I like that the Queen commands the other Aliens to back off when she sees Ripley can destroy her eggs. It adds a little bit of depth to the Aliens beyond just mindless killing machines.
I think the xenomorph's form of communication is FAR more advanced than human beings. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe its a telepathic ability, sort of a far more developed form of how social insects use pheromones, but they use their minds to talk to each other. Of course the Queen having the most powerful and developed brain, allows her to command her brood to whatever is required.
Like, the best part of this scene is that there is literally no CGI here. They literally built that huge-ass alien queen and brought it to life in the most terrifyingly realistic way, and almost 40 years later the effects still hold up and still look awesome!
Puppets and animatronics look so much better than cgi. Movie makers spend to much time to make cgi look as good as possible when they should go back to doing this.
You think about it, she missed her daughters life because of the Xeno on the Nostromo, traumatised by what happened to Kane and the rest of her crew, all that rage built up, she unleashed it via that pulse rifle at that moment. Beautiful...
@@smnbee75 It's hands down one of the best moments of the whole movie. So much pent up rage there at these creatures that have ruined her life and she's just letting them have it with the pulse rifle.
I love how the Queen has intelligence. She understands Ripley's threat and she reacts accordingly, ordering her cronies to back off. It makes her all the more dangerous because she genuinely has emotion. Especially her rage when all of her eggs are torched.
@@TheMinicrom My explanation is, when a Xenomorph is alone and cut off from its hive, it has to think for itself - in a sense, it activates its neurological capability to think logically. But when a Xenomorph is apart of a hive, it's entirely driven by the commands of the queen or whatever the hive's immediate action is.
Ripley's glance at the queen when the egg opens, that "well shit, now I *gotta* do it" is SO SO SO GOOD. They briefly had a mutual understanding and that egg broke it and all hell breaks loose. What a perfect transition in a single look.
The whole exchange between them-burning around the eggs, but not actually burning them-a clear threat. "You might kill me, but I will burn many of your eggs before I die." Cost-benefit analysis, no two hosts are worth an entire clutch of eggs; she orders her xenos to back off and give Ripley a clear line of escape, but then has a nearby egg open while Ripley walks by, obviously intending to blitz Ripley with a facehugger. The Queen clearly believes it has Ripley's undivided attention; Ripley then burns the eggs in retribution then flees, their "deal" broken. Such excellent direction. With no words spoken, the entire interaction is clearly understood.
I totally agree. I remember seeing this movie back in 1986 and it scared me with those things. In Alien Ellen Ripley against the smaller Xenomorph but nothing compared to the Mother Queen When Ripley came back to another space station she had nightmares and she was afraid but she managed to confront her fear and the Mother Queen was her fear. She blew the queen out of the airlock like she did the last one. Alien was scary b/c the whole crew died the cat was the only one alive. In Aliens they were everywhere. The other part that gets me the most is the people in a coccon state when marines see the nest. Ellen Ripley knew what she was going up against they didn't have a clue. The nest part always gets me. The one woman when we eyes open and she said Please kill me. The alien was inside her and it woke the others up. I also like The Terminator & Terminator 2 Titanic, True Lies Avatar and James Cameron is great when it comes flims. The Queen was the scariest I have ever seen and she is huge.
The queen was angry b/c Ripley killed her babies. The queen was nice enough to let her go but Ellen Ripley was like this time its war. I have Alien and Aliens 2 and Aliens the second one was more intense and scarier b/c the xenmorph was everywhere. The part that got me was when they tried to close the doors and make sure they don't come in and when Hudson is looking at his machine it shows the aliens coming and they were above them and Hudson wasn't reading it right and Ripley looked up when she looked at the signal. You hear Hicks saying "OH MY GOD!" They cut the power.... Then you see seem that scared me and the little girl Newt in the water and Alien takes her. The Queen represented Ripley's fear. Xenormorph's can't be killed b/c there is nothing to kill them. Their is acid is blood. Is Alien Convant any good?
@@Choices2aa Alien Covenant is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. And I don't mean in an Aliens 3 way where like, it's a decent movie but I dislike it because of where the story fits into the chronology of the series. Covenant is just stupid in almost all regards. It's a bad film with bad forgettable characters who make stupid decisions and nobody is likable. The story makes the mythos significantly worse by introducing several strange plot holes that both eliminate mystery and contradict established lore. It is a mess of a film technically as well, with almost an hour of deleted scenes that are needed to even understand the characters. It's not just that you shouldn't see it, you should actively pretend it doesn't exist.
My favorite part of this entire thing is when Ripley told the Queen she was gonna destroy the eggs and the Queen understood and told the others to back off telepathically and let Ripley and Newt out. GENIUS!!!
@@Krogdalo Well the problem here that facehuggers are mindless creatures driven by instincts to infect the host. Maybe Queen let her slide the kill of one facehugger but not every egg.
Dmitry Shtikow Yeah that’s the thing even if she had did kill a few face huggers getting out of there it would probably still be hard for the queen to disconnect from the egg sack but then Ripley destroyed it which was stupid because the area was going to explode anyway
If that facehugger hadn't appeared at the most inopportune time,Ripley could have just left with Newt.The thermonuclear blast would have wiped all of the aliens out,anyways.But once the egg opened,I guessed Ripley figured that she might as well torch and destroy all the eggs and then get the hell out of there with Newt.
If it makes you feel better Theres a comic where the alien, predator and terminators fight And the predators actually capture and acknowledge Ripleys ability and actually trains her and gives her weapons and stuff
I wish the predators and humans would just worl together to fight the aliens instead of the predators and humans fighting each other. They would have a better chance of winning if they did.
this is to me is definitely the most intense, chaotic ends to a film, it was truly brilliant, everything from the sound effects, the creature effects, the music
1:10 you know. That single look she gives without saying a word but at the same time saying a 1000 things is probably my favorite moment in cinema history!!
I read an interesting detail about the making of this scene. Sigourney Weaver insisted that the she would never see the puppet suit of The Queen before the lighting, mist and other preparations for this scene were complete, because she wanted to be genuinely afraid of it. So when Ripley sees the queen for the first time, the reaction on Sigourney Weaver's face is legit. She really is terrified of how frightning The Queen is.
Even if it's true, I don't think Weaver actually was afraid. Her reaction is good cause she is a good actress. But it might have helped her acting not seeing the puppet before all the effects.
