning to do the Terminator series (at least the first 2 films)? I'd also recommend one of James Cameron's more underrated movies, True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger. True Lies is an absolute classic. Tons of fun and also very funny. I think you'd love it.
Bill Paxton in True Lies .... AMAZING character
Gorman's redemption is almost as satisfying as Burke's comeuppance.
So sad she didn't get to know Ellen & Dwayne 😞
18:30 ..to bad about Ellens daughter...
If you want to see yet another movie with James Cameron directing Michael Biehn, besides this one and _The Terminator_ , watch _The Abyss_ .
Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese in the Terminator, which is another must see movie! He was also in the next to last episide of the Mandilorian. Great reaction btw...
Okay now-you love Aliens and we love Aliens, let's stop right here and not ruin it by watching Aliens 3.
Hudson's whining is the best
Now you've gotta see Michael Biehn in Cameron's first major film The Terminator. Sarah Connor is another great character, and seeing her evolve in Terminator 2 is a treat.
You left out all of Hudson's best lines!
..they're mostly in the longer cut...😛
When Burke’s mother in real life saw the movie for the first time she apparently said, “wow I never thought I would hate my own son. Well done”.
Michael Biehn was in Terminator, that's the first thing I ever saw him in. He can play hero or villain. I kinda prefer his heroes. ❤️
You gotta admit, although his whining was irritating, Hudson was much better in an actual fight than when anticipating one. He took out one "xenomorph" after another until one came through the floor and got him. He probably had the highest kill count out of all of them, and fired the most harsh language at the aliens, as well. 😉
Your post thoughts were fun to hear. Biehn was always a male cinematic hero for me haha. I knew him best from the movies Navy Seals (along with Charlie Sheen), and Terminator, of course
He also played a Seal in "The Abyss."
There's a great essay somewhere about Biehn and the style of vulnerable masculinity he brought to the screen. Terminator can almost be read as a conflict between "old" and "new" concepts of "being a man"; Arnold's unfeeling aloofness to Biehn's suffering humanity and his brave refusal to stop enduring what he must.
In the Director's cut of the movie, a couple scenes that were deleted from the theatrical release were added back to the film.
The first important scene is right after Ripley's bad dream and just before the scene where she is brought in front of the board of inquiry for destroying the Nostromo at the end of the first movie.
In the deleted scene, Ripley has recovered from hypersleep and she's in the hospital solarium looking out a window at a beautiful forest. As the camera pulls back and Burke enters the room, we realize that Ripley has been looking at a giant high definition display of a forest scene while waiting for Burke. She turns the display off and Burke tries to get her focused on her upcoming testimony in front of the board of inquiry.
Ripley's having none of it, she wants to know if Burke has any information about her daughter, who would be an elderly woman by this time, 57 years later...
Burke gives her the bad news that her daughter Amanda was killed 6 months prior to Ripley's rescue. Burke shows her a grainy printout photo of an older woman and Ripley breaks down in tears at the loss. Amanda was only 10 years old the last time they were together and Ripley had promised her that she'd be home by her 11th birthday.
It is a crime that this scene had to be removed for the theatrical release and such a joy to see it in the Director's Cut.
The other deleted scene was interesting but not necessary. It showed the auto-guns in action, deployed by the Marines cutting through an Alien attack in "the tunnels" leading up to the MedLab face-hugger attack scene on Newt and Ripley after Burke betrays them...
The movie works without the scene of Ripley finding out about her daughter's death, but with it left in, other storylines take on new meaning.
I really enjoyed your thoughts and reaction to my favorite movie of all time.
Because you're not busy enough, I'd love to see your reactions to new (new to you anyway) music and songs that you may not have ever heard .... So get on that right away, lol.....
Seriously, thanks for having us over for movie night, and much success to you and your channel!
2:53: Note the gun Ripley used at the end of Alien is still stuck under the door. James Cameron focuses on details.
'Never trust the company!'
Yeah. Movie still relevant. :P
The director's cut has much more explanation and development of Ripley/Newt.
Stop right here.. don't watch alien 3. Just leave it where it is here. Don't watch the next one or you'll regret it.
"Pull the lever Kronk..." 😆 good stuff, fun to watch along!
'Very succinct analysis and a nice reaction. 'Glad you watched this one.
It's your call, of course, but for my money, i'd move on to other films.
Franchise, smanchise. It's so rare that you get a great sequel... beyond this one, it's Burger King, McDonald's. Better to move on.
If you're looking for more great Sci-fi, i would like to recommend two excellent films:
UNDER THE SKIN (2013)
Scarlett Johansson and
EX MACHINA (2014).
Two really top-notch films.
I'm enjoying your reactions -
Carry on
I disagree. AvP connects the two franchises well.
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You're entiled. Not for me.
To get to AvP, you need to wade through P2, ALIEN REDEMPTION, etc. I think the greatness ends here.
I'd much rather see TERMINATOR and T2 reacted to. PREDATOR as well. Beyond that it just becomes Marvel redundancy. But that's my opinion. Obviously, not everyone will agree. There is good Sci-fi out there that didn't fly out of a comic book.
@@rimasmuliolis1136 I disagree. The AvP1 might.
The Avp2 is straight garbage and an abomination!
Michael Biehn was also in the original Terminator. He went back in time to save Sarah Connor.
fun fact: Alien, Predator & Bladerunner are all the same universe. Watching them chronologically is a mind bender.
In the extended you find out in the first movie she had s daughter the same age as Rebecca and that she died 2 years before Ripley made it back.