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ALIENS (1986) FIRST TIME WATCHING (Movie Reaction) - Can Ripley Adopt Me Too?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2022
- I really enjoyed watching this movie and appreciating James Cameron's work. They did a very good job at putting together a continuation for Alien. Even the new characters they brought in were fun to watch and engaging (yes, i'm 100% talking about Vasquez and Drake lol, I loved them, oh and BISHOP). They also did a great job designing the MOTHER ALIEN (terrifying) and giving Ripley a very good excuse (storyline) to come back and be a badass again. In conclusion, we can all agree that the company sucks and that...there's probably more aliens out there, they didn't kill them all, or there wouldn't be a franchise haha.
#AliensReaction #Aliens1986
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Looking forward to the 8K Post-It Note
Excuse me, HELLO. You have no idea what you have done with this colaboration! This channel is a "one woman team" production so this is a huge help for me. Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart!
@@amandamiquilena I think the humble and less highly produced nature of your videos is more real and charming and I hope remains as your channel grows. I know it may seem like a small channel now but when thousands of people have their day made a little better by watching one of your videos that’s a real impact on a lot of lives. I appreciate the work that goes into making that happen, and I’m sure that goes for everyone else here as well, even if we don’t always express it.
Oikeesti..
Sgt. Apone was portrayed by Al Matthews, a highly decorated US Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam. He acted in over a dozen movies, but of course he was best known for Aliens. Matthews sadly passed away in 2018 at the age of 75.
What? OMG I thought he was hilarious in this. The way he yelled at people was just too natural 😂
ironically, about 10 years ago, there was a rumor that he was dead, and it really depressed me... sadly it's true now Y-Y
If he was such a decorated Marine.... then why would he allow his outfit in the movie to have Army stripes rather than Marine?
@@k1productions87 Haha, I'm pretty sure that Matthews had no authority over the costume department. Regardless, who can say what type of rank insignias the fictional Colonial Marines would utilize in the 22nd century?
@@GF_Baltar the basics haven't changed since the 1700's, really
"I didn't support this" That statement of disapproval is off the charts and had me laughing. Love your energetic reactions as much as your homemade sub vids! Your creativity knows no bounds. 👏
You should start a gofundme or something for a real tv. Watching the greatest movies of all time on a laptop is unacceptable for a famous youtuber with the yellow post it award, like you! 😄
I think that was a tablet she was holding. But yeah, agreed. She needs to watch her films on a HD 4K 50-60 inch television to really get that virtual cinema effect.
Not mentioning watching a movie in a bright room must be a pain, especially such a dark one. I know it's a requirement for filming, but that can't be enjoyable.
@@King-tk5bg Listen, you hit the nail on the head there. I was in a lot of pain by the end of this video (but fortunately, you can't tell). I also suffer from migraines so it was bound to happen. The good thing is that, even when I can't work with a tv (for several reasons) I do enjoy myself and this (the pain) doesn't happen very often :)
@@amandamiquilena 🤠 I suffer from the same problem, so I completely understand. One benefit to watching on a laptop/tablet vs. large TV: If you see something REALLY scary 😱 you don't have to run out of the room; you can simply Frisbee toss your laptop across the room! 👍😂♥ (Love your exquisite plaque!) 🏆
@@amandamiquilena I get migraines too, they're the worst. They only thing that works for me is taking a medicine as soon as the slightest bit of pain show up. When I make the mistake of thinking it can wait because it's still manageable, I'm really only giving it the time to become really painful and I end up in laying in my bed in the dark.
Enjoyed your reaction. Love to see a new generation getting immersed in the story and cheering on my childhood heroes. You were very intuitive about several plot points, from the dream to Burke's sliminess to Bishop moving the escape ship for safety reasons. Well done!
In the director's cut you find out that she left a daughter Newts age that died before she returned. So Newt was her daughter as far as they were both concerned.
Yep. Newt needed a mother to replace the one she lost, and Ripley needed a daughter to replace the one SHE lost. When Newt called her "Mommy" it was acknowledging that both had found what they needed.
Oh wow I didn't know that 😮
Amanda Miquilena ...Always watch the director's or extended cut. There's absolutely no reason not to do so.
