The Lonesome Death of Carter J. Burke: The Company Man's Final Moments - Explained
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2020
- A deleted scene from Aliens gives an idea of how Burke's fate may have went down, but does a short story from "Bug Hunt" depict a more accurate course of events?
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We are in a world run by Burkes.
Free Hugs!!
We are indeed Robert. Maybe if they were shown love from their mothers things would be different.
You can't make that call you are just a grunt!....no offence...
@@jer6900, Free face hugs!!
@@jer6900 brilliant
Your mind is a powerful weapon
*Attempts to negotiate with xenomorph*
Oh yeah, it big brain time
Alright Markiplier.
Beeeg brian teim
Trying to talk to a Xenomorph? It's like trying to talk a Terminator out of killing you.
They can't be bargained with, they can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity or remorse. And it absolutely will not stop, ever.
Until you are dead or impregnated.
The perfect organism!
@@qcdoomqc I admire it's purity.
You might be able to bargain with a Terminator if you know enough about it’s mission directives and assuming those directives don’t entirely consist of “terminate this dude no matter the cost”. Like, you could buy a few hours and maybe a chance at escape if you can convince it you can help it find one of its other targets more quickly, or that you have access to information that the Terminator is supposed to retrieve. Still, that’s a snowball’s chance in hell, and only mildly less pointless than trying to negotiate with a xenomorph.
To be honest I wouldn’t shit on Myself being around a terminator, I would think I Atleast have a chance . With the xeno I would be too scared and jus die right there ....
@@richardwalker6004 true, but if it was a t800 without it's flesh, with it's armor exposed, I'd be pretty scared. They are menacing
This is so nuts. Listen to what you're saying. It's paranoid delusion. It's really sad. It's pathetic.
I say we waste him _now_
@@TheRealNormanBates Wait - maybe we can build a fire. Sing a couple of songs - huh? Why don't we try that?
@@XRoyBatty6 was gonna reply with a aliens quote, but ur picture n name captivated me. Like tears in the rain
@@walterspaceman5592 pretty good....
for a human. 😉
Game over man game over
Even before death, he tried to weasel his way out of shit.
Hello there.
Burke... you're fired !
Yeah, right to the wall!
I never understood where he thought he was going. What was he going to do hold up in the bathroom till Marines come 7 weeks later maybe?
its testament to what A great actor Paul Reiser is that he could play such a slimy individual who had no morals whatsoever. who died a violent awful death.
It was delicious to learn of every detail of Burke's undoing. Introducing himself to the queen as an employee of Weyland Yutani was a perfect touch.
Fortunately, he didn't have his transparent business card with him, so the Xeno queen backed out of the deal (I mean without his contact details, how would she sent her proposal?)
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
@@S-T-E-V-E that will be a very good idea my friend love it.
@@VictorPerez-hg2ed Thanks mate!
@@S-T-E-V-E no problem at all mate.👍
“think before you scream” would actually be a great movie tagline
Killed a neighbour's dog!? Okay that's it, I've had just about ENOUGH of this Burke guy.. what a monster!
Yeah thay was really random and out of nowhere and then gets brushed by lol. Like we needed any more reason to dislike him
That surprised me at first too, but after considering a moment, I decided it was included to establish that Burke, who describes himself as an "okay guy" (and seems to actually believe that about himself), is actually enough of a psychopath to risk the likely death of everyone on LV-426 for profit.
@@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc of course, he's lacking empathy, it all points toward his mother. psychopaths don't just get born like that, they are shaped to be what they are, squeezed into their environment's mold with the force of their own will to survive. I thought this particular development of the story was only natural, because what is the Aliens universe but a glaring metaphorical insight into our own collective psyche filled with fear and nightmares, but people will still find this kind of causality surprising in 2020's.
@@milanstevic8424 from Milan to Minsk
more disturbing to me was that he recognized the alien hive as looking like the INSIDE of the dog...he completely gutted the dog and was looking inside it. THAT'S fucked up
I always thought that Burke just died on the spot; with the xenomorph opening its jaws it is clearly attacking. Glad that they did not include this scene in the film, but the short story seemed great.
@Raven Link There is a scene in the nest before she finds Newt where an explosion almost knocks her off her feet. This is the spot where the Burke scene would have been cut from. It makes more sense now that you know what came before that explosion.
