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Aside from the Alien being female and laying eggs, I don't see sexual undertones in the film. He's reading too much into it.

"Alien" has lasted for me because of Ripley, the first sci-fi heroine, a kick-a-s woman who is brave and heroic. I was 33 in 1979, not a kid. Weaver then became one of my favorite actresses.

The thing that both frightened and fascinated me was the fusion of organism with industrial design( biomechnoid) where " machines appear organic, or organisms have a mechanistic quality." I mean, it stands upright like it's human, but it's truely "ALIEN."

Wow … that’s quite a sexualized interpretation.

This was a very skilfully written video essay. If you're not a journalist already, you should be....

What's the movie at 0:14 seconds?

Its what you dont see, but know's its there the Alien, which makes its so scary and brilliant !

As a synthetic Ash has been given a male form and personality. But without a working penis he chose to use a rolled up pornographic magazine instead. I always wondered why he didn't use his fist?

A very good study of the relationship between the crew and the Alien itself. A timeless exploration of the mind and the unknown. Let’s hope we recognize the dangers in the discoveries of our galaxy.

Something I loved about the original, which I felt was lost in a lot of the sequels after Aliens, was the fact that the Xenomorph was the first living extraterrestrial organism mankind encountered. The Xeno was terrifying, of course, but not nearly as scary as the thought of whatever the next thing we find could be...

Great comprehensive analysis of the psychology behind the horror of this series.

I wrote a whole essay in a comment and then scrapped it. Loved the video and it got me thinking a lot about how the other Alien movies relate to these themes (specifically 3 and Romulus). I think this also made me realize that I actually really like Romulus oddly enough. Glad I found this video, even if I was many years late to the party. It seems I'm not alone and that makes me happy as well, at the very least Romulus has brought Alien back into discussion.

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great video, I just watched the movie for the first time (I know I know!) a few days ago and this vid was enlightening and super interesting and illuminated things I definitely didn't pick up my first time. Now I need to see it again and again

If you watch the film carefully .The Alien just wants to be left alone .Its got a short lifecycle and is in the shuttle craft hiiden so it can die .

I’ll never tire of Alien ‘making of’s. It’s so rare to have an original screenplay (not based on a book) that has such depth and is rich enough to sustain decades-worth of fascination. Combined with the art and craft of the execution, it truly is a masterpiece. Thanks for the video.🤓🤓🤓

the xenomorph basically the creature that is called in the film is a silicon life form no unlike humans carbon based life forms like us it's rare to see a silicon based life form like the xenomorph in franchises like alien

I haven't watched your other videos and thus don't know your general socio-political alignment, but I think this video perhaps spent a disproportionate amount of time commenting on gender issues. It could be that I am out of touch and that it is the correct interpretation of the film, but me nor anyone else I know took this away from the film. At the risk of sounding like a CISHET barbarian, to me, it's just a classic sci-fi horror not necessarily attempting any deep social commentary. The artistic sophistication comes from its atmosphere, tension, and acting, not any sort of social or metaphysical commentary maybe except that we're too curious for our own good and that companies will do anything to turn a profit, a horror all too real in our world (which is something timeless, not contemporary). I think reading this gender stuff into it is just another example of people interpreting a work of art in light of their own culture. I'm not saying that isn't a valid thing to do, but if that is *always* our default response (*ahem* Star Wars: Acolyte), maybe we have an ego problem. I know you used a quote from Ridley Scott from the time (as well as referencing some other films) to reinforce this notion, but I don't interpret it as much more than a novel aspect of world-building. As for the other quotes, I would need to know if they're contemporary with the film or not. Either way, spending half of the video commenting on this is what _arouses_ (uh oh 😉) my suspicion. Before you write my comment off as reactionary, while it is possible that all of this was there from the beginning, you'll understand if I am skeptical given that I've seen this pattern repeat itself with other IPs in which this contemporary social commentary was never originally intended. Furthermore, I'll just re-emphasize that I'm not reacting to the commentary in of itself as much as how it seems like a *default* reaction or urge instead of not injecting our own contemporary views into something for once. This is something that an LGBTQ+ person doesn't need to be guilty of (I don't know your identity), by the way. A CISHET person can do this in an attempt to be "relevant".

I remember, when I was really young, before alien, the things that terrified me the most were biomechanics androids. Like Darth Vador, the android slaves in the ''black hole'', the half machine android girl in Superman 3 IIRC. But when I first saw Aliens, I was 9 years old, that creature terrified me. I could not sleep for 2 weeks, I was imagining the alien under my bed..🤣🤣

Dude i get it, the sexuality in alien is EVERYWHERE, but not once did I ever think about child birth as that chest explodes. Fear of parasites? Yes, having a foreign creature using your body to feed on? Yes. Did my wife ever think of our child as a parasite, no. (I asked).

