@@volumeturneddown9600 read Starship Troopers few months ago. It was nothing like the Verhoeven satire. The MI are very small in numbers due to their training and rely on powered armour that act as force multiplier. They even bombard the surface before drop. The bugs aren't even primitive and is also a spacefaring race. They shoot beam weapons, too.
The best part of this scene is right around 44 seconds, you get the sense of the intensity of the drop when even the co-pilot has to take a deep breathe to prepare.
And I just read that Paxton improvised that in a rehearsal, and then two month later when they shot the scene, Cameron remembered it, and told him to say it again.@@TMouse-hd5jb
Funny. There is a sunglare in space. And much worse than what we know on the ground or in the air. Astronauts use shields with thin layer of actual gold on their helmets to deal with that.
I saw this is the theater with my brother back in 1986 and we saw it in one of those old theaters that had the huge screen and this loud as F sound system. It was so incredibly intense I remember it to this day me and my brother looking at each other just in disbelief, the outside of the ship going through the clouds and the scream of the jets just so loud as hell I couldnt believe it, as if a real jet engine was going off in the theater. This is by far the greatest sci fi movie ever made.
I like how they made this "Colonial" Marine drop ship look and sound like the current at the time US Marine F-4 Phantom. Bad to the muther f'ing bone! Best combat drop scene in movie history hands down.
1:14 This movie is so engrained in me that Ferro's bad-ass line has become part of the ethos of the voice in my head. On a rare occasion, every long once in a while, I'll be driving my car or riding my bike, and a single lane in traffic will open up between lines of multiple cars. At just the right moment I'll downshift and take off, just hauling ass for a few seconds though the corridor of vehicles on either side; Ferro's badass confident voice comes to me and I think to myself - "We're in the pipe, 5 X 5..."
It's the tight shot on her face as she's doing the countdown that sells the scene. It's all gold, by rights she'd have a Best Supporting Oscar for this.
When they fell from the Sulaco and it was miles in the distance in seconds love that. James Cameron said he wanted everything to be believable about this movie and he delivered
@@joet7136 All marines actors except William Hope(Gorman) (and Michael Biehn(Hicks) that joined cast later and replaced James Remar) were trained by real marines as preparations for movie.
James Cameron knows how to portray strong females in his movies; J.J. Abrams doesn't - he makes it too deliberate. Cameron simply inserts them as a matter of fact, talented and confident people going about their business.
@@frankelgueta1350 WTF sensibilities are you even talking about? I'm just saying this in general for everyone, you shmuck! We can have "strong females" without ever addressing it.
O_O...it just now hit me. Just like how Sergeant Apone was the inspiration for Sergeant Johnson in Halo, Ferro must have been the inspiration for Foehammer in the first game.
Best combat drop scene in movie history. I like how they made the "colonial" Marine drop ship look and sound like the at the still in service "US" Marine F-4 Phantom. Bad to the bone!
Now, I loved Aliens...but, the one thing that always bugged me was that they don't even leave one person aboard the _Sulaco_ . Literally the entire human complement (and 1 android) are put in one dropship and the _Sulaco_ is left empty. There must be a lot of cost-cutting going on in the future if they can't even send along a few Navy personnel to crew the ship.
The AI probably runs the ship. When they're down there it might be considered unnecessary to have someone aboard the ship. I would prefer at least one human overseer on such a ship, but nothing that a human can do couldn't be done by a strong AI, like Mother or Father.
@@Tristan3D But even if AI ran the ship it didn't do them any good on this mission. It couldn't send down another dropship on its own or offer help in any other way. Bishop still had to remotely pilot a ship down _after_ he made that long crawl through the pipe. It would have been far more useful if a human or android on the ship could have been monitoring the situation and helped them out without the team on the ground having to do everything for themselves with only the resources they brought with them.
@@arkwill14 The Company is too cheap to staff an automated starship, and the Marines don't ask questions they know they won't get answers to. (alternate answer, the Company intentionally under-equips and under-informs the mission so they won't succeed in destroying the valuable xenos.
