Aliens Debriefing (1986) Edited

"...then all of this, this bullshit that you think is important -- you can kiss all of that goodbye!"

[@petercollinson8039]

You know it's a fine performance when you've seen the movie, and watched her argue her point, a dozen times over and you still get angry that they're not taking her seriously.

[@sigurdkaputnik7022]

They either think she's delusional because they really dont know about Special Order 937 or they knew, but would never admit it. And LV-426 has been colonized for 30 years now and nobody ever reported anything suspicious.

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

@@sigurdkaputnik7022 2:11...

[@avatarzang2674]

Just a great movie in general, what a year

[@thomaschaumeil3878]

@@sigurdkaputnik7022 yet or they couldn't reported because they were all dead xD

[@windhammer1237]

Because they knew she was right.

[@cantordubs9721]

"Did IQ's just drop sharply while I was away?" how has this not been memed yet

[@rcnelson]

Because IQs have dropped sharply.

[@mickeye6428]

@@rcnelson No, that's how "memes" got to be a thing to begin with.

[@xxxtentioncable6813]

On it

[@ezelkir]

tfw you leave to get the payload and kill some aliens and when you come back it's Idiocracy

[@fredflintstone9657]

1:33....especially now.

[@IcedEarth426]

I like how they have the portraits of the deceased crew from the first Alien movie in the background. It's kind of a sad reminder that these people were victims of The Company's greed.

[@odiemodie1]

IcedEarth426 indeed, it seems at that moment when Ripley turned around towards the screen behind her when Lambert's face suddenly appeared, she probably reacted when she saw it and said to herself: "Aw, damn it... I'm sorry, Lambert."

[@billywarren22]

It also shows that to the company that’s all they are is data to be crunched. Just pictures and a few words and then nothing more. Assets yes but expendable assets.

[@EhCanadianGamer]

Yeah if I had my way. Honestly. Companies like this should be burned to the ground. Like at least with normal criminals, at least they get their hands dirty. They just tell what should be done in the comfort of their towers. Cause if they did they would probably reflect on the things they do on a daily basis.

[@toebeans31]

And we saw how well that went down in alien resurrection when they actually got the eggs and the aliens

[@GMmaster99]

IcedEarth426 except Ash

[@TheMidnightPhil]

God DAMN, does Sigourney own this and every scene in the movie. A fantastic actor.

[@TCDF22]

+Midnight Phil Oh hell yes.

[@officeaddict33]

The movie would have been so much worse without her. Can't think of another actress that captures class, bad-assery and strength all at once like this.

[@berner]

Closest thing I can think of would either be Jamie Lee Curtis or a thinner Kathy Bates. But it still wouldn't be the same without Sigourney

[@rochskier]

Sigourney is irreplaceable. And just look at her face - her features are like cut glass. I can't think of another actress with such a striking visage.

[@colinmorand129]

Midnight Phil actress

[@odiemodie1]

I'd bet when Ripley told the board 'there were thousands of eggs in there', then she left and was gone, they regrouped and busted out the champagne bottles and hollered: "You heard that? She said thousands of eggs there! Thousands! We're gonna be filthy rich! WHOO-HOO!"

[@autruff18]

odiemodie1 omg... here comes the monehh!!

[@PoxyBear]

Yeah, they wanted Ripley out of there so they could start plotting how to get their hands on an alien.

[@Silencerof]

I think thats the point of creating these creatures. David created them, so these greedy pink humanoids should sign their own doom. D:

[@EhCanadianGamer]

*singing* No fucks given

[@Silencerof]

@degree7 i dont like the prequels either.

[@HappyFlapps]

Ellen Ripley - One of the BEST lead characters in any sci-fi film every made.

[@samuelacevedo7762]

Ellen Ripley the first female hero of all time!

[@willemverheij3412]

Could make for an interesting story if leads from all the biggest science fiction action movies get put on a ship together to survive a crisis: Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, Luke Skywalker, Dutch (Who'd confuse the crap out of Sarah), David Bowman, Robocop, RJ MacReady and Rick Deckard (Who'd confuse the crap out of Luke.)

[@Yapostadodat]

For me Paul Reiser REALLY made this movie with his corporate shill/rat role that he played excellently to the bitter end.

[@kingloser4198]

It also worked really well in Stranger Things. The idea of who he was..

[@jessicalt4121]

Yapostadodat yes, best role for sure.

[@conatcha]

Best movies can't be made without best supporting actors. In a way, Burke is the main antagonist in this movie.

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

He [Reiser] was absolutely excellent. He [Burke] is completely convinced that his viewpoint is the only sensible outlook.

[@scottknode898]

doctorwho0077 Paul Reiser was popular in 1980s with Aliens and being in Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2

[@paulmccloud9395]

Been in meetings like this, where you know you have the 100% facts, while everyone else in the room just wants to file some paperwork and get off early for lunch. Insanely frustrating.

[@steelhere5519]

They want to go to an Outback Steakhouse and sit around and talk about brown people. The same brown people who just cooked their food.

[@alexvalin9085]

I prefer that to the regional phone calls with ALL of your bosses trying to explain every little tiny detail that could have been improved in 'X' situation

[@jessicalt4121]

Paul McCloud most corporate meetings.

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Same here. You have all the facts, but their jobs depend on pretending NOT to understand those facts.

[@blockmasterscott]

Me too, makes you want to scream, especially safety meetings when you try to point out a danger.

[@Alan7997]

Did IQ's just drop sharply while I was away? - Miaow! :D

[@2degucitas]

No.... RRRRRWWWAAAAAARRRRR!!!!

[@RaikenXion]

I like the way she says "Ma'am i already told you.." that part she kind of really puts her foot down.

