Sigourney Weaver

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q102124: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as producer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they produced, which the two lists below run through too: Alien 3 (1992). Count them as actor (22 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Sigourney Weaver: 3 lines, within their own work

  1. unmapped (creative input) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Sigourney Weaver ⇒ Alien 3 (the maker said so). Weaver's top input was no guns, in reaction to the gun focus of Aliens.
    “She was like, Hollywood's 2 gun obsessed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:07:21 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (creative input) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Sigourney Weaver ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Weaver insisted on the queen-embryo-inside-her angle.
    “It's a decision that Rip Weaver basically insisted on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:32:35 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (creative input) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Sigourney Weaver ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Weaver would only do the movie if Ripley died.
    “She would only do the movie if she got to die.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:05:45 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 2 lines

  1. lineage (callback) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Alien ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). The Bishop remains scene echoes the original film's reactivated-android scene.
    “And just kind of a fun throwback to the, uh, original alien thing where you like take the puppet, you kind of get it ready.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:58:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (callback) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Alien ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). The ending coda replays Ripley's tape from the first film.
    “You play back her tape from the end of the 1st movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:07:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Aliens (1986): 2 lines

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Aliens ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Alien 3 opens by wiping out the status quo that ended Aliens.
    “Seconds of this movie, it literally just burns the status quo established at the end of the last one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:21:41 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Aliens ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Alien 3 follows Aliens; watched back to back, Aliens ends on a new family that Alien 3 then kills.
    “you watch aliens and that has this ending of, you know, this new family that has been created.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:30:17 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)

Vincent Ward: 2 lines

  1. unmapped (unused draft) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Vincent Ward ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Elements of Ward's wooden-planet monks draft survive in the finished film.
    “But that's where that's the 1st iteration that's that's still represented in there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:25:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (concept merged in) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Vincent Ward ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). The film is built from Ward's monk concept pushed together with the prison planet; his only surviving credit is story.
    “they mishing up the monks with the prison planet, they turn the monks into prisoners, but they're kind of religious.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:01:11 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

Alien 3 (work print cut): 1 line

  1. industry (changed by studio) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Alien 3 (work print cut) ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Fox pushed the ox-like creature to become a dog.
    “And yeah, the studio was like, it'll be better if it's a dog”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:43:25 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

David Twohy: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of the prison planet) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: David Twohy ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Twohy brought the prison-planet concept into the development.
    “Twowey is the one who brings in the prison planet concept, okay?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:56:20 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

H.R. Giger: 1 line

  1. craft (design contribution) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: H.R. Giger ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Giger's design work was mostly discarded; the Bambi Burster rod puppet was the main thing of his that ended up in the film.
    “that was apparently the main thing that he had an influence on that actually ended up in the film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:21:53 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

Psycho (1960): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage (scene)) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Psycho ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Charles Dance's shower-curtain death is read as Fincher's own 'Hitchcock moment', after a cast member said Fincher called it that; the Psycho identification is the speaker's.
    “Fincher would talk to him about his influence and be like, well, this is my Hitchcock moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:18:07 · Matt Singer (0.35 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Alien 3 (1992): 3 lines, within their own work

  1. unmapped (creative input) · them, directly: Sigourney Weaver ⇒ Alien 3 (the maker said so). Weaver's top input was no guns, in reaction to the gun focus of Aliens.
    “She was like, Hollywood's 2 gun obsessed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:07:21 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (creative input) · them, directly: Sigourney Weaver ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Weaver insisted on the queen-embryo-inside-her angle.
    “It's a decision that Rip Weaver basically insisted on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:32:35 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (creative input) · them, directly: Sigourney Weaver ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Weaver would only do the movie if Ripley died.
    “She would only do the movie if she got to die.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:05:45 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Alien Resurrection (1997): 2 lines

  1. lineage (sequel undoes ending) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Alien 3 ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). Resurrection brings Ripley back as a clone, which undoes Alien 3's chosen death.
    “My nuclear take is bringing her back to life as a clone is more disrespectful than killing, uh, hicks and newt in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:06:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through Alien 3 (1992), which they produced: Alien 3 ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). Resurrection follows Alien 3, but its Ripley is a different character from the one who died.
    “As much as she was quote unquote resurrected, obviously, that's a different character explicitly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:24:13 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (1) everyone in producing

