Revealing mistake: When Ripley first burns the egg plants inside the nest, the Queen screams and moves her head. The steel rod used to hold the Queen's head to the rest of her body is easily visible.
Aliens (1986)
Plot summary
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn
It's 57 years after Ripley's encounter with the lethal Alien, and as she's getting adjusted to her new life, she learns a horrifying fact about the Alien's home planet, LV-426--that people have moved onto it. When she's blown off for her "insanity", she keeps wondering about the safety of the colonists and her fears of their demise is confirmed when The Company loses contact with the colony... So Ripley leads a group of high-tech space marines into battle against the killer creatures in this high-octane, action packed sequel!!
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Trivia: To make the Aliens' blood smoke and burn, the SFX department came up with an idea to put two separate chemicals side by side in bags inside the Alien puppets, on top of the explosives. When the two chemicals mixed together, it created a nasty, acidic burning affect.
Question: What ever happens to the female doctor that evaluates Newt? She evaluates Newt, says one line or so, then disappears forever.
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Chosen answer: Down in the tunnels, she is the soldier that says "Maybe they don't show up on infrared at all." and is then grabbed and hoisted to the ceiling by an Alien, discharging her flamethrower and killing the other Marine. Later, Hudson says "The Sarge and Deitrich (the female medic) aren't dead. Their signs are real low but they ain't dead." So she was cocooned and played host for new aliens.
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