@@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.
I saw this in the movies when i was 16 and it broke my heart when both Hudson and Vasquez died, i really though that at least one of them would survive, Hudson manned up in the end and went out like boss and Vasquez was just rock solid throughout the whole movie, she never wavered once.
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!
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.
Aliens was pre CGI. The power loader and queen were huge marionettes suspended from cranes. The power loader had a guy hidden behind Ripley, and the queen had two operators inside doing the head and arms.
@@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.
Sigourney Weaver was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. A first for the leading lady in an action/science fiction movie. The only other other actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar in an action/science fiction movie was Sandra Bullock in Gravity 27 years later (2013).
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.
It was a great reaction Mari, your genuine terror was delightful, never more so than clutching your pillow while still hoping that Burke gets wasted. It's interesting you were predicting things that were going to happen, but still freaked out by them. To me it highlights that telling a logical story is always more effective than doing a twist for a twist's sake.
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.
Nothing more terrifying than the Alien tail rising up out of the water. Or the Aliens inner mouth loading as you look over your should. In fact it's all terrifying when the Alien is involved.
"More than one alien? Oh, alienS...that took me a long time..." :-D Back around 1990 I went to a movie special effects exhibit at a local museum. They had matte paintings from Blade Runner, a werewolf mask from The Howling, that kind of thing. The centerpiece of the show was the mother alien and the loader from this movie, positioned so they were fighting and strung up so you walked underneath them. The scale of both those props was astonishing and incredibly impressive.
You described it perfectly. I always tell people, the 1st one is SCARY scary, but the 2nd is SUSPENSEFUL !!! And I concur, that's because the 1st one, you don't know the aliens capabilities and Ripley is basically all alone in all the parts that matter. The 2nd one, you know what aliens are and she's got a LOT of company for the aliens to go through before it gets to her.
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22:00 Best part of the whole reaction “Holy cow… WHO INVENTED THIS?” 😂🤣.
My favorite scene has always been Ripley running into the female laying the eggs. When I first saw the camera panning across the size of it, I was amazed!! YOU are the only reactor to this movie to show it entirely!! Yes I enjoyed this very much!! Byeeeee
The extended version restores a lot of Ripley's backstory. It starts on the Colony and we are introduced to Newt and her family. When we hear the words "We've lost contact with the colony" that makes it harder because we've already MET them! When Ripley finally gets back her daughter that she had left behind to go on the first mission has died of old age. When she encounters Newt the maternal instinct kicks in, and there is no way in HELL that Ripley is leaving Newt behind
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.
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 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?
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.
James Cameron likes working with the same actors. Bill Paxton is in Cameron’s Titanic, Terminator and True Lies. Micheal Biehn is in The Abyss and Terminator, Lance Henriksen is in Terminator. The actress who plays Vasquez plays John Connor’s stepmom in terminator 2 and a passenger in Titanic. Henriksen, Paxton, and the Vasquez actress play vampires in Cameron’s ( at the time) wife’s Gale Anne Hurd film Near Dark. Sigourney Weaver is in Cameron’s Avatar.
I watched this when it came out. I was 13 at the time. The part that got me was when the aliens found the alternate way through the ceiling. I slept with a night light on for several months after. Also, out of all the movies in this franchise, this IS the best one.
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 wanted to thank you and my fellow @Marijchu fans for the lovely chat during the Premiere. With so much trouble on the planet, it was fun to let go and celebrate, with people all over that planet, a work of the imagination which carries us somewhere else, at least for a while. I look forward to any future premieres. What a wonderful channel, and subscribers, you have!
At university this was my hangover movie, the early days of dvd, not many people had them yet. Every time we woke up feeling sick, and like we wanted to die, we all sat around and watched aliens. Several times a week…
Thing is, there are books on this franchise, and in the books it notes that the company knew about these aliens the whole time, even since the first movie and it's why Ripley's team was sent out there on purpose to investigate, on company's orders. After reading those books, Ripley's arguments with Burke hit even more at home, and it makes a lot of sense when she claims that the aliens aren't killing eachother over some percentage of a company.