We can. The beauty is that the documentaries made by now show all the tricks and tactics. All this shit can be bought at Home Depot for cheap. All it takes is patience and that's what a lot of filmmakers can't afford nowadays because even microbudget is expensive for people today.
@@theincrediblehulk5797 Exactly, she's probably the most obvious example. But there are literally hundreds of movies, comics, books, games etc before this with strong female hero leads!
Every bullet for every nightmare of them that Ripley suffered, every bit of fire for the absolute hate that Ripley has for them. This is definitely one of my favourite scenes in the movie. Love it.
Yep. Absolutely. You can tell that Ripley hates the Aliens / Xenomorphs with an unbridled passion and wants to get her pound of flesh out of their asses for all the misery they've caused.
The Queen telling her children to back down was so cool, it really speaks volumes about the intelligence of these aliens. I almost felt kind of bad when they started shooting at the Queen, since it seemed like she was going to let them pass, but it's almost like these aliens, and their hive, are connected to the Queen, like she commanded the eggs to open so they could kill Ripley and Newt.
The Xenomorphs are hive-minded creatures, which allows them to communicate and be one not just with the queen, not just with each other, but the hive as well. Which, unfortunately for the drone and soldier Xenomorphs, means that they can't make decisions entirely on their own, they need the Queen to be given orders from.
It's established through the novels/comics that while the drones aren't especially intelligent (they're only about as smart as an average dog), the Queens have like 200+ IQ, making them smarter than most humans ever born. They're capable of not only understanding cause and effect, but also concepts like delayed gratification, long-term planning and lying/misdirection. Given all that, I highly doubt that this Queen intended to let Ripley and Newt walk away. More likely once they were safely away from the hive (and the precious eggs), the Queen would immediately send her remaining drones after them.
@@Zaxares Or simply send some sneaky Facehuggers to ambush them. Problem is, based on that one egg opening up, the Queen was too impatient. She should've waited for Ripley and Newt to be waaaay more back, before sneakily commanding the egg to open.
Ripley’s courage and maternal instincts to protect Newt are clearly evident in this scene. Although I find myself feeling sad for the Queen after she ordered the other aliens to retreat to protect her eggs, and then Ripley killed the ones that were hatching to ensure their escape. They were both doing the same thing, protecting their young.
I mean the queen made the egg open up so it kinda doomed itself and the eggs. I mean other than the nuclear blast but i doubt the aliens knew about that
No the queen was different, they initially agreed to let eachother go. The queen however was planning for the egg to hatch and attack one of them. That’s why Ellen starting massacring all of them. The queen was no fool, she planned that. Either way they would have all died so that was a smart move on her part. She didn’t know the planet was going to be destroyed so that was a pretty lucky call.
This puppet from a film that is nearly 40 years old, doesn’t look dated in the slightest at all, CGI could never top the legendary queen alien herself in this masterpiece of a movie.
If you watched the behind the scenes sequence of how they shot this, it's actually quite funny. The flamethrower Ripley uses actually caused so much damage to the set when she was roasting the eggs that once the scene was over, firefighters had to rush on set and put the fires out because they got TOO out of control.
The aliens and hive being all practical make this all the more frightening, I can get behind the fact that Ripley and Newt are being threatened by real life creatures rather than computer animations
Whatever fear Ripley had left was instantly transformed into pure, absolute, and unrelenting hatred @1:10. Regardless of what happened from that time forward, she was through with running from those things.
It was because the queen went back on her promise to let them go without attack. She made the egg hatch to attack them before they leave. That’s why Ellen was pissed and started killing all of them. So that was the Queens fault
@@blahblahblahaha actually the queen is really intelligent and decided to let her go but face huggers who aren’t intelligent from birth and act on instinct didn’t care or listen to the queen like the drones and adult aliens did so neither party had the choice to decide what happened next. It was just the face huggers fault
The moment the queen wakes up and made that eerie hissing sound, it always sent chills all around me. Especially when it echoes. Although, the movie was a big action movie as well as a scary movie. Ill say this was the creepiest part in the whole movie.
Patrick Dumas yeah, her breathing sound always gives me chills. Makes her sound like she’s seriously pissed off (which given the situation of this scene, she likely would). And you defiantly would not want to be the object of her anger.
Its actually James Cameron making those hissing noises for the queen. Thats why the sounds are different from the other movies. James Cameron didnt like what the sound designers came up with and did the effects himself (later on, he did the same thing with the T-1000's death in Terminator 2). It actually became a trademark for his movies....to have his voice appear in every movie, but not his body.
One thing I liked is you can tell the queen has a much higher degree of intelligence than the rank and file. She sees that while Ripley might be in the lion's den she isn't defenseless. She reasons that while it is possible to kill or capture her the cost to do so is too high for 1 target. The drones and warriors would've stupidly attacked and caused a lot of damage and gotten nothing to show for it. I'm sure what was communicated was probably along the lines of "Now is not the time. She goes free. For now..."
The intelligence of these creatures was always astounding. Like I've played AvP and learning how to be a Xenomorph you use their wall walking, their sense of smell to indicate potential threats. You can either attack from a distance, but you also figure out how to tuse their maneuverability to gtfo when it gets too hot. Until you fight the predators for the first time and you're like oh shit XD
@@creepymaster2746i don't know that it was the queen so much as the nature of the eggs themselves...it was ready to hatch and sensed a target. Im sure ole queenie was none too pleased because they could've just chased after her later.
Ripley losing her shit in front of the alien queen is just another iconic moment from a legendary movie. Easily the greatest female action icon we'll ever see and still the template they all look too.
The female character of Ellen Ripley is so well written because she is FEMALE. She is not invincible, she's weak, afraid and vulnerable, but she endures in the end. Her mothers instinct is apparent through the whole movie. In fact both the first movie and this second one has one coherent theme: Motherhood and the cycle of life. The scenes with the Alien queen also touches on the theme of female rivalry and the deep hostility and revenge that female enmity can create. I think this scene really captures this reasoning, the absolute fear and rage when she unloads the weapon that she barely can hold. This is also one of my favorite scenes in this movie. The best female action hero alongside Sarah Connor (who is also badass and a very feminine character)
Nah. I think I read somewhere that the face hugger parasite within the egg detects a "suitable host" when one approaches the egg at a certain distance. Therefore the eggs opening up, is more instinctual, rather than on command by the Queen. I believe the Queen thought she could deceive Ripley by feigning a less aggressive posture (commanding her guards to back down), knowing full well her mature eggs would hatch, and the face huggers would then subdue Ripley along with Newt. The Queen alien is considerably more intelligent than humans, but at the same time, during this scene, fears the destruction of her future progeny.
