Oh wow, you guy's have used my remaster of the Alien's trailer. What a spin out seeing it with Quentins voice over. I love this
@Cinema5284917 ай бұрын
Just guy. You did a great job
@Vanilla_SkynetАй бұрын
and you created the trailer or used something? fuck off retard
@bartomiejtudryk564928 күн бұрын
The love between two cinematics . Incredible trailer remake and wonderful voice over of Tarantino . Both of you bravo,
@ShodyLoko20 күн бұрын
My favorite film of all time. Bill Paxton autographed my DVD with “Game over man!”
@cassiecarpenter7 ай бұрын
That is so cool.....
@bigtam4627 ай бұрын
Oh my god, treasure that forever. What a guy he was, God rest his soul. He made that movie, his acting was on point 100%. No film will ever beat this for me.
@1nfamous767 ай бұрын
That’s amazing, treasure it 👍
@jimmyb797 ай бұрын
Dated now, the original is far superior!
@ianthomas45686 ай бұрын
@@ianthomas4568no such thing as dated. This is better than any Sci-fi action movie that has come after it. The original is a straight up Horror film, completely different
@Grande796 ай бұрын
Alien, aliens and predator 1 are the pinnacle of sci fi/monster movies. I doubt we will ever hit them heights again. Absolute masterpieces.
@mrmola32957 ай бұрын
I agree.
@maxxxmodelz40617 ай бұрын
Don’t forget The Thing bro
@WMSMr7 ай бұрын
Nailed it! The years 1986-1987 gave us ALIENS, Predator and RoboCop... the adult action sci-fi Holy Trinity. I am a sci-fi fan to this day because of that magical period in time.
@bobafeet12347 ай бұрын
@@WMSMr John Carpenter's The Thing was an incredible achievement in practical effects. Truly a masterpiece for sure.
@maxxxmodelz40617 ай бұрын
@@WMSMr Honestly, The Thing is a classic, no doubt, but it has its weak spots, imo, for example the scene where one of the characters with the second flamethrower gets thrown around by his head like a ragdoll, which it clearly was and took me out of the movie, and thats something I Cant say about anything in either Aliens or Predator.
@raxr57057 ай бұрын
A timeless masterpiece.
@Pete637 ай бұрын
Without CGI
@sandordomonkos8351Ай бұрын
It really is
@joeyxl34567 күн бұрын
Aliens still holds it down 37 years later, and it always will. Alien and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time.
@jimbodavis19447 ай бұрын
if these are you're favourite, then the bar for greatness is VERY low
@Disillusioned20226 ай бұрын
@@Disillusioned2022 Thanks for taking time out of your Friday night to tell me that. I’m not sophisticated, apparently.
@jimbodavis19446 ай бұрын
@@jimbodavis1944 Real eyes. Realize. Real lies.
@Disillusioned20226 ай бұрын
@@Disillusioned2022wow your deep man ,please tell us your favorites then ,or maybe we wouldn't understand😢
@staffh38155 ай бұрын
@@Disillusioned2022 go smell your own farts somewhere else.
@weylandyutanicorporate2 ай бұрын
Remember those days when a film is "built up" and then "delivers"? I miss those days.
@19hadley74Ай бұрын
Dune Part One and Part Two were built up and definitely delivered (I know people weren’t too thrilled with Part One, but it’s brilliant).
@eyespy3001Ай бұрын
@@eyespy3001Dune 2 is the best movie to come out in awhile. We saw it once opening day and then a month later in IMAX 🔥 cant wait for Messiah to come out
@poindextertunesАй бұрын
@@eyespy3001 I was going to reply with the same thing . I havne't aniticipated a movie with such excitement in a long time as Dune 2. And it delivered !!! (maybe MM: Fury Road was similar)
@telarr916418 күн бұрын
Jurassic Park was another one that definitely had that buzz. I would say The Dark Knight was the last movie I saw in the theater that had a genuine buzz/surprise/delivery for me
@mrpowers466718 күн бұрын
Bladerunner 2049 and interstellar delivered
@mr7520415 күн бұрын
The chills I got watching Aliens in a sold out theater is rivaled only by seeing the original debut of Star Wars in 1977.
@ingleringlet-snipps3rd4497 ай бұрын
The original Alien did it for me. The marketing campaign built it up so much, with the egg and "In space, no one can here you scream". Everyone was pumped and had no idea what it was going to be about. The ads on TV with the "movie voice guy" that did the ominous ads, it was a great time to be alive. When I saw the movie, my mind was blown. It was almost the opposite of Star Wars, dark, gritty, dirty, suspenseful, adult, perfectly acted, written, paced, edited, sound, music, it was a goddamn masterpiece of science fiction horror that's never been equalled. Aliens was awesome too, but we'd already seen the Alien. Before the original it was still a mystery. The only other marketing campaign that equalled it was The Matrix, with all the "what IS the Matrix" commercials.
@aldunlop462218 күн бұрын
The fact that it has no cgi and it easily holds up with today still
@stephenparker8250Ай бұрын
@kaizen20205 Because a lot of CGI today still looks very fake. There are parts in Aliens where they look genuinely real especially the one that runs into the elevator.
@stephenparker8250Ай бұрын
@kaizen20205 you're right, today's FX standards are awful
@fenrisodessaАй бұрын
@@fenrisodessa For the most part they really are and it's depressing. I watched Starship Troopers again not too long ago and the cgi in that rivals some of today's "blockbusters". The bug seige on the fort still looks absolutely phenomenal.
@johng6565Ай бұрын
@kaizen20205 Aliens is so close to perfect that I'm willing to accept that Ripleys biceps and forearm strength alone can withstand the cold dark of outer space.
@johng6565Ай бұрын
Yes @@johng6565! It's believable because we watched her do it. Not her "digi-double". Still one of the best shots ever is the queen squirming underneath the weight of the loader in the docking bay.
@scalzmoney29 күн бұрын
I love hearing Quentin praising the ultimate 80's movie, given he says he hates 80's movies. But it's _Aliens_ how can you not love it?
@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns Жыл бұрын
I don't think he hates 80s movie's to me it just seems like he just didn't like certain kinds of political correctness of that time which is understandable him being around at that time as a film fan, I disagree with a few of his criticisms he has on it but that's me he preferred the 90s because it got away from the PC he wasn't liking from the 80s and felt more like the 70s part 2 as he describes it
@ethanholgate2512 Жыл бұрын
The 80s brought everything we dislike about movies, but, the movies made in the 80s are still pretty good
@sanitorz232 Жыл бұрын
He just thinks the 50's & 80's were the weakest decades of films & I agree compared to everything made during every other decade of cinema!!!!
@mattlawrence193210 ай бұрын
He hates 80's movies where the hero had to be a good guy, which is a deviation from the 60's and 70's, but what he means is Lethal Weapon, not 80's horror or sci fi; those films, which were disrespected by Hollywood as not being real art, kept that 60's and 70's vibe of the hero not having to be likable or moral or 'the good guy,'. Aliens is a perfect example, becasue the hero is female, and had Hollywood known it would make as much money as it did, they would have wanted a man to play the hero. In horror and sci fi films in the 80's you could do anything, but not in mainstream films. Lethal Weapon 2 would not have featured a female hero, but Aliens could, becasue the latter was not serious cinema as far as Hollywood was concerned. And to prove what I'm talking about; Sigourney Weaver received an Oscar nomination that year, and went down in history as the first person to ever be nominated for an Oscar for staring in a sci fi film, and she lost, but not becasue she did not deserve the Oscar; she had hands down the best female performance in film that year; they did not give her the Oscar becasue it was unthinkable in the 80's to give a leading role Oscar for a sci fi movie, which is why her nomination was only due to the fact they had no choice; had they not nominated her it would have looked too suspicious; her acting was so good in that film they HAD to nominate her, but not becasue they wanted to, and they would be damned if she was going to win. Stephen King can tell you all about the bias people have about horror and sci fi as art. But QT knows that all the good 80's horror and sci fi films out there might as well have been made in the 70's as far as vibe goes.
@raveporn10 ай бұрын
You have to be an idiot not to love 80s movies. Predator, Robocop, Back to the Future, Terminator, Blade Runner, Lethal Weapon and many, many more.
@lidiahalama235410 ай бұрын
Still my favorite movie. Crazy how much it influenced scifi films and videogames that came after it. About as close to a flawless masterpiece as you can get.
@SamoStudios7 ай бұрын
Surely the original Ridley Scott "Alien" did that first? "Aliens" built on the look and upped the action.
@bannjaxx7 ай бұрын
As much as I love Alien, it is still a standard horror film- a self-contained slasher flick in space. The creature design & atmosphere make it unique. But the elements in Aliens- from characters, sci-fi military designs, and alien "hive" concept directly influenced everything from Predator, to Halo, Starcraft, countless film knockoffs. Even dialogue from Aliens is quoted in many games & movies. Alien, in my opinion, still remains the best cosmic horror film ever made though. @@bannjaxx
@SamoStudios7 ай бұрын
And then Alien 3 came along and was so terrible that it ruined the first two movies.