@Raven Link It is in the novelization. After RIpley gives Burke the grenade she arms it and runs away. In that context that explosion makes sense to be *there* in the film as it is shown.
They do disable people with jaws also they can't reproduce with corpses
Agreed. That is my interpretation as well. Just greased on the spot like the "rat f*ck son of a b*tch" he was.
First the aliens take cannons filled with Balenciaga and spray all the walls and corridors. They get right up in the humans face and then mentally project Balenciaga into the victims Brain. One thousand retard sandwiches in a matter of seconds. The victim then throws on a trash bag and walks down the runway and return's to get skull fk'd.
Burke is such a great villain. Just watch Paul Reiser's great performance. The Aliens and synths like Ash can't sympathize with humans. Burke on the other hand knows that what he is doing is wrong but he does it anyway.
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
@@S-T-E-V-E That's a great theory. Please write that fan fiction.
Paul Reiser said in an interview once, that when his parents saw Aliens and Burke got got, they looked to him and said "Good." If you can get your own parents to root for your character's death, you've effectively portrayed a villain.
@@DFloyd84 that's fucking amazing
@@S-T-E-V-E was just thinking that an next comments I read was yours
To the people who 'disliked':
It was a bad call. It was a bad call.
Thing is they mostly come at night........mostly
" Fuck! He's dead. Your dog meat pal."
People are dead Burke!
Bad call?? Those people are DEAD, Burke!!
@@Phoebe5448 I’m gonna nail you right to the wall for this one...
Honestly...the face huggers terrify me the most.
Yes, they are more frightening than even the 'warrior' aliens (full size) or the queen, despite her enormous size. The facehuggers are more scary because you know that if they catch you and attach themselves to you, your doom is sealed. It's a fate worse than death to have that chestburster force its way out of you.
They certainly give you the worst way out.
That was surprisingly deep. Getting into his head like that. I like it.
Burke Carter J. : is told by Ripley : "I'm gonna make sure that they nail you right to the wall for this. You're not gonna sleaze your way out of this one. RIGHT TO THE WALL !"
Also Burke Carter J. : is ambushed by a Xenomorph while sleazing his way out of Operations. Gets abducted and nailed right to a wall for the rest of the incident.
Savage karma at its best !!
Adnane Rabah highly underrated comment!
Very underrated comment.
Krama can be a real killer.
Its Carter J. Burke actually. Ripley just read it like it is printed (like a computer shows your name backwards when you are loading it after you type your pass
If Ripley gave Burke a grenade as a mercy, would he not be so spiteful that he would use it right in that moment? Taking Ripley with him.
Nah, at that stage there's no longer any point. All he can think about at that instant is ending the pain, plus Ripley gives him the grenade and keeps moving. If he tries to kill her with it, he can't keep it to make his own end quick.
@@Ensign_Cthulhu if he were to click the button right after it was handed off, then maybe the blast radius would have taken her out.
It did the trick for Gorman and Vasquez in the ducts
She should have told him not to worry - it would all be over in 10 minutes anyway as she leaves with Newt for the ship...
I often wondered that myself
I would have given him, what looks like a grenade. Such to see his stupid face. XD
Deserved everything he got
He sure did 😆
he was a good man
@@per-ivindmartinsen3086 agreed
Especially after killing a neighbor’s dog
He is no doubt one of the worst villains in the franchise.
Burke trying to reason with the drone and then queen is so on point and so hilarious
Man that must've felt like some sort of hell. The aliens being the cold, unfeeling, hostile demons and him being so helpless in the midst of others who had or are suffering the same fate.
Nah, he probably felt like he was among kindred spirits.
He did redeem himself in Stranger Things.
Oh absolutely
*SPOILER ALERT*
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I liked how you were waiting him to be a baddie in ST, but his character turned out to be good
They added a few nods to Aliens with his actions but if they gave him too many similarities in character it wouldn't be right.
Lol, yeah that Burke hate swelled up at first sight, and even though he was a good dude in the end it was satisfying watching him get ripped up 😂
I even hated Paul Reiser as actor after this. Wasn't til I saw him on 'Stranger Things' I was ok with him again. LOL
There's an episode of MAD ABOUT YOU, where Mark says to Paul. " Have you ever seen the Alien movies ? " to which Paul replied, " Just the first one. "
"then turned away, as she pooped another egg."
