Aliens 1986* FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday

[@IronmanV5]

Fun fact: Paul Reiser, the actor who plays Burke, said that his mom cheered when his character died.

[@adamsgrad93]

Paul Reiser plays a really good shithead in a lot of movies.

[@ImBigDave79]

Thanks for the support mom lol

[@rmhartman]

And rightly so.

[@rmhartman]

Paul Reiser, at the time, was known for being a nice guy in the sitcom "Mad About You" (with Helen Hunt). Which is part of what made his reveal as Pure Evil in this film such a shock. It was a real casting against type move.

[@kcharley2558]

@@rmhartman Mad About You started 6 years after this movie came out

[@robertrouse4503]

Fact: the man who played Hudson, the late Bill Paxton, is the only actor to be killed by an Alien, a Predator, and Terminator.

[@GCEXTREMEMN]

All James Cameron movies

[@robertrouse4503]

@@GCEXTREMEMN James McTiernan directed Predator.

[@GCEXTREMEMN]

@@robertrouse4503 ahh. Well Paxton was in Predator 2. I thought Cameron did one of the Predator movies..

[@Jar0fMay0]

Same with Lance Henriksen (Bishop)

[@repairmanjack893]

Yet what finished him off was being married to multiple wives in Big Love. That would be anyone's doom.

[@fr1day2]

The girl who played Newt, Carrie Henn, never did another acting role. She became a primary school teacher and had parents of her students asking her to sign Aliens memorabilia.

[@jacquelinejacobson6789]

Wow. Didn't know that

[@makerstudios5456]

Mostly the fanboy parents come at night. Mostly.

[@tracyleesmith781]

Years later, they had a reunion. It was beautiful!

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

she taught my cousins ☺

[@michaelplowman8674]

Another fun fact: The picture of Ripley's "daughter" was actually a pic of Sigourney Weaver's mother.

[@geley5285]

Another fact: That same picture was used by the developers of Alien: Isolation to accurately portray Amanda Ripley in the game

[@ozymandias1192]

@C Parton I think she was 12

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

I'm not surprised. She had the same smile.

[@ladyyuna2000]

I knew that and did you know The face-hugger required nine operators to move. Eight people were needed for each leg and one person to move the tail. The Alien nest set was left intact after filming and was later used in Tim Burton’s Batman.

[@UncleFeedle]

That original prop picture was up for sale a few years ago. I was considering buying it!

[@garysmith3037]

People don't listen to Ripley, they die. Hicks listens to Ripley. Be more like Hicks.

[@cleekmaker00]

That belongs on a T shirt!

[@spiral5650]

@@cleekmaker00 so true! 😆 I'd buy it

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I dunno... i do root for that Facehugger… i'd love to facehug Ripley too :O

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 No...we want to get facehugged...BY Ripley.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@DoremiFasolatido1979 hmmmmmm my god, you're right. :o

[@peterschmidt4348]

Please watch "Galaxy Quest" ( Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tim Allen ) !

[@awkwardashleigh]

That's a stacked cast - I'll have to check it out!

[@macmcleod1188]

@@awkwardashleigh you should probably watch at least the original Star Trek second episode and the original Star Trek movies 2 and 4 before watching Galaxy Quest For maximum enjoyment. I loved Missi Pyle in that movie.

[@frednich9603]

@@awkwardashleigh Galaxy quest is an amazing movie. It's been called one of the 4 perfect movies ever produced (I'm serious) but much of the enjoyment of the movie is based on understanding the Star Trek mythos and fan culture. It was a great movie without it, but unless you understand star trek, it might take away a little from the experience.

[@davepasnthru]

@@awkwardashleigh Galaxy Quest is the best "Star Trek" movie ever made. It actually is a masterpiece. And also hilarious! "Never give up! Never surrender!"

[@hholafbln]

Please don't forget Tony "Monk" Shaloub! 😅

[@althrox]

Ashleigh at the beginning: "Naw, I don't trust Bishop" Ashleigh at the end: "They can rebuild Bishop, right?"

[@awkwardashleigh]

HE WAS A GOOD GUY THE WHOLE TIME 🤪🤪😂😂

[@kevinramsey417]

The A2s were always a bit twitchy but with the inhibitor chips that can't happen anymore.

[@armastat]

@@kevinramsey417 True, but actually the 1st android had been given orders he could not refuse to follow that conflicted with his core ethics programming as well.

[@thoso1973]

Lance Henriksen is one of the only actors to have the distinction of having been killed on screen, by an alien, a predator and a terminator. Bill Paxton had the same bragging right.

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@armastat Sounds like Hal

[@VBSuper]

"I really hope she's in Aliens." Actually, the studio asked James Cameron to pursue a different storyline without Ripley because they were too cheap to pay her what she deserved. But James told them to fuck off and refused. So, here we are.

[@VBSuper]

@Aniwayas Song Totally agree. The man knows his craft.

[@riveraharper8166]

Love Cameron even more!

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

Yes unfortunately for the studio, Weaver had become a very bankable box office draw by the time Aliens was to be produced. Alien garnered her lot of overnight attention as a newcomer, and she followed that up with two major hits: The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson, and Ghostbusters. She also did a movie right after Alien called Eyewitness playing a reporter with William Hurt. The movie didn’t do very well but she earned good reviews for her performance. All of this meant she could command a sizable salary. It ultimately worked out very well for the studio since Aliens was a major box office hit. I still remember it felt like an “Event” movie that summer of 1986, it was all over the entertainment magazines and the reviews were great, and Weaver earned her first Oscar nomination. And then two years later she’d be nominated twice in the same year for Gorillas In The Mist and Working Girl.

[@w41duvernay]

As much money as they made from the movie and dvds sales, The extra cost proved to be worth it.

[@shanelogan630]

Gorillas in the mist made me cry my eyes out

[@johntumahab323]

...Yes, they all lived happily ever after. And never watch any other Alien films to confirm that.

[@LA_BROWN_BEAR]

man, I wonder how many of us thought the same thing lol

[@TGHibiki]

Agreed. Completely. Do not I repeat do not watch the rest of them.

[@buddyjones5419]

Paxton had some bad karma back in the day

[@djr6876]

Theres only Alien and Aliens. No others exist.

[@pythonbyte]

Alien 3 is a good film.

[@bigtstyle123]

Sigourney was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in this film. To think about it that’s almost unheard of to be nominated for acting in an action movie. I think that’s one of the biggest Snubs in Academy history. But this is one of my all time favourite films

[@michaelfitzgerald38]

To be fair it was a tough year. Marlee Matlin won for Children of a Lesser God.

[@armastat]

Heck until Star Wars & Raiders came out they didn't nominate a sci-fi film for any major award (except for technical awards like special effects and such), even after there were very few.

[@damonmcfarland9364]

it is the perfect Alien film. none of them have equaled this masterpiece.

[@djC653]

probably even rarer is this was for the 2nd film in the franchise. Not often do we see the 2nd film being better than the 1st.

