80 Aliens (1986)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
80 Aliens (1986)
- A draft of the script had Gorman being paralyzed by a stinger on the tail
of an alien, rather than being clobbered by falling equipment.
- The ``special edition'' includes extra scenes: Newt's parents discovering
abandoned alien ship on LV-426, scenes of Ripley discussing her daughter,
Hudson bragging about his weaponry, robot sentry guns repelling first alien
raid, Hicks and Ripley exchanging first names. Also included is a scene
on LV-426 where a child rides a low-slung tricycle similar to one ridden
in "The Terminator (1984)" (qv), also directed by 'James Cameron' (qv).
- The mechanism used to make the facehuggers thrash about in the stasis tubes
in the science lab came from one of the ``flying piranahs'' in one of
Cameron's earlier movies "Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)" (qv). It took
9 people to make the face hugger work; one person for each leg and one
for the tail.
- The APC was modeled after an airplane tug.
- ``Sulaco'' is the name of the town in 'Joseph Conrad' (qv)'s ``Nostromo''.
See also "Alien (1979)" (qv).
- Hicks was originally played by 'James Remar' (qv), but 'Michael Biehn' (qv)
replaced him a few days after principal photography began, due to ``artistic
differences'' between Remar and Cameron.
- ``She thought they said `illegal aliens' and signed up...'' said Hudson.
This line (directed towards Vasquez) was in inside joke amongst the actors.
'Jenette Goldstein' (qv) (Vasquez) had gone to the audition thinking the
film would be about illegal immigrants. She arrived with waist-long hair
and lots of makeup. Everyone else was wearing military fatigues.
- The ``special edition'' includes the sound of a face-hugger scurrying from
left to right as the final credits fade.
- DIRTRADE(James Cameron): [nice cut]: a few minutes into the movie, we see
Ripley lying in the cryo-tube, and then the scene fades to the picture of
the earth; the earth directly fits into the silhouette of Ripley's face.
- DIRTRADE(James Cameron): [feet]: When the soldiers arrive on LV426
and jump out of the armored vehicle. See also "The Abyss (1989)" (qv).
- DIRTRADE(James Cameron): [feet]: When Ripley drives the APC, she
crushes an alien's head under one of the wheels.
- DIRTRADE(James Cameron): [feet]: close-ups of the power-lifter's feet.
- DIRTRADE(James Cameron): [nuke]
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