Yes amazing indeed.

At least we had him for a while...he got to be part of some of the biggest films in history...that is pretty special.

Loved Paxton's character in "True Lies".

@@thomast8539 If im not mistaken hes the only actor onscreen who has been killed by Alien, Predator and Terminator.

Hail Hydra.

@@Raivo_K he was thrown against a fence in Terminator. Whether that was actually fatal is debatable. That said Lance Henrikson ( Bishop in this film) was a police detective shot multiple times by Arnold in Terminator, played Charles Weyland in Aliens Versus Predators where a Predator killed him. Bishop technically survives this film, with his "death" only coming in Alien³ when Ripley shut him down, whether an android can die is the real point. So the real statistic is that the two actors played characters who were attacked by all three creatures, with their deaths being ambiguous in at least one film each.

Yes, but from the days of coin-operated video games that all said, "GAME OVER". A rare thing where, if you were alive at the time, the line sort of helps to "date" the movie, but if you grew up after coin-operated video games, it's just a cool line of dialogue and you miss getting to bust those of us that are that old.... I am so here for it. lol. This whole channel, this reaction and all these comments are just making me so happy right now. May everyone here live way longer than me. Y'all are great. (Kentucky dialect).

@@AlanCanon2222 Bruh, I’m 53 and in Alabama, so y’all ain’t got nothing on me. 😂 I remember the “Game Over” screens from arcade games… my early teens were spent pumping quarters into Mrs Pac-Man and Centipede… but in this instance, I actually meant Hudson’s entire panicked “Game over, man! Game over!” freakout. 😂

@@Steve_Blackwood I, am younger than at least one of you. Thirty-seven. Naturally this means I am far less mature. So (snickers) _pumping_ (heh) quarters into Ms. Pac-Man...? Don't judge me too poorly. New daughter, arrived - born really, 2 days ago. I haven't slept a wink in at least as long. Edited: Because I can't spell for nuts. Edited again: Because I can't believe I used the phrase "haven't slept a wink."

@@Steve_Blackwood Yes... I get it now. There's probably some linguistic term for a phrase that enters common usage and is used long after its origin is forgotten. "Film" would be a good example. "Oh, yeah, I saw that new 'Avengers' film!" (or whatever the new movie is). Yet those movies were shot on (highly advanced) video, but we will say "film". Question: Do people still say "dial" a telephone number? That would be similar but I don't know if people say it. Props to your beautiful state of Alabama. In Kentucky, I've been a part of the exploration and survey of the Mammoth Cave system, longest in the world. But it was just after I got sucked into Mammoth caving that I got taken down to TAG (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia) by some older cavers (I was 20, they were 30 and all already legends). We saw the impossibly beautiful open-air pit caves in that tri state area, right near Chattanooga. We did go, on that trip (I think TAG Fall Cave-In 1992) to Huntsville. There was a place there called "Unclaimed Baggage" that literally sold, in an antique mall setting, unclaimed baggage from plane flights, bought off at auction. That was Darlene's excuse to go there, but on our way through there, we drove past the headquarters of the Mecca of organized caving, the humble office building that was and is the headquarters of the National Speleological Society. As a space fan of your own age, even at 20 I had long known of Huntsville for its unequalled role in the development of human spaceflight. But in that moment, having lucked into getting sucked into Mammoth straightaway (I'm in Louisville, 90 miles north of the cave), being in northern Alabama was because the "older" cavers had accepted me, loaded me on top of their cave gear in the back of the truck, and taken me there. I will never forget it, that weekend on your impossibly beautiful edge of the Cumberland Plateau. I just cannot as an Kentuckian let your reference to the good state of Alabama pass without due deference to your storied and beautiful state, and the people who live in it. Come up US 31 for Derby Time, we'll be here.

@@AlanCanon2222 Games today still use Game over.

I was working in a movie theater when this was playing when I was 17. One of the other teenagers working there took the huge Alien cardboard display home with her. So jealous!

Vasquez had the best line. In response to "Vasquez, Have you ever been mistaken for a man?", she answered, "No. Have you?".

Alinens (1986) - back when tough characters were written that happened to be female. Every female marine that died went down fighting. *All characters were nuanced. Just good solid movie script writing.* The industry did not feel the need to have a huge virtue signaling parade for a flawless "Mary Sue" to save the day while proving men were useless.

