Lines uttered by Bill Paxton (as Pvt. Hudson) in "Aliens"

Kind of just grabbed whatever from IMDB, hopefully there's no major omissions. Not sure how much context any of these needs. I sort of assume everybody reading this has seen the movie at least seven or twelve times and nothing requires any explanation.

"Bishop should go... Good idea!" is the sleeper hit of all these IMO, gets funnier each time I see the movie.

Love the way he says "Why don't you put her in charge?"

"bughunt" or "game over" will win

"dry heat" is the darkhorse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjFuTbl_SA

The "squad of ultimate badasses" spiel, culminating in "we got knives...sharp sticks" is also kind of great for how weirdly awkward and geeky it is.

Not in the poll: "You ever been mistaken for a man?" "She thought they said illegal aliens and signed up," "You tell me man, I just work here."

dog meat, pal

drop your linen haha great line

don't see this option

Seventeen days? Hey man, I don't wanna rain on your parade, but we're not gonna last seventeen hours!

"You ever been mistaken for a man?"

Vasquez's comeback "No, have you?" is probably one of the best lines in this movie.

ya this poll NEEDS seventeen days seventeen hours

Yeah man, but it's a dry heat!

I say this all the time, no one ever gets it.

ahhhh man, i knew i missed one of the big ones somehow, sorry y'all

Is this gonna be a standup poll, sir... or another linehunt?

I would say pick the one of these that nobody will vote for and have that count for "seventeen days?!" but all of these have at least something to recommend them.

Come on! Come on! Come on you bastard! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this? Fuck you!

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

p awesome

i'd campaign for either express elevator or dry heat

Let's just bug out and call it even

Love the way he says "Why don't you put her in charge?"

― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Monday, August 6, 2012 12:49 AM Bookmark

Yeah, I like how the emphasis lands on "CHARGE?" in this way that you wouldn't get from reading the script but which totally makes sense for this guy who's losing his shit in an escalating argument.

ugh, why didn't i think to watch that supercut before making the list

chickenshit outfit for the win

True winner = escalating scream from the knife trick.

you're dog meat, pal!

although I imagine hudson would have typed it 'your dogmeat, pal!'

ha

WTF, they cut the power?! How could they cut the power, man? They're animals lol

Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen ;)

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went for "Why don't you put her in cHARGE?"

"I need to get more diamonds, from my hideout."

TS: redubbing Aliens to replace Hudson's dialogue with Mister Freeze's, or redubbing Batman and Robin to etc

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln6ffgOAbk1qjb2cw.jpg

"Allow me to break the ice. My name is Freeze. Learn it well. For it's the chilling sound of your doom."

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welp

hahahahahaha, somewhat predictable i suppose...pretty cool that the majority of people voted for a less iconic line though! I guess in five years I'll do this again but remember to include "seventeen days" and see how things shake out.

impressed by the 2nd place finish for "dry heat"

dry heat all the way

Is there a quiz for Jack Burton one-liners?

According to an interview a month or so ago in the AV club, "game over" was not so much an ad-lib but something he decided to do beforehand without telling James Cameron. Which is not personally the director I'd go off-piste on, but it seems to have worked for Bill Paxton...

This is pretty much Chet (from Weird Science) in Space isn't it?

Didn't know that about it being unscripted! Maybe explains part of its charm, it's sort of buried in the background, the camera's not on him, and the scene's not edited as if that's the big punchline payoff...it's just part of the whole mix of everybody wandering around in the smouldering rubble going "fuck."

Jack Burton would be a good one! I'm a big fan of the "uttered" format, was trying to think of what could possibly be next without immediately going back to Arnold (who admittedly is the heart and soul of utterance).

Love the way he says "Why don't you put her in charge?"

― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Monday, 6 August 2012 03:49 (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink