I like Lance Henrikssen. No, really, I do...

I have nothing but respect and admiration for what he has achieved in his life. But damn if I hear one more time about how horrible the British were on the set of Aliens I think I'm going to scream! I've heard him banging on about it on YouTube videos, the Quadrilogy making-ofs and the commentary for the movie itself. Thing is he says 'the British' (or 'the Briddish') not 'the British crew', just 'the British' as if we're all like that, tarring us all with the same brush. If I said 'the Americans are over-precious, slightly xenophobic and annoyingly pretentious' y'all would rightly be up in arms. But if I said 'some of the American cast and crew on Aliens were over-precious, slightly xenophobic and annoyingly pretentious' then a few might agree. Its just the way some of them talked like they were somehow saving the world by gracing the movie industry with their presence. No, you're just pretending to be someone else in front of a camera for a few hours. I'm all for artists (or is that 'artistes', Lance?) taking their work seriously but come on! David Giler totally got it though. You could see with his comments and wry smiles about the tea lady and the union regulations that he was really plugged in to the sense of not taking oneself too seriously that the Brits have. You were left with the impression that he used to hang out with us a bit more because we were more fun. Al Matthews too who had worked as a DJ in the UK prior to his work on Aliens and so probably knew more about the banter. Because its all affectionate at the end of the day. But if you're a bit uptight and nervous maybe its harder to see that.