[@koolaidman6251]

She spent 3.5hrs explaining the damn situation and the lady purposely dismisses it calling it "indigenous" life.

[@silentgamer2434]

Wow......just.....wow...... I read your comment....Then I watched the scene..... And my cat meowed like exactly after this line df dialogue. You sir or madam just read 2 years into the futur.... Just wow.

[@tmmaston]

Ripley went in for the kill with that quote

[@Iron-Bridge]

The more I rewatch the film, the more I'm convinced Sigourney Weaver should have won the Best Actress Oscar. Not to mention the physical work put in for the action scenes. She handled both the dramatic bits and the action bits brilliantly.

[@OscarN1N7]

What did you think of Marlee Matlin's performance in Children of a Lesser God? Have you seen it?

[@AGAZILLION]

every fan of their favourite movies thinks this.

[@lennonacid]

Still my favorite actress ever, followed closely by Geena Davis.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

Personally, I think Sigourney shoulda won, but I also love Marlees performance. 86 was a loaded years with great actresses performances.

[@sandal_thong8631]

She was brilliant in this and other movies. She also played the part of villain well in _Working Girl,_ stealing her protégé's idea while saying women need to support each other.

[@DAIadvisor]

"How many ways do you want me to tell you the same story?" - pretty much applies to every alien film after Alien 3. :)

[@NickHunter]

There's definitely parallels between Alien and Prometheus but Alien resurrection, while dogshit was pretty unique and Covenant was kind of it's own thing too

[@URProductions]

It's pretty much how it really is when company managers grill you about an incident you're at fault for. Jesus Christ, man, I already told ya what happened five times.

[@user-nm2og3xc7u]

still better than terminator franchise

[@agnesakne4409]

including alien 3

[@feartheoldblood]

Look at it from the new generations perspective

[@KALIMAindia]

2:30 I love how the person moves his hand so awkwardly to get the papers back XD Ripley is badass :D

[@incanticle6662]

I was literally about to comment this exact notice.

[@matt_canon]

I love how she pulls them away from the hand then just throws them on the table.

[@KALIMAindia]

@@matt_canon I know right?! :D

[@newdefsys]

I never noticed that before. You can feel the desperation in that hand (no, no not my paperwork, I spent hours putting that together) 🤣

[@KALIMAindia]

@@newdefsys hahaha I know right?! Great acting!

[@buzznugget]

The guy trying to grab the papers back from Ripley at 2:27 cracks me up for some reason.

[@anthonyevans1233]

It's all about the money!! That's the bottom line..

[@adventuressurvivalinthailand]

Hey they're my papers, I worked hard on those reports dammit

[@Teh1337H4x0rz111]

Haha never picked up on that!

[@theonefrancis696]

"Nah stap that's mah paper"

[@JeremyJenner]

Lol guess he really does think that bullshit is so important

[@The_Curious_Cat]

One of the best sequels to a movie classic. This is how you write a strong female lead. She´s strong, but she also has flaws, fears and can be vulnerable. She doesn´t became a soldier out of the blue, she had to become one in order to survive and overcome what life threw at her.

[@jasonchurilla5176]

I consider her a better female action hero than any of the others around that have super powers. It's easy to be a hero if bullets bounce off you, you can punch through concrete, fire laser beams from your nipples, or whatever. Riley's a very much normal human with a blue collar job that's able to get through with determination, intelligence, and courage. Because I do believe that she's scared almost out of her mind for a good chunk of the movie, but she perseveres anyway. That makes a true hero. Besides, how many other female action heroes can you think of that a group of battle-hardened marines (that just got their asses kicked) would look to for leadership, even though she's just a civilian?

[@Iron-Bridge]

@@jasonchurilla5176 And unlike much of the forced girlboss crap in modern entertainment, it's a very well written scene as to why they look up to her. Her particular set of circumstances and her decision to act when Gorman loses his wits. Just great writing and Sigourney Weaver was perfection in the role.

[@jasonchurilla5176]

@@Iron-Bridge That's part of why I didn't like the bit near the end of Avengers: Endgame, where a bunch of the female heroes were collectively protecting the glove. I was like: "Really? You're pushing the women's empowerment thing a bit too hard here, don't you think?" But yeah, that was a great scene with Gorman, especially since it was foreshadowed a bit during the briefing, where he emphasized that he wanted the whole operation By The Book, indicating that's how he thought. But when things go sideways, he can't improvise worth a damn. Whereas Ripley has had to do nothing BUT improvise when dealing with all this.

[@sadev101]

didnt become

[@anon2407]

It's not about the character being male or female, it's all about the lead being strong all while flawed, grounded and relatable. Feminists today ignore the negative and push for for any female protagonists to be marie sues that also play the activist in the movies. Hence why today we can't have the same kind of female leads as Ripley

[@barfenn3610]

people in 1986 thought that text-based green monitor last forever

[@SeraphimRoad]

I want it back

[@patrickilmoni9380]

I,ve always liked em . I hope they will reappear in some way. Makin stuff look both futuristic, sorta timeless, and believable is a challenging task. Some years ago I heard some youth discuss Aliens, which they had just seen, and it had clearly made an lasting impression on them as a really good movie. But when one of em mentioned it was made in the 80s there was this moment of silence. One guy looked at his buddies in disbelief an said "like noo way ! its gotta be a more recent production !" :)

[@AlanSmitheeman]

We still use it in government. Hard to believe but true.

[@jazzx251]

It's the future, my friend. These simple devices NEVER go wrong - unlike today's all-bangs-and-whistles things with a shelf-life of 2 years. Would your iPhone survive 25 years in space? No - case closed. Simple devices would be ideal to sustain a spaceship where there isn't a technician for the next 30 light years - whose "solution" would be to press reset when bloatware, Windows 79, inevitably goes wrong.

