We FINALLY Watched ALIENS (Extended Cut)
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Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
Sigourney Weaver actually got a Best Actress Oscar nomination for this, the first and only time to date that an action film got an acting Oscar nomination.
She should've won as far as im concerned. Her Ellen Ripley is one of the greatest, strongest, most iconic female characters in film history
Aliens is horror/scifi/action not just action
@@jdogjohnson382 So? Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair shouldve won for The Exorcist too
@@LukeLovesRose it was good acting by them but not Oscar worthy.
@@jdogjohnson382 Most Oscar winning performances aren't nearly as memorable.
To me, Sigourney Ellen Ripley in Aliens is one of the greatest, strongest, most iconic female characters in film history. Future actresses should study her performance as well as Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor. They're both right up there with Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind.
What makes an Oscar worthy performance to you?
Actor Al Matthews who played Gunnery Sgt Apone, was a real life soldier and Vietnam Veteran. In an interview he once said "I spent six years in the United States Marine Corps; I hold thirteen combat awards and decorations, including two purple hearts. I was the first black Marine in the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam to be meritoriously promoted to the rank of sergeant; I served with Kilo Battery, Fourth Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, of that I am very proud."
James Cameron directed both Aliens and Avatar so you were spot on recognizing the similarity.
Ridley Scott directed the first one
And The Terminator
@@Maya-hp2qp Yes, but not the sequel that they are currently watching.
@corvus1970 they misread your comment 😂
And Titanic has lots of similarities to A Night To Remember
Rest in peace, Bill Paxton.
The only actor killed by a Xenomorph, Predator, and Terminator.
@@yougotpr0wn3d Facts 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 RIP Bill Paxton
HUGE loss for Hollywood.
@@rockzhard2009 A huge loss for us all.
@@babalonkie yeah i was just about to add that in.
Ripley is one of the most badass film characters ever created, Weaver was made for that role, perfect time, perfect place.
And without all this sjw bullshit, which proves that you just need to write characters and the story right, not force whatever message you feel we need to see.
@@evgeniydeus8137 You appear to have some emotional issues, you might want to have that attended to.
ripley is the QUEEN MARY SUE
@@evgeniydeus8137 congrats u love a feminist propaganda film she is the queen mary sue. i bet u dont like female comic book characters who have super powers
Hey Vince and Shashana, you remembered the right movie that actor was in which was The Terminator. But he wasn't John Connor. That was the actor who played Kyle Reese, John Connor's father.
Also directed by James Cameron
And, the foster mom is Vasquez.
His vast acting range makes him perfect for this role.
And one of the punks at the beginning is Bill Paxton (Hudson) and the detective is Bishop
@@funkadesiacThat's Terminator 2.
I love the switch from "why is she there" to "she's the only qualified person". Yeah, that's basically it.
She WAS the only one at that point with any experience with the alien(s).
The actor playing Apone was a real drill sergeant, so his acting in this is authentic. Also, Cameron kept all the actors separated in training so that when Ripley joined the crew it would be more realistic and she'd be meeting them all for the first time. Weaver was staunchly anti-gun her whole life so her handling of guns in this is really her first experience, which adds to the realism of her getting to grips with the weaponry.
There are a lot of reasons why this movie still holds up today, but even though it was extremely hard on the cast and crew with a whole lot of drama behind the scenes, it's easily one of the best movies Cameron has ever created.
They also filmed the scenes where they wake up on the ship last, so the whole team had that feeling of comraderie.
So quick to forget Kyle Reese.
Right??
and Michael Biehn, one of the most typecast actors of all time...
@@nooneofconsequence1251 Not so. In The Abyss he played... wait. Well, in The Rock he played... wait. Oh, I see what you mean.
Awe give em some slack 😅 they been watching a truck load of movies in quick succession and learning about soooo many characters and actors 🙃
Burke sent to the ship based on Riley’s story. No one had explored that part of the planet until Riley arrived. That’s why she said he was responsible
12:14
Vince: "They got three aliens on their hands"
Me: "Oh, you sweet summer child"
Early on, you asked why the colonists didn't get killed sooner. After finding Ripley and hearing her story, Burke sent the colonists to the ship on purpose, hoping they would find the aliens.