"Holy hell, who invented this?" - The name is H.R.Giger - he was an artist from Switzerland who, more or less, invented his own art style, depicting "Biomechanoid" beings and landscapes. These would typically be some mixture of machine and grown bits and more often than not have a dark, sexual undertone. Today, thanks to Alien mostly, Giger is pretty well known and when you see one of his pictures (Google) you can clearly recognize his style in the Xenomorph from Alien, which is pretty much a direct adaption of one of his biomechanoid creations - but back in the day pretty much nobody in the audience has ever seen something like this. The Alien looks more alien than what viewers were used to - even though in the first movie it literally just was a guy in a suit. "That's still in the 80s, right?" - Right. This was still long before you could tell a computer to draw you a realistic 3d Monster, Spaceship or whatever. Meaning that all you see in this movie was done with models filmed so they look big (the ships and the air shots of the colony), and what boils down to hyper-complicated puppets made out of a steel frame with loads of rubber and goo on it. A huge creature like the alien queen would then be "played" by a whole team of puppeteers, each being responsible to steer one aspect of the creature. Like - one controls the arms or maybe just one arm, one the head, another one the mouth and so forth. To achieve this they had to pull cables or remote control motors and hydraulics inside the beast. This was a real team effort. And boy-oh-boy: Alien/Aliens still holds up perfectly to this day, it's for a reason this is now considered a masterpiece.
20:07 I mean, if I'm honest, I suspect what I'd have done is have Hudson's meltdown much earlier in the film, and go catatonic in a corner somewhere and at best, die in the explosion at the end. The other alternative is that I'd make it to that point, leave, and then drink myself to death trying to deal with the case of super-extra PTSD I'd have.
The extended cut shows that Burke is the true villain of this movie. "I don't know who's worse them or us. You don't seem them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage". You see Burke's saving grace is also his worst trait. Burke believed Ripley's story and he's the one that sent Newt's family out to the ship from the first movie to check out Ripley's story. They didn't tell anyone or bring any backup because the way The Company (Weyland-Yutani) works is if you discover a new life form or technology, the Company cuts you in on a percentage of whatever is developed from that. So in Burke's case, he sent them out there to find it and the family and Burke split the percentage on what the company develops from it. Seeing as how the Xenomorphs were going into the company's bioweapons development program, it was going to be enough to make them filthy stinkin rich forever. But he drastically underestimated what he was dealing with. Newt's dad came back to the colony with a facehugger and it was all downhill from there. Burke of course never copped to this. He also was able to select Gorman, an absolute rookie unit commander from the Colonial Marines to lead the team because he felt he'd be malleable as opposed to someone with experience who would tell him to eat shit if he did anything to jeopardize the mission. It was likely also Burke's call to only send a small platoon instead of a whole company.
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.
In the old comics Newt is in a mental institution, suffering ptsd, but she reaches out to Hicks, who busts her out and they team up to find the Alien home world. That is a super simplified explanation of a great series of comics.
@@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'
Looks like you are watching the theatrical cut and not the extend director’s cut. That’s a bit unfortunate, as the extended cut goes much more into the character of Ripley. Like you wondered about her parents and her siblings being gone after 57 years, but actually she had a DAUGHTER that passed away in that time. This also gives another level to the relationship of Ripley and 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.
Hey Mari. You asked who invented the Alien look. Check out the works of D.R. Ghiger. A amazing German nerco artist. He made the original art design in the late 60's, early 70's and Ridley Scott paid him royalties to use his art and designs. Plus he hired him as art director for the first movie.
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.
The best way I’ve ever heard horror described is like spicy foods. Capsaicin in peppers is an irritant that plants developed so that animals wouldn’t eat them, but some people really love spicy foods, because it adds a variety and kick to things, even though it’s irritating to the younger, stomach, and... other things. Horror as a genre is like that, it’s repelling, but it has an allure to people. Some like more, some like less.
Also fun fact: when Newt falls down the vent, actress Carrie Henn deliberately messed up the take so that she could go again. Director James Cameron took her to one side and promised her if she can give him one usable take, she can go on the slide the rest of the day. She did, and he kept his promise.
I love your commitment to no cursing. It is most admirable. I sure wouldn't be able to do it. Your facial expressions speak volumes about all you'd like to say. Well done! 👍
Ahhh. Mari. I don't think the pillow and the cat will help you through this flick. Especially when the mother alien shows up and puts you in.a cocoon. But just hold on to little Newt, shell get you through this for sure. Heck, Newt outlasted the Military forces in this movie.