Arcwall14 I know I love this movie but it didn't make any sense to leave the sulaco without a back up crew. If you think about it, Ripley really didn't need to go down with them. She could have monitored everything from the body cans and just stayed out of the action. Still an awesome movie though!
It’s known in the movies lore that Weyland-Yutani knew of the aliens presence in this movie and basically sent the marines there to be guinea pigs in a test. Same as the 1st movie. They didn’t want any witnesses and wanted the alien as a bio-weapon. It was a kill two birds with one stone situation because it also provided a way to get rid of Ripley before she could inform the public. Sending any crew on the ship would foil the whole plan
Still a classic scene that modern movie makers seem not able to remake today. As for the explosive drop of the ship and the frigate? Either the drop ship was kicked out by explosive bolts for a rapid deploy or the Sulaco had to drop from deep orbit to skimming the upper ionosphere to allow the drop ship to well drop that fast (like a combat drop) to minimised being profiled on the trip down. It would not surprise me if the Sulaco did have to come down to the upper atmosphere to allow for the drop as it would be in a better position to protect the drop craft until last moment.
They are in low orbit, but I believe much of what looks like them dropping down, is more like the Sulaco is flying up, or forward, orbitally. Essentially the dropship 'tucks and rolls' as the troopship skitters at high speed at low orbit. The loss of artificial gravity, combined with that lurch from being flung away is what makes them sick. Then Ferro kicks in the engines to maneuver them into their insertion arc and all the normal air physics kick in. least thats my take
Listen to the drop sequence again, it's loud. They're either already in the upper atmosphere or there's a top-mounted thruster we don't see. Either way, after they put the crew into hypersleep (which we can't do) for the FTL trip to another star system (which is probably never going to happen) I'm not gonna worry too much about the Sulacco's exact orbital profile.
It comes from 'surfer lingo'. 'We're in the pipe 5 by 5' means everything's perfect. A surfer tries to stay in the middle of a wave, and is surrounded by a wall of water. 'The pipe'. '5 by 5' means in the middle, so there's no chance anything's going to go wrong.
I was in Iraq on my second tour. Most of the platoon had two, three, or more deployments under their belts at this point. We got a new PL about nine months in on a 15 month deployment. We had some down time and we decided to watch this in the platoon common area. The scene where Ripley asks, "How many drops is this for you, lieutenant?" We all just looked at the new PL and started laughing. He took it very well!
As someone who learned english as a second language I always thought that what the pilot says sounds cool, but had no idea what she was saying. She says: "We're in the pipe, five by five", the first part "in the pipe" means they are on course and in the correct flight path, the "5x5" means that the radio signal is strong and clear.
This movie came out back in 1986. The women in these movies were such badasses! From Ripley to Fero to Vasquez, hell even Newt (Sole survivor of the colony). Why all these feminists are complaining about the lack of women being represented as strong, capable and confidence in movies nowadays is beyond me.
They could NOT experience this feeling while in space! They couldn’t have fallen, as they showed us, although the feeling of falling was captured superbly. There is a vacuum in space. Laws of physics. Now, if they entered the planet’s atmosphere, then yes, there would be the effect of shaking and falling of the stone. Nevertheless. Film legend.
I’ve felt that feeling many times. So cool to be afraid for your life. Safety is for the next world. The floor drops out below you and you ain’t on no carnival ride.
No matter what it's mixed with it makes you want to fly it period, it is one of the most beautiful designs for a science-fiction vehicle ever done period, it is beautiful stylish simple and yet badass
As great as this scene is, something has bothered me since the very first time I saw it the day it premiered in '86. Namely, the drop ship would not 'drop' like that. The main ship is in orbit, and so is the drop ship. They would separate like the shuttle leaving the ISS. I wish they had put some thrusters on the top of the drop ship to signify its powered separation. I'll bet Cameron wanted to do this, he was well aware of the scene's physics, but figured it was one detail too many. Still bothers me every time I see it though. That and the slight 'string wobble' the drop ship does as it passes the planet's terminator..
To my understanding, it means they were in the correct descent trajectory/path and 5 by 5 is a radio term, it's the best signal to noise ratio quality possible.
