Watching Aliens for the First Time (Reaction)! - bunnytails

[@FlorianD30]

Ripley, "Is that the only flamethrower?" Hicks, "Yeah. It's only half full, but it's functional. Hudson, "What do you mean half full?! That damn thing is half empty...GAME OVER MAN!"

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Hahahaha!!! 😂😂

[@markplott4820]

Affirmative......lol.

[@ashscott6068]

Well, he's right! It's half empty, not half full! If you're filling it, and stop half-way, it's half full. If you're using it, and stop half-way, it's half empty! Fewer words, more information = better English!

[@TheTurinturumbar]

​@@ashscott6068while I agree the counter argument would be it's better to use positive language to help maintain what little morale they have left. Better com⚖️increased survival.

[@ashscott6068]

@@TheTurinturumbar That would only be true if any of them thought that "half full" was more than "half empty". Beyond that, the choice of words won't even register. He could also have cut out the word, "only" to make it sound even more positive. But in reality, the words just don't matter, when people know what they mean. They just saw their friends killed, and now they're trapped in a tin can, with a horde of kill-crazy aliens that spray acid if you shoot them. Even if neurolinguistic programming weren't a crock of shit, it would still have no bearing in that situation! :P Or maybe Hudson could have said: "We just made a forced tactical withdrawal, pal!" :D

[@jjsdad4952]

Saw this in the theater at 14 with a bunch of friends. When the door lifts and she’s in the loader, ready to fight?!..the loudest cheer and shout of expletives I’ve ever heard in a theater. It’s still the best movie theater experience of my life.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Man. I wish I coulda been there! I don't think I've ever been to a movie that has an audience reaction like that. I've heard stories, but when I go it's always so quiet...

[@jjsdad4952]

@@bunnytailsREACTS I hope one day you’ll be able to relate. I’m sure you will 😊

[@cyberingcatgirls7069]

@@bunnytailsREACTS This was the first movie I ever saw alone, I was also 14, hanging out at Horton Plaza for the day and just decided to see what was playing at the theater--I was visiting my aunt for the summer and didn't have any friends in San Diego. It was afternoon matinee and there was only a handful of people there so I didn't get to experience the crowd reaction either. On the other hand, I saw Phantom Menace in a full theater so I did get to see an audience reaction like that when R2-D2 came on the screen. :D

[@w41duvernay]

@bunnytailsREACTS it's too Nad you did get to watch these movies in the theater in the 80s. EVERY Weekend there was a great movie coming out.

[@EmanueleCorsi]

The first time I watched this I stopped at 3/4 'cause my parents had to sleep and I was in their room. Unable to sleep for a week, and had to wait like 1 year before seeing the conclusion and finally resolve my night issues 😁 Then it became my favourite movie. I would had loved to watch this in the theater... Was it the extended version, with the scenes from the colony before the extermination?

[@FireTiger941]

50:30 When the reactor says "You now have 14 minutes" it is EXACTLY 14 minutes in real time! That is incredible filmmaking!

[@markplott4820]

instead of the lying "Mother" computer.

[@ohethel]

i'm not a director or editor, but i assume they just edited the film then inserted the correct voice over and countdown footage to match the finsl edit. and that doesn't require more shooting, you just take multiple shots and recordings in advance before the editing even begins.

[@MrSporkster]

Ripley is a powerful and believable hero because she screams. She shows weakness and fear, but rises above it. That's why she's such a relatable role model.

[@miller-joel]

And she even learns to use the weapons from a MAN! The horror! That would never happen today.

[@technopirate304]

@@miller-joel Oh heck no. She would just instantly know how to use military weaponry by the power of estrogen

[@johnwalkeristhatdude3018]

hail ripley the original mary sue

[@johnwalkeristhatdude3018]

@@miller-joel shes a mary sue u know this right. its real feminist propaganda they made the lieutenant a MORON who cant make decisions. ripley learned military actions cuz the script said so. also every man who went against the alien they lost. queen mary sue SURVIVED fighting an alien queen something young blood predators cant survive. queen mary sue female arms also was stronger than vacuum of space also while being pulled by the alien queen. the alien queen was to weak to avoid the pull of space but a female human can. if this movie happened today yall hypocrites would hate it but female comicbook characters who are empowered yall have a problem with. yall are a bunch of hypocrites

[@rob7953]

The first Star Wars (later called Episode 4) was released in 1977, and the first Alien in 1979, so Leia and Ripley were available as role models at more or less the same time. And the first Terminator movie was released in 1984 I think, so Sarah Connor wasn't too far behind. They're all three much better examples of the strong female archetype than so many others who are essentially women playing male parts. In this film in particular, Ripley's mother's instinct and "angry mama bear" mode show that feminine traits are just as strong as masculine ones.

[@markplott4820]

also the Woman from Swamp thing , Adriene Barbeau .

[@_MjG_]

Sounds like a bunch of BS to me. Nearly every movie is based on fantasy, including obviously the 3 females you mentioned.

[@tenchraven]

@@_MjG_ The fantasy is that anyone else on a planet of more than eight billion people think you're right

[@docsavage8640]

@_MjG_ wotta maroon as the rabbit said

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Don't forget Billy's mom in Gremlins. Although Billy killed more with the gas explosion, she kill twice as many Gremlins in hand-to-hand combat as Billy did.