Mari! You should do more scary movies. You're so much fun to watch. The screaming, looks of horror on your face, and your death grip on your pillow. Maybe you need a bigger pillow? :) With some reactors, I like to watch the movie, but, with you, well, you're the show. Really enjoyable.
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
Oh my word, Mari!! Another WONDERFUL reaction to one of my very favorite films!! The part near the end when you were describing the mech suit with your fingers and making the noises ABSOLUTELY cracked me up!!!
I've passed the story before and I'll pass it again, Paul Reiser, Burke's actor well known for the NBC Comedy hit Mad About You, brought his mother to the Aliens premiere, and *she* was happy when he got wasted in this movie.
7:57 - "I thought the contact with the base just ended, but she seems to have been there for a while" -- One has to factor in the amount of time it takes to get from Earth to this planet. The ships in this universe can't zip around as quickly as in Star Wars or Star Trek.
On the subject of claustrophobia: When i was young, me and my cousins crawled into a rain drainage system underneath a road. It was as tight as the tunnel Bishop goes through in this movie. We all could have easily died there, drowned or suffocated, but at the time i did not think anything of it. When i think back on it now i can't even fathom putting myself in such a situation, i get goosebumps just remembering the walls pressing against my arms. It was suggested by the dumbest of my cousins. That motherfucker almost got me killed again another time when he decided to swim out to sea with me on his back. Some people were born to win a Darwin award. it was a miracle he made it into adulthood and did not drag me down with him.
OG here.... 21:32: Hollywood had yet to make common and refine the 'Holy Crap" (actually different word) moment in movies. Amongst the many scenes leading up to this moment, there was still an audible reaction to the film, but when the Queen was revealed, the theater was quiet but you could feel the chill everyone experienced. Back in the day, we knew reality from movies, but at that econd were in the moment and really felt palpable fear/tension with this scene.
Remember when they lost contact with lv426 it took months for the rescue team to get their that’s why the hibernation pods poor Newt was a badass survivor
Mari...what do you think about Vasquez? Bad-a** out the wazoo, no?!!! Thanks for leaving in that line. Vasquez isn't even the protagonist, but has to be one of the most heroic bad-a**es in movie history for being just a team-player. Love Vasquez!
I remember my mother taking me and my little sister to see this in the theater when I was 11 years old. Also remember getting a bit of the shakes on the way home, coming down from the adrenaline rush. It was awesome.
@@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.
Great reaction. At the end - Best Mom vs Mom fight ever. You can see the difference between writing styles. Alien was written as a horror suspense, Aliens was an action film. The Terminator series is similar. Terminator is suspense, Terminator Two is action. In both cases, the first two movies are the best. Quality drops after the second movie.
“Who invented this?!?” The answer: HR Giger, amazing artist, I think he was an industrial designer, personal friend of Salvador Dali, his art is not for everyone but he was really great. All the alien concept is his work, so now you know who to blame for this. :) Greetings from Peru
This is from Wiki. - The Colonial Marines cast was a mix of British and American actors who underwent three weeks of intensive training with the British Special Air Service (SAS). Vietnam War veteran Al Matthews (Apone) helped to train the actors, teaching them not to point their weapons at people because their blanks were still hazardous. The training was intended to help the marine cast to develop camaraderie and treat the rest of the cast (Weaver, Reiser, and Hope) as outsiders. Biehn's late casting caused him to miss the training, and he said he regretted being unable to customize his armor like the other actors had. To this day this is the BEST SciFi military movie ever made.
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
In the extended version (which I prefer), we learn Ripley had a daughter who died two years before her rescue. This gives added meaning to why she went back to save Newt . . .
You have to watch some of the makings of this movie.. how they did that queen alien is incredible.. the practice, the sheer size of it.. SUPER impressive, especially for the 80s
26:16 "Are we done?" ::hides all copies of Alien 3:: Yes, Ripley, Hicks and Newt lived happily ever after with a refurbished Bishop as their robot butler. They had pony rides, cooked marshmallows on campfires and sang happy songs. That is exactly what happened. Alien 3 was an elaborate ruse cooked up by Bishop to throw off the company, so they could live their lives in peace.
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.
Burke is employed by the same people who put Ash on the Nostromo. He tried to get Ripley & Newt implanted. Unfortunately for him, he underestimated the aliens! I saw this film 4 times in the theater. The end -- where Ripley squares off against the Queen on the ship -- I view as Ripley assuming the role of warrior-protector (an archetype): putting on her suit of armor, facing her demon.
