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Fun fact: Carrie Henn who played Newt grew up to become a teacher. In interviews, she has said that parents always find out who she is and they end up sending their kids with DVDs or memorabilia in their backpacks for her to sign😂

RIP to Bill Paxton Only man in Hollywood to be killed by a Terminator, Predator, and Alien/Xenonorph.

Ellen Ripley and Sarah Conner - the two greatest action heroines. Despite the decades that have passed, both have not lost an iota of their popularity! And that says a lot about the quality of the films that "created" them!

The actor who played Burke, Paul Reiser, tells the story of when he took his mother to see the film. She cheered when his character was killed. :)

“The fact this is all practical is insane.” This is why you hear people that grew up on the older stuff complain about a lot of movies today and the crappy CGI effects. You just can’t beat good practical effects. It’s impressive and believable. This movie is approaching its 40th anniversary. Even movies before this one are still mind blowing. I understand computer effects can have a place but they rely on it for everything now. I especially hate computer effects in horror.

The Alien Queen, a masterpiece of cinematic engineering, 3 man operate it and it is real, on screen effect, so it will never age !! That whole sequence vs the loader is just iconic !

"Get away from her you BITCH" - Seen this a hundred times and I still get goose bumps at that line, every single time.

It's hard to believe Alien was made in 1979, and Aliens in 1986, these films look so incredible, especially on Blu-Ray! The sets, the lighting, everything is so cool in these films!

The colony had been there for twenty years. It wasn't until Ripley was rescued that Burke found out about the Xenomorphs, and sent a message to the colony.

The "Xeno in the water" is LEGENDARY in the special effects industry. So much so, that when it came time to consider this movies for Oscars in special effects, they ONLY provided the clip of the Xeno coming out of the water for consideration of the award..... needless to say, they WON the Oscar for special effects that year.

About the visual effects: in 1986, the film's in-camera methods were considered old fashioned and low-tech -- rear projection, foreground hanging miniatures, and simple rod puppets, yet they looked fantastic at the time. Best of all, they look fantastic today.

Guys. Mother was just the ship's computer in Alien. An advanced computer, sure. But it wasn't an entity planning and manipulating events. As the computer, the instructions for Ash, to recover a specimen, were stored in the computer's storage. The orders were restricted to Ash, but as acting captain, Ripley was able to override the restriction. Kind of like using an Admin password.

The tough "latina" space Marine is also the curly haired foster mom in Terminator 2.

1:02:00 She's not picking directions at random. Cameron specifically established in the colony scene the kids used to play in the air ducts, and Newt was the best at it. Which explains why she's the only survivor, why she knows her way around here, and why she's pretty good at evading the queen on the Sulaco.

Fun fact, I had a cat and I called him Jonesy, as I was watching Alien on VHS when a neighbour knocked on my door and asked if I wanted a kitten. He lived for 18 years, died about 5 years ago. I miss ya Jonesy!

My absolute favorite of the entire franchise. What will stick with me forever is the little girl - Newt - in the scene with Ripley. "These people are here to protect you, they're soldiers." to which Newt just replies with a straight stare in her eyes "It won't make any difference". Holy! That sent some shivers down my spine. Then she just looked at Ripley and with this look adds without words to her comment "You know it and I know it."

Ripley is the best, the protector mama we all need in the world today

Sigourney Weaver was nominated for Best Actress for this. Very rare for a sci-fi movie. So well deserved!

Because of this movie, Sigourney Weaver became the first female action hero ever. And she was nominated for an Oscar.. EDIT: I totally forgot about Pam Grier as Foxy Brown in the 70s.

One of the best sequels ever. I’m so happy to see y’all reacting to it!

I loved how they attempted to make it seem as though Burke was a good guy in the beginning, yet ended up being the bad guy - then reversed this with the android Bishop’s character. A masterful double misdirect.😊

The part of the queen’s body used to lay the eggs is called an ovipositor. It’s what egg laying amphibians such as newts, and insects like wasps use to deposit eggs in a nest. The tarantula hawk wasp actually has a life cycle similar to that of the xenomorph depicted in the film. They actually capture tarantulas and impregnate them with an egg, which then bursts out of the tarantula and feeds on its remains.