@LG123ABC7 ай бұрын
Nah that was Resurrection lol. Alien 3 at least still felt like an Alien movie, even though the story setup sucked. @@LG123ABC
@SamoStudios7 ай бұрын
@@bannjaxx as another said, Alien is a standard horror film. kinda boringly standard tbh. the themes are amazing but the horror aspects are just so predictably silly.
@Arcexey7 ай бұрын
I love hearing Quentin fawning over my all-time favorite movie.
@harryfyhr40109 ай бұрын
A cinematic masterpiece
@nnaheim.7 ай бұрын
You can't hate a guy with so much passion and knowledge for movies.
@Bardhylius Жыл бұрын
Yes you can 🙏
@alexmarois68349 ай бұрын
Passion and knowledge for movies and feet. Can't forget those 🤣
@tiphotisted7 ай бұрын
…and for feet😘🦶
@gregbors83642 ай бұрын
You'd have to be an out of touch "news reporter" to hate him.
@daliilars3350Ай бұрын
Need to watch it again. Now.
@andrewgonzalez62088 ай бұрын
Same
@HeyMykee7 ай бұрын
Yep - totally agree with him - went to The Odeon Leicester Square on opening day - when they push up the roof to see where the readings are coming from - i could have had a heart attack seen it 21 times since
@theenglishman3368Ай бұрын
Alien scared the crap out of me when 1st saw it as a 15 year old, Aliens didn’t have the same horror but it was best action thriller movie & still holds up today, one of the best sequel movies of all time.
@peterc5318Ай бұрын
THE 1980S was the best ever decade for movies....From the Elephant Man to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. From The Empire Strikes Back to Back to the Future. From THE Terminator to The Fly and from Porkies to The Thing and more.....FOR MOVIES THE 1980s were special....
@ElectricSoulShow6 ай бұрын
A lot of crap too
@mr.misanthrope19912 ай бұрын
A lot more winners then, than the 2014-2024 crap we get now
@GamerDadKainАй бұрын
I think the 1970s was the best overall but the 80s and 90s were also great. 2000s was the beginning of the end.
@Mickey-199419 күн бұрын
The directors cut of Aliens is the ultimate masterpiece. Can't believe some of those scene were cut from the first release
@nateb27156 ай бұрын
i couldnt believe it earlier - we wanted more - not less
@theenglishman3368Ай бұрын
The sentry gun scene is crucial
@nunocarvalhoguerra7190Ай бұрын
Cut for time. It was already a long action movie for the theatrical release.
@alexshank1414Ай бұрын
@@nunocarvalhoguerra7190They had one of the sentry guns from the movie at the "Alien War" experience in London in the 90's. I thought it was the coolest thing ever but no-one else in my group even knew it was in the film.
@Verity98765Ай бұрын
An absolute masterpiece, certainly in my top 10 all time
@sparkster657 ай бұрын
"... we were expecting so much and is giving us MORE!" - Thank you sir, I feel the same about that movie!
@m.d.5463Ай бұрын
It still stands the test of time and still kicks ass
@jlousy19017 ай бұрын
Alien and Aliens are my favourite space sci-fi movies ever
@David_7171Ай бұрын
I saw it in the theater when it came out. I will never forget that experience.
@MaxLeGrand337 ай бұрын
To this day the greatest cinematic experience I have had in my 53 years. Spot on. I came out of the theater more exhilarated than I ever have from a movie
@caseypark699 ай бұрын
Million percent correct.
@350125GOW9 ай бұрын
I remember waiting in line as a 13 year old when the previous screening let out. So many dudes walking out losing their minds. I’m thought, “could it be that good??” 2 1/2 hours later, I was just like them, losing it and seeing the wide-eyed faces waiting to go in. 😊
@christopherross13097 ай бұрын
I saw it at the Odeon Leicester Square London and will never forget it. Left the theater exhausted. The power of this film is on another level and a movie that makes the audience cheer is very very rare.
@garytebbenham68437 ай бұрын
Keep in mind that long movies probably mean less ticket sales because there's only so many hours in the day. So big pressure to not make the film too long for the theater.
@sockinvadersАй бұрын
I must have watched it 100 times, my all time favourite film and what a ride it is!
@gilesl7 ай бұрын
Yeah i think i'll have to watch it again this weekend, along with Alien
@knowweАй бұрын
It’s one of the rare situations of me loving the original and thinking it’s a masterpiece and then me loving Aliens and also thinking it is equally a masterpiece yet for completely different reasons. I love his explanation of the hype and then it over delivering. Still love watching it to this day.
@DisAccountizaMiracle7 ай бұрын
The constant tension build up was insane.
@RasmusDyhrFrederiksen6 ай бұрын
I remember seeing it on TV at the age of about 12 in the early 90s and being blown away. Like Quentin says, it could not deliver more. Even when it's finished, it gives you a fourth act. My favourite movie ever.
@bobwilson23577 ай бұрын
One of the greatest sequels ever made, and one reason for that is how affecting "Aliens" is on an emotional level. I remember actually getting choked up when Ripley rescues Newt from the nest. Insanely good film.
@gallery75967 ай бұрын
Then we start off Alien 3 and Newt and Hicks are dead, not sure how Fincher still had a career after that shi. Wtf was he thinking? That whole movie is complete garbage
@vicvega36142 ай бұрын
Cameron managed to do the same with Terminator 2 - take a sci fi premise (in this case, one he invented) and make a sequel that expands on it coherently, with great action sequences, and introducing such moving relationships that you'll find yourself tearing up. I feel like Cameron isn't quite recognized as the best blockbuster director there is, but he should be.
@saintsalieriАй бұрын
@@vicvega3614 The uncut version is better hard to find and some of the sound is not good.
@user-pe9ko8ck2y17 күн бұрын
@@user-pe9ko8ck2y yea its a little better but when you kill off Newt and Hicks right at the beginning thats a huge problem, Aliens was such a great movie the fans loved those characters and it was a really dumb idea, i also didn't like the special effects they used with the alien, at the end of the movie theres a lot of cheesey looking aliens.
@vicvega361417 күн бұрын
One of the last movies I saw with my dad was 'Aliens' on a IMAX screen. He wasn't much into the Sci-Fi, but he LOVED it... Good Times... RIP GHL
@foxbat17667 ай бұрын
In 1986 James Cameron made the best action movie of all time. Then 5 years later he did it again.
@MasteroChieftanАй бұрын
The ultimate in rewatchable movies ,lost count of how many times I've seen it and I'll continue to watch it over and over ,know every scene ,every line ,every death in order ,it's perfect
@gregthomas13467 ай бұрын
I saw it in the theater on Friday opening night when I was a kid. My buddy and I were so blown away, we got the rest of our friends who hadn’t gone with us on Friday and watched it again on Saturday.
@jimbeam95952 ай бұрын
Yes. I saw it opening day and I was completely blown away. It was a incredible theater experience. That and The Fly that same year delivered.
@chrisa9834 Жыл бұрын
Wow yes! That Fly remake was wonderfully delivered. They sometimes show some classics. I should keep any eye out if they release Aliens again in theaters.
@DisAccountizaMiracle7 ай бұрын
After many years I watched it again on video the other night. It's the greatest movie ever. In an era where movies are progressively worse, it will never be matched. It's like a dream.
@kowalski-turniton67049 ай бұрын
Come on Quentin, let your last movie be a science fiction or horror movie!
@peloquin56529 ай бұрын
I'd love him to adapt Frank Miller's Ronin!
@Ihad9eyes9 ай бұрын
I’m just glad he’ll likely be writing books after his movie career. Maybe then we can get sci fi
@milkman95608 ай бұрын
I was 13 years old when this movie released in uk theatres so was too young to see like it was intended but must have watched it a 1000 times on VHS. Such a brilliant film to this day.
@jamiehughes12287 ай бұрын
He’s right. When you go and see a movie that’s been hyped immensely and it still goes further than even the hype could have suggested, it’s the best feeling.
@georgemorley1029Ай бұрын
i remember being 8 yrs old and my Dad brought home Aliens and Pitched it to my mom as one of the best movies with the most realistic female heroine and my goodness woke holly wood should have been taking notes . Ripley strength wasn't this unrealistic perfection (all to common nowadays ) its her ability to learn who she can lean on and its wasn't that she had all the answers but asked the Right questions . her ability to face her fears and relegate logic to the forefront like when she assessed the nature of the queen and knew the eggs could be a bargaining chip .
