YouTube Deep Dive: Alien(s)

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.

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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: 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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