Steven Spielberg Pitched James Cameron an idea for Aliens

When James Cameron was handed the keys to the Alien universe as a young filmmaker, he met Steven Spielberg and Spielberg told him what he thought his film should be.

[okiSedo]

Spielberg, Cameron, Abrams. Two great directors!

[Autonova]

He may have subconsciously remembered this and used it for Terminator 2!

[DNTCreativeMedia]

Cameron did go on and use this advice for T2, making the "bad guy good" and man did that stick the landing. One of the best sequels in history.

[Gencoil]

Haha, that is such a typical Steven Spielberg idea.

[navylaks]

I don't think the Xenomorph see's itself as evil it just survives.

[penoyer]

I'll take a 2 hour movie of just Cameron and Spielberg talking shop.

[nitram_nosnibor]

You could imagine ET running around the ship killing everyone 😂

[Vejur]

Cameron is in awe of Spielberg. Both legends in film. Two of my all time favorite directors.

[frenchcoupon]

Amazing- maybe Cameron took Spielberg advice later and made T2? (Evil character becomes good and a protector?!).

[rylter]

"This Xenomorph is just a little misunderstood."

"It's killed 14 people, allready."

"It had a tough upbringing." 😂

[sergeyz]

Cameron vs Spielberg… the clash of the titans.

[khymaaren]

JJ looking like a kid who accidentally sat at the grown ups' table...

[DPMusicStudio]

Aliens is an ALL-TIME-GREAT film. It's actually shocking to hear Jim say that he felt like he was still "getting his legs underneath him" when he made that.

[hawksrob]

One of my actual wishes is that Steven Spielberg is the person he always appears to be, and isn’t a phony covering up for something ugly, because every time he speaks, he makes me smile and I’m not even a big fan, I just think he seems like a nice guy

And having worked in Hollywood a few times, most of them are not nice

[travis_mitchell]

And in the 3rd film,
The Xenomorph puts on Star Shaped sunglasses at a gay bar.

[Harry-feec]

People don’t get it but I saw aliens the week it came out. People were walking out of theaters white and exhausted. I was like man whats their story. Then I saw it. What a ride. There was nothing like it before. So as I said. People don’t get it these days. But back then. Wow. Same reaction I had with another great film. John Carpenters the thing.

[alexanderhamilton]

Cameron ended up doing this in Terminator 2

[greatjob]

Was it "Bring your kid to work day" or what is JJ doing between those two legends?

[magtafcmdr]

Cameron's sequel to Alien is amazing, and even more so when you consider he didn't direct the original. I wish he would go back to making movies like Terminator, Aliens and the Abyss. As much as I enjoy Avatar, I think there are many other creative avenues he could take.

[jedijones]

Spielberg wasn't buying Cameron's excuse for turning down Amazing Stories.