ALIEN 3 Sigourney Weaver Queen Chestburster Rig Test

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It's always good to test an effect with the actor who will be wearing it. Sigourney was great about giving us access to her time, but when we wanted to tweak these Queen Chestburster rigs, we chose to test on the crew member with the most ladylike hair. Thank you, future Oscar winner Mark Coulier.
The spreading of the ribcage was accomplished with "air muscles". Lengths of high pressure water hose were folded in half then filled with compressed air, causing this "muscle" to unfold. The advantage was that the mechanism, unlike Mark's hair, could be very low relief, like Sigourney's shaved head.
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[@bishalkt]

The way it opens it's mouth, and moves it arms give me goosebumps, awesome job! Long live the queen!

[@tomrw54]

What is particularly interesting is in the original script, the queen chestburster was supposed to burst just as Ripley stood at the edge of the platform. She then grabbed it and snapped its neck as she fell. Clearly they were trying to do the effects for that here (that's why they got the crew to practice grappling with the chestburster). They probably had issues making it look real at the time. A shame.

[@jamieleng1968]

When he was holding it at the end it really reminded me of the Xeno parody from Spaceballs

[@happyharpy9097]

is it just me or was the queen adorable

[@pokelover3602]

Ikr

[@blkanims5747]

Lol IKR AND IS THE QUEEN RARE TO BURST ON THE MOVIE?

[@jaspermorin5271]

Yep man I liked how she moved around

[@aroojkazmi9773]

Queen more like a princess am I right

[@Radude33]

YESSSS HAHAHA

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

That little alien animatronic is actually really cute, I want one!

[@falariem]

See, kids? This is how REAL special effects used to be done.

[@reptomicus]

No such thing as REAL special effects. That's why it's special effects.

[@falariem]

reptomicus If you say so, Mr. Literal.

[@tron-8140]

Loren Helgeson Insinuating that special effects like this are no longer used? Lol your a dumbass forsure. Why bother talking about stuff you clearly have no idea about lolol. Is your goal to be a dumbass?

[@reptomicus]

Zeke Aeloen With some people, they can't think of special effects in results, only some ideological purity, particularly toward practical effects. And that's where it gets retarded when one gets the mindset that cgi is the devil.

[@tron-8140]

....what? Bro your crazy. Who said CGI was the devil? rofl.

[@ShiroRyu927]

I love the little queen-- and how uninterested the people modelling her look. Like "yeah, alien chestburster. *sigh* Could've gone and gotten lunch, but no, now I got this shit to deal with."

[@user-gx8pd7qu4g]

The little monster is sooooo cute

[@CroquetaVirtual]

0:50 *dab*

[@jackwils6482]

Callance OMFG DAB

[@kingofthephone2115]

the sound that you make when you get up in the morning and you dab

[@Ayahheart]

Alien Queen Chestburster is actually cute :3

[@Xenocide333]

yes :3

[@catbug1708]

+BadKoality until it grows and open a hole into your brain

[@GodMaxDrinkerofTea]

cute like cat yato

[@rrobcher]

I agree

[@syamimiibrahim7256]

Cute queen 😂!!!

[@MakoMori]

I lost it when it started moving its little arms.

[@GESSO217]

I don't think the Qeen should've had Legs at this stage, other than that no complaints.

[@tonehunter9829]

Queen has 4 arms don't forget.

[@deliciousdazmo]

wow I've never seen this it's great and to think it was quite early animatronics I wish I could do this. This was how Chucky was filmed it's an amazing art in it's self

[@knifezoid]

Wow I'd love to use that thing at a job interview!

[@austinyerton4957]

TAKE MY MONEY I WANT ONE

[@philyeary8809]

It's likely about 10,000 with mechanix added.😆

[@Holothurion]

As always, very good and informative video, especially for a fan of the series. You made my Saturday. ;)

[@Looking-great]

All this and they changed the ending. Awesome!!

[@hardware199]

I was also born this way. True story!

[@NeeraTheLynx]

Look at those adorable little arms 😚

[@ThegreenplaceASMR]

so AWESOME!

[@ChistopherMoonlight]

Inspiring as always.

[@traviskegerreis5704]

Hello, my baby! Hello, my honey! Hello my ragtime gaaaaal!

