Hudson was never really a coward, he was just pissed because he only had 4 weeks left on his tour of duty, and he just wanted to go home. Also, he didn't want to die this way, to a bunch of alien bugs on a lifeless planet in the middle of nowhere. He was caught off guard in the hive and felt helpless, but when given the chance to defend himself, he chose to fight and it didn't matter anymore if he lived or died, he at least wanted a fighting chance to die an honorable death... He may have been cocky, but be did indeed back up his words, and for his gallant bravery in battle he will always be remembered as "The Ultimate Bad@ss" :)
My father hired the first 2 movies of the Alien saga, plus he bought a whole lot of stuff like popcorn and malteasers and chips, you know: the kind of stuff you usually buy from the candy bar at the cinema; so we could have an at home cinema experience.
I have considered showing it to her... I saw it when it first came out on VHS....I still consider it one of the scariest movies I have seen, would watch 2 or 3 episodes of the Simpsons after watching it to just calm down... something about Sam Neil with no eyes, cooked my wee 15 year old brain
@@mayaandgareth you know what's really scary, although I admit it's a different type of scary, is "The Day After"....it was a TV movie on ABC in 1983....it depicts what happens in a small town in the midwest the day after a total nuclear war....it influenced Reagan's thoughts on nuclear arms, and motivated him to get more aggressive arms reduction treaties. Of course, we are STILL on a nuclear hair trigger vs Russia and China, this did not end in the 90s (I served on a Trident submarine 1999 to 2003, I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of a nuclear warhead aboard either submarine I served on). The British version is called "threads", and it goes a little bit further into the future, showing how human culture slowly erodes back to the stoneage after a nuclear war. Both profoundly disturbing. 😲
@@mayaandgareth Agreed! It was criminal that the subtext of Ripley's deceased daughter was removed - that stuff informs the most important relationship in THIS film - that between Ripley and Newt! The fantastic payoff at the end being when Newt says "Mommy" to Ripley as she hugs her.
The girl who played Newt only appeared in this movie. The money she made (including royalties) got her through college and now she's a schoolteacher. She attends sci-fi and horror conventions every so often and has done very few interviews as an adult. She looks back on the experience with fondness.
Brilliant watchalong with the two of you, thanks for that. While yes, it is unfair to ask anyone to follow up two lightning-in-a-bottle's with a 3rd outing, especially by two masters of their craft like Cameron and Ridley, I hope you do continue with 3 and 4, if just for the storyline. They're not bad; I actually think #4 is one of Sigourney's finest performances.
Don't know if "Mad About You" ever made it to the UK, but Burke (Paul Riser) was the husband on that show, his wife was played by Helen Hunt (who was also one of the lead characters in the movie "Twister"). He played a nice guy, it was sitcom about newlyweds, lol.
I have heard of it but never saw it, the most recent thing I have seen Paul Riser in is the last season of Stranger things, the fact that he is in Stranger Things blew Maya's mind :)
This is my first watchalong with you guys, but I'm enjoying your high-quality quips. 😂 And Maya kinda takes the wind of out of the sails of one of my favorite movies. I'll never forget the Adventures of Pissgirl and Allen. Good stuff.
9:25 "...how was he allowed to be a Lt then?" I guess you mean - how come he is in charge of such a important, dangerous mission? Clearly Burke wangled getting him the job as he figured Gorman would be easy to manipulate. Also, now I can't ever watch this again without thinking of poor Newt smelling of wee...
@@mayaandgareth There's also a whole level on which Cameron intended this as a Vietnam War parallel. Gorman, the green, incompetent Lieutenant who gets his soldiers killed by attempting to stick too rigidly to theoretical protocols in one extreme and acting with incredible arrogance that he's presumably mistaken for "confident leadership" in the other, was a common complaint amongst Americans in Vietnam (sometimes leading to incidents of "fragging", or deliberately killing an incompetent officer with a grenade thrown "accidentally" too short), it being the last time the US fielded a "conscript army" (arguably, depending on how you define Dubya's extensive abuse of "stop loss" in the 2003 invasion of Iraq). Lots of other parallels and details, down to the look of the Marin'es' gear. Bill Paxton's somewhat over-the-top character is part of that; full of bravado and overconfidence in his advanced weaponry before contact, quickly reduced to horror and terror upon encountering an enemy truly willing to die rather than surrender (by some estimates, the North Vietnamese lost 10-20 soldiers for every American killed, giving them possibly 1 million casualties from direct combat alone. They still won).
