Aliens (1986) ✦ Reaction & Review ✦ Ripley and Hicks are SO GOOD! 

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You can see by the way Hicks looks at Ripley when they first get on the drop ship that he's the only one who read her report.

Ripley's "Get away from her you BITCH!" is one of the most badass lines in moviedom. Carrie Henn (Newt) left acting to become a teacher. She did a really great job, but she followed her dream.

“I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure” is my favourite moment, great exchange between Ripley and Hicks

I got to meet Jenette Goldstein (who played Vasquez) at a 50mm screening of Aliens and The Abyss, where James Cameron spoke between the films. She was sitting right in front of me for the whole film! And during intermission, I got to speak with her and told her how much I loved her character. She was surprised that I recognized her and was apparently the only one who did.

In the Director's Cut there's a scene where Burke tells Ripley about Amanda. Since Ripley was frozen in cryosleep floating in space for 57 years, Amanda grew up, grew old, and died at 60+ years of age due to health issues. So Ripley's shown dealing with the guilt of having "abandoned" Amanda even if it was by accident, and that's also why she latched on to Newt so quickly and so intensely.

Nominated for 7 Oscars: Best Actress, Sigourney Weaver Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing, Ray Lovejoy Best Original Score, James Horner Best Production Design, Peter Lamont Best Visual Effects, Stan Winston, Robert Skotak and John Richardson. It won Best Visual Effects and Sound Editing. It was a box office and critical success, making $193 million dollars ($740 million dollars today) against an $18 million dollar budget. It's now considered to be the best Sci-fi Action movie ever made.

I remember a good ten or so years ago there was a screening of this movie at an Alamo Drafthouse. They handed out cap guns to everyone with instructions that we could only fire them "when there's a monster on screen." And of course some people fired their cap guns at the aliens, but most of us fired our cap guns at Burke

One bad synthetic doesn't mean all synthetics are bad... #stopantiandroidbigotry #justice4bishop

The director's cut is worth a watch now that you've seen the theatrical version. It has more scenes about Ripley learning about her daughter, Hicks and Ripley interacting more with each other (i.e. flirting), more scenes about the colony and families, etc. Nothing that makes it better than the theatre release. Just fan service.

Everyone should join her patron!!! The full movie reaction is a classic. ❤❤❤

Yep! Michael Bihen plays Hicks. He also played Kyle Reese in Terminator :) he's great in this. Loved his relationship with Ripley

This was a great reaction. The Burke and Bishop misdirects both worked on you (and that's not great BECAUSE it fooled you, it's great that the director's intended misdirect worked and you weren't overanalyzing it looking for the twists). And pretty much every jump scare got you. 🤣 I like Aliens better, but that's just cause I like action better than horror. Both are really good films.

The most terrifying monster imaginable: a mid-level executive.

Aliens feels like having a perfect five course dinner. By the end credits I am completely full up and totally satisfied and also ready for a good nap. I am thankful I got to feast on such a movie as Aliens.

Loved your reaction Kaiielle! ❤ Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is definitely a badass in a cast of badasses. It sux to see any of the heroes die but Vasquez's death bums me out the most. Michael Biehn (Hicks) is great in any movie he's in. The best part of the movie for me is the badass mom battle at the end 👽

As a veteran I can tell you that a leader doesn’t have to give reasons for their orders, all that is required is that they execute them. Having said that, it’s also important for the troops to have all the right information before they deploy.

I love Paul Reiser's performance as Burke. One of the best corporate sleaze bags ever. At the time this movie came out Paul Reiser was only known as a likeable guy in comedy movies, so this part was an amazing case of casting against type. People watching this for the first time back then didn't realize he was a villain.

Randomly, since you commented about recognizing the actor playing Hicks from his role in Terminator, it blew my mind to learn that Jenette Goldstein, who played Pvt. Vasquez, also played Janelle, the foster mom of John Conner in Terminator 2.

