First Time Watching *ALIENS* (1986) | Movie Reaction 

Fun fact: At the premiere, Paul Reiser (Burke) brought his mom. He wanted to gently tell her ahead of time that he would be dying in the film. When the scene happened, the audience began cheering and his mother joined in with them. 🤣

Youre not the only reactioneer that predicted that Vasquez would be the first to die when in fact she and the Leutenant are the last to die 😲😀

One of the few sequels that outshines the original.

This movie is CGI free, everything you see is a practical effect. We had to wait another 3 years for James Cameron to make ‘The Abyss’ to see CGI mainstream. Love your faces all through this 😂😂 great reaction! 😘😘 kisses both

One of my top 5 films of all time, only bested by Terminator 2 (Lord Of The Rings being my top #1) I think this tops the first film, the bombastic nature of it and ramping up of the narrative appeals to me. Thanks for the vid!

I can't believe it took 7 months to react to this all time great sequel, how dare you both but at least we've arrived and I really appreciate it so much.

I yawped when I saw this video pop up in my feed! Best comment about the movie came from my dad as we exited the theater in 1988: "That was great and I never want to see it again." The franchise isn't linear from this point on, unfortunately. So don't expect 3 to be a "continuation" so to speak. You'll see eventually. 3 is directed by David Fincher. It's an interesting movie, with some great alien stuff in it.

BATMAN 1989 with Michael Keaton was filmed in the same facility and when the Batman crew showed up to dress the set for the Axis Chemical plant there was still leavings from the Aliens Hive present.

Fun fact the guy who plays berk plays the good doctor scientist in stranger things

Hehe, know what thought keeps coming to my head whenever I watch this movie? So the one alien that got Newt just immobilized her getting her ready for an egg. But what about the few other soldiers we saw get taken just in that last battle before? Hudson didn't look like he died, he just was pulled under the floor. Ripley didn't bother to try to find him? I guess she didn't have a locator for him but I don't think he would have been very far from where they stuck Newt. Like what if he was conked out too just like 10 feet away from Newt, Ripley didn't see him and like maybe he woke up just in time to see Ripley running off with Newt. That would have been shitty! LOL

For whomever that recommends movies/shows that are in their patreon or wherever they decide/make polls, please recommend them to see The Expanse!!!! Ty to whomever lol

"Hey, Vasquez! You ever been mistaken for a man?" "No. ...Have you?" 😂

The reason The Queen was telling the other xenomorphs to let Ripley & Newt leave was Ripley nonverbally communicated to The Queen that she was going to set her babies ablaze if they attacked. The Queen then told her children to stand down. It was two moms having an "understanding" to save their children...

Pay attention to details. At 31:07, you mentioned "does anybody have a knife?" You forget about the acid blood. It's why Hicks and Gorman were very careful to unwrap the facehugger's tail from Ripley's neck. And why they threw it across to an open section for Vasquez to shoot it.

Bill Paxton, first guy to be killed by a Terminator, Predator, and a Xenomorph... Vasquez, the actress in this is the same actress who played the Irish mother in Titanic who reads stories to her kids as they accept their fate. She also played John Connor's foster mother in Terminator 2 :D The dropship was made of found-parts from an Air-Fix kit of various airplanes, they then replicated it in large scale for the actors to interact with... and the troop carrier was a real vehicle, it was one of those towing trucks they use to pull airplanes around, they added some wooden panel bits for armour and that gun on the front. All the outside scenes were miniatures and rear-projection footage of the miniatures, made by the same special effects guys who did the miniatures for the Kevin Bacon movie "Tremors" (great movie). The rear projection Cameron used is kind of a prototype practice run that he mastered for Terminator 2's future war at the start of the movie when they filmed miniatures and stop motion, and rear-projected the footage on a huge backlit screen on an enormous set... and filmed it all in-camera. They made the movie with only 6 Xenomorph suits too :D Cameron saved budget on suits by filming 6 stuntmen in costumes from weird angles, and used editing tricks to make it seem like there were hundreds of aliens. And most of the marines were ex-military who had turned to stuntmen/women in the industry. It gave authenticity to them as soldiers, and meant that they could also be thrown around because they were basically a stunt team in tertiary roles. --- Watch Alien 3 though... and make sure it's the extended cut :) The theatrical cut is a totally different movie, and kinda crappy because it was cut and edited by the studio. Think of Alien 3 as probably the first example of studio interference creating a Justice League situation...... with the extended cut being the longer, better, movie. Edit: OH! WHen they kill that first chest burster, and the aliens all come out of the walls....... listen to the background squeal when they flamethrower that chest burster... That scream/squeal, is the Queen. She's squealing to let her warriors that something's afoot and to defend the nest. That's how close the marines were to the Queen, they were literally in the nest when they decided to open fire. Crazy to think we actually got the Queen's introduction near the start of the movie, and didn't really realise it.

