0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael, and this is Beyond the Screenplay.
0:08.9	Today we're talking about aliens, the James Cameron film, and I'm joined by the lessons
0:14.0	from the screenplay team, writer Tricia Arand.
0:16.0	Hello, everyone.
0:17.0	Writer Brian Bittner.
0:18.0	Hello.
0:19.0	And editor Alex Kayos.
0:20.2	Hi. Brian, you were the Hello. And editor Alex Kayos. Hi.
0:27.0	Brian, you were the one that kind of brought this idea of comparing aliens and Terminator 2 as examples of what a good sequel is.
0:31.3	Where did that idea come from?
0:32.5	What did you want to talk about with it?
0:34.2	It's a good question where it actually came from.
0:36.3	I don't know if I can remember it.
0:37.1	It was one of those notes that I had written in just a series of ideas. And then when I pitched it,
0:43.2	we were having a little writer's meeting and I brought it up. You just went, aliens versus
0:46.8	Terminator 2. Can I watch this video now? And no, I just thought it was always fascinating. I think
0:54.0	that people always bring those two movies up as two of, if not the two best sequels of all time.
1:01.4	And they're both by the same person within a few years of each other.
1:05.9	One was a sequel of his own movie.
1:08.0	One was the sequel of a masterpiece that he sort of said, let's not just
1:14.3	try to do the first movie again. Let's expand on this character. Let's tell a different story.
1:19.0	Let's tell it in a different way. And I just thought it was fascinating. And I just thought it'd be
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