Aliens Expanded

Like many, Aliens (Director's Edition) is my all time favorite movie. This is such a wonderful documentary, I'm so glad I am one of the sponsors. Almost the whole cast, and James Cameron and Gail Anne Hurd contribute, and the vast amount of behind the scenes info and memories they share is incredible. The only thing that could have made this better would have been if Bill Paxton was still with us. I can't imagine how many hilarious stories and memories he would have been able to add. The run time is over 4 hours, and I have watched it 3 times so far. It's so enjoyable, I have the digital version on my laptop always ready to view.

I bought this on a whim one night - thinking it would a run-of-the-mill documentary. I couldn't have been more wrong. It arrived last week and I spent the weekend digging into it.

It's 4 hours and 42 minutes long. It has most of the remaining cast and execs involved. They do several minutes for Bill Paxton (classy that they did this). The BTS stories are fascinating (see: Tea Cart Lady). This list goes on.

And it isn't cheaply made. This is a truly magnificent effort by its director. Complete with cuts of the film cut into it, it moves along in chronological pace. I kept stopping it, and watching 15 more minutes of 'Aliens' to keep up with what they were talking about.

Hands down, one of the top 5 finest documentaries I've seen. Fans already have it for sure. If you are on the fence, take the plunge. You won't be disappointed....

A worthy, detailed documentary on my favourite movie of all time. So much detail and breakdown of individual scenes. Very impressive production featuring a lot of the key stars and crew from the production. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it and will do again, many times. It makes you want to watch the movie again after seeing this to spot all of the details you may have missed previously. I'm so glad this was made as there's no better way to appreciate the grandeur of the Aliens movie. So much detail and effort has been put into this creation and it shows with every scene. Excellent work done by all of those involved in the production.

I have never seen such a detailed documentary of a movie. This is a perfectly fitting tribute to a SF masterpiece. The fact that it was made four decades after the film itself speaks volumes for what an achievement Aliens was. Someone could argue that it is not objective and fair to give such a high rating to a documentary with a modest budget and a professionally routine production, but that is not the point - the point is in the energy that is recognized by fans of the genre, the point is to pay a well-deserved tribute to the Aliens as a SF movie that has become a cult and will be an eternal classic. With its magical influence it has shaped the entire domain of sci-fi creation up until today, and I believe in the future as well. Also, I give it a high rating because this documentary was created out of enthusiasm and not as a commercial project motivated by profit, this is the product of pure love of film enthusiasts and nerds - and as such has a special value. Aliens was a perfect adventure, and with Aliens Expanded I lived it once again, thank you so much!

4.5 hours for one of our favourite action science fiction movies is definitely watchable. But I could've used a little bit less of the PC female empowerment or Dr. Drea and her horrible vocal fry, giving us mumbo jumbo rhetoric.

Maybe too much time was given to some of the lesser known characters versus the time that could have been given to the original writers or James Horner.

But Cameron is in control of this one of course. It did have a good dedication to Bill Paxton. Some of the actors look amazing still like Sigourney and the other guys. It's just a shame Jenette Goldstein really let herself go. It was hard to watch her on screen for that length of time.