[@technopirate304]

47:46 I had friends in the real US Marines who felt despite his naïveté and inexperience, Gorman died an honorable death. He commanded the rest of the unit to retreat while he went back personally to save Vasquez. In that moment he redeemed himself in their eyes.

[@willmartin7293]

Yep, Gorman was just an inexperienced LT who would have learned from this hostile encounter and been a better officer, if he had survived.

[@Feargal011]

@@willmartin7293 I heard a Marine comment "The most dangerous thing in the universe is a 2nd lieutenant with a map and a compass." The most junior officer level with spit and polish but no clue in a real firefight.

[@valashar5313]

It was clear to me that Gorman was picked by Burke because of his inexperience. Burke was expecting to be able to puppet him, or had something he held over Gorman for influence. Gorman getting past that after his injury, and especially when he didn't pull rank and left Hicks in command is when I started respecting him.

[@zairac2564]

You know it's a dark universe when Ripley's first date in over 57 years is a murder-suicide pact... but they are cute together.

[@ebashford5334]

The ending with Ripley donning the loader is brilliant because nothing is as satisfying as physically beating the crap out of the main villain who is 5 times her size. You can imagine Cameron's thinking process, that he wanted an old fashioned brawl as the final confrontation, but how do you do that with a giant deadly alien?

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I loved every bit of it.

[@AlanCanon2222]

It's so well executed. Every move by Ripley is all about setting up the Queen's fall into the airlock.

[@Feargal011]

@@bunnytailsREACTS "Get away from her, you BITCH!" One of the great one liners in cinematic history.

[@riveraharper8166]

Scene was so badass that even Camerons own homage ín Avatar with better visuals can't compare.

[@losmosquitos1108]

48:03 Newt going down the long slide into the water pit. Carrie Henn (Newt) loved that so much, she found ways to sabotage the scene only to get retakes and do it again. Finally, the scene where an alien is emerging behind her from the water: a psychologist and Cameron himself were a bit afraid of the traumatic effect the scene could potentially have. What they didn‘t know, Carrie and the stuntman who was in the alien costume, were already good friends. What happened? Carrie saw him coming out of the water in his frightening costume and… she laughed and giggled…. 🤭

[@stuffyouotterlistento1461]

"Why aren't they attacking?" Because Ripley threatened the queen's eggs. It's a "one step closer and I shoot this hostage" kind of situation. "Wait! What? Where? How? What!?" I think the implication is that the queen grabbed a hold of the landing gear as the shuttle was taking off, and climbed up into the compartment it retracts into, effectively hitching a ride Lol at your excitement over Bishop getting torn apart and absolute glee over the loader fight with the queen. As far as "five by five" goes, I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but I think its military slang for "a-okay". If you've ever seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Faith uses the phrase. Okay, I lied. I'm apparently not too lazy, as I just looked it up after all, and apparently it comes from World War II, where it originally referred to a radio signal's strength and clarity on a scale from one to five. So five by five is basically "loud and clear", and came to be slang for "fine", "good" or "great". You're not the only one who thinks Hudson is the most awesome character in the movie. What should you watch next? Have you seen The Terminator? Aliens was James Cameron's second film. The Terminator was his first. Cameron apparently had trouble with the British crew on the Aliens set being uncooperative, because they didn't trust that he knew what he was doing, as The Terminator hadn't been released yet. Anyway, The Terminator had a much lower budget ($6.4 million compared to Aliens' $18.5 million), but it really showed what Cameron could accomplish with limited money. It's just as much of a classic as Aliens is-arguably even more so, because it kicked off its franchise. Terminator 2 is also worth watching. Most people think it's better than the original, but while it does drastically improve on some elements (especially the special effects, as it's a high-budget blockbuster, instead of a low budget production), it's also more commercial, with less integrity, in my opinion. So I prefer the first, but I'm in the minority. Interestingly, the movies somewhat parallel the Aliens series, with the first having more of a horror feel, and the second being more of an action flick.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I think I will have to do Terminator at some point!

[@davidmottweiler7597]

Please react to Terminator 1 and 2 and Predator.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

​​@@bunnytailsREACTS Agreed on T1, T2, and Predator. In the pipe 5 by 5 is also a line in Starcraft for human dropships. I think there were some other Aliens references like when clicking the marines a bunch of times. The Humans v Zergs v Protoss theme seems heavily influenced by the merger of the Alien and Predator universes. As to the queen hitching a ride on the drop ship, just before the dropship takes off an explosion knocks it into the structure, and then as ot flies off there is debris trailing out of the landing gear bay.

[@batbrick3949]

Five by Five refers to a code that soldiers learned to use in case they were captured. Tap on a wall a number of times to mean a single letter, based on a 5 x 5 grid. 1 and 4 taps = D, 2 and 1 taps = F, etc. “I read you 5 x 5” means “I read or understand the message.”

[@Metzwerg74]

terminator was not just "High Budget" at the time i got to cinemas, it was THE most expensive movie ever....

