If you think the actor playing the Srgt is pretty good at being in charge, that's because he's the real deal. He was a former Srgt in Vietnam so yeah he knows how to act on charge. Behind the scenes he helped the cast with acting more like an authentic unit working together.
As an NCO myself, I patterned my leadership style after that fine NCO. Also, Gunny Highway. Just some no bullshit dudes who wanted to Charlie Mike (Continue the Mission).
Yeah, you guys are right.Al Matthews who played Sergeant Apone, was a real life Marine Corps Sergeant, who served with the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam.He also played the African American GI In YANKS who gets into a fight with a racist White GI because he was dancing with a white girl at the New Year’s Eve event in England during World War Two.Sergeant Matthews died in 2018 aged 75.RIP SERGEANT MATTHEWS 🙏
Well, thanks for the clue leading to this information, I had no idea : "Al Matthews became the first black Marine to be meritoriously promoted to the rank of Sergeant (E-5). Williams was also the first "black voice" on England's national station, 'Radio 1." May he rest in peace.
Speaking of costumes, I always found it interesting that the only evolution in men's clothing style in the future is that they turned up their suit collars.
In the first film, three Jones' were used iirc? One for holding, one for hissing and one for running away. Four were used for Jones in this, dunno what the fourth aspect would be though tbf.
I always try to watch the special edition for Hudson's boasting speech (which makes his arc of cowardice to heroic last stand so much better). "We got knives! Sharp sticks!" RIP indeed.
Good job Whimz you've taken a big step into the realm of movie sequels equal to or better than the originals. Many sequels try. Many fail. The ones that succeed...those are the ones we cherish
While *_Alien_* is a cosmic horror film, *_Aliens_* is a sci-fi action film, and they're both _amazing_ examples of both. Personally, I'm a very big fan of Ridley Scott's continuation with *_Prometheus_* & *_Alien Covenant_* a lot because they maintain his same cosmic horror element from his first film, whereas *_Alien³_* & *_Alien: Resurrection_* are more of the sci-fi action in their tone. Hopefully you have a good time with whichever of the ones you decide to check out after this!!
I'd disagree with describing Alien as COSMIC horror. Horror, to be sure, but more body horror. At the end of the day, it's just a beast that wants to eat/impregnate you. Nothing cosmic about it.
I'd add about Alien Resurrection, if you like Firefly, Joss Whedon did some of the writing on it and I feel like the crew of the Betty was a darker edgier first draft of the Firefly crew.
@@YourXavier You're right, Alien is far more body horror than cosmic horror - but it's not entirely fair to say there are no elements of cosmic horror in it. It plays on the fear of the unknown/unknowable both in its themes and cinematography by barely showing the xenomorph, and what we do see of the xenomorph is both familiar and unfamiliar in uncomfortable ways. The 'gore' in the movie is less of the blood, guts, and bone variety (though, there is some of that) and more the unfamiliar, slimy, goopy substances (the white fluid 'blood' of the androids, the green acid blood of the xenomorph, the slimy textures of the egg room and the eggs themselves as they open. Lastly, the combination of horror and sci-fi elements and the way that the 'technologically advanced' humans are placed in a position of helplessness in the face of an unknown, amoral, and unrelenting entity. Those are all hallmarks of cosmic horror. That said, it certainly doesn't have the most genre-defining elements of cosmic horror: There's no sense of the xenomorph or the setting being 'beyond human comprehension' , the audience isn't confronted with their own insignificance in the grand scheme of things at any point in the movie, there's no sense of human preconceptions of the nature of reality being challenged or incorrect (i.e. nothing in the movie obviously defies what we know of physics, chemistry, biology, etc.), there's no supernatural elements woven into the themes or story, and the settings have a more 'industrial' rather than 'gothic' tone to them.
Bill Paxton was also in "Terminator"..he was one of the punks at the start of the movie!.....And Bishop also...He was one of the police officers in the station.
Bill Paxton also was one of the three punks in the beginning of the first Terminator which I only know since yesterday when I watched the Terminator movie again :D
This movie is the best sequel ever i think, the filming for the movie was great and on a budget that was only 18.5 million, you couldn't do a quality movie like this today in that kind of money. Watching the movie you would think they spent allot more on it, and in 86 the movie was huge, I remember skipping school to go see it a few times
"We're in some real pretty sh*t now man!!" That quote, perfectly matched the look on your face😂 When 1st seen this, I had the same look... I was like, ohh noo! And then I thought, wait, I wouldn't be caught dead on this sh*t hole of a planet!!! Phew, glad it's just a movie...
The initial form of the alien that comes from the egg has been called a face hugger for as long as the movie has been around. If you look closely at Vasquez's gun El riesgo siempre vive is written on it. It means The risk always lives. 😊
If you want to learn more about Amanda Ripley, I suggest checking out the survival horror game Alien: Isolation. It's widely regarded as an equally great sequel to the original film as Aliens is, and the actor who plays Lt. Gorman in this voices one of the main characters in the game (Marshall Waits). Fair warning though, this game is also widely regarded as one of the scariest games ever made
I get why Ripley went back, the creature destroyed her chance of seeing her daughter, she has no one left, she just needed closure. That got cut in the theatrical which was a huge mistake, Sigourney Weaver fought like hell for them to keep it in, but the execs at Fox ultimately cut it anyways.
The Directors Cut is really good. The only critisism I have of that version is that seeing Hadley's Hope operational and seeing a Face Hugger so early kinda spoils the scene with the marines seeing the Face Huggers in the formaldehyde tanks for the first time. Even though it is a sequel and we can assume most people already know what the Xenomprphs look like, you're supposed to experience it through the eyes of the marines. When they first see it, we're supoosed to see it. Other than that it's a really good version.
You're supposed to never have seen a facehugger before? You're supposed to never have seen Alien? You're supposed to not know exactly what happened when they lost contact with the colony?
@@miller-joel you've framed the questions in a really dumb way. What are you even asking? How am I supposed to interpret this? If you have an argument, be detailed. Putting question marks at the end of every sentence doesn't cite what you're actually disagreeing with. "That's wrong" isn't an argument. What is the reason?
@@juliangrant9718 I didn't delete anything. yt shadow bans for some reason. Sort by date, and it shows up. The questions point out how ridiculous your assumptions are. We had all seen a facehugger before. We all knew what they were and how they worked. We all knew exactly what happened when they lost contact with the colony. There's no "mystery" there. This is not a movie for people who had never seen Alien. And even if they had not seen it, it's going to be just as surprising. In fact, if you've never seen a facehugger before, and you don't see the colony scene, you can't understand exactly what the danger is when the facehuggers are chasing Ripley and Newt in the med lab, or when Newt is captured. So that's yet another reason the colony scene is necessary.
