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Aliens The Rewatchables
Aliens

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Franchise direction, Vietnam comparison and Ripley’s final line

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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:53Read transcript
  • Aliens may be the best entry while constraining the franchise around Ripley
  • Aliens may be a better Vietnam film than Full Metal Jacket, without necessarily being a better movie
  • Ripley’s famous final line delivery is criticized; another participant defends it
  • Craig is invited to prepare for this category in future and has no prepared take here
Aliens The Rewatchables
Aliens

Casting What-Ifs

Weaver negotiations; Paxton and Remar/Biehn casting

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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:29Read transcript
  • Weaver’s salary negotiation is recounted
  • Paxton’s prospective Police Academy 2 role and Bobcat Goldthwait are discussed
  • James Remar’s removal and Biehn’s quick arrival are recounted
  • Pacino visiting a neighboring set leads to imagined roles for him; those are jokes, not casting history
Aliens The Rewatchables
Aliens

Half-Assed Internet Research

Practical effects, production conflicts and the extended cut

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Approx. transcript time · 01:40:41Read transcript
  • British crew tea-break conflicts
  • A lightweight Newt dummy for carrying scenes
  • Carrie Henn repeating slide takes
  • Fourteen puppeteers operating the alien queen
  • Heavy prop weapons
  • Henriksen’s reported illness from Bishop’s milky effects mixture
  • Reuse of the alien-nest set for Batman
  • Editing out the colony sequence
  • Weaver’s objections to cutting Ripley’s daughter backstory
  • Franchise timeline complications
  • Alien: Isolation’s Amanda Ripley premise
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Apex Mountain

Weaver, Biehn, and Goldstein: yes

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Approx. transcript time · 01:45:16Read transcript
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