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Great reaction! At the end scene in the cryo pods Bishop is in the fourth pod on the far side of Hicks. Paxton was great as Hudson. They all were great though. One of my favorite stories about this movie was told by Paul Reiser who played Carter Burke. He took his mother to the premiere and told her nothing about the movie beforehand. She joined in with the rest of the audience applauding when Burke died, and from an article I read he said that for weeks afterward every time they saw each other when she first saw him she got this look of disgust on her face, this "I can't believe you did that to those poor people" kind of look. That's what made him really believe that he could be an actor. I have my own Aliens movie story, which I think is amusing: After I graduated high school, I became an advisor for the church youth group I had belonged to before graduating. In 1988, when I was 20, we had a lock-in one fall weekend. The high school youth were allowed to pick movies to rent for the lock in. Aliens was one of the ones chosen. I had kind of seen it before, but it was as background while hanging out with friends, so I didn't know much about it. We started watching it around 11 p.m. All of the adults and most of the teens had gone to sleep in the rooms set aside for that, while a few teens and I started watching Aliens in the High School Sunday School room in the large basement of the large church. The teens all left and went to sleep before we reached the halfway point, but I was interested so I stayed up and finished the movie. It was now around 1 a.m. All the lights were off because everyone but me was asleep. My last task before I could sleep was to go around the unlocked areas of the downstairs and make sure none of the teens had snuck off to do anything they shouldn't have. So here I am, walking through dark cinder block walled hallways with exposed ductwork overhead, and no lights except for the occasional faint red lights of the "Exit" signs. My heart is beating like a jackhammer as I carefully edge my way through the dark halls, knowing that there are no xenomorphs but still expecting some kind of jump scare that's going to make me lash out and crap myself at the same time. Luckily, everyone was fast asleep and I finished my rounds and went and lay down, but it was probably the least restful sleep I had and the most nervous I had ever been in church.

[@CaesiusX]

Woah, talk about nostalgia! I hadn't heard the term _"lock-in"_ for almost 40 years! Though I'm only a year older, I was in much the same situation you were in with my church. Raised in the youth groups, then gradually into leadership positions, etc. Thanks for the flashback! 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

@@CaesiusX LOL! Those were great days in our young lives weren't they? You're welcome for the ticket on the nostalgia train, and thanks for taking the ride. 😀

[@CaesiusX]

They were indeed great @@thatpatrickguy3446! 😃 And thank _you._ I appreciate the reminder, as I never wish to forget those days. I believe only by bringing them to mind, at least once in a while, will they remain, ever cherished, within our memories. _Be well!_ 🙋🏼‍♂️⁣

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

@@CaesiusX I agree with you. Such memories of the good times of our lives are as essential to our well being as our making new memories of good times. 🙂 May you always find joy in life. 🙂

[@losmosquitos1108]

55:44 the scene where the queen throws Bishop‘s upper torso and it slides over the floor took hours! The rubber puppet was thrown by a guy and it always landed in the most awkward positions. They had a solid laughter on the set…

[@BrotherPraetus]

OMG, yes. You reacted to the non-theatrical release. So much better with the early scene of Newt and her family, Hudson talking crap on reentry, and the sentry guns in the tunnel. I feel it actually has a better flow to the story than the theatrical release.

[@brigidtheirish]

I kinda feel like Hudson was trying to make Ripley feel better during that scene. Problem was he's got a military sense of humor.

[@sakuram69]

I absolutely agree. Personally for me the biggest impact it had was learning about Amanda, strengthening Ripley’s bond with Newt and the extended version of the scene between the two where she talks about Amanda with Newt. You really get to see and understand why Ripley was so maternal with Newt from the beginning; she lost her daughter and sees her in the girl and wants to protect her from these monsters. Of course it’s easy to see that Ripley sees her as a daughter, but the extended edition gives you that extra yummy layer of character development that was completely cut from the original. If you also read the novels you learn that for 57 years Ripley was trapped in a repeating nightmare of these aliens reaching Earth somehow and ripping her daughter apart. In this movie, she actually lives out this nightmare scenario and gives herself peace by saving her “daughter” from the monsters. This subplot more than anything is why I can’t watch the original anymore.

[@norwegianblue2017]

If she goes on to watch Alien 3, hope she watches the Assembly Cut. The movie has its issues, but that version really fleshes the movie out and improves the pacing.

[@IAMCAVE]

Still missed when Ripley found that Burke was cocooned and impregnated she hands him the same type of grenade that killed Gorman and Vasquez. Boom no more Burke. It’s a deleted scene that’s supposed to be in the director’s cut. Definitely the director’s cut has more details, which makes Cameron a good story teller.

[@johnschrieber1270]

Aliens is my all-time favorite movie. The character development is great. It's long but it pays off as you get invested in the characters. The story is full of tense moments and action. There's a bad ass female taking no prisoners, soldiers thinking they are all that but end up fighting for their lives, a child survivor who replaces Ellen's own daughter, a synth who actually didn't do anything wrong but you felt something would happen because of the prior synth in Alien, and lots of stuff getting blown up. It's everything anyone would want in a space sci-fi action/horror movie.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Happy to hear about people's favorite movies/shows/games. That's why I love doing these. I hope you enjoyed!

[@essexboy2006]

@@bunnytailsREACTS Do you recognise Bishop from anywhere else?

[@davidward9737]

​@@essexboy2006T1 Lance Hendrickson

[@dennispope1355]

So glad you chose the extended version. The theatrical cut leaves out the scene about Riley's daughter and the scene with Newt's parents. I still like "Alien" a bit more but they're both 5 star movies. I can certainly understand this on being the favorite of many fans. Enjoyed this reaction a lot. Thanks.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks!

[@NPA1001]

Shame about Alien 3 though….

[@michaelconnor1542]

​@NPA1001 what? There is no third movie. Nor a fourth. Nor any Alien vs Predator movies. No prequels either. Just some bad movies claiming to be related. Only things canon after this are the Dark Horse comics.

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

@@michaelconnor1542 Agreed absolutely.