@@BigGator5 This is the better cut. Theatrical cut usually is.. it's cut that length for a reason. Cutting movies is an artform, people who cut them want a tight dramatic arc. Not every new detail makes it better. A song doesn't become better by just adding 1 more verse or longer guitar solo. Extended cuts are mostly to milk money from fans, to sell the movie twice. If it really was the better version in Cameron's opinion, it would have been in theaters. Titanic is over 3 hours long
Shredd ...You are a liar.
The part in this video where you use a still picture while the movie plays is one of the funniest things I've ever seen, on a professional or amateur scale. That's as funny as any classic actor or comedian has ever done.
Incredible comedic instincts.
Listen, you've made my day with this comment. I feel like TH-cam (out of all places) should never be a "strict" or "rigorous" place. Even if I had a million followers I would still make these kind of jokes because it's who I am and frankly, it is the type of things that people remember.
@@amandamiquilena Bravo.
The plaque thing was good lol. Having a sense of humor is hard to come by these days glad to see you have one Amanda. Awesome show keep up the great work.
Well, I'm from Latin America, so I really can't help myself haha. Thanks for your support, I appreciate it :)
@@amandamiquilena Right on Amanda keep up the excellent work.
@@amandamiquilena Nice reaction , People like Burke need to stay home and drink Pepsi so they don't cause trouble for others. You've entered the world of The Xenomorphs and The Yautja's make the connection young Padawan .
Make the connection watch " Predator " next!
She was frozen so she doesn’t have to eat or poop!!! Genius!!!!!
Yes "Aliens" is one of the best sci-fi action horror movie from James Cameron. Another great Cameron movie is the Terminator 2.💙👍
And a other great sifi movie from cameron is ava.... just kidding
@@matsv201 James Cameron's Avatar(2009) is actually great imo.
@@matsv201 Ava was directed by Tate Taylor tho :P
I still prefer John Carpenter's The Thing myself, but Aliens is bad ass. It just doesn't scare me the way The Thing does.
Sweet merciful Crap! that's Nightmare fuel! O.O 5:56
The term Xenomorph literally means "Unknown Form" and was included in the movie as a bullshit military/government jargon... but over the years has become the official name for the Alien.
The whole movie as well was explained by Cameron as an allegory for the Vietnam War, where a very high-tech army takes on a very low-tech enemy, and loses.
Cameron also understood how sequels should work, in that they need to expand on the lore, and then do something different... and at the same time, they need to be accessible to the audience as if they had never seen the original movie.
Aliens, and T2 as another example of Cameron's work, are perfect sequels, as you don't actually need to have seen the first movie.
The movie also only used 6 Alien suits. Using camera cuts, editing and tight angles, it appears there's actually hundreds.
Cameron also said he fell back on olde-filmmaking techniques that were used in the old days, as in his words they could "film the downfall of the Roman Empire using 3 extras and a bush".
He also utilised camera angles and wire-work with the stuntmen so they would have inhuman movements.
Carrie Henn wasn't an actress. She was scouted at school by the production when they visited schools near the studio looking for the perfect, cute kid.
She was literally hand-picked from her class.
The Alien Queen was also a working, life sized creature, built by Stan Winston, the same guy who's team worked on the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
The difference with the Queen and say, the T-Rex, is that the Rex was animatronic.
The Alien Queen was in effect a suit, and had a whole team of people inside it to move the multiple arms and control the head.
The only animatronic part of the Queen was the mouth and inner mouth-tongue... which malfunctioned once, and the tongue punched its way through the teeth, sending teeth flying in every direction. The crew laughed at first, then realised they had to search and find the slender, glass-like teeth amongst all the parts of the surrounding set.
With the Queen though, you mentioned the first movie Alien as being a young one.
There's a caste with the species. Queen, and there are Drones, and Warriors.
In the first movie, the creature is a Drone, with a domed head.
In this movie, the creatures have ridged heads, and are the warriors of the hive.
Xeno doesn't mean unknown.
"a combining form meaning “alien,” “strange,” “guest,” used in the formation of compound words:
xenogamy, xenolith."
"Xeno- comes from the Greek xénos, a noun meaning “stranger, guest” or an adjective meaning “foreign, strange.”"
