Aliens (1986) Is A *JAW-DROPPING* Sequel Done Right! - First Time Watching

Aliens (1986) Is A JAW-DROPPING Sequel Done Right! - First Time Watching - Movie Reaction/Review

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4 ай бұрын

Get ready for jaws dropping in this reaction as Cameron and Isaiah sit down to watch Aliens (1986) on Max together for the very first time! Sigourney Weaver absolutely nails it as the female protagonist Ripley and shows more of her motherly-like instincts in this role, and James Cameron takes on this franchise and shines as such a great director! if you agree and enjoyed this reaction, show some support and leave a like, share, and subscribe! Comment down below your favorite scene from the movie "Aliens"!
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@ToMPaSHKoV 4 ай бұрын

The thing about practical effects is that when done right, they never age. This film still looks great.

@charlize1253 3 ай бұрын

James Cameron got his start as a practical special effects guy for Roger Corman in tiny-budget slasher flicks sometimes shot in a day or two, where he had to invent creative effects on a shoestring budget using whatever was lying around. The heavy machine gun harness that Vasquez and Drake use was cleverly put together from a steadi-cam rig, and the weird-looking transport vehicle was an obsolete airport tow truck.

@redpillfreedom6692 3 ай бұрын

@@charlize1253$18.5 million in 1986 money isn't exactly "shoestring." Sure it's not T2's budget but it's not Evil Dead either.

@positivealignment 3 ай бұрын

they feel more real than cgi

@ApologyforPepology 3 ай бұрын

@@redpillfreedom6692Indeed not "shoestring", but even Fox budgeted the Aliens script for 35 mio. (which was too much, as the original Alien was 11 mio.) but Gale and James convinced them they can do it for half. So with basically 7 mio. more they pulled that spectacle off. For the most part, the effects still look phenomenal.

@strangerthings88 3 ай бұрын

@@positivealignmentyup by far

@thejamppa 3 ай бұрын

Ripley is epitomy of Competence. From first film on, everything she does, smart, competent decisions and she learns skills. She doesn't magically have amazing set of skills. She doesn't cut corners but learns new stuff, adding her competence as heroine.

@Kranford Ай бұрын

She's also genuinely feminine. A true mama bear.

@johnw8578 4 ай бұрын

In a cut scene, we find out that Ripley had a young daughter who aged and died while Riplay was in hypersleep. It helps explain her motherly connection with Newt.

@silikon2 3 ай бұрын

I think that scene should have been included because literally everybody back in the day suspected Newt was "impregnated". Definitely glad these guys watched the original cut though. There are lengthy scenes of the colony in the longer cut that are very good scenes themselves but it greatly distorts the mystery vibe of the movie. I agree with the general sentiment that the first viewing is best with the original cut but subsequent viewings work better with the cut scenes.

@elijahvincent985 3 ай бұрын

It is in the Director's cut that runs 150 minutes. I have it and the scene is so sad. @@silikon2

@moviewatcher1127 3 ай бұрын

@@silikon2I miss the sentry gun scenes though, they were decent.

@darthmaul13 3 ай бұрын

@@moviewatcher1127the sentry gun scenes r the best. & I feel the stuff with her daughter was needed. It’s only 20min longer.

@LukeLovesRose 3 ай бұрын

And it explains Alien Isolation

@montylc2001 4 ай бұрын

That was a great line.."Bishop takes queen"....but then Queen takes Bishop!

@zatoichi1 3 ай бұрын

Check!

@TheycallmeMrWonka 3 ай бұрын

Illegal move 😱

@ashscott6068 3 ай бұрын

The queen is too busy having sex with her twin brother, the knight. I know! I read the rules! I can quote the entire rulebook: "Game of Thrones Chess Set rules. Part One....." I could go on, but that would just be showing off. Besides...it's kinda hard for a bishop to take a queen unless you make a reallllllllly newbie blunder or it's part of a planned sequence of trades.

@TheTerryGene 4 ай бұрын

Sigourney Weaver is the daughter of Sylvester “Pat” Weaver, the innovative former president of NBC Television. He was the creator of the Tonight and Today shows, among others. If you guys haven’t already done so, you need to see her in “Ghostbusters” and “Galaxy Quest.” Carrie Henn, who played Newt, only appeared in this one film. She grew up to become an elementary school teacher (aka, a normal person).

@charlize1253 3 ай бұрын

About 10 years ago I was surprised to run across a teenaged Carrie Henn in a made-for-TV movie about some kind of exclusive private school (unfortunately I can't recall the name). I recognized her immediately, she still looks remarkably similar. But it's true that she did hardly anything after Aliens.

@maingate7672 3 ай бұрын

Thank God for that!