[@michaelconnor1542]

@@BLAlley I don't buy the egg being in the Escape po, and the Dark Horse stuff is so much better after Aliens.

[@johnnie2638]

5 X 5 is an old military term for communications. On a scale of 1-5, 5 being best it refers to good signal quality & good signal strength. Used in this movie it really has no true meaning other than it just military jargon that sounded cool so they put it in the script. 80s movies were so cool. So different from today but then the entire decade was awesome. A truly different time.

[@Darkstar72SR]

5 x 5 is also the catchphrase of Faith on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. She used it to communicate that everything was fine or all good.

[@helifanodobezanozi7689]

Actually, 5 x 5 could have an actual meaning in the movie, in that the pilot would be receiving telemetry from both the mother ship in orbit, as well as from ground based location beacons from the colony. This makes sense because as she says, "We're in the pipe" the viewer sees a navigation display showing the trajectory of the drop ship traveling through 3D vector boxes as it heads to the LZ.

[@AlanCanon2222]

56:50 "She punches the Xenomorph queen." And she remembered to do it with her upstage hand! Thanks for the reaction! I think i can speak for Generation X: "One of us! One of us! We accept you, we accept you!" (Freaks, 1930)

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks!

[@bluebirdsigma]

The big ships travel faster than light, so the travel time from LV426 to Earth is 3 weeks according to the script (It was 10 months in the first Alien, obviously FTL tech got better in the 57 years, plus the Nostromo was already an old ship). It was just that the little shuttle Ripley was unable to do interstellar travel, Ripley herself said that she expected to be close enough to be hopefully detected by "the network" after six months of slow travel in the shuttle. Unfortunately she just drifted undetected all these years.

[@BenChanNYC]

I always laugh during that scene (6:29) when Ripley's yelling and grabs the papers - and we see that one person's hand reaching up from out of frame trying to get the papers back.... 😅

[@highlandspeaker]

i've seen this film 50x and never noticed that...funny indeed!

[@manoz6194]

@@highlandspeaker me neither lol

[@slithery9291]

The reveal with Ripley in the power-loader has to be one of the greatest movie scenes of all time.

[@docsavage8640]

Or cheesiest

[@losmosquitos1108]

These loading robots were actually wooden contraptions with a strong stuntman hidden in the back and Ripley was practically standing on his feet and leaning against his belly. Incredible how real it looked…

[@TheLanceUppercut]

I drive a forklift a lot at work, and I so wish one day we invent actual power loaders like that.

[@losmosquitos1108]

@@TheLanceUppercut haha, when you do, upload a video please! 👍

[@paratus04]

@@TheLanceUppercutcheckout the Hacksmith YT channel. They built a functional version of the power loader although for safety they ended up with tracks instead of legs.

[@mmsizzlak]

My mind was blown when I found out Vazquez is Janelle, John Connor's foster mom, from Terminator 2... Kudos to the actress and makeup artist who made it so I couldn't tell my entire life they were the same actress

[@Kingfish888]

Bishop survived. Ripley places Bishop in a plastic "bag" all cleaned up in the sleep pod. Right before the camera shows Hicks...

[@subitman12]

Bill Paxton was also in the movie Twister. It's about tornados and he's a storm chaser. I like your reactions and look forward to the next one.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Twister

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

Bill Paxton in this sequel reminds me of Bill Paxton in the Predator sequel.

[@HelluvaBossFanEst2003]

RIP My Man

[@riveraharper8166]

Hé has a short scene ín Terminator too.

[@Tiffinki]

@@bunnytailsREACTS Good, strong movie. Impressive special effects for its time.

[@Qoltar]

Bill Paxton was friends with Jamers Cameron and Cameron would often cast him in movies he directed. The actor Michael Biehn playing "Hicks" was also in the first two "Terminator" movies as Kyle Reese - The Music Loving Klingon

[@coldwhite4240]

You may have never seen Aliens before, but you were channeling your inner Ripley in this one, Bunny! First, your thought of nuking the planet at 29:58, then listening to Newt on how to survive at 35:00. Nice anticipation! How do you fancy getting into one of those mechanical loaders or strapping on a pulse rifle and flame thrower? 😂

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I think I'll leave the badassery to Ripley! lol

[@MorliHolect]

Out of Sigourney Weaver's 3 Oscar nominations this was her first. For a sci-fi-action-horror movie... (The other one as lead actress was for Gorillas in the Mist, worth watching too, based on the real life of Dian Fossey)

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I haven’t really seen it since I was a kid, but I remember really loving Gorillas in the Mist. That’s pretty much what I know Sigourney from. Beautiful movie.

[@system3008]

Good film.

[@greatwhite444]

This is by far the best sequel to any movie ever!!!! I skipped school to see this movie at least 6 times LOL. Ripley is a true badass love her. Jim Camron dubbed the movie the battle of the mothers when he was writing the screenplay.

[@noneya3635]

And rightly so, the underlying theme of this movie is about the maternal instinct from Ripley, and then we see that Mamma Alien is just as connected to her evil babies.

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

You missed out the best bit of the movie, at the end when Newt hugs Ripley and say "Mummy".

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Awwww really???

[@MarkSleper]

I love that you put a lot more thought and intelligence into your reactions than most other movie reaction channels while also allowing yourself the most sincere emotions at all the right moments. Just seen two reactions (the other one being Blade Runner) but I am so very much impressed!

