Revealing mistake: When Ripley enters the elevator to go down into the hive, her pulse rifle/flamethrower combo is a stunt prop. The giveaway is the pulse rifle's front is blank (literally just a flat surface with no detail and no holes for the barrel or the grenade launcher). It's particularly obvious in the newer HD versions.
Aliens (1986)
1 mistake since 28 Oct '24, 10:24
Directed by: James Cameron
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Carrie Henn
[All ammunition has been confiscated.]
Marine: What are we supposed to use? Harsh language?.
Trivia: The name 'Sulaco' was taken from a novel by Joseph Conrad. The name of the novel? 'Nostromo' of course.
Question: What ever happens to the female doctor that evaluates Newt? She evaluates Newt, says one line or so, then disappears forever.
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Chosen answer: Down in the tunnels, she is the soldier that says "Maybe they don't show up on infrared at all." and is then grabbed and hoisted to the ceiling by an Alien, discharging her flamethrower and killing the other Marine. Later, Hudson says "The Sarge and Deitrich (the female medic) aren't dead. Their signs are real low but they ain't dead." So she was cocooned and played host for new aliens.
Grumpy Scot