The 57 years is not a dream

Couple things about this movie. Pvt. Vasquez was played by Jenette Goldstein, the foster mom in Terminator 2. Bill Paxton was one of the punks in the beginning of T1 and Bishop (Lance Henriksen) plays the one of the detectives. Reese, you obviously know. The actor who played Burke, his mother cheered in the theater when his character got wasted. In the directors cut, Ripley had a daughter, who aged and died. While cut for the film, it really enhances the relationship Ripley has with Newt. The Halo video game series (especially the first) was heavily inspired by this movie. I don't know if you are into comics but there is an Aliens vs Predator vs Terminator crossover comic book that's worth checking out. Last, don't watch Aliens 3. Aliens, Like T2 is a perfect wrap of for the series. However, if you want to watch Aliens vs Predator, either reaction or on your own time, go ahead because it doesn't really ruin the canon of the series (think of it like a "what if" which is fun)

Thank goodness for you. You're one of the first and only reactors that has talked about what "Alien" is, as opposed to what "Aliens" is. One is not better than the other. They are two different genres!

Nice reaction, as usual. I'm glad you enjoyed the film. 👽 5:50 "Burke probably has good intentions." Yeah, I'm--sure he does... 😏 8:00 Fun fact--the actress who plays Vasquez, here, also played Janelle Voight, John's foster mother in _Terminator 2: Judgment Day._ The actress' name is Jenette Goldstein. James Cameron had a short list of actors and actresses he liked to put into as many of his movies as possible, and considering how they turn out, I can't see how anyone could complain. 🙂 8:55 A small detail I think Cameron may have gotten right purely on accident--most members of the military I'm aware of, particularly the Marines, here--consider your value to the team to be judged by how useful you are. If you _do_ something, you're good. Grab some boxes and help move them to storage. Grab some trash cans and help dump them. Whatever. The initial placid response to Ripley's inquiry if there was anything she could do of repeating that right back to her, then treating her in a much warmer and more friendly manner once she shows she can help, that's pretty true-to-life as far as I know. She expressed an interest in helping, which is the absolute best thing a civilian can do, and followed through on that by showing she was capable as well as willing. So, to answer your wondering-aloud, the laughing was a good kind of laughing. She showed she was willing and capable of helping out, had no qualms about getting her hands dirty, and took the initiative to ask rather than having to be asked. She became their best friend after that, and you notice who pretty much the only person who gave her crap after that moment was Hudson, who was just a putz anyway. They stopped treating her with disrespect. Later, when Ripley directs them by headphone, they don't complain or sound exasperated or anything. She'd earned their respect. Something to remember if you're ever surrounded by military people--help out. You might not be able to help with "the mission", but you can grab stuff and get it out of the way. You can help set up chairs. Whatever. On a whole 'nother topic, the power loader is my favorite effect from the movie. I don't mean any others are "bad"; I just like the elegance of it. How the Queen was brought to life is simply staggering, and I love that as much as anyone. I just like the simple elegance of the power loader a little more. It's a suit being worn by a bodybuilder, and Sigourney Weaver is standing on his feet. Much of the time it was supported by overhead rigs, and they had to practice quite a bit to get in sync enough to make it look like Weaver was actually in control. 33:30 Whatever else could be said about Hudson, he wasn't a coward. He was scared, of course, as any rational person would be, but whenever he was needed he didn't hesitate. That's one thing I like about how Cameron portrayed the Marines. No matter what else, they didn't hesitate. They weren't cowards. Even Gorman. He may have been pompous and have an over-inflated sense of self-importance, but he wasn't a coward. He refused to leave a Marine behind; if he couldn't get Vasquez out, he was going to go out right alongside her. 38:30 I always liked that part; Ripley and the Queen developed a truce. Each knew that the other was quite capable, and quite willing, to decimate them, so to protect themselves and their brood, they agreed to a cease-fire. Theeeennnnn the Queen went against it and tried to have a facehugger go after Ripley, but still. 🙂 41:20 You thought Ripley was going to die, and that isn't an uncommon reaction from reactors these days, even knowing the rest of the sequels are things. Imagine, then, how it was back in the day when this had just come out, and for all anyone knew this would be the last movie. And in an era when "movie franchises" wasn't really a thing, so there was no expectation of any more movies, thus it being perfectly reasonable that Ripley and Newt were about to bite it on that catwalk. 🙂 45:20 I definitely agree that this movie is wholly different in tone and "feel" than the first one. I really have to give James Cameron credit for that. He knew he wasn't Ridley Scott. He knew he could never recapture what Scott had done, so he didn't try. He made his own movie, with his own sensibilities. I think that was the best choice, and if there's one light-switch-moment that made this movie as good on its own as the first, that was it. 49:20 Carrie Henn played Newt, and I think she was the absolute best choice. She could have had a top-tier career if she'd wanted to, but shortly after this movie she retired. Cameron never had a single problem with her. Her acting skill was phenomenal, and she was never scared by the actual alien puppets or the sets. She took direction well, and by all accounts was a great addition to the cast. She was the clear exception to the rule about never working with kids. I contrast that with the character Danny Torrence in _The Shining,_ played by Danny Lloyd. The young boy who was around Henn's age when he filmed that movie. To Kubrick's credit, he did everything he could to make the young boy have a good time, to the point he didn't know he was filming a horror movie until later in life. I do appreciate Kubrick for that, but Cameron never had to worry about that with Henn. She understood it was all fake, and never had an issue. The closest thing Cameron had to a "problem" with Henn was the scene of her sliding down the thing away from Hicks and Ripley. Henn purposefully messed up the takes so she could keep sliding down the thing. When Cameron realized, he promised her she could play on the thing all she wanted after finishing the scene.