The cat is alive. And that is the most important part of the scenario.

Some of the best practical effects in movie history by the master Stan Winston and his team

Such a quotable fun movie. "I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." "Game over man! Game OVER!" "Get away from her you B*TCH!" "Yeah man, but it's a dry heat."

A tiny example: This version doesn't tell much about her daughter. When Ripley is rescued, her daughter has been dead for 2 years. Ripley promised to get home in time to celebrate her 10 th birthday. This is why her bond with Newt is so strong.

45:42 No, this is the last Alien movie. After they returned to earth, Ripley and Hicks got married, adopted Newt, and Bishop was repaired. They all lived together, happily ever after. The end.

*Fun Fact* : Lance Henriksen the Actor who plays Bishop, before his acting career was a plumber and one of things he did was to crawl through pipes for a living, so when they ask Lance to do that scene he's actually crawling in that pipe, he said the only part about it he hated was that near the end there was a Right ▶️ bend in the pipe and it was difficult to get out

It wasnt so much that Burke knew about the Xenomorphs, because he actually didnt until they got there and saw them. What happened was that in the beginning of the movie, there was a short timeskip between Ripley waking up and having the meeting with the board of directors, and Burke and Gorman visiting her at her apartment. During that short timeskip, Burke sent the order to the colonists to go investigate Ripleys claims of the crashed ship and the Alien eggs, lost contact with them, and thats when he visited Ripley. Nobody knew what the Xenomorphs were at that point, as Ripley was the ONLY person alive to have encountered them, and there was no other evidence bar her word.

Paul Reiser's role in Stranger Things is deliberately playing off this one, so the show can surprise us with his turning out to be an actual nice guy. He really doesn't get enough credit for this role, where he has to start out being so likable that we believe Ripley would trust a Company man, and then makes a seamless switch to his real personality.

Please consider Dog Soldiers as a movie to watch some time, great film, massivly underated due to the lack of press it got on release. So many folk have never heard of it, but it's one of the best of it's kind.

The scene with Ripley learning that her daughter aged 57 years and then died while Ripley was gone is not in every version, but it makes the anchor of the story - the relationship between Ripley and Newt - that much more poignant.

Cameron took an iconic horror movie and upped the ante, turning it into a full blown action spectacle. Awesome movie, awesome hilarious reactions from yall! Takes me back to being a teenager in a theater full of screaming people freaking on all these jumpscares and cheering Ripley on.

Really liked how you left in a lot of Bill Paxton. So many reactors complain about him, but I thought he was hilarious and made the character relatable. Only he could've played that part. By the way, Bishop was kind of the hero, you know? You were commenting on the white internal-systems fluid, but I thought he not only picked up Ripley and Newt, but he grabbed Newt so she didn't get sucked out of the ship. Since you didn't mention this, I thought I would. :)

Are these all practical effects? Yes...CG hadn't really come up yet so the Aliens and everything else is practical, the ship shots were miniatures shot to look big and moving. You got to appreciate the effort this took as it still holds up to this day. Great reactions you two.