@desmoove 3 ай бұрын

Yup, Kevin Smith interviewed her at the 30th anniversary of the movie: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jaqVipxj0bGYm2w.html

@jgrey8959 4 ай бұрын

8:48 "He seems like he's actually a nice guy" lolz

@GeorgeGiann 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@tljscrewjob6397 4 ай бұрын

I loved seeing the extended edition of this. Really gave context to why Ripley cares for Newt, not that you don't get that in the theatrical version, but it just adds to it.

@miller-joel 4 ай бұрын

Without it, it doesn't really make sense that she would go into the Alien nest and be willing to die there (and kill Hicks, Bishop) for a girl she barely met 5 minutes before. The special edition completely removes that question, and you understand that, of course, she would do that.

@TheycallmeMrWonka 3 ай бұрын

@@miller-joelAs the first commenter said, it adds to the why but I don't think anyone is in doubt that she'd be willing to do it even without the scene (joking aside). Saying it doesn't make sense without it is going too far. It's fine to prefer having that extra info and scene but the movie makes it clear she has a connection to the kid.

@miller-joel 3 ай бұрын

@@TheycallmeMrWonka We'll have to disagree. Without the loss of her daughter, maybe she would, maybe she wouldn't. Knowing Ripley lost her daughter AND felt guilty about leaving her for work, she 100.000% would, no question about it. And not just any work. Working for the Company. Let that sink in. She sacrificed time with her daughter to work for the Company that killed her entire crew to get an alien specimen.

@PungiFungi 3 ай бұрын

@@miller-joel , it makes perfect sense. Ripley went back for Jones in the first movie. It did not make sense if Ripley had indeed met Newt only 5 minutes before, but that is not what happened in the movie. She had already bonded with Newt and put under her wings. Why should Ripley needed to be a mother in order for her relationship with Newt make sense? Newt was a child in danger and that is enough motivation for most normal thinking people to be protective. If you need to said something that did not happened in the movie to prove your point that means you had no argument to begin with.

@miller-joel 3 ай бұрын

@@PungiFungi Going back for Jones doesn't compare to going into an alien nest. And Ripley tried to disarm the Nostromo's self-destruct. Did you even watch the movies?

@LilannB 3 ай бұрын

Sigourney Weaver was nominated for an Oscar for best actress for Aliens. That was the first time an actress was nominated for a SciFi/action film. It was also recognition of how she dominated the film. I saw Aliens in the theater in 1986. Bill Paxton as Hudson provided the comic relief he said the things some of us in the audience were thinking. Great film.

@carmenmonroe7 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely. He's awesome here and totally hilarious. I love all the characters in this film.

@arkikali5632 4 ай бұрын

Funny lines: One of the best ones was when the one guy asked Vasquez if she'd ever been mistaken for a man and she asks if he's ever been mistaken for a man. 😆

@Qu33nMary444 4 ай бұрын

It's also a quote from the fabulous and feisty Tallulah Bankhead, someone actually asked her that in an interview and she replied quick as a whip. Except she added "darling" coz she was a classy dame 😉

@toschememestation1031 4 ай бұрын

Vasquez and Ripley = how strong female Characters should be portrayed 😍

@chrispalmer7893 3 ай бұрын

@@toschememestation1031 Vasquez was the inspiration for the short-lived characted of Tasha Yar in ST:TNG

@joaoluizfonseca6914 3 ай бұрын

its clever, that's why its so good. in another context, i feel like it could translate as "sexist" or bad taste, especially nowadays... but the movie portrays vasquez as a badass who could, easily, be a better leader, or soldier than a man, or simply a better person.... its a case where mistakening her for a man would be a compliment, not criticism 🤣🤣

@arkikali5632 3 ай бұрын

@@joaoluizfonseca6914 Oh, he was definitely talking smack--not to be mean, but just busting her chops. But she gave as good as she got. 🙂

@timothydeweese6931 4 ай бұрын

You know Sigourney Weaver's acting is good when the AMPAS nominated her for Best Actress. That was unheard of for science fiction/action movies at the time.

@LukeLovesRose 3 ай бұрын

Sigourney shouldve won and Linda Hamilton shouldve been nominated for Best Actress in T2

@charlesswitzer8378 3 ай бұрын

Totally unprecedented, and the Oscars were already like 60 then.

@LukeLovesRose 3 ай бұрын

@@charlesswitzer8378 Ellen Burstyn was nominated for The Exorcist. Linda Blair almost won Best Supporting Actress

@USCFlash 3 ай бұрын

@@LukeLovesRose 1. Exorcist was not Sci-Fi/Action 2. How do you know Linda Blair "almost won"? Do you have access to the secret voting records from that year?

@LukeLovesRose 3 ай бұрын

@@USCFlash Why does this mean so much to you??

@Echo4Bravo 3 ай бұрын

Vasquez and Drake were mobile heavy machine gunners. Even today, a heavy machine gun crew could be 3-4 people. That steady cam rigg was fucking dope! And when Vasquez says Let's Rock!👌

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 4 ай бұрын

Fun fact, hardly ANY computer generated imagery “cgi” in this glorious production. Meaning real people created real life effects and imagery to produce this masterpiece ❤

@miller-joel 3 ай бұрын

Zero CGI.