She died Like a Hero

That's goddamn right, A++++++!!!!

Not completely pre CGI. Both Star Trek: Wrath of Khan and Young Sherlock Holmes had CG sequences 1-2 years before this came out.

@@mnomadvfx And 'Tron' was even before. But that doesn't matter much. Aliens is 100% devoid of CGI, like most movies at that time.

there was "stop-action" in the background while Ripley was operating the personal loader. wasn't there? but i guess that's not CGI

@@luvlgs1 The loader in the background was a miniature, and the legs were manipulated by sticks under a false floor. The folks who did most of the FX in this film have roots going back to the Gerry Anderson series such as Thunderbirds and later on Space:1999.

@@mnomadvfx CG from that era looked like CG

Fun fact: originally, it was read as "Alien2" with the "2" flipped backwards to look like an "s" Real fact: I made that up

@@mmsizzlak I was actually expecting that to be the title. They missed a trick, there.

Yeah Paul Reiser as Burke in Aliens is the absolute opposite of his character in Beverly Hills Cop.

@@mnomadvfx an interesting revisiting in Stranger Things!

Paul Reiser was incredible! What a sleezy guy!!! lol

@@mnomadvfx This is not my office!

The visual design of the xenomorph, the alien planet and derelict ship upon it are all Giger's work. However the story concept of the xenomorph and its lifecycle are from the initial screenwriters of Alien: Dan O'Bannon and Ron Shusett. Those guys are often not well credited for their work sadly, especially compared to Giger and Ridley Scott. Even more so as O'Bannon originally proposed Giger to design the alien stuff in the first place after working with him on the famous, but unsuccessful Jodorowsky Dune film production attempt in the 70s.

@Not Alfie I completely respect the amount of research you put into this. I love Gigers’ work so much I put a complete montage of his work on my back.

@Not Alfie No, Giger and Scott overshadow O Bannon simply because people talk about them more. This is partly because writers often get little press attention - but only partially in my opinion. If people talk about person x more than person y then person y will ultimately become at best overahdowed, and at worst completely forgotten. Considering the producers clearly tried to make it their own script from a later draft having ONLY their names on it...... I'd say that you could easily lay O Bannon's obscurity at their feet as producers have all the power to modify film PR ala posters, trailers and media interviews as they see fit. Yes O Bannon and Shusett had inspirations but again it was still their idea to have the alien burst out of someone which led to perhaps one of the most iconic moments in film history, perhaps more so than any other moment in that entire film. The entire concept of 'truckers in space' as a background to a horror film stems from O Bannon's work on Dark Star with John Carpenter and the less than convincing alien that left O Bannon somewhat disappointed with the result. You also overlook the fact that O Bannon's talking up of Giger's Necronomicon artwork to Ridley Scott prompted his hiring for the film. Is it possible that Ridley could have found Giger's artwork independently and hired him without consultation, or that another individual could have brought his artwork to his attention? Sure it's possible. Is it likely? Somewhat less so. O Bannon's connection to Giger on the abortive Dune preproduction is what prompted his familiarity to his work - without that his hiring is left up to chance. The film industry is huge with a lot of pre existing players that could easily have ended up designing the alien instead of Giger. Even the films Nostromo spacecraft designer Ron Cobb made an abortive attempt that could have been accepted had Alien been made as a Roger Corman film as originally planned before 20th Century Fox got serious about it being more than a B film. Also to downplay the original story and draft script writers of a franchise as simply the people with "the idea" is remarkably disingenuous considering without them it wouldn't exist at all. That's like pissing on George Lucas for Star Wars - because he certainly plagiarised a metric ton of sources to make it. If O Bannon and Shusett had half the pull that Lucas did they would probably own the rights to the Alien franchise now just as Lucas did to Star Wars before selling to Disney. But I guess not everyone can be a Francis Ford Coppola protege can they?

Agreed. The extended version helps explain so much.

I'm always sad when reviewers do the theatrical cut, without having to be in a theater the extended cut is superior.

The Theatrical cut has more pace so doesn’t hurt too much to watch that version first. That said, I do prefer the extended version with the exception of Ripley and Hicks exchanging first names. The short scene is an unnecessary pause/breather in-between the relentless action/tension that the audience shouldn’t be allowed, not until they escape the planet.

@Not Alfie A lot of the reactors I watch would appreciate the added emotional punch.

