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[@Kiernan5]

Michael Bean (Hicks), Bill Paxton (Hudson) and Lance Henriksen (Bishop) all appeared in the First Terminator as Kyle Reese, the punk leader at the beginning and Vukovich at the police station respectively. Bill Paxton is the only actor to have been killed by a Xenomorph, a Terminator and a Predator.

[@joeschwartz1009]

If you enjoy Alien \s and play video games try out Alien Isolation. It takes place in between these two movies. You play as Ripley's daughter Amanda. The feel atmosphere look mirrors these films.

[@joeschwartz1009]

Also Bishop is was modeled after the real Bishop you get to know in AVP. Another good movie.

[@nedzed3663]

The director, James Cameron, was very inexperienced as a director and most of the crew working on the film had little faith in his vision for a sequel to a classic sci-fi movie, but he was so invested in making this film he actually spent a million of his own money on one of the practical effects, that weilding torch seen at the beginning of the movie. The theatrical cut has some scenes missing that add a ton of context to the movie, like Ripley having a daughter, showing the colonists, the gun turret sequences and Newts parents, the ship from the original movie, were all absent from the theatrical cut. I remember seeing this movie years after seeing it in the movie theater and being like "wait, I don't remember any of that", and most fans of the movie seem to agree that the extended version you watched is the definitive way of viewing the movie and I agree. This is Carrie Henn's, the actress who played Newt, her one and only movie role. I believe the guy who played Apone had served in the US marine core during Vietnam, which ironically or maybe internationally this movie was influenced by. Last bit of trivia I can think of off the top of my head; Sigourney Weaver originally didn't want to come back for the sequel but she loved the screenplay and script so much, how her character was portrayed she signed on.

[@nedzed3663]

@@Kiernan5 He holds the distinct honor of having been killed by all three on film, Lol

[@AaronWilson55]

One of the best sequels in movie history. Totally re-watchable and so much fun.

[@TheMarcHicks]

This, Godfather Part 2 and Terminator 2.

[@LekhaRandshwari]

That's James Cameron for you

[@phj223]

RIP Bill Paxton, and RIP Hudson. He might have been whining and complaining a lot, but he was ever solid in a fight and he went out like Marine, taking Aliens with him until the very end.

[@FireTiger941]

Bill Paxton passed away, 5 years ago today, February 25th 2017 :(

[@Heegaherger]

Had a grunt friend of mine in the Marines who said the biggest garrison POS's were some of the best guys in a fire fight because they wanted to live.

[@davidkessinger1581]

Poor guy did not get to survive often in his movies. Killed by an Alien, a Terminator, a Predator, a Mimic, The Cowboys and even S.H .I.E.L.D.

[@Heegaherger]

@@davidkessinger1581 Almost the American version of Sean Bean.

[@Holy_Wraith]

You can find Hudson's body and his rifle in the game ALIENS COLONIAL MARINES. it was horrible game but still has good hidden Easter eggs from the movie.

[@po5283]

Fun little note, Paul Reiser who plays Burke, he took his mom to the premiere and she cheered like crazy when the aliens finally get him in the movie.

[@michaelwardle7633]

That’s amazing.

[@0okamino]

Burke is one of those characters that not even a mother could love.

[@RobertCasas]

Cameron choose Raiser because no one could think that his character was "as he was".

[@lonnieeastin6401]

I guess I don't understand. If I was the bad guy in a movie. And my mother cheered when I died. I'd be like; Well, I must have acted well because my own mother cheered when I died , That is a good actor!!!

[@po5283]

@@lonnieeastin6401 I'm baffled by your confusion, it's just a fun story that Paul Reiser has talked about! I didn't say he didn't take it as a compliment, I'm sure he did, but it's more about the comedic factor of taking your mother to the premier and her cheering the most when you get killed on screen. That has got to be a hilariously surreal experience.

[@quixote6942]

FUN FACTS: 4 Aliens cast members were also in the Terminator Movies. For Terminator 2, the Female Marine (Vasquez) was John Connors Stepmom. For Terminator 1, Hicks was Reese, Bishop was a Detective and Hudson was one of the Punks in the Beginning. Bill Pullman (RIP) was the Only Actor that's been Killed by a Terminator, a Xenomorph AND a Predator (in Predator 2).

[@CoastalNomad]

Minor Correction...... Bill Paxton not Bill Pullman.....

[@quixote6942]

@@CoastalNomad Yeah... I always get them mixed up! hehehe Thanks!

[@CoastalNomad]

@@quixote6942 Understand..... there are a some Actors/Actresses I gotta think twice cause they look similar......

[@richardrobbins387]

Gotta chime in and mention "Near Dark" insanely underrated. Kathryn Bigelow utilizing some of these same actors to make an insane vampire flick. No one EVER reacts to it.