@chrispalmer7893 3 ай бұрын

One slightly dodgy back-projected shot (which looked ropey at the time) but otherwise holds up well.

@crouchingotter 3 ай бұрын

Not really a fun fact. CGI didn’t exist in 1986.

@miller-joel 3 ай бұрын

@@crouchingotter Star Trek II used CGI in 1982 and Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985, but it looked like 1980s graphics. There's none in Aliens.

@crouchingotter 3 ай бұрын

@@miller-joel so it did. I stand corrected. I also completely forgot about TRON in 1982 which wouldn’t have worked if not for the CGI it used.

@scrinbot 4 ай бұрын

You forgot to show the best scene. "it´s over man. GAME OVER MAN"

@Qu33nMary444 4 ай бұрын

RIP BILL PAXTON, Legend 🕊

@silikon2 3 ай бұрын

Almost everything out of Hudson's mouth is a meme ;)

@zatoichi1 3 ай бұрын

"Why don't you just put her in charge!"

@scrinbot 3 ай бұрын

@@silikon2 true. Love how he played the same character in Predator 2^^

@Lethgar_Smith 3 ай бұрын

That was the first time we heard that line. And it instantly became part of the American lexicon.

@jamielandis4308 4 ай бұрын

Arguably the best sequel ever made; followed by T2, Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Lethal Weapon 2. In defense of Vasquez and Drake; Gorman doesn’t tell them why they can’t fire their weapons. It isn’t Gorman’s fault either; he was a shave-tail looey with no experience thrown into a decidedly non-textbook situation.

@LoneRanger-et7gq 3 ай бұрын

Godfather 2

@jaysverrisson1536 3 ай бұрын

Godfather Part 2 is up there with Aliens as a sequel, albeit a totally different genre!

@chrispalmer7893 3 ай бұрын

You can also argue that maybe none of them get out of that situation if they don't let rip and ultimately it's better to survive a little longer than to all die immediately.

@joaoluizfonseca6914 3 ай бұрын

I think T2 was a better sequel for the terminator than this was for alien, maybe because T2 is part of my childhood much more than alien, but still.... I'd say this one goes second, T2 goes first in my list.... but you're right, this is a masterpiece film

@Blackferret66 3 ай бұрын

Nothing worse than a green Lt.

@johnw8578 4 ай бұрын

For me, the end of this movie is where the story ends.

@0okamino 3 ай бұрын

For me, it continues in William Gibson’s version of _Alien3,_ and then the Dark Horse Comics _Aliens_ series.

@zatoichi1 3 ай бұрын

Alien 3 was a crime.

@dneill8493 3 ай бұрын

@@zatoichi1 I appreciate what they tried to do with Alien 3 by bringing it back to 1 alien and no weapons, but the death of Newt and Hicks at the start ruined everything. This should have been set sometime after Newt and Hicks made it back leaving it open for a grown up Newt to be in a later sequel after Ripley's death. And speaking of Ripley's death the thing that annoyed me most was that she was still alive AFTER the queen burst out of her. That was too silly and ruined what would have been a great sacrificial death.

@prisonerofthehighway1059 3 ай бұрын

Alien , Predator and Terminator all end after the second movie. I enjoy Alien:Resurrection but I think of it as a parody.

@charlize1253 3 ай бұрын

@@zatoichi1 To this day I deny that Alien 3 exists.

@karinkad1130 4 ай бұрын

Sigourney Weaver was a teen model. She’s shown in the audience of an early Beatles performance.

@dalevintage 4 ай бұрын

Can you totally dig that the queen was ALL practical Fx?!?! 🤯😃👍❤️🎬

@BouncyCritsIsMeta 3 ай бұрын

Practical effects made the great monster movies, Critters, Aliens, Predator, Ghoulies, The Thing, The Relic to name a few

@paratus04 4 ай бұрын

In the directors cut / special edition there’s some interesting deleted scenes: Hudson talking about his squad of ultimate badasses on the ride down 2 scenes of robotic turrets shooting aliens An entire scene set in Hadleys Hope where you see Newts parents find the crashed ship with the eggs And the most import a quick scene between Ripley and Burke where we find out Ripley had a daughter and she passed away 2 years earlier at 67. Her daughter Amanda gets her own pretty damn good survival horror video game in Alien Isolation. Highly recommended.

@norwegianblue2017 3 ай бұрын

Dude, spoiler alert!

@w1975b 2 ай бұрын

The Hadley's Hope scene takes place soon after Ripley's debriefing, when the company is informed of the ship's (and eggs) existence. So we know someone from the company wanted the aliens.

@nealwhaley63 4 ай бұрын

There’s a great novel entitled River of Pain that covers the events during the 57 years Ripley was adrift in space. It tells how the colony is founded, it’s development, and how it eventually falls to the aliens. A bit heartbreaking, but still a good read.