Imo also shows Aliens intelligence in How they stopped trying to push past the Sentry guns in the extended version

Yeah. Bill Paxton was so wonderful. So sad that he is no longer with us. Great actor and very nice man.

Yeah. It sucked when he got killed in the movie.

Actually Vasquez and Gorman die together at the same time using suicide by grenade to avoid being taken.

That was a touring exhibit! I saw that at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

@@kathyastrom1315 It was really something, wasn't it?

I miss props, I think CGI has made it all so sterile.

lmao

Come out to raid that fridge?

😂

Hold my eggs

"I forgot that the alien came out of that guy" - well not sure if you know what to expect if you forgot, love.

Is it weird that I can actually envision an Alien Queen holding a cold one?

@@Robert_Douglass nope, not at all. 👍

Less logical than predictable. Cameron is good at what he does, but originality is not his strong suit as a screenwriter. I used to think The Abyss was so original until I realised it's basically a remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951). Watch the special edition of The Abyss and you will see what I mean.

Yeah, that was pretty amazing.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

You'd think a marine would be able to keep it together a bit better, though. I mean, they're *trained* for shit like this. Okay, not xenomorphs specifically, but getting stranded behind enemy lines, having to survive in hostile environments until/if rescue arrives, that sort of thing.

Cat looks at human and thinks alien kills you as i run away, cats suck

@@eddiebirdie1545 They don't suck, they just recognize hopeless survival situations and when to nope on out.

Me either! Thinking about it, it doesn't seem like this particular breed of alien lets their hosts out of the nest. Of course, Ripley and the Marines wouldn't have known that. But we get verification when the egg opens in front of Newt after she's partially cocooned - and the facehugger comes out - it wouldn't have for someone who's already 'impregnated'.

@Ricardo Alonso Rojas In alien 3 Ripley gets the doctor to do an autopsy on newt and there's nothing in her so no newt wasn't infected. I'll say no more incase I ruin the end for other people lol

@@caseyh8386 But you'll spoil Marijchu about what ultimately happens to Newt?

Agree. I always thought 'future Ripley-composite-family butler' as well. And that 3 was a hibernation nightmare on the way to the pony show. I like your digital-report-ruse head cannon better. I reject my former head cannon and substitute it with your own.

Blomkampp's Alien movie was going to retcon Alien 3. Alas Ridley Scott got his mitts on Prometheus and that (and soon the franchise) was history. That being said, Fincher did a great job on Alien 3. Considering the pressure he was under, and the constraints coming into that job it's a miracle he didn't run away from film making forever after finishing it.

There’s supposed to be a comic book out that is based on the original screenplay of Alien 3. I heard it is better than the actual movie that came out. If you think Alien 3 sucks but are still a fan of the franchise, look it up.

The director's cut is too long and the added scenes tend to detract from the story.

I sadly only figured out there was a longer version too late. I'm glad to learn this though, I can imagine that made a huge impact!

@@patrickflanagan3762 not really, you have the reason for Ripley's connection to Newt.

One problem with the DC is that it introduces the character of Newt at the beginning of the film. So there's zero surprise when the marines land. I would've cut that opening scene. Otherwise it's great.

Im on the fence. Either is good i can see bth poins

I agree that it is the best however by the time I watched it it was common knowledge about the alien bursting out of the chest My mum saw it in the cinema and they were apparently very careful not to show any footage of the aliens at all in the marketing so no one was expecting it when the alien burst out of his chest and that does sound pretty epic if I'm honest.

I remember reading those.

@@zarquondam Me too...But How about the Alien III script by William Gibson==it basically gave us the Idea of how great a Hicks/Bishop 'buddy picture' would be.

Oh yeah, I remember that. I love the Alien comic books from Dark Horse Comics. I forgot the specific comic issue(s) that storyline was a part of. Those were better sequels than the actual movie sequels in my opinion.

@@penancethemutantgirl2935 You're telling me! I got that comic the first time it was issued--I still remember the image of that the deep space salvage drone discovering a Xeno alive in hard vacuum and sitting on top of a ruptured engine reactor, resistant to both the vacuum and the radiation....then it detached it'self and smashed thru the ''porthole' of the salvage ship to 'death tongue' some unlucky 'schmoe'

Better than her fate in the third movie that doesn't exist.

Honestly can't blame the kid. It looks fun!

