OT------ flashback to 1986 and Aliens.

[the_Greatest]

 

 

Just finished watching the first half of the new edition DVD of Aliens. Man was this movie friggin incredible the first time I saw it. When you had no idea which direction things would go, it was one of the most captivating times I ever had at a movie.

Which brings me to a funny thing. I saw it in the south Chicago suburbs on the first weekend. About a year later , they released the VHS. After I watched it, I remembered that the scene where they set up machine guns to fire automatically in the hall and counted down ammo was missing, it wasn't there. A few years ago, when the special edition "ADDED" scenes edition was released, there it was. My guess is of course, that they accidentally released a print without a LAST cut.

 

Anyone else had that experience?

[Rip]

The special edition version (with some new cuts) first came out on TV around 1990. Later in 1993/94 a more extended version came out on Laserdisc with the rest of the new shots.

Love that movie. But none of the versions ever added back in the shot where Ripley finds Carter Burke while looking for Newt.

[the_Greatest]

This was the first time I saw a special edition.

 

Aliens

 

This one came out in 1999, and it was the firct time I saw added material.

I never had a LD player.

 

I wonder what the little girl looks like now, she must be about 25 ?

[Rip]

Shes in the box set. Not bad....

[ArAich]

"Alien" was the only...and I do mean only...SciFi movie that lived up to the high expectations that I had for it...

[the_Greatest]

I thought Alien was Jaws in outer space, I think Aliens was better.

 

I would give Alien an 8.5 VF+,.......Aliens was a 9.6... but I'm a hater and a mook.

 

 

[Rip]

Alien was another great movie, really built up the suspense. Some of the best art direction ever. Alien 4 was the worst of the bunch. IMO one of the worst sequels if not the worst ever.

[the_Greatest]

 

Alien 3 bit also, even Weaver says it was a mistake to kill off the little girl at the beginning. Hmmm, maybe the little girl will make a cameo in A..V..P. I'd bet a shiny dime this one has a better story than any one since Aliens.

[JLA_ALL_THE_WAY]

"Any questions?"

 

"How do I get outta this chicken-sh*t outfit."

 

Rick

[greggy]

"Any questions?"

 

"How do I get outta this chicken-sh*t outfit."

 

Rick

[fantastic_four]

But none of the versions ever added back in the shot where Ripley finds Carter Burke while looking for Newt.

 

Where'd you hear about that? Sounds interesting...

[Dave_Hennen]

"Any questions?"

 

"How do I get outta this chicken-sh*t outfit."

 

Rick

"Look into my eye!"

 

I think Aliens was better than the first one but they both were GREAT !

Dave H

[the_Greatest]

 

I saw that scene on a special, I think on AMC, it was just a shot very similar to the Captain Dallas scene they pulled from Alien. Wouldn't have added anything to the end of the movie IMO.

[fantastic_four]

it was just a shot very similar to the Captain Dallas scene they pulled from Alien. Wouldn't have added anything to the end of the movie IMO.

 

If he was all wrapped up in goo and had a face hugger on him, it seems like it could convey a more complete sense of irony since he tried to do that to Ripley and Newt...

[chrisco37]

In the book, Ripley finds Burke (post-face hugger) hanging in the Alien slime (much like when the Marines find the lady earlier). He begs her to kill him, and she wimps out and gives him a grenade to kill himself with rather than let the Alien explode out of his chest.

[Rip]

Here's a pic

[chromium]

In the book...

 

Book ??

YOU

 

 

 

 

[chrisco37]

In the book...

 

Book ??

YOU

 

 

 

 

 

It was a good one, wasn't it?

[the_Greatest]

 

 

I'm only guessing.....but I would think the last thing Cameron wanted to do at that point was generate any kind of sympathy, however small, for Burke. His fate was pretty obvious when I saw the movie....and it was perfect.

[fantastic_four]

His fate was pretty obvious when I saw the movie....and it was perfect.

 

I didn't find his fate to be obvious, because I thought he bit the farm right there when the alien found him. The last few seconds you saw him, you could see the alien's inner mouth shooting out followed by a loud "chunk"-sort of sound, so I thought the alien had impaled him. I know the aliens usually take you off to be cocooned, but that sound made me think the alien chose to kill him right then and there for whatever reason.

 

That deleted scene sounds rather cool, although unrealistic since those face-huggers usually take a day or so to come off and he had only been caught about an hour before. I wonder if the unrealistic time frame is what made them cut the scene? I'd like to see it sometime anyway, it sounds cool!