@karinkad1130 4 ай бұрын

Burke is played by Paul Reiser. He’s Dr Owens in Stranger Things, and did a lot of good work as a young actor.

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 4 ай бұрын

Top tier comedian in his time 🎉

@TheCaptainSlappy 4 ай бұрын

He's also in The Boys.

@slytheringingerwitch 3 ай бұрын

Didn't his mother cheer when she watched the movie at the premiere?

@BThietje 3 ай бұрын

@@slytheringingerwitch I believe she did, yes.

@MrSinnerBOFH 2 ай бұрын

He was also in Beverly Hills Cop, as Eddie Murphy’s Detroit buddy

@botz77 4 ай бұрын

This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid. I still have the special edition laserdisc set.

@jsgrantham6553 3 ай бұрын

As much as I enjoy your humorous reactions as you're watching, it's your serious, in-depth analyses afterward that are truly impressive. You two are very good at what you do.

@toiletduk 4 ай бұрын

The queen has an egg tube that's similar to some insects. It's generated when they're fertile and can be dropped.

@julianaFinn 4 ай бұрын

One of the best sequels ever many, among a precious few. Ripley and Vazquez are fire

@angelavalentino5146 4 ай бұрын

Something most people aren’t aware of, Lieutenant (specifically 2nd Lieutenant) is the Lowest ranking officer. ( basically the Private on the officer side).

@0okamino 3 ай бұрын

It’s part of what makes the inexperienced Lt. Gorman the best candidate to have brought in for the mission, since Burke didn’t want to have too many surviving Marines to have to deal with on his return plan.

@VicMikesvideodiary 3 ай бұрын

You know you were pretty drunk that one night when you can't even remember having spaceballs in your face.

@thetomgibson 4 ай бұрын

Alien was horror. Aliens is mostly action…mostly.

@0okamino 3 ай бұрын

Well, you can’t just expect the horror to blast itself with heavy firepower. Gotta get in there, and give it some action!

@adoptdontshoppets 3 ай бұрын

“…mostly.” 😂

@highstimulation2497 4 ай бұрын

oh my god, you're silent stunned responses to the eggs scene at 39:11 is amaze-balls

@rodentnolastname6612 4 ай бұрын

It's amazing that they only made 4 full xenomorph costumes and used them over and over again to depict hundreds of aliens 😯

@deg6788 3 ай бұрын

6 they made

@neilgriffiths6427 4 ай бұрын

Everybody misses that when Bishop says "I'm the only one qualified to remote-pilot the ship anyway" Ripley gives him a look - of course, Ripley is qualified to remote-pilot that ship - she lets him do it.

@Qu33nMary444 4 ай бұрын

That's amazing, I must have watched this movie a hundred times and I didn't cotton on to the meaning of that look! I had always assumed it was just because of Ripley's general disdain for & distrust of Bishop at that point in the story 😂

@christopherbowers7236 3 ай бұрын

Technically shes had her qulification revoked still

@miller-joel 3 ай бұрын

"Of course"? No. There's no indication she's qualified to remote pilot a military ship 57 years in her future. She had to train to drive the power loader. She's capable and resourceful, but she's not a Mary Sue.

@w1975b 2 ай бұрын

@@miller-joel I would guess her "look" is because that skill/education is limited to the android, and no humans in the remaining survivors could do it. Planned by the company for a reason, and we all know she doesn't trust the company.

@miller-joel 2 ай бұрын

@@w1975b Ferro was a capable pilot. But she died in the crash. Maybe Ripley was surprised Bishop volunteered.

@scallywag0088 3 ай бұрын

Guys i was your age when i rented this movie from blockbuster and watched it with my friend and it blew our minds. I am over 50 now and it remains one of my favourite movies of all time. There is a new alien movie coming out next year and a TV series which is based on earth. Disney now owns the rights to alien and they're trying to reboot the franchise. You guys are lucky, i wish i could experience aliens for the first time all over again. So glad you enjoyed this movie. Take care from here in the UK.

@alauer2101 4 ай бұрын

we used to play that knife game in school...class of 89

@ElDuderino84 3 ай бұрын

I was really hoping that you guys would’ve watched the special edition, which contains 17 extra minutes of very important scenes. When I finally watched the special edition, when it came out in the 90s, I was so impressed, that I refused to watch the theatrical version ever again.

@Paul77ozee 3 ай бұрын

I love the way they designed the face hugger. First it wraps its tail around the Ripleys neck and choke them until they open there mouth and then in they go.

@w1975b 2 ай бұрын

The alien designs, all stages, were done by one man, HR Giger.

@w1975b 2 ай бұрын

He also designed the alien form of Sil in the movie Species (1995).

@johnw8578 4 ай бұрын

I saw this in the theater as a teen in 1986 and it was totally awesome. I saw the first movie in the theater as a young boy and it really freaked me out. Nothing like seeing good movies on the big screen. These are some of the movies that should be re-released in theaters today. I know I would go see them.