Dang!! Thanks for all the interesting facts 👍 I for one, am a big fan of James Cameron and especially the way he combines different techniques to create the visual effects he needs/wants.
Following up Tony's statement of Xeno-
-Morph refers to its changing of shape, going from the face-hugging parasite to the larger more aggressive form.
So Xeno-Morph basically means Alien-shapechanger
Xeno means foreign or from outside. Something like that. So you are not right about that. Morph means something in the lines of fusion. Like when two or more things turn into one new thing.
@@k1productions87 Yes. More accurate when two or more things fuse together, into one new thing.
I don't know your circumstances but this movie really needs to be seen on a big screen, with you sitting close to the screen, just to really put you into the mood.
Yes ! So sad to see people watching such masterpieces on a small screen ! ...
Ripley's power comes from her resourcefulness and practicality. Whilst impulsive and arguably reckless in her rescue of nute. She is driven by strong motherhood instincts, having been informed of her own daughter's death, she adopts nute as a surrogate. The scene where she stares down the queen; interposed herself between nute and the embodiment of her own nightmares embodies a truly well written female character. She reluctantly volunteered for a situation she didn't want to participate in, whether to purge herself of the survivors guilt of being the sole nostromo survivor or free herself of the demoted purgatory she found herself in upon her rescue (or both). The marines initially come across as arrogant due to the fact that they have succeeded in all their battles until their xenomorph encounter. The fact that Ripley was the least gung ho and still proves most effective shows that well written, vulnerable characters who can overcome their terrors are more relatable than many recent characters who seem to succeed in a flawless fashion, regardless of gender.
Good thing they never made another Alien movie ever again. I don't want to imagine how they would mess with that ending. No Siree!
Honestly, Alien 3 has grown on my over the years. Though I was disappointed when I first saw it in 93.
@@tophers3756 Grown on you like a fungus?
But they did - sort of. The game Alien Isolation was great. Shows what happened between the movies to Ellen Ripleys daughter Amanda who is mentioned in the directors cut of Aliens.
Luckily they never made an Aliens video game about the Colonial Marines….
Judging by the comments, I really should stop watching here then. I almost want to continue just out of curiosity. How bad could the next movies be? Hahah.
@@amandamiquilena Bad!!
My mother, who died this month, took me to see this as my 1st experience in the cinema. I was only 2 months old, but this movie inspired me later in art, movie making, heck, even technology. This movie will always remind me of my mother. And I'm great at the knife game after 30 years practice...just sayin
1. Michael Biehn/Hicks played Reese in Terminator as did Bishop/Lance Henriksen as the assistant police chief.
2. Am I the only one thinking that maybe they're so cheap that they sent her back out hoping she isn't going to collect her back pay.
57 years is a shitload of Benjamins.
3. Bill Paxton is the only actor to have his character killed in the "Alien", "Terminator" and "Predator" series. RIP Bill
4. Possibly the best dialogue in the movie: Hudson, "Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?"
Vasquez, : "No have you?"🤣
5. IRL Paul Riser's mom during a preview viewing actually stood up and cheered when his character Burke got his.
6. Carrie Henn/Newt was born in Florida and after this movie her nickname became SCREAM
7. Bishop turns out to be a real hero.
About Bill, I believed this for years also, but, on a recent watch of Terminator, I noticed his character only got thrown aside. Only one of the three men was killed on screen, so it's possible Bill's character was just knocked unconscious. It was also pointed out on another Aliens reaction where this came up, the xenos generally don't kill, preferring live captives as hosts. It's possible Hudson was just carried back to the nest and died in the explosion. So, possibly not killed by a xeno directly.
It should also be noted how appropriate it was for Lance Henrickson to play Bishop, because he was originally supposed to be The Terminator. Playing the role almost like how the T-1000 was in the sequel, menacing not in his size but just how casually he blends in with everyone around him, while still giving that haunting blank stare.
Yes, Arnie was totally born to play that role, but I would love to see an alternate universe where Lance was the T-800
My new favorite reactor. I watch these because i have to isolate because i take care of my elderly parents. My Mom has stage 4 cancer and my father has dementia. Corona is super bad for them so i watch reactions as a way to feel like I'm with a friend watching a movie. I know that sounds kinda pathetic but it's my reality. Keep up the great work.
