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Summary: Sci-Fi movie producers-take notice.
Review: This is how a SciFi movie should be made.It is one of the very few sequels that was actually rated as better than the original by critics.I enjoyed the original but have to agree with the critics on this(i disagree so often with them).This is one of those rare scifi/horror movies that can take itself serious and get away with it.It has so many great actors in it and they do a marvelous job of taking you where no person has gone before,introduce you to some genuinely terrifying aliens and get you off the planet again in one piece-too bad most of the cast doesn't.The special effects are out of this world(pardon the pun),the acting is for real-no attempts at tongue in cheek or hamming it up.I purchased the Special Edition DVD version which is well worth the cost.Not only does it have 17 additonal minutes which wasleft out of the theatre release-it also has a wonderful special section which gives a slide show and a couple of short videos showing you the production procedure.There is also a very nice section with still pictures of the cast and crew and also alot of background on the creation of the minatures used and even the making of the alien queen. Very interesting stuff,especially for an "Aliens" fan.The DVD of this movie is in my opinion definately worth the cost.
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Summary: Exactly how it should be on DVD
Review: Aliens on DVD is very good. For you fans of science fiction, this is what you've been waiting for. The sound and musical score is absolutely amazing and the picture quality is what I had hoped for. If you're looking for a good science ficton or action film and are usually disappointed by the quality of DVD's, get this film. You will disappointed with neither.
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Summary: This was the best of the Alien trilogy!
Review: This was the best of the alien trilogy. It has awsome action, great plot, and fabulous acting. I loved it. Buy this mvie, it is worth the $$$
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Summary: I like the Special Edition
Review: Back in 1986, I was 15 --- too young to see an R rated movie by myself, so I bought the book. When I finally got my grandmother to take me to see ALIENS, I loved it...but I noticed two scenes missing from the movie that were in the novel: Ripley learning of the death of her daughter, and Newt's family discovering the Alien egg lair. To my mind, including these scenes in the Special Edition enhances rather than defaces this already great movie. Especially the bit about Ripley's daughter; it adds to the emotional impact of her taking on Newt as an 'adopted' daughter. Regardless of which version you get, this is a can't-miss sci-fi thriller. It is more action than horror, and therefore recommended to sci-fi and action fans that normally don't go for horror. The highlight, of course, is Sigourney Weaver's Oscar-nominated performance as Ripley -- you know a sci-fi film is good when the Academy gives it a major nomination!
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Summary: A great movie just got better
Review: This "special" version has some 17 minutes of added footage, some of which explaines matters that were difficult to imagine, because they simply didn't exist on the original version. Ripley's extra-motherly affection for the little girl to name only one thing. I am delighted to see more and more movies in it's intended cut, not the studio cut, which is often geared towards a (percieved?) short-attention span audience. Aliens is one of the examples on how a movie can get better by re-editing and adding footage, and last but not least the DVD sound and picture quality are excellent. Sci-Fi fan, go get this one.
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Summary: I worship this film
Review: Since I was a young lad, I enjoyed this movie start to finish. Of course my parents didn't let me watch it so when I found out it was on TV or somebody had rented it, I would rush to their house and watch it. Loving a movie as a boy should be different from loving a movie as an adult but really, not much has changed since then. The added scenes are like gold to most of us (there are some attention getters who say that they tear down the meaning of the film, but do you think Cameron would allow the studio to release his greatest film if this were true? No. I feel nothing is lost in the added scenes and actually more is recieved. When a perfect film gets longer, I feel no pain of another 17 minutes of entertainent bliss.) Anyways, watching the film as a child I was intrigued by the action scenes and the amazing suspence. Now I watch it for the same reasons aforementioned, but also enjoy it for it's originality and symbolism. Some say symbolism in an action flik, yeah right. Well, Cameron confirms it in the interview included on this disc. The entire movie is like a tribute to his experinces in Vietnam. Technology is defeated by simple design and tactics. I enjoy every minute of this film now as I try to compare it to Vietnam (call me a freak please). A colony is set up on some distant, basically unknown region. The French set up colonies all along the coast of Vietnam. A threat invades killing the foriegners. The Vietnamese rebel and kill many of the French living there. Marines are sent to rescure the survivors and revive control of the colony. I could finish the movie but I have a word limit. I cannot compare this film to Alien as they are so different in the directors' approach and time at which it was made. Aliens took the ideas of Alien and threw in a lot of changes that not only validate it, but differentiate it as a sequel. I cannot stress you enough to buy this film. This film that has defied the test of time and remains a comparable film to even some of todays most advanced special effects. This film that has caused an uprising in copycats (Pitch Black most recently). This film that forever changed the publics view that a blend of genres is not always a bad thing.
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Summary: A great movie ruined by extra footage
Review: This is a great movie, but the twenty minutes of extra footage is ridiculous. Yes, as a fan, I was curious to see the extra footage. But no, as a fan, I do not want to have to watch it again. The new scenes are sometimes long, sometimes boring, but mostly just annoying. Other DVDs, such as Austin Powers, provide cut scenes as bonus materials on the DVD menu. This is a nice feature. The same should have been done with Aliens. If you have three hours to spare and are a loyal fan, buy this DVD. Otherwise, wait until they (hopefully) will release the original version.
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Summary: Great!
Review: I have seen this movie about a million times within the past couple of years. It was always my favorite movie, but the extra footage actually added to the movie. It helped me understand the movie alot better. I know different people have different taste in movies, but anyone who does not like this movie IS NOT an action movie, horror, or sci-fi movie fan. Michael Biehn is excellent!
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Summary: A worthy sequel.
Review: Aliens will probably appeal to a wider audience than the original Alien. It is slightly more optimistic and much more spectcular. The special edition version adds to the first release, by giving the characters a little more depth and the continuity of the plot has been improved. The atmosphere is as tense as in the first movie depending more on visual effects and less on score and directing. Sigourney Weaver does a great job of developing her character through the series becoming one of the most real movie characters I have ever seen.
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Summary: An great sequel.
Review: Director James Cameron made this film, fast-paced, suspenseful, action-thiller. He also written the sequel. After Riplet killed the alien and after she put herself in a sleeping pod. After a group of searchers find her lost in space for 57 years. Incredible she survive for all that time. After Ripley find out there is a colony where they find the alien.Now is people are making and living in that planet and try to make it breathable and they lost contact with the colonist and possible the aliens are taking control of the colony. The Special Edition inculde 17 minutes of additional footage. Some scenes, they cut out is a surprise to some, Digitally Remastered in THX sound. DVD`s has uneven but fine anamorphic Widescreen(1.85:1) transer but the Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround is more better than the transer of the film. Grade:B+.
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