The first time I saw this I was utterly shocked to see the colony before it was destroyed. It adds depth and provides the audience with a look at what was there before the end came.

Ripley was in stasis for 57 years. During that time, her daughter died. They tell this to her in a deleted scene. It was an explanation for why Ripley is so attached to Newt.

Am I the only one who liked this scene and the entire directors cut?

I think this was a real easy scene to lose because it basically spoils the whole beginning of the movie. I think it's a lot more interesting for the audience to find out happened to the colony at the same time that Ripley and the marines do. The only deleted scene I wish they had kept (besides the sentry gun scene) is the one where Riply finds out what happened to her daughter. Without that scene, Riply's later attachment to Newt seems to come out of nowhere. It's also explains why Riply is so distraught when she thinks she's lost Newt later on.

I loved this scene. The first time I saw Aliens it was the directors cut with this scene so I didn't even know it was deleted. It probably is an expendable scene. However I love that you get to put some faces with the colonists who died so gruesomely. Especially seeing those little kids. They all were cocooned in front of their families. Really made it scarier to me as a little kid.

When I first watched Aliens I watched the version with this in and that awesome turret scene

Many times I've thought to myself, "you know what Aliens could use more of? Newt's ear-piercing scream."

Must be "bring your kids to work" day

I always thought when the Marines enter the nest for the first time was creepy as hell. The music along with the bodies cocooned to the walls with the pain of a horrible death still written on their faces freaked me out when I first saw it. Great movie all round.

And FYI, the dialogue between the guys talking as they walk through the building would be later repurposed for Terminator 2. "I asked them that very same question once, and you know what they told me? Don't ask."

I liked this scene in the director's cut. Yes, we know what's happening as soon as we hear about this colony and don't technically need the scene because of that, but it sets up Newt, her family, and shows how vibrant the colony was. It adds tragedy.

I think this is a scene better seen in retrospect.

R.I.P Jay Benedict aka newt's dad who died recently of the coronavirus. Shame this scene was deleted. I remember seeing it many years ago and thinking the story of newt's parents and brother were important scenes and should of been released!

I love seeing that Captain Hollister spent more time being a spacer than I knew!

RIP Jay Benedict (Newt's Dad)

In the novelization, they went into greater detail how the colony got overrun. They sent more people into the derelict, and next thing you know, facehuggers were flying through the air. It's a shame their budget was so low that they didn't have enough to film that. Supposedly they only had ten Warrior costumes and four Facehuggers, only two of which were the ones that could scuttle.

That movies, to this day, still one of my favorites. Its a masterpiece.

2:50 this explains how Newt knew her way around the air ducts.

I honestly can't believe they cut this scene out. I've only watched the Special Edition so maybe I'm biased, but the Derelict and the facehugger are iconic. I can't imagine not getting a glimpse at that ship one last time.

If you remember in the first film there was some sort of strange light/mist above the eggs. They basically kept the eggs from hatching if anything got too close. Let alone hatch by themselves and wander around the ship. When Ash entered the ship he fell through and under the stasis field which is how the egg detected him and opened. It was a safety precaution by the space jockeys.

poor newt. her fate was sealed

If he doesn't like working for Weland-Yutani, maybe he should take that job with the Jupiter Mining Corporation.

Newt had an incredible scream. Woke up my cat.

I love this scene so much! These deleted scenes makes the movie much better.

In the novelization of "Alien Ressurection" it's explained that the derelict spacecraft that housed the eggs was destroyed by the nuclear explosion in "Aliens". I think we can safely assume that it happened due to the fact that in "Alien Ressurection" they had to create a clone of Ripley + Queen in order to ressurect the Alien species.

I like the fact that the idea for the fracture in the engineer's ship came from the fact that the actual original model from Alien took some wear and tear in the years before the sequel. So rather than replace a one-of-a-kind model, they used its condition to their advantage plot wise, explaining that the terraforming done by Weyland-Yutani caused tremors that caused the fracture, and also terminated the distress signal. Pure genius improve.