Its possibility that the queen did since Ripley walked through dozen ove eggs and none them opening up by proximity makes me wonder if the queen intentionally ordered her drone to place newt very close to the queen herself at very centre ove the hive I bet she even knew Ripley location moment Ripley killed the facehugger and the alien in fact I think the queen as been present all the way through entire movie moment she commanding her drones to find more hosts,assessing level threat and if there were any the queen would send swarm dozens aliens to deal with it. In my opinion eggs didn't open up for Ripley simply because the queen herself wanted to see Ripley and deal with her herself whether curiosity,show dominance or to gloat at Ripley queen wiping out all marines and taking on the colonists to queen point ove view she had won with added bonus that she still had dozens drones for her to command she might've thought well one host isnt a threat but keep those drone guards ready on standby lol
After all these years, I just realised that Ripley could have saved herself a whole lot of trouble later on by just unloading a few of those rounds on the Queen.
@@SunsCam0531 In the AVP games, the Queen is generally invulnerable to conventional weapons. You often need to acquire plot-specific equipment or use the environment against it.
The creature effects are so realistic, it feels like I'm watching a nature documentary. Since there were puppeteers inside the queen and people inside the xenomorph costumes, I wonder how were they able to avoid getting burned by the fire and explosions? This movie is a cinematic treasure.
I was 7 in 1986 so wouldn't have been allowed into the cinema to see it. But, my parents did alow me to watch it a year or two later when it came on TV. Genuinely scared the heck out of me and yet got me hooked at the same time, lol... to the point that I'm a massive Alien/Aliens fan today.
She's using a real Thompson M1A1 fireing blanks, it was dressed up by British movie armorers Bapty & Co. The two Space marines using heavy MG their guns underneath the prop dressings are MG42 so are the sentry remote guns.
A masterpiece. Gotta love how Ripley tells the queen through her actions to call off your dogs and fck off or I burn the house to ground and then she breaks her word when the egg hatches. Aight its game time then
That little head tilt Ripley gives is probably one of my favorite moments. It’s almost like when the egg opened she remembered every awful thing that comes with us and said “no way do you live.”
I was born in 85, watched these movies as a kid. Scared me too death. I'm 35 years old now and love them. Keep watching them over and over again. Also predator as well.
My favourite scene in the whole franchise! You can just see in her face at 1:13 all the hate she has for the Xenos just explode out. The hatching of the egg was probably a coincidence and she knows the Queen and her brood are going to be nuked in a few minutes. But she thinks the Queen has reneged on their bargain and just let’s rip!
This whole scene is classic from beginning to end, but what elevates it to uber-classic is that it has not one, but two amazing reveals packed into it. First, the cut when you see Ripley's face up close, and then it shows the shot of her and Newt standing among the eggs. That got a huge "Whoa!" from the movie audience when I saw it. Then the slow turn Ripley makes and then a cut to that huge freakin alien queen. Ripley looking up at it in awe as to the queen's size, as it just towers over her. Absolutely brilliant. I saw this in the theater when it was released and it is BY FAR the best movie-going experience I have ever been a part of.
Ho man i work at the restaurant right at the right of this museum (le petit glouton) but never been inside i just remember they put the Queen in the front Window during few month now it's inside the museum
I just love all the weapon sounds they came up with. The Pulse Rifle report is iconic on its own, but the WHAM of the grenade launcher is just so satisfying, too. They did so much right with this film, I swear.
From what I heard, Weaver (Ripley’s actress) actually suggested not to the Queen Alien animatronic until the set and lighting for this scene was finished. So she was genuinely intimidated by the animatronic.
I love Ellen Ripley, one of the best heroines in film history. And I loved playing as Amanda, her daughter, in Alien Isolation. This is such a classic scene, and I feel like Sigourney Weaver still hasn’t been given all the respect she deserves for playing such an iconic character.
The Queen is the only one of the Aliens that actually terrifies me. No matter how many times I watch this film, my heart rate goes through the roof and I get major anxiety! I don't get like this with any other franchise or any other alien from any film. But she fucking terrifies me beyond belief.
This has got to be the best monster in movie history. They actually had this prop in a museum exhibit and I wasn’t aware, but went with my parents when I was like 9. I had already seen the movie but when I walked in that museum I almost shit my pants. Nothing can prepare you for unexpectedly running into a 20 foot tall Xenomorph Queen.
And here you have the inspiration for every resident evil game! Finding the heart of the problem underground, big monster to defeat, and a self destruct/time limit and alarm sequence to finish
Queen Alien: Okay chill tf out with that flamethrower. there you win, i’ll let you run.. happy now- *Facehugger hatches* Facehugger: Ah, first day! Queen Alien: oh you just doomed all of- *Ripley starts to shoot out the flames*
They could easily have ended it with the Queen dying in her lair along with the eggs, but Cameron took it to the next level and have it that the Queen escapes and chases Ripley onto the spaceship. That's why Cameron's movies are so amazing. Always surpassing viewer expectations.
Aliens is the greatest Science Fiction Action Horror movie ever made! And one of my personal favorites if you are a fan and you guys ever get a chance to see a retro screening of it at IMAX in the future do not hesitate! it is truly an amazing experience on that huge screen with that 12 thousand watt sound system.
I can only name Ripley and Call (Alien Resurrection). The one in AvP is $hitty and Katherine Waterston's character in Covenant is kind of forgettable. Elizabeth Shaw was ok, but a bit forgettable too.
This was the point in the story line that she finally took a stand. Her crew in the first Alien were killed and and taken to be fertilized by the the zenomorphs. She finally had enough. Bad ass scene.
I think what I love most is Ripley's lack of restraint. She just WANTS to blow every last one of these filthy abominations to hell. When she grimaces and grunts while expending nearly every shred of ammo she has, it's sheer emotion. Hatred, directed at an appropriate object, is truly something to behold.
As a Child the Queen really scared the shit outta me. That dangerous silence and than her frightening Noices she made through her teeth. Man, still one of my absolutely favorite Movies!
I like that the Queen commands the other Aliens to back off when she sees Ripley can destroy her eggs. It adds a little bit of depth to the Aliens beyond just mindless killing machines.