Glad you guys loved Aliens. Even though Alien³ isn't popular but I would recommend watching it.

Bill Paxton, Michael Biehn and Lance Henrikson are all in Terminator 1. Vasquez/Jenette Goldstein is in T2 but master of disguise that she is you'll probably never know it's her. She was also the Irish mother with the kids in Titanic.

I don't care what anybody says. I like all 4 movies and I think you. Guys should really watch all 4 of them. Because you might be missing out on something that you may like

This is one of the greatest sequels of all time. They took everything from the original and amped it up too a thousand! So happy you guys enjoyed this one. In all honesty tho...the third one is absolutely dreadful but could be fun to rip on 😂

If you end up watching Alien3 at some point, you have to watch the Assembly Cut, because it's much better than the cinematic cut.

This movie is the pinnacle of special effects. Made just before CGI made it's way into film. This movie uses every special effects trick in the book pre computers.

Fun fact: The knife trick scene was supposed to be Bishop doing it alone, but they changed it and told everyone execpt the guy playing Hudson. His screaming and his line "Thats not funny" was the actors genuine reaction.

Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed onscreen by a Terminator, Alien, and Predator. Technically Lance Henrikson did it too, but his Terminator death was offscreen.

This is freaking everything!!! I adore this movie so much.

I was *today* years old when I figured out that Burke was in Stranger Things as a Papa's coworker 😳😳😳

"Tell me we get to fight club an alien in this", I LOVE the foreshadowing of that line LOL

I went on this adventure when I was eleven years old in 1994. It has pretty much been one of my favorite movies ever since. The practical special effects are absolutely incredible. So fun to watch it with you ❤

A lot of people will maybe tell you to skip Alien3, but in spite of its flaws, I think it’s worth seeing. The story is darker, it’s directed by David Fincher, the soundtrack and cinematography are noteworthy, and IMO the performances by Charles Dance and Charles S. Dutton are worth the price of admission.

Lance Henricson who played Bishop, he did the knife scene with Bill paxton for real. he worked on it for 6 months and with different knives. i just got to meet Lance recently at a convention, awesome great actor.

One of the few movies I know almost verbatim. Aliens is a staple rewatch for me.

This is easily on my top 5 list. When I was in my teens this was my comfort film, I watched it every time I got sick. Gave me some amazing fever dreams.

When you see the crawlers preserved in the glass cases, it's not that they were studying them before hand. The colony didn't know the ship was there till Burke had them check it out. They were studying them after the colony was exposed to them. Mentions how 1 subject died from removing it

Masterpiece ever. The best sequel ever.

Should definitely watch the director’s cut, it gives more background/ motivation for Ripley, and Newt.

WOOO! Aliens is my favorite sci-fi movie of all time. I am so excited for y'all to watch it.

11:14 this whole drop sequence is just perfect

Super reaction. One of my fav movies ever as a kid. Enjoyed your reaction

The two, Vasquez & Drake, holding the oversized guns were the same two doing pull ups as soon as they woke up. They handled that weapon with ease, and now you know why 😄...

This movie, including the cigar chomping Sergeant were the inspiration for halo. Also, those long guns that were hip mounted, are called smart guns, and they aim for you. All you got to do is pull the trigger.

Its amazing how much puppetry went into the operation of the alien queen and how it looked so real

Still the most exciting movie I saw at the theater, thanks y’all!

Love all the references to "Oh, they've got some Halo shit going on" and "now they've got the Batmobile", and "the suits the dude had in Avatar (which was a James Cameron film also)" etc., when this movie actually came out before all of them! This is the OG for so many things! Hahaha! Great reaction to one of my favourite films of all time guys (I saw it in the cinemas 6 times when it came out!)................sub'd. x

Him: "How many do you think there are? It is called Aliens!" Her: "A lot, maybe two." Me: "Oh you sweet summer child."