Only seen the version with this scene included, can't really imagine it without. Gives you an introduction to the colony and more of a shock when it is deserted when the marines arrive. Plus the guy in charge is the chief in Red Dwarf :)

Hadley’s Hope had a population of 150 and according to extended media also had an unspecified amount of livestock (pigs and cows) within the colony, assuming every single one of those people and animals (save for Newt) were captured and impregnated then the Colonial Marines were VASTLY undermanned and underequipped to deal with this situation, they needed a whole damn army packing far heavier firepower.

definitely a good decision to drop this. Its nice to have after you've seen the movie once, but i think it really works better without spelling out the entire backstory.

For me, I am glad this scene was cut. Here’s why. I only recently saw this last year. At the 2:00 minute mark the kids are happily playing and are completely and totally oblivious to what we all know happens shortly later. For them all to die by the aliens is terrifying to me even more so after seeing them so happy.

Damn! i'd imagine most of those actors were pissed when this originally came out and this whole sequence was cut. Seems like an important scene when filming it!

I saw Aliens in the theater and of course, we knew there will be ALIENS running about, but I remember the dread and suspense when Ferro spotted the colony's beacon lights, and us, like Ripley, suspected and knew what had happened, but we are on the ride with her, not waiting for her to discover what WE saw already. THAT is the point the extend cut fan boys seems to miss BIG TIME. I remember the audience's reaction seeing the facehuggers, along with Ripley, in the lab....a reaction that would have certainly been diluted.

The actor of the father is Jay Benedict. He died yesterday, due to the coronavirus.

If things went different, Hadley's Hope would have become a larger colony thanks to the discovery of the derelict and the consequent enstablishment of a much more robust W&Y presence on the moon. Probably also the Colonial Marines would have increased their presence on the colony turning it into a major hub in the sector. Economically speaking, this would have affected also the nearby colony/station of Sevastopol (in the nearby system) as major node of travel between Earth and Thedus. I dont have enough info about Thedus, but from those few scraps I was able to collect, Thedus remained a big colony even after the full exploitation of the raw resources on the planet, so, a major colony in the American Arm. Right next to the Frontier. The close proximity of Alpha Caeli would also have benefit Acheron with more trade, even if it is probable that Thedus would have been selected as a site where to put dockyards and shipyards for the UAAC to supply and refit the aging ORDF. But the whole zone would have become a rich sector for the UAAC, while more internal federations like the 3WE and probably part of the UPP and even the same United Americas, soon or later, would have joined a more unified form of government. But I still think that the UAAC would have resisted to that way, pushing for their independence at all costs. Its just to see if they have even considered to relocate the whole "American" nation in colonies outside the core or not. In case of "not", war would have been a natural conclusion for the UAAC. In case of "yes" instead, it would have been curious to see how far these new "americans" would have gone just to remain "independent" from an "unified Earth" nation resulting from the fusion of the 3WE, UPP and ICIS. A thing that appears only in Alien 4 with the "United Systems"... Still, Hadley's Hope would have been a great place where to set more action.

If you want to know the canon story of what happens on hadley's hope and how it gets infected read the official novel called "aliens River of pain" It explains everything. Also you find out in that novel that the colony had a marine contingent of about 20+ soldiers if i remember right.

This should have definitely been included in the theatrical version. These deleted scenes makes the whole movie much better. I love this scene.

Just started reading the book on what happened to Hadley's Hope

Captain Hollister from Red Dwarf brought me here...

It is so ironic. Ripley gaves Burk the clues he needs to find the Ship, then he send's Newts Family into there Doom and all People from Hadley's Hope too. Then he bring's Ripley back and she safes the last Member of the Jordan Family. Respect, oh, and Thanks to Newt's Mom that she didn't warn the outher Citizens what they should beware of, when the next Team goes into the Egg Chamber.

"Ooh look, an unnatural landmark that looks like it's been wrecked. Let's take a peek inside without informing the relevant authorities. No way this could be the premise of a horror movie."

This scene made the movie so much better.

Special Edition, I has soooo many deleted scenes thrown in there!