@zatoichi1 3 ай бұрын

This movie was like an amusement park attraction in the theater. A remaster for IMAX with Dolby Atmos would be amazing. Especially for the fortieth anniversary.

@w1975b 2 ай бұрын

I didn't see it in theater, but on HBO, late and by myself on a Saturday night. I was 12 in 1987. Still nostalgic for me.

@memyoldie Ай бұрын

Theaters do rerelease old movies now. Last year they did Jurassic Park for the anniversary. Check your theaters for which movies they are doing. Edit to add, this summer they are also doing Ghibli movies too.

@johnw8578 Ай бұрын

@@memyoldie They need to advertise it more and also make it an event! Some sort of giveaway or sell one-of-a-kind merch or have movie-related foods or tshirts, etc.

@nadiarocksdahouse 4 ай бұрын

I spat out my drink... I LITERALLY watched your Alien reaction earlier today and was upset that you hadn't reacted to the sequel yet 😭😂

@cayanne3420 4 ай бұрын

Such a great sequel, and movie in general.

@dalevintage 4 ай бұрын

After this movie came out when inwas a teen, you have NO idea how many guys tries to do the knife hand trick in my school! 😆 So many injuries!

@conchfritters01 4 ай бұрын

Whenever I stayed home sick from school growing up, I always made my mom go to Blockbuster or the grocery store and rent this movie. Top three action movie of all time.

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 4 ай бұрын

Indeed

@rodentnolastname6612 4 ай бұрын

I'd highly recommend watching the extended/directors cut. There are some great scenes that were cut for the theatrical release. 🤟😎

@Whitebrowpriest 3 ай бұрын

The late Bill Paxton (Hudson) was in a very good horror/suspect thriller titled, "Frailty" (2001), which also starred Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe (of Sin City).

@danielramsey6141 3 ай бұрын

Bill Paxton was also in Predator 2. He almost made it into 1994’s version of Godzilla. But that sadly never happened. It’s sad that he died. He could’ve easily made a comeback in films today.

@dneill8493 3 ай бұрын

The queen alien is still my favourite movie creature effect. No cgi, not a model but a full size crane-lifted puppet with hydraulics, pulleys, control rods and 16 handlers(2 inside it). And NO digital removal of those in post. Cameron used every trick (steam, slime, lighting, angles) to make sure that none of thise were visible on screen. Just one of the reasons why this is my favourite movie.

@charlize1253 3 ай бұрын

James Cameron got his start as a practical special effects guy for Roger Corman in tiny-budget slasher flicks sometimes shot in a day or two, where he had to invent creative effects on a shoestring budget using scraps of whatever was lying around. The heavy machine gun harness that Vasquez and Drake use was cleverly put together from a steadi-cam rig, and the weird-looking transport vehicle was an obsolete airport tow truck.

@user-bv4om1fn3h 4 ай бұрын

You just had to drop this right when I was about to go to sleep.

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 4 ай бұрын

😂

@0okamino 3 ай бұрын

Cam & Zay… UP All Night! 😉

@mezmerized4lifejay654 3 ай бұрын

I’m a simple man. I see Aliens/T2, I click 💯💪🏼 I subbed

@79mib 3 ай бұрын

“Game over, man…. Game over.” Cam in any survival situation 😂

@arkikali5632 4 ай бұрын

Loved y'all's reaction! Cam, you always crack me up when you're struggling not to puke. 🤢 Sorry--I feel bad for taking pleasure in your pain. The things you do to entertain us. 🙂

@Whitebrowpriest 3 ай бұрын

"Bishop takes Queen" - Dude, why'd you had me laughing out loud with that corny joke! 😂🤣

@Sandra-wj4on 3 ай бұрын

I love how the writers made us believe in the beginning that Bishop would be the bad guy and Burk is the good guy. They then flip the script where Burk is actually the bad guy and Bishop is the good guy. First saw this at a surround sound theater in NYC. I came out with such a headache, but completely satisfied! Still one of my top 3 movies of all time. Great reaction guys - had me laughing all through the review! So glad to share this movie with you after all these years.

@pamnicklas5536 3 ай бұрын

This is my favorite movie of all time! 2nd is Terminator 2 and 3rd is Gladiator. Looooove Aliens!

@angelavalentino5146 4 ай бұрын

And they lived happily ever after, there was never an Alien 3 or 4. Go straight into Predator, Predator 2, and Predators- then into Alien va Predator movies. (If you watch Alien 3, it will only piss you off.) Also, not sure if you noticed in Alien, Aliens- the Xenomorph does NOT immediately die in the vacuum of space. Almost like they were that way🧐. Q: how much $ would it take to have had Cam do clean up on set after the Queen uterus bursting scene?

@w1975b 2 ай бұрын

Cam probably couldn't stop vomiting to do the work, no matter how much money offered lol.