[@cabohicks]

is said that after the alien 3 movie, sigourney weaver says... "can i keep my baby?" but they dont allow her to have the custody of the alien baby. what!? a mother is a mother!... LOL ;)

[@russtralia6428]

lmaoooo

[@mothy90]

1:10 I'm cryin

[@NinerowCenter]

This is Incredible

[@inactiveuser1981]

Awesome, that looks so wicked would have been awesome in the movie.

[@gabrielwillames]

amazing work

[@dionwalcott9677]

that is soooo Awsome! no shiddy cgi

[@Grimm_alt]

I want one :3

[@leroilapue15]

Cool video! Thanks!

[@WoM]

I want one!

[@azmike3572]

For a blooper joke they could've made the creature scratch an itch on its head.

[@kukensvrede]

Really impressive how you nailed the queen's certain "face"

[@desilusor]

Congratulations! It's... it's a queen!

[@hungryfilms3707]

I wanna see more of a baby queen in future alien movies.

[@rawrvintageisclassic]

Did anybody else wanted to just cuddle that cute little Queen Chestburster or is that just me?

[@propmadelarp]

omg, you made my day

[@nikkisison5869]

Awesome... very awese

[@Reptar01]

That chestburster is adorable

[@kimonmatara6903]

Soooooo cool.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

Sigourney was so damn fine in this movie. The bald head just added to it. One of my first crushes when I was a girl, lol.

[@andyas8231]

😲Oo... begitu caranya bagus.. bagus.. 👍👍👏👏

[@alejandrolorenzo2164]

ITS SO CUTE

[@Zylvs-sf8jy]

The Queen is so adorable

[@mitkohazard]

Great, but sadly, they cut this content for the latest DVD editions.

[@griffinwentz5982]

That little puppet is so cute

[@francescomortilla7497]

Quanto figo quel alien

[@lorddonqweetle]

aww a baby so cute

[@mgkpraesi]

I like this Kind of Effects far more than CGI´s.

[@leszekhalama1173]

Alien, Alien 3 (Special Edition), Predator, greatest movie of all time.

[@elenabucur58]

Everybody: **proud** Me, a Xen-z: *Make her dab! Make her dab!*

[@jcynavarro]

man.. practical effects are so much better than CG effects.. I understand the purpose of the CGI one's... but at least in the area of practical effects.. you have a real "thing" there on screen..

[@2009blandino]

so cute 🥰

[@eijuurushihara2754]

it looks so cute xD

[@icantfindanamesothisisit.3042]

0:49-0:51 there is a spilt second of the baby queen dabbing

[@Egill2011]

Cool animatronics.

[@ElCarnesX20]

So cute

[@Julius_Engels-Greer_the_Third]

Ooh, look at the royal baby!

[@somasaysmeep8281]

I thought it was a cute animatronic :)

[@wraithking3749]

take it as pet and in a few days you have thousands more of them :D even with youre friendly neightbour the Facehugger to give you an epic highfive

[@TylerStoneIA]

@1:07 Simba!

[@jozefkudrys1681]

I know this is pretty metal, but why is this appearing in the metal section?

[@StalionKick]

Its like a little baby!

[@TheApexMarksman]

lol how was that guy not laughing his head off!

[@TFstudos]

What did you use for the skin?

[@maranhao3228]

Boa

[@galaxy_gaming420]

it's cute

[@thatonechankla]

I got my queen

[@kidsundance9021]

Why you guys didn't test it all the way with Sigourney

[@YourFreund]

i think a royal face hugger got to her because a queen came out

[@tonehunter9829]

In the assembly cut, the prisoners bring in the dead ox and one of them picks up the royal face hugger but it's a quick glimpse you get of it. Thing that don't make sence in this film is that there was only one egg. the royal face hugger in the theatrical latches on to a dog and assembly cut is the ox, face huggers latch on one host then die so how did Ripley have the alien queen inside her and also on to either animal? Do royal huggers only lay one embryo or can It lay more?

[@YourFreund]

+Tone hunter one both because a normal face hugger can rarely lay to eggs in the host so I think the queen can do the same thing.