[@tommargarites2811]

I remember my first experience watching this film at an afternoon matinee, when this came out. I remember it because of an embarrasing moment while watching it. There were only 5-6 people in the theatre to watch it at the time. There was that moment when Burke moved close to one of the tanks to get a closer look at the face hugger. When it slammed against the glass to get at Burke, I had a similar reaction as you did watching this scene, only thing was i had thrown my head back and the ball cap I was wearing flew off my head and landed in the seats three rows back. The people that were there, started laughing. As embarrassing as that was I retrieved my cap and bowed to the people there, and scrunched down into my seat to watch the rest of the movie. Though I was embarrased at the time, i can certianly laugh at that experience now, and watching your reaction to that scene reminded me of what happened to me all those years ago.

[@fewwiggle]

Bishop was in the clear plastic bag in the pod at the end.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Oooh!?

[@Dave3Dguy]

@@bunnytailsREACTS Yes you can see him at 58:26 in your video. Ripley has put him into a cryo-sleep bed.

[@georgeowain]

FYI; when searching for Newt in the Aliens nest. Ripley encounters Burk, who now already has an Alien inside him. Ripley hands him a grenade before continuing her search for Newt. This however is the explosion that causes them to divert in to the Queen's lair. As you will see in the third film, this act of mercy towards Burk, only ends up biting them all in the ass. Also, the reason they cut the bit was they felt not enough time had elapse for Burk to be brought to the nest and already have one inside him.

[@noneya3635]

An hour after the fact and I'm still bagging up about the titty comment. 45:31: not sure why but that "OHHHH JEEEEEZ!" was adorable and hilarious at the same time. Reminds me of daughter child's 10 year old reaction to seeing the aliens for the first time when she first watched Mars Attacks. She then spent a month shougint "AK AK AAAK!" anytime she got frustrated, good times.

[@gardener68]

The two big guns featured in the film were real guns with many "prosthetics" to make them look futuristic. Ironically, both types were World War II-era weapons, so by the time the film was released they were already 40-some-odd years old. The smart guns used by Vasquez and Drake were made from German MG.42 general-purpose machine guns and the pulse rifles were created using American M1 sub-machine gun, the famous Tommy Gun. Those muzzle flashes are real, which makes them feel like real weapons, because they WERE real weapons.

[@dennismason3740]

I got to know Lance Henrikson (Bishop) a bit in the eighties. He looks and talks just like himself. Lance had the best roles in the universe.

[@steveb1972]

Loved that in the marines there were 3 Terminator veterans, plus Bishop too!

[@PatrickMersinger]

“Game over man, game over!” Love that line, still makes me laugh.

[@fakecubed]

This whole movie is way more quotable than the original.

[@miller-joel]

17:00 Unlike the Mary Sues in movies today, Ripley wasn't born knowing everything and being an expert at everything, without any experience. The reason she knows how to operate the power loader, and Hicks and Apone are impressed by it, is that the company revokes her flight officer status, which forces her to get a job at the loading docks. Which Burke makes fun of at her apartment. That's how early Cameron set up that fight with the queen in the script. The other Marines also call her "Snow White." There's clearly a significant socio-economic divide in this society, where someone like Ripley would never take that kind of a job. Which in this case, saves her life and Newt's.

[@PalimpsestProd]

50 to 70 families = 100 to 140 adults plus children, so maybe 200 xenomorphs. But only 5 alien costumes for the whole movie.

[@alexurbjr]

You had the same reaction we all had the first time we watched this movie when Riley came out in the mech suit

[@noneya3635]

It was so much fun to watch how hype she got when that door rolled up, then her YEAH! at THE line, fuckin A as Hudson would say.

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

"She fucking punched the queen!" lol your squeals in that fight were hilarious

[@willadeefriesland5107]

I love playing the stand-up arcade game loosely based on this movie. I pride myself on blasting the Xenomorphs with mostly head shots...

[@anticarrrot]

"Why aren't they attacking?" Because Ripley threatened the eggs, but didn't burn them, and Mama Alien is smart enough to recognise the threat/deal being offered. From here there are two options: A) Mama Alien is sincere. She wants the 'monster' gone, and orders her drones to let the 'monster' leave. Unfortunately the egg ignores her, and Ripley decides to kill em all anyway. B) Mama Alien is insincere, and secretly commanded the egg to open, and Ripley repays betrayal with betrayl, and burns the eggs.

[@robynmarler1951]

Ripley's reaction tells you, in the language of film, that the queen made the egg open.

[@anticarrrot]

@@robynmarler1951 How? What specificly about her reaction is exclusive to the second option? Because I read her expression as "Fuck it. You're monsters. And I'm close to the exit. I'm going to burn you all anyway." IIRC, Cameron has never commented one way or the other. Even if he did, the plausibility of ambiguity here makes it a fascinating moment.

[@highlandspeaker]

@@anticarrrot Ripley's reaction is definitely "oh i thought we had a deal you B****, well then F you!" I always read it as the queen (which we have just seen communicating with the hive telepathically) triggered the egg to open

[@mrglasses8953]

The practical effects in this have aged really well. Only a few pieces of optical compositing, rear projection and stop motion really age it.

[@jaymedina3142]

BTW the lady playing Vasquez, is the same actress playing with an Irish accent with the 2 little kids in the movie Titanic!!