@@mayaandgareth This movie actually has some plot-holes there. Presumably the Company had some inkling of the existence of the Alien, or they wouldn't have preloaded the protocols into MOTHER (recalling that MOTHER had no outside contact once in deep space, so all routines would have to have been programmed long before the Nostromo ever set sail) or snuck Ash as a secret-robot sleeper-agent into the crew of what was, for all anyone else knew, an extremely-routine cargo delivery. But, here, the Company seems to know nothing about it, to the extent that any knowledge of the Alien or its presence on LV426 for at least the last 60 years had to come from Ripley, thus triggering the outbreak via Burke's actions. There's all kinds of potential backstories, but the fact that none are even considered is... odd. It's not movie-wrecking, but it's similar to the plot-holes Cameron introduced and hand-waved away in T2.
Sorry, but The Avatar Films are OVERRATED. Are the Films visually stunning? Yes they are, but the storyline and plot are terrible. The storyline and plot of the films are basically “FernGully”meets “Dances with Wolves”.
@@mayaandgareth No worries. It was cute and I even subscribed after. So feel free to pronounce more words incorrectly all you want. I'll only bring attention to it most of the time.
@@PaulWinkle could be more of a leveling issue on my edit, I was using my back up headphones to mix, will defo pay more attention to it on the next one, it easy to forget that audio is often the most important part of any video.
Oh guys. I told to you watch PROMETHEUS before this one..Why does no one ever listen. Well you would have know a lot more about this movie if you had. Some of these ""Bad reviews" people obviously dont know a lot about the movie and its series. Well do Prometheus next. Then the sequel to it is Alien Covenant. As far as the rest of the movies i think they are junk. other fans will have different opinions. Ask me any questions you like about any movies, background production, trivia, etc.
@@tulinfirenze1990 You are obviously not a Fan of the series. I know ever movie. and if prometheus is watched with the cut 5 min talk between the Engineer and David much is learned
The dad talks too much and crack unfunny remarks too much and the daughter just does that annoying dismissive giggling obviously some ridiculous coping mechanism to make her look cool when she obviously doesn't know what the hell she's giggling at, like she's hiding some intelligent observation - NOT
LMAO…watching an R-Rated film at 10 or 11 ISN’T far too young. My first R-Rated films, which was also my first Horror films, that I watched…I was around 6 or 7. And, those films were A Nightmare on Elm Streets Parts 1 - 5. Currently at 41, I turned out to be okay for the most part. Lol
Oh she`ll love The Thing from 1982 with all the cute dogs........ :):)
Hahah, nothing but cute dogs that one :) it's on my list of things to show her :)
My all time fav horror line delivery - 'They mostly come at night...mostly.' The girl who plays Newt delivers it with Exorcist like precision.
Neither of us have see the exorcist, we will have to give it a watch
Game over man, game over.
That line is still-PRICELESS.
Hudson was never really a coward, he was just pissed because he only had 4 weeks left on his tour of duty, and he just wanted to go home. Also, he didn't want to die this way, to a bunch of alien bugs on a lifeless planet in the middle of nowhere. He was caught off guard in the hive and felt helpless, but when given the chance to defend himself, he chose to fight and it didn't matter anymore if he lived or died, he at least wanted a fighting chance to die an honorable death... He may have been cocky, but be did indeed back up his words, and for his gallant bravery in battle he will always be remembered as "The Ultimate Bad@ss" :)
Hudson might be complaining like Lambert.
But hé went out like a MAN!
That’s some serious copium you’re swigging mate
@@thescourgeofathousan Yeah but! he was rt tho.
@@LenOliver-yz6os oh well, I guess that’s convinced me. Good job.
My father hired the first 2 movies of the Alien saga, plus he bought a whole lot of stuff like popcorn and malteasers and chips, you know: the kind of stuff you usually buy from the candy bar at the cinema; so we could have an at home cinema experience.
Both of you will love "Event horizon" (1997).. Soo many sights to see.. :)
I have considered showing it to her... I saw it when it first came out on VHS....I still consider it one of the scariest movies I have seen, would watch 2 or 3 episodes of the Simpsons after watching it to just calm down... something about Sam Neil with no eyes, cooked my wee 15 year old brain
@@mayaandgareth whatever you do, don't expose her to the 2008 french version of "Martyrs."
@@mayaandgareth whatever you do, don't expose her to the 2008 french version of "Martyrs."