Now all we need is a deck of cards

Jenette Goldstein played Pvt Vasquez. She was my neighbor a long time ago.

@@THOMMGB I hope not next door to john connors foster parents.

Burke's betrayal is in both cuts of the film. The only difference (for Burke) in the longer cut shows that someone from the company (who we later find out is Burke) has provided a grid reference to check out and that it directly links Newt's family to the execution of that decision.

I would nuke Newt from orbit just to be sure.

You couldn't live with yourself if you didn't..

I usually want people to make morally right and brave decisions, but in this case I could understand a deep visceral fear taking over. In a lot of cases I think I would be willing to risk my life to try to save another, but if I'm honest, I think this situation might be an exception... and also if the situation is spider related. Then they're on their own.

Of course I would I'm an old man I know and accept that I'm a lot closer to the end of my journey ....hers has just begun.

No

*H.* R. Giger. And, yes, he's also been a *huge* influence on video game design for *decades.*

I keep hearing about people seeing this as a kid with their parents. Wasn't this rated *R?*

@@brigidtheirish - Yes, I'm pretty sure it was rated R. I guess my parents were rather permissive when it came to movie watching restrictions. In my case, my parents separated when I was around 6 or 7, with split custody. Watching movies together became their prime family activity with their two kids. In mom's case, she always loved modern sci-fi and would take us to see the big ones at the theater. Starting with taking us to the first Star Wars when I was 2 and she was pregnant with my younger sister, and on through the 80s. Dad would constantly rent movies, usually with a pizza & movie evening on a weeknight. The age rating system was evolving back then and the 'R' rating showed up in the middle of that period, so it didn't matter to them. If one of them wanted to watch something, themselves, they'd take us.

@@NefariousKoel Makes sense. Dad's a bit older than Mom and has a rather dismissive attitude toward the rating system. Mom tends to be more protective in a way that makes me suspect that we'd have reached adulthood having only watched G-rated films if not for Dad. (If she didn't have us only watch PBS and EWTN.) Then again, this is the same woman who was so traumatized by Raiders of the Lost Ark that Dad stayed up until 2am playing Scrabble with her so she could calm down. They were *dating* at the time, not married, so he didn't have to, but I guess he felt a little guilty since he'd picked the movie for their date.

@@brigidtheirish - I consider myself fortunate regarding movie watching as a child. Ended up having some nasty stepmothers, in my teens, who were both restrictive and demeaning. The result was an extra rebellious and wild stage of my life. It probably would've been more so if I'd experienced such things in earlier childhood. Similar to the "preacher's kid going wild" stereotype I suppose.

@@NefariousKoel Oh, definitely. I like my parents, and I'm extra glad I have both of them because they balance each other out.

Nah. Newt was the most badass by miles and miles. Ripley only had a day with the alien prior to this movie. Newt was stuck there. Alone. For weeks.

@@mnomadvfx not arguing she was a canny survivor, but can you explain more of your reasoning?

Hicks and Ripley

Not with the SAS. They will have used the same methods and probably their training courses. But not directly with the SAS themselves - they do not operate openly as the regular army does and certainly would not debase their function for the purpose of American film making.

Also not even remotely the best sci fi military movie. Best sci fi infantry movie? OK you can have that. The only real competition there is Starship Troopers, and that is practically a parody anyway. For me the best sci fi military movie is Wrath of Khan hands down. It's basically a submarine naval combat film in space owing to the film makers radically altering the original Star Trek vibe to be much closer to naval military, even down to Saavik quoting regulations for engagements with unknown factors and Kirk using encoded messages due to compromised communications. Even the concept of the reactor radiation leak is much more like a sub film than previous Star Trek.

@@mnomadvfx ok, I stand corrected. I have a personal vendetta against Verhoeven for calling that piece of crap "Starship Troopers." I sure hope somebody, some day, will make the real "Starship Troopers" - the way Robert Heinlein intended it to be. I agree with Wrath of Khan - the best Star Trek movie until the 2008 remake. I wish SOMEBODY finally made the "Starwolf" (the book, not the cartoon), which was written the way the original Star Trek movies were supposed to be made. However, in terms of the unit cohesiveness and how the Space Marines might be in the future, Aliens is the best. Compare combat scenes in Alien to those in Covenant. Enough said. And

*Very* dark content, *extremely* sexual in a disturbing, 'something's being raped' sort of way.