I feel like Xenomoprh attacks aren't as graphic in this because they actually want to keep the people alive for the nest, whereas in the first movie it feels like the Xenomorph just kills because it's trapped on the ship with them.

Aliens is a good candidate for the best James Cameron movie. In terms of everything, design, character, storytelling, sound design, soundtrack and special effect, it's mostly perfect. It's what people wished Avatar 1 and 2 was but really are not. It's also a good candidate for top 5 or 10 best sequel in all of cinema cause it doesn't take anything from the first movie who is a masterpiece in his own right, but add and explore the universe...The best sequels do that ! Also i feel it influence a lot the idea of the space marine outside of the style of Warhammer 40K. It gives another idea of it.

Ridley Scott says the original theatrical cut of Alien is exactly what he wanted it to be, and is already the definitive version. He calls the director's cut a new look at the film, but it's meant for people who've already seen Alien. It is actually shorter, too. For Aliens, James Cameron has always said the special edition is the definitive version. That's why people told you to watch the theatrical version of Alien and this version of Aliens.

Terminator & T2 are must watch. As companion to the Alien movies Predator 1 & 2 are necessary watching if you continue. You'll see Bill Paxton (Hudson) make an appearance in the other 2 franchises as well even though it's only a brief appearance in Terminator. When the actor who played Burke took his mother to see this movie she looked at him at the end and basically told him "You deserved to die." 😂😂😂

I'll never forget the dawning realisation to the "roof" scene, the tracker seemingly malfunctioning, watching it at 2am one random summer night on TV, never have I felt so transported in a film, peerless.

Never skip movies because that's the stupidest thing you can do, always watch them according to their release date and never be influenced by movie ratings, because it's best to watch them yourself and draw your own conclusions and opinions. 😊

1) Burke only sent the colonists to investigate the area, AFTER Ripley had told people about it during her interrogation. Before that the colonists lived there oblivious to the alien ship with xenomorph eggs. Essentially it only happened because of Ripley accidentally telling him before she knew about the "Shake and Bake's" colony existence. 2) It is about 9 weeks between Newt's father being facehugged and the arrival of Ripley and the marines on LV-426 (although the "final stand of the colonists" takes place only a few days before they arrive... which is why there are still colonists alive with chest bursters unhatched). However, this is how the Xenomorphs had time to create the massive "secreted resin" hive under the cooling tower that the marines first get slaughtered in. 3) The photo of Ripley's daughter at the beginning of the movie is actually her real life mother. The sound of the xenomorphs "screams" is the sound of an elephant trumpeting but reversed (and with the pitch slightly tweaked). Sigourney Weaver was adamant not to have Ripley ever use or fire a gun in this movie (she greatly dislikes guns in real life), however Cameron finally managed to convince her to do it for the final sequence... the rest is history. 4) Hudson's character breaks the typical "jock soldier trope" of horror movies by actually having a full character arc. At first he is a super cocky braggart. Then when faced with a real enemy he becomes the complete coward he truly always was. Gradually he flip flops between trying to be a good soldier genuinely trying to help and giving into the hopelessness of the situation. But finally at the end when the chips are fully down he finally becomes the "ultimate badass" he used to believe he was but for real... fearless right on the frontline facing down the enemy and dying a heroic soldiers death for his teammates. 5) Aliens is the peak of this ,movie franchise as none of the following movies manage to reach the same heights unfortunately. But Alien 3 I think is still underrated. Lots of fans hated it but it had some really good new ideas in it that does expand the alien lore in some good ways. However, WARNING SEMI-SPOILERY it does completely ruin the "happy ending" of Aliens 2 almost immediately (which admittedly sucks and is why so many fans got so angry). Aliens 4 has a few "cool for cool's sake scenes" (which a few are not all bad) and 1 actually decent concept idea regarding Ripley which had more potential than unfortunately this move managed to pull off... but it is mostly just mindless "meh". Prometheus and Alien Covenant are... pretentious to say the least. Certainly very pretty to look at, but most of the characters are reliably idiots (making some insanely stupid decisions) and not super likable overall. I would not say these movies were totally garbage... just disappointing. And when analysed too closely, make no sense regarding the timeline of the Ripley movies. Aliens Vs Predator 1 is ok (because it ripped off a lot of its best ideas from a decent comic book) but they messed up badly regarding the xenomorph established lore. AVP 2 is just completely awful plot wise (Iike a tacky teen horror flick with xenomorphs and predators) but does have one of my personal favorite Predator character even if it is utilised terribly in a terrible movie. 6) The "Alien Isolation" game which came out a few years back... is about Ripley's 11 year old daughter Amanda (but as a young adult) and her trying to find out what happened to her mother following the disappearance of the Nostromo (Ellen is obviously in stasis floating out in space during this time). In doing so she encounters the Xenomorphs just like her mother did. This game is a genuinely great "sequel" and even manages to fill in a few plot holes (like for example, why the alien ship on LV-426 no longer has the signal activated that the Nostromo first picked up and therefore why when the colonists arrived there they didn't hear it... as Ripley's crew never actually turned this signal off in the Alien 1 movie). It is actually a really great game with a lot of effort and thought put into its plot by the game designers.