Plus, the colony isn't 57 years old, it's 20 years old, and the atmosphere has only been breathable for a few of those years.
Ah that makes sense now. I've always wondered how it was Burkes fault if he didn't know about the Aliens. Even still, he didn't know they were so deadly, but deserved ending 😂
@@popcornthemagictalkingcat7996but I think he knew they were that dangerous from Ripleys account
@@Catherine.Dorian. Yeah, I think he knew how dangerous they were. What he didn't know with certainty was whether or not Ripley was telling the truth (though the company almost certainly did). So he sent the colonists out in search of the alien ship, not warning them of the dangers because he placed greater value on his own personal wealth and career advancement by bringing back something for the companies bio-weapons department to develop than he did on the lives of the colonists.
@@Catherine.Dorian.thank you so much😄👍 I forgot Burke was at the meeting about the Nostromo. I did remember he said "well that could've went better"
I love seeing the younger generation have the feelings and wide eyed enthusiasm for the same movies I grew up on as a child of the 80s. Love your channel!
Saw this movie when I was 10 scared the hell out of me but i absolutely loved it.
9:20 yeah dude, thats the legend Bill Paxton, rest in peace. He was in Apollo 13, Tombstone, Predator 2, Titanic, U/571, Terminator, Twister, Hatfields & McCoys... one of every 80's and 90's kid favorite actor.
Don't forget "Frailty" and "Weird Science".
and he died far too soon
he is NOT John Connor....he is Kyle Reese (John Connor's father)
While Ripley was gone for 57 years the colony had been there for about 20 years terraforming it to make the atmosphere breathable they had no idea the ship with the eggs was somewhere on the planet until the company got a hold of the info from Ripley's escape shuttle once they had that info and the location of the ship, Burke sent a message to the colony to tell them to send someone, Newt's family, to investigate the area. Of course Burke and the company did NOT tell the colony what they may find there.
There was a deleted scene where Ripley was going the nest to save Newt and she encounter Burke who was cocooned and impregnated and he asked Ripley to help him but all she did was give him a grenade and moved on.
oh that's such a beautiful sendoff
Ohh I didn't know about that, it would've been so satisfying to see Burke like that😂
yeah they should ahve kept that scene
@@HorribleGamingFun They didn't keep that scene because the timing was off. It was established that it takes the facehuggers at least a few hours to implant the embryo. At the point Ripley found Burke he should still have had the facehugger on his face.
Michael Biehn (Hix) is from Terminator, but he didn't play John Connor, he was Kyle Reese 😃 Also the other guy you recognized from Edge of Tomorrow, Bill Paxton (rest in peace) is also in Terminator. He was one of the punks at the very beginning. Also Bishop the android, he was one of the police in Terminator.
Fun fact. The actress who played Newt kept messing up the scene with the wheel where she falls down that shaft because it was a big slide and was fun. Cameron told her that if she would do the scene, she could play on it the rest of the day. She did and he came through.
My family and I saw this opening night at the Columbia Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the few American theaters with a 70 mm projector (i.e. twice as big as a 35 mm). It was packed, if not sold out. When Ripley came out of the bay in the eco-skeleton and said her catch phrase, the crowd went absolutely bananas - howls, screams, wolf whistles, yelps and cheers. One of my favorite cinema moments ever.
When he asked which way are you going and she said im following you, the best thing ive heard in a reacton or all day. I love it. I think imma join yall patreon just because of that. So sweet.
"I'm following you" .. yea she's a keeper homie lol
My thoughts exactly. She did not hesitate.
Aliens is one of the best sequels ever made. It is one of the Sci-Fi movies ever made. And it is my favorite James Cameron film.
They should play Isolation
Cool trivia: when James Cameron was casting for the role of Newt, all of the child actors that came in to audition gave a very light, bubbley audition. Then Carrie Henn came in and gave a very serious realistic audition of a traumatized child with severe PTSD... Cameron virtually hired her on the spot 😎👍
I still say Heather Orourke would have made a better Newt. Heather definitely knew how to look terrified and traumatized.