I think Burke's plan was to use Bishop, once they were all either dead or impregnated. Bishop, while a good robit, was still a product of Weyland-Yutani, and as such it's unlikely an officer of the corporation wouldn't have verbal command over it. "Who invented this?!" - The actual physical model of the Alien specie was created the legend HR Giger. An incredibly talented swiss artist, albeit very, very dark content.
The scariest part is the drones/warriors/cannon fodder aliens alone are highly intelligent to the point of problem solving. The Queen herself is smarter and even exhibits human traits such as reasoning, deal making, treachery, anger and vindictiveness.
Mari, I'm glad you made it through Aliens. I was a little worried about you. You deserve a break and should watch something good and fun like Top Secret. If you're willing to watch a movie that will scare the bejesus out of you, watch The Exorcist. You'll have nightmares for a month! For some industrial strength suspense, watch The Silence of the Lambs.
This is lovely, I adore your reactions, you react to all the same things I do! Lol. But not in the same way, which makes it fun and fascinating. So wonderful, top recommendation! Will be watching from now on.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. The part when the queen alien's tail pierces Bishop, for a few seconds I thought he got implanted by one of the face huggers, and it was a robotic alien coming out of his chest. :D
It's a common thing in horror movies that in additional to the monster menace there's *also* a garden-variety evil-human menace. Stephen King, for example, usually does that.
Really freaky seeing the one playing Vasquez played the step mother in Terminator II. Lost a ton of weight. She was turned down a part in another movie because the role called for a Latina. Turns out she's Jewish. And Michael Biehn, who plays Hicks here, played Sara Connor's protector and eventually John Connor's dad in The Terminator movie. Side note: Actor playing Hudson, Bill Paxton, is in Arnold's movie True Lies.
Game over man, game over!!
Legendary quote.
RIP Bill Paxton. We really miss you man :´(
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.
Fun fact: Paul Reiser (who plays Burke) took his mother to the premier. She cheered when the alien got him.
Alien Queen: All Animatronics, No CGI. Amazing.
Yes amazing indeed.
The look on your face when you realize why the movie is called "Aliens": priceless. Thank you. I enjoy your videos.
(from behind a clutched pillow) : KARMA!!!
You're great Mary
I saw this in the movies when i was 16 and it broke my heart when both Hudson and Vasquez died, i really though that at least one of them would survive, Hudson manned up in the end and went out like boss and Vasquez was just rock solid throughout the whole movie, she never wavered once.
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++++++!!!!
Aliens was pre CGI. The power loader and queen were huge marionettes suspended from cranes. The power loader had a guy hidden behind Ripley, and the queen had two operators inside doing the head and arms.
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
"I have my cat to protect me"
She's doomed.
Love that the cat was preventing use of the protective pillow at the beginning!! 😁
And 21:54 "Holy Hell! Who invented THIS! 😲😳
MARY: F YOU ALIENS!
ALIENS: Ahh! Harsh language! Retreat, retreat!
😂❤️😂❤️
Sigourney Weaver was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. A first for the leading lady in an action/science fiction movie.
The only other other actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar in an action/science fiction movie was Sandra Bullock in Gravity 27 years later (2013).
Hudson’s “game over” bit is now a classic someone “losing his 💩” pop culture reference. 😂
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 think Burke’s actor said something like ‘even my mother was cheering when Burke bought it.’
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!
"All the swear words, right?" Probably my favorite Mary quote so far.
It was a great reaction Mari, your genuine terror was delightful, never more so than clutching your pillow while still hoping that Burke gets wasted. It's interesting you were predicting things that were going to happen, but still freaked out by them. To me it highlights that telling a logical story is always more effective than doing a twist for a twist's sake.
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.
Nothing more terrifying than the Alien tail rising up out of the water. Or the Aliens inner mouth loading as you look over your should. In fact it's all terrifying when the Alien is involved.
Now THIS is how you write a badass female lead!
"More than one alien? Oh, alienS...that took me a long time..." :-D
Back around 1990 I went to a movie special effects exhibit at a local museum. They had matte paintings from Blade Runner, a werewolf mask from The Howling, that kind of thing. The centerpiece of the show was the mother alien and the loader from this movie, positioned so they were fighting and strung up so you walked underneath them. The scale of both those props was astonishing and incredibly impressive.
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.
Haha, that moment when you realize it's called "Aliens".