Not pathetic at all. I had to look after my mum throughout the pandemic in the final stages of Alzheimers.
Best wishes to you all.
Ripley is the expert in the saying : What do we say to the god of death? Not today
Except for when she died…
Bishop was just packed up for repair later. Hicks is also OK, just sedated, so Ripley went ahead and put him in hypersleep so they would all wake up at Earth (probably at a space station in orbit). Remember that space travel takes a long time in this franchise.
You're one of the better reactors out there. Smart and good personality 😉 and you're picking great movies.
Oh heey, thanks 💜
Every time she referred to Bishop, it sounds like she is saying "rabbit". So funny.
If you look real close, in the beginning of the movie, you can see the harpoon gun Ripley used at the end of the last movie on the floor near the hatch. :)
Yeah, first time I saw that, I nerdgasmed SO hard :D
I'm glad you got to see the original theatrical cut first. I think it's better. The extended cut is interesting after you've experienced the original. It adds little details, and also strengthens Ripley's and Newt's connection, because we learn that while Ripley was asleep for 57 years, her own daughter passed away due to old age. Also, being a James Horner fan (and this is one of the best scores for a film...EVER) it's interesting to note that part of the "Aliens" soundtrack was used as temporary music for the 3rd act of "Die Hard" during test screenings. "Die Hard" scored so high with audiences, they decided not to replace the music for the final cut. So, when you watch "Die Hard" you're hearing some of the "Aliens" soundtrack in there, near the end. Also, I cannot stress this enough, there are only TWO Alien films. There are no sequels. Ripley and Hicks eventually get married and adopt Newt, and "Uncle Bishop" lives upstairs. They all live happily ever after, and nothing bad happens to them ever again.
lmao the comments are making me AFRAID of watching the rest of the Alien movies. They're that bad, huh? Also, thanks for the cool facts 😄
Did not ever put that together regarding the music in Die Hard, thank you! Recalling Alan Rickman's final scene, I can definitely hear it in my mind! Also, preach it regarding the fact that no further Alien movies exist.
Directors Cut is better in general but i honestly cant recommend it if you watch for first time because there is one scene that spoiler alien queen lool.
That frozen face near the middle cracked me up.
Just imagine if they brought Jones, and gave him a cat-sized power loader.
Your hair is not co operating 😂😂 girl you are genuinly bringing joy to my face right now. You are great with your comedic timiming and deliviory. 😂😂😂
You watched the theatrical cut but there is a longer version that includes a scene when Ripley finds out her daughter grew old and died while she was in hypersleep. And the name of the daughter was.... Amanda!
Are you seriousssss??? I'm googling it RIGHT NOW 😮😂
They should make a videogame or something starring Amanda Ripley, that would be sweet.
Also the picture they use for older Amanda Ripley was Sigourney Weaver's mother, I believe
Actually it was Ridley Scott who directed Alien
I love how you say "robot." I don't think I've heard that word said with an accent like yours before. 😁
I absolutely love your reaction and I love your video thumbnail. That Ripley dream sequence in the hospital was both awesome and crazy! Lol 😅
Carrie Henn who played Newt said that the Assistant Director said they were going to film the scene in the water the next day, so he had it warmed over night. When Newt tried it in the morning she said it was too hot. So her and the Alien sat on the side bathing their feet in it till it cooled a bit. She gave up acting and became a Primary School Teacher. She did say that Sigourney and her struck up a great relationship from the start.
Hahaha "57 years without eating or poopin"!!! You are so adorable! 💖💖💖💖
Not every director has the skills to use practical effects well enough to tell the story they want. Handing off to the art department for CGI is quite common. Now take that same director and give him CGI - you get something like AVATAR.
That is something I have to remind people of when they whine about CGI and say "they should just go back to practical effects"
Practical effects do not solve everything. CGI is a tool like any other, and the results depend entirely on HOW that tool is used. There have been PLENTY of movies before CGI that used practical effects, and yet looked HORRIBLE.
Today's directors that use CGI poorly would likely have just as poor results with practical. Its not the fault of the choice of effects, its the fault of the director.