[@conatcha]

+Mai Nem Amen.

[@DANIELFLORES-qd8ly]

Sigourney Weaver is such a good actress in everything she does.

[@Suhcamara]

Sigourney Weaver was such an underrated babe in her day. Also a tremendous actor.

[@Chickenworm9394]

As seen in Avatar

[@kentallard8852]

She wasn't underrated, she was paid 1 million dollars for this film. She was the first actress to be paid that much. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role which is unusual for an action/sf film.

[@Suhcamara]

I said in her day. Hindsight is 20/20. Even in her day, her recognition was not what it would become.

[@Shatamx]

In her day? She was already popular from Alien and Ghostbusers. When Aliens came out she was one of the most popular actors in Hollywood.

[@rockys201]

Also with unmatched charisma

[@riverman83]

Great scene from a great movie. This is how a script should be written!

[@ingleringlet-snipps3rd449]

Thank James Cameron.

[@MarCuseus]

a scripted... what?

[@riverman83]

@@MarCuseus yeah yeah, a script then.

[@MarCuseus]

@@riverman83 MOAR SENSE MAKE

[@lancegoodthrust546]

This scene is one of a few for me that made Aliens more realistic. Ripley having to deal with more bullshit.

[@Hashpotato]

In an alternative universe Ripley is awoken from cryostasis on earth and is shown Prometheus and Covenant during the debriefing. 'Did IQ's just drop sharply while I was away? '

[@SilverTounge85]

When Ripley said Kane saw thousands of eggs inside the Derelict / Juggernaut, the Company suddenly got interested by saying "That will be all!". (We'll take over from here!)

[@catadjusterZ]

@Finn MacCool Who we now know as DEAD Knute!

[@catadjusterZ]

@G E T R E K T 905 The species known as Xenomorphs were created by David

[@cubdukat]

And immediately after that, Burke got on the horn to Hadley's Hope and the entire colony went to shit shortly thereafter...

[@oleg9695]

@@cubdukat, do you approve The current mental health of the Madonna?

[@sigurdkaputnik7022]

I still think Special Order 937 was a secret only a few people at WY knew about. They covered their tracks when it became clear the mission was a failure. The people in that meeting might really have no clue about it.

[@satoshikatsumoto9007]

I like that this not only recaps what happened in Alien, it also makes the recapping A PART OF THE STORY rather than just making it a quick "Here's what happened, watch the first for more details."

[@hermioneziggeraut7617]

yes, AND it adds new information about the previous events: the company is being shady about the fact that they ordered the 'rescue' mission. Why?? Great storytelling.

[@satoshikatsumoto9007]

@@hermioneziggeraut7617 And once again sets up Wey-Yu's plan of retrieving more of the eggs by repeating the Nostromo catastrophe with LV-426.

[@croydonrudeness]

a classic scene, it's defines Ripley, Weyland-Yutani and the whole past story within 2.39 mins. Amazing, "did IQs just droply whilst I was away" - awesome. The whole scene, set-up, dialogue, payoff = cinematic gold.

[@AmusedChild]

The woman who disputes Ripley's account of the creature looks like a total Karen.

[@wizzlesticks]

The funny thing is at the end she's looking at Ripley like SHE'S the Karen.

[@Nepthu]

@@wizzlesticks No one ever thinks THEY'RE the Karen. They just think everyone else needs to be "educated."

[@sigurdkaputnik7022]

A proto-Karen

[@johnbicknell4748]

@@sigurdkaputnik7022 +the proto- Karen's always were a bit twitchy that could never happen now with our behavioral inhibitors.....

[@joeytaylor1021]

The girl who smokes at 1:29?

[@discodesanti2459]

"... fifty, sixty families. It's what we call a 'shake and bake' colony."

[@lionelhutz5137]

60-70 families

[@Jdabomb93]

"Shake it! Before you bake it!"

[@applenyc5300]

That pissed me off too. Head of corporate doesnt know exact number of people living there

[@illogicerr3769]

@eviltreemonster Look up the product 'Shake N Bake'

[@MrArtcarran]

Very good use of industrial terminology.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

"you can kiss all of that good bye", my kind of woman.

[@steelhere5519]

"All of you can just kiss my as#." Ripley proceeds to pull down her pants.

[@mickeye6428]

Well she was wrong.

[@radekkratky5031]

This, this BULLSHIT.... 😉

[@jenniferbeatty7545]

Ripley doesn't know she's the only one who can see/think straight (sane) and honors the truth. Everyone else is twisted, corrupt and blinded. Pure HELL

[@ir2841]

My thought, too. For life is much more complicated than the narrow view of bean counters.

[@steveconn]

I know, it's like Trump's GOP.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

@@steveconn hurr durr orang man bad

[@sigurdkaputnik7022]

Yeah but thats the problem with delusional people. They think they are the only one who know whats really going on against all common sense. Absent of any hard proof, Ripley's story is not very credible. You are not twisted, corrupt and blinded just because you don't right away believe a fantastic story involving company conspiracy, alien spaceships and an acid-blooded monster. I can understand their skepticism (assuming they really dont know about Special Order 937).

[@jakehull3740]

This movie has always and will always be the #1 all time greatest..due in large part to Sigourney blowing it out as the most bad ass DON'T F WITH ME character to ever grace the screen. I literally recite this scene word for word whenever I see it and still get goosebumps when Ripley stands up and says "Goddamit that's not all." EPIC

[@Buckeyerunner1]

This whole thing plays how I feel about talking to people these days about climate change...Did IQ's drop sharply???