@@mayaandgareth you know what's really scary, although I admit it's a different type of scary, is "The Day After"....it was a TV movie on ABC in 1983....it depicts what happens in a small town in the midwest the day after a total nuclear war....it influenced Reagan's thoughts on nuclear arms, and motivated him to get more aggressive arms reduction treaties. Of course, we are STILL on a nuclear hair trigger vs Russia and China, this did not end in the 90s (I served on a Trident submarine 1999 to 2003, I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of a nuclear warhead aboard either submarine I served on). The British version is called "threads", and it goes a little bit further into the future, showing how human culture slowly erodes back to the stoneage after a nuclear war. Both profoundly disturbing. 😲
It's totally fitting that parents share THIS MOVIE with their grown daughters
Aliens is not only one of the Top 3 sequels ever made, it's possibly the greatest sci-fi film I've ever
I agree T2 is the 2nd greatest sci-fi sequel.
@@LenOliver-yz6os I look at T2 as the greatest action film and one of the Top 3 sequels
"They're not going to end it like that! DAD!!".
Seems like Bishop saved more than just Ripley and Newt right there, lol!
Thank you for doing the directors cut. This one is so much better then the theatrical release.
Oh for sure, at this point the Theatrical should just be completely replaced :)
@@mayaandgareth Agreed! It was criminal that the subtext of Ripley's deceased daughter was removed - that stuff informs the most important relationship in THIS film - that between Ripley and Newt! The fantastic payoff at the end being when Newt says "Mommy" to Ripley as she hugs her.
That "two pixel by two pixel" line made me laugh WAY too hard. ha ha.
Loved it!!! So glad you did the special edition. What are you gonna watch next?
Thank-youuu! I'm going to be showing dad "The Fall Guy" that's just come out :)) He thankfully has not seen it yet so I'm excited! ✨
@@mayaandgareth Ah sick that will be great, I loved that movie. Looking forward to it!!!
The girl who played Newt only appeared in this movie. The money she made (including royalties) got her through college and now she's a schoolteacher. She attends sci-fi and horror conventions every so often and has done very few interviews as an adult. She looks back on the experience with fondness.
That's so sweet! ☺
Brilliant watchalong with the two of you, thanks for that.
While yes, it is unfair to ask anyone to follow up two lightning-in-a-bottle's with a 3rd outing, especially by two masters of their craft like Cameron and Ridley, I hope you do continue with 3 and 4, if just for the storyline. They're not bad; I actually think #4 is one of Sigourney's finest performances.
The 'too cool' in that woman. Breathtaking.
Don't know if "Mad About You" ever made it to the UK, but Burke (Paul Riser) was the husband on that show, his wife was played by Helen Hunt (who was also one of the lead characters in the movie "Twister"). He played a nice guy, it was sitcom about newlyweds, lol.
I have heard of it but never saw it, the most recent thing I have seen Paul Riser in is the last season of Stranger things, the fact that he is in Stranger Things blew Maya's mind :)
James Cameron designed the alien queen I don’t think he gets enough credit for it. People tend to think of H.R.Giger who created the original alien. 👽
So at the premier Paul Riser (burke) took his mom to it and when Burke died she cheered with everybody else in the theatre
Haha that's great, I have always thought he is a great actor. The world needs more films with him in!
Brilliant isn't it? And stop there, no need to watch any more Alien films, the series ends here.
I dunno a lot of people in the comments keep bringing up Alien Vs Predator...okay only me ha but I think it might be fun
...even though it kinda sucks
They had a script in the 1990's for a third movie, but the project died. It fuxking died.
Ripley isn’t a miner. She’s a space tugboat officer.
Tugboat Officer is funnier :)
23:23 "Just follow the scent of p!ss" I nearly spat my drink out Hahahaha
i love that move too, but i love as well Trouble in Little China, I saw they were released the same year
Kind of a little fun fact. The video game Starcraft they use the voice of the female pilot in the game for the aviator in the aircraft in the game.
11:51 But f^cking Hamsters feeeeels goooood!!!
This is my first watchalong with you guys, but I'm enjoying your high-quality quips. 😂 And Maya kinda takes the wind of out of the sails of one of my favorite movies. I'll never forget the Adventures of Pissgirl and Allen. Good stuff.
Also, at 28:12 who runs more awkwardly, Ripley or the Queen?
“Adventures of Pissgirl and Allen”, that’s gonna stick in my mind
Hahaha thank you so much for watching :)
Great Reaction and congrats on watching the extended version and on watching both Alien movies
9:25 "...how was he allowed to be a Lt then?" I guess you mean - how come he is in charge of such a important, dangerous mission? Clearly Burke wangled getting him the job as he figured Gorman would be easy to manipulate. Also, now I can't ever watch this again without thinking of poor Newt smelling of wee...