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.
Thanks for leaving in:
"What are we supposed to use...harsh language?"
"Whaddayamean THEY cut the power. How can they cut the power; they're animals."
I'm like an alien...I mostly come out at night, mostly....(and when cool reaction videos are uploaded)
lmao
Come out to raid that fridge?
You described it perfectly. I always tell people, the 1st one is SCARY scary, but the 2nd is SUSPENSEFUL !!! And I concur, that's because the 1st one, you don't know the aliens capabilities and Ripley is basically all alone in all the parts that matter. The 2nd one, you know what aliens are and she's got a LOT of company for the aliens to go through before it gets to her.
22:00 Best part of the whole reaction “Holy cow… WHO INVENTED THIS?” 😂🤣.
My favourite part is screaming from behind the pillow "YES! KARMA!" :D
5:25 OMG you called it, Vasquez was the last one to die! Hahaha
Actually Vasquez and Gorman die together at the same time using suicide by grenade to avoid being taken.
„Will she be able to live a normal life after this?!“ Well, can you? lol
“This one is easier for me to watch. There is no fear of the unknown.”
Alien Queen: “Hold my beer.”
😂
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. 👍
My favorite scene has always been Ripley running into the female laying the eggs. When I first saw the camera panning across the size of it, I was amazed!! YOU are the only reactor to this movie to show it entirely!!
Yes I enjoyed this very much!! Byeeeee
The extended version restores a lot of Ripley's backstory. It starts on the Colony and we are introduced to Newt and her family. When we hear the words "We've lost contact with the colony" that makes it harder because we've already MET them! When Ripley finally gets back her daughter that she had left behind to go on the first mission has died of old age. When she encounters Newt the maternal instinct kicks in, and there is no way in HELL that Ripley is leaving Newt behind
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
Who invented this??? - the man, the myth, the legend... H.R. Giger
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?
Alien was a "haunted house", Aliens is more like a "roller coaster".
Everyone was great in this movie, but Hudson was so awesome! RIP Bill Paxton
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.
Lmao... "got my pillow to protect me.. got my cat..." cat looks up like "you got what?" This is going to be good.
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.
I kind of liked Hudson(the scared dude) because to be honest I'd probably lose it in that situation too. But he still went down fighting.
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.
Now we can finally use the “take off and nuke the sites from orbit’” meme on discord.
This movie is so great. I don't know how you could ever top it. It's a good thing they never tried to make a sequel or other bad ideas.
James Cameron likes working with the same actors. Bill Paxton is in Cameron’s Titanic, Terminator and True Lies. Micheal Biehn is in The Abyss and Terminator, Lance Henriksen is in Terminator. The actress who plays Vasquez plays John Connor’s stepmom in terminator 2 and a passenger in Titanic. Henriksen, Paxton, and the Vasquez actress play vampires in Cameron’s ( at the time) wife’s Gale Anne Hurd film Near Dark. Sigourney Weaver is in Cameron’s Avatar.
Jenette Goldstein played Pvt Vasquez. She was my neighbor a long time ago.
@@THOMMGB I hope not next door to john connors foster parents.
I watched this when it came out. I was 13 at the time. The part that got me was when the aliens found the alternate way through the ceiling. I slept with a night light on for several months after. Also, out of all the movies in this franchise, this IS the best one.
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 very much looking forward to your reactions. What better compliment can a content creator get.
Marijchu: "It's easier when you know what to expect"
Bishop: "It must be something we haven't seen yet"
Marijchu: ...
Yeah, that was pretty amazing.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
I wanted to thank you and my fellow @Marijchu fans for the lovely chat during the Premiere. With so much trouble on the planet, it was fun to let go and celebrate, with people all over that planet, a work of the imagination which carries us somewhere else, at least for a while. I look forward to any future premieres. What a wonderful channel, and subscribers, you have!
Now all we need is a deck of cards
At university this was my hangover movie, the early days of dvd, not many people had them yet. Every time we woke up feeling sick, and like we wanted to die, we all sat around and watched aliens. Several times a week…
Thing is, there are books on this franchise, and in the books it notes that the company knew about these aliens the whole time, even since the first movie and it's why Ripley's team was sent out there on purpose to investigate, on company's orders. After reading those books, Ripley's arguments with Burke hit even more at home, and it makes a lot of sense when she claims that the aliens aren't killing eachother over some percentage of a company.