Aliens is arguably the greatest sequel and the greatest sci-fi film ever made

It's too bad they only made 2 movies in this franchise. There is a lot of potential here that inspired most of modern sci-fi. (Sarcasm intensifies)

Actually its not so much an android-redemption arc as it is one of many arcs that Ripley goes through. She learns to accept, tolerate and even trust androids, specifically Bishop. That shows how good of a person Ripley is

As a 33yr Vet & Movie lover, I have always said this is my favorite, AS well most accurate to military style movie i've ever seen. Best watched alone in silence.

Aliens is one of those very rare occasions when a sequel is as good as if not a little bit better than the first and people like to crap on Alien 3, but its still worth a watch, and if you can get the "assembly cut" its a much better version

Everyone but Bill Paxton knew they were going to use his hand for the knife trick. That scream was genuine. 😂😂

The Queen has to separate herself from the 'umbilical cord' to chase Ripley.

Alen 3 is a well made film, but it didn't go the direction fans expected. It was meant to close out the story.

Two minor details about the film. When Ripley is shown a picture of her daughter, it is actually a picture of Sigourney Weavers mother. Still keeping it in the family, so to speak. Second, the transporter that the Marines and Ripley got into on the Sulaco, was actually an old decommissioned airport plane tug, so from the outside it looked good at least. The interior was a studio set.

A few bits of trivia - Al Matthews (the cigar-chomping Sgt Apone) was the first black Marine to be meritoriously promoted in Vietnam. ----- Carrie Henn enjoyed the "slide" (3 stories) so much she kept deliberately flubbing her lines. Cameron asked her for one good take, then she would be allowed to play for the rest of the day. ----- Jeanette Goldstein, (Vasquez) thought the movie was about migrant workers. This is the origin of Hudson's "alien/illegal alien" comment. ----- Bill Paxton (Hudson) ad-libbed many of his more memorable lines. ----- There were 25 f-bombs dropped in the movie... 18 from Hudson. He also says "man" 35 times. ----- In the knife scene, Bill Paxton was the only one who didn't know they would put his hand under Lance Henriksen's. ----- In the original script, Burke was captured and cocooned. Ripley subsequently finds him and gives him a grenade. That is the cause of the explosion that forces Ripley and Newt into the egg chamber.

In a deleted scene, When rescuing Newt. Ripley encounters Burke in the alien nest, who already has an Alien inside him. Ripley hands him a grenade before continuing her search for Newt. This originally the explosion that forces them to detour in to the Queen's lair. It was cut because not enough time had passed for Burke to be impregnated and fully conscious.

For some context, the theatrical does not have any mention of Ripleys daughter. The scenes with Ripley talking about the daughter with Burke and Newt are edited around it. Also, any scenes of the colonists and Newts family before the aliens do not exist, so the first time you see Newt is the first time Ripley sees her. Any scene that contains the sentry guns are also edited out of the theatrical. I think also the hamster fake out scene and the crew speculating on the queen "ant hive" are also extra. This is one of the rare instances where I feel like every additional scene would've been good for the story.

A lot of stuff was cut from the beginning. The fact that Ripley had a daughter and that whole scene with Newt's parents were cut in the theatrical release. We didn't see the planet at all until they got there. Yes, this one is definitely more of a action movie, but if you think about it, they are very similar. The countdown at the end, the alien surviving the explosion, the airlock...both movies ends the same.