My Cool Trivia: Counting the special edition, no fewer than four members of the cast of Aliens were voice actors on Starfleet, a British produced English language version of a Japanese sci-fi marionet series that ran on British TV between 1980-81 and Mark Rolston who played Drake, was the pudgy comic relief character. The series is best known for the Rock Album it inspired the following year, by Brian May and Eddie Vanhalen as a birthday gift for May's son who was a huge fan of the series. The complete series can be found here on CZcams and the rock album it inspired got a full remaster last year and is available for streaming.
The Aliens fandom really does the community a solid by making sure all the reactors pick up the extended cut. Bravo and great reaction.
I disagree. Those of us who saw the original theatrical cut in the theater (and on cable and tape!) know that it was perfect, a lean machine. The extended cut is full of needless scenes that undercut the suspense.
@@lanolinlight Sorry the additional content didn’t give you the same feeling of excitement and extra character detail the rest of us feel. The first time I saw Newt and her family out hunting for salvage and how the aliens end up being brought back I was like - this is so much better than having no details at all and meeting a random girl who survived. Theatrical doesn’t even tell us it was Newts dad who gets face hugged. Ripley’s whole convo with Burke about sending them out there goes from just being a throw away sentence in the movie to a thing we actually see happen. Seeing the colonists living their every day lives showed us the scale of the operation, how many people were there - so when they are all dead we know what it had been like before - vs again just showing up to an empty facility, no idea who or what was going on, if it was lots of people etc etc….added more understanding of how much carnage actually took place when you see them living and working there first.
Amen to that. I always get a little bummed out when a reactor doesn't have (what *I* would call) the definitive version of a movie. This one definitely adds something to the movie with an extra layer or two.
@@lanolinlightthere’s like a few added scenes, and they definitely aren’t Needless. Especially the one showing Ripley had a daughter that died while she was away.
I am part of the fandom and I prefer the theatrical cut. Whining for reactors to respond to the extended is silly. Let them pick whichever one they want.
Cpl Hicks is Kyle Reese in the first Terminator movie.
There is a cut scene on CZcams where Ripley finds a still-living cocooned Burke. Jenette Goldstein "Vasquez" is an underrated actor. She is in a lot of movies, and she is always different. You can see her in Titanic, Terminator II, and many more.
You two are the first ones who understood the med lab scene with the facehuggers in the jars. Most if not all the other reactors, even after Bishop explains they were removed from peoples faces trying understand what was going on and what attacked the first guy. They all think they were collecting them the whole time before an incident even happened for some reason, they think this smaller portion of the company is the same as the big wigs that secretly want it and were testing the aliens because they are part of the company when in reality so few people know about them and they keep it hush hush. Congratz, it always annoyed me that no one ever got it, even after Bishop explains it in exposition. Before even Bishop talked even, really good.
"Two are alive, the rest are dead. Surgically removed before embryo implantation.
The subject; Merricheck, John J., died during the procedure.
They killed him taking it off."
@@tommc3622 Exactly. At least day 2 of the infection. As soon as Kanes son was born, they figured it out as well on the Nostromo.
My dude said "I can advise from here!" Had me laughing hard as heck.
Someone probably mentioned it already but doing it again just in case. During the premiere or movie viewing, Burkes actors mother cheered at her sons death on screen saying he deserved it for being an ahole.
It’s was his Sister
corporal Hicks + Hudson + Bishop, were all 3 in Terminator 1....as Kyle Reese, as a punk and as a cop.
Vasquez was in Terminator 2, as John Connor's foster mom
Drake was a rapist in the "Shawshank Redemption"......Burke was in "Stranger Things" as Dr Sam Owens
Love when actors meet up again in different movies
There was also “Near Dark”. A vampire movie with Bishop, Hudson and Vasquez as the central antagonists. I’m a fan of it but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea
Lt Goan’s actor William hope, narrated a audio book alien: river of pain, he also done predator voice work in the 99 and 01 Alien vs predator part 1 and 2,
Also played the character Dr Groves in the 2010 Alien vs predator game and also voiced colonial marshal waits in Alien: Isolation, and he also voices Toby, Rocky and Edward in Thomas the tank engine lol
@@DirtnapJackown it
@@theeLonelyRedPanda Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton are the only actors ever killed by an Alien, a Predator, AND a Terminator in movies. Grey area, since an android can't "die," but the situation would've been death for a human!