Thats a really good point, they do a really good job of selling how manipulative the Company is
@@mayaandgareth There's also a whole level on which Cameron intended this as a Vietnam War parallel. Gorman, the green, incompetent Lieutenant who gets his soldiers killed by attempting to stick too rigidly to theoretical protocols in one extreme and acting with incredible arrogance that he's presumably mistaken for "confident leadership" in the other, was a common complaint amongst Americans in Vietnam (sometimes leading to incidents of "fragging", or deliberately killing an incompetent officer with a grenade thrown "accidentally" too short), it being the last time the US fielded a "conscript army" (arguably, depending on how you define Dubya's extensive abuse of "stop loss" in the 2003 invasion of Iraq). Lots of other parallels and details, down to the look of the Marin'es' gear. Bill Paxton's somewhat over-the-top character is part of that; full of bravado and overconfidence in his advanced weaponry before contact, quickly reduced to horror and terror upon encountering an enemy truly willing to die rather than surrender (by some estimates, the North Vietnamese lost 10-20 soldiers for every American killed, giving them possibly 1 million casualties from direct combat alone. They still won).
@@mayaandgareth This movie actually has some plot-holes there. Presumably the Company had some inkling of the existence of the Alien, or they wouldn't have preloaded the protocols into MOTHER (recalling that MOTHER had no outside contact once in deep space, so all routines would have to have been programmed long before the Nostromo ever set sail) or snuck Ash as a secret-robot sleeper-agent into the crew of what was, for all anyone else knew, an extremely-routine cargo delivery. But, here, the Company seems to know nothing about it, to the extent that any knowledge of the Alien or its presence on LV426 for at least the last 60 years had to come from Ripley, thus triggering the outbreak via Burke's actions.
There's all kinds of potential backstories, but the fact that none are even considered is... odd. It's not movie-wrecking, but it's similar to the plot-holes Cameron introduced and hand-waved away in T2.
Sorry, but The Avatar Films are OVERRATED. Are the Films visually stunning? Yes they are, but the storyline and plot are terrible. The storyline and plot of the films are basically “FernGully”meets “Dances with Wolves”.
I would totally date Maya.
Good reaction. Thank you.
Thanks so much for watching :)
She said “ THE-atriacal ”.
I embarrass myself sometimes :(( - M
@@mayaandgareth So do I at times,it's okay. LOL.
@@mayaandgareth No worries. It was cute and I even subscribed after. So feel free to pronounce more words incorrectly all you want. I'll only bring attention to it most of the time.
The atrical version was better
@@PuckeredMeatball The "Ventrical" release was a touch disappointing.
Audio could be better
Yeah I'm working on it, should have a new camera for the wee one soon as well, got any mic recommends ?
@@mayaandgareth Rode or Shure, but audio in the first Alien movie was pretty good though?!
@@PaulWinkle could be more of a leveling issue on my edit, I was using my back up headphones to mix, will defo pay more attention to it on the next one, it easy to forget that audio is often the most important part of any video.
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Please stop watching movies. Please... is not good for you... for us...
Oh Scary movie! it's okay for you. Try it. Is perfect.
We just watched The Matrix. It was great, we had fun :)
Oh guys. I told to you watch PROMETHEUS before this one..Why does no one ever listen. Well you would have know a lot more about this movie if you had. Some of these ""Bad reviews" people obviously dont know a lot about the movie and its series. Well do Prometheus next. Then the sequel to it is Alien Covenant. As far as the rest of the movies i think they are junk. other fans will have different opinions. Ask me any questions you like about any movies, background production, trivia, etc.
NO - forget the stupid prequels. They don't even line up properly. It only would've added confusion.
@@tulinfirenze1990 You are obviously not a Fan of the series. I know ever movie. and if prometheus is watched with the cut 5 min talk between the Engineer and David much is learned
The dad talks too much and crack unfunny remarks too much and the daughter just does that annoying dismissive giggling obviously some ridiculous coping mechanism to make her look cool when she obviously doesn't know what the hell she's giggling at, like she's hiding some intelligent observation - NOT
Thanks I hope tomorrow is a nicer day for you than today :)
@@mayaandgareth nice projecting gas lighter try 🙄😆😂
You have not seen Aliens - this looks like the ugly ai hatchet job they released.
LMAO…watching an R-Rated film at 10 or 11 ISN’T far too young. My first R-Rated films, which was also my first Horror films, that I watched…I was around 6 or 7. And, those films were A Nightmare on Elm Streets Parts 1 - 5.
Currently at 41, I turned out to be okay for the most part. Lol
Thank you.
If you haven't seen them would you take a look at Mr. Cameron's Terminator duo of films.
without question I adore those movies, and it will be so fun to see if she can spot the actors that constantly show up in Camerons films:)
@@mayaandgareth I have always loved the anonymity of Vasquez in Mr. Cameron's, and his wife's, movies but particularly in JD.