In the Director's Cut, they showed that Ripley had a daughter who died of old age before her return. It was no dream; Ripley was really lost for 57 years.

Love this movie and the directors cut is the version I enjoy the most. More backstory for Ripley about her daughter, more marines interaction, a d the final fight is more personal because it is two mothers battling for their children. One to protect her, one for revenge... if you believe a xenomorph can have such feelings, if any. 👽

"It looks like a glitter bomb went off in here" -- sometimes you get in sync with someone so well that they notice glitter like you do Kaiielle understands me. That slow zoom when incorrectly making a prediction about Burke shows your good editing skill, good humor, good humility... chef's kiss all around. Solid casual self-roast. I notice when people over-edit, and what I notice here was very chill mature professional editing. You're getting very good at this! "I'm already feeling goosebumps" -- and that was a miniature model of the base. All analog special effects. An art form and expertise we might lose due to lack of demand... yet one so potent that it can elicit a biochemical response in the host organism. The moment of combat that became too intense and forced you away from your computer -- I haven't seen you do that in a reaction before, and you're tough, so that's very telling. The power of old fashioned filmmaking - just guys in suits with fast camera cuts - can be more intense than a modern CG battle with more details. Size (number of characters, number of guns, area of the battlefield) isn't everything. Talent and luck come first! The purity of a TOTALLY UNSPOILED reaction is a sight to behold. Concurrently, this is your kind of movie, so you're really into it, enjoying it, and having all the reactions you're meant to have. It's like we get to look in the mirror and see ourselves enjoying something beloved the way it was meant to be enjoyed. I needed to note this observation because it's positive feedback that your plan to stay strictly unspoiled is working. Teaser: the extras of this movie reveal a behind-the-scenes detail that I think about EVERY time I see this movie. Teaser: the special edition of this movie is optional just like the T2 one was, BUT they both reveal important plot details that I now think about EVERY time I see any edition of the movies. Teaser: again like with T2, James Cameron didn't retain ownership of this franchise that he is largely responsible for capitalizing, so the rest of the movies are randomly incoherent visions. You've already heard that, but I'm bringing it up because I believe in reactions, not not-reactions, so I still say to watch all of the movies in due time. I concede that more popular movies do get more views on reaction channels, so I support skipping things for business purposes, but if you ever FEEL like watching these sequels, they ARE watchable despite what the superfan sentiment might be, so go for it. Bonus note: compare the unorganized sequels of the 80s and 90s to the financial behemoth that is the MCU -- long-term investment into central planning clearly pays off. Nobody wants a TV show that's totally incoherent between episodes, either. I love your observation that Bishop was presented to be scary, yet never actually did anything scary, so why were we scared? Not only does the movie convince us, it exploits our baser instincts. Fear of past trauma, stereotyping, prejudice, ignoring evidence... we're told that the old android's dangerous bugs were fixed, it's 50 years later and every ship has an android, they're incapable of hurting people, there is no evidence to the contrary... and yet we don't believe it until the last 5 minutes. I love your crush on Michael Biehn because he has clearly been underappreciated, so he more than deserves some 2023 crushes. The YT algorithm is funneling Michael Biehn interviews to me on the right side of the screen as I type. Let's get that Michael Biehn hit counter up. Michael Biehn. Michael Biehn. Biehn, Michael. #MichaelBiehn Here's your alien emoji! 👽 I don't entirely love following commands, but I fully support your end-of-video mini game, and I think this is providing interesting and useful data to you. I would be curious to see what % of comments meet this highest bar of dedication among the academy of viewers, and what other trends follow along. I worked on this comment through the night as I started and stopped the reaction while multitasking. Thank you for reading and hearting so many comments. I'm still on the #Kaiielle150kSubscribers2024 train! 👽