James Cameron is director genius - he directed three of first four highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar I & II, Titanic), he created best sequels of all time (Aliens and Terminator II) .. but this was his second big movie he ever made and he get the crew from original Alien, directed by that time legendary Ridley Scott .. .. so the crew thank they know better and did not want to listen him, he had to deal with a crew mutiny. To convince the crew of his qualities and abilities, he organized a screening of his film Terminator for its members. However, most of the staff ignored his invitation and did not bother to come. They even made t-shirts You can't scare me. I work for James Cameron." For more about this topic there is a video on youtube: James Cameron Almost Couldn't Make 'Aliens' Because of Tea (British Tea Breaks)
yeah - that was the innovative thing about this movie... it CHANGED GENRES from the original. the original was a hybrid too - horror/scifi. this was was horror/scifi/military/action lol. really gave us a lot more and totally was not just a retread moneygrab.
Number of Aliens? The human settlement's population is listed as 150, but 1 kid survived. So roughly 149, plus a Queen! And yes, I thouroughly enjoyed your reactions and comments. Burke is the robot in this one -- Nice!
Ripley does however, encounter Burke for one last time. Burke fully cocooned, begs Ripley to rescue him but he's in agonizing pain as he can feel the chestburster deep within himself. Ripley hands him a grenade instead and advices that he blow himself up. This event occurs before Ripley rescues Newt and before they both encounter the Queen.
Personal opinion: Alien 3 is worth the watch if you dig into trivia behind the movie. I’d recommend the assembly cut, but that’s just me. 🙂#beanielife 😎
You should add Babylon (1980) to your list of greatest films. It was just recently finally released in the US and is considered a classic that was long unseen/unavailable.
Where Ridley Scott left off, James Cameron came in and made this sequel in his own style, which - just as you observed - is fast-paced. The suspense of the original movie is replaced with action; the mystery and foreboding is enhanced by the race to survive; the threat of one alien is magnified by the presence of several, culminating in the discovery that they have an insect-like Queen against whom there is a final showdown. In short, where "Alien" was cerebral, "Aliens" is physical - not that there's anything wrong with it! The casting is good, with Sigourney Weaver playing the increasingly tortured Ripley - the PTSD of her encounter with the first alien is soon compounded by the revelation that having drifted in space for nearly 60 years, everyone she knew and loved has predeceased her and she is an anachronism. That tees up her relationship with Newt later on: on learning that she has lost her daughter, she is motivated to be there for this little girl, who has just lost her real mother. That's a good question about Bishop the Android: was his cry of shock and pain on being torn apart by the Queen real, in which case he ended the movie in agony, or was it just part of his programming to emulate human responses to stimuli? One suspects it might be the latter... It's up to you whether to carry on with this particular franchise, Whimsory. Avoiding spoilers: Alien 3 is a very different animal, dystopian and depressing; Alien Resurrection is interesting although it feels more like a 90s Hollywood blockbuster (which, to be fair, it is!) than the suspenseful horror that begat it. And then there are the Alien versus Predator spin-offs, which seem to be vehicles for meshing together the creatures from the two classic movies but not much else. They have $2 million worth of special effects and $2 worth of intelligent script-writing.....
The first ones weakness was how fast the Alien grew, but then we need to get to the end of the story. The second ones weakness was the ending air lock again: i.e. sort of like let's blow up the Death Star again.
Yeah, I don't remember Newt as a child with parents. That add on was stupid. You don't need to watch anything else of this series if you would rather go watch good movies.
One of my top movies ever. I love the relationships in this film not just between the characters but the cast as well. Great video. Keep up the great work!! **Xenomorphs forever** Hope you had a Hadley day ;)
If you keep going with the Alien franchise just know that because of different writers and directors they get weird, then really weird, theb really really weird until you're watching and saying to yourself, what the hell is happening?!?👀
Julie Taymor's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play _Titus Andronicus_ *TITUS* 1999 , *My Dinner with Andre* 1981 , *12 Angry Men* 1957 , Ang Lee's *The Ice Storm* 1997 , *Fargo* 1996 , *The World According to Garp* 1982 , *All Quiet on the Western Front* 1930 , *Europa, Europa* 1990 , *Irreversible* 2002 , *Idiocracy* 2006 , *Pan's Labrynth* 2006 , *Boogie Nights* 1997 , *Pulp Fiction* 1994 , France Gall's *Laisse Tombe les Filles* 1964 and the remake by April March as *Chick Habit* _Loituma's_ *Levan Polkka* Live 1996 , Carl Orff's *O Fortuna* _from Carmina Burana_ , Clint Mansell's *Lux Aeterna* _from "Requiem for a Dream"_ ,Samuel Barber's *Adagio for Strings* , Francisco Tarrega's *Capricho Arabe* , *The Major General's Song* _from the Pirates of Penzance_ 1879
Theatrical cut would be my choice for Aliens. Extra stuff is extra here. Waterworld theatrical would be my choice too. That said there are movies that need director's cut because sometimes studios mess with the director's vision so much and *people are actually fans of the director's cut*, where the most watched version is the alternate version. Blade Runner with the intentionally bad voice over is one example. Brazil with US theatrical cut, omg, avoid avoid! With most Ridley Scott movies, you would want to see his more complete vision.
If your in need of something not so scary or intense. I suggest something like Weird Science (1985) which don't believe is one of the top 250 movies but it is humorous and has Bill Paxton.
Awesome reactions/comments! Love watching your reaction videos, keep it up and MORE OFTEN (hehe). On a side note - I don't see Ripley as selfless - I think she's more of a survivor mentality the one exception being when her mother-mode kicked in and she wanted to save Newt. She had no such reaction when the other marines were being cocooned and you could easily say when she drove the troop transport/tank/vehicle into the Terraforming facility to rescue the marines that that was survivor-mode as well. Those troops were her best chance at getting off the planet alive since the ones in the vehicle with here were all basically worthless in a fight (except for Bishop who only really prooved himself to be reliable later on).
April 2015, I was at Calgary Comic Expo, the main guests were the entire cast of Aliens. On the last day, at the closing announcement, they had Bill Paxton do his "game over" speech to close the show instead. The whole show stopped as soon as we all realized it was not the normal announcer - thousands of people all at once broke out laughing. Rest in peace Bill, you are missed.
Yes. We watched Edge Of Tomorrow in the theater and for the life of me I couldn't figure out who was playing the Master Sergeant. Boy did I feel stupid when I finally realized it was Paxton. I can't think of any role he did that wasn't great.
I love that they referenced his "Game over" speech in the first Halo game. Also, did you know Alien was referenced by Arthur C. Clarke in 2010? As the Soviet and American engineers first board the derelict USS Discovery the ship is cold, dark, and very creepy. One says to the other, "Just watch out for the cat." The other responds with, "Who the hell thought it was a good idea to put that movie on a real spaceship."
I'm 53 years old. Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, and Princess Leia were the women action heroes I grew up with. Trinity as well. I think they have a different style than the ones today.
Ripley's "Get away from her you BITCH!" is one of the most badass lines in moviedom. Carrie Henn (Newt), did a really great job in the movie, but decided acting wasn't for her. She left Hollywood and became a teacher. Paul Reiser (Burke) took his mother to the premiere. His character was such a scumbag that his mother stood and cheered when he died.
