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They actually used foamcore to build this full-sized Alien Queen prototype
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They actually used foamcore to buildthis full-sized Alien Queen prototype

They actually used foamcore to build
this full-sized Alien Queen prototype

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They actually used foamcore to build this full-sized Alien Queen prototype.
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03:29:49
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Apr 03, 2025
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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.
It was ski poles for arms, foamcore legs, - Aliens Expanded 00:09
It was ski poles for arms, foamcore legs,
And action. - Aliens Expanded 00:11
And action.
Okay, arms full out, full width. - Aliens Expanded 00:09
Okay, arms full out, full width.
Stan or Jim, I think this one was Stan. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
Stan or Jim, I think this one was Stan.
He covered the whole thing with plastic trash bags, wrapped tight. - Aliens Expanded 00:05
He covered the whole thing with plastic trash bags, wrapped ...
And thus was born the very first garbage bag test at Stan Winston's studio. - Aliens Expanded 00:07
And thus was born the very first garbage bag test at Stan Wi...
The term "garbage bag test" after Aliens became a synonym for prototyping. - Aliens Expanded 00:08
The term "garbage bag test" after Aliens became a ...
Okay, that's a cut. - Aliens Expanded 00:10
Okay, that's a cut.
{\an8}It's got a very wasp waist and its hip girdle is sort of broader. - Aliens Expanded 00:09
{\an8}It's got a very wasp waist and its hip girdle is ...
One of the things that makes it most female is she's wearing high heels. - Aliens Expanded 00:06
One of the things that makes it most female is she's we...
And if you really look at the line work in the leg, - Aliens Expanded 00:10
And if you really look at the line work in the leg,
This goes back to my first job in the movie business with Jim - Aliens Expanded 00:10
This goes back to my first job in the movie business with Ji...
It was a female spaceship that, well, it has boobs, - Aliens Expanded 00:13
It was a female spaceship that, well, it has boobs,
{\an8}What's interesting as a maker, when you take your work - Aliens Expanded 00:15
{\an8}What's interesting as a maker, when you take your...
When you put it on a film set and it's lit, - Aliens Expanded 00:07
When you put it on a film set and it's lit,
The scene where she runs into the Queen's chamber with all the eggs, - Aliens Expanded 00:08
The scene where she runs into the Queen's chamber with ...
Now it wasn't eggs, - Aliens Expanded 00:11
Now it wasn't eggs,
I was frozen, and there was that slow motion moment of realizing where you are - Aliens Expanded 00:10
I was frozen, and there was that slow motion moment of reali...
When she turns in slow motion and you hear - Aliens Expanded 00:08
When she turns in slow motion and you hear
{\an8}She is formidable, - Aliens Expanded 00:12
{\an8}She is formidable,