J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Aliens

[Corporal Hicks]

And in another thing I wasn't expecting, turns out that story about Cameron not finishing Aliens before going to make Terminator, those 90 pages weren't just the first 90 pages of the finished draft. Rinzler included a synopsis of that and the notable changes in it too. Some specific points are:

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It had Lydecker as a xenospecialist who accompanied the marines onto the planet. And Jonesy died in cryosleep. They built a synthetic one to replace him and didn't tell Ripley until they were trying to convince her to come with. Dicks.

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[SiL]

Well now I have to get this one too.

[Kradan]

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Jonesy died ? NOOOOOOOOOOO!  f**kers

I don't get how "your cat is a synth" would've make her go back to LV-426

But it would be interesting in a sense that nonbody would be able to praise Specimen for introducing synthetic animal

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[j0nesy]

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And Jonesy died in cryosleep. They built a synthetic one to replace him and didn't tell Ripley until they were trying to convince her to come with. Dicks.

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noooooo! 

[Darwinsgirl]

Nooo is right. So glad they didn't go with that idea.

[Russ840]

Hicks, when is the review going up for this book?

[Corporal Hicks]

When I've finished it. It's a big ass book to get through so it's going to take me some time to get through. Honestly though, I can't imagine not recommending it. There's some presentation issues whenever there's a word with 2 fs in it and that's the only real annoying so far. I'm really enjoying it so far.

[Russ840]

How does it look next to the first, on a shelf?  The spines i mean.

[Corporal Hicks]

I'll take you a picture when I get home.

[Russ840]

Nice. Thanks man.

Still need to finish the first book 

I'm so slow sometimes. It's so good but very dense.  Hoping the second is the same.

[Corporal Hicks]

Here you go.

[Russ840]

Nice. Thanks Hicks

[Darwinsgirl]

Nice collection Hicks!

[Voodoo Magic]

Here you go.

Is that an AvP Requiem book I see...?

[Nightmare Asylum]

Perhaps the only Requiem item that is bright enough that it actually can be seen.