Yay thank you for doing this! Congrats on 6K!
Remember that the Xenomorphs as well as the Facehuggers all have extremely, outrageously corrosive acid for blood. That's why people keep getting burned and maimed whenever they pop one of those things up close. Vasquez was such a badass that he fought a Xenomorph hand-to-hand in the air duct and managed to trap its head under her boot, but when she shot its head with her pistol, its acid blood spattered on her ankle and wounded her very badly.
Bill Paxton RIP "Game Over man, GAME OVER!!"
I remember renting this on VHS from my local shop, I knew the people who worked there and I got my hands on one of the first copies. I love Alien for its dark, brooding horror but Aliens is an 80's action movie with guns, gore and explosions. To answer your question Amanda that isn't the same Jones the cat from the original movie, his name was Boris.
Aliens masterpiece ever. Greatness
Yes, the classics!
43:18 ......Queen takes Bishop.
44:34 ......Best movie line EVER.
You thought you were tense? I watched this in the theater in 1986 with my knees pulled up to my chest the whole time. The Aliens were gonna grab them if I didn't.
In Alien comics there's been a king and even an elder Queen that is basically above all the aliens.
I've watched a lot of reactors watching this for the first time but I really enjoyed yours the most. You have a new subscriber Amanda!!
Actually they never show what aliens eat in the movies you saw so far Or even if they need to eat ..They use humans for gestation , a life stage Metamorphosis.. and they use dna from whatever species they use as a host... lets say a gorilla...The alien would look much different , With different characteristics, Same if they use a dog as a host... or Whatever animal they happen to come across.. a xeno rhino would be cool and huge
9:44 I thought your cat was making noises LOL
Nah chicks can have stomach noises, bro. She's a human lmao.
Did you notice the big change in the Alien or Xenomorph design? The original Xenomorph had the same basic long head design but also had a smooth, translucent cover over it. James Cameron decided that in his opinion it just looked so much better without the cover, so he left it off, and now we can clearly see all of the underlying detail on the head, whereas we could hardly see it at all before.
Your reviews are so entertaining and fun to watch! Subscribed.
This movie was awesome to watch in a huge theater, packed with people in 1986.
My only dislikes in this movie, the look of the aliens, Newt getting snatched and being conveniently saved, and ANOTHER to close countdown at the end.
I was 10 in 1986. My father made reservatipns for him, me and my brother that was 8 at that time. But it had +16 age restrictions. My father had missed that and thought he could get us in. Well.... He took us both for ice cream instead. I think I could have watched it without getting scared, but I dont know about my father. 😁 He used to read the old uncensored original grimm tales for us all, so we were kind of used to horror stuff anyway.
the little note with the 6K 😅 that cute
Love your reactions Amanda! Keep them coming:)
lol i like the freeze frame you chose at 24:10
This is one of my favorite movies. Watching your reactions was great. Thanks!
The queen hides in the landing gear , not on the ship You see the ship collide with junk right before they takeoff from where the queen was
Oh ok, thanks for clarifying 👍
there is a third version of this movie where Ripley imagines a unicorn when she's playing a piano.
Fun facts: 1. The actress who played Vasquez wasn’t even Hispanic (good acting), 2. There were only 6 Xenomorph costumes made, so the cinematographers had the task of making it feel like there was a swarm attacking our protagonists, 3. The M43A1 pulse rifle was just a Thompson sub machine gun (Tommy Gun) with extra furniture to give it that sci-fi aesthetic, 4. The “Smart gun” used by Vasquez and Drake were MG42 machine guns (also with extra sci-fi furniture) mounted to a movie camera harness.
@10:27 slowly cracking mind before she attacks all the men in the movie😆
You cast quite a spell in the first few seconds of your video . . Absolutely enchanting! I love everything about what you do! You had fantastic insights and picked up on several things most people don't notice. You have a great sense of humor! You caught me off guard with your plaque presentation and instantly made my day better. Big fan of your work! Keep it up!
I got to see the forklift suit and alien queen from this movie up close at a special effects exhibit.The alien queen was huge.