Acting (48) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career): Sigourney Weaver → Gorillas in the Mist. Her mid-80s run: Ghostbusters, Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist, Working Girl, Ghostbusters II, all in a row.
    “Ghostbusters, aliens, gorillas in the mist, working girl, Ghostbusters, two, basically all in a row.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:24:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Sigourney Weaver → Dave. Weaver's Dave is a favorite of hers besides Alien and Aliens, and a mirror image of her Working Girl character.
    “I think that's my favorite Sigourney Weaver other than alien and aliens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:28:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Sigourney Weaver → Aliens. 1988 was her peak juice, two years after Aliens and just before Ghostbusters II.
    “It's 2 years after aliens.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:37:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): James Cameron → Sigourney Weaver. Cameron elevated Sigourney Weaver.
    “He elevated Sigourney, even.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:21:13 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Sigourney Weaver → Political Animals (TV). Weaver played a Hillary Clinton-like figure on the miniseries Political Animals, which Griffin was on.
    “Sigourney was essentially Hillary.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:21:25 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): Sigourney Weaver → Alien Resurrection. Her height is why the basket shot in Alien Resurrection is believable.
    “this is why it's believable when she lands that basket, an alien resurrection.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:30:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Sigourney Weaver → Super Mario Bros.. Weaver's reptilian Ripley 8 is like Dennis Hopper's Bowser.
    “it's a pretty similar take to Dennis Hopper's Bowser.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:24:30 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Sigourney Weaver → Aliens. Weaver redefines Ripley in each film: throw it out, ball it up.
    “It's so telling that each of the 4 movies, she's like, throw it out, ball it up, redefine my character, give me new shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:05:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Sigourney Weaver → Alien. Both the Working Girl role and the Alien role were originally written for a man.
    “the screenwriter said that her role was originally written as a man, which is true for her role in alien as well.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:27:04 · Joanna Robinson (0.60 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Kevin Kline → Sigourney Weaver. They played the president and first lady four years earlier (in Dave) and here are a 70s adultery couple.
    “who played the president and the 1st lady 4 years earlier”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:51:02 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (creative input): Sigourney Weaver → Alien 3. Weaver's top input was no guns, in reaction to the gun focus of Aliens.
    “She was like, Hollywood's 2 gun obsessed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:07:21 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (creative input): Sigourney Weaver → Alien 3. Weaver insisted on the queen-embryo-inside-her angle.
    “It's a decision that Rip Weaver basically insisted on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:32:35 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (creative input): Sigourney Weaver → Alien 3. Weaver would only do the movie if Ripley died.
    “She would only do the movie if she got to die.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:05:45 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): Sharon Stone → Sigourney Weaver. Casting Stone instead of Weaver would not work because Stone reads as a vixen, not a believable suburban housewife.
    “Sigourney Weaver works because she's obviously very attractive in this movie, but is still like believable as a suburban housewife”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:03:23 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Ridley Scott → Sigourney Weaver. Before Prometheus there was a moment when Ridley seemed to be considering a Sigourney return.
    “there was a moment where it felt like Ridley was considering doing a thing with Sigourney.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:24:40 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Sigourney Weaver → Avatar and its sequels. A speaker guesses Weaver will play the mother tree in the sequels.
    “My thought is she's playing the tree.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:13:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: Her ski-trip hospital bed lingerie and thigh highs: a character that would not exist in a movie anymore.
    “This is like a character that would not exist in a movie anymore.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:24:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: She was eight months pregnant when the Newt dummy was made, so they measured only her head and shoulders; she made the film six months after her first child was born.
    “When they made the dummy, Sigourney was like 8 months pregnant.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:36:11 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: The Ripley 8 tattoo: she's the 8th clone, the first one to take.
    “She's the 1st one to take.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:23:50 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: Ripley 8's reptilian, T-Rex-armed performance is compared to Bowser.
    “Yes, she's doing like T-Rex arms.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:24:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: Griffin met Weaver on Political Animals: she introduced herself at lunch and was impossibly tall and gracious.
    “Like she does look like a Greek god.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:23:53 · Griffin Newman (0.90 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: Weaver would not let toys be made with guns for years; Resurrection was the only time, and no collector figure for 15 years after.
    “one of the key reasons was because she didn't want her action figures coming with guns.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:44:51 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Sigourney Weaver: Lee told her to skip looking in on the kids: too ashamed.
    “no, no, no, too ashamed.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 1:00:51 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)