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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by dingaling on Sunday March 01, 2015 @02:40PM (#9128542)
> Fun fact: Jenette Goldstein (Pvt. Vasquez)

Did you ask her about the auditioning gaffe where she turned-up thinking it was a film about illegal aliens?

Hence the Vasquez recruiting joke that made it into the film.

Anyway, I have found that it's pretty much impossible for a group of adults to sit and watch Aliens. Everyone wants to shout Hudson's lines, at least after dubbing-over Frost for the first 30 minutes. Completely spoils the atmosphere.

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by JohnBooty on Sunday March 01, 2015 @03:17PM (#9128690) 

   Did you ask her about the auditioning gaffe where she turned-up thinking it was a film about illegal aliens?
YES! In fact, this was the only thing I asked her.

She said that she did mistakenly think it was a movie based on resident aliens going into the audition, but it was her understanding that the joke was already in the script and was not specifically based on her audition.

The way she phrased her answer suggested that she was pretty sure of this, but perhaps not 100% sure.

My personal and completely uninformed speculation: even if the joke in the script was inspired by her misunderstanding, they may have told her otherwise for politeness' sake. I have no idea how likely that is.

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by test1235 on Monday March 02, 2015 @08:13AM (#9131658)
What's an illegal/resident alien?
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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by xyzzyz on Monday March 02, 2015 @09:00AM (#9131841)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(law) see "Categories"
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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by JohnBooty on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:18PM (#9133350)
An even better question might be: why is it still an issue in 2179? :)

There will always be border disputes, but they don't usually last 200+ years.

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