• YouTube Deep Dive: Alien(s)

  • Oct 30 2024
  • Length: 35 mins
  • Podcast

YouTube Deep Dive: Alien(s)

  • Summary

  • Making the perfect organism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the Alien trilogy, from James Cameron feuding with his British crew on Aliens to David Fincher being micromanaged by Fox on Alien 3.


    You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube!


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    Chapters:

    00:00 - Intro

    00:35 - Dan O’Bannon’s Alien

    01:25 - David Giler & Walter Hill’s Rewrite

    02:25 - Ridley Scott Boards Alien

    03:45 - H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph Design

    04:12 - O’Bannon: The Loose Cannon

    05:42 - Oxygen, Allergies, & Chestbursters

    06:43 - Scott’s Revised Ending(s)

    08:08 - Alien Releases May 25, 1979

    09:22 - Fox vs Brandywine

    09:49 - Brandywine finds James Cameron

    11:35 - Cameron’s Money Fights with Fox

    13:05 - Scheduling Chaos & James Remar

    13:49 - James Cameron vs the British Crew

    16:35 - Oxygen, APCs, & James Horner

    17:37 - Cutting Ripley’s Arc

    18:35 - Aliens Releases July 18, 1986

    19:32 - Brandywine’s Many False Starts

    21:25 - Vincent Ward’s Wooden Vision

    22:50 - Fox Loses Faith Ward’s Alien 3

    23:57 - Dealing David Fincher a Bad Hand

    25:31 - Fincher’s Endless Fox Problems

    27:53 - A Difficult David Fincher

    29:10 - Fires, Bullies, & Teaser Trailers

    30:14 - The Final Disastrous Pieces

    31:37 - Alien 3 Releases May 22, 1992

    32:22 - Director Cuts of Each Film


    Sources: https://youtu.be/TzJ-38-380I


    Music:

    Elliot Goldenthal - Alien 3 OST

    James Horner - Aliens OST

    Jerry Goldsmith - Alien OST

    Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme


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