Aliens
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[All ammunition has been confiscated.]
Marine: What are we supposed to use? Harsh language?.

Hudson: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?
Vasquez: No, have you?

Hudson: Game over man... Game over!

[The alien queen advances on Newt.]
Ripley: Get away from her you bitch!

Ripley: Newt, look at me. Where are they?
Newt: They're dead! All right? Can I go now?

Ripley: You know Burke? I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage.

Ripley: They cut the power.
Hudson: What do you mean "THEY cut the power"? How could they cut the power, man? They're animals!

Newt: We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night... Mostly.

Ripley: You're crazy, Burke. Do you know that? Do you really think that you can get a dangerous organism like that pass ICC quarantine?
Burke: How can they impound it if they don't know about it?
Ripley: Oh, but they will know about it, Burke. From me. Just like they'll know that you were responsible for the deaths of one hundred fifty-seven colonists here!

Bishop: Not bad for a human.

Apone: All right, sweethearts. You heard the man and you know the drill. Assholes and elbows! Hudson, come here! Come here.

Van Luen: Thank you, that will be all.
Ripley: Goddammit, that's not all! You see, if one of those things gets down, then that will be all! Then, all this, this bullshit you think is so important, you can just kiss all that goodbye!

Hudson: How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit?
Apone: You secure that shit, Hudson!

Hudson: Maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!

Hudson: Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen.

Ripley: How many drops is this for you Lieutenant?
Gorman: Thirty eight... Simulated.
Vasquez: How many combat drops?
Gorman: Uh, two. Including this one.

Bishop: Believe me, I'd prefer not to. I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid.

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Revealing mistake: When Newt is sliding across the grated floor, Bishop reaches out to save her and you can clearly see he's standing in a hole to make him look cut in half. (02:11:40)

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Trivia: To make the Aliens' blood smoke and burn, the SFX department came up with an idea to put two separate chemicals side by side in bags inside the Alien puppets, on top of the explosives. When the two chemicals mixed together, it created a nasty, acidic burning affect.

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Question: If the company knew about the Aliens from the start and coveted them as a bioweapon, why did it take 57 years and the reappearance of Ripley for someone from the company to make another effort to get one? In the intervening 57 years, wouldn't the company have sent someone out to the derelict spaceship wreckage?

Answer: The company doesn't wait 57 years, they built a colony on the planet over 20 years prior to finding Ripley. The company was apparently unaware of the exact location of the derelict spacecraft. After finding Ripley and obtaining information from her, Burke was able to send the Jorden family to the precise location of the derelict spacecraft.

Answer: For me anyway, the company doesn't seem to be as hostile as they do in Alien. Won't surprise me that in 57 years there has been a change in leadership and they are no longer interested in capturing the alien, Burke seems to operating on his own. Minor plot hole ultimately.

Sam Montgomery

I think the original answer is right and they simply didn't know where the crashed ship was located on the planet since the beacon was deactivated and all information was on the Nostromo and with Ripley. They built a colony there to find it eventually, just takes a long time. Until they got lucky and found Ripley. Burke is definitely not working on his own though, they still knew about the aliens and the original idea still remained, capture aliens and bring them back to study.

lionhead

Yes that's right, because when Ripley has a run in with Burke he says that this specimen is worth millions to the bio weapons division and if we bring it back we will be made for life.

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