[@mnomadvfx]

@@richardrobbins387 Yeah exactly. Bill Paxton, Jeanette Goldstein and Lance Henrikson. Shouldn't surprise much that Bigelow was a short time wifey of Cameron too back then.

[@minnesotajones261]

Thank you so much for watching the director cut! The whole subplot of Ripley being a mom with a deceased daughter was cut from the theatrical release. It gives even more gravitas to her protecting Newt. And when Newt calls her "Mommy" at the end... just damn. Love it. One more thing, best description of Alien and Aliens was one of the producers David Giler (sp?) - he called Alien the "Haunted House" - and Aliens the "Roller Coaster." Perfect descriptions of the two.

[@Kiernan5]

I wouldn't call the first Alien a haunted house movie. Nothing in it really relates. A better comparison is that Alien is a slasher movie and Aliens is an action movie.

[@mnomadvfx]

"One more thing, best description of Alien and Aliens was one of the producers David Giler (sp?) - he called Alien the "Haunted House" - and Aliens the "Roller Coaster." Perfect descriptions of the two" And yet the plot of the 2nd stripped of the action fluff resembles the original so much that anyone watching with a purely objective eye would be inclined to call Aliens a soft reboot. Not to mention that the art design of the 2nd is a very poor comparison to the 1st - the sets look mostly standard industrial where the original had very unique looking sets 😒 In short I'd say that all the action just covers for Cameron producing a straight up remake with moar of everything. Much of the 'special' edition added footage was cut not just because it extended the runtime, but also because it makes it that much more obvious how much Cameron is reusing plot points from the Alien script. Don't get me wrong - he's made some great films, but IMHO The Abyss was a much more original 'alien' movie for him to make.

[@Holy_Wraith]

Too bad they left out the scene when Ripley finds Burke alive in a cocoon and lets him live with a Xenomorph inside him.

[@commonstragedy]

"... except for that guy - he seems decent." 😂

[@LukeLovesRose]

LMFAO. I had the same reaction. She had no idea Burke was the slimiest creature in the universe... and that includes the aliens

[@Redd21481]

Yeah, she jumped the gun on that one 🤣 😂 1st time I ever heard Burke described as "Decent" 😆

[@digitaltrekkie]

I guess you could say she was right -- he *seems* decent 🤣

[@trajano777]

​@@digitaltrekkieuntil he wasn't

[@andrejarosch5524]

46:15 One of the most important lines in this movie is when Newt calls Ripley "Mommy".

[@dmwalker24]

So many brilliant things Cameron did with this film. The way Ripley loses her daughter, and Newt loses her parents. And then beyond that, Ripley and Newt are the same kind of person. They're both survivors. Smart, resourceful individuals who take decisive action. It would be 4 years before Weaver would become a Mother herself, but there's no hint of that in her performance as a protective Mother.

[@cherylsims5636]

yes I agree. It was a shame when in Alien 3 the kill off Newt and Hicks and Bishop.

[@Richardwho-vv5bh]

@@cherylsims5636 well, i think marvel is thinking on doing a retcon on that.

[@cherylsims5636]

Well there is a NEW Alien film soon to be released. Its going to pick up in the 57 year time period when Ripley was drifting in space. I cant wait to see it.@@Richardwho-vv5bh

[@richardjohnson5435]

Because of how detailed the first film's suit was, it had cost quite a bit of money to make. Cameron toned down the level of detail, which goes unnoticed as the xenomorphs are coming from the shadows to begin with, making the production of the suits far cheaper, and more flexible for the actors to move in, thus giving them their iconic quick movements.

[@0okamino]

I like how they gave them some differences in appearance, since these aren’t all just drones. Of course, regardless of the type of xenomorph, I wouldn’t want to meet any of them in a dark alley. Or a well lit alley. Or… anywhere.

[@ianmorrisonmovienutcase5713]

Now you’ve gotta see Sigourney with Tim Allen and Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest!! It’s one of her best performances alongside Ripley!!

[@sakbromely]

Yeees

[@brokenfoxx]

I so wish they'd release the R-cut of that movie!

[@ianmorrisonmovienutcase5713]

@@brokenfoxx Cause you wanna see the part where she says, “WELL, F- - THAT!!”, and it actually lines up with her mouth? 🤣🤣 I love that part!

[@brokenfoxx]

@@ianmorrisonmovienutcase5713 that's part of it! But the script was basically written with an R rating and filmed that way, so it was a lot of creative editing going on. At least according to the fan documentary. So knowing it was intended to be R rated... Yeah, I'd love to see that version because there's hints of more in there for sure, just watered down. And they should have left it in! It was pg13, they got two freebies 🤷🏻‍♀️ it never said why they didn't use one.