"Whats the pistol gonna do man?". Vasquez: hold my smart gun.

@1:02:50 *"That's the most fun slide ever... for about 10 seconds."* Fun fact; that's exactly what Carrie Henn, who played Newt, thought as well. She kept deliberately messing up the scene, so that she could get to go down the slide again and again. Finally, Cameron had to promise her that if she got the scene right, she could then play on it as much as she liked.

MU-TH-UR was simply the ship's operating system. The company behind everything is Weyland-Yutani. However, "The Company" didn't even believe Ripley. Burke took it upon himself to investigate the colony. It wasnt a company decision. He was running an "off the books" operation, and likely calling in favors. ....One can infer that the events in Alien were a similar scenario: Some suit heard about the signal and re-routed an expendable asset to investigate. When the Nostromo disappeared, they covered their tracks and 57 years later, nobody has a clue.

About ALIEN 3 -- many fans hate it, for obvious reasons that I can understand. If you choose to see it, avoid its chopped-up theatrical cut, but watch, instead, the Assembly Cut, which is much more coherent in its plot, in its portrayal of the characters. On its own terms, the Assembly Cut is an interesting film, even if it might not be, for many viewers, a good Alien film. As for ALIEN RESURRECTION... why bother? It has a good performance by Weaver; it has Brad Dourif (at least for a while) and a few interesting sub-plots, but otherwise, not much to offer.

Everyone gives Hudson grief because he's reacting like most of us would in the circumstances. However, he was extremely competent at his job (electronics and computers). He's also not so cowardly as his panicky demeanor suggests; he's a seasoned Marine, a combat veteran. He's just up against something he's not prepared for. He's also the one who rescues Newt in the lab, and he buys everybody else time when they fall out of the ceiling. He went out a badass; give him his propers.

Echoing some of the comments below, definitely watch the Assembly cut of Alien 3; or whatever the hell the non-theatrical version is called. You get a bit more context that really improves the experience - but I would love to see your reaction to 3 as well. Also yes, Terminator 1 and 2 are a must, and Predator 1 and 2 ought be on the list!

I really like how attentive you guys are. You pick up a lot of the small details! It’s very satisfying to watch.

The actress who played newt said she kept messing up the scene where she fell through the fan from the grenade blast when Gorman and Vasquez sacrificed themselves so she could keep sliding down the slide over and over. James Cameron finally caught on and told her to get it together 😊

The xenomorphs are, in fact, a cross between humans in several movies. They take on some characteristics of the host. In these, there is a human skull under a translucent dome, hard to see but visible in the suits the actors wore and the models that were sold. Geiger's (Gee-ger) original artwork shows it.

There are pictures of Michael Biehn (Hicks) recreating the scene of showing Ripley how to use the rifle with a tween girl in Ripley cosplay at a convention. It is so cute and wholesome.

This is my favorite movie series. Yes, the first two films are the best but I really love all Alien films. Each one adds something new and fresh to the lore. Hudson & Vasquez are my favorite characters here (after Ripley of course). Also, the Cocoon scene from the first film (Director's Cut version) is a canon. It shows and proves why xenomorphs are "perfect organisms".

It's funny you mentioned Ripley looks like Snow White since Sigourney actually plays the Evil Queen in Snow White: A Tale of Terror. And you said the airduct where Newt slid down looked funny. Actually, the little girl liked sliding it so much she kept messing that scene on purpose just to try it again. Jim Cameron picked up on that and told her she could play there anytime she wanted after the scene ended. Burke's actor took his mom to watch the movie and she cheered when he died. 😅😅😅

You mentioned liking the waist-mounted heavy machine gun. It was actually made by putting a gun directly on a Steadicam Stabilizer. The power loader that Ripley drives isn't actually fully mechanical. In fact, only the grips on the ends of the arms are. The entire rest of the loader is actually a hollow suit with stuntman John Lees inside. Sigourney Weaver just stands in front of him while he walks around and moves his arms. The two antennas on the top of the loader are the anchor points for the suspension cables that hold the suit upright.