@omnilightstudios79587 ай бұрын
if it came out today literally everyone would be calling it 'woke'
@andrewdeen119 күн бұрын
I just realized how lucky I was to be born in 1970. Saw Star Wars at 7, Empire at 10, Raiders at 11, The Thing, Conan, Road Warrior, Bachelor party, Stripes at 12 (didn’t care for E.T.) Trading Places 13 (didn’t care for the Ewoks, even at 13..lol) The Terminator, Buckaroo Banzai, Ghostbusters at 14, Commando, Weird Science at 15, Aliens, The Lost Boys, The Fly at 16, Predator, Robocop at 17, Diehard 18 and I’m forgetting so many more. To have seen all of these as they were released and at almost the perfect age to see them. Also apart from a simple trailer and occasional movie review show or interview you didn’t know much about them before seeing them. You might just get some tantalizing visuals from Fangoria magazine to get hyped up on.
@Skoora7 ай бұрын
Haha, same here mate! Those were the days. 👍👍❤️
@thedutchfisherman70786 ай бұрын
Bachelor Party never seems to get its due. Shit was hilarious.
@ChrisicolaАй бұрын
Perhaps they were targeting a particular age group.
@miltonkiller70724 күн бұрын
Absolutely, we never thought it would end. Just so many original ideas and concepts. Modern Hollywood is creatively bankrupt, they can't write anything original.
@aldunlop462218 күн бұрын
@@aldunlop4622 They can. They have lots of material. It's just against their principals.
@miltonkiller70718 күн бұрын
Cameron knew how to conclude a movie too. From start to finish, great plot development and pacing. He also knew how to make everyone look vulnerable and desperate to survive which gradually shows them facing the danger and becoming more heroic or breaking down and becoming cowardly.
@strafer87647 ай бұрын
This is the one thing missing from Tarrantino's legacy. Sci-fi. A Tarrantino Sci-fi movie would be fantastic, I don't even care what style he would choose, it would just be awesome.
@phillwatson92747 ай бұрын
Sci fi is a broad term. What type of sci fi could his style possibly suit?
@peteyprimo71737 ай бұрын
You can pick any genre of film and make it with a leaning toward Sci-Fi. Could be a band of interplanetary thieves pulling of a heist, could be a bounty hunter after an alien mark that turns out all is not what it seems, Could be like Star Wars was originally visualised as a Western in Space. Imagine a Tarrantinoesque version of the Magnificent 7 but made up of alien mercenaries helping out a farming community on a remote planet. The possibilities are endless.@@peteyprimo7173
@phillwatson92747 ай бұрын
Aliens and Ghostbusters were the two best movie experiences I've ever had in a theater. Nothing else has ever matched it.
@nintendianajones642 ай бұрын
Totally agree. I would throw in Raiders Of The Lost Ark as well.
@ChrisWilliams-vm1do2 күн бұрын
Watching this movie at the Royal Albert Hall with a live Orchestra was incredible
@Tabletop_StandardАй бұрын
I used to love waiting in line for movies, game releases and such. It was an experience before the experience.
@AllknowingUnknownАй бұрын
I think it might be the best film i've ever seen to be honest. And i've seen (and loved) a lot of films. It's just non-stop.
@Macfierce17 ай бұрын
My wife and I named one of our daughters Ripley. I can't wait to introduce her to her namesake in a few years
@johng6565Ай бұрын
Dat is badass :)
@bojnebojnebojneАй бұрын
You need to get a ginger cat and call it Jonesy!
@garethjohnstone9282Ай бұрын
Well done!!!!!🖐🏿
@knowweАй бұрын
Alien & Aliens both grade A👽⭐️
@jeffadams71688 ай бұрын
He’s so right. I saw Aliens for the first time about 20 years ago when I was 8-at a time when I obviously had seen far fewer films as I have since… and it kinda sucks, because no matter what I watch, it’ll never be as good as Aliens. The pacing, the mise en scene, the special effects, the characters, acting, atmosphere, storytelling, direction, writing… absolutely great filmmaking.
@zachmorley158 Жыл бұрын
Nowadays the right wingers would cry about the female soldiers in the film, and gender issues thereof, and about the lead actor being a female hero, and Aliens would have a three out of five stars from all the trolls trashing the film. It would be branded a 'woke' film, and they would say the head Marnie was only black becasue of affirmative action, and the film would be part of the now never ending culture war. If you were 8 today, and it came out today, chances are you might not ever see it.
@raveporn10 ай бұрын
@@raveporn The female characters in Aliens had some air of believability (within the constraints of science fiction). Ripley's strength isn't her ability to fight 200 lb dudes with karate. It's her strong motherly resolve that propels her toward heroism. Vazquez, a more physical character so to speak (soldier) actually looks and acts like a butch lesbian. The problem nowadays is that Hollywood is afraid to embrace archetypes in fear of stereotyping. So they mash completely unconnected and implausible traits together, and funnel it through a PR office office - by appealing to as wide an audience as possible they end up appealing to no one. But, to your point, James Cameron was actually pretty "woke" before "woke" was a thing.
@zachmorley15810 ай бұрын
I was also about 8 years old when i saw Aliens for the first time. I recommended it to my classmates but they were too busy watching cartoons. After seeing Aliens, T2, Predator and Jurassic Park as a kid i stopped watching cartoons
@TheJuize859 ай бұрын
That’s how I felt about the dark Knight for over 10 years
@andrewgonzalez62088 ай бұрын
@@andrewgonzalez6208 At some point in his life the cinephile finds himself exploring films he is told are great, but which he would otherwise never have considered watching. Invariably, many of these films are underwhelming. Often it's because they're dated, appeal to a very particular taste, or established some revolutionary milestone that has since been imitated into a cliche. It's great when a classic is discovered, however, and remains as excellent as we are told. Aliens and The Dark Knight are such films.
@zachmorley1588 ай бұрын
I didn't see Aliens on the big screen, so can only imagine how that would have enhanced the experience of this timeless classic. I spent my teen years watching it repeatedly - I may have seen it over 100 times - and it never gets old. The way Cameron honours the slow-burning tension of the first film to set the scene, but then lets all hell break loose and has you on the edge of your seat right up until the closing minutes...just wow. I saw a young KZheadr reacting to this for the first time recently, and they had to pause the action and say "I don't know how much more of this I can take". 😂 Yeah, young brother, that was how our generation felt too. Masterpiece.
@apostatereactsАй бұрын
The greatest sci fi/action movie ever made.
@Earthtime3978Ай бұрын
I was 9 when this came out. I specifically remember going with my family to the Drive-in so my dad could see it. I was too young to appreciate it then, but it’s one of my Favorite movies ever!
@JeezeyАй бұрын
I saw this movie in the theatres back when it first came out and it was so good! It was gripping and just held your attention from beginning to end. The cast, the characters, the story, the action, the drama, the humour... everything was on point! The scene that made me freak out was when the Aliens were coming out of the walls waking up to attack the soldiers. All those dark shadowy shapes in the walls were them sleeping 😳 And Michael Biehn as Hicks was perfect recasting casting.
@knightridernz727 ай бұрын
Greatest movie ever.
@cameleyez9 ай бұрын
This movie is like a rollercoaster. The most insane rollercoaster.
@claudianreyn452915 күн бұрын
Definitely one of the coolest, biggest and craziest openings I ever went to. I was 12 and went to see it every weekend for a month. When Hicks looked into the ceiling the theater just exploded.
@user-sw4wk3op9f6 ай бұрын
I saw it twice in 1986 in the theatre and I agree. Probably the single greatest theatre experience along with Empire Strikes Back that I had as a kid.
@WhiteWizzardАй бұрын
QT's enthusiasm for Cinema is just a joy to behold. With his own genius creations, with no prior experience of him, you'd guess he was into arty farty indie movies nobody has heard of - and he likely is - but also to be a massive fan of one of the greatest Gung-ho action movie sequels ever made - and to share his enthusiasm in such an animated way - makes me smile from ear to ear the whole 2 minutes 3 seconds of this video. Cheers.
@chiganuggoo9929Ай бұрын
I was visiting my sister at the time, she being in the Navy and stationed in Alexandria, Virginia at the time. The theater I was watching it in had a power outage right at the scene where Hudson's looking at the movement-tracker gizmo as the aliens are approaching, shortly after the lights went out, when they were about to deep-six Burke for being a traitorous weasel . . . and the power outage in the movie theater prevented the rest of the film from being shown, so we all got refunds and had to see it the next night. I had to wait a whole goddamned day to find out what happened next -- when the bugs were "in the room" . . . crawling between the ceiling and the roof, then all the mayhem happened. As great as the original 'ALIEN' was, the sequel 'ALIENS' became that rare sequel that surpassed its original source film. And the expanded Special Edition was even better. I liked the other movies, but I was a bit miffed that the 3rd film essentially made all of Ripley's heroic efforts to save Newt be all-for-nothing, as it opens up and . . . BLAM, everybody's dead except for Ripley! I'm willing to bet that if they had taken a survey of the fans of the first two films and asked whether or not they'd be okay with Newt & Hicks being unceremoniously killed off before the 3rd film's story even begins, every single fan would've vehemently screamed "NO FUCKING WAY!!!" Well, like it or not, we're stuck with 'ALIEN 3' as it is. RIP, Newt & Hicks . . .
