Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with a bunch of kids

Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by bollockitis on Sunday March 01, 2015 @10:52PM (#9130233)

> Funny thing was that our local cable network showed the "extended version" (with the sentry turrets, scenes with Newt's parents, etc) and for years I thought I'd imagined some of those scenes because the extended version wasn't available on video until much later.

Wow. So there WERE sentry guns. For years (pre-Google years) I used to argue that there was a scene with sentry guns, though I don't think that's what I had called them. Those guns were awesome and they had made a huge impression on me. Problem was, no one else could remember seeing them. My family and friends swore I was crazy. So I asked for the uncut version of Aliens for Christmas one year (probably around 91 or 92) and I was so disappointed. No sentry guns. So I just figured everyone else was right. I must have imagined it or was mixing up my films. A few years later I purchased a "special edition extended version" on VHS which, sadly, also had no sentry guns. So that was that. I was wrong, there were no sentry guns, and that was the last I thought of it until now. I knew I saw those damn guns!

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by omilu on Monday March 02, 2015 @12:37AM (#9130465)

sentry gun clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDy-5IQvuU

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by stcredzero on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:39PM (#9133479)

Holy crap! I'd never seen that before! For its time, that's masterful! It also makes the sci-fi facet of the screenplay much more intelligent. (Of course the Colonial Marines are going to use lots of automated weapons!)

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by stuaxo on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:53AM (#9130655)

I am shocked there is a version without these ! Definitely one of the many memorable bits of this film.

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by JohnBooty on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:22PM (#9133371)

It sounds like we had essentially the same experience! I know it definitely made me feel crazy!

What threw me off is the the "extended cut" with sentry guns was seemingly shown on cable television right off the bat - like as soon as Aliens was shown on cable, it was the extended (or at least an extended version). I don't think that was very common, so it never occurred to me that's what might have happened. They usually saved the special editions for home video sales.

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Re:Notes on watching "Aliens" for the first time again, with... by tessierashpool on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:32AM (#9130603)

they're on the DVD version with the director's cut. I bought that a few years ago. my guess is they're on the Blu-Ray equivalent now also. but I mostly just buy stuff from iTunes now, and I don't think they have the director's cut (aka "special edition") on iTunes. they might.

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