Bill Paxton is perfect as Hudson :P In old-school Starsiege Tribes multiplayer matches, we used action .wav sound clips (a mod) from Aliens and I used that "Game Over Man!! Game Over!!" as my death sound.

Just a small note, the machine gun that the two machine gunners carry is an MG 3, which has been slightly modified for the film, the successor to the well-known MG 42. The German Bundeswehr and other armed forces were equipped with it. Some of it is still in use. Greetings from Germany.

13-yr-old me loved this movie. 50-yr-old me has this movie *hard coded in my DNA.* "Every meal's a banquet. Every paycheck a fortune. Every formation a parade. I LOVE the Corps!”

When the actor playing Burke took his mother to the Premiere, she cheered when he was killed off and said he deserved it 😂 Also he’s in stranger things.

The "egg-laying tube" for the Queen xenomorph (and all insects) is called an ovipositor in technical terms.

OMG, you guys..... Terminator and Terminator 2 need to be the next ones you watch. Also.... loving the short hair, Cojo!

What a legendary movie! That soundtrack tho... the music that swells when Bishop rescues Ripley and Newt is some of the best ever made! This movie is pure adrenaline!

Remember the Col from Avatar? Having remembered Stephen Lang from auditioning for the roles of Dwayne Hicks and Carter Burke in Aliens, Cameron decided to cast Lang as Quaritch.[3] Lang said of his casting: "I'd auditioned for Aliens about 20+ years ago, and he talked about that in our conversation, so, y'know, I've kind of gone on record as saying that this was the world's longest callback."

Fun fact: Paul Reiser, Burke, took his mother to the premiere of Aliens. When Burke died, she cheered.

People love to hate on 3, but I liked it.

The egg-laying apparatus of the queen is called the 'ovipositor.'

Trivia - Vasquez in Aliens was also the foster mom Jeannine in Terminator 2 Also, they put Bishop in a bag with rice to try to dry him out.

0:44 You didn't "miss" anything. The so-called director's cut of Alien is just a different version for commercial purposes. Nothing to do with Ridley Scott's vision or whatever. Aliens is the opposite case. The "special edition" is the one Cameron wrote, filmed, and intended the audience to see, but cut it for time and eventually restored it. So you picked the right versions.

I think the reason this sequel worked so well was James Cameron took it in a completely new direction, while still honouring the original idea: The first movie is sci-fi horror. This one is sci-fi action with horror elements. Or as someone said, I forget who: The first one is a metaphor for rape, and the second is a metaphor for war. I mean, imagine they made a sequel in the exact same style as the first one. It would probably have been a poor and boring carbon copy with a silly plot - like most sequels are. In other words, it’s the difference between making a sequel because you have a good idea for it, and making it because you want to make a lot of money. Because this was back in the day when a hit movie didn't necessarily have to be followed by shitty sequels - and most weren't.

“Short, controlled bursts…” 2 secs later…mayhem. 😂😂😂😂

We watched this as teenagers back in the 80's. You can imagine how immensely badass Aliens felt to me and my buddies.

Best sequel ever. (T2 maybe...) Great reaction! :D

This movie actually makes those scenes uncannonical - and while I preferred the way the alien worked in the original, this movie is a fantastic example of what you can do when you're willing to change genres for your sequel movie.

1:00:05 ""what will the pistol do!?" The short answer is the same as the pulse rifles. the pistol used by Gorman fires the same ammunition. as the pulse rifles. Worth making it clear that the Aliens are not immune to being shot. They don't have armour that protects them from gunfire

34:46 "Our frogs didn't look like this." -- That's probably a good thing.

I had the chance to see it in a pack theater when it came out (I'm old) without any idea of the plot except the "s" at the end of Aliens. It was one of the most enjoyable ride ever. The gasps of the crowd when the walls started to move full of xenomorphs and the breathtaking confusion of the fight was amazing. Some scenes were quite rare at the time but we take it for granted now, like when the shuttle crash and keeps going towards them in pieces. When Burke buys it, in the elevator, the crowd actually clapped and cheer, also with the "get away from her, you bitch!" It was great and we came out of the theater like electrified. Plus it was the theater version, the first cut, which is like non stops action. I now appreciate the long version, but in the theater, the pace made it hard to breathe ! Great movie. Don't ask me if i like 1 or 2 better, they're both 10 in different moods.

