99CR 59: Aliens

99CR 59: Aliens

From Bring Me The Axe! Horror Podcast by Bryan and David White

May 25, 2026 · 2h 1m · Episode 59

About this episode

The episode discusses James Cameron's film Aliens, its production challenges, and its impact on the action genre.

Last week we took on the landmark Ridley Scott movie, Alien, a movie that closed out the 1970's with a bang. This week we're taking on James Cameron and his follow-up to the explosive 1985 smash hit, The Terminator, Aliens. Cameron knew he wanted to make an Alien sequel the moment he first saw the original movie and when the opportunity arose he had to fight tooth and nail, struggling against 20th Century Fox's bad business and legal woes, against apathetic executive who had no interest whatsoever in making another Alien movie, against a production crew that couldn't stand him or his producer Gale Anne Hurd. When all was said and done and the movie hit theaters, Cameron proved to everyone what absolute losers they all were with his clear vision of an explosive action movie that set the pace for the second half of the 80's and set an extremely high bar for action movies to come. Hollywood would never be the same and with the inclusion of the Colonial Marines, Cameron set the entire Alien legacy on a new path. Following the tragedy of the Nostromo disaster Ellen Ripley finds herself waking up 57 years in the future. Her bosses are pissed that she blew up one of their space ships…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bryan White, David White

Topics covered

  • film analysis
  • horror
  • sci-fi
  • action movies
  • sequel discussion

Keywords

  • Aliens
  • James Cameron
  • Ridley Scott
  • Colonial Marines
  • sci-fi sequel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 20th Century Fox, Weyland Yutani

Books & works: Alien, Aliens, The Terminator

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