For real! Let's see... We're new here on a hostile planet, and this girl has survived for months with no help? And everybody else got slaughtered in the first few days? Yeah. She is DEFINITELY in charge 😂

Everything's 20/20 in retrospect.

There is an alternate ending where they put Newt in charge and they spent the rest of the movie watching Dora the Explorer

This comment still has me laughing after a year

Lol right!

Sarge Moose Riders Hudson was never a coward.don’t ever say that about Bill Paxton’s character.Even the toughest men get scared and terrified after seeing the Friends sliced and diced by brutal alien monsters.But Hudson showed guts and he had guts.He proved later in the film he was ready to kick some alien ass!That’s where courage comes from Relaxing and believing in ur heart and soul that u need to stay alive for true reasons

Agree. This is an area in which movies excel over books. The trope of the character that everyone knows and sees as one way who acts differently under pressure. (Without going back to check easy sources, I will cite...) Like Adam Baldwin's character in Full Metal Jacket. He is a racist asshole in the scenes in combat down-time. In combat, he is the one person that is most active in wanting to save his black comrade from enemy fire. It strikes me as a point about who we think we are, or pretend to be, versus who we really are. In Aliens Hudson is a bit hapless, a bit carefree in the down-time. When the s**t gets real, so does he. ETA: Fixed my stupid error on Adam Baldwin's correct identification.

He dies a hero

Courage is when you keep going even though you're scared out of your mind.

@Terran Yes. Thanks for the ID.

Such great character arcs. The other characters represent who the audience wishes they were (Ripley is calm, collected, solution-oriented. Vasquez is a brave warrior. Hicks is a leader. Newt is a clever hider who can quickly flee danger) But Hudson represents how most of us REALLY are. Scared shitless. But even while being who we truly are, he does it in a funny way. So you can say to yourself "Yeah, I'd be like Hudson, scared and defeated, but at least I'd be funny about it!!"

@@koolaidman6251 Yeah, in _Alien_ it was Lambert who represents the fear of the audience, but she froze up in panic. Hudson moaned in the downtime between doing tasks, but it was cathartic, and he pulled his weight and went out fighting, took plenty of Xenos with him too, and more importantly didn't get anyone else killed through his actions or inactions. He didn't hesitate to put himself between Newt and the facehugger that was trying to get her.

"Why don't you put her in charge!?" being one of the best LOL...or "hey, maybe we demoralized them" haha...

Paxton was great in this

if this was made now, they would probably cast an annoying black actor for the comic relief.

Too right.

Her motivation to completely destroy the xenomorphs that builds a strong fire in her to see to it by any means, even at the cost of her life.

Sigourney is 6 feet tall though..... taller than many of the men so that helps

Yep, this is how you do a female heroin. Basically shes the opposite of SJW Rey from Star Wars.

Very well put !

Yeah, I would follow Newt. She knows them more than anybody

I've thought that since i watched this movie back in the 90's. Newt knows all the ins and outs of the complex and the Xenomorph activity times. I mean she warns them " its almost dark. They mostly come out at night...mostly..."

"Affirmative". My granddaughter has a stuffed xenomorph. She is a big Bill Paxton fan. l

My idea was that once the barricades were up, sentry guns placed, they move quickly and quietly back outside, while Bishop patches in manually, they could take a big CAT crawler out away from the colony. The xenos don't know its going to explode, so they're going to be busy dealing with the barricades and sentries first, then combing through all the scent trails in the colony complex. Plenty of time to get way far out into wasteland, set a picket, and wait for Bishop to bring the dropship down.

I would’ve went with Bishop to repair the satellite

Ikr 😂😂

Now say it the voice of Tommy Wiseau....Oh Hi Mark.

@@SeraphimRoad I am siiiick of your buuul shiit agh

Crybaby in space...............(8^/ Tornado eater on earth...........(8^)

nudist1033 yeah he panicked but when push came to shove Hudson was a marine who went down fighting.

True dat

@@maxfrankow1238 Even before he went down fighting, he showed he had guts. In the Med Lab when the facehuggers attacked Newt and Ripley, Hudson didn't hesitate to put himself between Newt and the horrible thing attacking her.

Meh. I'll take Animal Mother over Hudson any day.

I hope??..that's just so eerie you said it that way...

@@idxstudios I Hope he's been a good Christian so he could go to Heaven. There's nothing eerie.

@@justaman3419 very good..I rarely hear people put it specific instead of just rip...it puts the breaks on life..that your days are numbered and we have a choice that few don't think about..scary thought I deed..wants to make one give a good thought

@@idxstudios Amen to that brother

I hate films where everyone acts & says the right things & are unrealistic. Kubrick always said "Don't tell the story - show it". And Hudson shows that he is very scared of an enemy that is superior in every way except for human creativity. Kids are very creative, & so the girl survived by adapting. Contrary to belief, humans are very adaptive. It's only the system we are all confined to that is intransigent.

The "17 hours" line really speaks to me like when you know youre in a shitty situation and theres basicly no way to win

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Dont forget; 'why don't you put her in charge'' The same great facial acting. Cracks me up every time

may he RIP

What an actor !!! I'll forever miss Paxton and Private Hudson ...