This movie “Aliens” horrifically spooked me at 9 years old. I remember heart pounding and gripping the hell out of the armrest at the theatre. Scared me on another level that Halloween, Friday13th or Freddy!
When I saw this scene as a teenager, I was totally thrilled. When I see it today, stupid "adult questions" come to my mind. For example: How exactly is the dropship supposed to fly in the atmosphere if it has no wings? It also has no recognisable rotors with which it could hover. That it is supposed to be able to fly can be seen from the fact that it has a tail unit at the rear. All in all, this dropship has the flight characteristics of a stone. And would also hit the ground like one. Well, I guess that it looks cool and has as many weapon arms as possible was more important than the question of how exactly it is supposed to fly. - Or in short: Style over Substance.
There are small rockets on the drop ship. Why use fuel up, when gravity can do the work? The speed is enough that the tail wings are able to guide it when the density of the atmosphere becomes thick enough.
If you can accept that the NOSTROMO landed in the first film (that has the flying characteristics of a mountain), then I think seeing this dropship fly isn't tha wild of an idea.
@@eliaspeter7689 The Nostromo, being a tugboat, has a power to weight ratio far greater than a similar sized ship. Landing on an exomoon with 1/3 Earth gravity seems reasonable.
I saw this movie yesterday and for the first time i saw that she looked like lady gaga, especially in that music video from take my hand with the sunglasses.
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When I merge into traffic I always say, "were in the pipe, 5x5." and my kids are like, "what the heck does that even mean?"
Great comment. That's me from this day forward.
It means you are on track to meet your goal. In the pipe- straight path. 5 by 5- loud and clear. Level 5 loudness and Level 5 clarity.
Radio Communications receiving loud and clear
In this context, seems misused
@@moosepasshippie I never heard that in the military. We always said lima charlie.
@@michaelmappin4425Meaning what, please?
After playing starcraft for years and never knowing the origin of the dropships, finding this catch phrase was super cool.
"Hang on, we're in for some chop"
Halo too.
Absolutely
@@marklee1194 It's funny watching some of the clowns stating this movie took the line from halo..... basic math skills
now go read Starship Troopers! :)
Bill Paxton is Missed (1955 - 2017)
"Wash day, no clothes?"
"Somebody, wake up Hicks!"
Props to Robert A. Heinlein.
@@volumeturneddown9600 read Starship Troopers few months ago. It was nothing like the Verhoeven satire. The MI are very small in numbers due to their training and rely on powered armour that act as force multiplier. They even bombard the surface before drop. The bugs aren't even primitive and is also a spacefaring race. They shoot beam weapons, too.
@@Joshua_N-A That's why movie adaptations are not that good, if you read the original book.
Look into my eye
I understood that reference.
The best part of this scene is right around 44 seconds, you get the sense of the intensity of the drop when even the co-pilot has to take a deep breathe to prepare.
Well spotted. Nice detail.
Co pilot- spunkmeyer
I also love the way Ferro flexes her fingers before she grabs the stick. So to speak.
0:52 He also gives a little twitch as if he hit the manual release to initiate the drop.
I never saw that! Poor Spunkmeyer!
LOVE Colette Hiller and her Ray-bans. "we're in the pipe, 5x5". I'll never forget this scene.
Yeah it's a cool shot. Very iconic
Aren't those technically aviator glasses?
@@daustin8888made by rayban
“Express elevator to hell” is cinematic dialogue gold
Improvisation gold...
And I just read that Paxton improvised that in a rehearsal, and then two month later when they shot the scene, Cameron remembered it, and told him to say it again.@@TMouse-hd5jb
Also the fact that it truly was an "express elevator to hell" because it took them straight to a planet inhabited with xenomorphs
The pilot is so cool, she wears sunglasses in space! The absolute confidence of a cool-headed pilot, "We're in the pipe...5x5". Badass
Too bad she and that fuckin' goober Spunkmeyer forgot to close the door 🙂↔️😢
Funny. There is a sunglare in space. And much worse than what we know on the ground or in the air. Astronauts use shields with thin layer of actual gold on their helmets to deal with that.
She's the absolute hotness... srsly.