@patricktilton53779 ай бұрын
You can always read the Dark Horse comics instead. It's reskinned as "Outbreak" but it's obvious what each characters are supposed to be.
@zimriel7 ай бұрын
I watch it every month. I see something new every time. It’s a masterpiece. The flow, characters and intensity is unrivalled.
@karloshamilton59638 ай бұрын
i watch it all the time too.
@vnkman43918 ай бұрын
Also saw it in the theatre on opening day and was completely blown away. Everyone in the theater was screaming and cheering, laughing, it was amazing. One of the top 5 action movies ever IMO.
@TheChismFamily4 күн бұрын
In my brain this film and T2 are the 2 most hyped and successful sequels of my lifetime.
@FragginCapАй бұрын
ALIENS is the only movie in my lifetime (I’m almost 53) that matched the feeling of seeing the original Star Wars in the theater for the first time back in 1977. Both are HUGE inspirations to me.
@eugenenickseugenespopmadness6 күн бұрын
Funny how he hates 80s movies, but he cites Back to the Future among his few perfect movies, and Aliens as one of his most special cinematic moments.
@ArcanumAscent8 ай бұрын
Two of the worst "classics" from that decade
@adamgates11428 ай бұрын
He's right. It's impossible to fault those movies.
@-disaster-dimension-7 ай бұрын
Didn't he also call The Thing a perfect movie?
@TequilaToothpick7 ай бұрын
@@adamgates1142 I am here from 4channel /tv/ to deliver this (You) to you
@zimriel7 ай бұрын
Just love that QT loves this movie
@phgkeets128 ай бұрын
I saw it on opening night. Amazing movie, I still remember staggering out afterward, just blown away by what I'd seen. That climax. Well over half an hour and not a stitch of padding. So taut, so riveting, every moment topping the previous. Great film.
@PrimarchX17 күн бұрын
I love 80s films. My favorites are: Raging Bull, Scarface, Once upon a time in America Akira Full Metal Jacket Heathers, Blade Runner, Amadeus Aliens Do the Right Thing Raiders of the Lost Ark, Videodrome Back to the Future Terminator Platoon
@robertromero94888 ай бұрын
And Justice For All, Ordinary People, Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo, Die Hard, Predator, Roxanne, Ghostbusters, The Thing, The Shining, The Empire Strikes Back, Caddyshack, The Fog, Escape from New York, Conan the Barbarian, First Blood, The Verdict, Sophie’s Choice, The World According to Garp, The Killing Fields, Good Morning Vietnam, Trading Places, 48 Hrs, Star Trek II, ET, The Right Stuff, The Dead Zone, Risky Business, The Outsiders, The Big Chill, The Karate Kid, Amedeus, Blood Simple, The Natural, Police Academy, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, Witness, Out of Africa, Pee Wees Big Adventure, Top Gun, The Fly, Stand by Me, Highlander, Gannah and Her Sisters, Children of a Lesser God, Drugstore Cowboy, Midnight Cowboy, The Fly, Robocop, Moonstruck, Wall Street, The Princess Bride, Raising Arizona, Lethal Weapon, Fatal Attraction, Lost Boys, Broadcast News, Rain Man, Big, Fish Called Wanda, Naked Gun, Biloxi Blues, Child’s Play, Mississippi Burning, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Coming to America, When Harry Met Sally, Say Anything, Sex Lies and Videotape, Parenthood, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Glory…
@ArcanumAscent8 ай бұрын
@@ArcanumAscent Glad you added the Thing. Glad OG added Scarface. I got to add Big Trouble in Little China and Hellraiser
@hplovecraft14027 ай бұрын
@@ArcanumAscent What about: Poltergeist, The Lost Boys, Christine, Pretty In Pink, Gremlins, Nightmare On Elm Street, Friday The 13th, WarGames, The Untouchables, Dirty Dancing, Willow, Creepshow, Spaceballs, Fright Night, TAPS, Big Trouble In Little China, Splash, Robocop, 16 Candles, The Road Warrior, Vacation, Ferris Buller, Weird Science, Revenge Of The Nerds, Airplane, Mr Mom, WallStreet, The Color Purple? SOOOO many incredible movies in the 80s, such an embarrassment of riches.
@CMKseven7 ай бұрын
do the right thing?
@whitetioman222 ай бұрын
Great list except for once upon a time in America. I don't know how anyone can sit through this horrible film.
@jells31Ай бұрын
Aliens is so legendary. I could watch it 1000x and not get tired of it. "Get away from her you bitch!"
@CallsignJoNay7 ай бұрын
Aliens is hands down the best movie ever made.............................Ripley is my all time number 1 action hero/heroine. I have been watching this movie since I was barely in high school. I was so enamoured by it - then when the special edition came out in 1990 on VHS, I walked straight into WH Smith, picked up a copy off the shelf and went to the checkout. The woman behind the desk asked me how old I was, I answered "15" (which I was). It never even occurred to me that the movie was 18 rated and that I had to lie about my age.........the checkout operator obviously refused to sell it to me. Gutted, I went straight home, handed £10 to my mum (I think that's how much it was) and asked her to get it for me (which she did). I fear we'll never see the likes of that movie ever again. A 4k HDR version has been suggested - can't wait!
@eljay50097 ай бұрын
Alien is my favourite, followed by Jaws .. they are the best to me ,great actors ,great scenes
@leggythe4th3997 ай бұрын
Hudson is fear reprensented in person during the whole movie. Just brilliant. From cocky to total meltdown to giving up.
@kennethschneider606421 күн бұрын
Sigourney Weaver mágica, única asombrosa. Ripley mi heroína favorita por siempre. Podría ver la CUATRILOGIA por siempre.
@danielbeltrami4568Ай бұрын
This is one of the best explanations of how I felt about Aliens as well. But I greatly appreciate Tarantinos excitement and true appreciation for a multitude of genres. His embrace of film is why he is so meticulous in crafting his own films. My first job was at the movie theaters and the fact we could get in free all the time made us all watch an insane amount of films. It also got us to open the foreign, art house, and Indy film genres so we actually saw Reservoir Dogs in the theater. We were like the guys in the movie Swingers with the poster on our wall and telling as many people that would listen.
@DisAccountizaMiracle15 күн бұрын
Nothing & mean NOTHING will ever surpass this masterpiece. was only 2 years old when this movie got released & i am so envy with jealousy that people in that era got that experience to see it on the big screen . Perfection from start to finish 👏 👌 🙌 🔥
@speckyhotdog84anderson616 күн бұрын
Agreed. A first-class SF action film. Every single element - acting, script, special effects, music - hits the mark perfectly. I came away from my screening stunned.
@chocsise7 ай бұрын
I love how he owns his own theater and actually has a warehouse of prints of film to screen there. More successful directors that claim to love film should do that.
@ohdannyboy47277 ай бұрын
I remember on of his quotes " We`re gonna sell you a seat but youre only gonna use the edge of it"
@gaz48407 ай бұрын
Thinking of it retrospectively the special effects were impressive for a mid 80s movie. You could buy into anything. Some scenes , like the plane flying into the planet's atmosphere are a little off, but the movie is impressive. Just compare it with its contemporaries.
@parapoliticos527 ай бұрын
Aliens is my favourite film of all time. My mum took me when I was 13 and it was THE most fun I’ve had in cinema. It’s good to see QT agrees. Love his work. The only movie recently I’ve felt as genuinely pumped from in the cinema was Dune 2. Been a long time between drinks but god it felt good again.
@L1VE3V1LАй бұрын
true its rare that the sequel is just as good as the original or even better!
@blakespower6 ай бұрын
Aliens, The Godfather 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Toy Story 2 and Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan are sequels that really blow the first movies away which is impressive because they all had good or even great first movies. These are in that very small percentage of sequels that really take it next level.
@Mickey-199419 күн бұрын
I love this movie. One of my favorites. Have watched it countless times. I remember seeing the theatrical version when I was younger and later on discovered the extended version that is even better. One of the best sequels ever to an amazing classic that is Alien. I think the one thing James Cameron does best is the way he builds characters. Seeing T2 and Aliens he just knows how to make them believable and relatable in a realistic way. Characters become something because of the experiences they lived in previous movies and the movie we are watching. They are not perfect and have flaws and problems to overcome, just like all of us.
@The_Curious_Cat7 ай бұрын
T2 is an amazing feat on this level. The core emotional triangle is between a death robot and a child who never knew his father, and between those two and the boy's mother who was traumatized BY THE SAME ROBOT and who therefore cannot connect emotionally with her child. It's so weird and in its premise should struggle to serve as an analog for any real world human relationship, but as the movie plays it seems to contain great wisdom and pathos within it. It's like a magic trick.