At its core Aliens is a tale of what lengths two mothers would go to in order to protect their young - also the directors cut actually shows alot of events you only hear about in this version - like we get to not only see the colony before the attack but even see that it was Newt's parents that were given the order (by Birk) to check out the sector what Ripley told them the alien ship was located and witness her father was the first one to be impregnated
I miss movies that are suspenseful. I really enjoyed your reaction to this movie. Thank you so much! 👍🏽
The Alien(s) series has a lot of similarities with first two Terminator movies in terms of concept and development. The first one going for horror as the main approach and the second one being more diverse and heavily focused on action. Furthermore both series cause interesting debates whether the first movie or the sequel is actually better - something that is rather uncommon because often times sequels cant keep up with their successful predecessor. Last but not least, Terminator 1+2 were also directed by James Cameron, just like Aliens, but not Alien (as you pointed out correctly that it was Ridley Scott).
your videos are awsome! I like the way you solve the problems and your editing. hugs from El Salvador!
The first one was a horror movie, the second one was an action movie. Both knocked it out of the park for the way they were meant to be seen. Funny enough you mentioned Vasquez, she turns up in another James Cameron movie Terminator 2.
She was also in Near Dark with Bill Paxton(Hudson). This was her first film, Near Dark her second.
@@Lucklaran never heard of it, is it any good? Honestly right now I'm going on a checking out older movies phase. I loved the Caesar trilogy of Planet of the Apes so I'm gonna check out the originals at least until I can't stand them. I grew up watching MST3K so I candle B movie stuff, though I admit I'm leaving Tim Burton's movie out lol.
@@kageakuma3009 Near Dark was alright. Different take on the vampire thing. Lance Henriksen's in it too. More "action" than horror, but not in the same league as Aliens or Predator(1 or 2). Kinda thing you might watch if you're burned out on your favorites, and want something different.
@@Lucklaran I'll try to check it out.
Well if only 2 people was watching at the end, guess I am glad to be one of those two.
Imagine The Thing in a Queen Alien imitation. That would be truly terrifying.
Best sci-fi action film of all time! Now, don't bother to watch any more, the Alien series ends here, just watch the first 2 and be happy.
Yes, this is one of James Horner's finest works! His first Academy Award nomination for Best Score, which he should have won, in my opinion.
And a reliable recording device, better than a phone. It’d be worth it for your quality reaction content - seriously, this is my personal favorite reaction to this movie I’ve ever seen. Excellent job.
Seriously? THIS is one of Horner's finest works? This was a rushed project that Horner himself does not speak fondly of. I don't HATE the score, but I would literally choose any other Horner score over this one.
@@k1productions87 Yes, it was rushed but he still nailed it. That makes it more impressive. Is it the finest? Everybody has their taste.
@@juanausensi499 oh not going to say its a bad OST by any means. He did good with what he had. Its just not particularly memorable for me, aside from two tracks. And of course that moment when Wrath of Khan seeps into the movie :P
@@k1productions87 Fair enough
Apparently in teh screening Paul Reiser (Burkes) mother was watching and she clapped when Burke died.. she was clapping that her son died.. that shows a great acting job, when even your mum wants you (character) dead
Amanda: I don't want to imagine that.
James Cameron: No worries, I got you covered!
😂😂
0:01 favorite part ♥
The answering the questions in text is good.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Well there's soldiers, warriors, face hugger, chestburster and the Queen
I appreciate your reactions, so authentic! And your English is superb 👌💥
I think that 6k plaque will be replaced with a 7k plaque very soon lol. Seriously you're a phenomenal reactor. Like normally if i see a 50 minute reaction to a movie i like ill just skip to the parts of the movie i enjoy. but with you i enjoy every minute of your reactions. Keep up the good work
Props for liking the first movie more. Aliens is a great sequel, a great action flick, but Ridley Scott's original has real art to it.
i agree. everybody is talking "oh watch the sequel, its much much better" -- no, its not. its different
Entertainment is a subjective thing, it's ok for people to like Aliens more than Alien. Or vice versa.
the look on your face (when it froze) is what we did when we saw it when aliens came out..
People underestimate the intelligence of the Aliens. They have human DNA since they were gestated inside a human. If they're gestated in another life form like a dog (as one in the not so great Aliens 3) the Alien will be dog like and probably not as intelligent.