I think you guys might like the others as well; Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, then Prometheus and Alien Covenant. Also amazing haircut Cojo!

the reactors on each end seem bright and intelligent.

There's actual deleted scene where Ripley finds Burke cocooned when she's looking for Newt, and she hands him a grenade to take himself out, nice tying up of an unknown end for a character. Of course he asks to be freed and save him smh

1:06:15 It is indeed 15 minutes in real time!! Talk about precise editing!

Alien is for those who appreciate the ''art'' of the original . 'Aliens' is for the people who like non-stop action , a very well done 'popcorn' adventure sci fi movie . Personally I prefer 'ALIEN'

"Bishop's Countdown." That's the music that goes so hard.

This movie was a real roller coaster when it first came out, so good it still holds up very well today.

If you happen to watch Alien 3, don't watch anything but the Assembly Cut. I'm no fan of A3, but at least the Assembly Cut was friggin' watchable as a story that made some kind of sense.

This movie had been on my Top Favorite Movies for years. Happy to share it with you guys. Glad you picked the Directors Cut. Also Guys... when you watch Alien 3 and 4 remember this... they are just nightmares Ripley has in her cryotube on the way home. lol Prometheus was ok. Alien Covenant was ok. AVP 1 and 2 were good for different reasons. But NONE of them matched Alien and Aliens. I do hope the new one coming is good.

Like an insect, the queen alien can detach from her ovipositer. That's what tears off as she runs after Ripley.

I remember coming up with a solution to their problem of surviving 17 days - park the combat vehicle well outside the atmosphere changer facility. They don't go outside!

Some fun facts: that facehugger in the tank took i believe 6-8 puppeteers to operate its movement. The “full-size” outside shots of the tank batmobile thing was an rc car they decorated. When Ripley ran over an alien with it they used an egg under the rc car wheels. The Queen took a team of twelve puppeteers to control. Maybe a bit more The loader suits ripley uses to fight the Queen actually worked. They made the whole thing out of steel aluminum and real hydraulics, they actually had an operator sitting behind the actors controlling it. They cut out scenes of burke when he was stuck to the wall. He had an alien in his chest already and was begging ripley to kill him. She handed him a grenade They only had 5 full set alien costumes for the filming! They had other bits and bobs but only five full sets of fully grown aliens. The filming was revolutionary to make it seem like there was just so many all over the place and you honestly can’t tell it is just those 5

C'mon, no way. youse guys gotta hit up Terminator and T2, total musts along with these two.

This is one of my most favorite movies of all time and i kept seeing these scenes i never saw before and then i realized this is the directors cut so thank you gentlemen for watching this version. I need to brush up on this whole version. Cheers

Aliens (1986) is in the Top 3 Best Sequels ever made. The other two are Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). Which is #1, is hard to answer...

22:40 Ripley is a former flight officer, she's not supposed to know how to drive cargo loaders and stuff. She only knows how because the company revokes her flight officer license and forces her to get a job at the loading docks. Thus, setting up the final battle almost at the beginning of the movie. Unlike a Mary Sue today, who would be an expert at everything just because she's a woman, Cameron wrote a character and a script that actually makes sense. Ripley is not superhuman, just very resourceful and courageous.

Alien 3 Special Edition, Alien Resurrection Special Edition, and Prometheus are worth watching/reacting to. They are not as bad as a lot of people say they are.

22:13 "They're definitely gonna' be using those to fight." -- It's Chekov's load lifter.

Years before Aliens came out I saw engineering materials for a company attempting to build these one man wearable fork lifts. There's a saying that Marines (and others use) when they respond to threats. "F-ck around and find out". They did not know about LV-426 having aliens when they formed the colony.

Just imagine watching this 1986... when there has nothing alike existed before... The horror in cinemas was insane (so my father told me).

I think the exoskeleton was based off a real thing, called Hardiman, which General Electric built in the 60s. It never worked, but you can see the inspiration.

The portable heartbeat/movement radar was seen first in Aliens, I think. Since then it has become a staple of many video games.

Also, remember, for Ripley, it a matter of a few months since she last saw her daughter.