This is James Cameron! A glimpse of Cameron's world seen in "Aliens"

“Aliens” synopsis

Ripley, rescued from a 57-year cryo-sleep state, sets off with a group of marines to investigate the colony planet LV426, from which she has lost contact. There, Ripley and her friends encounter an Alien queen that continues to lay eggs and reproduce...!

Index

• A sci-fi horror action movie that holds its own even after more than 30 years!
• A glimpse of Cameron's world
• Suspense that takes advantage of the structure of the place
• My vision that perseveres

A sci-fi horror action movie that holds its own even after more than 30 years!

In order to write this article, I rewatched Aliens (Complete Edition) for the first time in a while, and I was captivated by the quality of the movie, which was hard to believe for a movie made over 30 years ago. I was also honestly surprised to see glimpses of director James Cameron's later films throughout this film.

"Aliens" was released in theaters in 1986. This was over 30 years ago. I think the first time I saw this work was on the 1988 New Year's Day program ``TBS New Year Special Road Show''. This work belongs to the genre of "SF horror action", which can be said to be a genre in which the quality is inevitably proportional to the evolution of cinematography technology and special effects. Despite this, the ``SF horror action'' I watched on TV as a child now, 30 years later, has become even more impactful, powerful, and of overwhelming quality.

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To give one example, I was surprised at how realistic the depiction of the film's famous power loader (the powered work suit that the protagonist Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, rides in) was so realistic that it didn't look cheap at all. Although the chronology of the movie's release is reversed, we have already seen the depiction of the power loader (AMP suit) in Cameron's work " Avatar " (2009), and our eyes are on the same depiction. He must be quite fat. Nevertheless, from its appearance at the beginning of the movie to its deadly battle with the Alien queen at the end, you will be overwhelmed by how cool and powerful the machine is, as well as how realistic it is.

Of course, there are some shots in the work that make it clear that special effects were used. But that's not a big problem. It's not that it doesn't matter, it's that I'm so engrossed in the movie that it doesn't bother me. In the case of movies in this genre, I sometimes find myself laughing when I notice the ``roughness'' of the special effects, but I was overwhelmed by Cameron's bold and detailed direction and his worldview, and I was surprised to see such ``roughness.'' There is absolutely no time to worry about ``.

A glimpse of Cameron's world