I accidentally paused this at 0:12 , and you're in maximum Italian mode in the frame xD.
Great Reaction! Lance Henriksen(Bishop, the Synthetic) also did another great monster movie called Pumpkinhead. You should give that one a watch next if you haven't seen it. It has one of the coolest looking monsters ever in it. Right up there with the Alien Xenomorphs
in fact Pumpkinhead was created by the same SFX team that build the Xenomorph suit so they had alot of experience with that style
My favourite Halloween film.
Unfortunately, Ripley could not simply use the power loader to crush the Queen Xenomorph, because she has acid for blood. Obviously, that's a really good defense mechanism.
Hey, Amanda! This is one of the best sequels ever made!
Unfortunately, you didn't see the superior SPECIAL EDITION version which has the Amanda Ripley scene, the functioning colony scene, Newt's family's discovery of the derelict ship scene, the automated gun scene, the Hudson speculation about queen ants scene and the name exchange scene. These deleted portions enhance the movie greatly and the Special Edition is the cut James Cameron himself prefers!
The future Ripley inhabits is implied to be a dystopic corporatocracy. The most pervasive and powerful corporate entity is the Weyland-Yutani Company, a 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. It is a multinational conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar transport and terraforming with a stake in every colony world. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of the Alien universe. Ash and Burke were following a secret corporate mandate to obtain a xenomorph specimen in order to profit from research and weaponization. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani.
Some trivia:
The picture of Ripley's elderly daughter in the Special Edition is actually Sigourney Weaver's real-life mother!
The late Al Matthews, who played Sgt. Apone, was a true-blue Marine who was the first black man to be promoted to Sergeant in the Corps during his service in Vietnam!
The knife-trick scene was originally supposed to be performed by Lance Henriksen alone but he convinced director James Cameron to surprise Bill Paxton by involving him as they shot the scene! Paxton's wide-eyed terror is completely real!
Fan favorite Vasquez is played by non-Hispanic Jenette Goldstein! She goes out like a warrior and enables Gorman to reclaim his honor.
Ms. Goldstein now is the proprietress of a Los Angeles-based boutique that specializes in bespoke large-size bras! The motto of her company is, "At Jenette's, the alphabet begins with 'D'."!
Bishop's programming to not harm humans or allow them to come to harm through inaction is ripped straight from Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics!
Carrie Henn, who played Newt, never acted again but became a schoolteacher. She still maintains a correspondence relationship with Sigourney Weaver thirty-four years later.
The late Bill Paxton, who has the distinction of being attacked on screen by an Alien, a Terminator and a Predator, will NEVER be forgotten for his reading of the line, "Why don't you put HER in charge?", referring to little Newt in her oversized helmet. Lol.
"ALIEN 3" is a DIVISIVE film but it's an EXCELLENT entry in the series. ABSOLUTELY SEE IT!!! It's directed by David Fincher and features Charles Dance and Charles Dutton. It's brutal, fast-paced, has some extraordinary scares, provides new insight into the creature and concludes the story elegantly. I strongly encourage you NOT TO SKIP IT! Make sure you see the ASSEMBLY CUT (Special Edition with longer runtime). "Alien Resurrection" is the optional one because it's a hot mess except for one cool aquatic sequence. The ambitious prequels, "Prometheus" and "Covenant", mark director Ridley Scott's return to the series but they are mostly good JUST for Michael Fassbender's performances. Scott demystifies the creature and unsatisfyingly attempts to address who the elephant-headed pilot of the derelict spacecraft was.
VIEWING ORDER:
Alien
Aliens (Special Edition)
Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
Predator (1987)
Predator 2
Predators
Alien vs Predator
Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
Prometheus [OPTIONAL]
Covenant [OPTIONAL]
INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY:
Predator (1987)
Predator 2
Alien vs Predator
Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
Predators
Predator (2018) [SKIP THIS AWFUL FRANCHISE-KILLING REBOOT]
Prometheus [OPTIONAL]
Covenant [OPTIONAL]
Alien
Aliens (Special Edition)
Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
Must have watched the Special Edition as they talked about the Queen which wasn't in the theatrical release.