Colin Evans I also love the look that RIPLEY gives her when she sees the face hugger opening. Like “Are you serious?”
@@americanpatriots3216 Either that or "really?"
I think the xenomorph's form of communication is FAR more advanced than human beings. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe its a telepathic ability, sort of a far more developed form of how social insects use pheromones, but they use their minds to talk to each other. Of course the Queen having the most powerful and developed brain, allows her to command her brood to whatever is required.
Colin Evans Yes there are many incidents in the film that indicate the Aliens are far more intelligent than wild animals.
@@darecaone not necessarily ants use pheromones. It could be along the same thing. Also bees and wasps.
Like, the best part of this scene is that there is literally no CGI here. They literally built that huge-ass alien queen and brought it to life in the most terrifyingly realistic way, and almost 40 years later the effects still hold up and still look awesome!
I'd love to have a life-size one to place on top of the house, like a xenomorph gargoyle.
You can say this again.
I think they either puppets or animatronics
@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 yeah looks like it and it is awesome.
Puppets and animatronics look so much better than cgi. Movie makers spend to much time to make cgi look as good as possible when they should go back to doing this.
That look on Ripley’s face after the egg hatches like, “Really...?”
Yeah, that head tilt Ripley does is a fantastic moment.
🤣 Yes! As if to say, “You really think I’m that stupid? I know how those things work.”
But pretty flowers though...
"Bitch, you fucked up"
“Ah shit, here we go again”
The look on her face, the ammo counter going down, the bullets flying, the pulse rifle sound effects, the soundtrack OMFG! MASTERPIECE....
You read my mind here bro 1:37 it’s just beautiful.
You think about it, she missed her daughters life because of the Xeno on the Nostromo, traumatised by what happened to Kane and the rest of her crew, all that rage built up, she unleashed it via that pulse rifle at that moment.
Beautiful...
@@smnbee75 It's hands down one of the best moments of the whole movie. So much pent up rage there at these creatures that have ruined her life and she's just letting them have it with the pulse rifle.
Amen!
Love this scene, that pulse rifle sounds awesome when it's cranked up on a good system!
Damn right. This is one of the great moments of cinema.
To this day, these are far and away the greatest creature effects I have ever seen.
I think it's the animatronic though..
Especially in 4k while my phone is in 1440p
Better than what we see today.
@@patrickdumas224 better than alien 3
So true.
I love how the Queen has intelligence. She understands Ripley's threat and she reacts accordingly, ordering her cronies to back off. It makes her all the more dangerous because she genuinely has emotion. Especially her rage when all of her eggs are torched.
Ikr that's why I live the queen in these movies they portray her so well!
Very intuitive. Skills and emotion can make you doubly dangerous!
@@TheMinicrom My explanation is, when a Xenomorph is alone and cut off from its hive, it has to think for itself - in a sense, it activates its neurological capability to think logically. But when a Xenomorph is apart of a hive, it's entirely driven by the commands of the queen or whatever the hive's immediate action is.
When two alpha moms go to war.
The alien was already intelligent. This is no more than what was shown in the previous movie.
Ripley's glance at the queen when the egg opens, that "well shit, now I *gotta* do it" is SO SO SO GOOD. They briefly had a mutual understanding and that egg broke it and all hell breaks loose. What a perfect transition in a single look.
The whole exchange between them-burning around the eggs, but not actually burning them-a clear threat. "You might kill me, but I will burn many of your eggs before I die."
Cost-benefit analysis, no two hosts are worth an entire clutch of eggs; she orders her xenos to back off and give Ripley a clear line of escape, but then has a nearby egg open while Ripley walks by, obviously intending to blitz Ripley with a facehugger. The Queen clearly believes it has Ripley's undivided attention; Ripley then burns the eggs in retribution then flees, their "deal" broken.
Such excellent direction. With no words spoken, the entire interaction is clearly understood.
The genius here is the complete lack of dialogue. It builds tension and spares the audience from being spoon fed the narrative.
If it was an MCU movie, it would be comedy all over place.
@@miltontavares9506 *Eggs burn*
“Now that's what I call cooked!”
*Seinfeld theme*
That’s what made it scarier. That dead silence.
It’s also genius how it was shot in the dark; it makes the giant queen animatronic look much more real
When dealing in badassery, few or no words are required... The silence tells the story.
You know, the queen xeno vs Ripley is like the ultimate girl fight in the history of cinema.
I totally agree. I remember seeing this movie back in 1986 and it scared me with those things. In Alien Ellen Ripley against the smaller Xenomorph but nothing compared to the Mother Queen When Ripley came back to another space station she had nightmares and she was afraid but she managed to confront her fear and the Mother Queen was her fear. She blew the queen out of the airlock like she did the last one. Alien was scary b/c the whole crew died the cat was the only one alive. In Aliens they were everywhere. The other part that gets me the most is the people in a coccon state when marines see the nest. Ellen Ripley knew what she was going up against they didn't have a clue. The nest part always gets me. The one woman when we eyes open and she said Please kill me.
The alien was inside her and it woke the others up. I also like The Terminator & Terminator 2 Titanic, True Lies
Avatar and James Cameron is great when it comes flims. The Queen was the scariest I have ever seen and she is huge.
Simply the first legit catfight in space
That is what a lot of people have been saying about this scene.
@@MiXVoy true that.
Blacktime E-Press Who or what impregnated the queen xeno? Hmmm.
Ripley saving all her ammo to dump it immediately into the final boss is a pro gamer move
If only she shot the queen instead of the eggs and drones...
@@jamesfrank3213 had to make the queen feel it. The look Ripley gave the queen says it all when she's semi adopted Newt
Then we wouldn’t have gotten the dramatic finale!
I love how the Queen just tears herself straight off her egg sac, almost like saying "Where do you think you're going!?"
The queen was angry b/c Ripley killed her babies. The queen was nice enough to let her go but Ellen Ripley was like
this time its war. I have Alien and Aliens 2 and Aliens the second one was more intense and scarier b/c the xenmorph was everywhere. The part that got me was when they tried to close the doors and make sure they don't come in and when Hudson is looking at his machine it shows the aliens coming and they were above them and Hudson wasn't reading it right and Ripley looked up when she looked at the signal. You hear Hicks saying "OH MY GOD!" They cut the power.... Then you see seem that scared me and the little girl Newt in the water and Alien takes her. The Queen represented Ripley's fear. Xenormorph's can't be killed b/c there is nothing to kill them. Their is acid is blood. Is Alien Convant any good?