“Burke seems to have good intentions!” Oh, dear… 😅

Good job putting together that Michael Biehn who played Dwayne Hicks here was from The Terminator but did you also realize that 2 other actors in Aliens were also in The Terminator? Bill Paxton (Hudson) played one of the 3 gang members Arnold first approached fully naked who pulled switch blades on him when he demanded one of the guy's clothes. The actor who played the Android Bishop is Lance Henriksen who was one of the police officers at the station Reese was interrogated.

I love the intensity of this movie. I remember seeing it in the theater with a female friend of mine who swore she could handle it. She didn't, and I ended up with several puncture holes in my arm. 😅👽👽

About Ripley's motivation for "going back out there", it can be summed up as- The "nightmare" will never be over for Ripley until she knows every last one of those creatures is dead.

As an old guy, the laugh was they were happily surprised/impressed.

I seem to remember that Carrie Henn (Newt) made them repeat that "falling down the slide" scene, at 34:55, like four or five times because she was having so much fun. I love this frickin' movie.

This was a huge breakthrough film for a lead woman in an action movie. Even though Aliens 1 was a success this one catapulted the genre for women.

This was by far the best sequel ever made to a movie, I'm dating myself but i remember skipping school to go see this movie a few times. Ripley is the original badass when it comes to action stars, i loved her in these movies, she was put in situations where she did not want to be, but stepped up and took care of business when it was needed. One of my fav lines in the movie is when Bishop called them all in to tell them about the bad news about the reactor going critical and Hudson's reaction was "that's a switch" for bad news was funny. but in the end with all of Hudson's BS being afraid and not wanting to do anything he stood up and went down flighting. Truly one of the best movies ever made period........ a quick trivia question easy for Sci Fi Fans, what actor was the only one to get killed by a Predator, Alien, Terminator, easy peasy

Hicks - Reese Bishop - cop Hudson - punk guy All of them acts in Terminator

Others will likely have mentioned this already, but in the Special Edition of Aliens, near the start, Burke tells Ellen Ripley that her daughter Amanda passed away while Ripley was in hypersleep.

Great reaction, found your channel from this one but I'm definitely subscribing. So glad you included my very favorite little moment, maybe one of the absolute best bits of wordless acting of all time. At 36:44, you can see Ripley give herself one brief moment to feel all the insane fear she rightfully feels, walking into this nightmare after everything she's already been through. Then you see her take a deep breath, clench her jaw, and put all that fear aside so she can give everything she's got to save Newt. Goddamn, Sigourney, what a performance.

6:41 Jenette Goldstein, John Connor's stepmom in T2 making her screen debut. She became one of James Camerons's go to actors appearing in Titanic too.

Fun fact: James Cameron was a college dropout working as a truck driver and making scifi models in his basement. And then he saw Star Wars and realized that was what he was made to do. He got his start in Hollywood working for Roger Corman thanks to a 10-minute VFX demo of a woman in an exoskeleton fighting a robot, with it seeming that elements of that idea became parts of his first two big movies. He's a sfx genius with a background in B movies where he had to make the most of what he had. He used a lot of less detailed alien suits to allow more movement, cutting in closeups for the details. And clever techniques like the jumping facehugger actually having been pulled away fast and the film reversed, or a scene of an alien running through a AC duct thats actually the actor bing lowered down thecstructure and only pretending to be running which makes it look like it is unnaturally fast and sgile. He is also the "man most directly responsible" for the movie industry embracing 3D, which he helped invent pushed the adoption of so he could use the tech to make Avatar.

I remember ttripping when I first realized Vasquez was the same actress that played John Connors "legal guardian" in Terminator 2

This was such an awesome react. Thank you for sharing! Yeah, I loved that Ripley was a badass in the first movie and she got to be equally badass here and walks away with a chosen-family; a badass daughter, a loyal and gorgeous partner and a trustworthy uncle-android-friend! Love the chemistry between all of them. (Which is also why I LOATHED Alien3...)