[@kavtoM]

@@ianmorrisonmovienutcase5713 THIS EPISODE WAS BADLY WRITTEN

[@kcg1676]

I always joked that this movie was the reason I joined the Corps, but when I think about it, it pretty much was. I wanted to know a Hicks, a Hudson and especially a Vasquez. I kind of did😂 Also started my fascination with tall headstrong brunettes

[@AtomicNumber420]

Thick Latina E3s. Source: corpsman

[@Fettman89]

Shame they never made anymore alien movies after this, that Ripley, Hicks, Newt, and Bishop story would have been sick.

[@0okamino]

The William Gibson version of Alien3 would have been a great movie. Fortunately, it was made into an audiobook.

[@manoz6194]

Alien 3 is a great movie on its own.

[@Fettman89]

@@manoz6194 You can have your opinion, mine is alien 3 is terrible and I choose to not acknowledge it

[@areese4044]

This movie has one of the smartest bits I've writing I've ever seen, letting them fit exposition, a character moment, and a scare in one. When Burke first meets Ripley, he introduces himself and sets up that storyline...but then it's all just a nightmare Ripley is having. Yet when we see Burke again, they've already met and we can just assume their first meeting went the same, minus the chestburster. So character introduction done, setting up Ripley's PTSD, and a fright for the audience, all at the same time.

[@chrislaustin]

"Except for that guy, he seems decent" If you only knew. LOL

[@johnplaysgames3120]

In the first movie, Ash (the android) didn't do what he did because he was fascinated by the alien (though, admittedly, he was). He did what he did because the company gave him orders to bring the alien back, "all other orders rescinded," and specified that the crew was expendable. Ash didn't go crazy, malfunction, or go rogue, he was just doing what he was ordered to do by their employers. In this movie, when they say the "artificial person" on the Nostromo "malfunctioned," the company is just gaslighting to cover up their part in what happened.

[@mnomadvfx]

"when they say the "artificial person" on the Nostromo "malfunctioned," the company is just gaslighting to cover up their part in what happened" Actually the script of Aliens does give this something of an out. The story implies that Burke is acting entirely on his own to gain financial advantage in claiming rights over the xenomorph science, and you could interpret the same in the company not knowing about the orders from 57 years ago. Weyland Yutani is literally an interstellar conglomerate enterprise - it stands to reason that this constitutes a LOT of moving parts within the corporate structure, and that not all of them necessarily talk to each other.

[@cherylsims5636]

@@mnomadvfx Well in Promethius the original Peter Weyland has made David the first robot. David is the one who ends up in Alien Covenant. Ash would have been the first commercially made robot, but recall the line where they said Ash was replaced 2 days before departure. The company knew Weyland disappeared in the LV system just didnt know why Bishop is the second made robot, after Ash and has those new behavioral inhibators.

[@LukeLovesRose]

The acid blood oxidizes as soon as the creature is dead, effectively neutralizing it. That's basically what Bishop told Ripley... which she completely ignored

[@unlimited971]

Still will do big damage as continuously melting

[@skepticalmagos_101]

The surface layer oxidizes... not the blood behind it.

[@darrellpowell6042]

In 1987 the movie was nominated for 7, yes 7 Oscars! 1. Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Sigourney Weaver 2. Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, Suzanne M. Benson, ... 3. Academy Award for Best Music (Original Score) James Horner 4. Academy Award for Best Production Design Crispian Sallis, Peter Lamont 5. Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Nicolas Le Messurier, Graham V. Hartstone, Michael A. Carter, ... 6. Academy Award for Best Film Editing Ray Lovejoy 7. Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Don Sharpe It won Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. Aliens was robbed of the rest due to science fiction being looked down upon by the Academy. Sigourney Weaver was the FIRST woman to be nominated for a science fiction movie for Best Actress, she was robbed.

[@bigredtlc1828]

Saw one reactor talking about how Ripley lost her daughter and Newt lost her mother. They both helped fill a hole in the other. So true. Thx for reacting. Such a different movie from the original.

[@mnomadvfx]

"Such a different movie from the original" Excepting the Newt thing (which can be interpreted as a replacement of Jonesey anyway) the plots are actually EXTREMELY similar from beginning to end which elements simply rearrangeed in places. Aliens just has an action focus to cover the similarities and MOAR of everything to overwhelm you with it - except art design quality that is. O'Bannon/Giger/Cobb's Alien s**ts all over Cameron et al's basic art design in Aliens - really lazy work and then some. The xenomorphs were made to be less detailed so that they could get more action movement out of them faster, but with the amount of time Cameron had to work on Aliens before shooting it (he started his Aliens script before making The Terminator) that is a poor excuse to say the least. The sole redeemer is Syd Mead's work on the Sulaco exterior and other assorted parts he was brought in to design - the rest is pretty basic industrial work that literally could have been lifted straight out of the power station they used for a set location.

[@michaeldavis2001]

Remember, Ash wasn't revealed to be an artificial person until he turned murderous. I think Cameron revealed Bishop early because he knew that would be suspicious of him rather than Burke. You should have known that the queen wasn't dead, because the line, "Get away from her, you b!tch." hadn't been said yet.