@@Choices2aa Covenant is worth a watch if you're into lots of gore and scares.
@@Choices2aa no Ripley burned them because one of the eggs opened
'Fine, I'll do it myself!'
@@Choices2aa Alien Covenant is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. And I don't mean in an Aliens 3 way where like, it's a decent movie but I dislike it because of where the story fits into the chronology of the series. Covenant is just stupid in almost all regards. It's a bad film with bad forgettable characters who make stupid decisions and nobody is likable. The story makes the mythos significantly worse by introducing several strange plot holes that both eliminate mystery and contradict established lore. It is a mess of a film technically as well, with almost an hour of deleted scenes that are needed to even understand the characters. It's not just that you shouldn't see it, you should actively pretend it doesn't exist.
My favorite part of this entire thing is when Ripley told the Queen she was gonna destroy the eggs and the Queen understood and told the others to back off telepathically and let Ripley and Newt out. GENIUS!!!
jeremyjealousy yes genius indeed !
And Ripley reneged on the agreement, yeah great. Nice way to discredit your whole species as liars.
@@forestdenizen6497 That facehugger tried to discredit first.
@@Krogdalo Well the problem here that facehuggers are mindless creatures driven by instincts to infect the host. Maybe Queen let her slide the kill of one facehugger but not every egg.
Dmitry Shtikow Yeah that’s the thing even if she had did kill a few face huggers getting out of there it would probably still be hard for the queen to disconnect from the egg sack but then Ripley destroyed it which was stupid because the area was going to explode anyway
Queen: Alright, you win, I’ll let you go THIS ONCE-
Facehugger: Hey mom!
Queen: Oh shi-
Ripley: *Open fires*
Justin Williams 😂😂🤣🤣 love your comment !
Ripley employing the kill it with fire method.
I was thinking the same xD
If that facehugger hadn't appeared at the most inopportune time,Ripley could have just left with Newt.The thermonuclear blast would have wiped all of the aliens out,anyways.But once the egg opened,I guessed Ripley figured that she might as well torch and destroy all the eggs and then get the hell out of there with Newt.
Kkkkkkk funny
The Predator would be so proud of Ripley
If it makes you feel better
Theres a comic where the alien, predator and terminators fight
And the predators actually capture and acknowledge Ripleys ability and actually trains her and gives her weapons and stuff
I wish the predators and humans would just worl together to fight the aliens instead of the predators and humans fighting each other. They would have a better chance of winning if they did.
@@ralfinducil8088 Canon?
@@Environmental1515 i dont think so because terminators
@@ralfinducil8088 Well, It seems to be very interesting I'll take a look later
this is to me is definitely the most intense, chaotic ends to a film, it was truly brilliant, everything from the sound effects, the creature effects, the music
from the first fight with them through the duct of ventilation ,then this fight and finally on the spaceship amazing
It wasn't even the end! The last 30 mins of this is just suspense filled adrenaline that is rarely replicated anywhere else!
1:10 you know. That single look she gives without saying a word but at the same time saying a 1000 things is probably my favorite moment in cinema history!!
The Ripley look is, oh well we tried diplomacy, war it is, f***ING have it !!!
It feels like"Huh?!Get Ready You Bitch!!!!"
I read an interesting detail about the making of this scene. Sigourney Weaver insisted that the she would never see the puppet suit of The Queen before the lighting, mist and other preparations for this scene were complete, because she wanted to be genuinely afraid of it. So when Ripley sees the queen for the first time, the reaction on Sigourney Weaver's face is legit. She really is terrified of how frightning The Queen is.
Thats interesting , never knew that . Explains why in this scene everything is so genuine
seems like something someon came up with on reddit or any other incel forum.
Even if it's true, I don't think Weaver actually was afraid. Her reaction is good cause she is a good actress. But it might have helped her acting not seeing the puppet before all the effects.
Wow love that fact also these things scare the hell outta me and these are real suits and stuff is so cool
@@philipmohlin3887 She has often stated this in interviews.
Appreciate what we have. We will most likely never see special effects this good again.
We can. The beauty is that the documentaries made by now show all the tricks and tactics. All this shit can be bought at Home Depot for cheap. All it takes is patience and that's what a lot of filmmakers can't afford nowadays because even microbudget is expensive for people today.
Well there was Mad Max Fury Road...... gave me hope for the industry but I think it was only an exception :(
@@Theomite It's basically finding diamonds in the rough these days.
The Next time it will be in real life lol
*Top gun maverick joined the chat*
Whenever someone tells me Captain Marvel is the first female hero, I point them to this movie.
💯💯💯🙌
You are a man of culture, I appreciate you
nobody has ever said that moron.
Do people say that? There's been thousands of female heroes before this movie.
@@theincrediblehulk5797 Exactly, she's probably the most obvious example. But there are literally hundreds of movies, comics, books, games etc before this with strong female hero leads!
Zero dialogue and you know exactly what's going on and what emotions are being conveyed. A masterclass in visual storytelling.
Every bullet for every nightmare of them that Ripley suffered, every bit of fire for the absolute hate that Ripley has for them.
This is definitely one of my favourite scenes in the movie. Love it.
To end this hellish nightmare once and for all.
I guess you could say: Ellen Ripley's xenophobic-
Agreed 1:35 says exactly what you are saying here.
God the face Ripley makes before tearing the eggs to shreds
I love it!
Brilliant acting!
Yep. Absolutely.
You can tell that Ripley hates the Aliens / Xenomorphs with an unbridled passion
and wants to get her pound of flesh out of their asses for all the misery they've caused.
I love that expression, Ripley's face says "Really bruhh?"
Yeah at 1:37 it’s beautiful.
The Queen telling her children to back down was so cool, it really speaks volumes about the intelligence of these aliens. I almost felt kind of bad when they started shooting at the Queen, since it seemed like she was going to let them pass, but it's almost like these aliens, and their hive, are connected to the Queen, like she commanded the eggs to open so they could kill Ripley and Newt.
The Xenomorphs are hive-minded creatures, which allows them to communicate and be one not just with the queen, not just with each other, but the hive as well. Which, unfortunately for the drone and soldier Xenomorphs, means that they can't make decisions entirely on their own, they need the Queen to be given orders from.