[@spirit1366]

Jake Hull. I WONDER WHY SANAA LATHAN DIDNT CONTINUE IN RIPLEYS FOOTSTEPS WITH THE AVP SERIES.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

@@spirit1366 Sanaah is gorgeous, but let's face , not in the same league acting wise with SW.

[@alanrogs3990]

@@Buckeyerunner1 How do you start on the topic when you are with people?

[@markfox1545]

'Literally recite'? Do you just mean recite?

[@DustinBlythe]

I like it later in the film when they decide to nuke the colony from orbit. Burke objects, citing the money investment, and Ripley replies, "They can bill me!". Ditto for your ship, beotch.

[@INDLIS]

Dustin Blythe Burke was a traitor

[@Buckeyerunner1]

Yes and when he appeals to Hicks and hes like yeah Im with her lets nuke the site from orbit lol!!!

[@mogznwaz]

Love that bit

[@zenkim6709]

Yeah, that "considerable dollar value" line really drives home the corporate assholery of both Burke & The Company.

[@matt_canon]

"You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage"

[@EdwinDPZ]

Only 42 million to build the ship from the first movie?? Damn, space ships don't cost much in the future!

[@Danlovar]

that is why it seemed too cheap xD

[@hmartinspliff]

This is in the future after the inevitable collapse of the artificially inflated petro-dollar when the world's dependency on oil comes to an end and/or the USA is unable to service its trillions of debt leading to a total loss of confidence in the current crop of funny money fiat currencies.

[@badouplus1304]

42

[@victorh5513]

I think that’s probably just the estimated cash value they got from the insurance company.

[@Chickenworm9394]

42 million what currency?

[@bluebana2280]

james cameron is a master of exposition

[@anthonyevans1233]

Don't forget Gale Ann Hurd, she's the master of blood and guts too. .

[@johnnymarlin1283]

Love you Ripley always, pure guts and strength !!

[@NickHunter]

She's a fucking legend

[@ferencvad8251]

I love that, that they actually had a storyline and not just meaningless aliens in the movie, which suddenly appear. Love this movie, it’s so perfect.

[@oatnoid]

"Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?" "No. They were never that high...." One of my all time favorite movies. Terminator put James Cameron on the map. Aliens made him a Hollywood institution.

[@bobthebuilder9553]

Got to admit, she should have won an award for her "Alien" appearances on sheer acting alone. She can deliver a line and perform a role like she is actually living and breathing it.

[@timothylee2772]

The first Alien movie, every character did a phenomenal performance, not just Sigourney Weaver.

[@9ner4ever34]

Bill Paxton aka Pvt. Hudson, may you be with the Lord and in peace. 🌹

[@ethenallen1388]

Ripley: Have IQ's just drop sharply while I've been away? Me: No, there have always been stupid people in positions of authority. After all, someone thought Special Order #937 was a better idea than telling the crew of what was essentially a tug boat to to survey whatever aliens they found from a safe distance and do not, under any circumstances, do something that might endanger the expensive ship and cargo or trigger a scandal and galaxy sized law suit.

[@samsonguy10k]

Something to keep in mind is this is 57 years after the incident of the Nostromo. Most of those board members weren't even born when Ripley read order 937. Regardless of how powerful a corporation is, anything dealing with sentient extraterrestrial forms would be kept secret. Ripley had to dig to find 937 and Ash was telling nobody what he knew. Does something like that become public knowledge after it fails with nobody around to have seen it? Hell, no. Any information the company had at that time would have been buried and destroyed. As far as that board was concerned, Ripley had a mental breakdown after an accident on the ship, and she either willingly destroyed the ship or convinced herself she did after escaping the ship being destroyed. As far as they were concerned, better to just give Ripley some hush money and never send her out again. But then you have Burke. No doubt one of the newest members of the board if not the most recent entrant. He is a unique case. It is entirely possible he has a unique connection to the current Mr. Weyland who most likely is the one we meet later on the penal colony. As it is the established Weyland obsession to discover and retrieve all things alien, he would work through Burke to organize an operation to follow-up. As Ripley would most definitely still be seen as valuable with her experience, it would have been through Burke that the company wouldn't have brought punitive charges against Ripley. Then there is also the possibility that Burke, being an ambitious young board member, would have noted things that Ripley shared and did a lot of digging on his own, and might have found old records referencing orders sent to the Nostromo and anything the company might have already knew about LV-426. On his own initiative, he would have out himself in the position to investigate LV-426 when it went silent on the company's behalf going along with the Marines. He would have wanted Ripley along as well, so why not appeal to her better nature and appear to be the most sympathetic of the board to her. His plan at that time would have been to get a sample to bring back(like at the least one of the eggs, or someone carrying a xenomorph embryo) back to Earth where he would get millions and a stronger seat on the board. Or if he was working directly for Mr. Weyland, getting his favor and millions. Either case a win for an ambitious up and coming member of Weyland-Yutani. Anyway, I honestly don't think the other members of the board at that time knew of Order 937 and figured Ripley was suffering from space sickness. All they cared about was the loss of a shitton of precious ore and a company-owned ship. The crew lost? Not so much.

[@erheetrherh2659]

No, the problem like always is greed.

[@catadjusterZ]

@Stesilaus Say what?

[@jason101386]

MORE LIKES AND UPVOTES FOR THIS COMMENT CHRIST!

[@fernandoferreira6293]

Thank God your bit was out of the final cut.