[@shallowgal462]

James Horner reused, barely disguised, several chunks of his Star Trek II score here. One musical cue unused in Aliens was inserted into the climax of Die Hard without credit. *They showed Ripley put Bishop in a medical bag into cryosleep.*

[@weirds0up]

Bill Paxton (Hudson) and Lance Hendrickson (Bishop) share the strange distinction of being killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator

[@scottyhunt]

one of the first ever best old school quotes/memes:" THEY MOSTLY COME AT NIGHT, MOSTLY..."

[@markplott4820]

BunnyTails - the Riflemen usually carry at least one Backup firing battery, each. also the M56 Smartrifle can carry a integrated Shotgun , Grenade launcher or Flamethrower. as part of the Marines gear , are Small hand held Firearms , Shotguns and Dedicated flamethrowers. the M1-A1 Pulse Rifle has a Intergrated Grenade launcher.

[@kaizen5023]

Hudson was one of my favorites too: GAME OVER, man! He was great in True Lies, Tombstone, and many other movies.

[@thatnewjoint]

"In the pipe, five by five" and "we're in for some chop" was also used in the game Starcraft. One of the flight units would say that after tapping on them for a bit.

[@losmosquitos1108]

10:06 this guy, Lt. Gorman, was played by William Hope, who acted as Marshal Waits in the game.

[@clementmartinez121]

Still feels odd that folks haven't seen this movie, but then I saw the theatrical release and it still feels really nice to see it again. Thanks for sharing and good reactions. Peace

[@donovanbradford8231]

I think the biggest reason why is most younger generations think it's old and looks bad, only after being drug kicking and screaming do they realize many older movies hold up far better than many films of today.

[@Jackrabbit_Slim]

She put Bishop in one of the cryo beds. He made it

[@manoz6194]

why would he need cryo lol?

[@Jackrabbit_Slim]

@manoz6194 great question, actually. Something to do with all the damage to his systems maybe?

[@Browncoat66]

"We're in the pipe five by five" sound clip was used in the Starcraft games (Blizzard)when you move a Drop Ship across the map.

[@sergiogonzalez1295]

5 by 5 (5x5) means loud and clear. It's radio operator speak. There is the options for 'volume' (1-10) and fidelity (1-10), with the rule of thumb being the louder you make the signal, the more interference it gets.As one goes up, the other goes down, so 5x5 means loud AND clear. Other options are 9-1 Only noise/static, 4x6 (slight interference, validate information for clarity) and so on...

[@baron7755]

I tried going to your link "gets.as/" and there is nothing there

[@patronus5855]

Hey, that alien did not like being called an egg layer, she identifies as the queen!

[@norwegianblue2017]

Leaving little kids unattended while parents go off to explore? Welcome to GenX childhood! Newt was an OG latchkey kid! Living in air vents is just another day at the office.

[@jasontoddman7265]

Yes; growing up as a baby Boomer myself I saw absolutely nothing unusual about it. But then again, I was never a parent either.

[@losmosquitos1108]

The soldier Dwayne Hicks was played by Michael Biehn, who also acted as Kyle Reese in Terminator, who protected Sarah Connor from the killer android T-800…

[@Mr.Greeeeeen]

A masterpiece. Still loves this movie. 🙏👽❤️

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks for watching!

[@MatsAcane]

Cool! Hudson was also my favorite character. Bill Paxton in the role of his life... Liked your reaction a lot!

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks!!

[@erich6096]

This must be a directors cut. I saw this movie when it came out and a couple of times since. I've never seen some of the scenes shown in this reaction video before.

[@jasontoddman7265]

It was an extended version that came out on DVD quite a few years ago.

[@ghfantexas6848]

Newt is Carrie Henn. She is now 47 years old, married with one child. She is an elementary school teacher.

[@galencox1531]

Yes, Ellen Ripley is a badass but we shouldnt forget Jennifer Lawrence in her role as Katniss. Without her we wouldnt have got iconic Characters like Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor. Just kidding. One of the best Sci-fi Actionmovies ever and Sigourney Weaver is phenomenal (as always). I remember the first time i watched it in Theatre back then and it was amazing. Great reaction and great decision to watch the directors cut btw.

[@XG2]

HaHA! For a moment there I was like "Are you fo' real??" 🤣🤣

[@peterwilkins7013]

Well Jennifer Lawrence said so herself: there had never been a strong female lead in a film until she played Katniss.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

I like Jennifer Lawrence, but, yeah, that quote's gonna haunt her. It's not even out of context, either. 😂

[@synthetic240]

Wait, I thought Gal Galdot as Wonder Woman was the first female action hero?

[@76marex]

Gal Gadot wasn't really a fan of her role, she was grateful when she was fired @@synthetic240

[@lesbart]

The actress that played Vasquez in Aliens was also John Conner's foster mother in Terminator 2. Jenette Goldstein.

[@belekai2840]

"The Name Bill Paxton sounds familiar".......that sentence broke my heart man :S

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

We all have to start somewhere :)

[@bl4ckkn1g8t5]

Very good reaction videos. Honest, genuine, and appreciate and reference all the little details that make the movies what they are. You seem to really enjoy these classic 80s movies as well, which makes for good viewing

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks!