I was lucky enough to see this in my early teens (81/82) when there was still nothing quite like it, cinemas still showed it and sneaking in was an art form. There were 6 of us at the start and much like the Nostromo crew that number got whittled down to just 2 of us...Great memories, bad nightmares lol.

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I still love this movie but after repeat watches it doesn't quite hold up. The Thing however is still just as good as I remembered.

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Great content. Subscribed. Alien is one of my favorite movies. I must have watched it countless times as a kid on video tape 😅

Alien covenant soundtrack is a masterpiece.

This was a great commentary. Thank you so much. I’m sorry to see you are no longer making videos and surprised as hell that you didn’t get a sizable subscriber base. Anyway, I saw this film when it first came out. I remember being really impressed at how cutting edge it was. It’s still a classic and has been in my top 5 list ever since.

You his the algorithm with this title and subject, I hope you keep trying man

Well done man 🎉🎉🎉

"Alien and The Predator" were both black actors.

This was a pleasure to watch i enjoyed watching your theory, i can only imagine how effective Alien was on an audience back in 1979 seeing it on a cinema screen must have been pretty harrowing, I think the genius of the film was only showing quick glimpses of the creature and letting peoples imagination fill in some of the blanks, i also think it played on people's fear of the unknown but actually when you really think about it the film is just one big fear ride because everything including the environment itself is a hostile place theres really no escape and its all very claustrophobic the whole film is designed to hit as many fears and phobias as possible

So if the crew did an MRI on Caine they would have found the alien and might have been able to perform an abortion.

EXCELLENT VIDEO

I was coming into this skeptical, but this was an absolutely brilliant analysis, thank you!

Well done. Thought provoking at it best . I give you a 9.97. ....... I didn't know Alien still had a fan base this deeo..... Bravo.

Alien will stick with me forever. Not just for the chest bursting scene. The quiet in the beginning. The almost genuine interaction between the crewmembers. They actually had a mission. There was a mystery. The creature was horrifying.

I have always thought that whilst Kane had a horrible death, he avoided the terror that followed. I still find it difficult to watch this film in its entirety. The opening scenes and camera panning around the ship are as horrifying to me as what is to come. When the screen lights up with the incoming message from 'The Pilot' the die is cast.

I did hear that the characters were written and cast without assigned gender. So they hired whoever was best at the role. I don't know if that is true or not. If it is it is interesting to imagine the changes in perspective had the gender of the characters been switched. For instance Dallas, although Captain is a character I could easily see as being seen as traditionally feminine. He's non threatening and fairly passive despite being the leader. Ripley can be authoritative, aggressive and decisively active which are traditionally assumed male characteristics. Kane , Brett and Lambert could easily be either sex. Lambert perhaps shows the most physical fear but men can be afraid too. That leaves Parker and Ash. If played by a woman Parker would be a character not totally unlike Vasquez from Aliens. Dominant, aggressive, physically strong. Where does that leave Ash. Personality wise there is no reason he couldn't be played as female but what would the message be when coupled with his actions? pretty much the same I think. Because despite looking female he is genderless and wants to sexually dominate like the Alien. The point is it doesn't matter what sex these characters are. They are so well written that the message would still thematically be the same. That is good writing. Writers should bear it in mind more often.

I've only just noticed when Ash's body dies his hands curl up like spider legs. Its so clever because just like spiders he works on a hydraulic system too

I was enjoying this video until it became all about gender and sexuality.

What a bunch of crap

Thanks man very interesting matter. I enjoy your vid. Years later it is still very actual.

Star Wars was essentially a western, set in space ..

That fanny fart gets me every time

Excellent essay and video. Thank you for doing this. As my painting professor said around the time the film came out, “Ya don’t have to be Freud to interpret that movie.” Lolol

As a kid my parents often visited a couple that had Alot of movies on VHS, I asked if I could borrow one and they said shure. I was looking for E.T. but couldnt remeber the name... Been an Alien fan ever since.

If you are landing on a strange dark planet - and you come upon strange eggs -- it's always a good idea to get up close - and stick your face right next to it - standard procedure

Ok. But these characters get really boring and dull after the first few times you see it. Aliens has a far more long lasting effect. And it's not solely because of the story or characters. There is very good reason why James Cameron has 3 of the top grossing movies ever made.

The only dodgy scene is the metal tongue coming out towards the end in the escape capsule, looked a little like an adjustable spanner, but the rest was mind blowing.