"Game over man!" was an improvised line.
"Holy hell, who invented this?" - The name is H.R.Giger - he was an artist from Switzerland who, more or less, invented his own art style, depicting "Biomechanoid" beings and landscapes. These would typically be some mixture of machine and grown bits and more often than not have a dark, sexual undertone.
Today, thanks to Alien mostly, Giger is pretty well known and when you see one of his pictures (Google) you can clearly recognize his style in the Xenomorph from Alien, which is pretty much a direct adaption of one of his biomechanoid creations - but back in the day pretty much nobody in the audience has ever seen something like this. The Alien looks more alien than what viewers were used to - even though in the first movie it literally just was a guy in a suit.
"That's still in the 80s, right?" - Right. This was still long before you could tell a computer to draw you a realistic 3d Monster, Spaceship or whatever. Meaning that all you see in this movie was done with models filmed so they look big (the ships and the air shots of the colony), and what boils down to hyper-complicated puppets made out of a steel frame with loads of rubber and goo on it. A huge creature like the alien queen would then be "played" by a whole team of puppeteers, each being responsible to steer one aspect of the creature. Like - one controls the arms or maybe just one arm, one the head, another one the mouth and so forth. To achieve this they had to pull cables or remote control motors and hydraulics inside the beast.
This was a real team effort. And boy-oh-boy: Alien/Aliens still holds up perfectly to this day, it's for a reason this is now considered a masterpiece.
20:07 I mean, if I'm honest, I suspect what I'd have done is have Hudson's meltdown much earlier in the film, and go catatonic in a corner somewhere and at best, die in the explosion at the end.
The other alternative is that I'd make it to that point, leave, and then drink myself to death trying to deal with the case of super-extra PTSD I'd have.
The extended cut shows that Burke is the true villain of this movie. "I don't know who's worse them or us. You don't seem them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage". You see Burke's saving grace is also his worst trait. Burke believed Ripley's story and he's the one that sent Newt's family out to the ship from the first movie to check out Ripley's story. They didn't tell anyone or bring any backup because the way The Company (Weyland-Yutani) works is if you discover a new life form or technology, the Company cuts you in on a percentage of whatever is developed from that. So in Burke's case, he sent them out there to find it and the family and Burke split the percentage on what the company develops from it. Seeing as how the Xenomorphs were going into the company's bioweapons development program, it was going to be enough to make them filthy stinkin rich forever. But he drastically underestimated what he was dealing with. Newt's dad came back to the colony with a facehugger and it was all downhill from there. Burke of course never copped to this. He also was able to select Gorman, an absolute rookie unit commander from the Colonial Marines to lead the team because he felt he'd be malleable as opposed to someone with experience who would tell him to eat shit if he did anything to jeopardize the mission. It was likely also Burke's call to only send a small platoon instead of a whole company.
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.
In the old comics Newt is in a mental institution, suffering ptsd, but she reaches out to Hicks, who busts her out and they team up to find the Alien home world. That is a super simplified explanation of a great series of comics.
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.
Looks like you are watching the theatrical cut and not the extend director’s cut. That’s a bit unfortunate, as the extended cut goes much more into the character of Ripley. Like you wondered about her parents and her siblings being gone after 57 years, but actually she had a DAUGHTER that passed away in that time. This also gives another level to the relationship of Ripley and Newt.
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
Hey Mari. You asked who invented the Alien look. Check out the works of D.R. Ghiger. A amazing German nerco artist. He made the original art design in the late 60's, early 70's and Ridley Scott paid him royalties to use his art and designs. Plus he hired him as art director for the first movie.
*H.* R. Giger. And, yes, he's also been a *huge* influence on video game design for *decades.*
Would you go back for Newt ? :D BE HONEST
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
Loved this reaction! I was waiting for this one, and it didn't disappoint. :)
Probably my favorite reaction you've done. I laughed out loud at least three times. 😁
The best way I’ve ever heard horror described is like spicy foods. Capsaicin in peppers is an irritant that plants developed so that animals wouldn’t eat them, but some people really love spicy foods, because it adds a variety and kick to things, even though it’s irritating to the younger, stomach, and... other things. Horror as a genre is like that, it’s repelling, but it has an allure to people. Some like more, some like less.