[@Ernoburger]

An M-Class Starfreighter is a rather expensive piece of hardware. I had to buy one once for my company. Besides the huge service costs Weyland charges (conveniently not mentioned in this clip) you also have high fuel costs. A crew capable of driving such a ship is also not easy to find. You have to find hardened space workers who are one part truck driver, one part cosmologist. In the end it wasn't worth it and our company upgraded to the Henderson X5 heavy transport.

[@evm6177]

Inevitably, the X5 was the only way forward. Will be soon upgraded as Elon has just taken over Weylands Logistics sector in the past hour.

[@YeahitsMeSylvia]

Me trying to explain to the teachers at my school that I’m being bullied but no one will listen to me

[@downtoearth6252]

Thats sad. Hope you doing well

[@YeahitsMeSylvia]

@@downtoearth6252 im doing great I left that school

[@downtoearth6252]

@@YeahitsMeSylvia good for you. You should stay away from people that harm you

[@YeahitsMeSylvia]

@@downtoearth6252 thank you :)

[@downtoearth6252]

@@YeahitsMeSylvia :) bullying sucks

[@mosburgz]

one of the greatest sequels ever made. cant believe this movie is not far off 40 years old

[@dylanmorgan2374]

What pisses me off is they haven't made any effort to make the future look retro in Prometheus and Alien Covenant

[@4TheWinQuinn]

EXACLTY

[@jazzx251]

Alien Covenant - like they did with Alien - goes for "today's" technology. It looks like it will not be an attempt to be "futuristic" - nor will it attempt to fit the retro feel of the first films [which were current technology for their time].

[@shirleymental4189]

ALL Science fiction movies are always exaggerations of the present. For example: Star Trek, so obviously 60's and as for Aliens, it was made in the yuppie, greed is good era, thus the corporate look. As for Burke, he could have come right out of Wall Street.

[@eustacequinlank7418]

The Prometheus was an expensive billionaires flagship yacht, the Nostromo was a space tug crewed by intelligent, but dysfunctional misfits.

[@eraart7234]

That would've been a nice touch if they did keep the same technological feel

[@isfandyaralam1123]

Sigourney’s performance as being an actress in all Alien movies is more than amazing she did an excellent job 👍👍❤️❤️

[@atiag3408]

Watched this film so many times and just realized what these guys are sitting on: car seats. Simply georgeous.

[@guyonabudget5209]

Wow sounds like just a regular corporate meeting in present day

[@guyonabudget5209]

WHATS YOURSOC ?

[@TimothyMorigeau]

One of my favorite scenes! All this, this bullsh*t you think is so important, you can kiss all that goodbye! I always want to say that when I’m pissed 😂😂😂

[@jmgmarcus808]

I wish the Alien shows up with a briefcase and a coffee in this scene, hey guys sorry I was running late bad traffic on the 405....oh Ripley? This is awkward.

[@MyFavoriteDisease]

That would make for a good sketch. The alien would tell its side of the story where it is the actual victim.

[@phillyphil1513]

LMAO...

[@PhilipReeder]

🤣

[@PhilipReeder]

@@phillyphil1513 Philly Phil YOU sir get a thumbs up for obvious reasons!😉

[@palexstarks5553]

Hilarious could somehow be a family guy segway.

[@DaveE7492]

Ellen Ripley - one of the best film protagonists in cinema history. Fantastic acting from Sigourney Weaver.

[@oldfriend327]

I miss the 80's and early 90's really bad.

[@whatsgoingon07]

“42 million in adjusted dollars” for the year 2179 that’s gotta be frikkin cheap!

[@bigtravis6159]

B2 bombers in the late 90s cost $2B+

[@themrchimpie]

don't underestimate the deflation of early 2100s

[@Dushess]

at least not hypothetic and "standard everywhere" the Credits

[@mdd1963]

They should have said 'billion', for sure...

[@insaneapples1559]

Remember when the Xenomorph was mysterious and the Space Jockey was a mystery and that was just dandy? Ruined it with Prometheus and Covenant.

[@oneandonlysound3453]

I thought Prometheus was cool as it was more of a "good star trek" exploring space with obvious horror and suspense but Covenant was horrid garbage. The "Alien 5" where earth is destroyed and there are different xenomorphs everywhere from being parasities in different species and are dying out or "Alien 5 ignoring 3-4" needs to be made already. And an alien vs. predator movie set in space.

[@8frosty6]

just ignore them. they never happened.

[@CipherRage-tp5ql]

@Romulus III it wasn't really canon it was taking place on another universe.

[@lichslayer0045]

Well it was twisted broken by Ridley Scott Ret con attempts with those two movies.

[@VestinVestin]

@@oneandonlysound3453 > _"(...) Covenant was horrid garbage."_ My pet theory is that the entire movie was based around the dozen or so seconds of "realization in the cryo pod" at the tail end of the movie, with everything else serving as unnecessary filler.

[@markmyjak7739]

I miss the days when one could smoke and have a drink in corporate meetings.

[@jimmy2k4o]

I’m too young to remember that and even I miss that somehow Some sort of genetic memory

[@guarddog318]

@Keith Pugh - given the amount of toxins and carcinogens floating around the average city, completely unregulated or even admitted to, I'm quite sure that second-hand tobacco smoke is the least of anybody's worries. C. Everett Coop's moratorium on smoking had only one goal: to give the U.S. government a way of getting their hands on more of the tobacco industry's money. It had nothing to do with anybody's health, nor any concern for non-smoker's lives.

[@TANMAN9095]

@@guarddog318 It isn't about health more-so than no one wants to breathe your spit fueled tobacco remains. The odor tends to be pretty repulsive to any reasonable human being that is not addicted to lung cancer. Drinking? I guess it depends on the cooperation, but being drunk is not fantastic for work performance.