Lady gaga, of course, is the best
In space the radiation from star is much more harsh than within atmosphere. So this, actually, makes sense.
I saw this is the theater with my brother back in 1986 and we saw it in one of those old theaters that had the huge screen and this loud as F sound system. It was so incredibly intense I remember it to this day me and my brother looking at each other just in disbelief, the outside of the ship going through the clouds and the scream of the jets just so loud as hell I couldnt believe it, as if a real jet engine was going off in the theater. This is by far the greatest sci fi movie ever made.
I like how they made this "Colonial" Marine drop ship look and sound like the current at the time US Marine F-4 Phantom. Bad to the muther f'ing bone! Best combat drop scene in movie history hands down.
And now these days do you tend to ask "WHAT?1 WHAT DID YOU SAY? SPEAK LOUDER?!"
;)
If only James Cameron took his time........ filming date 1985.9.30 ~ 1986.2.28? slighlty too early & quick
I'd love for my local movie theater to do an Alien/Aliens double feature.
@@JoeyKincaid-u9m HAHAHAHA
Aliens: The most badass film that ever existed.
best combat drop ever.
miguelisms klendathu drop?
Simulated?
ODST was pretty good
Klendarhu drop?
Agree! Note that Klendathu drop in Starship troopers was good too
1:14 This movie is so engrained in me that Ferro's bad-ass line has become part of the ethos of the voice in my head. On a rare occasion, every long once in a while, I'll be driving my car or riding my bike, and a single lane in traffic will open up between lines of multiple cars. At just the right moment I'll downshift and take off, just hauling ass for a few seconds though the corridor of vehicles on either side; Ferro's badass confident voice comes to me and I think to myself - "We're in the pipe, 5 X 5..."
P.S. - my cat's name is Ellen Louise Ripley, Ripley for short 😼🤓
@@Warrchild777 not jonesy? c'mon now
@@Feasco Of course I considered "Jonesy," I just think Ripley is a lil more badass
They showed her get killed on David Letterman with blood and all that scene is burned into my mind
I do the exact same thing - I just drove from Pittsburgh to Connecticut last week and definitely muttered that under my breath lol
Little details like Fero clinching her hand before she grips the control stick make this scene seem so authentic.
You can tell she has done this a number of times
It's the tight shot on her face as she's doing the countdown that sells the scene. It's all gold, by rights she'd have a Best Supporting Oscar for this.
When they fell from the Sulaco and it was miles in the distance in seconds love that. James Cameron said he wanted everything to be believable about this movie
and he delivered
I thought I was the only one. I LOVE that little detail!
I remember this scene to this day. The little details like this matter.
Lady gaga runnin the combat drop
Exactly. Pre-surgery
I always thought it was Robin Duke (no one knows who this is).
@@zardoz73 oh yeah robin duke from SCTV!!
Haha totally Gaga
@@AnubitekOfficial jesus
0:56
Love Hudson's jubilation contrasted with Ripley's anxiety.
She knows the creatures of her nightmares are down there waiting for them.
For these veterans, it's another milk-run. Same shit, different day.
Hudson picked up on that and tried to ease her anxiety a little.
The lousy sequels which came later, only made this film shine even better.
This was not a lousy sequel. Actually this is in the record books for one of the few movies that was better than the first.
@@BigPoppa-t3z I meant the sequels which came after this. :)
This was one of the very few horror films that the sequel was better than the original.
Yes this is one of the greatest science fiction films EVER
@@BigPoppa-t3z the original is still the best for its sheer single mindedness. The sequel is several films rolled into one
Colette Hiller has some of the best line delivery in an action movie ever in this scene. Fero is such a badass.
She sounds exactly like I'd expect a marine/army chopper pilot would sound like.
@@joet7136 All marines actors except William Hope(Gorman) (and Michael Biehn(Hicks) that joined cast later and replaced James Remar) were trained by real marines as preparations for movie.
Elite Dangerous -- My Federal Dropship is "Ferro"
What, 3 minutes of screen time, and this woman will live FOREVER.