@--ilse-- 3 ай бұрын

This movie never gets old. I can watch it over and over again. I still have part 1 and 2 on videotape.

@adoptdontshoppets 3 ай бұрын

Question: is the lighting much darker on your videotape than in the movie we see online today? I recorded my own videotape off cable when it first aired and it was much darker, which for me created even better atmosphere. Always wondered if I just had a bad recording or if they remastered and brightened the picture.

@--ilse-- 3 ай бұрын

@@adoptdontshoppets Hi, thank you for your question. I honestly can't tell you. It has been many years ago I watched the tapes (Last time in the 90s I quess). I don't think I am able to watch and tell you cause I don't have the possibility to connect the VCR to my LED tv 🫤

@pollynicklas5220 4 ай бұрын

These classic movies that are well done look so good not because of cgi, it's the practical effects! The huge queen puppet, the alien suits look so convincing! Cgi just wouldn't do it here imo! By the way, you 2 are so funny to watch!

@outtheredude 3 ай бұрын

"Bishop! You brought the Queen!" Bishop ripped in two. He's sorry.

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 4 ай бұрын

Cam, Your favorite movie (Avatar & Avatar 2) stars Ellen Ripley, Aka Sigourney Weaver. She is legend!

@Solamnic31 3 ай бұрын

Paul Reiser's character in Aliens, Carter Burke, was so immediately hated that during the movie's premiere his sister hit him, and when Burke's death occurred, his mom's response was simply "good."

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 4 ай бұрын

If you guys want to see what happened to the colonists and the planet you get to see partially some of that in the director's cut

@angelavalentino5146 4 ай бұрын

You have to watch the directors cut, or at least deleted scenes, it answers so many questions. Gives more back story for Ripley.

@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN 3 ай бұрын

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@Aeroldoth3 4 ай бұрын

The real plot twist is we learn that the Aliens are witches: They turned Rebecca into a Newt.

@robertcartier5088 3 ай бұрын

...she got better! ;-o

@per3ofsky 3 ай бұрын

XD XD XD

@anathardayaldar 3 ай бұрын

OMG I NEVER CAUGHT THAT

@amandacogger3075 4 ай бұрын

By far 1 of the greatest sequels in movie history! Brilliant choice guys

@billparrish4385 3 ай бұрын

Oh cool, I forgot Michael Biehn was in this! "Why, Johnny Ringo! You look like somebody just walked over yo' grave!"

@reemy8245 4 ай бұрын

Movies you must react to : 12 angry men 1957 Joker 2019 Dark knight 2008 Don’t say a word 2001 Dolores Claiborne 1995 Requiem for a Dream 2000

@auntvesuvi3872 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Cameron! Thank you, Isaiah! 👾 I'm glad y'all acknowledged director James Cameron. ෴ The little actor who portrayed 'Newt' is Carrie Henn. She grew up to be a teacher and is big on the convention circuit. She seems awesome. ෴ The extended version makes it clear that 'Ripley' had a daughter who grew old and died while she was in hibernation. That further explains her quick attachment to 'Newt'.

@aagc1988 4 ай бұрын

yea the director`s cut shows that ripley had a daughter that died at age 66. she left when the girl had 10 years old. newt took that place for ripley.

@auntvesuvi3872 3 ай бұрын

@@aagc1988 Thanks, Andres! 🍻

@miguelvelez7221 4 ай бұрын

Pro Tip: ALWAYS watch Cameron's films in the Director's Cut editions. ALWAYS. 😊

@toddjones1480 3 ай бұрын

The Abyss is the only one of those worth watching. And the theatrical cut of T2 is the real director's cut.

@balrog92000 4 ай бұрын

That is what those without do to those who have. When you're intelligent, you are mocked by those who aren't.

@DoktorStrangelove 4 ай бұрын

I saw this opening night in Omaha, Nebraska, in the balcony of the since-demolished Indian Hills Cinema. Through November of 1986, I saw it in theaters another eight times. Then when it hit video in February ’87, we bought the Beta cassette for rental price-over $90. Also: Y U NO WATCH SPECIAL EDITION 😡

@BaltimoreGunClubUK 4 ай бұрын

Special Edition is great fun. But you and I both fell in love with theatrical cut. Special Edition is a treat for fans once you’ve seen the theatrical cut!

@CrownlessKing88 3 ай бұрын

Man too bad you didn’t watch the Director’s cut. You find out Ripley had a Daughter that was the same age as Newt but is now dead at age 66. It changes the whole dynamic

@michelled.613 4 ай бұрын

Yes it would be amazing to see Newt grown up in a sequel ... which is why you must promise to never never NEVER watch Aliens 3. Please, I beg of you ....

@Pengi_SMILES 3 ай бұрын

I still unironically love Alien 3 (and Alien resurrection-I think I have a sickness) but they did do Newt and Hicks dirty in A3.