[@thoso1973]

Yep. This is one of the greatest performances of all time. It's up there with Jodie Foster in Silence Of The Lambs, a similar character arc about defeating your personal demons, stop running away and confronting 'the monster' face to face.

[@lynchmob72]

Ripley standing in the face of the Alien queen saying "get away from her you bitch!" was one of the most bad ass scenes in movie history.

[@Jar0fMay0]

My parents were dating when this movie came out and they said the whole theater started applauding.

[@ericjanssen394]

Although we got an even more pandering James Cameron "Women are badass when they're maternally enraged" moment when Sarah Connor starts defending the joys of childbirth in T2. ;)

[@Jar0fMay0]

@@ericjanssen394 that whole girl power thing was popular back then. At least it wasn't as cringy as it is now. They beat you over the head with that crap.

[@Theomite]

@@ericjanssen394 Notice that John Connor is rolling his eyes the entire time that scene. Sarah's been through a lot and she kinda jumped on the "ranting at the world" bandwagon while she was in the hospital. The whole point of that scene is that Sarah's no longer the best person to be leading anymore, and John has to start taking over.

[@antonytheolddog8626]

Utter agreement from me.. Ripley is such a badass in that moment.. Love when she melts the queen's eggs, with that little tilt of the head that says f**k it...😁🤘

[@paladinfilm]

James Cameron once said in an interview that Alien was a slow creepy walk through a haunted house, but Aliens was a roller-coaster ride through a haunted house.

[@claymccoy]

"Assholes and Elbows" refers to working hard at a task. It originated in farm work. If a group of field hands is busy and bent over picking crops, then a supervisor looking out over the group would see nothing but "assholes and elbows".

[@eagleclaw006]

I always thought that saying was a reference to bad sex scenes.

[@t0dd000]

... and a common military phrase.

[@IrishCarney]

Thanks I never understood that and frankly didn't want to look it up

[@versetripn6631]

To be fair, Buttcheeks and Elbows failed miserably with Test Audiences so...they cut thru the meat of it! 🤣🤣🤣 If I look at someone working and actually can see their A.H., then either it's in use... or someone needs a samich! 😣

[@frankrodriguez2999]

@@eagleclaw006 🤣🤣🤣

[@martinbraun1211]

I hope for James Camerons "Terminator" and "Terminator 2" in the near future !

[@awkwardashleigh]

coming soon!

[@theradgegadgie6352]

@@awkwardashleigh But like Alien, only the first two aren't turds! I'll shut up now before I get blocked. 😁

[@zvimur]

@@awkwardashleigh when you go through rest of Cameron movies at least one of the "Aliens" actors will have a part in it, all the way to Titanic.

[@garycrow1943]

@@theradgegadgie6352 They fall off very steeply

[@MravacKid]

The third Alien movie wasn't bad per se, but it does shit all over the end of this one so it's a very poor sequel. As for the others, at least they're mostly better than the Terminator sequels. :) But now that I think of it, it's pretty much the same issue with both franchises, two excellent movies, the third one not that bad but doesn't fit the narrative, and a bunch of half-assed sequels many years later. :)

[@Freakinger81]

This was a Female Hero done right and thats why everybody loves Ripley. She never had to tell you how cool she is or why she is better than every Guy or whatever. You saw her and you thought "Wow, She's cool". No explanation needed.

[@weldonwin]

Also, the fact that Ripley wasn't the only token competent woman in the movie, with three women in the Marines (Vasquez, Dietrich and Ferro) and the fact that there are female marines and no one even remarks on it, means this is the norm for this time and not something exceptional they need to call out

[@SunwardRanger83]

Yeah, wish the Hollywood types would re-watch some of these older movies and relearn how to make good female characters. Audiences loved these older characters. Most of the ones they make now are either openly antagonistic to men, complete misanthropes, or pandering and subtly insulting to women. Plus they usually have all the personality, charm, backstory, and character development of a plank of wood.

[@darastarscream]

Cameron tends to do characters well. It's why his work's stuck around even though he spends money like water and he's just this side of abusive with his casts and crews.

[@dhunter1133]

Every time I read some Millie/Gen-Z blogger writing about how men can't handle strong female characters, I think of this movie. Men like strong female characters just fine, thank you.

[@sam-psonsmith9951]

she is not a woman, obviously there weren't any strong Women in movies at that time..so she is clearly a man.

[@mena94x3]

‘Assholes and elbows’ is real life Marine slang for working hard, being in a hurry, hustling.

[@morvous1]

all military branches actually.

[@andrewhogan6533]

I would have thought no excuses, but that works too

[@windwakerplayer64]

I was told the meaning of it is thats all they want to see. Meaning you should be hunched over with your sleeves rolled up working hard.

[@mena94x3]

Lugnut 64 - Exactly.

[@nem447]

scrubbing the deck on your knees...

[@fubar1217]

Oh good, you watched the Director's Cut.

[@andreraymond6860]

Let's just call it the extended cut, shall we?

[@dzhellek]

After all these years I never knew Ripley had a daughter.

[@calibre97]

Yeah, not fair. Most of us never knew about the settlers scene or that she had a daughter. This is actually the most I've seen of those parts.

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

Yeah, I was wondering which version Ashley was going to watch. I'm glad she watched this one. It makes the Aliens seem more like ants then in the other one where they magically know things like they're intelligent. The only scene I don't like is seeing Newt with her family. It's better to just meet her with the army guys - your imagination starts you down a dark road of "what happened to this little girl!".

[@stantheman9072]

Only improvement of this version to me is the addition of those awesome robotic machine guns that Hicks places that force the xenomorphs to then come through the ceiling into operations. It explains why they did that instead of using the main corridor.

[@van8ryan]

The lady in the picture playing Ripley's daughter is actually Sigourney Weaver's mother.

[@ghosthunterfallout]

wow i did not know that thank you

[@weldonwin]

Also, Newt's brother, Timmy, is played by Carrie Henn's (Newt's Actress) real life brother

[@ghosthunterfallout]

@@weldonwin you got me again lol

[@weldonwin]

@@ghosthunterfallout To add to that, Carrie Henn had never acted before, while her brother was an experienced child actor who had done TV commercials before auditioning for Aliens. Carrie came along to give him moral support, the casting director asked her if she'd like to try out and to everyone's surprise she landed the role. This would be her only professional acting gig, since it was a lot of work and while it was fun, it wasn't for her and she is now a school teacher

[@van8ryan]

@Lexington73300 Nope, too early before they started doing that.

[@camorgan00]

Ashleigh: "Oh, he's a baby lieutenant." Anyone who's been in the military: "ALLLLL lieutenants are baby lieutenants!"

[@jmarkly]

In Panama, we were in Jungle School, and some reservists were there training too. One of the reservist Leutenants walks by us. My Platoon Sgt. to the Lieutenant: Does your mother know you’re here? 😂😂😂

[@logandarklighter]

Ashliegh should look up the term "Butterbar" in relation to Lieutenants. She might be amused by what she finds. :D

[@thatoneguyagain2252]

The average life expectancy for brand-new lieutenants in Viet Nam was 15 minutes. This guy shows why.

