Aliens Quote
[ Burke greets Ripley at the hospital after she has been rescued from hypersleep ]
Burke : I'm Burke. Carter Burke. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. I'm glad to see you're feeling a little better. They, uh, they tell me that all the weakness and disorientation should pass soon. It's just natural side effects of such an unusually long hypersleep, or something like that.
Ripley : What do you mean? How long was I out there?
Burke : [ stunned ] Has no one discussed this with you yet?
Ripley : No. But, I mean, I don't... recognize this place.
Burke : [ visibly uncomfortable ] No, I know. Uh, okay, it's just that, uh, this might be a shock to you. It's long...
Ripley : *How* long? Please.
Burke : [ after a pause ] Fifty-seven years.
Ripley : [ stunned disbelief ] What?
Burke : That's the thing. You were out there for fifty-seven years. What happened was, you had drifted right through the core systems, and it's really just blind luck that a deep salvage team found you when they did. It's one in a thousand, really. I think you're damn lucky to be alive, kiddo. You could be floating out there forever.
Burke : I'm Burke. Carter Burke. I work for the company. But don't let that fool you, I'm really an okay guy. I'm glad to see you're feeling a little better. They, uh, they tell me that all the weakness and disorientation should pass soon. It's just natural side effects of such an unusually long hypersleep, or something like that.
Ripley : What do you mean? How long was I out there?
Burke : [ stunned ] Has no one discussed this with you yet?
Ripley : No. But, I mean, I don't... recognize this place.
Burke : [ visibly uncomfortable ] No, I know. Uh, okay, it's just that, uh, this might be a shock to you. It's long...
Ripley : *How* long? Please.
Burke : [ after a pause ] Fifty-seven years.
Ripley : [ stunned disbelief ] What?
Burke : That's the thing. You were out there for fifty-seven years. What happened was, you had drifted right through the core systems, and it's really just blind luck that a deep salvage team found you when they did. It's one in a thousand, really. I think you're damn lucky to be alive, kiddo. You could be floating out there forever.
Movie: Aliens