You should have watched the Special Edition, which fills in Ripley's backstory a bit more, including her daughter Amanda!

😂 All those jump scares are what I live for. Great reaction, that was fun.

Everytime I watch a first reaction to this film it re-asserts that it may just be my favorite film of all time

Your reaction when they were trying to leave in the apc and that alien sticks his nose into the door. Your anxiety just sorta noped you outta there for a second. Lol

I'm happy I got to watch this one in the cinema. No other sci-fi action movie I can think of have replicated the gritty look, and feeling of dread, of Aliens. It's such a unique and awesome film. ..But I do wish they had included the scene where Ripley got the news about her daughter. It would've given the scenes where she's taking care of Newt even more meaning.

Credit to Ferro: as soon as she saw the Alien behind her, she immediately went for her pistol. Not that it helped her, but you have to respect her defiance.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet and I don't know if you realized it but there are two people in this movie who were in the first Terminator movie. Hicks of course and Bishop. Bishop was the cop in the police station who was trying to get ahold of Sarah Connor in the first Terminator movie.

This has high re-watchability! Aliens came out a LONG time ago, but still holds up! Memorable characters, simple, but compelling plot, etc etc. I think Aliens, moreso than Alien, really launched a franchise. Cameron, of course, was the visionary, but Gale Ann Hurd (producer) did a ton of work to make his vision happen, I think she deserves a load of credit. Great reaction, you caught all the right notes, figured out a lot of plot points, and enjoyed the ride! If you ever get the chance to see any cut scenes, or other extras, they are fun to see! Thanks KL for a great review!!! 👽

1. Love the reaction 2. Love the Movie 3. Love the intro :) such a wonderful job, KL

I'm sure someone said this already but when Paul Reiser(Burke)'s mom watched it with him in the theater she stood up and cheered when his character was killed since Burke was such a tool in the movie. :)

👽Great reaction KL! Enjoyed how into it you got and the epic jumpscares in this (with even some pushing back from the desk! 😆👍) . The use of practical FX and miniatures has always amazed me. Believe it or not, the powerloader exoskeleton (that Ripley wears to defeat the Xeno Queen) is actually a DUDE IN A SUIT (with Sigourney harnessed to his chest) in some shots!!! And the Xeno Queen is a lifesized puppet with 2 people laying on their sides back-to-back in her torso controlling her arms!! SO COOL! Anyway, thanks for the fun time :) 👽

There were three actors in this film that were also in "Terminator". You know about Michael Bien who played Hicks and Reece. Bishop the android was a police detective in Terminator at the police station. Bill Paxton was in the opening scene of Terminator as one of the punks with spiked hair Arnold approaches when he is naked.

The story is that Paul Riser went to the debut of the film with his mother. When the alien killed him. She stood up and clapped. That's good acting! I was such an a**hole that my mother cheered my death.

You are right about this film being Terminator esk. Vasquez if you recall was the foster mother to John Connor in T-2. She was the one who stabbed Todd through the head when he was drinking out of the milk carton. Lol. I had a feeling that you would enjoy this film and seeing all of the familiar faces. Keep up the great work. 👽

And you talked over the best line in the movie... Newt hugs Ripley and says "Mommy".

43:24 I don't know why I laughed so hard. It sounded like Ripley was "roaring" Hahahaha

Fun trivia! Bill Paxton was also one of the punks that Arnold kills in the beginning of Terminator (the one with the mohawk) - and Vasquez was John Connor's foster mom in Terminator 2 (She was also in Cameron's Titanic! Fun little family that Cameron cultivated in the 80s. On a side note, Paul Reiser's (Burke) mother cheered his death at the screening because she hated his character so much. BTW - the director's cut has a scene where Burke tells Ripley about her daughter, and she breaks down saying RIpley promised to be back for her birthday. Which gives more weight (at least for me) how Ripley interacts and connects with Newt. Sorry, I'm geeking.

She was actually out there in space for 57 years. The special edition has the unedited version explaining what happened to her daughter.