[@tristramcoffin926]

I literally said that out loud to the screen.

[@camorgan00]

@@thatoneguyagain2252 And if THIS guy had been in Vietnam... the term "fragged" leaps to mind.

[@airmaildolphin7013]

Bishop was MVP. He totally redeemed his people after the crap that Ash pulled.

[@SamuelBlack84]

It's a shame that he asks to be switched off in Alien 3, he deserved better

[@airmaildolphin7013]

@@SamuelBlack84 Definitely. I was so disappointed that his role was so small in 3.

[@JayM409]

There was no 3.

[@airmaildolphin7013]

@@JayM409 Amen.

[@SantanicoDiabolical]

then David happened.

[@vonVile]

The picture of Ripley's daughter is Weaver's real life mother.

[@tasha7726]

I never knew this. I just thought it was good casting that they found an actress who looked like Sigourney Weaver.

[@Gryffyth_Aurum]

Wow, really? Her family has gorgeous women then.

[@hairywelder5188]

I thought it was just Sigourney made to look older 😳

[@jwrockets]

I saw a resemblance but didn't know that.

[@MikeB12800]

Thats some time travel shit!

[@gutz1981]

Just to be clear, months went by after her return and Ripley got a job as a forklift operator cause no one else would hire her for another job, so she basically got a job as a shelf stacker.

[@Pinkielover]

fun

[@WhiskyCanuck]

a dockworker is probably more accurate, but yes.

[@charlesborden8111]

I always figured that Ripley being on a starship crew was already trained as lift operator and handling cargo for the ship, which allowed her to have a skills to be able to find a job after the Company used her as a scapegoat and dumped her.

[@kirbywilliamson2942]

Crushed when I realized it was special effect. Cool forklift.

[@ericy4522]

@@charlesborden8111 There's dialogue between Ripley and Burke referring to her only being able to get work "running loaders & forklifts"., and she's smart enough to retrain, after having her Flight Officer licence revoked by the Company, but either explanation would work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJLUdJhsn7aVpaM

[@michaelfitzsimmons8393]

Ripley - "You did good, Bishop." Bishop - "Yeah?" Queen takes Bishop!

[@JnEricsonx]

You win the internet.

[@nicadi2005]

@Michael Fitzsimmons "Queen takes Bishop!" - You forgot to mention the next move: Ripley checks the Queen (out an airlock)!

[@WisteriaDrake]

@@nicadi2005 You mean "Queen takes Queen"

[@christinawrightson8140]

Yes, but you forgot that ripley.It's actually a pawn and pawn beats Queen. A rare thing in chess.

[@3Rayfire]

Ashleigh: "It sucks an Alien got Newt, you move on with life" Ripley: *"FUCK THAT SHIT."*

[@LukeLovesRose]

Yeah. Ripley is a much better mama than that

[@DirtMaguirk]

Alien 3: Yeah, about that.

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@DirtMaguirk About what?

[@morganrobinson8042]

@@LukeLovesRose Oh, honey....

[@LukeLovesRose]

@@morganrobinson8042 What? There is no Alien 3

[@billc3278]

The actor who played Burke said his mother was happy when his character died...that's good acting when your mother wants you dead LOL.

[@jeffgalus8454]

That's why I didn't like him on MAD ABOUT YOU

[@rwxstudio7173]

Well, he did play the part of the d!$kwad/a-hole company man perfectly. Just made it all the better when he dies by the same thing he was tasked to return to earth.

[@epep50]

There a missing scene Cameron pulled where they actually find Burke cocooned. Leaving it up to imagination is better.

[@camieabz]

@@jeffgalus8454 I saw him in Beverly Hills Cop 2 first, so I was a little more willing to like the actor after Aliens. :)

[@keithdean9149]

Paul Reiser, thing was he was more well known for playing comedy before this movie.

[@jmwild1]

Ashleigh: cries when she realizes the Ripley/Newt theme to come Also Ashleigh: leave that kid behind

[@SayWHARadio]

Bwhaha 😂😂😂

[@Pinkielover]

lol

[@dzhellek]

Apocalyptic pragmatism.

[@commonsensecraziness7595]

The whole time she was saying she was going to cry I was thinking "she's not going to have time to cry.. this movie turns to terror quickly".

[@SeraphArmaros]

She figured she already had an alien in her so it's understandable.

[@Vestorimin]

Let's also appreciate that even after being RIPPED IN HALF, Bishop's priority was to save Newt.

[@no2all]

Bishop is not the kind of guy to do anything half-assed.

[@Greenwood4727]

@@no2all half bodied.. but not half assed LOL

[@no2all]

@@chrisbergsten1429 Just doesn't get around as much as he used to.

[@francesbadger3401]

@@no2all Technically he did that no-assed.

[@sparksdrinker5650]

I don't appreciate that much, he was programmed to do it.

[@TalkingHands308]

Jones ultimately survives the whole thing and goes on to live a peaceful life onboard that space station. Good for the kitty.

[@thereturningshadow]

Ashleigh, You have realize that this version, the director's cut, has added footage we did NOT have in 1986. We never knew about Ripley's daughter. We never saw the sentry guns shooting in the hallway. We never saw Newt's family discovering the face huggers nor saw living colonists. There is about 20-30 minutes of footage in this version that was NOT in theaters.

[@benrigsby9863]

This is JAWS in space. Read Blake Snyder's "Save The Cat" , so named after Ripley's taking the time to save "Jones" the cat before escaping the Nostromo.

[@JohnSmith-qn3ob]

@@benrigsby9863 This isn't Jaws in space, the first movie was. Also Ripley didn't go out of her way to save the cat.

[@MGmirkin]

Yeah, the original Theatrical cut out the entire colony backstory, so you didn't know what happened going into the landing, and had to find out via the Marines and Ripley exploring. Better to watch the theatrical first, then rewatch the director's cut for the extra scenes /backstory.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@MGmirkin ..well, if you've just seen Alien(1979) i'd say GO Aliens DC! But sure...if 6+ years later on the big screen in 1986...

[@stevensauer1944]

Leaving out that early scene with the colonists was one of the best editing decisions in the history of film. Without that, the movie is such a tense, slow build, with no aliens on screen for most of the first half, before all hell breaks loose. Full on edge of your seat, because while you know what's coming, you haven't seen it, and your brain tries to fill in the gaps. Everything else from the DC, though, was good stuff. My dream version is the DC without the early colonists scene.

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

Fun fact: the line "Get away from her, you bitch!" was voted the most iconic line of dialog in any science fiction film ever by fans at the World Science Fiction Convention back in 2003. And you still need to watch "Big Trouble in Little China."

