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Aliens Expanded

An in-depth and innovative documentary that explores the story behind James Cameron's beloved sci-fi epic Aliens (1986) and its incredible impact.

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Ian Nathan

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Lance Henriksen

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Jenette Goldstein

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Cynthia Dale Scott

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Alan Dean Foster

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We all knew,
all the actors on it knew - Aliens Expanded

We all knew, all the actors on it knew

I know some people say they watch it
every Christmas together. - Aliens Expanded

I know some people say they watch it every Christmas togethe...

So what are you waiting for?
Breakfast in bed? - Aliens Expanded

So what are you waiting for? Breakfast in bed?

At the moment
when the chestburster first erupts, - Aliens Expanded

At the moment when the chestburster first erupts,

And Paxton turned to me and he was like,
"Oh, dude, this is gonna be so awesome." - Aliens Expanded

And Paxton turned to me and he was like, "Oh, dude, thi...

I want this thing to go smooth
and by the numbers. - Aliens Expanded

I want this thing to go smooth and by the numbers.

If you're gonna only be
in one movie in your life, - Aliens Expanded

If you're gonna only be in one movie in your life,

It was alchemy, it was magic,
it was witchcraft. - Aliens Expanded

It was alchemy, it was magic, it was witchcraft.

Coming around for a 709-er. - Aliens Expanded

Coming around for a 709-er.

These people are dead Burke. - Aliens Expanded

These people are dead Burke.

Multiple signals. - Aliens Expanded

Multiple signals.

The film had such an incredible
momentum and drive. - Aliens Expanded

The film had such an incredible momentum and drive.

I like to keep this handy. - Aliens Expanded

I like to keep this handy.

I just don't think there's a flaw, - Aliens Expanded

I just don't think there's a flaw,

It's all of my design influences - Aliens Expanded

It's all of my design influences

Well, there goes our salvage, guys. - Aliens Expanded

Well, there goes our salvage, guys.

{\an8}And one of them was
the opening night of Alien. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And one of them was the opening night of Alien.

And what struck me so much
was the sense of presence, of place. - Aliens Expanded

And what struck me so much was the sense of presence, of pla...

You are there, you are inhabiting
this spacecraft with these people. - Aliens Expanded

You are there, you are inhabiting this spacecraft with these...

The rigorous sense of detail,
the blue collar aesthetic. - Aliens Expanded

The rigorous sense of detail, the blue collar aesthetic.

One memory that stands out really clearly - Aliens Expanded

One memory that stands out really clearly

And he goes into some kind of
cooling room or condenser room - Aliens Expanded

And he goes into some kind of cooling room or condenser room

And in that moment, that taught me
a powerful lesson as a filmmaker, - Aliens Expanded

And in that moment, that taught me a powerful lesson as a fi...

{\an8}The atmospherics
and the creation of a genre, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}The atmospherics and the creation of a genre,

Thriller of being locked in space
was almost the first of its kind. - Aliens Expanded

Thriller of being locked in space was almost the first of it...

{\an8}Something about what I was looking at - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}Something about what I was looking at

{\an8}And it was great,
it was a great moment in movies. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And it was great, it was a great moment in movies.

{\an8}You could feel it with Ridley Scott - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}You could feel it with Ridley Scott

{\an8}This is really a look
that Dan O'Bannon developed - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}This is really a look that Dan O'Bannon developed

{\an8}He really took that to the next level
with his wonderful lighting. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}He really took that to the next level with his wonderf...

{\an8}As early as the release of the first film, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}As early as the release of the first film,

A very standard sequel idea,
which I'm sure would've worked fine. - Aliens Expanded

A very standard sequel idea, which I'm sure would'...

They had an idea of the alien actually
not having been killed in the first film - Aliens Expanded

They had an idea of the alien actually not having been kille...

They had an idea of the eggs from LV-426 - Aliens Expanded

They had an idea of the eggs from LV-426

Which sounds a little far-fetched,
but it could have worked. - Aliens Expanded

Which sounds a little far-fetched, but it could have worked.

But it speaks for itself to see
Ripley back in her particular story. - Aliens Expanded

But it speaks for itself to see Ripley back in her particula...

I was actually pitching something else
to Walter Hill and David Giler. - Aliens Expanded

I was actually pitching something else to Walter Hill and Da...

They had given me something
that they wanted to do, - Aliens Expanded

They had given me something that they wanted to do,

And so I went off and I did this whole
genetic engineering story - Aliens Expanded

And so I went off and I did this whole genetic engineering s...

And I came back with this epic
science fiction concept and they said, - Aliens Expanded

And I came back with this epic science fiction concept and t...

They had lucked
into a science fiction hit, - Aliens Expanded

They had lucked into a science fiction hit,

And he said,
"Well, we got this other thing." - Aliens Expanded

And he said, "Well, we got this other thing."

And meanwhile, my brain lights up
like a slot machine at Vegas - Aliens Expanded

And meanwhile, my brain lights up like a slot machine at Veg...

I race home, - Aliens Expanded

And then some other chump
came out with a movie called E.T., - Aliens Expanded

And then some other chump came out with a movie called E.T.,

The mother alien protecting its young,
and the mother human. - Aliens Expanded

The mother alien protecting its young, and the mother human.