@@floydvaughn9666 Semper Fi!
my god just this scence has more character than any new movies we get these days
We on express elevator to hell, going down!
I love how Ferro is a bad ass pilot...
James Cameron knows how to portray strong females in his movies; J.J. Abrams doesn't - he makes it too deliberate. Cameron simply inserts them as a matter of fact, talented and confident people going about their business.
@@daviddave7392 Jesus is this all you people talk about? Get over yourselfs.
@@Gadget-Walkmen Are you a little triggered?? Does his comment really upset your sensibilities?
@@frankelgueta1350 WTF sensibilities are you even talking about? I'm just saying this in general for everyone, you shmuck!
We can have "strong females" without ever addressing it.
O_O...it just now hit me. Just like how Sergeant Apone was the inspiration for Sergeant Johnson in Halo, Ferro must have been the inspiration for Foehammer in the first game.
Best combat drop scene in movie history. I like how they made the "colonial" Marine drop ship look and sound like the at the still in service "US" Marine F-4 Phantom. Bad to the bone!
idk the starship trooper movie attack on Klendatu was pretty badass as well.
"We're in the pipe, 5x5" is the one line I remember most from this movie and I reference it quite often.
I've heard the evil slayer Faith say this a few times on the show "Buffy." She sometimes says "Oh, everything's alright B, five by five."
That pilot be flexing her fingers like she a pro gamer
Hey, this is exactly how I drop of my kids to school everyday. Ok I don’t have the sunglasses she’s wearing. But everything else is spot on.
So…you’re in the pipe, then… 😂 😉
Cinemas should show these films again so that fans can relive the big screen experience.
How good is this for 1986!!!
It's great for 2024.
Dude when those doors open up below and you see the planet. I get chills. This is going to be a freaking crazy drop!
Who here wants to be a Colonial Marine? Raise your hand.
If Vasquez is on my team Id be a space marine😎
"Hey Vasquez, you ever been mistaken for a man?"
@@SheeplessNW6 No, Have you ???
She was also John Connor's foster mother turned Terminator in T2.
1:15 starcraft
Croatz you meant Starcraft got it from this right!
Halo CE also got a great reference from all of this masterpiece!!!
We´re in a pipe, five by five
PhoenixCZCZ
Starcraft.
@@ohio Me too, but I always wondered what they meant by "we are in the pipe". And also what "5 by 5 " was about.
@@beldiman5870 I think she was talking bout trajectory.
You are right but I was not talking about her line, although, I definetely love it and her cool voice
Interesting... how about 5 by 5? What do you think that means?
"On my mark.... five... four... three... two... one... MARK"
"wAAWWWHOOOOOOO!!"
I got a bad feeling about this drop.
'When we get home without you - I'll call your folks'.
That's what you always say, I got a bad feeling about this. I got a bad feeling about this.
My favorit movie of all time and it's not getting old. Thank you cameron and everyone else involved in this movie
Alien Resurrection is 11 years later and its OLD. It sucks!
Now, I loved Aliens...but, the one thing that always bugged me was that they don't even leave one person aboard the _Sulaco_ . Literally the entire human complement (and 1 android) are put in one dropship and the _Sulaco_ is left empty. There must be a lot of cost-cutting going on in the future if they can't even send along a few Navy personnel to crew the ship.
The AI probably runs the ship. When they're down there it might be considered unnecessary to have someone aboard the ship. I would prefer at least one human overseer on such a ship, but nothing that a human can do couldn't be done by a strong AI, like Mother or Father.
@@Tristan3D But even if AI ran the ship it didn't do them any good on this mission. It couldn't send down another dropship on its own or offer help in any other way. Bishop still had to remotely pilot a ship down _after_ he made that long crawl through the pipe. It would have been far more useful if a human or android on the ship could have been monitoring the situation and helped them out without the team on the ground having to do everything for themselves with only the resources they brought with them.
@@arkwill14 The Company is too cheap to staff an automated starship, and the Marines don't ask questions they know they won't get answers to. (alternate answer, the Company intentionally under-equips and under-informs the mission so they won't succeed in destroying the valuable xenos.
