Aliens Trailer Gets An Epic Modern Makeover In Fan-Edit Video
A new fan-edit trailer turns the classic Aliens into a pulse-pounding modern-day blockbuster. James Cameron famously pitched his Alien sequel by writing “Aliens” on a white-board and turning the “s” into a dollar sign. The cheeky pitch indeed proved prophetic as the film went on to gross $131-183 million worldwide on a budget of $18 million.
Cameron’s Aliens is of course now considered one of the great movie sequels of all-time. Starring Sigourney Weaver, the film brings back Ripley, the sole survivor of the space disaster in Ridley Scott’s original Alien. But rather than focus on pulse-pounding horror like Scott, Cameron elected to go the action-movie route with Aliens, pitting Ripley and a group of space marines against not just one but a whole swarm of unstoppable Xenomorphs.
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Cameron's action-packed and militaristic Aliens is now over 35 years old but still holds up incredibly well. To show how at-home the 1986 classic would be in the world of modern-day blockbusters, YouTube user Michael Edwards has posted a new trailer edit done in the style of a 2022 clip. See the video in the space below:
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Aliens of course popularized many sci-fi tropes that remain popular to this day, especially the idea of a group of bad-ass space soldiers doing battle against alien threats. This being the case, it’s probably not a surprise that footage and audio clips from the film can so readily be edited into a trailer that feels like it could have been made for a 2022 movie. The only thing that really gives away Aliens as an older movie is the lack of slick CGI.
Older movie though Aliens may be, the Alien franchise obviously has continued on into recent
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