Also fun fact: when Newt falls down the vent, actress Carrie Henn deliberately messed up the take so that she could go again. Director James Cameron took her to one side and promised her if she can give him one usable take, she can go on the slide the rest of the day. She did, and he kept his promise.
Honestly can't blame the kid. It looks fun!
I love your commitment to no cursing. It is most admirable. I sure wouldn't be able to do it. Your facial expressions speak volumes about all you'd like to say. Well done! 👍
Ahhh. Mari. I don't think the pillow and the cat will help you through this flick. Especially when the mother alien shows up and puts you in.a cocoon. But just hold on to little Newt, shell get you through this for sure. Heck, Newt outlasted the Military forces in this movie.
Mari! You should do more scary movies. You're so much fun to watch. The screaming, looks of horror on your face, and your death grip on your pillow. Maybe you need a bigger pillow? :) With some reactors, I like to watch the movie, but, with you, well, you're the show. Really enjoyable.
I was in high school when this movie was released. I graduated the following year, just in time for The Predator.
Your reactions were so fun to watch!...but I MIGHT not want to be sitting beside you in a theater! LOL!
I've seen this movie so many times and it never occurred to me that Newt might be carrying an alien.
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?
Oh my word, Mari!! Another WONDERFUL reaction to one of my very favorite films!! The part near the end when you were describing the mech suit with your fingers and making the noises ABSOLUTELY cracked me up!!!
If I ever live long enough to see Mari cuss like a sailor I’ll die a happy man.
One of the best Sequels ever!
I've passed the story before and I'll pass it again, Paul Reiser, Burke's actor well known for the NBC Comedy hit Mad About You, brought his mother to the Aliens premiere, and *she* was happy when he got wasted in this movie.
7:57 - "I thought the contact with the base just ended, but she seems to have been there for a while" -- One has to factor in the amount of time it takes to get from Earth to this planet. The ships in this universe can't zip around as quickly as in Star Wars or Star Trek.
On the subject of claustrophobia: When i was young, me and my cousins crawled into a rain drainage system underneath a road. It was as tight as the tunnel Bishop goes through in this movie. We all could have easily died there, drowned or suffocated, but at the time i did not think anything of it. When i think back on it now i can't even fathom putting myself in such a situation, i get goosebumps just remembering the walls pressing against my arms. It was suggested by the dumbest of my cousins. That motherfucker almost got me killed again another time when he decided to swim out to sea with me on his back. Some people were born to win a Darwin award. it was a miracle he made it into adulthood and did not drag me down with him.
One of my favourite ever reactions to Aliens.
Thank you
at the end of the credits there is a silence then the sound of an egg opening that foreshadows the alien 3 movie
OG here.... 21:32: Hollywood had yet to make common and refine the 'Holy Crap" (actually different word) moment in movies. Amongst the many scenes leading up to this moment, there was still an audible reaction to the film, but when the Queen was revealed, the theater was quiet but you could feel the chill everyone experienced. Back in the day, we knew reality from movies, but at that econd were in the moment and really felt palpable fear/tension with this scene.
Remember when they lost contact with lv426 it took months for the rescue team to get their that’s why the hibernation pods poor Newt was a badass survivor
Mari...what do you think about Vasquez? Bad-a** out the wazoo, no?!!! Thanks for leaving in that line. Vasquez isn't even the protagonist, but has to be one of the most heroic bad-a**es in movie history for being just a team-player. Love Vasquez!
What a thoroughly entertaining reaction lol
The directors cut is quite a bit better imho, explains more about Newt and the colony and have some memorable additional action scenes ;)
I remember my mother taking me and my little sister to see this in the theater when I was 11 years old.
Also remember getting a bit of the shakes on the way home, coming down from the adrenaline rush.
It was awesome.
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.
When you have your cute Cat and Baby Yoda who protects you, you never have to be afraid.😺🤗
Great reaction. At the end - Best Mom vs Mom fight ever. You can see the difference between writing styles. Alien was written as a horror suspense, Aliens was an action film. The Terminator series is similar. Terminator is suspense, Terminator Two is action. In both cases, the first two movies are the best. Quality drops after the second movie.
Love that your Alien Vs Ripley fight Boise was... and I quote... "BONK!"
Great reaction, as always! From here, there are two directions: Starship Troopers if you like the action, or Event Horizon if you like the horror.