I have to admit, at 40 years old I love watching your generation experience this movie for the first time. Its one of my favorites and I saw it when I was 10.
The 'Mommy' line always bugged me because Newt had only known Ripley for about 8 hours or so. And even though it was a rough 8 hours it would've been nothing compared to the fight she witnessed when the colony was attacked where she lost everyone she had ever known.
@@jukesfood5601 It's a freaking movie. Human emotional experiences are always compressed in time because the film only has a couple hours to tell the tale. That's why in romantic comedies, the couple are hopelessly in love after two hours.
@@DMichaelAtLarge The length of the film had zero to do with what I was talking about. Newt had to go through weeks of hell as the colony outpost was attacked and where everyone she'd ever known was being killed. I highly doubt in the few hours she knew Ripley she'd be calling her "mommy".
30 years after I watched this movie it was pointed out to me that the woman in the chestburster scene managed to not get captured by the aliens until a day before the marines turned up. If she had just managed to stay hidden for one day longer she may well have survived. Really sad if you think about it.
Everybody has a purpose in life. Some people's purpose is to serve as an example to others. She served the purpose assigned to her by God (James Cameron) to remind the audience of the stakes involved after 7 years passed IRL between movies. Don't need to grieve a movie character that served her purpose
And did Newt and her know about each other and were surviving together. Has Newt just had to start to change her survival strategy as a result. Reevaluating whole film now.
You can tell by the look he gives Ripley when they first get on the drop ship that Hicks is the only one that actually read her report. His actions toward her and respect from then on makes sense.
He has been in some decent movies. Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, The Rock, Tombstone and Navy Seals. Navy Seals is a fun movie as far as I recall, but definitely lower craftsmanship compared to the rest.
Shortly after the film's world premiere, actor Paul Reiser -- who played Carter Burke -- was on Letterman and he told the story of how he took his mother as his guest to the world premiere. They got to the scene where Burke gets it from an alien, and his own mom stood up and cheered.
If and when you move on to Alien 3, I highly recommend the longer special edition/assembly cut version (145 minutes to the theatrical version's 115 minutes). It's much closer to what director David Fincher originally intended before significant studio interference. My two cents. Have fun with the rest of the franchise!
@@miller-joel you're just conflating his feelings about the assembly cut versus the movie in either form. and it's a shame that he's not proud of it, because i think it's the best film he's made following zodiac. the assembly cut is certainly the better version, in any case. i would just brace yourself (@whimsory) for its heavy tone of despair and a more spiritual angle. it's a great movie -- just don't expect another aliens.
@@zenoslime I'm not "conflating" anything. Fincher has said he had nothing to do with the Assembly cut, has never seen it. He was offered to work on it and declined. No cut of the movie is going to change the two major flaws in it, so they are all pointless. It would have be to burned to the ground, re-written, produced and shot from scratch. Making different edits is like rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.
@@miller-joel ok, my mistake then, but i would still say that's a poor representation of the assembly cut. all i mean to say is it's ok to like a film even a director rejects.
@@zenoslime There's no accounting for taste. You can like anything you want. But you can't tell me it's "good." It breaks continuity, it kills the only characters people care about, it makes the previous 2 movies pointless, it expects you to give a damn about murderers and rapists, etc. It's just not good, no matter how you edit it.
A funny little detail about Michael Biehn is that he's actually using the same model of shotgun in both Terminator and in this film, the Ithaca 37. This is likely a small nod to the prior role, especially given the prominence of the weapon in both films, but a really cool detail is that when Michael Biehn played a character in The Mandalorian (I won't spoil anything about that), his character uses a scatter blaster (energy shotgun) that looks an awful lot like a Star Wars-ified Ithaca 37. It's a little prop detail but I rather like it.
Bill Paxton was also briefly in "The Terminator," as the spiky haired member of the trio that the terminator demanded clothes from. Lance Hendrickson(Bishop), was a plainclothes police officer in that movie.
This and "Terminator 2" are two of the best sequels of all time. I prefer the director's cut for the same reason you mentioned: that it informs and presages her connection with Newt.
@@donpietruk1517 I was neutral on that. But I didn't think the extra colonist footage enhanced the story. Anyone who saw the first movie would have a good idea of the colonist's fate from the version I saw in the theater.
Hicks isn't the only one that was also in the first Terminator movie. Bishop was the cop in the Police Station who was trying to call Sarah Connor. The cool thing is that Bishop and Hicks both died in Terminator but they both got to live in this movie even though Bishop got ripped in half. I do love how Newt and Ripley bonded throughout this movie. I really loved it when Newt called Ripley "Mommy" at the end.
The joke "she thought they meant illegal aliens and signed up" was based on truth. The actress Jenette Goldstein (who is 100 percent Jewish and 0 percent Hispanic, by the way) showed up to the casting call dressed like a Mexican migrant farm worker because she thought that's what the movie "Aliens" was going to be about. The casting director thought that was so funny that he offered her the part on the condition she play the role in the Mexican immigrant character. At one of my former jobs, my favorite partner to work with was a short Mexican girl, and she reminded me so much of Vasquez because she was so tough and dedicated to the work, just like I was. I used to send her gifs and memes of Goldstein as Vasquez, as well as Drake and Vasquez together and say, "Look, there we are! Remember those days?" I miss her...
The entire cast is amazing, but I'd like to give particular respect to Paul Reiser. At this point in his career, Paul was known for being a stand-up comedian and for comedic roles, with only a handful of acting credits under his belt. He's so good in this movie, shifting effortlessly to a serious role where you're not quite sure what he's capable of. At first you think he's just a company man, trying to protect Weyland-Yutani's interests, until.... And Paul pulls it off brilliantly. Kudos to the casting crew for getting him and believing he could play the part.
I actually asked Michael Biehn (hicks) at a comic convention, if he actually did the stunt jumping through the window. Yeah that was him, he said he was up for it but you couldn't see too clearly so he understood if people didn't believe it was actually him. Nice guy too.
Also, Bill Paxton was such a gentleman that he felt bad whenever the script required him to swear around Newt (Carrie Henn). After every scene that he where he swore around Newt he apologized to her. EVERY scene. That's why his line was "Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen" instead of the classic line (forgive me) "Drop your cocks and grab your socks." He just couldn't say the line in front of Carrie. I believe that this alternate version was suggested by Sgt. Apone (Al Matthews) who was a real Marine in Vietnam.
Time to start a gaming channel and play Alien: Isolation for the Amanda Ripley story. Had fun with this one and looking forward to something new. See you next time.
I'm envious. As a 16 year old, I was smitten by Bisop. I've watched a lot of really bad movies just because Henriksen was in them. I've never gotten to meet him though. Good to hear that he is a nice person! I know Paxton was a good guy, as several former co-workers were on set while they were filming Tombstone in Tucson. They had only praise for him.
@@sharpeslass5452- If you're a Trek fan then hold on to your hat...I got to know Grace Lee Whitney, just a tad, and she is (death is an illusion) undoubtedly the most sincerely positive persons I have ever met. Also Michael Ironside (dude can be scary in real life but he's just acting). Perhaps you can visit L.A. - if so let me be your tour guide. I charge a triple espresso for the day.