It puzzles me to realize how many "Burkes" I've stumbled upon in real life... quite a bunch of them! But they never appear to get what they deserve!
Your channel is a gold mine for every alien fan.
Your way of telling, video editing, detailed stories... Very close to perfection. I'm totally impressed and grateful for your job.
Thanks very sincerely and live long
Agreed! Well said.
I like the scene where Ripley gives him the grenade, sure she's pissed at him, he tried to impregnate her and Newt, but it shows she still has her humanity despite the incredibly screwed up situation they are all in. I like to think Burke's legacy lived on with the "villain" in the Cold Forge novel, which is worth a read if anyone is looking for another good story in this universe.
Totally agree. Ripley giving Burke the grenade is both pragmatic but totally in character. It made sense that the scene got cut (the timeline didn't work out) but if it could have worked this might have been a proper conclusion for Ripley - Burke's conflict.
Then I had a thought. Burke's got the grenade, and he's ready to end it all. But he keeps thinking there's a chance. That he can negotiate an escape for himself. That he can convince Ripley to come back, or work his way free, or something. Company ladder-climber to the bitter end, he keeps calling out, arguing and struggling, even though Ripley's long gone and he can't free himself in time. Then he fumbles the grenade which falls harmlessly to the floor with the pin still in.
It's at that moment he feels the chest burster start to shift inside him...
Ripley's the better person here, but Burke's enough of a shit bag that he can talk himself into the death he deserves anyway.
This was one of the best, most detailed perspectives of an alien captive that I’ve ever read or listened to. Fascinating. If it wasn’t Burke I would almost feel sorry for him.
When I first saw this unused footage, I thought it was a good thing it’d been deleted. Burke looks more like he’s having a bad hemorrhoid episode rather than truly in horror and anguish.
I have to agree with James Cameron on this one. The timeline doesn't really work if Burke gets captured and impregnated so quickly, and it would be a little more dramatic to imagine a face-hugger leaping at him right as the atmospheric processor finally blows. Also, though I'm not familiar with how Xenomorphs go about determining who is or is not a suitable host, I like to imagine that the creature that encountered Burke during his flight from Operations sensed something unsuitable about him for host purposes and simply killed him. Perhaps his duplicitous nature could be something that could carry on genetically to his "offspring"? Considering that a newly-birthed chestburster does in fact take on genetic characteristics of its host (as we saw in Alien 3), perhaps the Xenomorph could just tell that Burke's nature would make him a bad choice? Can't say for sure, but it would be a bit ironic in a way. Even the Xenomorph Hive doesn't want him after everything he's done. That's my take on the whole thing. Thanks again for the great video and stay safe out there!
Only got into the alien series a few years ago when I bought the dvd quadrilogy for literally £4. Found your channel soon after watching Aliens for the first time and seeking others views / analysis on UA-cam. Have a been a big fan ever since and really glad to see a great new upload, keep up the good work and stay safe!!
Well welcome to the family 💪
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
Welcome to the Hive lol.
This channel is brilliant. As a kid I was obsessed with aliens and predator. I would spend hours drawing my own scenes and stories. It’s great to explore the fate and fortunes of the characters in more detail.
Ripley should have just had a line like "Sure Burke - after everything you've done, I'm more than happy to help you. Hold still!" And then she bbqs him. As he writhes in the flames screaming, she walks off and mutters "You're welcome".
Nice!
*sees Ripley clones*
Naw. It should have been, "No offense." Then she would have had a nice story for Hicks.
I'm glad they kept it out, I hate how quick a Alien is created in the films now, Alien did it so well . Another reason is the acting in the deleted scene is a bit off from Paul Reiser which is difficult for me to say because he was perfect in Aliens.
Not being able to watch as the Burkes of this world get eaten alive is one of many regrets I have with this life.
i like the thought of him being impregnated and being unable to call out to ripley even for the mercy of the grenade. He hears their battle and their flight off, all the while stuck to wall, counting down with the computer for the inevitable destruction of the plant. He may have pleaded, cried, cursed, and bargained with any form of deity he'd heard of, but his end was met with the screams of the aliens and a blinding light that was to be the explosion.