Giler had given me
a one-line or two-line concept. - Aliens Expanded

Giler had given me a one-line or two-line concept.

The same place where they found
the derelict ship has now been colonized - Aliens Expanded

The same place where they found the derelict ship has now be...

And then, this is an exact quote, - Aliens Expanded

And then, this is an exact quote,

At the same time that
he was writing Alien, - Aliens Expanded

At the same time that he was writing Alien,

{\an8}There's no bones about it, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}There's no bones about it,

But you can't make a monster film
without an interesting monster. - Aliens Expanded

But you can't make a monster film without an interestin...

You still don't understand
what you're dealing with, do you? - Aliens Expanded

You still don't understand what you're dealing wit...

{\an8}The fully developed
language of biomechanics - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}The fully developed language of biomechanics

You look at some of the early concept art
by Ron Cobb, who's a brilliant artist, - Aliens Expanded

You look at some of the early concept art by Ron Cobb, who&#...

I remember when I was a kid
going into bookstores - Aliens Expanded

I remember when I was a kid going into bookstores

Certainly we see elements
that are phallic, - Aliens Expanded

Certainly we see elements that are phallic,

{\an8}And yet the elements are distorted,
they're grotesque, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}And yet the elements are distorted, they're grote...

{\an8}It was just so out there
and beautiful, elegant, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}It was just so out there and beautiful, elegant,

And Giger himself was a very charming man
and had a great sense of humor. - Aliens Expanded

And Giger himself was a very charming man and had a great se...

We were all very nervous because
what Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger - Aliens Expanded

We were all very nervous because what Ridley Scott and H.R. ...

I remember Cameron
at some point flippantly saying, - Aliens Expanded

I remember Cameron at some point flippantly saying,

{\an8}Aliens, it literally picks up, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}Aliens, it literally picks up,

{\an8}She gets into the Narcissus, she gets
into that little life pod, she flies away, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}She gets into the Narcissus, she gets into that little...

{\an8}I've gotta find that delicate equipoise
between it being my film, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}I've gotta find that delicate equipoise between i...

And I think we hit that balance and
we did shift the tone more toward action. - Aliens Expanded

And I think we hit that balance and we did shift the tone mo...

How are you gonna out horror
and out suspense Alien? - Aliens Expanded

How are you gonna out horror and out suspense Alien?

40 meters in, bearing 221,
there should be a stairwell. - Aliens Expanded

40 meters in, bearing 221, there should be a stairwell.

Whoever's alive, - Aliens Expanded

Whoever's alive,

How are we today? - Aliens Expanded

How are we today?

{\an8}Dreams are a source of
story, ideas, and inspirations. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}Dreams are a source of story, ideas, and inspirations.

{\an8}James Cameron is able to use dreams
in a way that are relevant to the plot, - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}James Cameron is able to use dreams in a way that are ...

{\an8}The audience goes into Aliens at that time - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}The audience goes into Aliens at that time

And even though it doesn't
pay off in that same way, - Aliens Expanded

And even though it doesn't pay off in that same way,

That's where everybody goes, "Oh, no!" - Aliens Expanded

That's where everybody goes, "Oh, no!"

It's almost like
the chestburster is the thing - Aliens Expanded

It's almost like the chestburster is the thing

She's not the character you met in Alien. - Aliens Expanded

She's not the character you met in Alien.

She's a damaged version of that character. - Aliens Expanded

She's a damaged version of that character.

In Aliens, some of the experiences
that we should note - Aliens Expanded

In Aliens, some of the experiences that we should note

The features of PTSD that we see
in Ripley include hyperarousal signs, - Aliens Expanded

The features of PTSD that we see in Ripley include hyperarou...

{\an8}I was really taken with
Sigourney Weaver in Alien. - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}I was really taken with Sigourney Weaver in Alien.

We know it's using the air shafts.
Will you listen to me, Parker? - Aliens Expanded

We know it's using the air shafts. Will you listen to m...

{\an8}This untested first officer type person - Aliens Expanded

{\an8}This untested first officer type person

People in a tight knit group tend to
want to agree with each other, - Aliens Expanded

People in a tight knit group tend to want to agree with each...

It's breaking the protocols,
we could all die." - Aliens Expanded

It's breaking the protocols, we could all die."

I just think that Jim Cameron
lived up to that tenfold in Aliens - Aliens Expanded

I just think that Jim Cameron lived up to that tenfold in Al...

The analysis team, - Aliens Expanded

The analysis team,

Because you could
theoretically have excised her - Aliens Expanded

Because you could theoretically have excised her

I think she's one of, if not the greatest
heroine who's ever been on screen. - Aliens Expanded

I think she's one of, if not the greatest heroine who&#...

So having lost so much
and weirdly lived so long - Aliens Expanded

So having lost so much and weirdly lived so long

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An in-depth and innovative documentary that explores the story behind James Cameron's beloved sci-fi epic Aliens (1986) and its incredible impact.

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Director: Ian Nathan

Writer: Ian Nathan

Production: CreatorVC

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

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ImdbRating: 8.4

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Released: 28 Jun 2024

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Homepage: https://www.creatorvc.com/aliensexpanded