@@dennismason3740 I used to go to cons, back in the day (before Creation swallowed its CONpetition), when one could actually hang out in hotel bars and have drinks with the actors (if you were one of the few trekkies who was a drinker). It was a very good time. Young Me even got to make out with a recurring guest star. (Different times, for sure.) Ms. Whitney was a lovely, kind lady, if a bit too Christian for my personal tastes. I've pretty much met everyone I wanted to meet when it comes to Trek, but if you have any connections in The Expanse community, an espresso sounds a very fair price!
I am soooooo happy you went with the extended cut. It adds so much to the story and the characters. Once I discovered it I never watched the theatrical cut again. It actually feels like an entirely different movie. Also, I very highly recommend reading the novels
I completely disagree. Everything in the extended version is unnecessary and overstated. Most of all, you lose the element of surprise about what has happened to the settlement.
@@disembodiedspiritsno I completely disagree. The extended version let’s the audience know Ripley lost a daughter when she got back so it makes her connection to Newt more emotional. The theatrical version cut that
Also recommend Cameron's extended cuts for The Abyss and Terminator 2 (which Whimsory has already covered, God bless her). You can't go wrong with more Cameron character development.
One of the best reactions to this movie I've seen. You kept in so many great lines that other reactors completely overlook. You also pay attention to the plot and what people are saying. This video was great and I'm glad you liked the movie!
She didn’t like the movie. What reaction did you watch. She clearly started laughing at it because she thought it was stupid. Worst video reaction ever.
I don’t necessarily agree that this movie is “better” but I can certainly see why this sequel is more of a crowd pleaser and it’s really great in its own way.
Sigourney Weaver was excellent in the first movie and she's even better in his one. The character dynamics aren't overly complicated, but they're powerful and compelling. Everyone's character adds just the right amount to the mix, with Ripley's interactions with Newt being particularly well done. James Cameron used a lot of the same themes again in "Terminator 2"... including having a kicka$$ female lead, lots of guns and explosions, being hunted by seemingly unstoppable foes, motherhood, artificial humanoids, and those same artificial humanoids acting in ways which redeemed them as being more human than they'd been previously depicted. Overall, "Aliens" is one of the finest action/horror/sci-fi movies ever.
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A good underrated movie \s to watch, The Ghost and The Darkness (based on true events) and one of my personal favorites 2012 DREDD (based on a comic book ).
My favorite bit of trivia is that Lance Henriksen practiced with a knife for months before filming and Bill Paxton didn't know that. Having his hand there with the other over top of it wasn't in the script and he didn't know it was going to happen. So everything about that scene was real. That was a real knife, he really did it that fast, and that was a real reaction of panic and terror.
Sometimes, it seems like Bill Paxton is in every movie. If "Tombstone" is on your list, I suggest you bump it up. It's a more modern classic, highly rated. Or if you need a little fun with your action, try "True Lies."
If you think the actor playing the Srgt is pretty good at being in charge, that's because he's the real deal. He was a former Srgt in Vietnam so yeah he knows how to act on charge. Behind the scenes he helped the cast with acting more like an authentic unit working together.
As an NCO myself, I patterned my leadership style after that fine NCO. Also, Gunny Highway. Just some no bullshit dudes who wanted to Charlie Mike (Continue the Mission).
Yeah, you guys are right.Al Matthews who played Sergeant Apone, was a real life Marine Corps Sergeant, who served with the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam.He also played the African American GI In YANKS who gets into a fight with a racist White GI because he was dancing with a white girl at the New Year’s Eve event in England during World War Two.Sergeant Matthews died in 2018 aged 75.RIP SERGEANT MATTHEWS 🙏
Well, thanks for the clue leading to this information, I had no idea :
"Al Matthews became the first black Marine to be meritoriously promoted to the rank of Sergeant (E-5). Williams was also the first "black voice" on England's national station, 'Radio 1."
May he rest in peace.
The illusion of so many aliens was created with only five costumes. The way it was filmed was genius.
Speaking of costumes, I always found it interesting that the only evolution in men's clothing style in the future is that they turned up their suit collars.
In the first film, three Jones' were used iirc? One for holding, one for hissing and one for running away. Four were used for Jones in this, dunno what the fourth aspect would be though tbf.
@@JimBrodie Knocking things over.
Hudson's character is so quotable most likely due to Bill Paxton's performance. RIP Paxton
Bill survived the Twisters but he was the only actor killed by Aliens, a Predator, and a Terminator.
Reminds me I meant to pick up a game over man shirt.
Heard from Micheal Biehn in a recent interview that Hudson without the cowardice was basically Bill Paxton
I always try to watch the special edition for Hudson's boasting speech (which makes his arc of cowardice to heroic last stand so much better). "We got knives! Sharp sticks!" RIP indeed.
Game over, man.
Good job Whimz you've taken a big step into the realm of movie sequels equal to or better than the originals. Many sequels try. Many fail. The ones that succeed...those are the ones we cherish
Do or do not. There is no Try 😁
While *_Alien_* is a cosmic horror film, *_Aliens_* is a sci-fi action film, and they're both _amazing_ examples of both.
Personally, I'm a very big fan of Ridley Scott's continuation with *_Prometheus_* & *_Alien Covenant_* a lot because they maintain his same cosmic horror element from his first film, whereas *_Alien³_* & *_Alien: Resurrection_* are more of the sci-fi action in their tone.
Hopefully you have a good time with whichever of the ones you decide to check out after this!!
Absolutely; every time I go on an _Alien_ binge, it goes _Alien, Aliens, Prometheus, Covenant._ I hope we get the next film after _Covenant_ soon.
I'd disagree with describing Alien as COSMIC horror. Horror, to be sure, but more body horror. At the end of the day, it's just a beast that wants to eat/impregnate you. Nothing cosmic about it.
I'd add about Alien Resurrection, if you like Firefly, Joss Whedon did some of the writing on it and I feel like the crew of the Betty was a darker edgier first draft of the Firefly crew.
Whenever I see anyone saying they love the Prometheus movies, I know there is no hope for humankind.
@@YourXavier You're right, Alien is far more body horror than cosmic horror - but it's not entirely fair to say there are no elements of cosmic horror in it. It plays on the fear of the unknown/unknowable both in its themes and cinematography by barely showing the xenomorph, and what we do see of the xenomorph is both familiar and unfamiliar in uncomfortable ways. The 'gore' in the movie is less of the blood, guts, and bone variety (though, there is some of that) and more the unfamiliar, slimy, goopy substances (the white fluid 'blood' of the androids, the green acid blood of the xenomorph, the slimy textures of the egg room and the eggs themselves as they open. Lastly, the combination of horror and sci-fi elements and the way that the 'technologically advanced' humans are placed in a position of helplessness in the face of an unknown, amoral, and unrelenting entity. Those are all hallmarks of cosmic horror. That said, it certainly doesn't have the most genre-defining elements of cosmic horror: There's no sense of the xenomorph or the setting being 'beyond human comprehension' , the audience isn't confronted with their own insignificance in the grand scheme of things at any point in the movie, there's no sense of human preconceptions of the nature of reality being challenged or incorrect (i.e. nothing in the movie obviously defies what we know of physics, chemistry, biology, etc.), there's no supernatural elements woven into the themes or story, and the settings have a more 'industrial' rather than 'gothic' tone to them.