[@OGrupxe]

+Tone hunter Royal facehuggers lay 1 normal chestbuster and 1 queen chestbuster, so the normal chestbuster evolves into an alien and protects the queen chestbuster until she grows into a Giant, egg-laying Queen, getted it

[@KeldorDAntrell]

I don't want to watch this film again so can you please tell me, where was the egg? Could there have been more than one, one for Ripley, one for the dog, and one for the ox? Besides, how could an egg have got on the ship? Personally, I greatly dislike the idea of the alien's adult form being altered according to the form of the host. The alien was supposed to be the perfect organism. Clearly it can't be perfect if it can come in different forms since four legs is better than two from some perspectives and being able to walk upright is better from some perspectives. Above all, having opposable thumbs (or some way to equate to that such as swivelling finger joints) is essential to qualify as 'perfect'. This film just allowed the alien to be corrupted. Actually, why am I even bothering to comment about this. The whole film took a dump on Aliens, made it irrelevant. Seeing Alien3 made me wonder if a director (Fincher) should even be allowed to undercut another film like it did. Aliens was the work of over a thousand people for over two years and all of that effort and collaboration was destroyed before the opening credits of this film were over. I felt like walking out of the cinema.

[@grumplessgrime3077]

As it was intended in the first place. It is the PERFECT ORGANISM purely because it was able to adapt (i.e. taking in the hosts DNA to survive the environment that the hos normally thrived in). If it had one form then clearly the movies would have lacked substance.Then again, they are capable of multiplying themselves in great ordeals. We're would the fun be in that? If the "perfect organism" was too perfect then do you seriously think people would still like to watch the same crap? Albeit with a different plot that is. However, that's just my opinion. And clearly that's yours.

[@blackstarwing3332]

Alein queen: hello world!!!

[@GalaxyGlitter03]

thats the queen chestburster which could be the predalien

[@rebeccafisher9086]

I want that baby alien queen, she so cute 😍😍😍😍

[@lucasmedia]

I want one as a pet.

[@FizZCoLoco]

Chest buster so cute

[@pittiplatsch9635]

....oh, that's how it works. I always thought that was real!!

[@fusiongamer2137]

the queen chestbursteer Is so cute yet so creepy

[@Kitty_creator]

Give it to me now it's so cute

[@duyphan5555]

him a the new alien

[@betanism404]

Baby queen chestburster

[@therobloxboy6056]

i watched alien 3 and i want to know how to get the scene were the chesburster comes out coz when i watched alien 3 it did not do that plus im ten ive watched 3 alien movies so far and there not scary

[@agustintondafernandez5333]

TheRoblox Boy There are two Alien³, the original and the special edition. The special edition has no Alien Queen.

[@SapphireStepMAC]

Alien looks cute to me XD

[@hasweenrajskydrive4650]

That's shit looks real..

[@renanrodriguesdovale1304]

chestbuster cute :)

[@luthien368]

Can somebody make a video with one of these chestbursters, squealing like a newborn? My sleep's too good, there has to be a way to stop that :P

[@amrysbardinas7565]

If thats reall we all dead 😱😱😱😱😱

[@galaxy_gaming420]

and Praetorian xenomorphs

[@Douggiie]

Your comment is SO witty! You called me an optometrist! Do you do stand-up? That was just SO funny!

[@netherdominater9960]

Would a queen chestburster technically be a xenomorph 'princess'?

[@aroojkazmi2871]

Same!

[@brodyadkins1914]

i know u might not be able to tell me how did u do that im curios

[@jamieleng1968]

Brody Adkins The reproductive process is a beautiful one. Just go ask your parents how it's done.

[@billiejeanslover8929]

Lowkey cute

[@Dragonmongamer]

I need that queen puppet SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[@MiguelBRASILroytcBrasil]

POPEE

[@leenicole1705]

🧐🧐🧐

[@arthurcardoso202]

ou vocês podem me dar um online é porque eu quero fazer uma trollagem com a minha amiga você pode me dar um

[@RiddleMajor]

So Cute.. :3

[@user-mi3dj7xu4k]

2К20

[@Waffleman2424]

It's a little baby.

[@XenoTronusWeePoo850]

0:50 What the FUCK was that noise..?

[@ludmillazarov8052]

Great animatronic, too bad that in the final shot of the movie it's features are covered by the hands of Ripley.