[@michaelwoods3651]

Paul Reiser( Burke ) did such a great job with his performance, his own mother cheered when he died.

[@Holy_Wraith]

Actually Burke lived, he was in a cocoon still alive, Ripley saw him when looking for Newt. It was edited out but can be seen in the deleted scenes.

[@redviper6805]

Bishop managed to be helpful even after being split in half, unlike a certain gold droid in Empire Strikes Back. True story: the actor who played him didn’t know how to read until he was 30 yrs old. Normally I am not big on audio commentaries but the one for Aliens featuring the director and the cast including Carrie Henn (Newt) is worth listening

[@0okamino]

To be fair to C-3PO, he got quite a bit more than split in half. 😆

[@sonofspock1]

So glad you watched this, especially the extended cut. It's probably the best sequel ever made. I remember going to pre-order this on VHS as a teenager. The thrill of seeing the new scenes was epic.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Probably not. This was the best sequel ever made and it's not even close. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II

[@stream_gene]

and they're all great additions. Personally love the sentry gun scenes, gives the reasoning why this legion of Xenos don't just go in on the marines straight away thusly the character development has time to breathe.

[@sonofspock1]

@@stream_gene And the gut punch of Ripley missing her daughters entire life explains her determination to save Newt perfectly too.

[@karlsmith2570]

Hey Clariss, the actor who plays Newt's brother in this is the real-life brother of actress Carrie Henn BTW: The version of this movie that you're watching is the Director's Cut, which had scenes that weren't in the theatrical release, including the scenes of the colony leading up to the Xenomorph's taking over the colony and the fate of Ripley's daughter

[@nedzed3663]

I had the privilege of seeing this in theaters with my mom when I was 7 back 87, my first R rated movie I saw at the theater, blew my tiny mind

[@RicoRaynn]

I didn't see it in theaters. Ended up watching it on HBO with my parents about two years later. I was 8 at the time. I felt the same way. Totally rocked my world.

[@maingun07]

Same. I was a teenager. This was the only movie that my dad ever insisted on seeing on opening night. I arrived early at the theater (that sadly no longer exists) and bought the tickets and he drove there straight from work. When Ripley said those famous words, the theater went wild. I heard someone whistling. I looked and it was my stoic taciturn father cheering like a little kid! The next day I went to meet my buddies for a weekend in Vail. I told them about the movie and we went to see it in the tiny little theater they had there (that again sadly no longer exists). Being teenage boys, we wound up seeing it twice more before going home. My friend's mom was flabbergasted. "You boys go to Vail and spend the entire time watching the same movie over and over?!?!" Moms don't get it. But dads do.

[@kaojinn]

You saw this when you were 7?! I remember Gremlins freaking me out when it came out, so this would have definitely messed with me.

[@nedzed3663]

@kaojinn Bro, when I was in pre K, like 4 years old, the daycare took all the kids to see the original Gremlins at the movie theater, that was the first time I saw that movie, Lol. In those day care worker's defense, the marketing for Gremlins was super misleading, Jurassic Park had similar marketing that fooled a ton of parent's too, mentally scarring another generation of little kids in the process. By the time I saw Aliens at the movies I had already seen a few creature flicks thanks to mom renting scary movies every weekend and allowing me to watch. One movie ironically DID scare the shit out of me and it was considered a "horror comedy", Return of the Living Dead. Saw that movie the same year as Aliens and it terrified me as a kid. It was that greasy ass zombie who went "brains", fuck that guy, and that zombie midget who chased that dude in the rain on his stubby little legs, horrified me. That's so weird, because that movie didn't take itself seriously, while Aliens was a legit action thriller and I was awestruck

[@kaojinn]

@@nedzed3663 Damn, I remember seeing Woody Woodpecker cartoons on film strip when I was in daycare, but we had just gotten cable TV, and some premium channels, so they were playing Gremlins regularly on Showtime or HBO or whatever. I loved the movie, but at the same time, my little 4 year old brain was paranoid that one of them was gonna crawl out from under my bed if I got up to pee in the middle of the night or something. And I know what you mean about Return of the Living Dead. I actually just watched that a few days ago (my son wanted me to watch it, and despite my protests at it looking cheesy, I said alright). And yeah, its mostly cheesy, but the big zombie is strangely unnerving. Aliens is just a masterpiece though. The first time I saw the set designs and tech, I was just floored. It all looked like it could be so real.

[@decusq]

A lot of people like myself consider THIS THE CANON ENDING to Ripley's story. The rest of the movies are either a PTSD dream or never happened non canon. Ripley adopts Newt, dates and Marries Army guy and Bishop gets rebuilt to do whatever he liked to do.