Arcwall14
I know I love this movie but it didn't make any sense to leave the sulaco without a back up crew. If you think about it, Ripley really didn't need to go down with them. She could have monitored everything from the body cans and just stayed out of the action. Still an awesome movie though!
It’s known in the movies lore that Weyland-Yutani knew of the aliens presence in this movie and basically sent the marines there to be guinea pigs in a test. Same as the 1st movie. They didn’t want any witnesses and wanted the alien as a bio-weapon. It was a kill two birds with one stone situation because it also provided a way to get rid of Ripley before she could inform the public. Sending any crew on the ship would foil the whole plan
This scene has stuck with me since the original release. That's a few years ago. Colette Ferro, "we're in the pike 5x5"... will live on in infamy.
pipe
Pipi
Pike is correct... short for turnpike. The pilot is on course within the approach and landing vectors.
I knew she said pike and not pipe. Thank you
@@HMichaelBall thank you too. I knew she said pike!!! And you made it make sense. Turnpike!!!
There should be an an amusement park ride based on this theme/segment.
Still a classic scene that modern movie makers seem not able to remake today. As for the explosive drop of the ship and the frigate? Either the drop ship was kicked out by explosive bolts for a rapid deploy or the Sulaco had to drop from deep orbit to skimming the upper ionosphere to allow the drop ship to well drop that fast (like a combat drop) to minimised being profiled on the trip down. It would not surprise me if the Sulaco did have to come down to the upper atmosphere to allow for the drop as it would be in a better position to protect the drop craft until last moment.
Great analysis bravo.
The _Stucco_ probably has great RCS to station-keep so she can provide Surf-to-Turf support for the grunts.
They are in low orbit, but I believe much of what looks like them dropping down, is more like the Sulaco is flying up, or forward, orbitally. Essentially the dropship 'tucks and rolls' as the troopship skitters at high speed at low orbit. The loss of artificial gravity, combined with that lurch from being flung away is what makes them sick. Then Ferro kicks in the engines to maneuver them into their insertion arc and all the normal air physics kick in.
least thats my take
Listen to the drop sequence again, it's loud. They're either already in the upper atmosphere or there's a top-mounted thruster we don't see. Either way, after they put the crew into hypersleep (which we can't do) for the FTL trip to another star system (which is probably never going to happen) I'm not gonna worry too much about the Sulacco's exact orbital profile.
The way she flexes her hand gives it much more importance
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed. Love that little detail! Great acting!
Agreed, she also takes a deep intake of breath in preparation.
@@trioxin2457yes! That part
Is just awesome scene Ferro was 1 of my favorite characters wish she had lived longer she didn't deserve that shit too slow to pull out her piece tho
@@---nu4ed If you look at previous scenes, Spunkmeier was unloading supplies at the compound.
After all these years there is nothing quite like it!
It comes from 'surfer lingo'.
'We're in the pipe 5 by 5' means everything's perfect.
A surfer tries to stay in the middle of a wave, and is surrounded by a wall of water.
'The pipe'. '5 by 5' means in the middle, so there's no chance anything's going to go wrong.
thanks I came here for this explanation
@@KapNMorgaN five-by-five is Nam radio jargon regarding strength and clarity of signal.
"Five-by-five" is everything's good, strong clear signal.
@@hellacoorinna9995 yeah that's def the origin I was just messing with this guy lmao
@@KapNMorgaN
Hah.
Well, I cocked that up, didn't I.
My bad.
@@hellacoorinna9995 The real answer.
They liked her character so much they basically made her the Dropship personality in Starcraft.
This scene only goes to prove that James Cameron is one of the supreme masters of science fiction films. All Hail the Colonial Marines!!!!
🫡
One of the best Sci - fi Horror movies ever made.
one of the best movies without CGI
Badass pilot
I was in Iraq on my second tour. Most of the platoon had two, three, or more deployments under their belts at this point. We got a new PL about nine months in on a 15 month deployment. We had some down time and we decided to watch this in the platoon common area. The scene where Ripley asks, "How many drops is this for you, lieutenant?" We all just looked at the new PL and started laughing. He took it very well!
0:47 He had no idea how right he was.