What a lovely landscape, always raining and hallowing winds to comfort you at night, no need for sun blocks, no sun can give you skin cancer, what’s their not to like about this rock? I am trying to visualize a advertisement ad for getting colonization on off worlds, for places like this.

Thanks for the post 😎👍

This movie keeps on influencing generations. I was 3 or 4 when this movie came out, now 30. It's as big a part of my life as school or the Pledge of Allegiance. :)

They should have had the theatrical stay as it is, but added this scene as one of those after-the-credits scenes.

This rocks- thanks for posting it!!!

I'm glad they cut this scene, too. It goes on way too long and gives away way too much, too early in the movie. The deleted scene I miss the most is near the beginning of the movie, when Burke tells Ripley about her daughter. It gives us important information about Ripley and her motivations, because her later attachment to Newt seems to come out of nowhere.

05:30 Tea's ready.

For anyone who doesn't know, Newt's brother Timmy was played by Carrie Henn's real-life brother Christopher.

There's so many great things about this scene, such as seeing the life in the colony. But it definitely works best for us to return to LV423 with Ripley.

This is awesome-thanks!!!!!

I wish these colony scenes had been included in all the versions of Aliens. The suspense experienced after Ripley and the marines landed would not have been ruined. Sure, the audience would suspect that disaster occurred after the colonists encountered the face huggers, but not necessarily the full extent of the tragedy. The horrible reality-that Newt was the only remaining uninfected survivor-would not be clear at first.

Always loved this scene as a fan, but it's also why I always show/suggest people who have never seen the movie to watch the theatrical cut first. It's a lot better to discover the colony and most importantly Newt at the same time Ripley does, without knowing exactly how they were before the infestation. Also, the movie is almost always told from Ripley's perspective (or when she's not far), these scenes do not.

You son of a gun thank you so much for putting this up, I've been looking for this for a long time and couldn't find it anywhere you win the internet for this. I love this film (Aliens is the only one I haven't seen yet) I hope the prequel will be just as good as the originals.

We need just a prequel Alien film of what happened to all the colonists. Just rewatching Aliens we see the whole facility look like a war zone. Blood and bloody handprints throughout the facility. Them being crazy enough to capture a few face huggers and trying to observe them. It would be an insane horror movie.

I see that _James Cameron_ is a fan of _The Shining._ 2:01

This is the only scene in the special edition that deserved to be cut. It's kind of cool to see the colony and it explains what happened, and also see the derelict ship from Alien 1 and a facehugger again...but it removed a lot of tension from the subsequent scenes because we know what happened. Otherwise the special edition is way better than the theatrical edition.

I was just waiting for someone to say that! Thank you! Thank you!

this is really amazing sometimes I feel like time travelers are messing with the past because I look for stuff on KZfaq and it isnt there but then all of a sudden its there and posted way before the time i looked it up no way i could of missed it, this is amazing footage ty I love anything to do with space jockeys.

Why they Deleted this escene. I have see all the deleted scenes in Aliens, and everyone of them is excelent. I don't care if the movie last 3 hours, as long if its good.

I was excited to come across this scene for the first time. I think leaving it out was a good choice though. It would have changed the suspenseful feel of the movie.

Rest in peace Jay Benedict

I quite like getting a 'before and after' of Hadley's Hope in this cut. In the theatrical, you don't really get a sense that this desolate base was once a flourishing colony before the aliens showed up ....

I have always wanted to see a movie where we witness the fall of Hadley's Hope!!

This scene is better in the movie because we get to see the change in Newt and it really drives home how much she's seen and how much she's lost. Versus the theatrical version where she's just a random kid who shows up

Aliens is one of the greatest sequels of all time. if you ask me, as much as i think the first one is great and scary, the sequel was awesome and full of action and terror. they should of just made the first one, the sequel and a prequel and ended the alien films.

It's easy to see why this scene was deleted. Apart from the obvious spoiler and pacing problems, it would have been kinda strange that the ship wasn't discovered a long time ago, right when the first colonists came.