[@guarddog318]

"It isn't about health more-so than no one wants ..." So it's about being stupid and obnoxious, and trying to control people? Gotcha. You're either young and naive... or incredibly stupid. Possibly both.

[@TANMAN9095]

@@guarddog318 Yes, its about controlling people. If you haven't noticed, we live in this thing called civilization. That means following rules that you may not like and a reasonable expectation of respect for authority. Something, funnily enough, is a sentiment shared by older people.

[@edhillbilly666]

Alien 1 & Alien 2, is the greatest of Science Fiction Movies ever made, at the time it was absolute stunning both in "action" and entertainment, and still are..... there is NO repeating it ..... Not even from the Master himself, Ridley Scott 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@deckeralsimia8689]

I love how at the end when she picks up the papers the guy reaches up like “hey can I have those back?”

[@kingloser4198]

"heeeey! they're mine! ... i'll tell my mummy!"

[@steelhere5519]

"No fair."

[@angelxenosinead5680]

Who else feels so bad for Ripley? The only reason all that happened to her was because it was all Weyland-Yutani's fault, and yet they refused to believe they did anything wrong. And after all Ripley went through they just disregarded everything she said and never listened to her... -Someone give this woman a hug!-

[@lorinebiancarelli]

Xenos and More Yes... I feel bad for her. But I am impressed by her mental strength. These bastards of this shit company are responsible for all that mess that raged in the 1st Alien and they discredit her, refuse to listen to her while she has suffered a trauma. Nasty cowards. Poor Ripley ...

[@rutabagasteu]

Bean counters and paper work nutters. That's all they care about and the facts be damned.

[@mickeye6428]

Everyone that was involved in the decisions that fucked her over in the first movie are dead.

[@solfighter6796]

If I was in the movies I would destroy their life’s research work see how those bastards like that I am always on Ripley’s side go Ellen Ripley 👍🤘

[@OreadNYC]

It's much worse than that, actually. There's every reason to believe -- especially in the wake of "Prometheus" -- that they *deliberately* attempted to turn her into a convenient scapegoat by "gaslighting" her and scrubbing the records clean of any and all information which might prove them culpable and liable. The company KNEW about the organism and deliberately re-routed the Nostromo with the intent of bringing back specimens for study and exploitation -- and they also decided that the crew were an acceptable loss (more like collateral damage in the literal as well as figurative sense, since the company very nearly owns them).

[@Josh-99]

Aliens is my favorite movie of all time. I've watched it over 100 times at this point, I believe. I would say that this is one of my favorite scenes from the movie, but in reality I love every scene in the movie.

[@DemetrisLeptos]

legendary scene - legendary acting - legendary story

[@kevinh9568]

'A creature that gestates inside a living human host' 'These are your word's.. haha! 😂 What a condescending woman!

[@rl1800]

I hated that bitch. And her tie.

[@jakehull3740]

Lets be honest, the woman did NOT win the genetics lottery and that haircut is an INSANE cry for help that clearly went overlooked. You can't blame her for the attention seeking biatch she has become. It's all she has. lol

[@Dirtfire]

If she were in a horror movie these days she would certainly have been killed off, and probably everyone else in that room as well. Kudos to James Cameron for resisting the base urges of current filmmakers to kill-off everyone who's even slightly disagreeable, opting instead for realism.

[@CassDaMan1138]

The sad part is it is not that far fetched for an organism to lay it's offspring in a host body. we have wasps today that do that to other insects and when the larva hatch they feed on the host. So it is not so crazy that an organism in space would do something similar.

[@RaikenXion]

+rI1800 but it was kinda hot when she blew the cigarette smoke out, i kept looking at her mouth in that scene.

[@walter0bz]

"did IQs just drop sharply whilst I was away" ...

[@marisafaith8664]

Savage😂

[@mickblock]

It always cracks me up to see the little hand reaching for the papers as she crumples them up.

[@willhull1735]

It is such a rare thing that a sequel challenges the first movie for being the best. Personally the first just has the edge as for being pure horror and groundbreaking it is one of the greatest films in cinema history but for aliens to even come close to that is such a compliment as I bloody love that movie with its complex characters and mixing of horror and action into one is so beautiful and scary. Iconic both these movies.

[@rod0524]

2:23 that acting tho. She should have won the Oscar that year.

[@siheath3648]

I love this scene, one of the best insults ever and Sigorney was just immense in this movie, total bad ass.

[@TheAlps36]

Jeez imagine having survived an attack from the deadliest creature in the universe, all your friends wiped out, time travelled for 60 years and then no one cares what you have to say about the impending doom of the humans on the very planet you escaped from. I would've started choking the bigwigs

[@fernandoferreira6293]

Ripley; not Karen.

[@thedoge9590]

"Which destroyed my crew!.....and your expensive ship." That's my favorite line her complete contempt eith their only priority being the cost of the ship....minus payload of course

[@tbc210]

One of the all time top movie sequels, in any genre. And whoever cast Paul Reiser for that role should have received a promotion - because he was perfect.

[@sandal_thong8631]

I couldn't watch _Mad about You_ without thinking of what a traitorous sleaze he was in this movie.

[@sabataskull9661]

Reiser is a real pro. He was a good pal to Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills cop

[@stevencoates3382]

..."And all of this, THIS bullshit you think is so important, you can just kiss all that goodbye!!!" Man I love that part 😅😅😅. Also love the hand that reaches out to try to get the paperwork back!!!

[@Mark-ft7nw]

My fave part of this is the business mans hand that subtly reaches from out of Frame to grab his important papers

[@Spacegoat92]

Take note Hollywood!! This is how you make GOOD. BELIEVABLE, STRONG Female leads!!!