And Vasquez was a cop in Lethal Weapon and John's foster mom in Terminator 2. I'd wager Drake and Vasquez are carrying something in the 50 cal range. Did you watch all the way to the end? Did you hear the skittering of little alien feet? And the 57 years was not a dream. Looks like you saw the theatrical version, which cut the part about her learning the fate of her daughter, among other things. The soldiers laughing at Ripley in the power loader was all good. Their facial expressions leading up to it were obviously of instant admiration, as if to say, "Well look at this." That laugh was "Damn she's cool." Totally not what they were expecting. I know, because it's exactly what I remember thinking when I saw it. Remember, it was another female that called her Snow White. Frost got burned and fell down to a lower level. He was carrying the ammo bag that also was burning, and dropped when the flames hit him. You are right in that the technology was better. The lessons learned from the first went directly into the second. Still, it's amazing what they were doing with practical effects.

Saw at the theater and still say Aliens was the most exciting movie I ever saw at the theater! Saw Alien at the Drive In when it came out, that’s where it was showing in my small Texas town, anyway thanks I’m glad I discovered your channel!

"Alien I - III" - Hall of fame. "Alien II - Die Rückkehr" is one of the best science fiction-movies of all time. Ripley (alias Sigourney Weaver) will never die.❤

How can you miss out when Newt hugs Ripley and calls her "Mummy" ?

In a deleted scene, Ripley encounters Burke, cocooned, on her way to finding Newt. He says, "Please help me!" and after a few seconds pause she hands him a grenade. It is hilarious in a morbid sort of way, perhaps unintentionally. Maybe that's why it was cut. Not sure.

I never realized it before, but Jenette Goldstein's very first film role was in this movie. She absolutely knocked it out of the park. 31:52 I imagine she probably wanted to make sure he stood trial for it, and maybe use that to expose the company.

Cameron has said that this film in an analogy of the Vietnam War. You have the Marines representing the Americans - overconfident in their technology and firepower, convinced this mission will be over quickly and they will easily win. Once they get to the planet (representing Vietnam) they are quickly overwhelmed by the aliens (representing the Viet Cong) who are not as technologically advanced as the Marines but they are stronger and tougher then the Marines thought, and they have the home-field advantage. They quickly make the marines realize that they were not prepared for this.

Great reaction video. The next time you watch this film check out the extended version. Several important scenes (one should particularly be of interest to you). Enjoy!

vAsquez (jenette goLdsteIn) was the same actrEss who played johN's foster mother in t2!

Here's a mind blower. Jenette Goldstein (Vasquez) also played the red headed foster mom in Terminator 2.

I love when Newt calls Ripley "mommy ".

Fun fact: Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by a Terminator, Predator (Yautja) and an Alien (Xnomorph)

The actor who played the bad guy, their mom watch this movie and cheered when he died because he was such a bastard in the movie xD

Thank you for such a great reaction to a classic genre defining movie. This was a great end to my week. Thank you! Your jump scares were classic!

Aliens is the quintessential science fiction action movie along with Terminator 2.

It's a shame you didn't watch the directors cut, which addresses the situation with Ripley's daughter. It's the version that Cameron would have preferred to go on general release but studio interference prevailed as it always does.

I’ll be watching tonight! Just wonder if you recognized Hicks. 😉

I love both the first and second movies. Certainly a more-than-worthy sequel. Yes, they’re different styles, but I think when a lot of people point that out, they forget just how scary this movie still is. 👽

Love the guns mounted on steadicam rigs. Steadicam was relatively new when they made this. Rocky was one of the first movies to use it.

Not sure if you knew this or not, but the video game character Samus Aren from the series Metroid is based off of Ellen Ripley partially. This movie probably had a lot to do with that. Her arch nemesis in the games is called "Ridley" like Ridley Scott (the creator of Alien)

It's really unfortunate that the theatrical release cut the scene where she finds out about her daughter. It adds to Ripley's character development and her relationship with Newt.

I forgot to mention, Vasquez was actually in Terminator 2 as well. She played Johns foster mother. She's also been in a number of other well known movies as well.

👍 Right on, good job. Thanks for doing this movie justice because this is the best reaction to this movie out of all the ones I’ve seen and I’ve seen a few lol. I’d watch a movie with you anytime!

Vasquez was also John Conner's foster mother in Terminator 2.Also a small part as an Irish mother of two children in "The Titanic".