It's established through the novels/comics that while the drones aren't especially intelligent (they're only about as smart as an average dog), the Queens have like 200+ IQ, making them smarter than most humans ever born. They're capable of not only understanding cause and effect, but also concepts like delayed gratification, long-term planning and lying/misdirection. Given all that, I highly doubt that this Queen intended to let Ripley and Newt walk away. More likely once they were safely away from the hive (and the precious eggs), the Queen would immediately send her remaining drones after them.
@@Zaxares Or simply send some sneaky Facehuggers to ambush them.
Problem is, based on that one egg opening up, the Queen was too impatient. She should've waited for Ripley and Newt to be waaaay more back, before sneakily commanding the egg to open.
I'd say even if Ripley DID pass through, she'd still be killed for finding the hive
The baddest bitch in cinematic history.
Ripley's cool, too.
Agreed.
Ripley’s courage and maternal instincts to protect Newt are clearly evident in this scene. Although I find myself feeling sad for the Queen after she ordered the other aliens to retreat to protect her eggs, and then Ripley killed the ones that were hatching to ensure their escape. They were both doing the same thing, protecting their young.
Yeah I know I felt bad for the Queen too.
I mean the queen made the egg open up so it kinda doomed itself and the eggs. I mean other than the nuclear blast but i doubt the aliens knew about that
@@karebear4485 yeah I see what you mean here.
No the queen was different, they initially agreed to let eachother go. The queen however was planning for the egg to hatch and attack one of them. That’s why Ellen starting massacring all of them. The queen was no fool, she planned that. Either way they would have all died so that was a smart move on her part. She didn’t know the planet was going to be destroyed so that was a pretty lucky call.
fuck that queen…
Ripley had that look like "damn your gonna do me dirty like that? Alright bet."
This puppet from a film that is nearly 40 years old, doesn’t look dated in the slightest at all, CGI could never top the legendary queen alien herself in this masterpiece of a movie.
Stan Winston: MASTER OF HIS CRAFT!
If you watched the behind the scenes sequence of how they shot this, it's actually quite funny. The flamethrower Ripley uses actually caused so much damage to the set when she was roasting the eggs that once the scene was over, firefighters had to rush on set and put the fires out because they got TOO out of control.
@@SoldierOfFate and also cause they released toxic fumes cause they’re made of fibreglass
The aliens and hive being all practical make this all the more frightening, I can get behind the fact that Ripley and Newt are being threatened by real life creatures rather than computer animations
Whatever fear Ripley had left was instantly transformed into pure, absolute, and unrelenting hatred @1:10. Regardless of what happened from that time forward, she was through with running from those things.
It was because the queen went back on her promise to let them go without attack. She made the egg hatch to attack them before they leave. That’s why Ellen was pissed and started killing all of them. So that was the Queens fault
@@blahblahblahaha actually the queen is really intelligent and decided to let her go but face huggers who aren’t intelligent from birth and act on instinct didn’t care or listen to the queen like the drones and adult aliens did so neither party had the choice to decide what happened next. It was just the face huggers fault
@@blahblahblahaha those things have no honor huh
@@blahblahblahaha how can she make the egg hatch?
The one dislike is the Xenormorph Queen
Well would you if you had all your babies blown to smithereens. Lol
😁😁😁😁😁😁
And those 44 more dislikes were the Weyland Yutani employees
Lol she’s dead
And the rest dislikes are the rest of the aliens
The moment the queen wakes up and made that eerie hissing sound, it always sent chills all around me. Especially when it echoes. Although, the movie was a big action movie as well as a scary movie. Ill say this was the creepiest part in the whole movie.
I know what you mean. That first hiss when the queen wakes up sure gives you chills as it shows that this is one alien you do not want to mess with.
Patrick Dumas yeah, her breathing sound always gives me chills.
Makes her sound like she’s seriously pissed off (which given the situation of this scene, she likely would). And you defiantly would not want to be the object of her anger.
Is amazing how this Movie contains so much aliens and also a Queen and the next to movies compared is nothing but... Pure Bullshit in comparison
Its actually James Cameron making those hissing noises for the queen.
Thats why the sounds are different from the other movies. James Cameron didnt like what the sound designers came up with and did the effects himself (later on, he did the same thing with the T-1000's death in Terminator 2). It actually became a trademark for his movies....to have his voice appear in every movie, but not his body.
The non-verbal communication in this scene is excellent.
That movie was made over 30 years ago and to this day it still puts to shame 95% of the sci-fi movies that are coming out.
When the egg opens up at 1:07 Ripley is like "NOT TODAY!"
Exactly !
One thing I liked is you can tell the queen has a much higher degree of intelligence than the rank and file. She sees that while Ripley might be in the lion's den she isn't defenseless. She reasons that while it is possible to kill or capture her the cost to do so is too high for 1 target. The drones and warriors would've stupidly attacked and caused a lot of damage and gotten nothing to show for it. I'm sure what was communicated was probably along the lines of "Now is not the time. She goes free. For now..."
The intelligence of these creatures was always astounding. Like I've played AvP and learning how to be a Xenomorph you use their wall walking, their sense of smell to indicate potential threats. You can either attack from a distance, but you also figure out how to tuse their maneuverability to gtfo when it gets too hot. Until you fight the predators for the first time and you're like oh shit XD
Xeno Queens are supposed to be way smarter then humans(not that that's saying much)
Yet the queen was yet stupid or cocky enough to break the truce by opening the egg
@@creepymaster2746i don't know that it was the queen so much as the nature of the eggs themselves...it was ready to hatch and sensed a target. Im sure ole queenie was none too pleased because they could've just chased after her later.
Damn, James Cameron sure knew how to make cinematic masterpieces in his day. Hollywood is a joke these days.
@Alpha Draconii *NO SH'T, SHERLOCK!*
Fam, this is Ridley Scott. Get your shit straight.
@@firesonic1010 ridley scott didnt make aliens, he made alien. Cameron made the sequel
@@Jeremy-ed7fy I thought Ridley was in charge of most of the Alien movies?
@@firesonic1010 yeah, but cameron made Aliens
Ellen ripley is forever a symbol of courage and badassery
Yes she is.
Ripley losing her shit in front of the alien queen is just another iconic moment from a legendary movie. Easily the greatest female action icon we'll ever see and still the template they all look too.