[@robonaught]

Ripley was showing the queen she is capable of destroying her eggs so it was "You let me and the girl go and I won't destroy your eggs". The other two Xenomorphs near the queen didn't attack at first because the queen ordered them to not attack. As the queen cared about her eggs so even she didn't wanna risk them being destroyed but the deal was off the minute that one egg hatched.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thank you 😊

[@thedoctor755]

Going through your reactions, listening as I finish up a Ghostbusters proton pack in time for DragonCon :) Aliens is in my top-10 movies of all time. Probably top-5! SOOOOO GOOD. They got all the beats right, no "dumb" in the writing, top-tier effects for the time (esp that power loader & the queen), superb acting. Sigourney is at the top of her game. The Marines' banter & how they conduct is spot-on and 100% believable. You wondered about the big guns that Vasquez & Drake operate.... those are actually German WWII belt-fed machineguns (MG42) that were modded up and mounted on contemporary steady-cam mounts, same as what the walking camera operators had (before the days of modern digital cams that auto-stabilize). The others' rifles are Thompson submachineguns with Remington shotguns stuck under them to make the combo pulse rifles.

[@Feargal011]

The practical effects beat CGI hands down, every time. The model making skill needed to build a believable exo-skeleton requires an expert modeller, carpenter and mechanic.

[@jmwilliamsart]

“How do you like your eggs Queenie, scrambled or fried? How about both.”

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

🤣

[@ericswanson411]

Here are a few fun facts: In the Director's cut there is a deleted scene where Ripely finds Burke cocooned while looking for Newt. Why it is a deleted scene I don't know but hey better there than not in the movie at all. This isn't in any editions or deleted scenes but the actor that played Bishop hinted at running into a xenomorph while going through the pipe while going to the uplink tower. With that it is safe to say the Xenomorphs do not care about the android unless they threaten them directly.

[@LinNoOne]

while they were filming the part where Newt fell and was hanging on for dear life, the young actress kept letting go to enjoy the slide because it was so fun

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I'm glad she had fun while filming :D

[@EmanueleCorsi]

"Don't get attached to these characters". Oh but you WILL 😁 It's one of the many strengths of this masterpiece...

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

True!

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@bunnytailsREACTS This is one reason why people start hating on Alien 3 within the first two minutes. Because.... oh. Oops. You don't like spoilers. Let's just say that Ripley is the only one of them in Aliens 3. And that people like me prefer to assume Ripley is just having bad dreams in hyper sleep while nothing bad is happening in real life to any of them while they just peacefully make it back to Earth alive and well and the story ends with Aliens.

[@markplott4820]

BunnyTails - Aliens had clever use of REAL Steady camera mounts, real filming lights - Solider mounts , and real Video cameras w/ transmitter pack and MIC mounted on the Helmets w/ batteries.

[@shallowgal462]

Vasquez was John Connor's foster mom in Terminator 2 and the Irish mom in Titanic. Hicks was Reese in The Terminator and also in James Cameron's The Abyss. Hudson was one of the terminator's first victims at the observatory. Bishop was one of the detectives in The Terminator. Drake was a bad guy in The Shawshank Redemption. Carter Burke's real-life mom whispered "Yes!" at the premiere when he got killed, and his sister punched him.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@shallowgal462, The actress who played Vasquez also was one of the cops assassinated by the rogue South Africans in Lethal Weapon 2, FWIW.

[@shallowgal462]

@@mitchellmelkin4078 Diving board. And a vampire in _Near Dark._

[@MarkAllen-u5k]

It is so much fun watching this with you. I wanted you to know that Ripley was in the escape pod from the first movie when they found her. She has been floating thru space for 57 years before she was accidentally found. Aliens is one of my top ten movies. James Cameron is the best! The queen was trapped in the landing gear when the ship was picking up Ripley and Newt and temporarily lost control and slid into the landing pad and scooped up debris and the queen. Not obvious the first time you watch it which is why is is such a great screen shock when the android is speared by the queen and rips him in half. Awesome movie!!! 🍿🍿🍿

[@MarkAllen-u5k]

I hope I didn't offend you with my comment. It just sounded like you didn't quite understand what was happening when they found Ripley. Love your channel!

[@markallen2984]

I would strongly recommend watching ‘Tombstone” at some point. Although it is a Western and not sci-fi, it is an excellent film. Both the actors who played Hudson and Hicks are in the film. (You probably noticed that the actor who played Hicks, was also in The Terminator as Kyle Reese) Tombstone also has an amazing performance by Val Kilmer… it is considered by many to be one of the best film performances in history…. That may sound like hyperbole, but he is amazing in the film as Doc Holliday. Tombstone also stars Kurt Russell and Sam Elliot. I have a feeling you will love it.

[@jaymedina3142]

This is one of the best sci-fi movies of all time. Your reactions to it were fun to see. Nice job.

[@evsonelus4340]

We are in the pipe, five by five... and several others lines on this "dropship" sequence, said by Ferro (the pilot girl) are used on Starcraft, the game, its what the Dropship says when clicked or commanded.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Yeah!! I played Brood War on and off for 8 years but I was a Zerg player so I'm not super familiar with the Terran unit lines. But I can definitely remember her saying "five by five"

[@evsonelus4340]

@@bunnytailsREACTS She says a lot of Ferro lines, all from that flight scene. "straps yourselves in boys" and some others... i love this movie, bur I alkways saw in portuguese dublagem, till around 2000s when I saw it first time in english and heard the original sound, and got shcked to "hear" the terran dropship on screen lol

[@riveraharper8166]

@@bunnytailsREACTS Yep. They used a few Aliens reference in Star craft here and there. "How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit." Hudson - Marine

[@blakewalker84120]

2:18 "It doesn't look like 7 years has passed for Miss Sigourney." That made me laugh out loud. When I saw this in the theater the first time, right at that moment I said "It looks like 57 years have passed." Of course I did. True story. For real.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

50:00 Ripley is more Rambo than Rambo

[@captstern]

The 'nuke the planet' comment was amazing... Great prediction.