[@wtfdoihavetodohere]

I love Big Trouble but I'm not sure it's her kind of film. She doesn't really seem to enjoy campy films generally speaking.

[@szepi79]

@@wtfdoihavetodohere I concur.

[@jimcole8855]

She has watched it

[@Timmah73]

I saw this movie in theaters and it was hands down most intense movie going experience of my life to this day. "Get away from her YOU BITCH!" is also still one of the loudest cheers I've ever heard in a movie theater.

[@SamuelBlack84]

I can't help sympathising with the queen alien as from her point of view a da gerous alien creature slaughtered all her children. The aliens have no concept of evil, they just are what they are. Although, they cut the power, so I guess they have some brains. Imagine if they spoke?😳Like Jeri

[@skyhawk554]

"Did she just bitch slap mama alien?" With a glorified fork lift, yes.

[@weldonwin]

This is the theme for Ellen Ripley, She's trying to kill the Ay-Lee-En Queeeeeen! She tried to kill it with a fork-lift! Ole!!!!

[@MGmirkin]

Power Loader, thank you very much...

[@MGmirkin]

Dude, if I had a mechanized exoskeleton, I'd probably be up in there bitch slapping queen alien too... Granted, its reflexes aren't that great, but still... Mechanized exoskeleton is better than tiny flesh bag and certainly evens the score a bit.

[@wishfulstinker8327]

"Did IQ's drop sharply while i was away?" I've said this every day since 2015.

[@andrewhogan6533]

Why would you ask a rhetorical question?

[@curtism.revisseubert2512]

I'd strongly recommend "The Abyss" if you like to run with the emotions. Excellent acting and directing, too.

[@addpinball5650]

Directors cut for this one as well.

[@skwervin1]

I love the Abyss... I cry every time

[@clarissathompson]

Such an amazing movie and still holds up today!

[@Rickhorse1]

The Abyss was one of the underrated classics,, IMO. The effects created for it were groundbreaking (led to the Terminator 2 effects). And featured one of my favorite actors...the great Ed Harris.)

[@carm3d]

Oh no, it's the Queen Bitch of the Universe.

[@bricesbigbasstacular8172]

Terminator, T2 Judgement Day, Aliens, True Lies, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar, James Cameron is a master film maker.

[@Awol991]

The Abyss is a good one. A sort of lesser known one off gem. True Lies is another non-franchise movie, lots of fun.

[@adamsgrad93]

Oh! True Lies! I LOVE that movie!

[@armastat]

@@Awol991 The abyss is one of those wow, cool movies, True lies is more entertaining however.

[@GabrielTorres-yx6nf]

Don't forget, also he co-wrote Rambo II alongside Sylvester Stallone and turned it into a franchise afterwards...he took care of the action sequence and made it what it is...and suggested the Predator to have mandibles to Stan Winston...no wonder they nicknamed him Hollywood's King Midas! 😁👍

[@davidbennett1357]

@@Awol991 directors cut of THAT film is in my top three movies of all time

[@knightghaleon]

Ripley having PTSD over another android being onboard was a great callback to the first movie. This movie is great because its her confronting the trauma to save a little girl and what's left of her crew from even more of these things.

[@mmattson8947]

Cameron said he had to answer the viewer's question, why would Ripley willingly go back out there again. So has her say "hell no" at first. Having teeth-clenching nightmares, night after night, and declining living standards seems like valid reasons for Ripley to change her mind. It also sets up the marines not believing her. They thought she was hysterical and over-reporting the aliens to match her fears, rather than she was accurate and the aliens were actually that fiercesome.

[@gordondavis6168]

We prefer the term artificial person.

[@LukeLovesRose]

She should have PTSD after everything. But Ripley is definitely no perpetual victim

[@jacquelinejacobson6789]

This time the android Bishop is the good guy. Similar to Arnold in Terminator II

[@minnesotajones261]

At the end, when Newt grabs Ripley and called her "Mommy" - I tear up... every time.

[@sammylane21]

Damn, Newt, she just accepted Ripley as her mommy so quick. But I guess it is due to the EXTREME situation, huh??

[@Haplo699g]

Absolutely.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Me too

[@renegade7357]

You And Everyone Else!

[@tehdipstick]

A fun fact: The actress who played Vasquez is actually white (She's also in Terminator 2 and Titanic) , but she showed up to her audition in costume as a Latino person because the thought the movie was going to be about illegal aliens/migrant workers. Cameron liked her audition so much he wrote the character of Vasquez into the movie just for her.

[@Otokichi786]

I've read that the makeup department had to contend with a case of "aggressive freckles."

[@aestheticalrose4553]

"Are we gonna sleep all the way home?" "Maybe even past it" I wheezed

[@jenrig2333]

Anyone else yell out "But he's Kyle Reese" when Ashleigh started talking about the romance age gap because of time?

[@dirty_candy]

I thought, there's gotta be a way to work this into the Terminator timeline and then I kinda mixed the 2 movies up

[@snagfree]

I yelled out "He's Johnny Ringo".

[@emperorkalan]

"She hasn't has a re-up on any of her certificates": True. That's why she's not a flight officer on another ship. The class 2 loader rating was something she got after she came back. Easy to miss, but one of the lines Burke used to try to get her back is that she used to be an officer and now she's just working on the docks.

[@michaelbuzny1170]

IIRC (in the Director's cut anyways) after Ripley's outburst and before the board leaves, Van Luen tells her, her flight officer status is revoked.

[@Theomite]

In the time between the hearing and the visit, Ripley would have gotten some of her basic certifications updated so she could work the loading dock equipment. That Class 2 rating is recent. For someone who used to be a warrant officer, it wouldn't be too hard for her.

[@ianwestc]

Yeah, the timeline isn't made explicit, but I get the feeling that there's several months that pass here.

[@Stargaze314]

Ripley was pretty groundbreaking as a female action hero. Even in the first movie, she wasn’t so physical. For a little girl in the 80’s Ripley was the queen who could do it all - kicking ass and taking names, but still nurturing and empathetic. Iconic!

[@weldonwin]

Now if only Hollywood remembered how to write good female characters like this...

[@darastarscream]

Ripley wasn't really the Action Hero in Alien, because Alien wasn't an action movie. If you look at the story arc, she really isn't an Action Hero here either; the Marines are the Action Heroes and they get torn to shreds. Like Terminator, the protagonist *becomes* the Action Hero to protect people they care about.

[@scottwinfrey8250]

@@weldonwin That will never happen

[@te1013]

@@darastarscream What are you saying? Did you not read the original comment?? Anyways, Ripley is how you write a female hero. She is feminine, motherly, down to kick all kinds of ass!!! Shoot, I’m a 31 year old male, and I remember watching Alien and Aliens and thinking “Ripley plays no games and is super badass.” That’s a character done right:

[@NeuroticNicky87]

@@te1013 I don't think any of the characters in Alien were given specific genders, they just picked the best actors/actresses for those characters. In the second one her character was obviously written as female, because she was already an established character.