Bill Paxton was also in "Terminator"..he was one of the punks at the start of the movie!.....And Bishop also...He was one of the police officers in the station.
Best Sequel Ever.
Ripley and Hicks get together adopt Newt, repair Bishop . and they all live happily ever after..
I once got to see the Xenomorph queen prop, all _sixteen feet_ of it, fully assembled. You know it's fake and yet, it's still intimidating!
Bill Paxton also was one of the three punks in the beginning of the first Terminator which I only know since yesterday when I watched the Terminator movie again :D
This movie is the best sequel ever i think, the filming for the movie was great and on a budget that was only 18.5 million, you couldn't do a quality movie like this today in that kind of money. Watching the movie you would think they spent allot more on it, and in 86 the movie was huge, I remember skipping school to go see it a few times
"We're in some real pretty sh*t now man!!"
That quote, perfectly matched the look on your face😂
When 1st seen this, I had the same look... I was like, ohh noo! And then I thought, wait, I wouldn't be caught dead on this sh*t hole of a planet!!! Phew, glad it's just a movie...
"Its game over, man! Game over!"
Followed by
"They mostly come out at night. Mostly."
Are two of the most iconic, and quoted lines from this movie
The initial form of the alien that comes from the egg has been called a face hugger for as long as the movie has been around. If you look closely at Vasquez's gun El riesgo siempre vive is written on it. It means The risk always lives. 😊
7:05 Lt. Gorman, portrayed by William Hope, who also acted as Marshal Waits in the pc game „Alien Isolation“ (voice and body cast)…
If you want to learn more about Amanda Ripley, I suggest checking out the survival horror game Alien: Isolation. It's widely regarded as an equally great sequel to the original film as Aliens is, and the actor who plays Lt. Gorman in this voices one of the main characters in the game (Marshall Waits). Fair warning though, this game is also widely regarded as one of the scariest games ever made
There is an outtake that shows Blake cocooned. Ripley spots him as she is searching for Newt. Like the cocooned woman early on he says "Kill Me"
I get why Ripley went back, the creature destroyed her chance of seeing her daughter, she has no one left, she just needed closure. That got cut in the theatrical which was a huge mistake, Sigourney Weaver fought like hell for them to keep it in, but the execs at Fox ultimately cut it anyways.
This film is an absolute classic.
one of the first white knuckle ride movies from my childhood!the last 3rd part of Mad Max does it better, but not as good sci fi as this!
The Directors Cut is really good. The only critisism I have of that version is that seeing Hadley's Hope operational and seeing a Face Hugger so early kinda spoils the scene with the marines seeing the Face Huggers in the formaldehyde tanks for the first time. Even though it is a sequel and we can assume most people already know what the Xenomprphs look like, you're supposed to experience it through the eyes of the marines. When they first see it, we're supoosed to see it. Other than that it's a really good version.
You're supposed to never have seen a facehugger before? You're supposed to never have seen Alien? You're supposed to not know exactly what happened when they lost contact with the colony?
@@miller-joel if you read what I wrote, you'll find the answer.
@@miller-joel you've framed the questions in a really dumb way. What are you even asking? How am I supposed to interpret this? If you have an argument, be detailed. Putting question marks at the end of every sentence doesn't cite what you're actually disagreeing with. "That's wrong" isn't an argument. What is the reason?
@@miller-joel why did you delete that response?
@@juliangrant9718 I didn't delete anything. yt shadow bans for some reason. Sort by date, and it shows up. The questions point out how ridiculous your assumptions are. We had all seen a facehugger before. We all knew what they were and how they worked. We all knew exactly what happened when they lost contact with the colony. There's no "mystery" there.
This is not a movie for people who had never seen Alien. And even if they had not seen it, it's going to be just as surprising. In fact, if you've never seen a facehugger before, and you don't see the colony scene, you can't understand exactly what the danger is when the facehuggers are chasing Ripley and Newt in the med lab, or when Newt is captured. So that's yet another reason the colony scene is necessary.
There's a deleted scene of Berk cocooned and feeling the chest burster inside him. Ripley shrugs and hands him a grenade.
Bill Paxton was one of the punks at the beginning of "The Terminator".
James Cameron is director genius - he directed three of first four highest-grossing films of all time (Avatar I & II, Titanic), he created best sequels of all time (Aliens and Terminator II)
.. but this was his second big movie he ever made and he get the crew from original Alien, directed by that time legendary Ridley Scott ..
.. so the crew thank they know better and did not want to listen him, he had to deal with a crew mutiny.
To convince the crew of his qualities and abilities, he organized a screening of his film Terminator for its members. However, most of the staff ignored his invitation and did not bother to come.
They even made t-shirts You can't scare me. I work for James Cameron."
For more about this topic there is a video on youtube:
James Cameron Almost Couldn't Make 'Aliens' Because of Tea (British Tea Breaks)
three of them appears on Terminator.
Michael Biehn is Kyle Reese
Lance Henriksen is the funny cop
Bill Paxton is the punk at the beginning
yeah - that was the innovative thing about this movie... it CHANGED GENRES from the original. the original was a hybrid too - horror/scifi. this was was horror/scifi/military/action lol. really gave us a lot more and totally was not just a retread moneygrab.
Bill Paxton and lance the only guys that met alien, predator and terminator. Legends ever. Great.
"Can Bishop feel pain?" What I want to know if he dream of electric sheep.
Great reaction! If you enjoyed this, You should check out The Abyss!!! 🤘
Number of Aliens? The human settlement's population is listed as 150, but 1 kid survived. So roughly 149, plus a Queen!
And yes, I thouroughly enjoyed your reactions and comments. Burke is the robot in this one -- Nice!
Now you need to play the game Alien: Isolation. You play as Amanda trying to find out what happened to her mother.
Sigourney Weaver was a bad ass in these movies my all time favorite sci-fi movie from my childhood.
Ripley does however, encounter Burke for one last time. Burke fully cocooned, begs Ripley to rescue him but he's in agonizing pain as he can feel the chestburster deep within himself. Ripley hands him a grenade instead and advices that he blow himself up. This event occurs before Ripley rescues Newt and before they both encounter the Queen.
It's not part of the movie, so no, it doesn't.
RIP Bill Paxton 😭
Personal opinion: Alien 3 is worth the watch if you dig into trivia behind the movie. I’d recommend the assembly cut, but that’s just me. 🙂#beanielife 😎
You should add Babylon (1980) to your list of greatest films. It was just recently finally released in the US and is considered a classic that was long unseen/unavailable.