The use of Burkes face, image is epic, well used in this. Totally believable
Xenomorph video on October 31st. Perfect. Happy Halloween everyone!
Burke got exactly what he deserved; trying to make a deal with a Xeno Queen, literally using humanity as bargaining chips? What a piece of shit.
Farland's take on Burke's fate is just as satisfying as the original ambiguous ending where we got to imagine what happened, especially how he suddenly becomes philosophical towards the end...
As usual a good reading and GREAT edit, well done guys!
What? Making a deal with the queen?
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
No one deserves being chestbursted, except true evil.
@@Zeithri Burke was quite happy to allow ripley and newt to be impregnated by the face huggers, he deserved it.
He brings th3 former Boeing ceo to mind...
Not gonna lie, it is fitting have him "atone" for his actions as he comes to terms with his fate in the darken corridors of the Alien hive & being impregnated though the deleted scene with Ripley & the grenade is good too. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
@@glenakatsr Thanks! lol
Burkestein
Just when I think you can’t find anymore golden nuggets of info to share you pull me back in. Great stuff.
Prior to learning about the deleted scene with Burke cocooned, it was always my belief that he was killed by the xenomorph that he ran into in Operations. Though that being said, the idea of him being brought back and cocooned, forced to face the fate he unwittingly forced upon the entire colony, is a rather satisfying and fitting end for Burke.
R.I.P. company-man... May flights of devils sing thee to thy rest.
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
@@S-T-E-V-E How would he have survived the trip to the Sulacco stuck on the outerhull of the dropship with the Queen? Moment he dies that embryo dies too. Plus... How does a chestburster explain an egg appearing on the Sulacco?
As it is, there actually is an explanation now for how the events of ALIEN 3 were set into motion. ... It's just... Not a very good/interesting one. Look into "ALIENS: Colonial Marines" if you want to learn about that tidbit.
@@refurbishedtechpriest9076 I thought of that, he would have died in space, but then I thought they were in the landing gear! Even if he did die in space though the chest burster would have survived inside him even if he was frozen as they are impervious to cold. Some chest bursters are queens, I always thought that one would become a queen if there was no queen, how else would they multiply? I know there is an excuse for the egg but I thought this would be a better way to get the egg on board and the whole Super face hugger isn't featured in the movies, my theory would allow for the several eggs/face huggers that it would take to impregnate Ripley and provide another egg/face hugger for the runner Alien!
@@S-T-E-V-E Not sure if their being in the landing gear would make much of a different for a host. Still no oxygen or pressure, and the moment Burke dies so does the chestburster. Granted, if the facehugger was still on his face that MIGHT keep him from suffocating immediately, but it'd do nothing for the ravages of exposure to hard-vacuum. Still, if Burke could survive all of that long enough for his chestburster to emerge, then that could work...
Also, and pardon me if you already know this, but the super-facehugger actually IS featured in one of the movies. The assembly-cut for ALIEN 3.
@@refurbishedtechpriest9076 I don't think I've seen the assembly cut although I have seen a few versions. What I was thinking with Burke was more that the chest burster was fully formed and therefore would not need him for sustenance, but as far as oxygen goes they don't need it so it wouldn't affect them, does the host need to be alive for the embryo? I haven't seen an umbilicus of any sort?
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You spoke too soon, the G-men have arrived!
12 of the fuckers!!! Stay frosty people!!!!
That's so Carter Burke to futilely try to negotiate with the aliens - I love it. If we assume the deleted scene is canon, then I think my preferred death for him might be to be too cowardly to let the grenade go off, so he just suffers until the whole place blows up.
Also, nice job again on this one synthesizing visuals for the unfilmed bits.
Whatever happened to Burke there are a few things that we can be sure of. The last time we see him in the film he is face to face with a Xeno warrior. What happens after that may not be known for sure but I think we all can take comfort in the possibility that it wasn’t ‘good’. Burke got what he deserved because not only did he try to impregnate Ripley and Newt but played a role in Newt’s parents finding the ship full of eggs. He sent them out there knowing what could happen. He’s responsible for the deaths of every colonist and marine killed on LV-426. He knew what had happened to the colonists. Basically screw Burke.