[@oldcythe]

"Ripley get's her daughter, and her mans!" No one tell her how Alien 3 starts!

[@jasonknight1085]

There is no 3. It's like fight club. The first rule of Alien 3 is you do not talk about Alien 3. See Highlander 2 and Rocky V for more.

[@oldcythe]

@@jasonknight1085 True that. :)

[@totallytomanimation]

Avoid the sequels like they are the plaque. But Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" is a very good and smart prequel and worth a watch.

[@zenarcher9633]

@@totallytomanimation Prometheus has one of the dumbest crew of characters in movie history. Utterly laughable if it wasn't so awful.

[@totallytomanimation]

@@zenarcher9633 Everyone has an their own opinion. Most Alien fans didn't like it cause they wanted another Alien movie. I liked it cause it was not an Alien movie but a Sci Fi movie that bridged the Alien storyline.

[@vannk73]

The sequels beyond this only serve to show how perfectly executed Aliens really is. Aliens is just the best sci-fi action of all time. Everyone involved was at the top of their game.

[@IkeThe9th]

“Assholes and Elbows” is all a Sergeant wants to see when he/she gives an order (you running away to accomplish said task).

[@mangelwurzel]

Also a follow-on command when sending troops out to police the area. (Police: pick up trash)

[@tildessmoo]

It's specifically derived from the World Wars, when part of an enlisted soldier's duties was digging ditches for trenches and foxholes. Because it was so important to get those ditches dug _fast_ it was even an important part of training. So, when you're given an order, it's about a 50/50 chance you're immediately supposed to be bent over digging, just an ass with elbows moving around with the shovel.

[@greatestscott6599]

So you're saying sergeants are telling you there's a tear in your pants...

[@Menaceblue3]

Sgt. Apone, GySgt. Hartmann, and Sgt. Peppers walk into a bar.... The bartender says.... Sorry, there is no punchline!

[@Aaerial15]

with a heaping dose of "Shut the fuck up"

[@edwardsummey8843]

"And they all (mostly) live happily ever after." This is the final movie in the Alien franchise. Just 1 and 2.

[@SayWHARadio]

The certificates she earned after coming back. That's why she went on the mission. Being a dock loader was all she could get despite being a pilot. Burke promised to get her a better job. What we go for better jobs... Still better than taking loans for college 🤷

[@FluxNomad678]

OMG I'm working on a job as a trailer jockey :p

[@lurieelcari]

Yup! Time jumps get a bit weird when she is back but she is working for a while before she goes on the mission.

[@austinwillcut4919]

In the Special Edition they revoked her pilot license at the end of the meeting, that's why she could only get a loading job.

[@rmhartman]

@@austinwillcut4919 that was mentioned also when Burke talks to her about the mission.

[@willarms5510]

Getting back up the job ladder is a side perk. The main reason she goes on the mission is because she realizes that the nightmares will never stop unless she confronts her fears and confirms that there are no more of those things left out there. (as Burke "promises" they are only going out there to "Kill, not to study") She will never have any peace or happiness as long as she knows there are more aliens out there.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

8:06 There was an earlier line from Burke where he mentioned that Ripley had gotten her Power Loader ticket in the interim since she returned from drifting for 57 years because it was literally the only other place she could work after Weyland-Yutani effectively killed her previous career.

[@trojanboy88]

"Get away from her you BITCH!" will forever be the most iconic line in the entire Alien series.

[@weldonwin]

I'm rather partial to "LETS ROOOOOOOOOOCK!!!"

[@SoaringTrumpet]

"Game over, man!" is up there as well.

[@weldonwin]

@@SoaringTrumpet I also rather like the entire Nukes-Knives-N-Sharp'Sticks speech

[@scotsbillhicks]

Oooohhhh...how about “No. Have you?”

[@Tarkamkrest]

I would go as far as to say, one of the all time best Action movie hero one liners

[@therese1584]

My new motto: “I’m petty. Don’t trust me in an apocalyptic world”. Absolutely 👍🏻

[@awkwardashleigh]

AT LEAST I KNOW THAT ABOUT MYSELF.

[@gregharker1600]

She got her cat, her daughter, her man, and part of a robot.

[@awkwardashleigh]

IM DYING

[@JJSMJ]

It's a whole family unit. Bishop will be their butler

[@gregharker1600]

@@JJSMJ Part of him will be.

[@HotQgav]

No... she didn't...

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@HotQgav I consider Alien 3 to be either apocryphal or simply part of an alternate timeline.

[@djsosonut]

Alien. Jones in danger: Noooo! She left the cat! They better not show me a dead cat! Aliens. Newt in danger: You're young. Can make another one. Time to leave! Heheh

[@LukeLovesRose]

She said what my own dad said about me. If it was between rescuing me and saving his own ass, he'd save his own ass because he could make more. No. You dont talk like that about a child. Christ himself would not approve

[@kriscynical]

@@LukeLovesRose I'm the only remaining kid of 3. My parents had to bury two of their three children within 8 years of each other, and it's nearly destroyed them. Like, literally, I am the only thing keeping them alive. You can't just "make another one" when it comes to your children. Parents who say shit like that and _mean it_ shouldn't be allowed to be parents, honestly, because there is _something wrong with them_ to think about their own children that way. I've seen another of Ashleigh's reactions where she said a parent could just "make another one" if their kid died, and I know she's trying to be funny about that but at the same time I hope she's only able to joke about that because she hasn't had kids yet. 😒

[@joelhassig6099]

My dad used to take me hunting when I was a kid, and he joked that it was in case he ever crossed paths with a bear. He said "I can't outrun a bear. But I can outrun you".

[@brigidtheirish]

@@kriscynical Dad once said after his and Mom's youngest was stillborn that he'd be tempted to violence if anyone said, "You can have another." For one thing, Mom was almost *forty* and nearly *died* along with the baby. They *couldn't* have another. Even if they were much younger, that was a unique life lost, you can't just replace them like a pair of jeans.

[@gooddog2001]

Make another one, that's not even here kid.

[@doyleyernaux1048]

Want another James Cameron classic? The Abyss. It doesn't get enough recognition.

[@wethepeople5753]

Agreed. Great film. @ashleighBurton WATCH THE ABYSS

[@sntxrrr]

I totally agree but first she must see Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

[@Alexandrashepiro]

@@sntxrrr Her reaction to the Abysss would probably be in 2 parts! ..It's a long Ass movie!

[@Fulschermd]

Yes!! Absofreakinlutely

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

100% It is extremely underrated. It was also the first movie to have groundbreaking special effects with CGI liquid.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

I never realized how many dolphins are in Aliens, before. lol And I can't figure out how I missed them...or why they're in the movie.

[@LA_BROWN_BEAR]

turns out flipper is in a lot of movies Ashleigh reviews lol

[@rogerphillips2846]

The dolphin aliens are in Alien Resurrection, that's where all the dolphin noises are coming from.