@redcardinalist 3 ай бұрын

"We've lost contact with the colony". This implies that they've had (presumably regular) contact with the colony since it founded 20 years ago, and nothing has gone wrong up to now. So....why have they suddenly (post corporate-Ripley meeting) lost contact? Hmmm...

@v8vrooooom 4 ай бұрын

Another great choice!

@wyrdspace_01 3 ай бұрын

Can I just say how lovely these two are that are so careful in some scenes to say, "Gosh", but then in others, say "Evil sack of shit", I am in awe of this couple and their friendship? It's funny, the reaction is genuine, and I love the movie choices. So good...

@charlesschafer5979 3 ай бұрын

RIP to Bill Paxton. The only actor to be killed by a Predator, a Terminator, and an Alien

@anacarolmsc 3 ай бұрын

Lance Henriksen was too!

@charlesschafer5979 3 ай бұрын

@@anacarolmsc COOL! Did not know that, thnx

@fochdion1152 3 ай бұрын

that gag reflex at the queens egg sac bleeding shows how convincing the directing in this movie was! BTW my favorite film of all time. seen it dozens of times. 47 years old now but it's been my favorite since I was 15.

@GeorgeGiann 3 ай бұрын

I went to the cinema back in 1986 as a 13-year-old with some adult friends of my family, and did not know what I was getting myself into. Pure horror and becoming a lifetime Aliens fan.

@danielroberts7940 3 ай бұрын

As a teenager in 1986, I did see this on the big screen. That is an experience that is impossible to replicate these days. I am a tough guy who is hard to scare, but after this movie, anybody tapped my shoulder to get my attention up to a week after got to watch me jump-turn to see what was actually there, lol.

@cbaran275 3 ай бұрын

Omg sooooo happy u did this!

@charlize1253 3 ай бұрын

James Cameron got his start as a practical special effects guy for Roger Corman in tiny-budget slasher flicks sometimes shot in a day or two, where he had to invent creative effects on a shoestring budget using scraps of whatever was lying around. You can see his skills in his early movies like Terminator, Aliens, and the Abyss, which had amazing practical effects for the time. The heavy machine gun harness that Vasquez and Drake use was cleverly put together from a steadi-cam rig, and the weird-looking transport vehicle was an obsolete airport tow truck.

@mikedignum1868 3 ай бұрын

There is a book that explains Ripley's missing 57 years. There is a cut scene where Ripley comes across the cocooned body of Burke and he asks for help.

@slchance8839 3 ай бұрын

35:24 To me, one of the best arcs and acting in the whole movie is the THOUSAND YARD STARE that Lt. Gorman develops before going back to save the injured Vasquez. His face is bathed in red light, like he's a man baptized in blood and casualties. He doesnt even look like same guy at the beginning who was scared, confused, and fresh off the combat simulator. It's a tiny detail, but his EYES are just so different after their horrific first contact. Big props to the actor for taking his role seriously. ALSO....Hudson was my favorite ("Game over, man!" , "Whadyou mean, they cut the power?! They're animals!" ), especially since you see that even though he's crapping his pants, he's truly a fourth quarter player when the chips are down. Surrounded, outnumbered, retreating and he's chanelling all his human terror into dealing alien death. "You want some?! You want some?! Get some some! How 'bout you!? Get some! Get some!" Waist deep in hell, he wouldnt go gentle down into that floor. They're on his legs, on his arms, on his back, and he's still pulling a trigger and talkin' smack. Those xenomorph bastards had to drag Hudson down by the face! That's a hard man.

@MrCOLBSTAH 4 ай бұрын

There's a really good audio drama/book Called: "Alien: River of pain. " It's only about 4 hours long as an audio drama... And in that book it describes exactly what happens to this colony. Definitely worth a read/ listen. Believe it's free on audible.. without spoilers the video game takes place after the first movie and it has Ripley's daughter in it.

@fochdion1152 3 ай бұрын

I love how when the motion tracker shows the Aliens coming in the complex, Newt has absolutely NO patience to wait around and see what happens... She's seen this routine already.

@NestorCaster 3 ай бұрын

44:57: and so it was… the world to have witnessed the first intergalactic pimp slap!

@Ani8900 Ай бұрын

A few of the most famous lines from this movie, "game over man, game over!" 45:01 and to think they made toys out of both of them

@Nightmarigny 3 ай бұрын

When I was in junior high, my friends and I rented this and Predator together pretty much every weekend for a year and watched them over and over again.

@sarahfields288 3 ай бұрын

The Actor playing Burke, his mother actually cheered when he died in the film.