[@odiemodie1]

Right off the definite signs the Wayland-Yutani group are heartless, manipulating, quota grubbing souls when they mentioned blatantly: " An M-class starship... An expensive piece of hardware... 42 million in adjusted dollars, that's not including the payload..." Knowing the company screwed her and her crew the Nostromo, too bad she can only plead her case to them, as she wasn't in the position to do more... Until later with the Marines.

[@anonanon6764]

odiemodie1 I think that line workd really well with showing the portraits of Parker, Lambert. Company never gave a fuck about them.

[@odiemodie1]

Now after the prequels that were supposed to answer and give a more insight of this scene, Prometheus, and Alien Covenant, you definitely can see the WY was lying about everything... Especially of pretending they knew nothing of the Alien species that were on that planetoid. This is the time when the company knew very well what had become of the two expeditions before the Nostromo's encounter with the Alien itself, which the creature was no mystery to them, but one that was possibly a hybrid David had created, and the company wanted it, in whatever it will take to get it.

[@andywood375]

Ripley has more balls than all the men in the room put together

[@Thegamingground]

Balls of steel, as Duke Nukem would have said.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Face Off Well what about the other woman?

[@EhCanadianGamer]

You know how "feminists" want strong female leads? It's funny how the examples we have now today don't even come close to her. Cause...she actally had a fucking CHAR-ACT-ER! But apparently that's hard to understand.

[@marisafaith8664]

@Mr. Tonight You Amen

[@kic8523]

@Mr. Tonight You She can kick ass and give birth. I think that says enough.

[@pauldecroix4567]

Such a great actress & scene!

[@Stuart267]

Happy to say I have the ENTIRE Limited Edition 4K steelbooks of the Alien movies. 8 Films total. Crazy I never knew there was that many. Next up the Predator movies

[@CapralHarrison]

-Did IQ's dropped sharply when i was away? #Shotsfired

[@Bigguy_33]

1:52 “A creature that gestates inside a living human host, and has concentrated acid for blood”....sounds like my Ex-Wife.

[@scsi_joe]

LOL - that's harsh, man ;)

[@MerychaoSOPA]

Haha, boomer jokes about hating his wife, so funny

[@scsi_joe]

@@MerychaoSOPA lol - careful, one day you might reach that age, and realize _you're_ the boomer

[@SextusHempiryk]

@@scsi_joe Two years later, she's a boomer

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

The profiles of the Nostromo crew in the background are a nice touch.

[@Chickenworm9394]

And people thought green texts are forever

[@fermageehamiltonthompson1402]

I could have sworn Van Luewen had a head of grey hair in this scene 🤔Best movie ever made for me in my opinion! Love it!

[@bo2720]

She's one of the best actresses of all time! Up there with Bette Davis and Hepburn

[@MLK-KAEFENTERPRISES]

Boy Burke sure does play it off well.

[@Mortalcoil100]

props to the guy dead asleep in his chair. my exact thought about most meetings.

[@berner]

"...then all of this, this bullshit that you think is important -- you can kiss all of that goodbye! Anybody not wearing two million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day, get it?!

[@Fraggr92]

Difference between Ripley and Sarah though is that Ripley didn't go insane ;) At least not in this movie...

[@AveNullusMajestic]

...A T800 verses a Xenomorph...in the UFC Octagon...there's a fight!

[@markceaser8073]

I'll never forget seeing this the summer of 1986 with a former "friend". I was so amped for this movie as rumors had been circulating for years of a potential sequel. At first when we left he was like...holy crap that was awesome. Then he told his idiot father who never saw it and bad mouthed it. Suddenly Scott was like..yeah the movie was trash. Needless to say, and coming from a science fiction environment, I didn't listen to him afterwards and parted ways. Easily, one of the best sequels ever made by Hollywood, ,does not matter what genre.

[@garretttedeman]

Just clicked on to watch 2020, since one of fav movies of all time. ...But actually, Sigourney is an absolutely amazing actress, just in terms of conveying several nuanced parts here. Never noticed before, but really great stuff!

[@LKaramazov]

One of the greatest movies ever.

[@ForestKicks]

Absolutely amazing acting

[@michaelinks5013]

Back when Alien movies were masterpieces.

[@TheJoeyboots]

What perfect casting Weaver is excellent!

[@DMDvideo10]

One of the best scifi action flicks of all time....

[@Chubbycat747]

Dammit. Now I want to watch the movie again, for the 20th + time.

[@WesCoastPiano]

Every single actor in this movie is fantastic, even minor supporting characters are absolutely perfect. This movie even sets up the third film to take place on earth, amazing how they fucked that up so massively.

[@camdentucker5909]

not saying i disagree, but what part or parts specifically set up a third film on earth?

[@tondog54]

@@camdentucker5909 Highlighting the stupidity/greed of mankind? It will be our undoing.

[@elteescat]

Lolz. This movie was filmed back before cigarette smoking in public places was demonized. haha

[@rcnelson]

In the future they'll find out that smoking is good for you.

[@elteescat]

R C Nelson ROFL

[@EclipseSound]

no in future there will be no socialist pests telling you what to do in your own company

[@elteescat]

MyLittleDiscolite lolz

[@elteescat]

Eclipse Sound amen!

[@mar10ssj1]

We need to bring back smoking in the board room!!! If there is anywhere on company grounds that you need to smoke, it's the damn boardrooms.

[@stephenfermoyle4578]

RIPLEY ROCKS

[@user-hv4qu4zx8s]

how could they took decades to make the air breathable but never found an Alien spaceship until Ripley came?