[@jamestreanor4361]

At 7:38 time when CLARISS said "except for that guy, he seems decent" I wept and wet myself laughing because it was Carter Burke

[@LukeLovesRose]

Fun fact: James Cameron himself made all of the hissing and breathing noises for the Alien Queen

[@ajivins1]

This is how you write and perform a strong character (male or female), Ripley is not without fear, she's scared, as is John McClaine (Die Hard) but does what she/he has to do because the alternative is much worse! These characters are not cool/smug, knowing that they will triumph but each knows what they need to accomplish.

[@jamesrowles9249]

The end of Aliens is like watching two moms arguing about how the other raises her kids.

[@only1doran199]

Saw this i the theatre and loved it. You’re my fav reaction person and this is the best you’ve done so far. Thank you for making me live this film all over again. I still remember the hours of ‘what if’ my friend and I would go over after such a great of movie. The 2nd movie we talked most about was the 1st predator. Man we had so many theories. Just keep it up. The 80s were a golden time for movies.

[@williamjones6031]

1. Michael Biehn/Hicks played Reese in Terminator as did Bishop/Lance Henriksen as the assistant police chief. 2. Am I the only one thinking that maybe they're so cheap that they sent her back out hoping she isn't going to collect her back pay. 57 years is a shitload of Benjamins. They totally screwed her. 3. Bill Paxton RIP Bill😇 He was Chet in "Weird Science". 4. Possibly the best dialogue in the movie: Hudson, "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" Vasquez, : "No have you?"🤣 5. IRL Paul Riser's mom during a preview viewing actually stood up and cheered when his character Burke got his. 6. Carrie Henn/Newt after this movie her nickname became SCREAM 7. Mom VS Mom. Don't piss off momma🤬🤬

[@jwhaler82]

When I watch this movie, I think about the marines and the big action scenes, but I’ve never really think about Ripley overcoming her PTSD and becoming a hero. Good for her.

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 7 Oscars: Best Actress Sigourney Weaver Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing Ray Lovejoy Best Visual Effects, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak, John Richardson Best Production Design, Peter Lamont Best Original Score, James Horner It won Best Visual Effects and Sound Mixing. It made $190 million dollars ($703 million dollars today) against a $18 million dollar budget. It's the best Sci-fi Action movie ever made.

[@crwydryny]

Fun fact: carrie henn (newt) kept messing up the take where she falls down the vent, as it was essentially a 3 story tall slide. Cameron got so fed up he made a deal with her, if she did just one good take, he would let her play on the slide for the rest of the day... she did and by all accounts he kept his agreement. Also during filming carrie had her birthday, there are behind the scene photos of the cast throwing a party for her on set

[@LukeLovesRose]

I love the Jennifer Lawrence jab. HA! What a silly little girl compared to Ripley.

[@mythosman2000]

Fun fact: Bill Paxton is the only actor to have been killed on screen by an Alien, a Predator AND a Terminator! RIP Bill Paxton.

[@MellenBerger]

Lance Henriksen (Bishop) holds that title too.

[@jamcalx]

I was five (1993) when I watched this with my dad (ikr)? This taught three things: 1. Most anything dies if you shoot it enough. 2. If you gonna die, go out swinging. 3. Don't mess with Space Marines! Bonus 4. Influenced my love of more realistic female action stars.

[@Otokichi786]

That's "Colonial Marines," the ones who "endanger species," according to the "nose art" on the Drop Ship.;)

[@LukeLovesRose]

Aliens is arguably the best sequel and arguably the greatest sci-fi ever, the Special Edition in particular

[@DraylianKaiju]

Cool trivia: when James Cameron was casting for the role of "Newt", every child actor that came in gave a cute, sweet smile after delivering their lines during the audition. Carrie Henn was the only actress who gave an absolutely dead-serious audition of a traumatized child suffering from PTSD.... Cameron hired her on the spot 😳🤓👍👍

[@krisfrederick5001]

Kyle Reese had to go from fighting Terminators to fighting Aliens...that's just wrong.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

And being helped to walk by strong women

[@Kiernan5]

What about Bill Paxton? Went from being killed by a Terminator to being killed by a Xenomorph to being killed by a Predator...

[@krisfrederick5001]

@@Kiernan5 Then digging up the Titanic

[@shawnkroll3950]

As always Clariss great reaction and I love that you appreciate different aspects of movies you watch. I call this Aliens movie. Ripley gets a husband and child. :) Joking aside this is the lady heroes I love. She wasn't overpowered or flawless. Ripley struggled with PTSD and used in ingenuity and bravery to get her through tough parts. She was tough and brave, but also compassionate, kind, and witty She cared about everyone. She risked her own life multiple times to help the marines. Her and Hicks bond was great, and I like that they showed that he taught her about the rifle. I love the comment "You started this show me everything."