NOOOO, dont watch Alien 3!! Its a trap! This series stops here

Cameron did such an amazing job with this movie.

RIPLEY WAS AMAZING

One of the greatest sequels and sci-fi films ever made. And personally my favorite James Cameron film. By the way the first one was made by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator).

The Alien showing up at the end like "Bet you thought you'd seen the last of me" was everything

You know what I love about this movie... I love that they don't have infinte bullet counts. I love that they actually used a welding helmet to weld. I love that the characters aren't instantly people they try to force us to relate to with ... I don't know, some kid back home or some backstory... the side characters are kind of assholes and allowed to be.And I love that people get injured and have to stop fighting... because holy shit, you're INJURED. Also I love the computer systems and tech... this stuff looks like the kind of stuff we probably would have in the future. Minimal, back to basic industral, computer systems that use as little power as possible, old spaceships that likely have been cobbled together from spare parts to save money. Even a brand new terraforming facility is just barebones metal grates and practicality... they're not looking for asthetic beauty here. That comes later with the rich assholes who move in. Sci fi needs to remember this shit.

How can you edit out the "Mummy" from Newt as she grabs Ripley. Carrie Henn (who played Newt) said the Assistant Director wanted to film the water scene the next morning so he had it heated overnight. Newt said in the morning it was too warm. So her and the "Alien" sat on the side bathing their feet in the water till it cooled down.

In SEGAS Aliens: Colonial Marines, you can find Hudson in the hive cocooned to a pillar with a nice hole coming from his chest.

I actually think the theatrical cut is the better one. The addition scenes in the directors cut largely lead to nothing. The only scenes I’d say are good in the directors cut are the extended scene about Ripley’s daughter and maybe the one where they find the space jockey’s ship again. Maybe.

8:44 - Bill Paxton has the distinction of being the only actor to be killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator.

10:50 - The loader looks like the ones in Avatar, because Cameron directed both of the movies. A lot of his films have overlapping references.

The last big nuclear explosion was actually made with a lightbulb and some cotton above it. Beats a lot of CGI nowadays

when bishop is crawling through the tunnel the xenomorphs are banging on the pipe to get in as they here someone in the pipe there is a lot of clips missing and from alien which i have also burke is captured by the xenomorphs back to the hive he will have injury's to where they would have pulled him across the floors and the terrain breaking his legs and arms . the next clip of burke will be ripley sees him on the wall with the residue stuck to him and ripley gives him a live grenade to kill himself. yes i also have the clip

Here’s a fun fact - the woman that plays Vasquez also played that sweet Irish mommy of the 2 kids in the Titanic 🤯

A great reaction as always guys. Unfortunately, I'm old enough to remember going to see this at the pictures over here in that little island off the coast of Europe called Britain 😃😃 It's the only time I ever stood and applauded at the end of a movie, and you guys were absolutely right to watch the theatrical cut first. Its more tense, and the extended cut gives a lot of spoilers away near the beginning. The only advantage the extended version has is that it shows Ripley grieving over the loss of her daughter - which explains why she got so attached to Newt, but what a movie!!!

One of my all time favorites. I saw the rerelease at an OMNI theatre with my dad when I was probably 8 and have probably seen it 100+ times since

Bill Paxton was killed on screen by a Terminator, Alien, and Predator... Lance Henrickson was killed by a Terminator, Alien, Predator, and Cenobite and got to see the aliens land at Devil's Tower!...

Your reactions to the jumpscares are priceless!!!

OMG! Have you not done The Thing (1982, NOT the 2011) yet?! Get on it, man! As good as Aliens if not better! And if you still do reactions to music, you have to do the artist Ren 1) Hi Ren 2) The Tale of Jenny and Screech (full) - (includes Violet’s Tale) All three of the above are Must Sees!

"Right in the sack!" 😆 I love your reaction and I love this movie!