"We on express elevator to hell, going down!". In hungarian , the title of the movie was literally translated as "The name of the planet is Death".
Yup, "A Bolygo neve, Halál" and it sounds dumb even in Hungarian. But not even close to the worst creative renamings we had for films and shows.
@@_Muzolf Points for accuracy, though, you have to admit.
@@allisonmackay3818 I mean, yes, but it still just sounds silly to me.
"Is this gonna be a stand-up fight, sir, or another bug hunt?"
"The planet is literally called 'Death', private, so whaddaya you think?"
Isn't there a Hungarian word for alien?
How many drops is this for you lieutenant?
Elizabeth Smith 38...simulated
Ismale Cruz Uh, two. including this one.
Sheeit... ho ho ho man...
I would love to know if actual fighter pilots enjoy scenes like this in movies like Aliens & Top Gun.
Why do you think some've 'em joined?
Navy saw a rise in enlistment after Top Gun afterall.
I once saw a bumper sticker near a Navy jet base that said, "Fighter pilots make movies. Attack pilots make history."
This scene. It really looks real
Practical effects always trump over cgi.
In the pipe, five by five.
Switch to DCS ranging.
the drums getting faster is what makes this scene so great
James Cameron love strong women even the pilot is a badass
Paxton was so great in this movie. His We are on an express elevator to hell going down, is a wonderful line said just right.
Bro had at LEAST a dozen quotable lines. Many I still say. “In case you haven’t been paying attention…” and of course “Game over, man. Game over”
I luv that pilot!!
Someone on IMDB Goofs was like "There is no gravity in space so a dropship wouldn't fall like this" and I was like "Shut the f up nerd"
all of this plagiarized by Star Craft
Looks very much like an A10 Thunderbolt 2 nose, especially with the GAU avenger style gattling gun
More like a Marine Cobra attack heli.
Legend has it, the drummer boy still beats to this day.
Enjoy the pristine tech and friends while it lasts....which will not be that long :) "Express elevator to hell" is accurate :)
When the hatch open and seeing the pilots heads moving about the cockpit doing their business is nice detail
Incredible.
As someone who learned english as a second language I always thought that what the pilot says sounds cool, but had no idea what she was saying. She says: "We're in the pipe, five by five", the first part "in the pipe" means they are on course and in the correct flight path, the "5x5" means that the radio signal is strong and clear.
This movie came out back in 1986. The women in these movies were such badasses! From Ripley to Fero to Vasquez, hell even Newt (Sole survivor of the colony). Why all these feminists are complaining about the lack of women being represented as strong, capable and confidence in movies nowadays is beyond me.
I got a bad feelin' about this drop.
You always say that, Frost
They could NOT experience this feeling while in space! They couldn’t have fallen, as they showed us, although the feeling of falling was captured superbly. There is a vacuum in space. Laws of physics. Now, if they entered the planet’s atmosphere, then yes, there would be the effect of shaking and falling of the stone. Nevertheless. Film legend.
She sounds so sexy cocky masterful & professional in her voice when she says it. Even her saying the word copy that would be pleasing.😎😻❤️🖤
I love the future depiction in this movie. Things are futuristic but still very familiar. The aesthetic of this movie is matched with Batman 89.
agreed
It's called "Cassette futurism". It's a great look
The pilot: making combat drops sexy as hell. Calm, cool, and collected. On her mark....5.....4....3.....2......1...
I’ve felt that feeling many times. So cool to be afraid for your life. Safety is for the next world. The floor drops out below you and you ain’t on no carnival ride.
I hope the ROBOTECH movie utilizes this style of set. The aircraft looks similar to their VF air frames.
There is no gravity out there, then how that thing fell down like a rock???😅😂😅😅😂
Ferro is a legend. Smart, confident and damn switched on. Great teeth too. She's like Rebecca Chambers from STARS, small but frickin capable.
They don't make such great films any more!
Yep, this is where Foe Hammer gets it from.
The first character performed by Lady Gaga
All space combat fighters in the future have miniguns on the nose, and the pilots wear aviator glasses...in space.
Because it kicks ass and reasons.