That's JC's Daddy Kyle Reese! Another James Cameron staple along with the late great Bill Paxton
Edit: Also the actress who played Vasquez played John Conner's adoptive mom in Cameron's T2
First person to react to the guards backing off when the Queen communicates with them. Such a cool scene and often overlooked!
A thought about the timeline: it must be right after the hearing (where they closed the file on Nostromo) when the company decided to send a message to LV426 "there is a derelict there; go check it out". Newt's parents follow the order, they get infected, the bioweapons personnel of the colony studies the facehuggers, but everything goes south and the rest is history. It is implied that between the hearing and the contact loss, months have passed
Kudos for watching the Extended Cut
I am SOOOO glad you guys watched the extended cut of this movie!! There was SO much left out of the theatrical edition, it added 17 minutes....and that answered so many questions. The entire colony scene, the sentry guns...it just made the movie much better IMO. R.I.P. Bill Paxton, the man the myth the absolute LEGEND. Only man to be killed by an Alien, Predator, and a Terminator!!!
HANDS DOWN THE ONE OF THE BEST SEQUELS AND FRANCHISES IN HISTORY.
Fun fact: the photo of Ripley's daughter is actually Sigourneys mother.. that's why there's an actual resemblance...
Boyfriends facial expressions and nervous hand clapping are my favourite things ❤
There are more than just two Alien movies. There are a lot of them, and there's the Alien vs Predator movies.
The first Alien came out in 1979, and it was terrifying in the theater.
Oh no! Don't doubt the actions and intentions of our favorite artificial boy, Bishop!
He's made to seem suspect because of the first film, but he subverts our expectations by being the absolute best. He came in clutch!
"No, have you?" - cut out...
"Let's rock!" - cut out...
C'mooooon! Aliens lovers watch these reactions to see yours to those iconic quotes!
It probably feels familiar to you in some stuff because it was directed by James Cameron too. Just like Avatar.
Edge Of Tomorrow feels more like Avatar
"She done seen probably worse." "Yeah." The story of my life.
Let’s go ! Love these movies. Alien Romulus in theaters this Friday too 😭
Bill Paxton, the only man to be killed by a Alien, Predator and Terminator, absolute legend.
If you go by the assumption that the Bishop character “dies” it will have been him as well.
@@DirtnapJack wait, when was he killed by a terminator??
@@levridge6601 He was in the police station in the first Terminator.
@@kayshinae9023 oh yeaaaaaaaaaaa that's right!
@@levridge6601 😊🥰😊
One detail I like is that while the LT is definitely junior and very new, when shit gets hot he reacts calmly and visibly takes deep breaths and issues orders calmly and professionally, he does the right things, and in normal circumstances he probably would have done just fine. But everything happened so quickly and people died left and right, it was too much. He WAS a good Lt, it’s shown blatantly later when he goes back to save his Marine (Vasquez) even knowing it’s probably suicide. And goes down swinging. Every single character in this movie has so much depth, it’s what makes it so rewatchable. We’ll never have a movie like this again.
Thanks to Shoshana and Vince! 👾 I love this one the most of all in the franchise.
The bit in this movie that freaks me out more than anything else is Bishop crawling through that tube. Claustrophobic as fuck!
It's funny that you compared Ripley to Sarah Connor since Hicks is played by Michael Biehn, the same actor that played Kyle Reese in Terminator.
The android in the first Alien movie didn't malfunction, it was following orders that superseded those of the crew, orders from people like Burke in this movie. Bishop, being a newer model, didn't have the issue of the corporation (Weyland Industries) having priority over human life.
Oh getting ready for Romulus huh lol
Guys, watch Sigourney Weaver again in Ghostbusters. It's a really fun series 😉.
Ghostbusters is a fun movie, a fantastic movie and definitely worth a watch (or 10 if you're old like me), the rest of the series is bad though (including Ghostbusters 2).
Ripley is definitely the most bad ass woman in movie history. "Get away from her, you bitch!" was such an epic line at the time.