“Who invented this?!?” The answer: HR Giger, amazing artist, I think he was an industrial designer, personal friend of Salvador Dali, his art is not for everyone but he was really great. All the alien concept is his work, so now you know who to blame for this. :)
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I used to right on college bathrooms walls "Game Over, man! Game over! -Bill Paxton, Aliens"
This is from Wiki. - The Colonial Marines cast was a mix of British and American actors who underwent three weeks of intensive training with the British Special Air Service (SAS). Vietnam War veteran Al Matthews (Apone) helped to train the actors, teaching them not to point their weapons at people because their blanks were still hazardous. The training was intended to help the marine cast to develop camaraderie and treat the rest of the cast (Weaver, Reiser, and Hope) as outsiders. Biehn's late casting caused him to miss the training, and he said he regretted being unable to customize his armor like the other actors had. To this day this is the BEST SciFi military movie ever made.
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
It's just precious to watch your horror, remembering my own the first time I saw this. Early 90s, on tv, with commercials, but scary af!
In the extended version (which I prefer), we learn Ripley had a daughter who died two years before her rescue. This gives added meaning to why she went back to save Newt . . .
You have to watch some of the makings of this movie.. how they did that queen alien is incredible.. the practice, the sheer size of it.. SUPER impressive, especially for the 80s
26:16 "Are we done?" ::hides all copies of Alien 3:: Yes, Ripley, Hicks and Newt lived happily ever after with a refurbished Bishop as their robot butler. They had pony rides, cooked marshmallows on campfires and sang happy songs. That is exactly what happened. Alien 3 was an elaborate ruse cooked up by Bishop to throw off the company, so they could live their lives in peace.
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.
Burke is employed by the same people who put Ash on the Nostromo. He tried to get Ripley & Newt implanted. Unfortunately for him, he underestimated the aliens!
I saw this film 4 times in the theater. The end -- where Ripley squares off against the Queen on the ship -- I view as Ripley assuming the role of warrior-protector (an archetype): putting on her suit of armor, facing her demon.
Thank God we won't see the face hugger Alien . WAIT. OH SHIT. We are in deep shit as they are collecting the face hugger.
I think Burke's plan was to use Bishop, once they were all either dead or impregnated. Bishop, while a good robit, was still a product of Weyland-Yutani, and as such it's unlikely an officer of the corporation wouldn't have verbal command over it.
"Who invented this?!" - The actual physical model of the Alien specie was created the legend HR Giger. An incredibly talented swiss artist, albeit very, very dark content.
*Very* dark content, *extremely* sexual in a disturbing, 'something's being raped' sort of way.
The scariest part is the drones/warriors/cannon fodder aliens alone are highly intelligent to the point of problem solving.
The Queen herself is smarter and even exhibits human traits such as reasoning, deal making, treachery, anger and vindictiveness.
Mari,
I'm glad you made it through Aliens. I was a little worried about you.
You deserve a break and should watch something good and fun like Top Secret.
If you're willing to watch a movie that will scare the bejesus out of you, watch The Exorcist. You'll have nightmares for a month!
For some industrial strength suspense, watch The Silence of the Lambs.
19:09 -- homage to the fingers-through-the-grate scene in my favourite movie ever, _The Third Man_ .
Your reactions were really fun to watch in this movie. Glad you liked the movie. It's one of my favorite movies. Keep smiling!🤘🙂
This is lovely, I adore your reactions, you react to all the same things I do! Lol. But not in the same way, which makes it fun and fascinating. So wonderful, top recommendation! Will be watching from now on.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. The part when the queen alien's tail pierces Bishop, for a few seconds I thought he got implanted by one of the face huggers, and it was a robotic alien coming out of his chest. :D
It's a common thing in horror movies that in additional to the monster menace there's *also* a garden-variety evil-human menace. Stephen King, for example, usually does that.
In the extended edition, the colonists are specifically sent by Burke to check out the location of the ship that Ripley reports.
Really freaky seeing the one playing Vasquez played the step mother in Terminator II. Lost a ton of weight. She was turned down a part in another movie because the role called for a Latina. Turns out she's Jewish.
And Michael Biehn, who plays Hicks here, played Sara Connor's protector and eventually John Connor's dad in The Terminator movie.
Side note: Actor playing Hudson, Bill Paxton, is in Arnold's movie True Lies.
Everybody loves when Burke gets it. Everybody. 😁
Great reaction and commentary Mari. Really enjoyed this. Looking forward to another. Stay well