@@TechyMantis If memory serves, they speculate about the egg-layer in the theatrical cut but then Hudson mentions how the aliens seem to function like an ant colony with a big Queen ant tended by drones in the Special Edition. It's an extra beat to the conversation and Vasquez ridicules him. Besides none of the other footage made it through so, while it's possible she just happened to edit out every deleted scene, it's highly unlikely. Multiple commenters including myself encouraged her to see the Special Edition but she chose not to for whatever reason. Hopefully, she'll check it out in the future on a bigger screen she can see more clearly. She missed a lot.
@@oxhine I actually watched the theatrical version because people told me to. Even if I watched the special edition, I would stil have to make a lot of cuts to it because this is TH-cam. In fact, the first time I uploaded this video, it got a copyright claim. Also, this is the screen that I can afford and it's borrowed. Can't really please everybody.
@@amandamiquilena I almost forgot! I'm looking forward to your reaction to "Iron Man 2". Don't forget to spot Stan Lee! And don't forget the One-Shots on D+; "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer" follows "Iron Man 2" and "The Consultant" follows "Incredible Hulk" recontextualizing Stark's barroom chat with Ross.
The word xenomorph literally means foreign/other/alien form. It has been adopted as the official name of the species by fans of this franchise, but it could have referred to any strange alien creature.
Great vid! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you!!
You are the only person I've seen who knew Paul Riser was from "Mad About You"
The first one was directed by the brilliant Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Legend,Thelma and Louise, Gladiator….) James Horner was an excellent composer. Jerry Goldsmith scored the original. Goldsmith and John Williams scored most of the big film of the 70s and 80s but Goldsmith experimented more than Williams hence the minimalist score for Alien. James Horner’s first score was for Battle Beyond The Stars which James Cameron did the SFX for by this time Horner was a name and Aliens was Cameron’s first big budget studio picture so the two worked together again! Both started out with the great Roger Corman. I saw this when it first came out and was disappointed, I wanted a horror picture like the original. This was more of an action picture and was influenced by author Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers (it was made into a film that you might want to react to)
This movie ranked at #35 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo
I love watching movies with you, darlin'!
"I would just do have some Pepsi." 😂
"My hair is not cooperating."
Your hair is fine. 😝
Congrats on the plaque!!! I dare say that no other TH-camr has earned one like that!!! :-)
Thanks, it's a very special one 😂
Im the 953rd person to like this video.
Your editing is really funny. You have a great sense of humor.
James Horner also wrote the music for "Commando" with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Which you should definitely watch if you haven't 😊
This is easily one of Horner's weakest scores, mostly because he was given so little time to work on it and had to rush so much. He does not speak fondly about working on this film.
The term "bug hunt" is a direct reference from Robert A. Heinlein's novel, "Starship Troopers". Forget the movie version as it does not count.
Congratulations on receiving one of the new and improved TH-cam plaques. Originally they would just send out dirty, used bandages for 6K. There were complaints.
"those two will bond so hard"
Weeeel... you are lucky that they never made a 3:rd movie
Your reactions to scary shit is leaning in and smiling.. you are going to be such a hit🙂
this was an awesome experience in the theater
Self-awarded 6K Post-it note is too good!
I don't know if someone already made a comment if the xenos eat the humans they bring to the hive or not, but to clarify the xenos only use humans to build their hive and increase their numbers. Once a chestburster comes out of a host, they don't do anything else to said host. It's just part of the hive wall and left to rot. From most sources online and the director's cut of Alien, in the absence of a queen, the xenos will somehow convert captured humans into eggs for more xenos or one of the warriors will evolve and mature into a queen. The latter one is believable in my opinion. Lastly the time between the facehugger implanting the egg into a host and a chestburster emerging varies on the movies. Alien: 12-24 hours I believe, Aliens: at least a day or more, avp and avpr: 10 minutes. The rest of the alien movies I can't figure the timeline. Again, I'm sorry if someone already gave this information out on the comments.
congrats on getting an official 6k sticky note!
Both movies are fantastic but the 1st one will always be the best. Total horror with a brilliant atmosphere .
Game over man, Game over !!
Come get some, you want some!
That was Bill Paxton.
I don't want to spoil other movies, but remember that name/face
Especially when you start the Predator and Terminator series.