I love how Ripley looks at the queen like "Aight we're on" when the facehugger egg starts opening up while she's walking out during their "truce"
Queen: Get her, guys!
Ripley: *Fires flame thrower*
Queen: ABORT ABORT!!
😄😄 the Queen was definitely saying that !
It's that bit, when she's unloading the pulse rifle and the camera is shaking, she's looking pissed and everything is blowing up! It's just THE BEST!
1:37
She has a lot of pent up rage.
@@jtgd yeah no shit.
The pulse rifle is almost spluttering and skipping towards the end, like it can't quite keep up with her rage.
The female character of Ellen Ripley is so well written because she is FEMALE. She is not invincible, she's weak, afraid and vulnerable, but she endures in the end. Her mothers instinct is apparent through the whole movie. In fact both the first movie and this second one has one coherent theme: Motherhood and the cycle of life.
The scenes with the Alien queen also touches on the theme of female rivalry and the deep hostility and revenge that female enmity can create.
I think this scene really captures this reasoning, the absolute fear and rage when she unloads the weapon that she barely can hold. This is also one of my favorite scenes in this movie.
The best female action hero alongside Sarah Connor (who is also badass and a very feminine character)
I used to reenact this scene with my water gun when I was a lot smaller lol.
That's actually pretty cool.
What did you use for the eggs, the soldiers, and the queen?
@@tylerslagel5485 Siblings.
@@bgonzalezseeya11 This comment needs a few more zeros in the like count.
@Cayden So did I! ^^
One of the best scene in cinema history
I just watched this movie with my dad since this was his favorite movie when he was 7.
He did not let me down. This was amazing.
what the fuck how old is your dad 18?
1:36 After being tormented for 1 and a half movies, Ripley finally unleashes hell. So dam good...
Love it when she orders her soldiers to back off.
But did she "tell" the egg to open up?
Probably.
"yeah, you can leave. Bitch, close your damn egg. momma don't want to use you just yet.
@@jjabbott7249
Nah. I think I read somewhere that the face hugger parasite within the egg detects a "suitable host" when one approaches the egg at a certain distance. Therefore the eggs opening up, is more instinctual, rather than on command by the Queen. I believe the Queen thought she could deceive Ripley by feigning a less aggressive posture (commanding her guards to back down), knowing full well her mature eggs would hatch, and the face huggers would then subdue Ripley along with Newt. The Queen alien is considerably more intelligent than humans, but at the same time, during this scene, fears the destruction of her future progeny.
No .. the facehuggers feels there are humans around us .. the queen knows that .. she cant command the facehugger
Its possibility that the queen did
since Ripley walked through dozen ove eggs and none them opening up by proximity
makes me wonder if the queen intentionally ordered her drone to place newt very close to the queen herself
at very centre ove the hive I bet she even knew Ripley location moment Ripley killed the facehugger and the alien
in fact I think the queen as been present all the way through entire movie moment she commanding her drones to find more hosts,assessing level threat and if there were any the queen would send swarm dozens aliens to deal with it.
In my opinion eggs didn't open up for Ripley simply because the queen herself wanted to see Ripley and deal with her herself
whether curiosity,show dominance or to gloat at Ripley queen wiping out all marines and taking on the colonists to queen point ove view she had won with added bonus that she still had dozens drones for her to command she might've thought well one host isnt a threat but keep those drone guards ready on standby lol
After all these years, I just realised that Ripley could have saved herself a whole lot of trouble later on by just unloading a few of those rounds on the Queen.
She doesn't kill her because she wants her to suffer. Watch as I kill your babies. It's revenge pure and simple
I think it has been stated that the Queen's armor would have been too strong to be damaged
@@SunsCam0531 In the AVP games, the Queen is generally invulnerable to conventional weapons. You often need to acquire plot-specific equipment or use the environment against it.
The whole rescue sequence is a cinema treasure
The creature effects are so realistic, it feels like I'm watching a nature documentary. Since there were puppeteers inside the queen and people inside the xenomorph costumes, I wonder how were they able to avoid getting burned by the fire and explosions? This movie is a cinematic treasure.
You said it all here bro.
I love how she doesn't talk to the Queen in some kind of badass boast. They understand one another perfectly clearly without words...
1:12 Ripley giving that "oh come on, you think I'm bluffing" look
To people who get to see this in theaters in '86: did everyone in the audience start going nuts at 1:35?
I'll bet 1:35 is my favorite scene too.
We were in a state of shock during the whole movie. The best way to put it, it was an EXPERIENCE! A great day in the 80's 👍🏾👍🏾
@@extracrisp1 That must have been amazing..The Fly came out as well the month after I believe. Great dual films to be released like that
I was 7 in 1986 so wouldn't have been allowed into the cinema to see it. But, my parents did alow me to watch it a year or two later when it came on TV. Genuinely scared the heck out of me and yet got me hooked at the same time, lol... to the point that I'm a massive Alien/Aliens fan today.
I was almost 7 years old when I saw this in the theater and it was Terrifying and awesome at the same time.
These are the bet sounding weapons I have heard
She's using a real Thompson M1A1 fireing blanks, it was dressed up by British movie armorers Bapty & Co. The two Space marines using heavy MG their guns underneath the prop dressings are MG42 so are the sentry remote guns.
czr7j9 not the best but one of them
@@humansrants1694 Really? That sounds badass
A masterpiece. Gotta love how Ripley tells the queen through her actions to call off your dogs and fck off or I burn the house to ground and then she breaks her word when the egg hatches. Aight its game time then
That little head tilt Ripley gives is probably one of my favorite moments. It’s almost like when the egg opened she remembered every awful thing that comes with us and said “no way do you live.”
I was born in 85, watched these movies as a kid. Scared me too death. I'm 35 years old now and love them. Keep watching them over and over again. Also predator as well.
1:12 "You have to be joking right?"
I just Love how The Queen was like HEYYYYYY THOSE ARE MY CHILDREN!! Then was like fine FINE you can go
My favourite scene in the whole franchise! You can just see in her face at 1:13 all the hate she has for the Xenos just explode out. The hatching of the egg was probably a coincidence and she knows the Queen and her brood are going to be nuked in a few minutes. But she thinks the Queen has reneged on their bargain and just let’s rip!