I've just realised it was god damn Vasquez all along - She started shooting in the nest and encouraged others - Bam, the nuclear reactor ruptured, we have four hours. Then she got hurt and Gorman had to come back for her - Bam, the grenade goes off, Newt falls in, we meet a Queen (who whould've died in an explosion anyway). So, yeah. God damn you, Vaquez! ;)

👽 This movie was AWESOME. Hicks - Reese - also played Johnny Ringo in "Tombstone," another EXCELLENT movie

As one of the producers David Giler (sp?) would say, Alien was the Haunted House, and Aliens was the Roller Coaster. And you'd love the director's cut of this one. More character development and you get more info on Ripley as well as other things. A great watch. And in this at the end, when Newt grabs Ripley after the queen is shot into space and calls her Mommy - I lose it every time. Oh, if you like Michael Biehn, he's great in the movie Tombstone with Kurt Russell AND Bill Paxton.

The Amanda Ripley situation didn't become an issue until the Isolation game came out. The extended director's cut of Aliens is our first introduction to Ripley's daughter, when we find out she's already died as a grandmother.

I named my new puppy hicks. Ripley and hicks were my favorite

The 57 years is not a dream. She has been visited multiple times, and incorporated those visits into her dreams.

"Hicks" was "Reese" from T2, and "Vasquez" was in there too, as John Connor's foster mom. And for good measure, Bill Paxton was in the first "Terminator". He plays one of the punk rockers at the beginning of the movie that says, "Wash day tomorrow. No clothes clean!" before Arnie kills him by pulling his heart out through his stomach. James Cameron is responsible for two of the greatest sequels of all time, this one and "Terminator 2".

This franchise was a whole world of mythology and lore that I never expected to get sucked into, but absolutely did. Also, the music at the end had some suspiciously familiar percussion to me the first time I saw it, and I was right to guess it was done by James Horner, who composed the soundtrack for Titanic as well as Avatar. I think I just watched Titanic so much growing up, I can always tell when it's him now. 😆 He loves using these huge, industrial percussive stabs.

This is my favorite movie of all time. Vasquez is the ultimate bad a** Her gun says Adidos. Lets Rock definition of 80s but awesome. The late great Bill Paxton has one of the best death scenes, he went out as a trooper. Also when Hicks tells Vasquez forget him he is gone, she does the same thing for Hicks when Hudson is dying. Vasquez (Jennette Goldstein) it is John Conners adoptive mother in Terminator 2. Also. When the computer says 15 minutes it is exactly 15 minutes till the explosion. Yes I timed it.

The extended version actually talks about Ripley's daughter and shows Nute's family along with the rest of the colony

Very good reaction and less editing than a lot of other reaction channels. I subscribed. Keep it up!

Love this movie and your reaction it was great. I too love that Hicks and Newt survived so she wasn't alone this time :). Shame they didn't make any more Alien movies after this one...

In the extended version they show that Ripley had a daughter back on Earth. She had grown old while she was in hypersleep.

Ellen Ripley was actually adrift in space for 57 years, I recommend checking out the Directors cut of Aliens. It adds to the story.

I think the fact that this movie was made in '86, and it STILL looks amazing, all the special effects hold up; the characters are still great, the lines are still super-quotable - you look at a movie like this, released thirty-seven years ago and still absolutely up to modern standards, and it makes you wonder about the movies of today. Our technology has increased by leaps and bounds; we can do things now we never could back then - and yet, movies like this and, hell, the original 'Alien', are still blowing most current films out of the water. Have we progressed, or regressed?

I'm glad you watched the theatrical version instead of the extended version. The extended version is fine, and reveals some additional information about Ripley, but for a _FIRST_ viewing I always recommend this version and then the extended version at a later time. The girl that plays Newt, Carrie Henn, never made another movie and is now a school teacher, which is very fitting.

Great reaction! And I'm actually glad you didn't watch the director's cut because while it does reveal an interesting piece of information about Ripley, it kind of spoils the whole surprise by showing you the colonists on the planet beforehand. (You watched the theatrical version like we all originally did 😁) Also, DO NOT watch anymore in the franchise so you can have a happy ending, lol. I'll have to look through your videos to see what you've already watched but you should definitely check out James Cameron's The Abyss, if you haven't seen it. The director's cut is the best version but it is hard to find. Thanks -- you have a new subscriber! 👽