[@davidc2882]

And here ends the Alien franchise. Yep. No more movies made after this. Ripley lives happily ever after. (Checks watch while whistling nervously.)

[@number3665]

Hated 3 but honestly the vibe of 4 was pretty cool to me. Good enough for like a direct to dvd sequel lol. Plus Sigourney Weaver being all cocky and badass was pretty hot. Also helped that I saw that movie as a teenager XD.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

Correct, but one great game "Alien Isolation".

[@andrewkell2474]

Liked 3. Extended Edition was better. Don't think that Ashleigh could handle it though.

[@sideline5519]

YEP. Last one right here. Don't watch the next one. It never happened.

[@reesebn38]

You mean Ripley, Hicks and Newt lived happily ever after.

[@TheGrandJeef]

fun fact: Alien Isolation focuses on Ripley's daughter.

[@JustPlayTheGame76]

That was one thing about Alien Isolation was all the call backs to Aliens.

[@davidq.5488]

TRUE STORY: When "Burke" (Paul Reiser) was on the show "Mad About You" a character had a stomach ache and asked Paul, "Did you ever see that movie 'Alien'?" And to detach from the Burke character he replied, "Not the second one."

[@renegade7357]

I Intend To Look That Up. Thank You.

[@qwaurk985]

I remember a Mad magazine where she had the line: "57 years? I gotta get a new alarm clock."

[@jyesucevitz]

"are we gonna sleep all the way home?" the "maybe even past it" crack was your best one yet.

[@awkwardashleigh]

Thank you.

[@Tarukeys]

This is the greatest movie of all time for me. I saw it in theater when I was like 11 years old and 32 years later, it still amazes me everytime. Sigourney Weaver should've won an Oscar for this film. The caracter building in this movie is pretty much perfect. This and Terminator 2 are the best movie sequels of all time. It won an Oscar for the best special effects that year.

[@leob4403]

Godfather 2 is a better sequel than Terminator 2

[@absolutezero6423]

This movie got her swearing so much I thought I was at Seaworld lol.

[@PlasticandMetal]

Bwahaha nice one 🤣

[@bekind3931]

That’s really good. Actually took me a couple secs. 😜

[@ephennell4ever]

😊 😀 😄 😂 ... or watching 'Flipper'!

[@darlenereed4975]

LMAO!

[@tigerjeb]

and NEVER watch another Alien movie after this one. Alien 3 was one of the few times i was in a movie theater that the audience BOOOED as the credits rolled.

[@andrewdonaldson5879]

Truth.

[@davidokinsky114]

I didn't hate Alien 3, but it was a let down when compared to Aliens. Then again Aliens is one of my favorite action movies ever, so how can you compare.

[@BessieRiggs]

Aliens 3 was a horrible movie! I did enjoy Prometheus, though.

[@kathylee1261]

Oh so true

[@eatmedrinkme9628]

@@davidokinsky114 Yeah most people didn't like they basically canceled out all that Riply did in 'Aliens', that the poor women never gets a happy ending, but it's a horror flick, who says you get happy endings. :D

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

"Is there a love story? That would be weird!" You haven't seen Michael Biehn in Terminator? He's used to weird.

[@weldonwin]

Also, when you get to The Abyss, you can see him play a villain too

[@LA_BROWN_BEAR]

@@weldonwin man I love spotting the same actors Mel brooks and James Cameron use in their movies lol

[@rickg8015]

He was recently in The Mandalorian.. Happy he still acts..

[@jduncanandroid]

"He was quoting the Bible, Revelations. "Behold the pale horse". The man who "sat on him was Death... and Hell followed with him"."

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

I mean, in Terminator he went back in time and became his best friend's dad. I don't think a little suspended animation age differential would be that big a deal. 🤣

[@shadowdramon01]

22:29: “They can rebuild Bishop? They can rebuild him right?” Yeah, about that...😂

[@jauntx]

Based on that and how happy she is about the "love story" and Newt, she needs to NEVER watch Alien 3...EVER.

[@Number0neSon]

@@jauntx Yeah, she should do with Aliens like we all should have done with Indian Jones: Last Crusade...and just stop there, lol.

[@jauntx]

@@Number0neSon for real

[@eliaspeter7689]

Yeah, it's like so sad, that the next two films are just... terrible. Alien 3 is like going into very wrong directions, but is actually kinda enjoyable if you get yourself to watch it, just the effects are bad. Alien 4 has better effects but the whole film is just blood, blood and disgusting misshapen clone stuff and it's just meh.

[@weldonwin]

Solution is easy, just make the William Gibson Alien 3 your canon version. Ripley, Hicks and Newt all live, Bishop gets rebuilt and there are Space Soviets in power armour

[@mezmerized4lifejay654]

One of the best sequels of all time. All Cameron's movies hold up to today's vfx

[@deano2506]

Facts

[@hholafbln]

This one and Terminator 2

[@amandacogger3075]

Too true! And Peter Muller has got it right with Terminater 2

[@CamCygi]

The Terminator, Terminator 2 Special Edition and True Lies, all from James Cameron.

[@carm3d]

There's an abysmal hole in your list.

[@FluxNomad678]

T2 Special Edition has some added scenes that makes it worth watching a longer cut.

[@lurieelcari]

@@carm3d I see what you did there.

[@lurieelcari]

True Lies is one of the all-time great Action Comedies.

[@rmhartman]

@@lurieelcari then there is Mr & Mrs Smith, another (lesser known) spy/action/ comedy along the lines of True Lies. I don't even recall who directed it though.

[@tskwerl]

Okay, now that you know who Michael Biehn is, it's time to watch The Terminator. :D

[@Bodneyblue]

Or... "The Abyss"

[@timsgilable]

and Tombstone

[@liddybird3608]

Oooh, yes.

[@williewilliams6571]

Tombstone and The Abyss prove he does the BEST "Crazy eyes" acting.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

G.I. Jane

[@lonekeet]

One thing that you probably heard but didn't understand the context for Hudson freaking out all the time, but as they were doing Dropship prep, Apone says 'I don't care if you are short Hudson, get it done.' Being short is military jargon for being only a short time until your enlistment is up, in garrison it usually means a don't give a crap attitude, but going into combat they are usually trying to stay out of the line of fire so they can return home in one piece. If you look at Hudson's armor, in fresh markings it actually says 'contents under pressure, do not puncture', in a nod to him being a short timer.

[@david2869]

He also says "Four more weeks and out, now I'm gonna buy it on this rock."

[@paulmccloud9395]

Jonesey the cat was the smartest one in this movie. 'Yeah I'll stay here thanks!'

[@piehard136]

Apparently when James Cameron went to pitch Aliens, he wrote the word Alien on a white board, added an "s" then changed the s into a dollar sign.

[@awkwardashleigh]

I mean - he knew it was a great idea!

[@piehard136]

@@awkwardashleigh I do prefer Alien 3 over Aliens tho. It brings things back to a more tense approach, especially the "director's cut" version. 4 isn't great BUT it does have some cool scenes.

