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markpud · 7th March 2001, 08:59 PM

Has anyone seen this version of "Aliens"??

I'm just trying to remember which bits are in it that are not in the original release....

markpud · 26th April 2001, 11:26 AM

helpful bunch aren't we

Arcane · 24th June 2001, 04:18 AM

I can think of two scenes in particular, but my memory still needs a little more jogging (just like the rest of me). I know there's more than this.

There's a scene early on where Ripley is recuperating on the station. She's in a lovely park and finds out that her daughter lived a full life, but is already dead. I imagine this scene was shot to remind us/introduce us to the fact that Ripley had a daughter. She missed all of her child's life except the early years. It makes it much easier to understand why she bonded so strongly and quickly with Newt. She has the chance to do it over.

There's also a quick scene near the end, just before Ripley goes to rescue Newt. It's on the second drop ship from the Sulako. She and Hicks exchange first names (Ellen and Dwayne). Hicks tells her "Don't be long, Ellen."

It's sweet and I like it. But then again, I'm a sucker for mush. It's as much romance as you'll find in this film other than:
1) Hicks showing her how to use the pulse rifle,
2) Hicks giving her the locator,
3) and Hicks diving through a window to rescue Ripley and Newt from the face huggers (okay, now I'm just projecting).

markpud · 28th June 2001, 12:32 PM

other scenes in the Spl edition include where the colonists find the alien ship, and are attacked by a face-hugger after being ordered by Burke to investigate the coordinates that Ripley tells him for teh alien ship, and them arriving back at the colony (and therefore dooming it) with the face-fugger still attached.
Also in the scene where they barricade themselves in against the alien attack there are some auto-sentry machines which kill off a tonne of aliens before running out of ammo..

7th March 2001, 08:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	Has anyone seen this version of "Aliens"?? I'm just trying to remember which bits are in it that are not in the original release....

26th April 2001, 11:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	helpful bunch aren't we

24th June 2001, 04:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Arcane Skilled Linguist Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Chicago, IL USA ("the Windy City -- home of the Blackhawks, the Bulls, the White Sox. . .Don't forget the Cubs.") Posts: 58	I can think of two scenes in particular, but my memory still needs a little more jogging (just like the rest of me). I know there's more than this. There's a scene early on where Ripley is recuperating on the station. She's in a lovely park and finds out that her daughter lived a full life, but is already dead. I imagine this scene was shot to remind us/introduce us to the fact that Ripley had a daughter. She missed all of her child's life except the early years. It makes it much easier to understand why she bonded so strongly and quickly with Newt. She has the chance to do it over. There's also a quick scene near the end, just before Ripley goes to rescue Newt. It's on the second drop ship from the Sulako. She and Hicks exchange first names (Ellen and Dwayne). Hicks tells her "Don't be long, Ellen." It's sweet and I like it. But then again, I'm a sucker for mush. It's as much romance as you'll find in this film other than: 1) Hicks showing her how to use the pulse rifle, 2) Hicks giving her the locator, 3) and Hicks diving through a window to rescue Ripley and Newt from the face huggers (okay, now I'm just projecting).

28th June 2001, 12:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
markpud Super-Mod to the gods Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: with Buffy, in Manchester, England... Posts: 4,732	other scenes in the Spl edition include where the colonists find the alien ship, and are attacked by a face-hugger after being ordered by Burke to investigate the coordinates that Ripley tells him for teh alien ship, and them arriving back at the colony (and therefore dooming it) with the face-fugger still attached. Also in the scene where they barricade themselves in against the alien attack there are some auto-sentry machines which kill off a tonne of aliens before running out of ammo..