[@0okamino]

Well, ultimately, I wouldn’t say she cared about Burke, but that’s totally understandable. 😄

[@jeffthompson9622]

Bill Paxton(Hudson) was the best at playing an obnoxious Jerk. He was also great at that in "True Lies" and "Near Dark "

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

People hardly ever mention Near Dark. Great movie with another outstanding cast.

[@Kiernan5]

and Weird Science, the first movie I ever saw Bill Paxton in.

[@jeffthompson9622]

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 ...and directed by Katherine Bigelow, the first woman to win a best director Oscar(for "The Hurt Locker").

[@jeffthompson9622]

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Bill Paxton(Hudson), Jenette Goldstein(Vasquez), and Lance Hendrickson(Bishop), together again.

[@johnnyjohnny-cg7np]

Watching this at 12 was a trip. Made me realize how cool movies could be. Me and my friends made pulse rifles out of toilet rolls and we could make the noise pretty good lol. Still my fav movie of all time

[@ysmith494]

Has anyone heard the distress signal from the Alien ship? It’s creepy as hell. After hearing it, now I understand why they left it out.

[@cherylsims5636]

Well I guess it must have stopped (batteries-even the Engineers had) but Im sure the colonists would have picked it up right?

[@tsorevitch2409]

Ship was damaged by seismic activity shutting down the transmission

[@SleepySloth2705]

Ah, Bill Paxton(Hudson), the only actor whose characters have been killed by Alien, Predator, AND Terminator

[@XanderKellie2003]

RIP Bill Paxton

[@karlsmith2570]

Fun Fact for you, Clariss: There's several actors in this movie that are also in the "Terminator" franchise: Micheal Biehn (Hicks)played the role of Kyle Reese in the first terminator Bill Paxton(Hudson) was the punk with the Spiked Blue hair who Arnold's character killed in the opening scenes of the first movie and Lance Henrikson(Bishop) played one of the cops in the Police Station scenes The actress who plays Vasquez played John Conner's foster mom in the 2nd Terminator movie

[@theflamerises499]

I don't think ash malfunctioned at all. He did exactly what he was programmed to do. Can a toaster be blamed for burning your toast if you set it too high?

[@crwydryny]

I think it was a hal 2000 scenario. He was given an order to return whatever they find (i believe it was a standard order that was set to activate in certain situations, in this case discovery of alien life/technology) as the priority was to return with the specimen as a priority above everything else (crew included) he focused on protecting the alien instead of the crew. As the company programed him puts profit first, they didn't think of a situation where it would result in deaths, or assumed deaths would be minimal, and were probably thinking "new exotic pets" or "medical/scientific research" or even "cool advanced space technology" when they programed the special orders, not "super deadly killing machine" which is what burke thought when he heard about it

[@austin0351]

That Jennifer Laurence jab is honestly spot on though, as if Ripley, Vasquez and Sarah Connor weren't already female action heroes in the 80s/90s lol

[@benlongstreth]

The movie is an allegory for the Vietnam War. Excellent work watching the directors cut. “40 miles of bad road” is what Cameron called it.

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

7:32 AHAGHHAHAA!!! It seems as though you are a fantastic judge of character. On Carter Burke's gravestone it is actually written "In life you can trust nobody but yourself.... except this guy.... he seems decent."

[@MadcapMatt]

The actress who played Newt didn't do much acting after this. She decided to go into teaching instead. There's a short interview out there with Kevin Smith if your interested

[@painlord2k]

To the dismay of today many "first time woman something" Private Vasquez (Jenette Elise Goldstein) and Ripley (Sigurney Weaver) are still some of the best representation of a not hyphenated woman in movies that is tough and feminine at the same time. And the Alien Queen too. Apex of maternal fury and ruthlessness.

[@Enthymene]

28:10 this is my favorite Bishop moment, quietly saying "I'll go" when none of the humans are stepping up, bemusedly passing the sidearm Vasquez hands him to Ripley, and the last thing he says before getting welded into the pipe is "watch your fingers"

[@phj223]

38:35 "Before there was Jennifer Lawrence" LOL, thank you xD Anyone who was at least a kid or a teenager during the 80s and 90s just went "wtf is she on about?" when that interview with JenLaw was spread o.O

[@jdogjohnson382]

One of the greatest sequels I've ever seen!!!

[@Backstreets247]

Clarriss: "7:33 I literally hope all of them get eaten............... except for that guy he seems decent" Me:😭😭😭

[@mrwidget42]

Actually the term Bug Hunt is much older. It comes from Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers.

[@OptmiusPrime114]

You can now stop here with Aliens. The sequels after this are not as good as the first two, so I highly recommend you don’t waste your time with them.

[@Kiernan5]

I would agree with Aliens 3, total waste of time, but I rather enjoyed Alien: Resurrection. Of course Resurrection would be confusing if you didn't know how 3 ended.

[@bobchisholm7487]

I'll speak up for "Alien3" and "Alien Eesurrection". I enjoyed them both.