Where Ridley Scott left off, James Cameron came in and made this sequel in his own style, which - just as you observed - is fast-paced. The suspense of the original movie is replaced with action; the mystery and foreboding is enhanced by the race to survive; the threat of one alien is magnified by the presence of several, culminating in the discovery that they have an insect-like Queen against whom there is a final showdown. In short, where "Alien" was cerebral, "Aliens" is physical - not that there's anything wrong with it!
The casting is good, with Sigourney Weaver playing the increasingly tortured Ripley - the PTSD of her encounter with the first alien is soon compounded by the revelation that having drifted in space for nearly 60 years, everyone she knew and loved has predeceased her and she is an anachronism. That tees up her relationship with Newt later on: on learning that she has lost her daughter, she is motivated to be there for this little girl, who has just lost her real mother.
That's a good question about Bishop the Android: was his cry of shock and pain on being torn apart by the Queen real, in which case he ended the movie in agony, or was it just part of his programming to emulate human responses to stimuli? One suspects it might be the latter...
It's up to you whether to carry on with this particular franchise, Whimsory. Avoiding spoilers: Alien 3 is a very different animal, dystopian and depressing; Alien Resurrection is interesting although it feels more like a 90s Hollywood blockbuster (which, to be fair, it is!) than the suspenseful horror that begat it. And then there are the Alien versus Predator spin-offs, which seem to be vehicles for meshing together the creatures from the two classic movies but not much else. They have $2 million worth of special effects and $2 worth of intelligent script-writing.....
Gormin not letting Vasquez die alone...😢
The first ones weakness was how fast the Alien grew, but then we need to get to the end of the story. The second ones weakness was the ending air lock again: i.e. sort of like let's blow up the Death Star again.
Yeah, I don't remember Newt as a child with parents. That add on was stupid.
You don't need to watch anything else of this series if you would rather go watch good movies.
They are called face huggers, the things that attach to your face.
One of my top movies ever.
I love the relationships in this film not just between the characters but the cast as well.
Great video. Keep up the great work!!
**Xenomorphs forever**
Hope you had a Hadley day ;)
If you keep going with the Alien franchise just know that because of different writers and directors they get weird, then really weird, theb really really weird until you're watching and saying to yourself, what the hell is happening?!?👀
This is the happy end.
Do you wish to continue into the weird?
Is Prometheus the last of the weird?
Crossovers don't seem as strange as the rest.
Julie Taymor's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play _Titus Andronicus_ *TITUS* 1999 , *My Dinner with Andre* 1981 , *12 Angry Men* 1957 , Ang Lee's *The Ice Storm* 1997 , *Fargo* 1996 , *The World According to Garp* 1982 , *All Quiet on the Western Front* 1930 , *Europa, Europa* 1990 , *Irreversible* 2002 , *Idiocracy* 2006 , *Pan's Labrynth* 2006 , *Boogie Nights* 1997 , *Pulp Fiction* 1994 , France Gall's *Laisse Tombe les Filles* 1964 and the remake by April March as *Chick Habit* _Loituma's_ *Levan Polkka* Live 1996 , Carl Orff's *O Fortuna* _from Carmina Burana_ , Clint Mansell's *Lux Aeterna* _from "Requiem for a Dream"_ ,Samuel Barber's *Adagio for Strings* , Francisco Tarrega's *Capricho Arabe* , *The Major General's Song* _from the Pirates of Penzance_ 1879
I love your reactions, want more ❤❤❤
The aliens on the face are called facehuggers, Also glad you are back. They are doing a new alien movie.
Theatrical cut would be my choice for Aliens. Extra stuff is extra here. Waterworld theatrical would be my choice too.
That said there are movies that need director's cut because sometimes studios mess with the director's vision so much and *people are actually fans of the director's cut*, where the most watched version is the alternate version. Blade Runner with the intentionally bad voice over is one example. Brazil with US theatrical cut, omg, avoid avoid!
With most Ridley Scott movies, you would want to see his more complete vision.
In this case the extended version is better than the theatrical. Good call.
Now i know who you remind me of. Spongebob, when he has this wide eyed look on his face in a close up.
If your in need of something not so scary or intense. I suggest something like Weird Science (1985) which don't believe is one of the top 250 movies but it is humorous and has Bill Paxton.
Awesome reactions/comments! Love watching your reaction videos, keep it up and MORE OFTEN (hehe).
On a side note - I don't see Ripley as selfless - I think she's more of a survivor mentality the one exception being when her mother-mode kicked in and she wanted to save Newt. She had no such reaction when the other marines were being cocooned and you could easily say when she drove the troop transport/tank/vehicle into the Terraforming facility to rescue the marines that that was survivor-mode as well. Those troops were her best chance at getting off the planet alive since the ones in the vehicle with here were all basically worthless in a fight (except for Bishop who only really prooved himself to be reliable later on).
OMG, this masterpiece was released in 1986! It's 37 years ago and still looks way more better than a lot of modern movies!
Indeed. Abyss was also a pretty good one by Cameron back then, similar to Leviathan and Deep Star Six.
Please don't remind me about how old I am.
@@mrfantastic407 you are 153 Mercury-years old.
It's because practical effect ^^
One year after I was born.
Although my movie journey started with stuff like In A Land Before Time, Young Einstein, Ghostbusters and Star Wars. 😅
April 2015, I was at Calgary Comic Expo, the main guests were the entire cast of Aliens.
On the last day, at the closing announcement, they had Bill Paxton do his "game over" speech to close the show instead.
The whole show stopped as soon as we all realized it was not the normal announcer - thousands of people all at once broke out laughing.
Rest in peace Bill, you are missed.
Bill Paxton - Killed by a Terminator, a Predator, and an Alien. As Bishop said: "Not bad for a human."
one of the greats
Yes. We watched Edge Of Tomorrow in the theater and for the life of me I couldn't figure out who was playing the Master Sergeant. Boy did I feel stupid when I finally realized it was Paxton. I can't think of any role he did that wasn't great.
I love that they referenced his "Game over" speech in the first Halo game.
Also, did you know Alien was referenced by Arthur C. Clarke in 2010? As the Soviet and American engineers first board the derelict USS Discovery the ship is cold, dark, and very creepy. One says to the other, "Just watch out for the cat."
The other responds with, "Who the hell thought it was a good idea to put that movie on a real spaceship."
@@stortebeker6464 He was the Sean Bean of the 1980s.
I'm 53 years old. Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, and Princess Leia were the women action heroes I grew up with. Trinity as well. I think they have a different style than the ones today.
I'd add Clarice Starling to that list
Ripley's "Get away from her you BITCH!" is one of the most badass lines in moviedom.
Carrie Henn (Newt), did a really great job in the movie, but decided acting wasn't for her. She left Hollywood and became a teacher.
Paul Reiser (Burke) took his mother to the premiere. His character was such a scumbag that his mother stood and cheered when he died.
Also officially passes the Bechdel test…
I read his sister slapt him too at the premiere for playing such a douche
@@xgrahamsmith So does Showgirls.