@saintsalieriАй бұрын
Alien and Aliens are Absolutely Timeless Still looks better than most films today. Just watched it and still cannot believe the quality
@torythewild6409Ай бұрын
80s and 90s were the best for movies i thought i watched more movies late 80s and 90s than ever. More than i do now Alien, Aliens Predator 1, Terminator just wow
@dnakatomiukАй бұрын
I couldn't agree more. One of the greatest cinematic experience from my childhood
@itsstans7518 күн бұрын
Grew up in West LA and loved the AVCO Cinema. That and the Mann National were the place to watch movies, often in 70mm. Saw Return of the Jedi and Karate Kid, among others, there when they opened. Wish I saw Aliens though but wasn't aware of it as a kid and probably my mom wouldn't have let me see it, but even on a 20" TV on VHS it blew my mind and had me white knuckling it the entire time.
@IMP3TIGOАй бұрын
"Aliens" came out during my senior year of high school. To this day, my all-time favorite sci-fi action movie. No sci-fi action movie has come remotely close to it.
@TheMichaelBeck25 күн бұрын
We're in the pipe, five by five.
@greyeyed12310 ай бұрын
Loved Alien and Aliens as a kid. Especially love the Director's Cuts of both. Alien DC is about a minute shorter than the theatrical cut, but ALIENS DC is almost a three hour movie. I remember being excited for Aliens when I heard it's theatrical runtime was 2hrs.,17mins. James Cameron shoots a movie to completion (post production included), and then edits from there. That's why his director's cuts look so damn good.
@saintelmo5590Ай бұрын
Aliens is the best film I've seen at the cinema, amazing, just a shame they cut some of the best bits out.
@adm924s37 ай бұрын
I am really glad I found this channel. You do great work Jason.
@mspionage17437 ай бұрын
I own a hard copy on DVD, and just watched it the other night. It still holds up brilliantly. Obviously its very different to the first movie, but the biggest standout is how much we get to see the xenomorphs. Then Cameron takes it up a notch with the idea of the Queen, her lair, the gestation tube, holy shit! Then he goes even further with the queen actually being a total badass that can move with authority. Most directors maybe would've built the queen but kept her pumping out the eggs. To have her transition into a warrior was exactly what QT is talking about when he says we get even 'MORE' than expected.
@adamschaeffer361425 күн бұрын
I saw it opening Friday 1986. What a movie!!
@Nexus-1068Ай бұрын
On my 50th Bday. I spent it at QT's theater, The New Beverly, and saw Aliens. And they gave me the best Bday EVER
@garinsparks704129 күн бұрын
I think the first half hour of saving private Ryan and the last half hour of aliens as far as action and intensity goes, cannot be matched! Love aliens though, one of my all time favourites
@Hearyehearye515Ай бұрын
These movies were pre CGI which makes it SO much better the actors are in the environment and seeing the creatures.
@garyoddedmund760717 күн бұрын
The best sci fi action film ever made! Also one of the best films ever made in my opinion. It is so monumentally entertaining & iconic while also possessing a lot of gravitas.
@alienteknology5390Ай бұрын
The night it opened my buddies and I drove an hour to the best theater in the area and waited almost 3 hours to get in. Easily Top 10 All Time for best movie experiences. There's no way to adequately express how hard this movie grabbed hold from frame one and never let up. And as a huge fan of the original Alien, also hard to express the satisfying and unexpected depth Cameron brought to the world and the character of Ripley. We just take it for granted now because it's a part of the lore now, but back then it was mind-blowing.
@BoxOfficeCafe29 күн бұрын
An absolute action masterpiece, but still prefer the OG Alien
@reniisgod8 ай бұрын
James Cameron really did raise the bar with this one.
Oh wow, you guy's have used my remaster of the Alien's trailer. What a spin out seeing it with Quentins voice over. I love this
Just guy. You did a great job
and you created the trailer or used something? fuck off retard
The love between two cinematics . Incredible trailer remake and wonderful voice over of Tarantino . Both of you bravo,
My favorite film of all time. Bill Paxton autographed my DVD with “Game over man!”
That is so cool.....
Oh my god, treasure that forever. What a guy he was, God rest his soul. He made that movie, his acting was on point 100%. No film will ever beat this for me.
That’s amazing, treasure it 👍
Dated now, the original is far superior!
@@ianthomas4568no such thing as dated. This is better than any Sci-fi action movie that has come after it. The original is a straight up Horror film, completely different
Alien, aliens and predator 1 are the pinnacle of sci fi/monster movies. I doubt we will ever hit them heights again. Absolute masterpieces.
I agree.
Don’t forget The Thing bro
Nailed it! The years 1986-1987 gave us ALIENS, Predator and RoboCop... the adult action sci-fi Holy Trinity. I am a sci-fi fan to this day because of that magical period in time.
@@WMSMr John Carpenter's The Thing was an incredible achievement in practical effects. Truly a masterpiece for sure.
@@WMSMr Honestly, The Thing is a classic, no doubt, but it has its weak spots, imo, for example the scene where one of the characters with the second flamethrower gets thrown around by his head like a ragdoll, which it clearly was and took me out of the movie, and thats something I Cant say about anything in either Aliens or Predator.
A timeless masterpiece.
Without CGI
It really is
Aliens still holds it down 37 years later, and it always will. Alien and Aliens are my favorite movies of all time.
if these are you're favourite, then the bar for greatness is VERY low
@@Disillusioned2022 Thanks for taking time out of your Friday night to tell me that. I’m not sophisticated, apparently.
@@jimbodavis1944 Real eyes. Realize. Real lies.
@@Disillusioned2022wow your deep man ,please tell us your favorites then ,or maybe we wouldn't understand😢
@@Disillusioned2022 go smell your own farts somewhere else.
Remember those days when a film is "built up" and then "delivers"? I miss those days.
Dune Part One and Part Two were built up and definitely delivered (I know people weren’t too thrilled with Part One, but it’s brilliant).
@@eyespy3001Dune 2 is the best movie to come out in awhile. We saw it once opening day and then a month later in IMAX 🔥 cant wait for Messiah to come out
@@eyespy3001 I was going to reply with the same thing . I havne't aniticipated a movie with such excitement in a long time as Dune 2. And it delivered !!! (maybe MM: Fury Road was similar)
Jurassic Park was another one that definitely had that buzz. I would say The Dark Knight was the last movie I saw in the theater that had a genuine buzz/surprise/delivery for me
Bladerunner 2049 and interstellar delivered
The chills I got watching Aliens in a sold out theater is rivaled only by seeing the original debut of Star Wars in 1977.
The original Alien did it for me. The marketing campaign built it up so much, with the egg and "In space, no one can here you scream". Everyone was pumped and had no idea what it was going to be about. The ads on TV with the "movie voice guy" that did the ominous ads, it was a great time to be alive. When I saw the movie, my mind was blown. It was almost the opposite of Star Wars, dark, gritty, dirty, suspenseful, adult, perfectly acted, written, paced, edited, sound, music, it was a goddamn masterpiece of science fiction horror that's never been equalled. Aliens was awesome too, but we'd already seen the Alien. Before the original it was still a mystery. The only other marketing campaign that equalled it was The Matrix, with all the "what IS the Matrix" commercials.
The fact that it has no cgi and it easily holds up with today still
@kaizen20205 Because a lot of CGI today still looks very fake. There are parts in Aliens where they look genuinely real especially the one that runs into the elevator.
@kaizen20205 you're right, today's FX standards are awful
@@fenrisodessa For the most part they really are and it's depressing. I watched Starship Troopers again not too long ago and the cgi in that rivals some of today's "blockbusters". The bug seige on the fort still looks absolutely phenomenal.
@kaizen20205 Aliens is so close to perfect that I'm willing to accept that Ripleys biceps and forearm strength alone can withstand the cold dark of outer space.
Yes @@johng6565! It's believable because we watched her do it. Not her "digi-double". Still one of the best shots ever is the queen squirming underneath the weight of the loader in the docking bay.
I love hearing Quentin praising the ultimate 80's movie, given he says he hates 80's movies. But it's _Aliens_ how can you not love it?
I don't think he hates 80s movie's to me it just seems like he just didn't like certain kinds of political correctness of that time which is understandable him being around at that time as a film fan, I disagree with a few of his criticisms he has on it but that's me he preferred the 90s because it got away from the PC he wasn't liking from the 80s and felt more like the 70s part 2 as he describes it
The 80s brought everything we dislike about movies, but, the movies made in the 80s are still pretty good
He just thinks the 50's & 80's were the weakest decades of films & I agree compared to everything made during every other decade of cinema!!!!