'Why do we not have masks on'
Thats an even better question when you realize that the filming location was loaded with asbestos at the time
Not to mention that masks is useless. In the first movie Kane wore a helmet and the facehugger got through that. If a facehugger can get through a helmet then it can most likely get through a mask
@@adrianharrell87
That's correct, mate..
In the original Aliens, when the face hugger that emerges from the egg to attack Kane, he's wearing his full suit, complete with a sealed helmet..
But you can clearly see in several scenes that the face hugger has secreted & used some of its acidic blood somehow, to melt & weaken the helmets faceshield, and help it get in & gain access to his face..
This is why it's re-confirmed for us several times in part 2, that the aliens can & do secrete their internal fluids, both as acidic defence, and to form the moldable resins that harden into a similar texture & consistency as their own carapace..that they use to create their hive, and cocoon their prey for the queen & her eggs.
The face huggers & their embryos are very highly adaptable, which shows the Xenomorphs are a very 'advanced' race in terms of biology..as this is very rare in nature, where mixing different breeds usually causes a lot of problems on a genetic level..
That the Xeno's are the opposite, and have adapted to do & be the exact opposite, and can use virtually any other species that's a viable host..(as we saw with them using humans, dogs & Yautya all just fine, and adapting to the DNA of their hosts, while keeping all of their own traits as well..
To be able to take on & assimilate the DNA & characteristics of very different species..is an evolutionary masterwork, and it was either only achieved through genetic engineering..(as the later Predator/Yautya vs Alien franchise makes clear was the case)..or, back when Cameron & Giger created them, and there was no such backstory..just a race of giant, bipedal insect Xenomorphs..then we're talking atvleast hundreds, if not thousands, of years of natural evolutionary evolvement..between the evolution of extremely acid for blood, (that oxidizes on contact with air, fairly soon after, largely neutralizing it)..
Which is a supurb defence mechanism for any species to evolve, because you can't safely prey on it, or attack it in any meaningful way..without extreme risk to yourself from its own blood..that's an excellent evolutionary defence right there, just in itself..
But once you also add in the often-overlooked equal ability to secrete your own internal building materials, for making your own home/nest, and imprisoning your own prey..makes you pretty self-sufficent..no matter how scarce or hostile an environment they find themselves in, on any world they wind up on..
And getting through any unknown materials an opponent or other race puts up to keep you out..like their very tough polycarbonate helmet faceshields, like the one Kane was wearing..
Meaning they don't need to rely on any outside source for construction materials..not like birds making a nest, or others..And they can get past, or adapt to, any other species & their created environments.
They clearly don't need to eat much, as there was zero evidence or lore in either of the first 2 movies that they ate at all..in part 1, Kane's Chestburster went through its entire growth lifecycle fast..and there was no evidence that it ate anything directly..
So unless it simply absorbs enough on a DNA or molecular level from attacking folks all the time, or it gets a feed from blood and that's the reason for their inner jaws being used during attacks, then..strictly speaking, it 'ate' nothing the entire movie..
That kind of biological development is usually extremely high in food/nutrient/energy requirements & expenditure.
They are remarkably prehensile & articulated in their bodies & movements, can traverse any environment, and are both highly group and hive-mentality intelligent individually, as well as supurb team players.
Xeno's can set themselves up anywhere, secrete & make their own nests, and building/working materials, be highly adapdable to living in other species infrastructure, just like most insects, but on even the DNA level, to using other species to multiply & improve themselves & their own..and are exceedingly dangerous, even for any other highly predatory or hostile species, to attack in any way..particularly as an edible food source.
From an evolutionary & biology standpoint, that's master-class level stuff..and all of it, fully self contained in just one species.
They're sounding more & more like an Alien-engineered, bio-weapons experiment..with every single passing point made about them, when you really think about it..
As old as earth is..not a single one of our insect species has evolved to that degree..not a single one..even in billions of years, left quintessentially alone to do it.
There's a hell of a lot more to them, and their amazing xeno-biology, than first meets the eye!
Still one of the best antagonists ever conceived, anywhere, as far as I'm concerned.
Our own gov't would be every bit as quick as the 'company' to consider a few crew on commercial tug, or a team of Marine grunts, and a hand-picked officer, as Gorman clearly was, pre-mission deployment, by Burke.