[@claudettesmith8328]

Paul Rieser who played Burke. Took his mother to the movie premier & she cheered when his character got killed!

[@philmullineaux5405]

As an aside, the movie Prometheus, is the prequel to all Alien movies. Explains the large alien ship, and the being sitting in the chair. It's a race called Engineers. They seed life on planets and if they become dissatisfied with that life's progress, they seed another life, do destroy the first, and then themselves. They are responsible for Aliens humans and supposedly Predators and the technology for Replicants and Terminators!

[@RobertCasas]

This was the last movie that I, really, was jumping on the seat at the theater. Now I have watched it more over 50 times.

[@willywunder0648]

90 times it is for me atm

[@Age0519]

I love Hudson (RIP Bill Paxton), he is my favorite character in the movie! Love your reaction Clariss, keep them coming!

[@karlsmith2570]

Bill Paxton actually has the distinction of his characters having died at the hands of a Xenomorph, A Predator and a Terminator

[@jontastic]

When Ripley attacks the queen laying eggs, she causes the attacks on Bishop etc. If she just left with Newt, the nuclear explosion would have destroyed the entire nest. This is a case when vengeance causes harm to you and those nearby.

[@psychbat7807]

“Except for that guy, he seems decent” lol

[@midnightblue6668]

Someone has probably already noted it in the comments, but just in case...Fun Fact: Bill Paxton is the only actor to have played characters killed by a Terminator, an Alien, and a Predator. Pretty nice resume...killed by the best of the best! No wonder a Category Five Tornado couldn't take him out!

[@tsorevitch2409]

Not the only one Lance Hendrickson also played victims for all 3 monsters. Predator got him in AvP, Terminator in terminator and alien in aliens

[@midnightblue6668]

@@tsorevitch2409 Excellent point! It's one of those facts that was ingrained in me ever since Predator 2...but didn't get updated with AVP. Doh! 😆

[@adamlock5987]

"I hope they all get eaten by the next Alien; except for that Burke guy - he's good." Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.........I felt so bad for you and your trust in people when you said that! 😂

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

Usually categorized as a horror film, "Aliens" is actually more akin to a war movie. Two militant adversaries jockeying for an advantage on an open battlefield. James Cameron was brilliant with his sequels, elevating the original story to greater heights, such as this, and Terminator 2.

[@mnomadvfx]

I'd categorize it as a horror sequel, and as sequels so often are bigger they are seldom scarier - this is no exception. I'd watched Aliens over a dozen times before watching Alien without ever being scared - Alien was an entirely different kettle of fish and 100% worthy of the horror genre.

[@FredBstar3K]

one of my favorite quotes from this movie: "alright sweethearts you heard the man and you know the drill, assholes and elbows!" although to be fair this entire movie has amazing quotes

[@Proteus2905]

Back when movie making still was a craft and no video game. This Marine ground vehicle was actually used on airports pulling planes in their final positions. Back then a director needed to come up with stuff. Using props, building sets and try everything possible to let the audience see what he himself saw during the plot creation. All this without that fancy CGI. Love it.

[@chrissarina981]

I'm sure it's mentioned but Bishop Lance henriksen was a second main cop in the first movie. Hicks in this movie was Kyle Reese in The Terminator. And the actress that played Vasquez was John Connors Foster mother in Terminator 2.

[@Texy88]

When the Alien Queen tears Bishop in two, if I remember correctly from the audio commentary on the DVD, it took quite a few attempts before the fake head and body section landed in a way that was not either too unintentionally comical, in positions that were anatomically impossible or face-down (as what was about to happen required him to be face-up).

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

Thay really played with peoples expectations for Bishop to be bad. But when he said the old units had issues, I could tell he was being honest. Like he knew androids before had major issues and was assuring her he was not the same. Can't blame her of course for still not trusting androids.

[@Enthymene]

I can't remember what I originally thought but in retrospect the "I thought you never miss" line indicated that Bishop would rather cut himself than Hudson.

[@sonosoloio]

38:29 Ellen Ripley is one of the best characters in the entire history of cinema, she is the perfect hero, with exceptional charisma, who does what needs to be done and without any need for powers or other kind of magical stuff. please, don't spoil the good memories and good feelings that these two movies gave you by watching the other movies after these, if you want just watch the 2004 movie "alien vs predator", which is not bad at all, the other movies either are garbage (in part or in whole), or simply ruin what was done with the first 2.

[@DraylianKaiju]

Cameron also said in an interview that he felt he wasn't making a Sci-fi Action movie....he was making a character driven Vietnam war film 🤔👍

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

Some people love Alien more, some love Aliens more. I love Aliens way more.

[@cherylsims5636]

Well without Alien you couldn't have aliens. I think they are different type of movies. Alien is horror /suspense. Aliens is horror/ Action. Which is better hard for me to say I like both.