And one of those reasons is it can operate in an atmosphere.
Damn! this looks SP f-ing good still......wow!!
I got a bad feeling about this drop. You always say that, I got a bad feeling about this drop. Yeah? When we get back without you I’ll call your folks
Frost was the first Marine to die
They even anticipated inclusion and diversity..... Not forced upon you. It just works better this way.
I dunno. I'm like 99% certain that if this movie came out today, it would get called woke.
Isn’t the spaceship design based on the Apache helicopter?
Rodrigo González A10 Cobra crossed with an F4 Phantom I remember reading. But yeah definite Apache influences too.
No matter what it's mixed with it makes you want to fly it period, it is one of the most beautiful designs for a science-fiction vehicle ever done period, it is beautiful stylish simple and yet badass
Just bad ass !
I love the scene, but physics has left the chat.
Space Force recruiting video.
0:40 best shot in the movie imo
I had such a crush on Ferro as a kid....
Somebody wake up Hicks.
Ferro is a badass
When I hit the seat for a big number two: "Stand by to initiate release sequencer...on my mark..."
As great as this scene is, something has bothered me since the very first time I saw it the day it premiered in '86.
Namely, the drop ship would not 'drop' like that. The main ship is in orbit, and so is the drop ship. They would separate like the shuttle leaving the ISS.
I wish they had put some thrusters on the top of the drop ship to signify its powered separation. I'll bet Cameron wanted to do this, he was well aware of the scene's physics, but figured it was one detail too many.
Still bothers me every time I see it though. That and the slight 'string wobble' the drop ship does as it passes the planet's terminator..
My rationalisation is that the release mechanism includes some sort of catapult pushing the ship out of the hangar...
Supporting that, the ship seems way too fast from the get go to be simply in freefall.
@@nihluxler1890 - And it's going the wrong way, it launched in the same direction as the main ship was orbiting. I think..
Yeah, it did..
Bad quality, terrible with skipped frames. Unsubbed.
"We're in the pipe, 5x5". What does that mean? Who cares. Sounds cool thou.
To my understanding, it means they were in the correct descent trajectory/path and 5 by 5 is a radio term, it's the best signal to noise ratio quality possible.
Una película que marcó toda una época increíble en el cine de acción y terror.
This movie “Aliens” horrifically spooked me at 9 years old. I remember heart pounding and gripping the hell out of the armrest at the theatre. Scared me on another level that Halloween, Friday13th or Freddy!
This film was WAY scarier than F13 or Elm St.
@@allisonmackay3818 my friend The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter another amazing sci-fi horror movie as well:).
When I saw this scene as a teenager, I was totally thrilled.
When I see it today, stupid "adult questions" come to my mind. For example: How exactly is the dropship supposed to fly in the atmosphere if it has no wings? It also has no recognisable rotors with which it could hover. That it is supposed to be able to fly can be seen from the fact that it has a tail unit at the rear.
All in all, this dropship has the flight characteristics of a stone. And would also hit the ground like one.
Well, I guess that it looks cool and has as many weapon arms as possible was more important than the question of how exactly it is supposed to fly. - Or in short: Style over Substance.
There are small rockets on the drop ship. Why use fuel up, when gravity can do the work? The speed is enough that the tail wings are able to guide it when the density of the atmosphere becomes thick enough.
If you can accept that the NOSTROMO landed in the first film (that has the flying characteristics of a mountain), then I think seeing this dropship fly isn't tha wild of an idea.
@@eliaspeter7689 The Nostromo, being a tugboat, has a power to weight ratio far greater than a similar sized ship. Landing on an exomoon with 1/3 Earth gravity seems reasonable.
It actually does have wings that open up/ unfurl out of the body of the ship. You see them a little later.
It's THE FUTURE. dickhead.
corporal Ferro deserved better, i always think shes a badass as Vazquez or even Ripley but its a shame she was ended so easily
I saw this movie yesterday and for the first time i saw that she looked like lady gaga, especially in that music video from take my hand with the sunglasses.
The Alien caught her by surprise, she didn't have a chance. She thought it was Spunkmeier coming back.