Cameron, Winston & Giger really knocked it way out of the park with this..I gotta admit, it kinda irks me when I try to talk to folks about their Xeno-biology..even lots of 'fans'..only to hear folks say;
"Geez, I never really thought about any of that biology or evolutionary stuff..they were just big, kinda creepy-scary bugs to me really.."
And I'm like: Sigh.."How the fuck can you possibly NOT"!?
But, sigh..I digress.
Fair winds!
I didn't realize until a couple of years ago that Vasquez was John Connor's foster parent. There were a lot of Terminator alumni, including Hudson, James Cameron and Bishop.
Love you two - just kinda wish you made this reaction a 2 parter so we could have seen more reaction time considering the movie is longer than usual… 😊 Oh I almost forgot! Don't watch Alien 3 unless you want to to be VERY disappointed.
Omg finally you watch this classic!!!
The picture used for Ripley's daughter in this one is a picture of Sigourney's real life mother which is always nice. Good thing you guys chose the directer's cut cause it shows why the connection between Ripley and Newt was so meaningful and the part where she calls Ripley moom was so touching. The actress of the girl here stopped acting but Sigourney stayed in touch with her all those years later and I think she still does to this day. She got made fun of at school for her lines here so she decided to quit..not sure if that is the full reason but any way. Grate reacion as always guys glad you liked it and you can stop here because honostly the first 2 movies are the best.
Good choice. The Special Edition is the best way to watch Aliens now. Ripley has all the motivation to do what she does. To me, Aliens is the best sci-fi film ever made
Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤
Actually, Ripley was a BIG part of the REAL mission. See, the company sent her to be used as a vessel to get an embryo back through quarantine. With what Ripley knew of their original plot (the first movie) - AND the fact that she messed up their alien recovery - she needed top be silenced. Sending her along to be impregnated via Burke's mission would kill both birds - silencing Ripley _and_ getting a couple of specimens back. THAT'S why they sent her. Not even the Marines were aware of the company's big plan. At least that's my read.
One of my favorite movies of all time! Ripley is an absolutely legend
Aliens is forever
Ripley is Legend 🙌
This was hands down my favorite movie as a kid in the early 90s
they don't make em like this no mo
Cameron masterclass 💯
Thankyou for the react👍👍
stay Awesome ⭐️
You guys better go watch Alien Romulus on theatres right now, it happens between 1 and 2, its amazing.
I heard it wasn't that great. Have you actually seen the movie?
There are more of these movies: Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, but these first two are the only ones people talk about because they are the best.
I love the Alien franchise. It's a shame they only made TWO movies. According to canon, the heroes make it home safe. Hicks marries Ripley, they adopt Newt and "Uncle Bishop" lives in an efficiency above their garage. Any crazy person that tells you there are more Alien movies after this, is trying to deceive you, don't listen to them, they work for the company.
Props to yall watching the extended cut! Aliens is my fav movie
Alien 3 is a step down from this due to the studio interfering over and over... it's also very depressing. But in my eyes... it's the true ending to the franchise and goes back to the Alien (1st movie) style. If you watch it, be prepared to be disappointed... but watch the Special Edition.
Yeah David Fincher did the best he could with what he had, because of the studio. I used to hate it but I'm okay with it now, especially the Assembly Cut.
@@cropdustcaptain3059 Under the circumstances... i think he did an amazing job.
@@babalonkie Yeah, he's a great director.
The picture of Ripley's daughter at 66 is actually a picture of Signorny's mother.
Hicks and Hudson in Tombstone too!
Frailty is awesome movie!
You guys should definitely watch the rest of the series Alien 3, Alien resurrection, Prometheus, And Alien Covenant
They’re not as good the first two but definitely worth watching if you’re interested in knowing/ learning more of the Alien franchise
I rewatched Prometheus recently and like it so much more than the first few times I watched it. It's still not at the level of Alien/s but it's honestly really good. I also REALLY enjoyed Romulus.
@@Shnazzmeister93 I haven’t watched Romulus yet, but I heard is good and I’ve heard some talk about some new creatures too .