I have to admit, at 40 years old I love watching your generation experience this movie for the first time. Its one of my favorites and I saw it when I was 10.
Same age, and yeah, I really like how she does extra work to get the greater context of these films! Gives me a lot of hope for some reason.
Newt's "Mommy!" broke a lot of folk. That wasn't me crying, it was my droid twin.
Busted! Droids don't cry.
The 'Mommy' line always bugged me because Newt had only known Ripley for about 8 hours or so. And even though it was a rough 8 hours it would've been nothing compared to the fight she witnessed when the colony was attacked where she lost everyone she had ever known.
You have a droid twin too?!?!
@@jukesfood5601 It's a freaking movie. Human emotional experiences are always compressed in time because the film only has a couple hours to tell the tale. That's why in romantic comedies, the couple are hopelessly in love after two hours.
@@DMichaelAtLarge The length of the film had zero to do with what I was talking about. Newt had to go through weeks of hell as the colony outpost was attacked and where everyone she'd ever known was being killed. I highly doubt in the few hours she knew Ripley she'd be calling her "mommy".
This is my favorite James Cameron movie. Absolute masterpiece. Stan Winston was the visual effects artist and he was a genius.
30 years after I watched this movie it was pointed out to me that the woman in the chestburster scene managed to not get captured by the aliens until a day before the marines turned up. If she had just managed to stay hidden for one day longer she may well have survived.
Really sad if you think about it.
She should have spent more time playing in the air ducts.
Aha! I was wondering who was feeding the hamsters!
Everybody has a purpose in life. Some people's purpose is to serve as an example to others. She served the purpose assigned to her by God (James Cameron) to remind the audience of the stakes involved after 7 years passed IRL between movies. Don't need to grieve a movie character that served her purpose
@@kegr1066 She was also serving the purpose of showing the overconfident Marines what the hell they were getting into.
And did Newt and her know about each other and were surviving together. Has Newt just had to start to change her survival strategy as a result. Reevaluating whole film now.
Make sure to watch the Assembly Cut (the Special Edition) of Alien³
You can tell by the look he gives Ripley when they first get on the drop ship that Hicks is the only one that actually read her report. His actions toward her and respect from then on makes sense.
michael biehn is a very underrated actor; I’ve only seen him in 3 films but each performance was excellent 😊
The fact that he didn't become a major star is an absolute crime
Concur
He has been in some decent movies. Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, The Rock, Tombstone and Navy Seals.
Navy Seals is a fun movie as far as I recall, but definitely lower craftsmanship compared to the rest.
He should have been in many more films, though
@@fastertove The Seventh Sign with Demi Moore.
Shortly after the film's world premiere, actor Paul Reiser -- who played Carter Burke -- was on Letterman and he told the story of how he took his mother as his guest to the world premiere. They got to the scene where Burke gets it from an alien, and his own mom stood up and cheered.
The Buff female marine was also John Connors step mom in Terminator 2.
Hudson is easily one of my favorite characters in this film. His lines are memorable! "What do you mean they cut the power? They're animals!"
We’re all on an express elevator to HELL!
GOING DOWN!!!
"Vasquez thought they meant illegal alien and signed up." Won't repeat her answer.
"Put her in charge"
"I see she found some underwear that wasn't a children's size 10...nice!"
That one smashed my funny bone with a hammer! LOL 😜😂
I was so happy to hear someone else say that. It annoyed me the first time I saw Alien, and I've never seen anyone else comment about it.
@@BubblyRainbows I've seen a lot of people comment about it, but for uh... prurient reasons.
@@BubblyRainbows
Weaver herself wanted to go fully naked, the director toned it down.
If and when you move on to Alien 3, I highly recommend the longer special edition/assembly cut version (145 minutes to the theatrical version's 115 minutes). It's much closer to what director David Fincher originally intended before significant studio interference. My two cents. Have fun with the rest of the franchise!
That's not what Fincher intended. Which is why he wanted nothing to do with it, and doesn't want to even talk about it.
@@miller-joel you're just conflating his feelings about the assembly cut versus the movie in either form. and it's a shame that he's not proud of it, because i think it's the best film he's made following zodiac. the assembly cut is certainly the better version, in any case.
i would just brace yourself (@whimsory) for its heavy tone of despair and a more spiritual angle. it's a great movie -- just don't expect another aliens.
@@zenoslime I'm not "conflating" anything. Fincher has said he had nothing to do with the Assembly cut, has never seen it. He was offered to work on it and declined. No cut of the movie is going to change the two major flaws in it, so they are all pointless.
It would have be to burned to the ground, re-written, produced and shot from scratch. Making different edits is like rearranging the chairs on the Titanic.
@@miller-joel ok, my mistake then, but i would still say that's a poor representation of the assembly cut. all i mean to say is it's ok to like a film even a director rejects.
@@zenoslime There's no accounting for taste. You can like anything you want. But you can't tell me it's "good." It breaks continuity, it kills the only characters people care about, it makes the previous 2 movies pointless, it expects you to give a damn about murderers and rapists, etc. It's just not good, no matter how you edit it.
4:13 interesting fact, the picture of Ripley's "daughter" is in fact Sigourney Weavers mother
"We're not leaving!"
"We're not?"
I just love Bishop's reaction.
A funny little detail about Michael Biehn is that he's actually using the same model of shotgun in both Terminator and in this film, the Ithaca 37. This is likely a small nod to the prior role, especially given the prominence of the weapon in both films, but a really cool detail is that when Michael Biehn played a character in The Mandalorian (I won't spoil anything about that), his character uses a scatter blaster (energy shotgun) that looks an awful lot like a Star Wars-ified Ithaca 37. It's a little prop detail but I rather like it.
Bill Paxton was also briefly in "The Terminator," as the spiky haired member of the trio that the terminator demanded clothes from. Lance Hendrickson(Bishop), was a plainclothes police officer in that movie.
Bill Paxton was briefly in a ton of awesome movies. Was sorta his thing. :D
Bishop was also in Terminator as a cop, can’t remember his real name
@@carn9507 He has also done well as a central character in movies like "Twister" and "Travellers."
This and "Terminator 2" are two of the best sequels of all time. I prefer the director's cut for the same reason you mentioned: that it informs and presages her connection with Newt.
Debbie Does Dallas Again was pretty good too
I didn't like that it removed the mystery of what happened to the colonists. I think that added an element of intrigue.
@@donpietruk1517 I was neutral on that. But I didn't think the extra colonist footage enhanced the story. Anyone who saw the first movie would have a good idea of the colonist's fate from the version I saw in the theater.
I'd throw Shrek 2 in as an example of a perfect sequel as well
I'd add Top Gun: Maverick as well.
Just keep going. Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien Covenant. Watch'em all!
"Newt" never did any acting again, through choice, and she is a School teacher now. Great reaction
Congratulations! This is the first reaction video where someone noticed that Michael Biehn was in Terminator.
At 7:47, "Don't 'shh' her, weirdo!" LMFAO... priceless!
