Aliens - tonight C4 11.05

[hornetrider]

Ohhh, this is great. One of my fave ever films and its on now... sweet. Why is it films are so much better on random TV schedules than on DVD?

[Halb]

slipstream 1985 said:

any questions?
yeah how do i get out of this chickenst outfit!

You secure that st slipstream 1985!


Hey Y282, you ever been mistaken for a man?...;)

[weyland yutani]

Is it the extended version with the colony scenes at the start? Sentry Guns ftw!

I havent watched this in years, watched it so many times I could probably re-enact the whole film word for word

[T84]

weyland yutani said:

Is it the extended version with the colony scenes at the start? Sentry Guns ftw!

I havent watched this in years, watched it so many times I could probably re-enact the whole film word for word

Nice username!

[hornetrider]

weyland yutani said:

Is it the extended version with the colony scenes at the start? Sentry Guns ftw!

Sure is.

[weyland yutani]

T84 said:

Nice username!

I mostly come at night . . . mostly

[Halb]

weyland yutani said:

T84 said:

Nice username!

I mostly come at night . . . mostly

A-firma-tive...

[Some Gump]

Awesome film.

Bonus points for naming tunes with samples...

I know "Alien Girl" has some bits in, but what is that other disc I've got with the "watch you;re fire, check your targets" sample in? This conundrum is the bit that will be doing my head in till i get to sleep...

[TheEnd]

FSOL- Far out son of lung -sample at the start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g0sNbHWf9k

I remember Vasquez' "Let's Rock!" on some old ravey mixtape too

[dudleybloke]

TheEnd said:

I remember Vasquez' "Let's Rock!" on some old ravey mixtape too

was a tune by dj tango.

[jmorgan]

Hehe, The army apparently tried to mimic the smart gun harness and tried for a while to no avail only to find it was a steady cam harness off the shelf.

This was in a program following DERA a few years ago. Or did I dream it?

[98elise]

jmorgan said:

Hehe, The army apparently tried to mimic the smart gun harness and tried for a while to no avail only to find it was a steady cam harness off the shelf.

This was in a program following DERA a few years ago. Or did I dream it?

Sound like bks, the army don't develop their own kit, and I can't see why they would need something like it anyway as it limits your movement.

[jmorgan]

98elise said:

jmorgan said:

Hehe, The army apparently tried to mimic the smart gun harness and tried for a while to no avail only to find it was a steady cam harness off the shelf.

This was in a program following DERA a few years ago. Or did I dream it?

Sound like bks, the army don't develop their own kit, and I can't see why they would need something like it anyway as it limits your movement.

Might be but it was in the program that was following a while at DERA. It was a comment from on the people in the show at DERA (might only have been a thought exercise) and I remember something about it. They had a US soldier on secondment testing a helmet mounted camera for battle field info relayed back to commanders and a Hawk testing a new rocket or another and the pilot getting it in the ear for not setting the camera running when he should have. It was a few years ago.

[SpeedBash]

How they could have cut the sentry gun scene from the original version beggars belief.

Adds so much to the tension and looks f'kin cool too.

[silverthorn2151]

Halb said:

Sky plussed....


Get away from her you bh!

Fixed that for you. My most favourite film.

Every scene is brilliant and so many quotes!

The drop ship launch gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.

[Marf]

SpeedBash said:

How they could have cut the sentry gun scene from the original version beggars belief.

Adds so much to the tension and looks f'kin cool too.

All the scenes in the directors cut make the whole film better. How they didnt include them first time round is beyond me.

[TheEnd]

dudleybloke said:

was a tune by dj tango.

This was the one I was thinking of, not sure if it is the same, or even just an unrelated sample

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wP33Bpx20

Track from 17mins, sample at 17.12.

[Madness60]

Marf said:

All the scenes in the directors cut make the whole film better. How they didnt include them first time round is beyond me.

Disagree with that, sentry gun bit is brilliant but with all the guff with Ripleys daughter its too slow to get going, think that was Cameron's reason as well. The ideal for me would be the normal edit plus the sentry guns

[Marf]

We'll have to agree to disagree then. I think the scenes involving her Daughter just work to further reinforce that she's been drifting in space for so long.

[Madness60]

Marf said:

We'll have to agree to disagree then. I think the scenes involving her Daughter just work to further reinforce that she's been drifting in space for so long.

Marf, a polite disagreement with some well thought out argument...this is not the PH I know!! What happened to ill formed ranting, use of caps lock and personal insults....FACT!!