He hates 80's movies where the hero had to be a good guy, which is a deviation from the 60's and 70's, but what he means is Lethal Weapon, not 80's horror or sci fi; those films, which were disrespected by Hollywood as not being real art, kept that 60's and 70's vibe of the hero not having to be likable or moral or 'the good guy,'. Aliens is a perfect example, becasue the hero is female, and had Hollywood known it would make as much money as it did, they would have wanted a man to play the hero. In horror and sci fi films in the 80's you could do anything, but not in mainstream films. Lethal Weapon 2 would not have featured a female hero, but Aliens could, becasue the latter was not serious cinema as far as Hollywood was concerned. And to prove what I'm talking about; Sigourney Weaver received an Oscar nomination that year, and went down in history as the first person to ever be nominated for an Oscar for staring in a sci fi film, and she lost, but not becasue she did not deserve the Oscar; she had hands down the best female performance in film that year; they did not give her the Oscar becasue it was unthinkable in the 80's to give a leading role Oscar for a sci fi movie, which is why her nomination was only due to the fact they had no choice; had they not nominated her it would have looked too suspicious; her acting was so good in that film they HAD to nominate her, but not becasue they wanted to, and they would be damned if she was going to win. Stephen King can tell you all about the bias people have about horror and sci fi as art. But QT knows that all the good 80's horror and sci fi films out there might as well have been made in the 70's as far as vibe goes.
You have to be an idiot not to love 80s movies. Predator, Robocop, Back to the Future, Terminator, Blade Runner, Lethal Weapon and many, many more.
Still my favorite movie. Crazy how much it influenced scifi films and videogames that came after it. About as close to a flawless masterpiece as you can get.
Surely the original Ridley Scott "Alien" did that first? "Aliens" built on the look and upped the action.
As much as I love Alien, it is still a standard horror film- a self-contained slasher flick in space. The creature design & atmosphere make it unique. But the elements in Aliens- from characters, sci-fi military designs, and alien "hive" concept directly influenced everything from Predator, to Halo, Starcraft, countless film knockoffs. Even dialogue from Aliens is quoted in many games & movies. Alien, in my opinion, still remains the best cosmic horror film ever made though. @@bannjaxx
And then Alien 3 came along and was so terrible that it ruined the first two movies.
Nah that was Resurrection lol. Alien 3 at least still felt like an Alien movie, even though the story setup sucked. @@LG123ABC
@@bannjaxx as another said, Alien is a standard horror film. kinda boringly standard tbh. the themes are amazing but the horror aspects are just so predictably silly.
I love hearing Quentin fawning over my all-time favorite movie.
A cinematic masterpiece
You can't hate a guy with so much passion and knowledge for movies.
Yes you can 🙏
Passion and knowledge for movies and feet. Can't forget those 🤣
…and for feet😘🦶
You'd have to be an out of touch "news reporter" to hate him.
Need to watch it again. Now.
Same
Yep - totally agree with him - went to The Odeon Leicester Square on opening day - when they push up the roof to see where the readings are coming from - i could have had a heart attack seen it 21 times since
Alien scared the crap out of me when 1st saw it as a 15 year old, Aliens didn’t have the same horror but it was best action thriller movie & still holds up today, one of the best sequel movies of all time.
THE 1980S was the best ever decade for movies....From the Elephant Man to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. From The Empire Strikes Back to Back to the Future. From THE Terminator to The Fly and from Porkies to The Thing and more.....FOR MOVIES THE 1980s were special....
A lot of crap too
A lot more winners then, than the 2014-2024 crap we get now
I think the 1970s was the best overall but the 80s and 90s were also great. 2000s was the beginning of the end.
The directors cut of Aliens is the ultimate masterpiece. Can't believe some of those scene were cut from the first release
i couldnt believe it earlier - we wanted more - not less
The sentry gun scene is crucial
Cut for time. It was already a long action movie for the theatrical release.
@@nunocarvalhoguerra7190They had one of the sentry guns from the movie at the "Alien War" experience in London in the 90's. I thought it was the coolest thing ever but no-one else in my group even knew it was in the film.
An absolute masterpiece, certainly in my top 10 all time
"... we were expecting so much and is giving us MORE!" - Thank you sir, I feel the same about that movie!
It still stands the test of time and still kicks ass
Alien and Aliens are my favourite space sci-fi movies ever
I saw it in the theater when it came out. I will never forget that experience.
To this day the greatest cinematic experience I have had in my 53 years. Spot on. I came out of the theater more exhilarated than I ever have from a movie
Million percent correct.
I remember waiting in line as a 13 year old when the previous screening let out. So many dudes walking out losing their minds. I’m thought, “could it be that good??” 2 1/2 hours later, I was just like them, losing it and seeing the wide-eyed faces waiting to go in. 😊
I saw it at the Odeon Leicester Square London and will never forget it. Left the theater exhausted. The power of this film is on another level and a movie that makes the audience cheer is very very rare.
Keep in mind that long movies probably mean less ticket sales because there's only so many hours in the day. So big pressure to not make the film too long for the theater.
I must have watched it 100 times, my all time favourite film and what a ride it is!
Yeah i think i'll have to watch it again this weekend, along with Alien
It’s one of the rare situations of me loving the original and thinking it’s a masterpiece and then me loving Aliens and also thinking it is equally a masterpiece yet for completely different reasons. I love his explanation of the hype and then it over delivering. Still love watching it to this day.
The constant tension build up was insane.
I remember seeing it on TV at the age of about 12 in the early 90s and being blown away. Like Quentin says, it could not deliver more. Even when it's finished, it gives you a fourth act. My favourite movie ever.
One of the greatest sequels ever made, and one reason for that is how affecting "Aliens" is on an emotional level. I remember actually getting choked up when Ripley rescues Newt from the nest. Insanely good film.
Then we start off Alien 3 and Newt and Hicks are dead, not sure how Fincher still had a career after that shi. Wtf was he thinking? That whole movie is complete garbage
Cameron managed to do the same with Terminator 2 - take a sci fi premise (in this case, one he invented) and make a sequel that expands on it coherently, with great action sequences, and introducing such moving relationships that you'll find yourself tearing up. I feel like Cameron isn't quite recognized as the best blockbuster director there is, but he should be.
@@vicvega3614 The uncut version is better hard to find and some of the sound is not good.
@@user-pe9ko8ck2y yea its a little better but when you kill off Newt and Hicks right at the beginning thats a huge problem, Aliens was such a great movie the fans loved those characters and it was a really dumb idea, i also didn't like the special effects they used with the alien, at the end of the movie theres a lot of cheesey looking aliens.
One of the last movies I saw with my dad was 'Aliens' on a IMAX screen. He wasn't much into the Sci-Fi, but he LOVED it... Good Times... RIP GHL
In 1986 James Cameron made the best action movie of all time. Then 5 years later he did it again.
The ultimate in rewatchable movies ,lost count of how many times I've seen it and I'll continue to watch it over and over ,know every scene ,every line ,every death in order ,it's perfect
I saw it in the theater on Friday opening night when I was a kid. My buddy and I were so blown away, we got the rest of our friends who hadn’t gone with us on Friday and watched it again on Saturday.
Yes. I saw it opening day and I was completely blown away. It was a incredible theater experience. That and The Fly that same year delivered.
Wow yes! That Fly remake was wonderfully delivered. They sometimes show some classics. I should keep any eye out if they release Aliens again in theaters.
After many years I watched it again on video the other night. It's the greatest movie ever. In an era where movies are progressively worse, it will never be matched. It's like a dream.
Come on Quentin, let your last movie be a science fiction or horror movie!
I'd love him to adapt Frank Miller's Ronin!
I’m just glad he’ll likely be writing books after his movie career. Maybe then we can get sci fi
I was 13 years old when this movie released in uk theatres so was too young to see like it was intended but must have watched it a 1000 times on VHS. Such a brilliant film to this day.
He’s right. When you go and see a movie that’s been hyped immensely and it still goes further than even the hype could have suggested, it’s the best feeling.
i remember being 8 yrs old and my Dad brought home Aliens and Pitched it to my mom as one of the best movies with the most realistic female heroine and my goodness woke holly wood should have been taking notes . Ripley strength wasn't this unrealistic perfection (all to common nowadays ) its her ability to learn who she can lean on and its wasn't that she had all the answers but asked the Right questions . her ability to face her fears and relegate logic to the forefront like when she assessed the nature of the queen and knew the eggs could be a bargaining chip .
if it came out today literally everyone would be calling it 'woke'
I just realized how lucky I was to be born in 1970. Saw Star Wars at 7, Empire at 10, Raiders at 11, The Thing, Conan, Road Warrior, Bachelor party, Stripes at 12 (didn’t care for E.T.) Trading Places 13 (didn’t care for the Ewoks, even at 13..lol) The Terminator, Buckaroo Banzai, Ghostbusters at 14, Commando, Weird Science at 15, Aliens, The Lost Boys, The Fly at 16, Predator, Robocop at 17, Diehard 18 and I’m forgetting so many more. To have seen all of these as they were released and at almost the perfect age to see them. Also apart from a simple trailer and occasional movie review show or interview you didn’t know much about them before seeing them. You might just get some tantalizing visuals from Fangoria magazine to get hyped up on.