Hicks isn't the only one that was also in the first Terminator movie. Bishop was the cop in the Police Station who was trying to call Sarah Connor. The cool thing is that Bishop and Hicks both died in Terminator but they both got to live in this movie even though Bishop got ripped in half. I do love how Newt and Ripley bonded throughout this movie. I really loved it when Newt called Ripley "Mommy" at the end.
The joke "she thought they meant illegal aliens and signed up" was based on truth. The actress Jenette Goldstein (who is 100 percent Jewish and 0 percent Hispanic, by the way) showed up to the casting call dressed like a Mexican migrant farm worker because she thought that's what the movie "Aliens" was going to be about. The casting director thought that was so funny that he offered her the part on the condition she play the role in the Mexican immigrant character.
At one of my former jobs, my favorite partner to work with was a short Mexican girl, and she reminded me so much of Vasquez because she was so tough and dedicated to the work, just like I was. I used to send her gifs and memes of Goldstein as Vasquez, as well as Drake and Vasquez together and say, "Look, there we are! Remember those days?" I miss her...
The entire cast is amazing, but I'd like to give particular respect to Paul Reiser. At this point in his career, Paul was known for being a stand-up comedian and for comedic roles, with only a handful of acting credits under his belt. He's so good in this movie, shifting effortlessly to a serious role where you're not quite sure what he's capable of. At first you think he's just a company man, trying to protect Weyland-Yutani's interests, until.... And Paul pulls it off brilliantly. Kudos to the casting crew for getting him and believing he could play the part.
I actually asked Michael Biehn (hicks) at a comic convention, if he actually did the stunt jumping through the window. Yeah that was him, he said he was up for it but you couldn't see too clearly so he understood if people didn't believe it was actually him. Nice guy too.
Also, Bill Paxton was such a gentleman that he felt bad whenever the script required him to swear around Newt (Carrie Henn). After every scene that he where he swore around Newt he apologized to her. EVERY scene.
That's why his line was "Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen" instead of the classic line (forgive me) "Drop your cocks and grab your socks." He just couldn't say the line in front of Carrie. I believe that this alternate version was suggested by Sgt. Apone (Al Matthews) who was a real Marine in Vietnam.
Time to start a gaming channel and play Alien: Isolation for the Amanda Ripley story. Had fun with this one and looking forward to something new. See you next time.
I got to know Lance Henrikson a bit in the eighties - one of the most respectful beings I have ever met. Hey, Lance!
I'm envious. As a 16 year old, I was smitten by Bisop. I've watched a lot of really bad movies just because Henriksen was in them. I've never gotten to meet him though. Good to hear that he is a nice person! I know Paxton was a good guy, as several former co-workers were on set while they were filming Tombstone in Tucson. They had only praise for him.
@@sharpeslass5452- If you're a Trek fan then hold on to your hat...I got to know Grace Lee Whitney, just a tad, and she is (death is an illusion) undoubtedly the most sincerely positive persons I have ever met. Also Michael Ironside (dude can be scary in real life but he's just acting). Perhaps you can visit L.A. - if so let me be your tour guide. I charge a triple espresso for the day.
@@dennismason3740 I used to go to cons, back in the day (before Creation swallowed its CONpetition), when one could actually hang out in hotel bars and have drinks with the actors (if you were one of the few trekkies who was a drinker). It was a very good time. Young Me even got to make out with a recurring guest star. (Different times, for sure.) Ms. Whitney was a lovely, kind lady, if a bit too Christian for my personal tastes. I've pretty much met everyone I wanted to meet when it comes to Trek, but if you have any connections in The Expanse community, an espresso sounds a very fair price!
Whimsory, you should watch Alien 3 now. Ideally the Assembly Cut, if you can get your hands on a copy.
This is like the only channel in my subs that posted real content today instead of April fools nonsense. Thanks for the actual content!
The actress playing Vasquez was also John Connor's step mom in Terminator 2.
Dammit, how did I never notice that?!
I am soooooo happy you went with the extended cut. It adds so much to the story and the characters. Once I discovered it I never watched the theatrical cut again. It actually feels like an entirely different movie. Also, I very highly recommend reading the novels
I completely disagree. Everything in the extended version is unnecessary and overstated. Most of all, you lose the element of surprise about what has happened to the settlement.
@@disembodiedspiritsno I completely disagree. The extended version let’s the audience know Ripley lost a daughter when she got back so it makes her connection to Newt more emotional. The theatrical version cut that
Also recommend Cameron's extended cuts for The Abyss and Terminator 2 (which Whimsory has already covered, God bless her). You can't go wrong with more Cameron character development.
If you're feeling like it I think you should do a Alien: Isolation let's play.
agreed
One of the best reactions to this movie I've seen. You kept in so many great lines that other reactors completely overlook. You also pay attention to the plot and what people are saying.
This video was great and I'm glad you liked the movie!
Same! It’s such a disappointment when the others miss the legendary one liners.
She didn’t like the movie. What reaction did you watch. She clearly started laughing at it because she thought it was stupid. Worst video reaction ever.
She said twister is a favorite, and then I subbed right away. Hey there. This movie is amazing. We all miss you, Bill.
“I can drive a forklift I’m certified” 😅
Hey there.. For July 4th.. You need to do Jaws ( 1975 ) --- This was THE movie that started the whole "Summer Blockbuster" trend.
I don’t necessarily agree that this movie is “better” but I can certainly see why this sequel is more of a crowd pleaser and it’s really great in its own way.
If you watch The Abyss you'll see a different Michael Biehn..
and Tombstone!
Sigourney Weaver was excellent in the first movie and she's even better in his one. The character dynamics aren't overly complicated, but they're powerful and compelling. Everyone's character adds just the right amount to the mix, with Ripley's interactions with Newt being particularly well done.
James Cameron used a lot of the same themes again in "Terminator 2"... including having a kicka$$ female lead, lots of guns and explosions, being hunted by seemingly unstoppable foes, motherhood, artificial humanoids, and those same artificial humanoids acting in ways which redeemed them as being more human than they'd been previously depicted.
Overall, "Aliens" is one of the finest action/horror/sci-fi movies ever.
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Fun fact: the woman who played Vasquez also played John Connor's foster mother in T2
A good underrated movie \s to watch, The Ghost and The Darkness (based on true events) and one of my personal favorites 2012 DREDD (based on a comic book ).
My favorite bit of trivia is that Lance Henriksen practiced with a knife for months before filming and Bill Paxton didn't know that. Having his hand there with the other over top of it wasn't in the script and he didn't know it was going to happen. So everything about that scene was real. That was a real knife, he really did it that fast, and that was a real reaction of panic and terror.
It's blatantly sped up
Sometimes, it seems like Bill Paxton is in every movie.
If "Tombstone" is on your list, I suggest you bump it up. It's a more modern classic, highly rated. Or if you need a little fun with your action, try "True Lies."
The Ripley story is not over must watch “Alien 3”!
It's not a continuation.
Paul Reiser(Burke) and Helen Hunt from Twister were in a series called Mad About You that went for 8 seasons.