[@tc71]

“I literally hope all of you get eaten by the alien… Except for that guy. He seems decent." :)

[@0okamino]

Ron Howard narration: “He wasn’t.”

[@stream_gene]

Clariss - "I hope you all get eaten, except that guy, he seems decent" Me - "Oh bless you my sweet summer child"

[@IceCenders]

Love how you added beeps on top of your swearing but it doesn't actually cover the swearing xD

[@ericswanson411]

I am glad you chose to watch the special edition of Aliens! Not sure if you noticed or not but, Corporal Hicks is Reese from The Terminator.

[@MantisEnergy]

"We did it! -And Bishop's Technically still alive." 😂

[@Enthymene]

If I remember the trivia right, the APC was cosmetically altered from a vehicle for towing airplanes. After they jackhammered tons of concrete out of the base of it, it could move surprisingly fast.

[@mattp6089]

The thing about Ripley being interviewed by the Company at the start, is they likely didn't know. They were beyond contact range (which is no longer the case by the time of Aliens) and the orders they had to follow were proxy ones programmed into Mother (and presumably Ash had some preprograming too)in case of alien life form contact or other possible scenarios. So because the ship was destroyed, all the logs of the contact would have gone with it, unless there were backups on the escape pod. If the beacon ran out of power in those 57 years and planet surveys didn't discover the alien ship, well you get a situation where Aliens is possible. All the company probably knew is, the Nostromo never returned from her deep space mission.

[@Keyboardje]

I hate when reactors make the sound of the movie so low. You either don't hear anything or when the reactor talks you get blasted away, especially when using headphones AND when they scream their heads off for no reason at all :(

[@Hpynos2010]

*points at Burk* “Except for that guy, he seems decent.” (snicker)

[@Wolfist1]

I still think the Xenomorph Queen is still beautiful. Also her breaking free of her ovipositor looks so painful. One of the best Xenomorph films ever made. Although I have more respect for her size when you face off with her in Alien Colonial Marines.

[@levridge6601]

When you said "except for that guy he seems decent" at @7:39 I CRACKED up knowing the end..

[@christopheryochum3602]

Really liked how you called Hudson a homie. Everyone likes to get on him, but he was one of the highlights to me, with his funny remarks. He wasn't evil, he was just someone we could relate to. Also liked how you liked Vasquez. I REALLY liked Vasquez...no nonsense and muscles...stay on her good side.

[@0okamino]

Yeah, Hudson may fall apart when it hits the fan, but he also gathers himself back up respectably.

[@Coprolite19]

I love that everyone is always prejudiced against Bishop in the because of Ash, and he completely proves himself by the end

[@williamrosmer5629]

The main reason the bureaucrats seem like assholes is we saw the first movie. from a viewpoint of people who didn't know about the 60 year old attempt to try and capture this organism that has never been officially documented she would sound crazy.

[@roberttauzer7042]

Btw what a badass was Ripley in these movies. A true hero. And she didn't even need feminism.

[@Matrim42]

“I don’t know what he thinks he’s going to do, he’s not going to befriend the xenomorphs.” He’s hoping everyone else dies and he can stay alive until Bishop brings the drop-ship in. Bishop doesn’t know what happened, so Burke can say anything he likes. It’s basically the only chance he had of squirming out of it.

[@billbabcock1833]

The girl who played Newt, Carrie Henn, wasn't an actress. She made this movie and then went back to being a 12 year old girl. She just didn't like acting. I saw an Aliens documentary awhile back and Carrie Henn is a grade school teacher today.

[@michaelfitzgerald38]

Sigourney Weaver was nominated for Best Actress Oscar; for a sci-fi action movie that’s something you certainly don’t see often.

[@edinscot56789]

"Is there anything I can do?" - "I don't know, is there anything you can do?" Yeah, exactly. If you can do something then don't just stand there and tell me. Go show me.

[@MutantHeadcrab]

30:13 I regularly feel compelled to point out that, in the foreground of the scene, are a pair of Transformers toys repurposed as medical implements. Both are of the same character: Shockwave.

[@Will-nn6ux]

Paul Reiser was a great choice for a bad guy because people were used to seeing him playing likable 'OK guys'.

[@ndrewcreatgamer6650]

The film's director James Cameron himself added the desired scene from his remaining budget at the beginning with a welding and scanning robot penetrating the shuttle, since the studio refused to add money to it) And Stan, who became a friend of James since the Terminator, helped him in this)

[@Patriiiiick]

The matte painting backgrounds look sooo good.

[@0okamino]

They really went above and beyond with those.

[@SilkenShame]

CGI was basically invented for the first Jurassic Park, so everything released before 1993 was practical effects with maybe some limited computer involvement. Netflix has a series called The Movies that Made Us, and it's a behind the scenes look at some of the older classics. The ep on JP goes into the creation of the T-Rex and CGI.