@Otokichi786 4 ай бұрын

"Aliens": The return of Third Officer E. Ripley. Found by a salvage team, she's taken to Gateway station with a Xenomorph-size case of PTSD, What will the Weyland-Yutani Suits make of her blowing up the "Nostromo"? 8:16 Aww, you missed/didn't hear the "Did IQs drop sharply while I was away?" line. 16:55 In 1986, I noticed that Ripley was able to "get close, quickly" to Rebecca, unlike the female Marines. A reviewer of the time said: "Sisterhood!" I wasn't convinced, and my answer came on a 1990 Special Edition Laserdisc(!), that confirmed my suspicion that Ripley had been a parent. 18:27 Disarming troops heading into a hot zone always disturbed me. 19:06 Vasquez passed a spare firing control module to Drake, so they can still function as squad fire supporters. 35:27 They went out like Klingon warriors. 37:45 The right tool for the job, with Duck tape. Ripley exhibits "courage under fire," going on a rescue mission in spite of her fears. The intensity of your reactions to "Aliens" suggests that you appreciate movies "that puts you on the front line." Have you seen "Train to Busan" (2015)? If not, you're in for a wild ride. With this movie, Sigourney Weaver joined Linda Hamilton of "The Terminator" series as Action movie Badasses. "Jennifer Lawrence?" Who is that?;)

@chefskiss6179 4 ай бұрын

Loved this watchalong with you two. While it is asking a lot to repeat lightning-in-a-bottle that is the first two, especially by such master-craftsmen like Ridley and Cameron, I reeeally hope you continue with the rest.

@mikebrown7799 4 ай бұрын

IMO, they totally screwed up "Alien 3". If you were to predict what would happen in that film, you would be totally wrong. Best to stop here.😉

@slavetometal8529 Ай бұрын

Dude that was some sick reactions guys! It was a Blast to watch! Keep it up!

@Hyzenthall 3 ай бұрын

When you said "I wish they did the story of what happened before Ripley and the marines got there?" they did, but it's only in a book. Audible did an audio drama of it and it's an amazing story. Sounds effects, music, voice acting the whole shebang. Just no visuals. It's called" Aliens : River of Pain" directed by Dirk Maggs. Most people don't know about this hidden gem.

@Timmah73 4 ай бұрын

I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. My mom was not big on taking me to see R rated movies in the theater but she wanted to see it too. I nearly crapped my pants and had nightmares for like a week but man what an unforgettable theater experence.

@zatoichi1 3 ай бұрын

I was 14 and had to convince my parents to take me. They enjoyed the ride.

@goldean5974 Ай бұрын

William Hope, who played the incompetent Marine lieutenant Gorman, also played Marshal Waites on Alien: Isolation, which is a video game you literally have to see to believe.

@aardvarkmaximus7688 3 ай бұрын

It's always amusing how much Cam just doesn't deal with the squelchy bits! One of the select crop of films in which the sequel is as good as or better than the original.

@davidmarsden192 Ай бұрын

At the very end of the credits, when the screen fades to pitch black ... you can hear the sound of an alien egg opening (which leads into Part III).

@kevinehle6637 4 ай бұрын

Yep. 9.5. 💯

@BouncyCritsIsMeta 3 ай бұрын

Funfact: The woman who plays Vasquez is the foster mom in Terminator 2 You guys gotta watch this movie called "House" made in 1986. 3 scenes in that movie traumatized me from 5 years old and I still had nightmares about those till I was 15 (I'm 37 now). Anyone who's seen that movie knows what scenes I'm talking about Also Rawhead Rex, Arachnophobia and The Relic

@BroadwayJosh 3 ай бұрын

I saw this when it came out at the movie house and the theater was packed. When Burke finally got his well deserved comeuppance, the whole audience cheered. This film was revolutionary by casting Ripley as the bad-ass heroine, a role had always been played by a lead male. Things ain't been the same since, and I'm glad of it. Ripley's line "Get away from her YOU BITCH!" is iconic, and the audience cheered that too.

@dostagirl9551 3 ай бұрын

Love this movie. I play it every week when cleaning the house, which my friends tease me for. It just has the three key parts: great acting, great practical effects, and a script that does not rely on absolute stupidity from every character to propel the story forward. It makes sense that Burke’s greed made him act like he did - low personal risk crap moves. It’s understandable that the pilots didn’t realize the gravity of the situation and not be on guard from something they thought was a hallucination from extended cryo. And while Ripley was a beast in this, she showed fear and uncertainty too. Not the overly dramatized “you got this girl” crap but visceral reactions that people would actually experience. Just so good.

@esclad 3 ай бұрын

The special edition (director's cut) is approx. 35 minutes longer and completely changes the movie for the better imho.

@DakotaDogProductionsAk83 4 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite movies, watching it for the first time on new years eve 1994 when I was 11. Such a perfect mix of action/sci fi/horror and bad assery❤

@tb4495 3 ай бұрын

You guys cracked me up. Hilarious reactions. Well done.

@saaamember97 2 ай бұрын

FACTOID: The actors playing the Marine team of Vasquez and Drake, have been in other notable films. The actor playing Drake also played inmate Boggs (The head of the "Sisters" gang) in The Shawshank Redemption. The actor playing Vasquez also played the step-mother of young John Connor in Terminator II: Judgement Day.