YouTube Deep Dive: Alien(s)
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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! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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