Aliens (1986) · 80 quotes
Ripley
You never said anything about an android being on board. Why not?
Burke
It never... never occurred to me. It's just common practice, we always have a synthetic on board.
Bishop
I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself.
Ripley
It's very pretty Bishop, but what are we looking for?
Bishop
Right there. [indicates blue flashing from a vent at the power station] Emergency venting.
Hudson
That's beautiful, man. That just beats all.
Hicks
How long until it blows?
Bishop
Four hours, with a blast radius of 30 kilometers, equal to about 40 megatons.
Hicks
We've got problems.
Hudson
I can't believe this. I CAN'T **** BELIEVE THIS!
Hicks
Vasquez, close the shutters.
Ripley
Why can't we shut it down from here?
Bishop
I'm sorry, but the crash caused too much damage. An overload was inevitable at this point.
Hudson
Aw, man. And I was getting short. Four more weeks and out. Now I'm going to buy it on this rock! It ain't half-fair, man!
Vasquez
Hudson, give us a break!
Hudson
Four more weeks! Aw, man!
Ripley
Well, we need the other drop-ship from the Sulaco. I mean, there must be some way of bringing it down via remote.
Hudson
How? The transmitter was on the APC! It's wasted!
Ripley
Well, I don't care how, but we'd better think of something, we'd better think of a way now.
Hudson
Think of what? We're ****!
Hicks
Shut up! [Over Hudson's panicking] SHUT UP! What about the colony transmitters? The uplink tower at the other end? Why can't we use--
Bishop
No, the hard-wiring between here and there was damaged. We can't align the dish.
Ripley
Well, then somebody has got to go out there, take a portable terminal, and patch in manually.
Hudson
Oh, sure! With those things runnin' around? You can count me out!
Bishop
I'll go.
Hicks
Yeah, I guess we can just count you out of everything, Hudson.
Hudson
That's right, man. Hey, why don't you go, man?
Bishop
I'll go.
Ripley
What?
Bishop
I'll go. I'm the only one qualified to remote-pilot the ship anyway.
Hudson
Yeah, man. Bishop should go. Good idea!
Bishop
Believe me, I'd prefer not to. I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid.
Bishop
Ripley...
Ripley
I don't want to hear about it, Bishop. She's alive. There's still time.
Bishop
In nineteen minutes this area is going to be a cloud of vapor the size of Nebraska.
Ripley
Hicks, don't let him leave.
Hicks
We ain't going anywhere.
Ripley
You never said anything about android being aboard, why not?
Burke
It never... never occurred to me. It's just a common practice, we always have a synthetic on board.
Bishop
I prefer the term "artificial person" myself. Is there a problem?
Burke
I'm sorry. I don't know why I didn't... [to Bishop] On Ripley's last trip the synth- the artificial person malfunctioned.
Ripley
"Malfunctioned"?!
Burke
We had some problems and, uh... few deaths were involved.
Bishop
I'm shocked. Was it an older model?
Burke
Yeah. Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2.
Bishop
Well, that explains it. I mean, the A/2s always were a bit twitchy. That could never happen now with our behaviour inhibitors. It is impossible for me to harm, or by omission of action, allowed to be harmed, a human being. [hands the tray with corn bread to Ripley] Are you sure you don't want some?
Ripley
Just stay away from me, Bishop. You got that straight?
Hicks
That's absolutely everything we can salvage from the APC wreckage. We've got four pulse rifles, with about fifty rounds each. That ain't so good. We got, uh, fifteen of these M-40 grenades. [Newt reaches for a grenade] Don't touch that. Dangerous, honey.
Ripley
Is that the only flamethrower?
Hicks
Yeah. It's only half-full, but it's functional. Got another one, it's damaged, so I don't know about that one. But the good news... We've got four of these robot sentries, with display and scanners intact. They really kick ass. They'll come in handy.
Ripley
How long after we're declared overdue we can expect a rescue?
Hicks
Seventeen days.
Hudson
Seventeen days? Hey man, I don't wanna rain on your parade, but we're not gonna last seventeen hours! These things are going to come here like they did before and they're gonna... [starts rambling unintelligibly]
Ripley
Hudson! HUDSON! [Hudson stops talking] This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training [to Newt] Right?
Hudson
Why don't you put her in charge?!
Ripley
You better start dealing with it, OK!? Listen to me! Hudson, just deal with it, because we need you, and I'm sick of your bullshit. I want you to get into the terminal and get me some kind of floor plan of this building. Construction blueprints, I don't care, anything that shows us a layout of this place. You listening?
Hudson
Yeah.
Ripley
I need to see air ducts, I need to see electrical access tunnels, sub-basements, every possible way into this complex [beat] We don't have much time.
Hudson
Yeah. Yeah, I'm on it.
Ripley
Hudson! Just relax.
Bishop
I'm gonna be in the med-lab. Check on Gorman, continue my analysis.
Ripley
All right. You do that.
