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** Other names for the species used in spinoff media are 'Internecivus Raptus' (Murderous Thief) and 'Linguafoeda Archeronsis' (Foul-tongue from Hell, Archeron being also the name of the planet on which the creatures were first encountered in ''Alien'').

** None of the life cycle stages (i.e. Facehugger, Chestburster, Drone) were ever officially named on-film. They were given Fan Nicknames which simply stuck and wound up being used in some of the expanded universe material and even eventually by the production staff themselves.

* [[Franchise Zombie]]: Sigourney Weaver felt this way about the series. She didn't want to do another one after ''Aliens'' so she could move on to other projects. Ripley's death at the end of the third movie was included at her insistence, to make any further sequels starring her impossible. After that, the writers had to resort to cloning the character, but she agreed to reprise the role again when Fox offered her an additional producer credit that would give her an 11 million dollar salary (which was more than ''the entire budget of the first film''<ref>Although unadjusted for inflation, mind you.</ref>), and because she thought the ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'' concept which was pitched around at the time sounded awful. They later made this spin-off as well anyway... and even an even more awful sequel to it. Said crossover franchise has had a healthy life in video games though.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:

** ''Alien'' features an [[All-Star Cast]] including [[Ghostbusters|Dana Barrett]], [[Top Gun|Viper]], [[Live and Let Die|Kananga]], [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Bilbo Baggins]], [[The Elephant Man]], [[The Right Stuff|Betty Grissom]] and [[Repo Man|Bud]]. Along with Bolaji Badejo in the xenomorph suit, these are ''the only people in the film''.

** In ''Aliens'': if you thought [[Red Dwarf|Captain Hollister's]] last job sucked, you ain't seen nothing yet.

*** The [[Doctor Who|Eighth Doctor]] is a [[Talkative Loon]] serial killer. In the [[Recut]], {{spoiler|he's the one who [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|lets the alien]] out of its prison again}}.

*** Pete Postlethwaite as a random prisoner!

* [[What Could Have Been]]:

** There were brief talks of James Cameron's interest in writing a script for a possible ''Alien 5'' with Ridley Scott interested in directing, but Fox chose to focus on ''[[Alien vs. Predator]]'' instead.

 

== The first film: ==

* [[Word of God]]: According to [[James Cameron]], Drake and Vasquez are childhood friends who grew up in a slum together... and they're serving in the marines as an alternative to prison.

 

* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: Fox's attempt to keep ''Alien'' as this led to all the difficulties noted in [[Executive Meddling]] and [[Troubled Production]], as the "Wreckage and Rage" documentary notes "they set out to make a release date, not a movie."

* [[Creator Backlash]]: [[David Fincher]] disowned the film due to all the [[Executive Meddling]] he had to endure during the movie's production.

** [[Cryonics Failure]]

* [[Looping Lines]]: Averted in the Assembly Cut. Some of the restored scenes were cut before the ADR was recorded, and since they didn't do any re-recording for the DVD, it can be difficult to hear the dialogue. Thankfully, subtitles are available.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Carrie Henn was too old to play Newt, so Danielle Edmund acted as a [[Fake Shemp]] for her in the opening titles. For the autopsy scene, a cast mould of Carrie Henn was made.

* [[Playing Against Type]]: [[Charles Dance]] usually plays stern or intimidating authority types. Here, he plays a bitter medic who's the [[Non-Action Guy]] of the bunch.