Ripley's daughter in the picture was actually Sigourney Weaver's mother. The planet needed time to change before they would go out and explore it. They really had no reason but as you saw, they actually were directed to go check it out. Avatar..... Well both have James Cameron's fingerprints all over them. Bill Paxton was in a lotta stuff. Weird Science, briefly in Commando, Terminator, Twister, True Lies, other stuff. Guns work. The Sarge was actually in the military. Mask wint help. We've already seen them melt thru plexiglass type space suit helmets. The first 2 are the good one. Yhere is a 3, but you should really listen to the last few seconds of Aliens in the closing credits if youre going to watch 3. 1 and 2 are the best, by far.
that milky white fluid was liquid coolant. he's a machine after all.
The movie Aliens, Terminator movies, Avatar movies were directed and written by the same director James Cameron. There you see the similarities. The actress who plays Vasquez is the same actress that played in Terminator 2 as John Connor’s foster mother, the actor who plays Hicks (Aliens) played John Connor’s dad in Terminator 1, the actor that played Bishop played in Terminator 1, as one of the policemen when they brought Sarah Connor at the police station, in Avatar Sigourney Weaver is brought back by James Cameron. Basically some directors work some same actors because of good collaborations, good chemistry etc.
Tim Burton does the same thing with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
And yes creators from Stranger Things did had some inspiration from all these movies Aliens, Terminator, horror movies Nightmare on Elm’s Street, Halloween, etc.
Also another fun fact: the actor that plays Burke(the a**hole who trapped Ripley and Newt in the medical lab with the face huggers) is the same actor that played the nice doctor (in season 2 and 4) who helped (along with papa) Eleven get her powers back.
Yes, yes, yes Game Over Man, best reaction ever and homeboy keep killing it on the movie trivia.
Welcome to the party pal!
25:28 The LV426 Hadley's Hope colony was never in any danger of an Alien infestation before Burke told the colony of the ship (after learning about it from Ripley's debriefing) without warning them of the hostile organism(face huggers) and Newt's family were the ones who went out to find the ship. Burke knew by doing this he was causing the death of 150ish colonists but you know Burke... he would screw anybody over for a percentage.
Fun fact: The Hadley's Hope colony was founded by a descendant of mine. Not really, but I love it when my last name is used in movies. Except the Shawshank Redemption. I'm not related to him.
To clarify a point, Corporal Hicks. the actor Michel Biehn, although he did participate in the terminator saga. It wasn't like John Connor, he played Kyle Rees, a soldier from the future and Connor's father XD
25:09 The colonists on the planet years. Then Burke heard Ripley's story and he sent a survey team to the coordinates of the ship and game over.
The main reason it didn't happen earlier is its a big planet, and unless you knew specifically where to look the chances of stumbling on the ship were slim especially with it just being a terraforming colony, they didn't do much exploring. Ripley gave them the coordinates and only then did they know where to look.
Great reaction. Glad you loved the movie. As other people have already said, Hicks is played by Michael Biehn who played Kyle Reece in the first Terminator (the FATHER of John Connor). There are other actors in this movie who were also in Terminator and other James Cameron films. Vasquez (the female, badass soldier) is the same actress who was in the SECOND Terminator film who played the young John Connor's foster mom. She was the one who got taken over by the transforming Terminator - and "she" stabbed her sword arm into her husband's face to kill him. The actress looks nothing like Vasquez - her transformation is amazing. She should have gotten props for how jacked she got for the T2 movie. Bishop (the android), played by Lance Henriksen was also in the FIRST Terminator movie. He played one of the main cops (mostly in the police station) who was trying to track the murderer of all the Sarah Connors. Hudson (the scared, funny one, played by the late, great Bill Paxton) was ALSO in Terminator - but if you blink you missed him. He plays one of the punks who tries to stand up to the naked Arnold Schwarzenneger at the beginning of the movie. There are more connections, I'm sure - Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) also played one of the main scientists in the first Avatar film.
Michael Bein “Hicks” played John Connor’s father, who was Sarah Connor’s love interest. Great actor the entire cast was amazing. One of the best sequels of all time right up there with Empire Strikes Back and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
This film is why we don't trust Paul Reiser in Stranger Things.
Being an "80's kid" myself, this is 100% true! It was VERY hard to trust Dr. Owens in Stranger Things because we couldn't forget slimy Burke!