[@middlecam]

Such fun watching along with you!

[@tevura3943]

I enjoyed hearing how much you liked the character of Hudson, but it surprised me to hear you refer to Bill Paxton as "that guy from Titanic". I always think he's more recognizable from Tombstone, or Twister, or Apollo 13, but he did have parts in a wide variety of films. Good times this one, thanks for sharing.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I've never seen Tombstone or Twister. And as for Apollo 13, I don't remember it that well. I only remembered Tom Hanks was in it. x.x

[@tevura3943]

@@bunnytailsREACTS Fair enough. Yeah in Apollo 13 it was Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon and Tom Hanks together on the mission. Good films though, if you ever find yourself with free time to watch them.

[@Otokichi786]

You forgot "Punk Leader" in "The Terminator" (1984).

[@ericy4522]

@@bunnytailsREACTS You should react to Apollo 13, if it's been long enough you don't remember it. It's definitely a great classic.

[@motorcycleboy9000]

He's the only actor that's been killed on-screen by a Terminator, a Predator, and an Alien.

[@Michael-ed3dp]

"I love it when she's feisty.". I like your reactions more than the movie.

[@lane551]

Of this genre, I only pick the gals that have personality. I have seen several movies numerous times and it's all about who is true to the camera. Of course, this person has to appeal to your mental capabilities. But this is a limited market In this market, the material burns quickly.

[@johnwatson3948]

The finding out she had a daughter, Colonist scenes and Newts family finding the face hugger, the robot sentry gun scenes, and other small dialog bits, were put back in for this “special edition” - was not what we saw in the theater or first DVDs. I always liked the sentry gun scenes but the other stuff didn’t need to be there.

[@dalee72]

I'd say Newt is 7 or 8 years old. Ripley didn't get to see her daughter Amanda for her 11th birthday. Ripley saw her when she was 9 years old because 57 years later she died at the age of 66. Bishop was put into the sleeping chamber so he was salvageable.

[@bl4ckkn1g8t5]

She died two years earlier

[@lassesipila6418]

I suppose space travel in this era is more like sailing than riding a car. Many people make their careers out in the black but you can just as well live your life ashore. It is interesting that Ripley never makes it down on Earth in this movie, she stays in orbit even while she's there. I wonder if there's a backstory element to it, more than she's just too much of a sailor, like she's in therapy after her long cryosleep and needs to stay in microgravity? Even the mission on LV-426 is just a 0,86 G, trivially. The real reason is of course to keep the viewer at the age of their seat, never getting grounded enough to get literal ground under Ripley's boots. Gotta keep up that cold space environment that's a pivotal element of the Alien-vibe, so those nightmares she has would feel real and we remember for her there never really was a real break from it all.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

The sailing comparison makes a lot of sense

[@paulbrawley2595]

I always assumed she was back on earth when she was a dock worker. I'll have to rewatch that part.

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@paulbrawley2595 I always did too. Still see no reason to believe otherwise.

[@valashar5313]

The thing about this version of the film giving a briefing on Amanda's life and the way Isolation ends *fingers crossed* maybe means we'll get another game with her.

[@questionablehumor2800]

"5x5" is a radio signal assessment for "Loud & Clear" 1st number 0-5 no sound to solid volume 2nd, also 0-5, not clear to clear "Radio CQ (C-heck Q-uality)" (requesting assessment) "Radio CQ 5x5"

[@miller-joel]

Fun fact: Jennifer Lawrence invented that term.

[@bekindandrewind1422]

50:50 -- With the Alien franchise now owned by Disney.. Ellen qualifies as a princess now..

[@MIGUEL2005LIMA]

Thanks , with your vid I remember how I feel my first time in the cinema looking the movie long time ago

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

You are welcome :)

[@noneofyourbz4007]

Finally got around to seeing your reaction to This. Best Reaction EVER Bunny!!!

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks very much!

[@maxducoudray]

The thing that James Cameron did best with this and the Terminator sequel is progress the story. So many sequels are nearly remakes, rehashing the same themes and plot beats. This movie takes the premise of the first movie and tells a whole new story with it, building and extending the mythology in a way that makes sense. It makes both movies great, different and complementary. Love it!

[@bigdream_dreambig]

58:55 "Did she not take, uh, Bishop? Guess he was too -- too far gone." No, they did take Bishop. That's him in the big plastic bag at 58:26.

[@MikeSmith-rh5gc]

Getting ready to go see this at the theater right now… just hope it’s the extended version

[@UWalvern0810]

Fun (?) fact: The woman in the picture of Ripley’s “daughter” was actually Sigourney Weaver’s mother.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Neat!

[@paulbrawley2595]

Oh! I never knew that! I wondered over the years who's picture that was.

[@robertwall1419]

I am SO GLAD that you are watching the Director’s Cut, it is WAY BETTER than the original theater release version‼️😎👀😎👀😎👀P.S. Most of the Space Marines have been in several movies since this movie(Including Terminator,Terminator 2,Twister,Titanic, etc).Burke was the lead actor in the popular Television series “Mad About You”,also starring Helen Hunt.👀😎👀😎👀

[@davidward9737]

This is the best Aliens reaction i have ever seen. EVER!