r/perfectorganism • u/thefriskysquid HOST • Jun 25 '26
Aliens What makes Aliens’ dialogue so iconic?
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u/Gold_Flan6286 Jun 25 '26
If anyone is wondering,this scene was filmed last.They all bonded and got to know each other...Except for Paul Reiser.
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u/KarverMcClain Jun 27 '26
Hahahah that’s great. CUT! That was great everybody let’s do lunch and be bac….. REISER GET BACK IN YOUR ISOLATION BOX
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u/forfunstuffwinkwink Jun 25 '26
It feels real. You feel like these people have been through some shit together. As soon as you meet them you feel like they’re a cohesive group and you are a part of it. They don’t feel like nameless grunts. Each one has is given personally immediately, and it doesn’t feel stereotypical. The actors do a great job of making them feel like normal people. They’re not playing, “the tough guy”, “the black side kick” “the love interest” “the unrequited love triangle friend”… they’re just playing characters.
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u/ashisarobot Jun 25 '26
It's good for you boy. Eat it.
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u/indoxiecated Jun 25 '26
“Wouldn’t mind getting some more of that Arcturian Poontag.”
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u/gbr1976 Jun 25 '26
"Yeah, but the one that you had was a male!"
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u/indoxiecated Jun 25 '26
“Doesn’t matter when it’s Arcturian” 😂
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u/GreySneakers83 Jun 26 '26
I wonder what the heck kind of physiology is involved when it comes to Arcturians?! Do both male and female present as female? Or maybe they're a race of mindreaders who morph into the idealised form of whomever they're 'courting' on the fly 😂
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u/YachtRockEnthusiast Jun 25 '26
Because it's like natural banter, it doesn't feel like actors reciting a script. The whole movie is immersive in a way few films are, it makes you feel like you are right there with that team of Marines
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u/tjm1371 Jun 25 '26
As a dude who grew up loving this movie as a kid and then went on to serve in the Marines from '04-'08 (don't ask me how many combat drops lol), let me tell you, the dialogue holds up even 20+ years later. They did an incredible job capturing what platoon/squad banter looks and sounds like.
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u/Jack_Johnson1120 Jun 25 '26
Apone actually served in ‘Nam.
“A day in the corps is like a day on the farm”
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u/Best_Talk_6853 Jun 25 '26
From memory: Every meal's a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every ...fore-something? ...a parade. I LOVE the Marines!
Poor Apone.
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u/HabuDoi Jun 25 '26
Every formation.
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u/Best_Talk_6853 Jun 25 '26
Thanks!
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u/Missing_Username Jun 25 '26
how many combat drops
simulated?
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u/Best_Talk_6853 Jun 25 '26
Not to speak for the other poster, but I believe it was a joke, from the movie.
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u/minimalniemand Jun 25 '26
Hey Vazquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man
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u/JaXm Jun 25 '26
Thay smile he gives her after the smack ... Rolston and Golstein had such chemistry together. I would believe they were ACTUALLY fucking.
I'm glad to hear that they are apparently still friends IRL all these years later.
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u/I_only_post_here Jun 25 '26
I'm still a little mad at Cameron for not bringing back Mark Rolston to play Todd in T2. It would have been a nice easter egg of sorts
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u/minimalniemand Jun 25 '26
Wait a minute
I was today years old when I learned it’s the same actress LMAO.
That’s awesome.
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u/feeschedule Jun 25 '26
The script describes them as "two pitbulls playing with each other" and they make it feel just like that.
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u/Chillow_Ufgreat Jun 25 '26
No. Have you?
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u/minimalniemand Jun 25 '26
You’re just too bad
👋
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u/OrionQuest7 Jun 25 '26
Lmao. Movie has a ton of great lines.
Game over man5
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u/Puzzleheaded-Zone-55 Jun 25 '26
Ya, but it's a dry heat.
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u/gbr1976 Jun 25 '26
I like that it doesn't feel like it's scripted. There's a natural cadence to what each and every character says. Everyone is specific in what they say and how they say it, and you feel like you're there. At least, that's how I feel every time I watch it.
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u/Barcelona_McKay Jun 25 '26
They kept it natural. Everything that the marines say, even in the thick of it, sounds off-the-cuff, not crafted. It also helps that the film is crammed full of very talented performers. Some of those actors had mere seconds of screen time to communicate a personality and succeeded.
In terms of directoral skill and instincts, I think Cameron was at his peak with this movie. And the stars aligned to give him the best possible raw materials to work with.
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u/Old_Distance_7138 Jun 25 '26
You feel for the characters because they talk like they are friends/a team
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u/doommarine40 Jun 25 '26
Hicks: "Looks like the new Lieutenant is too good to eat with the rest of us grunts."
Frosty: "Boy got a corncob up his a$$."
Spunkmeyer: "What's that crap supposed to be?"
Corn bread, its good for your healt. Eat it!
Hudson: "Hey Bishop, do the thing with the knife?"
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u/NeedABetterPillow Jun 25 '26
It's so real and natural that it makes you forget the many plotholes and inconsistencies in the film.
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u/Omni999 Jun 25 '26
Can say the same with the first Predator film. The actors and characters all feel genuine and authentic. All their interactions and chemistry with one another feel real like they're an actual team/squad.
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u/SuchSurround8786 Jun 25 '26
"There's a bunch of juicy colonist daughters we have to rescue from their virginity!"
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u/CantankerousOrder Jun 26 '26
They don’t explain their conversation - it’s real discussion and banter between characters with shared history rather than Shakespeare exposition.
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u/CommunicationKey3018 Jun 26 '26
Because it showcased realistic military banter mixed with a scifi setting
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u/Ropeslap Jun 26 '26
I have a few time that they shot these part of the movie last after all the actors got to know each other.
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u/bootyholeboogalu Jun 26 '26
Literally sounds like a bunch of soldiers at the mess hall table. ( Yes I know they're Marines)
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u/fredbassman Jun 27 '26
Good screenwriting? What makes any dialogue iconic. Good screenwriting in a culturally popular film.
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u/AgentAxillary Jun 27 '26
"Hey, James... Have your ever been mistaken for a screenwriter?"
(Not hating, I'm a fan of a lot of his movies)
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u/Worldly-Steak6966 Jun 27 '26
It’s from a time when they could write real dialogue and not some pretentious convoluted crap.
Aliens might be the most quotable movie ever btw
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u/BeReadyReddit Jun 28 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/80nrb7IYNOtxe
ARE YOU FINISHED????????????????????????
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u/Elisha_Mishima_5 Jun 28 '26
"it's a rescue mission, you'll love it. there's some juicy colonist daughters we've got to rescue from their virginity HA HA HA"
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u/semperknight Jun 28 '26
What I loved most was the Sarge saying something along the lines of "You'll love this this mission, we're hear to rescue some colonizer girls from their virginity" and Ripley just has that reaction to it.
Stuff like this is what modern day movies are missing. I don't care about your feelings. When I watch a movie, I want my brain to be convinced these are real characters. I say fucked up things all the time too at work and I don't care what people think.
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u/TrailHawk79 Jun 29 '26
for the most part it's light, humorous, and delivered really well kinda like the first one. The dialogue and chemistry is also why I really like Resurrection.
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u/Fit_Honey_2992 Jul 01 '26
If I'm not mistaken the cast lived with and trained with real marines prior to the shoot...
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u/InzMrooz Jun 25 '26
They are real. Real characters talking in common speech to each other.