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Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great man, now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man... That's it man, game over man, game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?
— Aliens · 1986
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What it means
Our interpretation.
Hudson's panic is the least heroic and most human reaction to the film's worst moment, and it is also the funniest, which is why it endures. The phrase 'game over, man' left the film as a catch-all for any total disaster, especially in video games, and it follows Bill Paxton, who played Hudson, through every tribute. It sits next to Ripley's fury as the film's other defining outburst, but the audience cheers for one and laughs with the other.
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Spoilers for AliensShow the scene
In James Cameron's 1986 sequel, the Colonial Marines have been ambushed by aliens in the colony on LV-426 and have lost men. Ripley and the survivors agree to leave, and Hicks calls the dropship for evacuation. A stowaway alien has already killed its pilots, and the ship crashes and explodes on the colony ground. Private Hudson, the squad's boastful, panicky talker, explodes: this is great, now what are they supposed to do, they are in real trouble. Hicks tells him to calm down, but Hudson shouts it all again, and the survivors have to barricade themselves in the colony facility.
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- Wikiquote: Aliens (film)Scene after the dropship crashReference checked
- Wikipedia: Aliens (film)Plot and ProductionReference checked
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