Fun fact about Ripley's daughter, she's the protagonist you play as on the 2014 game Alien Isolation which is set between the first and second Alien movies
One of the greatest sequels ever.
In one of the comics Bishop actually encounters an alien on the way to the transmitter.Also if you watch Alien 3 be prepared for the beginning of the movie.
8:22 The body slings for the heavy guns are the same slings used to hold heavy camera equipment for freedom of shooting. Your body supports the weight & your hands are free to aim & operate the video/film equipment as you move along with the action. Absolutly love them!
Yes, using the movie industry steady-cam harnesses for the Smartguns was an inspired idea..especially back in the 80's!
If you look closely, or watch the making of documentary, they even used the grips from a Yamaha motorcycle, complete with the switches block for the ignition starter, indicators & engine kill-switch, for the supporting hand grips on the smartguns too.
It was the father of John Connor (Kyle Reese) yall see in this movie. The actor Edward Furlong (John Connor) was 9 years old when this movie came out.
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😂😂😂😂 my favorite Line from the movie and “That’s It Man Game Over! Game Over!” As Well
The female in the red bandanna is the foster mom in Terminator 2. Hicks is Michael Biehn, Reese, from the original Terminator. Bill Paxton is the ex in Twister.
Fun Fact, Ripley's daughter has encountered the xenomorphs herself in-between Alien and Aliens. She is the main protagonist of the game Alien Isolation in which the crew of a spaceship finds the flight-recorder for the Nostromo(Ripley's ship in the first alien movie) which has been taken to sevastopol station. Ripley's daughter, Amanda Ripley, who is still looking for answers about her mother who disappeared along with the ship a decade or so prior joins the team sent by weyalnd-yutani corporation to the station to retrieve the flight-recorder. Unfortunately there's trouble aboard the station... An unknown organism is terrorizing the place and everyone seems to have disappeared....
In regards to your question about why they didn't wear masks. 1: They are stupid and are not listening to the person they specifically brought for advice. 2: A mask wouldn't make a difference. Remember in the first movie, Kane was wearing a spacesuit and the facehugger just melted through his mask and attached to his face. You could argue that the suit wasn't a durable material but I would beg to differ, its designed for walking around in hostile environments and resisting the elements so its got to be pretty tough stuff.
glad yall watched the director's cut. i wish i still had my copy. here's some clarification is necessary on a few points. Other commenters have already pointed out that isnt the actor that played john conner. Burke sent word the derelict ship's approximate location to the colony leader who in turn sent newt's family to investigate. they never tell you in the movies, but Hicks is married. ( i though he and Ripley might have hooked up too 🤷♂) Paul Reiser's mother said "GOOD" when his character ( Burke) got killed. 🤣. Bishop was genuinely good ( not evil ) and didnt do anything to Hicks. i wont spoil the next movie for you but honestly, only watch it if you feel like getting real depressed. glad yall liked this movie. check out the Thing with Kieth David and Kurt Russel if you get a chance.
Masterpiece ever. The best sequel ever made. Greatness
Omg your faces when things go crazy!
8:30 You're completely right here, Alien and Aliens were both HUGELY influential, spawning entire sub-genres of sci-fi horror with numerous imitators. As to the comparisons to Avatar, really no surprise since they have the same writer and director.
Fun reaxtion guys, thanks. This helped make my day. This is one of my favourite movies, and my favourite of the Alien franchise.
I grew up rewatching this and the first film on VHS more times than I can count as a kid. At the time I liked ALIENS more but the older I got I began to appreciate ALIEN more. ALIEN is my favorite movie in the franchise (also in my top 20 favorite films of all time). But both are so darn good they are both 5 stars for me.
Check out the movies Tremors(1990), The Thing(1982), Predator 2(1990), and Terminator 2: Judgment Day(1991).
The actor's name is Michael Biehn. And he didn't play John Connor in Terminator. He played Kyle Reese. The man who was sent back in time to protect John's mother, Sarah Connor and ended up being the man who would become John Connor's father. Also, there are 5 more Alien movies including Alien Romulus that is in the theaters now. And a number of Alien vs Predator movies.