As per the encyclopedia of the Alien/Predator franchise, the Weyland-Yutani regards human life to be of the lowest priority in case there's profit sacrificing it. Therefore, it's employees are no different. Infact, I believe even if Burke did get an Alien specimen back to earth, WY would just bump him off if he asked for more money.
This is brilliant. You have captured the madness that Burke thankfully decended into before his inevitable end. Great work.
It was written by the writer of 'Bug Hunt', as per the beginning of the video, but I do love the narration. :D
Your mind is a powerful weapon. Very true, I do have to give him props for staying calm even in this situation.
I love your narration.
Burke was just another pawn in Weyland Yutani's corporate regime. He was expendable just like Ripley and the Marines. I guess he was offered a big bonus if he was successful returning a specimen and survive.
Cool stuff!
I always thought he was just killed by that initial alien. The deleted scene leaves me satisfied with him being cocooned then choosing to blow himself up. Honestly, I’m cool with all three of these outcomes. So long as the asshat dies.
Watching a face hugger slowly creep towards you; whilst being powerless annf stuck to a wall. sounds like torture in a10th realm of hell to me.
This unimaginable horror is probably the most disturbing fiction ever conceived, developed and explored in various forms by the human mind.
This is great, it gives Burke some humanity. This actually makes me feel something for him and in a way rationalized his selfish and disconnected behavior.
Love your videos. Your voice is perfect for these.
Can you do a "history of Sevestapol station" and how it all went to shit?
There's a few audiobooks that you could pull content from. Plus, for those of us who played the game, it would be like talking about a place we've all been too and are sort of familiar with.
Burke was rescued by "The Company" Special Forces unit. The same team we see at the end of Aliens 3 on Fury. They fight their way out and the explosion we hear and assume is the explosive given to him my Ripley is in fact the Special Forces unit fighting their way out to also get away.
They also make it to the elevator and use it to escape. The same elevator Riply and Newt later have to wait for its return down.
Burke believes he's rich bringing back a live xenomorph. That the team will extract it.
Aboard the ship though he learns that The Company has no procedure to extract it safely and they let it burst out of him. They discover much to their disappointment the embryo xenomorph is genetically damaged by the radition of being so close to the reactor. An dies shortly after.
The special forces team along with the clone of Bishop set courst to Fury to catch up with Ripley's ship.
Thats some bad storytelling right there.
Atmo Processors don't emit radiation.
Wow.
That's unbelievably farfetched, and incredibly stupid.
Please tell me whoever wrote that never got any other writing jobs and now works in like Tesco or something.
@@reloadpsi I hope u work as a trap house trick :)
@@trevorhensley3185 Yooo we got an expert on technology that doesnt exist ovah here.
I really enjoyed this story. Your voice is also perfect for storytelling dude. ty for sharing
Burke is kind of bad ass in this scene for staying calm during all of this!
Waiting to die like a sheep at the wolf's feet does not make one a "bad ass."
@@davidkendrick4453 He didn’t he escaped up the stairs, he was a delusional bad ass in that even when he had reasoned that there wasn’t even a sliver of hope and that his life was void of companionship (his mother being as cold as steel) he fought on knowing that in 8 minutes he would be spread over area the size of Nebraska. I mean consciously he was aware of the futility but his subconscious was delusional enough to try.
@@behavedave So if I'm ever slimed to a wall while pregnant with a weaponized murder lizard, if I dream I caught the winning touchdown in a Super Bowl they'll bury my crispy remains with the Super Bowl game ball?
The ending for Burke that we got is perfect. Says all it needs to. His character has to pay, and he does.
Never thought I would even entertain the idea of of feeling sorry for Burke,
The deleted scene was cut for not only pacing etc. but because it was far too unrealistic. That time from when he was taken until Ripley found him was ridiculously short. Thus his apparent capture (and he was clearly smashed by the alien's inner jaw), the time to get him carried and cocooned, then face-huggered, then gestation and finally his comeuppance, wasn't realistically long enough. Anyway, most people get this.
Also the fact it makes Ripley look like kind of a jerk.
@@reloadpsi um, no. He deserved a bullet to the head. She gave him an easy way out that he didn't deserve.
@@reloadpsiNot really. He's already got a chestburster in him and nobody has anything which can get it out, so he's dead one way or the other. That means an instant and painless death is preferable. Ripley wasn't a jerk in this scene, she did him a favor.