This whole scene is classic from beginning to end, but what elevates it to uber-classic is that it has not one, but two amazing reveals packed into it. First, the cut when you see Ripley's face up close, and then it shows the shot of her and Newt standing among the eggs. That got a huge "Whoa!" from the movie audience when I saw it. Then the slow turn Ripley makes and then a cut to that huge freakin alien queen. Ripley looking up at it in awe as to the queen's size, as it just towers over her. Absolutely brilliant. I saw this in the theater when it was released and it is BY FAR the best movie-going experience I have ever been a part of.
And if you want to see the queen alien IRL, a museaum in Lyon (France) is restoring her. :)
Didn't they reuse the same Alien Queen puppet for Alien Resurrection? I remember they repainted it a different color.
Ho man i work at the restaurant right at the right of this museum (le petit glouton) but never been inside i just remember they put the Queen in the front Window during few month now it's inside the museum
they have the Alien Vs Predator queen. Different model than this one
Best goddamm scify movie ever made
I saw Aliens 10.000.000 times and never get borred for me
A true classic.
@@EdjeMr1975 good for you.
First is much better
@@Jerrongamereview naw "Aliens" by far the most popular out of the series💯
1:09 Ripley was like "Oh no, you didn't!"
Fun Fact: The actress that played Newt became an Elementary Teacher. Pretty cool ''I was taught by the Aliens lady'' LOL
I can’t believe Alien queen is officially a disney princess
Ok that was Funny!
Drew a comic about this, let's just say the xenos aren't very happy about the news.
Haha yes I see it on chrome😂
I just love all the weapon sounds they came up with. The Pulse Rifle report is iconic on its own, but the WHAM of the grenade launcher is just so satisfying, too. They did so much right with this film, I swear.
1:11 that look! "BITCH please!"
Still the best movie. Who would have thought that the set is also used for Tim Burton’s batman, where jack Nicholson becomes the joker
That’s the same set?!
@@joshuastrittmatter4188 correct
What's sad about this scene is the practical effects used for the queen is better than any CGI today
And it 'only' had a budget of 17-18 million bucks;)
I love this scene the look on ripleys face shows she’s ready to let out everything her anger her fear her frustration everything
Your talking about 1:37.
From what I heard, Weaver (Ripley’s actress) actually suggested not to the Queen Alien animatronic until the set and lighting for this scene was finished. So she was genuinely intimidated by the animatronic.
Still amazing to watch after all these years.
1:36 that moment when nothing will stop you and you know it!
I love Ellen Ripley, one of the best heroines in film history. And I loved playing as Amanda, her daughter, in Alien Isolation. This is such a classic scene, and I feel like Sigourney Weaver still hasn’t been given all the respect she deserves for playing such an iconic character.
Nice! I’ve been waiting for this to get a 4K video conversion. Great work man.
The Queen is the only one of the Aliens that actually terrifies me. No matter how many times I watch this film, my heart rate goes through the roof and I get major anxiety! I don't get like this with any other franchise or any other alien from any film. But she fucking terrifies me beyond belief.
The dislikes are all the warriors and the queen.
😂🤣 so true.
1:11 - THAT is acting
This has got to be the best monster in movie history.
They actually had this prop in a museum exhibit and I wasn’t aware, but went with my parents when I was like 9. I had already seen the movie but when I walked in that museum I almost shit my pants. Nothing can prepare you for unexpectedly running into a 20 foot tall Xenomorph Queen.
The scariest part isn’t the alien or the eggs, it’s the fact that the flame thrower will run out of fuel.
And here you have the inspiration for every resident evil game! Finding the heart of the problem underground, big monster to defeat, and a self destruct/time limit and alarm sequence to finish
Queen Alien: Okay chill tf out with that flamethrower. there you win, i’ll let you run.. happy now-
*Facehugger hatches*
Facehugger: Ah, first day!
Queen Alien: oh you just doomed all of-
*Ripley starts to shoot out the flames*
This is the coolest scene from aliens
They could easily have ended it with the Queen dying in her lair along with the eggs, but Cameron took it to the next level and have it that the Queen escapes and chases Ripley onto the spaceship. That's why Cameron's movies are so amazing. Always surpassing viewer expectations.
Its not the first time he did that. You think its over, but it isnt.
But then Alien 3 existed.
THAT ALIEN SCREAM, THAT PULSE RIFLE!!!
since my 10years old i’m afraid of!
🙈🥺
1:10 I love her expression there
Yeah me too.
Stop talking about it all the times
Aliens is the greatest Science Fiction Action Horror movie ever made! And one of my personal favorites if you are a fan and you guys ever get a chance to see a retro screening of it at IMAX in the future do not hesitate! it is truly an amazing experience on that huge screen with that 12 thousand watt sound system.
I was lucky to catch a special Alien Day screening of it yesterday, It wasn't IMAX though, I can't imagine how cool that must be 😮
"So anyway, I started blasting'
1:10 "Oh, helllll no...."
The Alien franchise had some of the best female characters in film history IMO
I can only name Ripley and Call (Alien Resurrection). The one in AvP is $hitty and Katherine Waterston's character in Covenant is kind of forgettable. Elizabeth Shaw was ok, but a bit forgettable too.
What about the queen?
James Cameron knew how to write strong female protagonists in all his classic movies.
This was the point in the story line that she finally took a stand. Her crew in the first Alien were killed and and taken to be fertilized by the the zenomorphs. She finally had enough. Bad ass scene.
Omg the look Ripley gives the Queen when that first egg opens.
“Bitch, you did *not*”
I love how the egg opens and Ripley just has this look like "*sigh* You've killed us both. Hope you're happy with your choices."
I love the queen
Same
Me to
me too heh
I think what I love most is Ripley's lack of restraint. She just WANTS to blow every last one of these filthy abominations to hell.
When she grimaces and grunts while expending nearly every shred of ammo she has, it's sheer emotion.
Hatred, directed at an appropriate object, is truly something to behold.
Why she didn't grenade the queen in the face remains a mystery, however.
As a Child the Queen really scared the shit outta me. That dangerous silence and than her frightening Noices she made through her teeth. Man, still one of my absolutely favorite Movies!
I'm sorry but the bit where Ripley starts blowing up the eggs must be one of the most cathartic scenes in cinema history
1:35 Most exhilarating moment.
Yep.
Masterpiece ever. Greatness
That head tilt by Ripley, the look on her face that said "it's off the rails, I am going to light you up"...
What a moment, such great acting.
I love how this is two Queen's looking after the young members of their species but one decided to break that deal but with no dialogue.