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 - Intro00:35 - Dan O’Bannon’s Alien01:25 - David Giler & Walter Hill’s Rewrite02:25 - Ridley Scott Boards Alien03:45 - H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph Design04:12 - O’Bannon: The Loose Cannon05:42 - Oxygen, Allergies, & Chestbursters06:43 - Scott’s Revised Ending(s)08:08 - Alien Releases May 25, 197909:22 - Fox vs Brandywine09:49 - Brandywine finds James Cameron11:35 - Cameron’s Money Fights with Fox13:05 - Scheduling Chaos & James Remar13:49 - James Cameron vs the British Crew16:35 - Oxygen, APCs, & James Horner17:37 - Cutting Ripley’s Arc18:35 - Aliens Releases July 18, 198619:32 - Brandywine’s Many False Starts21:25 - Vincent Ward’s Wooden Vision22:50 - Fox Loses Faith Ward’s Alien 323:57 - Dealing David Fincher a Bad Hand25:31 - Fincher’s Endless Fox Problems27:53 - A Difficult David Fincher29:10 - Fires, Bullies, & Teaser Trailers30:14 - The Final Disastrous Pieces31:37 - Alien 3 Releases May 22, 199232:22 - Director Cuts of Each FilmSources: https://youtu.be/TzJ-38-380IMusic:Elliot Goldenthal - Alien 3 OSTJames Horner - Aliens OSTJerry Goldsmith - Alien OSTRyan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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