He goes to Hell at the end where the theme song to Mad About You plays on a loop...
Your videos are always thought provoking. I love this channel.
I’m glad to be watching your videos cause you haven’t been showing in my recommended time line in months now for some reason
I always felt that Burke was killed at that instant when the door opened up, revealing an alien. For me that's canon, but I love these videos 😍 Thank you!
I love this channel, the voiceover is the best in UA-cam. If there are any more stories that you haven't done, please please please do them in another series soon.
I've always thought of Carter Burke as being killed instantly by the violent alien he confronted after running away from the Marines. The Alien seemed to be hunting to kill more than hunting to impregnate in that part of the film
Burke asks what the xenomorph wants, and then she lays a face hugger egg. Perfect response.
Lonesome is a weird way to spell "well-deserved."
This was a really interesting take on his fate and an awesome video you made describing it..but honestly I was fine with his ambiguous fate in the theatrical cut of the movie. His final moments locking himself in that room, you can see his brain thinking "how can I weasel out of this one." Then the door opens, an alien appears and the last time we see his face... we know... and he knows... he's screwed. The end.
As usually, brilliant material. Keep up with a great work @AlienTheory
That was excellent! The visuals were superb. Thank you for the extended story of Burke's demise.
This story gives burk some humanity which his character needed
Not going to lie. That was pretty haunting. A great story! 👍😎
The quality of the the content I'm this videos is breath taking!
Keep up the great work!
So glad to see a video by you after long!
Only the company disliked this video.
That had me worried. I saw who you were talking about, and having just binged Stranger Things for Halloween, I thought you were going to say the actor died.
You go so above and beyond for these works of Art.
Love all you've done with Alien Theory too👍👍👍
Personally I'd say Burk died in the medical lab, the xenonorphs were attacking after all not simply hunting for prey.
. It seems weird that they'd take a hostage, the only reason Newt was is because they were far away from the location of attack and a patrolling xeno snagged her.
I do like this story though it humanized Berk in a way we dont get in the movie.
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
@@S-T-E-V-EThe whole escape from the AP and fight in the Sulaco was about 2 - 3 hrs in universe. If Burke wasn't killed at medical but instead brought back to the hive he would have still had a Facehugger attached to his face. No offence but your story has AvP gestation timings.
@@bernardstrauss1183 AvP? What about Ripley's week long gestation in Alien 3 or Kane's few hour gestation in Alien, there's hardly an established lore! It is what the script needs it to be!
I’m glad his fate was finally revealed. This scene should have been kept in the movie.
I love the way the stories are delivered. Very well read.
Always a pleasure to listen to your presentation
He had it coming. The guy was willing to kill a kid to earn extra shares in the company. I also believe he was too much of a coward to pop that grenade.
Anyway, thanks for posting the video. Happy Halloween to you, Alien Theory!
As much as you hate him and many others do, i wouldn’t wish this fate upon my worst enemy.
@@NeuroPosting88 And in all honesty, I wouldn't either. I appreciate the fact that Ripley gave him the grenade at all. But the same thing happened to Apone, Dietrich and Hudson, and none of them deserved it. Nor did any of the colonists that Burke doomed by ordering them to go looking for the ship.
Anyway, aside from how painful it would be, I can only imagine how utterly terrified one would feel the whole time if they knew they had one inside them. Like, every time that thing would move in your chest, you're thinking to yourself "oh god, is this it?"
@@LorenHelgeson I like to think that if the Marines were still alive and within speaking distance of each other, they would of at least had enough heart to relatively calm each other and "talk shit" until death came, until Valhalla...
Anyone else doing the computers count down in the voice from the movie lol.
Great narration...as always! This was special and I enjoyed it.
Fantastic content. Wonderful channel!
Imho, he got killed in medical
I believe it was in 'Alien vs. Predator: Primal Hunt' it suggested that the incubation process can take place in a matter of minutes; far less than is supposed in 'Alien'. I tend to settle on the idea that the amount of time depends on the circumstance. The facehugger in 'Alien' may have held on longer than it normally would, lacking the protection of a hive environment or a place it could complete its function in isolation. That's my theory anyways.
Thanks for this excellent contribution. Great job reading!