All right I had a nightmare: I was with a random hotie girl and her little brother(8 years or so), we were in my hometown but for some reason it was overrun by the xenomorphs. I haven't seen them but I knew, like the way you know in a dream. Now for some reason there was a basement/underground passage very reminiscent to the colony in Aliens 1986 under a store that would lead us to safety. Underneath this passage was a sewer like the one Newt got kidnapped by the alien. We were walking and the kid kept talking about some random shit. Then we heard the xenomorphs in the distance in the sewer approaching our location. I grabbed the kid and tried to cover his mother telling him to shut up but he kept making noises and would not listen. I was scared shitless more so than Hudson - primal fear bordering with outright terror... I threw the kid into the sewer and squeezed into a corner praying that xenomorphs take the kid and won't notice me. His sister freaked out and went to save him. Then I woke up still scared but also stricken at what unspeakable thing I have done... I mean it was my subconsciousness and my life or death decision in a stressful situation after all...

@@DzinkyDzink whoa that's some terrifying dream you've experienced. Maybe your inner soul trying to tell you stop being selfish? This might help > kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oM53ocqdrpqvpJs.html

Illd say he's quite calm considering the situation

Must’ve been a moment for you all there. Never been to Okinawa or been a citizen of USA or even military.. actually.. the most important thing would be to say even been military... you lot are a different breed ... doesn’t matter the location or rank or country you just are. Love you all loads though.

Cool story. That's the thing, as someone else pointed out, we all want to be like Hicks or Vasquez, but we're really like Hudson.

Every infantryman below sergeant loves to complain, because their job sucks and there's no way to quit. NCOs are primarily selected based on their ability to complain *about* their squad instead of complaining *to* them (the former being good for discipline, and the latter being bad for it... apparently).

That's cool that a group of real life badass Marines would be humble enough to associate themselves with Hudson but he's an incredibly well played and relatable character. Salute to you and yours for your service!

I agree because Ripley and the little girl who were the only two up to that point had experiences with the Aliens. Imagine if this was real and you see a Alien crawling up your wall in your house for the first time. It would mess with your psyche. Now add to that you are out of space and the only known flight carrier has crashed and blew up. Out of all the characters I could relate to Hudson the most because I would have been acting the same way.😂

deepbrownone I agree!

Sorry but YA LIE ... it's hard to pick a "Single" best Paxton moment ... right ???

Maybe you haven't been keeping up with current affairs, but we just got our asses kicked pal! That is my favorite line. 👍. Great stuff.

I'm ready man ready to get it on!

Game Over Man, Game Over

I remember seeing this film as a little girl and emphasizing with Newt even more than with Ripley. I once found a comic book where she was grown up and was defending the earth from xenos. I was SO bummed when she died in Alien 3! They should just start a new film with Ripley waking up from cryo-sleep and all movies after Aliens were just a weird dream.

@@kissarococo2459 I was happy when I had learned that Alien 3 was not canon to the story

@@kissarococo2459 Just ignore Alien 3 ;)

@@VV-lw8vb no

@@troppie7823 Yes

Carrie Henn did a great job, even little bits like how she's between elbows trying to watch as they plan out where to barricade the Ops centre. They're discussing how to save themselves from being murdered by the most horrible things they've ever seen, and she's all "can I watch the map too?" very nice touch there by Cameron to include that.

Same. I agree

Nothing tops Die Hard for me, and nothing probably will (especially with the way Hollywood writing has gone) but Aliens is inarguably one of the greatest action movies of all time. Easy top 5.

affirmative

mostly

@@99flyinguppercuts mosely

Newt makes the movie. Period.

Whats better is in the novelization Newt actually says Aye-ffirmative just to make it more adorable and funny,

Isso mesmo !

The worst thing to come from feminists is the crybabies that whine about them.

She is so strong and firm yet completely believable at the same time, unlike a lot of other female "badasses" who are just cliche characters with a lot of plot armor

@@hnam1111 Totally, so many memorable scenes in this movie. Debriefing is my favorite one.

Found the incels.

That honor probably goes to, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," or, "You know how to whistle, Steve. Just put your lips together and blow." [Gone with the Wind, Key Largo.]

Depends on when you lived.

"Why don't you put it in title?"

Funny enough, they did. They came in through the floors. They came in through the ceiling and eventually broke through the doors. Lol

That whole part of the movie, Hudson was the viewer. He panicked when he realized how long they had to wait for a rescue. He flat out turned down going out alone to pilot the other ship in but he was all for Bishop going to do it. Lol. Hudson’s humanity made that tense moment funny and real.

SepticSchizo955 Nah, the knife scene is best.

My favorite Hudson line. Love the delivery. Paxton was awesome.

Fuckin Ay

The whole movie was the best part.

Why don't we put in in charge

It hits HARD!!!

I say this to my little brother all the time...he can be such a pita

You're a good parent.

There's a reason why Cameron keeps using her.

And they did.

Isnt there a way to force the paxton family to put "its game over, man, game over!" On bills headstone??

I saw this in 1986 in a theater, and the crowd was surprised at how good it was and laughed at this just as your father described.

He’s afraid, but not a coward. He just needs to vent which prevents him from being a good leader, but he’s still a good soldier. He’s just the type of guy who needs proper leadership to guide him. Ultimately, he’ll do the right thing.