Haha, same here mate! Those were the days. 👍👍❤️
Bachelor Party never seems to get its due. Shit was hilarious.
Perhaps they were targeting a particular age group.
Absolutely, we never thought it would end. Just so many original ideas and concepts. Modern Hollywood is creatively bankrupt, they can't write anything original.
@@aldunlop4622 They can. They have lots of material. It's just against their principals.
Cameron knew how to conclude a movie too. From start to finish, great plot development and pacing. He also knew how to make everyone look vulnerable and desperate to survive which gradually shows them facing the danger and becoming more heroic or breaking down and becoming cowardly.
This is the one thing missing from Tarrantino's legacy. Sci-fi. A Tarrantino Sci-fi movie would be fantastic, I don't even care what style he would choose, it would just be awesome.
Sci fi is a broad term. What type of sci fi could his style possibly suit?
You can pick any genre of film and make it with a leaning toward Sci-Fi. Could be a band of interplanetary thieves pulling of a heist, could be a bounty hunter after an alien mark that turns out all is not what it seems, Could be like Star Wars was originally visualised as a Western in Space. Imagine a Tarrantinoesque version of the Magnificent 7 but made up of alien mercenaries helping out a farming community on a remote planet. The possibilities are endless.@@peteyprimo7173
Aliens and Ghostbusters were the two best movie experiences I've ever had in a theater. Nothing else has ever matched it.
Totally agree. I would throw in Raiders Of The Lost Ark as well.
Watching this movie at the Royal Albert Hall with a live Orchestra was incredible
I used to love waiting in line for movies, game releases and such. It was an experience before the experience.
I think it might be the best film i've ever seen to be honest. And i've seen (and loved) a lot of films. It's just non-stop.
My wife and I named one of our daughters Ripley. I can't wait to introduce her to her namesake in a few years
Dat is badass :)
You need to get a ginger cat and call it Jonesy!
Well done!!!!!🖐🏿
Alien & Aliens both grade A👽⭐️
He’s so right. I saw Aliens for the first time about 20 years ago when I was 8-at a time when I obviously had seen far fewer films as I have since… and it kinda sucks, because no matter what I watch, it’ll never be as good as Aliens. The pacing, the mise en scene, the special effects, the characters, acting, atmosphere, storytelling, direction, writing… absolutely great filmmaking.
Nowadays the right wingers would cry about the female soldiers in the film, and gender issues thereof, and about the lead actor being a female hero, and Aliens would have a three out of five stars from all the trolls trashing the film. It would be branded a 'woke' film, and they would say the head Marnie was only black becasue of affirmative action, and the film would be part of the now never ending culture war. If you were 8 today, and it came out today, chances are you might not ever see it.
@@raveporn The female characters in Aliens had some air of believability (within the constraints of science fiction). Ripley's strength isn't her ability to fight 200 lb dudes with karate. It's her strong motherly resolve that propels her toward heroism. Vazquez, a more physical character so to speak (soldier) actually looks and acts like a butch lesbian. The problem nowadays is that Hollywood is afraid to embrace archetypes in fear of stereotyping. So they mash completely unconnected and implausible traits together, and funnel it through a PR office office - by appealing to as wide an audience as possible they end up appealing to no one. But, to your point, James Cameron was actually pretty "woke" before "woke" was a thing.
I was also about 8 years old when i saw Aliens for the first time. I recommended it to my classmates but they were too busy watching cartoons. After seeing Aliens, T2, Predator and Jurassic Park as a kid i stopped watching cartoons
That’s how I felt about the dark Knight for over 10 years
@@andrewgonzalez6208 At some point in his life the cinephile finds himself exploring films he is told are great, but which he would otherwise never have considered watching. Invariably, many of these films are underwhelming. Often it's because they're dated, appeal to a very particular taste, or established some revolutionary milestone that has since been imitated into a cliche. It's great when a classic is discovered, however, and remains as excellent as we are told. Aliens and The Dark Knight are such films.
I didn't see Aliens on the big screen, so can only imagine how that would have enhanced the experience of this timeless classic. I spent my teen years watching it repeatedly - I may have seen it over 100 times - and it never gets old. The way Cameron honours the slow-burning tension of the first film to set the scene, but then lets all hell break loose and has you on the edge of your seat right up until the closing minutes...just wow. I saw a young KZheadr reacting to this for the first time recently, and they had to pause the action and say "I don't know how much more of this I can take". 😂 Yeah, young brother, that was how our generation felt too. Masterpiece.
The greatest sci fi/action movie ever made.
I was 9 when this came out. I specifically remember going with my family to the Drive-in so my dad could see it. I was too young to appreciate it then, but it’s one of my Favorite movies ever!
I saw this movie in the theatres back when it first came out and it was so good! It was gripping and just held your attention from beginning to end. The cast, the characters, the story, the action, the drama, the humour... everything was on point! The scene that made me freak out was when the Aliens were coming out of the walls waking up to attack the soldiers. All those dark shadowy shapes in the walls were them sleeping 😳 And Michael Biehn as Hicks was perfect recasting casting.
Greatest movie ever.
This movie is like a rollercoaster. The most insane rollercoaster.
Definitely one of the coolest, biggest and craziest openings I ever went to. I was 12 and went to see it every weekend for a month. When Hicks looked into the ceiling the theater just exploded.
I saw it twice in 1986 in the theatre and I agree. Probably the single greatest theatre experience along with Empire Strikes Back that I had as a kid.
QT's enthusiasm for Cinema is just a joy to behold. With his own genius creations, with no prior experience of him, you'd guess he was into arty farty indie movies nobody has heard of - and he likely is - but also to be a massive fan of one of the greatest Gung-ho action movie sequels ever made - and to share his enthusiasm in such an animated way - makes me smile from ear to ear the whole 2 minutes 3 seconds of this video. Cheers.
I was visiting my sister at the time, she being in the Navy and stationed in Alexandria, Virginia at the time. The theater I was watching it in had a power outage right at the scene where Hudson's looking at the movement-tracker gizmo as the aliens are approaching, shortly after the lights went out, when they were about to deep-six Burke for being a traitorous weasel . . . and the power outage in the movie theater prevented the rest of the film from being shown, so we all got refunds and had to see it the next night. I had to wait a whole goddamned day to find out what happened next -- when the bugs were "in the room" . . . crawling between the ceiling and the roof, then all the mayhem happened. As great as the original 'ALIEN' was, the sequel 'ALIENS' became that rare sequel that surpassed its original source film. And the expanded Special Edition was even better. I liked the other movies, but I was a bit miffed that the 3rd film essentially made all of Ripley's heroic efforts to save Newt be all-for-nothing, as it opens up and . . . BLAM, everybody's dead except for Ripley! I'm willing to bet that if they had taken a survey of the fans of the first two films and asked whether or not they'd be okay with Newt & Hicks being unceremoniously killed off before the 3rd film's story even begins, every single fan would've vehemently screamed "NO FUCKING WAY!!!" Well, like it or not, we're stuck with 'ALIEN 3' as it is. RIP, Newt & Hicks . . .
You can always read the Dark Horse comics instead. It's reskinned as "Outbreak" but it's obvious what each characters are supposed to be.
I watch it every month. I see something new every time. It’s a masterpiece. The flow, characters and intensity is unrivalled.
i watch it all the time too.
Also saw it in the theatre on opening day and was completely blown away. Everyone in the theater was screaming and cheering, laughing, it was amazing. One of the top 5 action movies ever IMO.
In my brain this film and T2 are the 2 most hyped and successful sequels of my lifetime.
ALIENS is the only movie in my lifetime (I’m almost 53) that matched the feeling of seeing the original Star Wars in the theater for the first time back in 1977. Both are HUGE inspirations to me.
Funny how he hates 80s movies, but he cites Back to the Future among his few perfect movies, and Aliens as one of his most special cinematic moments.
Two of the worst "classics" from that decade
He's right. It's impossible to fault those movies.
Didn't he also call The Thing a perfect movie?
@@adamgates1142 I am here from 4channel /tv/ to deliver this (You) to you
Just love that QT loves this movie
I saw it on opening night. Amazing movie, I still remember staggering out afterward, just blown away by what I'd seen. That climax. Well over half an hour and not a stitch of padding. So taut, so riveting, every moment topping the previous. Great film.