I love how you were like - "look at the avatar mech suit...halo weapons...batmobile"...where do you think they ALL got the ideas from?..this movie was FIRST. ;)

Yeah, we don't talk about Alien 3. It never happened. In fact, just assume that every movie made after this one is just Ripley having nightmares in her hypersleep. Life is better that way. BTW, Paul Reiser (Burke, the company douche) is actually a comedian, so it's funny seeing him play such a role.

Still the greatest sci-fi movie ever made, Cameron is a genius.

Some people will disagree with this statement, but ignore those people, they're not normal - If you liked this movie, DO NOT watch Alien 3. Ever. Never ever ever. If you do, just remember I tried to warn you.

"None of you have like a knife" and spill acid blood all over her throat. I love when people totally forget what the problem hurting these aliens is in close proximity =)

Dude, I had to tap out at about 11 minutes. Sarcasm is these people's native language, and it is a grating as hell! See, people used to grow out of sarcasm at a certain age, because the social order corrected them. Now that you're not allowed to tell anybody anything negative, these people actually think they're being funny. F--k!

Two things people never notice you need to be smart to realize it. First there is a reason why Burk says he works for the company but that he is an ok guy. That is to show that its a dream sequence already. He would not know about Ripley's distain for the company. Second one is in the dropship. The reason why Hicks is asleep. That is to show that he is a veteran. While the dude in charge have that fear look on his face Hicks is as calm and asleep like he done this a million times. Alot of nuances people miss throughout the movie.

42:12 Queen takes Bishop.

Alien 3 directors cut is the way to go but prepare yourself...the tone and change in story really rubbed people the wrong way....my only issue is the attempt at CGI versus practical effects breaks the immersion a bit but.....its worth a watch and part 4 resurrection is weird but damn did I love it when I was a kid...the cgi in 4 is leaps and bounds better than 3....

I hate how people will just stop watching this franchise just because some idiots have alien 3 shit ratings. If you watch alien 3 assembly cut it's far better. & especially the prequels are what makes this series even awesome

Nooo. Not the theatrical cut. The Special Edition is so much better and fills in some of the plot holes. -EDIT- Also. Whoever told you NOT to watch the Special Edition is a moron. (imo)

Do not watch any more Alien movies after this, especially Alien 3, in spite of what a handful of others might say. It contributes nothing worthwhile to the Alien mythos and makes horrible choices about characters you've come to love. There are only two Alien movies. The rest are imposters.

I personally prefer the theatrical. It's just much better paced and it shows Ripley having motherly instincts without having to have been a mother.

This is the 2nd of 4 films that Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton where in together. 1st was Terminator, 3rd was Navy Seals, and 4th was Tombstone.

Ripley and Sarah Connor (Terminator 2) absolutely redefining the female action/hero before the media and political atmosphere created such an uproar about film television leads. Sigourney Weaver here is such a freaking badass, it's on a whole different level.

I love how everybody thinks they are going to pull the same thing twice with the android. (And they starrt dislikng Bishop for no reason whatsoever, lol.)

Such a awesome movie. Surprised it stopped here. Yup. Definitely not a 3 or 4 after this one. No need to look anymore up.

I recommend watching Alien3. It is my least favorite Alien movie, but i am glad that I watched it for the continuation of the story.

Bill Paxton died from a terminator also...just saying

Seems like you're watching the theatrical cut. Probably a good idea for your first viewing as it has better pacing, but the special extended edition is awesome and you should check that out someday if you can.

Movies overdramaticize depressurization in space. Normal atmospheric pressure is only 14 psi. Your car tire has over twice that. Quite literally, if you had a puncture in your spaceship, you could plug it with your thumb and the worst that would happen is you might get a hickey.

Please do not bother with any further ALIEN films. The computer game ALIEN: Isolation is the only worthy third entry in the franchise.

Nice!!! Can't wait for Alien 3, which is my favourite! 🐱

Aliens is a 10 out of 10! Loved both of your reactions to this masterpiece.