Rotfish
How does the wind ever get in here?
25th Anniversary of ALIENS! 
Figured we should take notice that on July 18th, 2011, one of our most cherished films on the Aliens & Robots board turns 25. It's been a long run and even today, we're still getting awesome products based on the James Cameron fan-favorite, not to mention freshly-remastered Blu-Ray releases and upgrades. I think it's also worth noting that as far as comics and merchandise go, we've seen "Aliens" vs. Predator far more often than "Alien" vs. Predator. The second movie used the brilliant idea from the original and drove it home, like the perfect sequel should.
Cameron, the director we know from such movies as the Terminator series (another franchise in which the first film and its sequel went down in history), truly did phenomenal work and gave us some fantastic action movies. These proved to be monumental and have set the standard for the classic 80's sci-fi flick.
One of the reasons why Cameron is such a rare and talented director, in my opinion, is that he is also a writer and an artist. He designed the iconic Alien Queen and produced some amazing concept paintings that eventually led to the famous Power-Loader vs. the Queen battle:
Being the visionary that he is, he even furthered the dark, weathered, and desolate look of the LV-426 landscape in another of his paintings:
Speaking of the Queen, "Aliens" also gave us more works from Stan Winston, as his studio was responsible for the xenomorph critters of the film. Thus, Winston devised a great way to show the Aliens on-screen, using bright highlights on an otherwise dark costume. Many fans hold the ridged, insectile look of the Alien Warrior close to their hearts. For some, this was the first incarnation of the Alien they've been exposed to:
It's no secret we love the second movie (and of course, the big, bad original
). Hard to believe it's been a quarter of a century since the larger-than-life Marine characters from "Aliens" went up against those nasty bugs. Even "Alien 3" was one of my absolute favorites -- the entire trilogy (not counting "Resurrection", which while fun, seemed to attempt to revive a finished set of films) was directed by some of the most well-known and sought-after directors in Hollywood.
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