[@haskapaska]

Cameron said that all the storms damaged the derelict ship (as seen in deleted scene when Newt´s father is attacked by face hugger) and beacon went offline

[@CapralHarrison]

Well, it dis not took much of an effort - they installed atmosphere processor which done all the terraforming work by itself

[@fermageehamiltonthompson1402]

Ok, so Ash had reported back all the Alien information to The Company when the crew of the Nostromo found it, (that was Ashes true mission the entire time while aboard the Nostromo because The Company already knew these things existed, thanks to the Prometheus expedition) however the Prometheus crew had landed on LV223 and not 426. These are moons orbiting some big gas planet. The Company then decided on sending another expedition out there but this time to Ripleys moon LV 426. While there they searched for the crashed Engineers ship but couldn’t locate due to the crazy static dust storms, the ship was so well camouflaged against the background of the landscape. The Company then decided to begin terraforming on 426 and sent out a group of unbeknown colonists in hopes of them somehow stumbling upon the ship. I don’t know what the Company was doing during the first 36 yrs of Ripley floating through hyper sleep. It was only in the last 20 yrs of her sleep they began the terraforming But they too didn’t find it, that was until Burke dispatched the exact location of its whereabouts, which he got from both Ripely and data from the lifeboats computer that Ripley and Jonesy were found in. That’s when Newts parents (with Burkes information) decided to head out to the craft believing they were going to make a lot of money by salvaging parts, because Burke said nothing about the Aliens. Newts dad is then implanted with an Alien, brought back to the colony and you know the rest! However, at the end of Alien Covenant, David has successfully helped to create an Alien Queen embryo which he stores next to hundreds of human embryos….so where it goes from there can change the story line of why it took them so many yrs to find the ship in Aliens

[@GrooveYouVerse]

"did IQ just drop sharply when I was away?" Bihhhhhh

[@cadencero5313]

I was 10 when I saw this in the theater and I noticed the part about the IQs dropping and now I'm 47 and boy oh boy, how true that is!

[@wampabutt]

Styrofoam cups are still around this far into the future. Love it.

[@jenniferbeatty7545]

Lol !

[@josephperdomo1536]

Now that they have space stations they can just eject those foam cups into space.

[@haynes1776]

Ripley: "If one of these things gs gets down here, that will be all"!!! Sirquorney Weaver was perfect for the Alien franchise.

[@MrScaryPasta]

LOL! I find it funny how Ripley blames the alien for blowing up the ship and pauses as she says it.

[@mkaplan1383]

2:35 Extended scene from Special edition. Van Leuwen: It is the findings of this board of inquiry that Warrent Officer Ellen Ripley NOC-14672 had acted with questionable judgment, and is unfit to hold an ICC license as a commercial flight officer. Therefore, the said license is suspended indefinitely. Now, no criminal charges will be filed at this time, and you are released on your own recognizance for a six month period of psychometric probation, to include monthly review by an ICC psychiatric tech. *types on the monitor case closed*

[@Malt454]

The elephant in the room, however, is that Ripley knows that the Company, through Ash, intentionally sacrificed the crew to recover the Alien in the first place - she read Special Order #937... "crew expendable". Ripley "explaining" anything, much less trusting anyone in the company, is redundant. What happened to the crew wasn't an accident that needs to be explained... it's a conspiracy. That she would EVER go back out in space on the Company's promise to destroy that species is simply ridiculous.

[@Malt454]

@@KneelB4Bacon - That's a very good point, too: that Ripley really HAS to go back to avoid cracking up. The whole air of permitted skepticism during this meeting, however, as if Ripley was the sole survivor of some space-going Marie Celeste, still bugs me. The point in the story Ripley really should have lost it was when Burke claimed that Ash "malfunctioned" and "there were some deaths" - Ash did nothing of the sort; he received new instructions - "People don't believe me, but I know what I read. You say anything like that again, Burke, and I'm going to malfunction on you".

[@bst857]

She should have just lied, and not mentioned the aliens. She could have made up any kind of story, like maybe she could have said Ash went crazy and killed the whole crew, and she just managed to escape after he set the self destruct. It was because she blabbed about the aliens, that Burke went on to send the colonists to look for them. But I think that Aliens does explain something though, that whoever gave Ash special order 937 was acting pretty much alone. If the company had known about it, they would have sent a ship there shortly after losing contact, but instead, nothing happens. This makes me think it was an opportunist like Burke, who pretty much does the same thing in Aliens when he sends the colonists out. I guess Ripley may have suspected this and is why she told the truth in the board room, hoping that official company policy would take over, and maybe quarantine the planet. So in the end, its the fact that they didn't believe her, that gave Burke the opportunity he needed. That's not to say that the company would have Quarantined LV426 though, so it was still risky for Ripley to spill the beans on the aliens.

[@Malt454]

@@bst857 - That's a very good point; evidently, the Company didn't send multiple ships to investigate LV426, or no one would be in any doubt concerning what Ripley's talking about. Ripley seems to trust the Company people in the room enough to tell them about the alien - maybe hoping to be backed up by biological traces - but not about the orders given to Ash, and then it turns out none of it can be substantiated anyway.

[@navbuoy]

@@Malt454 In the deleted scenes, Burke prompted a colonist family to investigate the derelict ship based on Ripley's intel. Colonists were already settled there for years and weren't aware of it and neither was the Company. The knowledge of the existence of the Xenomorphs was basically classified. No one in that room had access to that knowledge...Burke saw an opportunity and seized it.

[@Malt454]

@@navbuoy - That's all true, but someone sent Ripley's crew to the planet and then deemed them expendable. It's just all too neat for me that no one, including Ripley, seems to remember anything about Special Order #937. From the POV of the second film, it's like it never existed - and that seems more like a convenient choice on the part of the writers than simply the characters.