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.
Jack Vaughan
23rd Jul 2009
Aliens (1986)
23rd Jul 2009
Aliens (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: Throughout the sequence when the female pilot is preparing to drop the ship with Ripley and the marines on down to LV426, you can see a crewmember in her reflective sunglasses.
23rd Jul 2009
Aliens (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: Just after Ripley drops the first flare (on her way back to rescue Newt), the shadow of a crewmember is cast on Ripley's back.
23rd Jul 2009
Aliens (1986)
Revealing mistake: When the loader is dragged into the airlock by the Queen, during the shot where you see the orange light get smashed on the floor (seconds before it actually falls in), you can see two wires attached to the loader leading off screen.
22nd Jul 2009
Aliens (1986)
Visible crew/equipment: A wire is visibly attached to the queen's tail as it bursts out from Bishops' chest. (Slow-mo helps but is not necessary.)
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