I love 80s films. My favorites are: Raging Bull, Scarface, Once upon a time in America Akira Full Metal Jacket Heathers, Blade Runner, Amadeus Aliens Do the Right Thing Raiders of the Lost Ark, Videodrome Back to the Future Terminator Platoon
And Justice For All, Ordinary People, Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo, Die Hard, Predator, Roxanne, Ghostbusters, The Thing, The Shining, The Empire Strikes Back, Caddyshack, The Fog, Escape from New York, Conan the Barbarian, First Blood, The Verdict, Sophie’s Choice, The World According to Garp, The Killing Fields, Good Morning Vietnam, Trading Places, 48 Hrs, Star Trek II, ET, The Right Stuff, The Dead Zone, Risky Business, The Outsiders, The Big Chill, The Karate Kid, Amedeus, Blood Simple, The Natural, Police Academy, The Breakfast Club, The Goonies, Witness, Out of Africa, Pee Wees Big Adventure, Top Gun, The Fly, Stand by Me, Highlander, Gannah and Her Sisters, Children of a Lesser God, Drugstore Cowboy, Midnight Cowboy, The Fly, Robocop, Moonstruck, Wall Street, The Princess Bride, Raising Arizona, Lethal Weapon, Fatal Attraction, Lost Boys, Broadcast News, Rain Man, Big, Fish Called Wanda, Naked Gun, Biloxi Blues, Child’s Play, Mississippi Burning, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Coming to America, When Harry Met Sally, Say Anything, Sex Lies and Videotape, Parenthood, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Glory…
@@ArcanumAscent Glad you added the Thing. Glad OG added Scarface. I got to add Big Trouble in Little China and Hellraiser
@@ArcanumAscent What about: Poltergeist, The Lost Boys, Christine, Pretty In Pink, Gremlins, Nightmare On Elm Street, Friday The 13th, WarGames, The Untouchables, Dirty Dancing, Willow, Creepshow, Spaceballs, Fright Night, TAPS, Big Trouble In Little China, Splash, Robocop, 16 Candles, The Road Warrior, Vacation, Ferris Buller, Weird Science, Revenge Of The Nerds, Airplane, Mr Mom, WallStreet, The Color Purple? SOOOO many incredible movies in the 80s, such an embarrassment of riches.
do the right thing?
Great list except for once upon a time in America. I don't know how anyone can sit through this horrible film.
Aliens is so legendary. I could watch it 1000x and not get tired of it. "Get away from her you bitch!"
Aliens is hands down the best movie ever made.............................Ripley is my all time number 1 action hero/heroine. I have been watching this movie since I was barely in high school. I was so enamoured by it - then when the special edition came out in 1990 on VHS, I walked straight into WH Smith, picked up a copy off the shelf and went to the checkout. The woman behind the desk asked me how old I was, I answered "15" (which I was). It never even occurred to me that the movie was 18 rated and that I had to lie about my age.........the checkout operator obviously refused to sell it to me. Gutted, I went straight home, handed £10 to my mum (I think that's how much it was) and asked her to get it for me (which she did). I fear we'll never see the likes of that movie ever again. A 4k HDR version has been suggested - can't wait!
Alien is my favourite, followed by Jaws .. they are the best to me ,great actors ,great scenes
Hudson is fear reprensented in person during the whole movie. Just brilliant. From cocky to total meltdown to giving up.
Sigourney Weaver mágica, única asombrosa. Ripley mi heroína favorita por siempre. Podría ver la CUATRILOGIA por siempre.
This is one of the best explanations of how I felt about Aliens as well. But I greatly appreciate Tarantinos excitement and true appreciation for a multitude of genres. His embrace of film is why he is so meticulous in crafting his own films. My first job was at the movie theaters and the fact we could get in free all the time made us all watch an insane amount of films. It also got us to open the foreign, art house, and Indy film genres so we actually saw Reservoir Dogs in the theater. We were like the guys in the movie Swingers with the poster on our wall and telling as many people that would listen.
Nothing & mean NOTHING will ever surpass this masterpiece. was only 2 years old when this movie got released & i am so envy with jealousy that people in that era got that experience to see it on the big screen . Perfection from start to finish 👏 👌 🙌 🔥
Agreed. A first-class SF action film. Every single element - acting, script, special effects, music - hits the mark perfectly. I came away from my screening stunned.
I love how he owns his own theater and actually has a warehouse of prints of film to screen there. More successful directors that claim to love film should do that.
I remember on of his quotes " We`re gonna sell you a seat but youre only gonna use the edge of it"
Thinking of it retrospectively the special effects were impressive for a mid 80s movie. You could buy into anything. Some scenes , like the plane flying into the planet's atmosphere are a little off, but the movie is impressive. Just compare it with its contemporaries.
Aliens is my favourite film of all time. My mum took me when I was 13 and it was THE most fun I’ve had in cinema. It’s good to see QT agrees. Love his work. The only movie recently I’ve felt as genuinely pumped from in the cinema was Dune 2. Been a long time between drinks but god it felt good again.
true its rare that the sequel is just as good as the original or even better!
Aliens, The Godfather 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Toy Story 2 and Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan are sequels that really blow the first movies away which is impressive because they all had good or even great first movies. These are in that very small percentage of sequels that really take it next level.
I love this movie. One of my favorites. Have watched it countless times. I remember seeing the theatrical version when I was younger and later on discovered the extended version that is even better. One of the best sequels ever to an amazing classic that is Alien. I think the one thing James Cameron does best is the way he builds characters. Seeing T2 and Aliens he just knows how to make them believable and relatable in a realistic way. Characters become something because of the experiences they lived in previous movies and the movie we are watching. They are not perfect and have flaws and problems to overcome, just like all of us.
T2 is an amazing feat on this level. The core emotional triangle is between a death robot and a child who never knew his father, and between those two and the boy's mother who was traumatized BY THE SAME ROBOT and who therefore cannot connect emotionally with her child. It's so weird and in its premise should struggle to serve as an analog for any real world human relationship, but as the movie plays it seems to contain great wisdom and pathos within it. It's like a magic trick.
Alien and Aliens are Absolutely Timeless Still looks better than most films today. Just watched it and still cannot believe the quality
80s and 90s were the best for movies i thought i watched more movies late 80s and 90s than ever. More than i do now Alien, Aliens Predator 1, Terminator just wow
I couldn't agree more. One of the greatest cinematic experience from my childhood
Grew up in West LA and loved the AVCO Cinema. That and the Mann National were the place to watch movies, often in 70mm. Saw Return of the Jedi and Karate Kid, among others, there when they opened. Wish I saw Aliens though but wasn't aware of it as a kid and probably my mom wouldn't have let me see it, but even on a 20" TV on VHS it blew my mind and had me white knuckling it the entire time.
"Aliens" came out during my senior year of high school. To this day, my all-time favorite sci-fi action movie. No sci-fi action movie has come remotely close to it.
We're in the pipe, five by five.
Loved Alien and Aliens as a kid. Especially love the Director's Cuts of both. Alien DC is about a minute shorter than the theatrical cut, but ALIENS DC is almost a three hour movie. I remember being excited for Aliens when I heard it's theatrical runtime was 2hrs.,17mins. James Cameron shoots a movie to completion (post production included), and then edits from there. That's why his director's cuts look so damn good.
Aliens is the best film I've seen at the cinema, amazing, just a shame they cut some of the best bits out.
I am really glad I found this channel. You do great work Jason.
I own a hard copy on DVD, and just watched it the other night. It still holds up brilliantly. Obviously its very different to the first movie, but the biggest standout is how much we get to see the xenomorphs. Then Cameron takes it up a notch with the idea of the Queen, her lair, the gestation tube, holy shit! Then he goes even further with the queen actually being a total badass that can move with authority. Most directors maybe would've built the queen but kept her pumping out the eggs. To have her transition into a warrior was exactly what QT is talking about when he says we get even 'MORE' than expected.
I saw it opening Friday 1986. What a movie!!
On my 50th Bday. I spent it at QT's theater, The New Beverly, and saw Aliens. And they gave me the best Bday EVER
I think the first half hour of saving private Ryan and the last half hour of aliens as far as action and intensity goes, cannot be matched! Love aliens though, one of my all time favourites
These movies were pre CGI which makes it SO much better the actors are in the environment and seeing the creatures.
The best sci fi action film ever made! Also one of the best films ever made in my opinion. It is so monumentally entertaining & iconic while also possessing a lot of gravitas.
The night it opened my buddies and I drove an hour to the best theater in the area and waited almost 3 hours to get in. Easily Top 10 All Time for best movie experiences. There's no way to adequately express how hard this movie grabbed hold from frame one and never let up. And as a huge fan of the original Alien, also hard to express the satisfying and unexpected depth Cameron brought to the world and the character of Ripley. We just take it for granted now because it's a part of the lore now, but back then it was mind-blowing.
An absolute action masterpiece, but still prefer the OG Alien
James Cameron really did raise the bar with this one.
One of the most satisfying action movies made.