It's so cool to see this years later, but I also can see why it ended up on the cutting-room floor. The tone feels off to me, plus it spoils the mystery.

An interesting set-up, to be sure, but I can see why it ended up on the cutting room floor. A "mom and pop surveying team" which acts like a family going on a picnic? Where's Wally and the Beaver? Sorry, but a bit too "cutesy" and pedestrian, including the family's dialog. Besides, it was more effective to have Ripley and the Colonial Marines show up without showing the colony first... added to the mystery and suspense.

New cut in tottally unecessary. Is a master piece murdered!

it is 57 yrs later but u were on track and great explanation bro!!

@michiganboy10 ya CG has taken the "special" out of special effects. bring back practical models!

Mommy Daddy I'm going to be in a movie !!! CUT

IN: Ripley's disciplinary meeting & sentry gun plot OUT: All other added scenes, including this one This is a good deleted scene

This kicks ass. It builds up suspense and everything!!

Star Citizen needs to have gritty atmospherics like this on some planets ...please.

Would have been an interesting concept for a standalone movie to show the impact of that "discovery" on Hadleys Hope (representing a human society/ civilization), in Aliens you could see multiple facehuggers in the lab station, so it cannot have only been the one on Newts father which caused all of the shit, but they went and investigated and bit by bit the colony falls into chaos and death. Always wanted a "real" Alien movie taking place on earth, this would be close :)

The best thing: no fucking CGI. Everything was built and real.

This is freaking unbelievable!

i would've liked to have seen the colonists getting picked off by the aliens once the terror began.

I've just realized how much Newt kept screaming in the film! Do something! You survived in the ventilation of a terraforming complex overrun by Aliens for more than 17 days! Adapt!

All the minitures used is awsome

RIP Mr. Jay

My first impression was that the opening “mom and pop” rover animation looked amateurish and fake compared to the vehicular action in the theatrical version. I’m guessing that they decided to cut the scene before polishing it up.

While Alien 3 is a pretty good suspense, it stole away Ripley's and the ship's crew victory through a mile wide plot hole. Unforgivable.

I Love This Footage!

Paunchy dude at the beginning. And the big "W" on the big wheel. "They mostly come out at night.....mostly"

This scene was so important in the movie. Shouldn't have got deleted from the final version.

Stronger movie without this scene. Newt's lines are forced exposition, rover and other exterior miniatures look obvious, and better left to the imagination.

Essential scene

Wow I got the "Aliens" Screenplay and I read it some minutes ago and I never tought that this scene was filmed, Awesome!

Alien 3 had something that even modern day films lack.... It had balls. They were going for a morbid story filled with sadness and responsiblity. Not all heros ride off in the sunset and honestly that theme that has gotten old in Hollywood. This story was a suicide mission and as such this was a personal journey between Ripley and her demons. In order to do that they had to strip away everything Ripley holds dear. No Newt, No Hicks, No Romance, No Friends... Just her..

Ridley Scott made prometheous as an ancient alien film that borders the alien film. Everyone that slates prometheous shud realize its a stand alone film that touches on the alien franchise. Me personally thinks it was a really good move as there are a further 2 films being made.

Newts scream when she saw the face hugger was also used as the sound effect for the space vehicles landing ramp opening when bishop remote pilots the ship down to the planet near the end of the movie, kind of funny trivia

aliens is the best sci-fi-alien-shocker ever

When I was a kid, parents would leave their kids in parked cars all the time. I thought that was bad enough, but imagine it happening on a world like Acheron! No, thank you.

Man! I cant believe they cut all this out of the origanal. such amazing footage gone to waste, its would suck to be one of thoughs actors that never made the final cut. no one would believe you were in the film untill the directors cut came out.

Amazing lost piece of history.

If you have siblings, you have to feel for Newt's RL brother, who plays her brother in the movie. Imagine both getting casted for a movie, but the scene you're in gets scrapped and completely forgotten, while your sister goes on to become a cult icon for a whole generation. I hope for her brother's sake Newt's ego was more tempered than my siblings.