Great job on this, btw. You definitely went above and beyond :) thank you!
I always wondered about a possible dialogue between Dietrich and Apone. I doubt the timeline for them being impregnated would have fit the story anymore than the deleted scene. Surely they would have been cocooned close together, both taken at nearly the same time.
They probably would have been bitching about how it was all Gorman's fault.
@@Tommykey07 Dietrich would've been. Apone probably would've told him to shut up. You only gripe to your superiors.
I prefer the ambiguity of the theatrical release. It’s more horrifying.
I'm telling you all, Burke got loose from the cocoon and purposely pressed all of the buttons on the elevator as Ripley and Newt were escaping from the Queen. He lit those buttons up like a Christmas tree like Buddy the Elf so the elevator stopped at every floor. As Ripley was waiting for the elevator screaming at it, Burke was laughing hysterically in the background. It was a deleted scene called Burke's revenge.
I've never heard this before. Absolutely amazing! I was so drawn in to this story!
Oh, the good old times when the filmmakers did care about logic and timelines. Today everything goes as long as it is somehow convenient.
Another stimulating piece of speculation from AT....stirling work sir! New material, new possibilities. I particularly liked the way Burke drifted in and out of consciousness as if on sips of morphine (morphing). The alien would effect you on various levels, not just the corporeal but in the dream-state, the psycho-sexual, and the subconscious.
Upon making contact, the facehugger administers a cynose-based paralytic in order to render the host unconscious and immobile. Ingesting inside you, the larvae-like embryonic chestburster is corrupting your dna, taking on your characteristics, invading your nightmares, ready to burst from inside you. It would surely keep you in a state of paralysed dormancy.
According to Weyland-Yutani scientists in Aliens: Colonial Marines, the chestburster will draw nutrients from the host's body in order to develop a placenta as it grows, attaching itself to several major organs in the process. The placenta has cancerous qualities, such that even if the embryo were removed surgically, the placenta would simply cause the affected organs to shut down, resulting in death. You are right on the money here AT.....√√√
I always liked the Star Gate storyline where the guy gets addicted to the substance the Wraith inject into humans to keep them alive while the feed and the DS9 Jem Hadar who were addicted to ketracel white to keep them dependant on the Dominion, I could see a story in the Alien franchise along the same lines of people extracting the facehugger paralytic, I mean Michael Jackson was addicted to low doses of Propofol an anaesthetic used to knock out patients during surgery!
Awesome insight! I remember wondering just what happened to Burke way back when the movies first came out. That's a ways back..
Great video, one of your best. Thank you.
Really enjoyed this one... like those notes say, think of it as a "what if" which I like. Wonder what really happened to Hudson.
It would have been cool if the Queen had grabbed him and took him with her, knowing the embryo hadn't birthed yet, onto the Sulaco , if it had birthed during the fight between Ripley and the Queen and hid onboard, Carter's body being sucked out of the airlock with the queen, it would have been a good explanation of how the egg had gotten on to the Sulaco in Alien 3 if the Xenomorph had become a queen and started laying! Plus it would have provided a narrative for Carter's death. Man I should write fan fiction! lol
@@S-T-E-V-E We heard you the first 20 times you copy pasted this response.
Reporting for annoying spam.
@@archdukemarduk I wasn't spamming idiot, I was trying to start as many conversations as possible because I love the franchise, If I was spamming I would have put it in the main comments genius! Some people!
@@S-T-E-V-E Spamming isn't the way to start conversations my dude.
@@archdukemarduk Replying to multiple people isn't spamming, I didn't catch this video when it went out so loads of people had already commented, I replied to people who were talking about ideas for Burke individually, I didn't spam multiple times in the one place or to the one person, ergo not spamming! You weren't even someone I replied to and you're the only one complaining! Haven't you got videos to get on with disliking?
Personally I like having some things left up to the imagination of the viewer. I hate it when everything is explained to us through being spoon fed movie or TV show bits.
My favourite example of this is from the last episode of Buffy where it is left ul to the viewer if Spike and Buffy slept together again or what ever they did. It wasn't shown or talked about, just left open.
Well done! Great visuals!
I want to thank you for doing this video. I have learned so much about the Alien Universe and the books i need to buy and read up to help me in my game.