> Funny thing was that our local cable network showed the "extended version" (with the sentry turrets, scenes with Newt's parents, etc) and for years I thought I'd imagined some of those scenes because the extended version wasn't available on video until much later.
Wow. So there WERE sentry guns. For years (pre-Google years) I used to argue that there was a scene with sentry guns, though I don't think that's what I had called them. Those guns were awesome and they had made a huge impression on me. Problem was, no one else could remember seeing them. My family and friends swore I was crazy. So I asked for the uncut version of Aliens for Christmas one year (probably around 91 or 92) and I was so disappointed. No sentry guns. So I just figured everyone else was right. I must have imagined it or was mixing up my films. A few years later I purchased a "special edition extended version" on VHS which, sadly, also had no sentry guns. So that was that. I was wrong, there were no sentry guns, and that was the last I thought of it until now. I knew I saw those damn guns!
Holy crap! I'd never seen that before! For its time, that's masterful! It also makes the sci-fi facet of the screenplay much more intelligent. (Of course the Colonial Marines are going to use lots of automated weapons!)
It sounds like we had essentially the same experience! I know it definitely made me feel crazy!
What threw me off is the the "extended cut" with sentry guns was seemingly shown on cable television right off the bat - like as soon as Aliens was shown on cable, it was the extended (or at least an extended version). I don't think that was very common, so it never occurred to me that's what might have happened. They usually saved the special editions for home video sales.
they're on the DVD version with the director's cut. I bought that a few years ago. my guess is they're on the Blu-Ray equivalent now also. but I mostly just buy stuff from iTunes now, and I don't think they have the director's cut (aka "special edition") on iTunes. they might.
Wow. So there WERE sentry guns. For years (pre-Google years) I used to argue that there was a scene with sentry guns, though I don't think that's what I had called them. Those guns were awesome and they had made a huge impression on me. Problem was, no one else could remember seeing them. My family and friends swore I was crazy. So I asked for the uncut version of Aliens for Christmas one year (probably around 91 or 92) and I was so disappointed. No sentry guns. So I just figured everyone else was right. I must have imagined it or was mixing up my films. A few years later I purchased a "special edition extended version" on VHS which, sadly, also had no sentry guns. So that was that. I was wrong, there were no sentry guns, and that was the last I thought of it until now. I knew I saw those damn guns!