[@piehard136]

@@awkwardashleigh btw, you GOTTA do Train To Busan.

[@1971tallica]

Most of the fans hate the movies after Aliens , just an FYI. Good movies but bad story kinda like the sequel trilogy of Star Wars.

[@Dularr]

@@piehard136 Interesting, never seen anyone say they prefer Alien 3.

[@Ehud1513]

One of my all time favorite movie lines: "You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage."

[@IrishCarney]

Couldn't say that in Star Trek. -- Meaningful stare at the Ferengi who then try to look puzzled --

[@Hiraghm]

You also don't see them fucking each other over for "their own good", either.

[@patrickbateman7369]

Congratulations on editing out most of the best lines in the movie!

[@gator7082]

You are the first person I've ever heard that showed concern on whether her class II rating was still good after 57 years lol.

[@repairmanjack893]

She might have gotten her class II ratings after she woke up working in the docks.

[@ingibingi2000]

Alien was directed by Ridley scott who is a highly revered filmmaker with a long career, and then aliens is directed by james Cameron who's one of the few guys with a career bigger than Ridley scott

[@awkwardashleigh]

Two genius obviously

[@michaelbastraw1493]

The career metric being box office. Best. Leo.

[@jasonblalock4429]

And then Alien3 - which Ashleigh should absolutely NOT watch - was the first film directed by David Fincher, who's now on par with both of them in terms of fame and prestige.

[@DerAviator]

@@jasonblalock4429 should absolutely NOT watch. 1000000000000000000% correct.

[@ericstark5094]

@@jasonblalock4429 It's a good movie....it would be better if there were no xenos in it?

[@mordanthubris6516]

"17 hours" "She was asleep for 57 year they didn't come get her." That's...actually a really good point, better than I even think people realize.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Funny thing is that this movie is almost plot point-for-plot point the TV series _Space: 1999_ episode "Dragon's Domain".

[@michaelccozens]

It's a fair point, but I don't think you're realizing just how goddamn big space is. We also don't know how much Ripley's life-raft had diverted from the Nostromo's original course, especially after the ship itself altered heading to investigate LV-426. Further, the Company, if they could even be bothered to attempt search-and-rescue in this context (costly), wouldn't have known anything was amiss for at least 10 months after Ripley's launch, so the size of the potential search area would be unfathomable. You have to remember that with the distances involved, even radio waves aren't fast enough to make communication feasible, so Weyland-Yutani knew nothing of what had happened until Ripley arrived with her life-raft full of data. That's why it took until Ripley's return for Burke/the Company to send colonists after the Engineer's ship.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Just imagine if she hadn't have been found and just drifted through the universe for all time...

[@JayM409]

17 days.

[@matthewconner7800]

She was a life boat from a commercial cargo hauler that had self-destructed. The Sulaco was a military vessel with regularly scheduled contacts. Very different parent organizations and situations.

[@csabagall8811]

" Oh, he's a baby lieutenant." You made my day!

[@renegade7357]

When Gorman Goes Back For Vasquez And The Pair Of Them Decide To Not Only Get Taken For Implantation, But To Take As Many Of The Xenomorphs With Them Using The Grenades Makes His Redemption Story Work.

[@Obosii]

11:14 Michael Biehn uses a shotgun in both of his most famous roles: Hicks in 'Aliens' and Kyle Reese in ' the Terminator'. They pay homage to it in 'the Mandalorian' as he has a shotgun in his cameo role there too.

[@cometgirl217]

Oh, wow! I didn’t realize that was him, but it instantly “clicked” when I read your comment

[@E3WEINER]

My mom had my sisters and I watch this when I was six. She wanted us to be aware that the stuff and movies was not real but it was terrifying. I couldn’t make myself watch it again until I was around 13 years old and it’s one of my favorite movies now.

[@awkwardashleigh]

WHY WOULD YOUR MOM THINK THATS A GOOD IDEA

[@E3WEINER]

@@awkwardashleigh I have no f***ing clue. Though it does make for a good story lol. I definitely had nightmares with me as Newt in the water when the Alien takes her.

[@zom8979]

@@E3WEINER I grew up on horror been watching since I was 4 sometimes exposure at a young age does help😅😅

[@E3WEINER]

@@zom8979 I think if it’s a norm for your family to watch those type of movies from a young age then you get accustomed to it through the years. But my family didn’t really watch horror movies so it was kind of a one off, out of the blue

[@zom8979]

@@E3WEINER ah

[@jasonblalock4429]

5:06 Random trivia: The picture of Ripley's daughter as an old woman is actually a picture of Sigourney Weaver's mother. 5:43 Yep, it's definitely a model, and probably RC in some way. 7:00 They used to sell those in science museum gift shops everywhere in the 80s and 90s. There's a little magnet in the base which flips on and off, causing the top ring to swing back and forth. There's probably tons of them on eBay these days. No idea what they're called, tho. 18:48 THAT EXACT SCENE WAS FILMED, although Ripley gives him a grenade. However, in editing, they realized that only like an hour had passed since Burke was taken, so he would still be face-hugged and not able to talk. So it was cut. And don't watch Alien 3. Just don't. Don't even look it up in the Wiki. Trust me. (And everyone else undoubtedly saying the same.)

[@Greenwood4727]

they are called Kinetic Sculptures at least the ones we had were, also newtons cradle

[@dolxix]

I'm so glad that you had watched the director's cut. That version tells more to the story than the theatrical version. I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Good score, jump scares and a cat.

[@lioninwinter9316]

Favorite movie quote ever. Ripley: "Is there anything I can do?" Sergeant: "I don't know. Is there anything you can do?"

[@MravacKid]

Nah, the best banter is this :) Hudson: "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?" Vasquez: "No, have you?"

[@carm3d]

Stop your grinin' and drop your linen.

[@kathyastrom1315]

Apone’s great! Al Matthews, the actor who played him, was a sergeant in the US Army in Vietnam.

[@brandonvaughn7255]

Practically everything Apone says is gold. His little speech about how he loves the marine corp is just epic.

[@lioninwinter9316]

@@MravacKid Good one, but I like the "answer a question with a question aspect.

[@williambevins]

Michael Biehn, who played Hicks, was in a couple of other good James Cameron movies. He was in The Abyss, great movie, and he was in The Terminator. The sequel to The Terminator, T2, is another one that's as good as or better than the first.

[@FluxNomad678]

He was also good in GRINDHOUSE / Planet Terror along with the fake movie trailer for the horror Thanksgiving movie.

[@williambevins]

@@FluxNomad678 Planet Terror, along with its companion movie Death Proof, were awesome movies. I think those movies would traumatized poor Ashleigh. I hope she does them. 😁

[@ErikSchaible]

Also Tombstone, which is awesome in its own right. Definitely suggest you check that out.

[@catherinelw9365]

I fell in love with him in the Terminator. "Come with me if you want to live!"

[@kieronball8962]

Ashleigh and Beans, I have a feeling that this is going to be your best reaction video, so far!

[@awkwardashleigh]

I hope so! Let me know what you think!

[@rmhartman]

@@awkwardashleigh yep.

[@mack2512]

You are lucky, you watched the special edition, a lot of us didn't get the connection between Ripley and Newt first time watching...😁😁😁

[@renegade7357]

As Pissed Off As Ripley Was With Burke When She Found Out It Was Him Who Told The Colonists Where The Alien Spaceship Was, Can You Imagine How Much More She'd Be If She Found Out That It Was Newt's Family Who Were Sent To Investigate? I Reckon That She Would've Shot Him There And Then. No Trial Or Anything.

[@Kiernan5]

You don't need the information about Ripley's daughter to get their connection. In Alien Ripley was traumatized by being the only survivor against this overpowering threat. In this movie she encounters a girl who is the only survivor of an even greater threat who has been on her own for months. This kind of shared trauma can create a connection, knowing someone else understands what you've been through that other people who haven't experienced can not understand. I watched this movie when I was a kid in the 80's and I was never confused by their relationship.

[@mack2512]

@@Kiernan5 You are right but i think it gives a deeper bond between the two.

[@AndrewHanson-c2m]

I actually grew up thinking Ripley’s motivation was a little lacking when she had shown she could make hard choices; I think the film should have kept the scene w her daughter, but that’s just like my opinion, man :)

[@jobrimar8291]

There’s supposedly a deleted scene where Ripley encounters Burke gunked up into the walls, she gives him a mini grenade to off himself. Paul Reisser who played Burke did such a good job that even his own mum cheered when he got his comeuppance. Great reaction to one of the all time classics.

[@skull9674]

James Cameron made this fresh off of making Terminator. The first two Terminator movies are a must see.

[@whatareyoulookingat908]

I recommend "Top Secret" for you, Ashleigh. If you haven't seen it already, I can picture it being very enjoyable for you : )

[@MravacKid]

The best comedy nobody has ever heard of. :)

[@joebalusikiii5811]

Val Kilmer's 2nd best film! #3Tombstone #1 Real Genius

[@patriciahess8994]

Yes, Top Secret and Airplane are two must see movies. You will get a real kick out of them.

[@Warlocke000]

I finally got my own copy this past Christmas.

[@ebrowne72]

You should watch Airplane first, same writers/directors

[@3Rayfire]

The Power Loader stuff is some of the most satisfying pay off and reward set ups I've ever seen in a movie. When Burke comes to recruit her he says she's gotten a job running power loaders at the dock, in case you miss that she SHOWS the skill with the Marines, and then the end she uses it to fight Queenie. Ripley won with the skills she learned trying to get her life back together.

[@peterusso4873]

....Yes. Ripley gets her daughter and she and Hicks end up together. (nobody tell her about Alien3.)

[@hedgehog1965uk]

There was no such movie. It was a hoax.

[@random_potato1265]

Was that the one with the ...human alien thing?....that thing grossed me out

[@Nate6981]

@@random_potato1265 Nah, that was Alien Resurrection. Alien 3 was the one with Bald Ripley on the penal colony planet.

[@random_potato1265]

@@Nate6981 oh...

[@tjsogmc]

"Aliens" is the pitch perfect sequel movie. It should be held up as the Gold Standard of how to do a sequel. Unfortunately, Hollywood does the exact opposite. "T2" is the only other movie sequel that holds it's own on par with "Aliens". And for both Alien and Terminator franchises, the stories end with the second movies. That's it. No need to watch anything else. From 3 forwards it's nothing but a money grab.

[@andrewhogan6533]

Those aren’t the only sequels, but it’s rare

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

i actually think T2 was way better than T1, in almost every way - CGI, writing, story, suspense

[@andrewhogan6533]

@@user-vc5rp7nf8f it’s more complicated, but that doesn’t always equal better. I like both equally, but for different reasons

[@scotsbillhicks]

There is a polite cough from the direction of The Godfather, and The Godfather part 2. But yes, 3 onwards are awful.

[@gordondavis6168]

Both done by James Cameron

[@janniejan3550]

And here the story ends. Trust me.

[@UncleMilo]

STOP here at Aliens There are NO GOOD Alien movies after this... and that's because of the fucking studio taking it away from Dan O'Bannon.

[@splif4038]

“They mostly come at night...mostly...”

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

Did you miss the part where Newt calls her ‘mommy’ at the end? 😭

[@awkwardashleigh]

😭😭😭😭

[@ephennell4ever]

Every time I see/hear that my heart gives a little hiccup. 😳

[@CptColumbo]

Just imagine watching the theatrical version, like those of us old enough to have seen it, which didn't mention Ripley's daughter.

[@LukeLovesRose]

I can't even watch that version

[@wizardsuth]

"Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye, if what I say should be a lie."

[@fuchainsa]

Imagine her poor heart when she decides to watch Aliens 3 and finds out whats happens to them.

[@stevensauer1944]

There is no Alien 3. Nope. I stand by that. No further sequels.

[@trevorhensley3185]

​@@stevensauer1944Imagine if they tried to clone Ripley. Absurd!

[@ethanlivemere1162]

Alien: Suspense thriller Aliens: action thriller Alien: theme of conception, rape and childbirth Aliens: theme of mothership Perfect duality. Also: black queen takes white bishop ;)

[@VBSuper]

Black queen takes white bishop? Fuck, that was epic.

[@andrewhogan6533]

Jesus Checkmate

[@Saintphoenix86]

This is possibly the most intelligent and funny comment I've ever seen in a youtube comment section and I have seen some funny and smart comments, well done friend

[@weldonwin]

@Trump Loompa The Vietcong actually. James Cameron took a lot of inspiration from the Vietnam war, when American forces rolled up with all their high tech weapons and hardware, expecting an easy victory over a 'Primitive' enemy and found themselves fighting for their lives in a situation they were totally unprepared for. Also, the word Xenomorph, just means "Strange Form" IE, literally Alien

[@hedgehog1965uk]

"Mamma alien", or as everyone else calls her "The alien Queen".

[@awkwardashleigh]

@Lexington73300 I think I will change mine to Bitch as well.

[@VBSuper]

Or as I call her, the new Disney Princess.

[@kevenpinder7025]

6 weeks to the frontier,...uh..."a threeee hour tourrr."

[@ilejovcevski79]

There are NO other Alien movies, i don't care what anyone else said! This was the last one, period!!!

[@eliaspeter7689]

Yep. Sadly, but you're right.

[@ThreadBomb]

I am fond of Alien 3 and AvP, but yes, the series did go downhill after Aliens, and never recovered. They're talking about doing another one, but they really should let it die.

[@ilejovcevski79]

@@ThreadBomb agreed!

[@ilejovcevski79]

@Jarrod dark never heard of those! ;)

[@the_crazydane]

You're missing out on a lot of fun.