Alien (1979) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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I want to thank everyone so much for the support and all the great comments so I can interact and chat about this awesome movie! Always feel free to suggest movies for a reaction, we keep a long list of every movie commented if we haven't seen it yet! Who else was completely blindsided by the evil robot lol?!
Can't freakin' wait for you guys to watch #2! ^_^
You should absolutely react to the sequel "Aliens". It's one of those rare cases in which the sequel is as good or even better than the first one.
Now that you have seen this. You should watch Spaceballs (1987).
I was 14 when I saw Alien in the theater when it was released in 1979. Alien had an incredibly cool and unique promo ad that ran on TV and peaked your curiosity making you want to go out and see the movie (you could probably find the promo on UA-cam) but what made Alien different was that aliens in previous science fiction movies were almost always portrayed as more intelligent and advanced and usually in spaceships invading earth. Nothing like this had ever been done before and it was fantastic to watch on the big screen.
I would stop your viewing at Aliens. Alien 3 will only piss you off. You could watch the fourth one but lower your expectations. About the only thing good about it is it's campy comedy bits. (It was written by Joss Weadon).
"Ripley was a badass and everyone should have listened to her..." The whole Alien saga summed up in one sentence.
Preach! Everyone who didn’t listen to her...died
But we never had strong female leads before 3rd wave feminism and 8 stone petit women being stronger than 10 men so that can't be true.
@@Muckylittleme rent free in your tiny head
Boohoo did I hurt your feelyweelies?
@@Muckylittleme not particularly. I have rather more robust feelyweelies than you evidently possess yourself.
Alien, 40+ years later & still a masterpiece.
Poltergeist (1982) is also a masterpiece.
Easily one of the greatest ever made
@@morganyakkofan9052 so is The Thing
@@bwestacado9643 and they just reanimated bacteria from beneath the antarctics ice
xD
@@dragonsoul_rjf8525 Lol good bye Norwegian science team
From the Alien’s perspective, this movie is “Die Hard.”
I wonder if they’ve seen Die Hard yet.
If not, they should! Also, the 2nd & 3rd ones.
Wow! That is hilarious! But also so true!!
Ho, Ho, Ho, now I have a Captain.
It is like "Jaws", but in space.
Great ^^
Ships actually often have cats as official crew members. It's a tradition that goes back hundreds of years.
And they weren't just pets - they actually kept the rodent population on those ships in check, so the rations wouldn't be spoiled.
That's why Jonesy is on the Nostromo.
space rats
@@dopiestthyme3365 Killed by space cats
So when the chestburster came out as a tiny little thing, Jonesy should have been right on it.
"You had ONE job on this ship and you blew it!!" :)
@@mxplixic Jonesy knew to stay away
@@mxplixic Acid for blood, remember? And there's an Alien fanfic out there where Jonesy DID fight the chestburster. It was just too big, too fast, and too nasty for him to beat, but he not only hurt it a little, he interrupted it at a time-critical stage of its development and prevented it from growing up as strong as it could have been.
Even though it's not a canon fanfic, that chestburster was WAY bigger than a rat. Jonesy's survival instincts would have told him to stay away from it.
“They should have listened to Ripley” is basically the unofficial motto of the whole damn series.
The only one who didn't listen to Ripley was Ash.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver neither did Dallas and the rest when she said they shouldn't have taken Kane on board
@@DiscusvissenRocken Ash made the fatal move, though.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver so die Dallas. He could have left Kane in the airlock and ordered for him to be left in there.
@@DiscusvissenRocken Where is that scene?
What makes Alien so great is we only see glimpses of the alien. Alien is arguably one of the best sci-fi/horror movies ever made. Well done Ridley Scott.
At this point I don't think "arguably" even applies...it just is one of the best horror movies ever made.
@@Hexley_Vexley I was just about to type this lol - definitely one of the GOATs
@@Hexley_Vexley Because Ridley Scott knows that showing too much can ruin the effect. The guy was probably a fan of Lovecraft, so he knows that there are times where _not_ showing is scarier than showing. There is a reasons for the trope Nothing is Scarier, because there is lack of a cathartic release by showing.
And thank you H.R.Giger for giving us the design for the unique Alien. This movie ist just a masterpiece!❤️
The same effect why "Jaws" worked so well
Most people don't realize that 95% of the bulk of their ship is actually their cargo. The Nostromo is basically a semi truck in space, they're towing a huge automated refinery. None of the movie takes place on the refinery, everything is confined to the three decks of the Nostromo itself. When they land on the planet they disconnected from the cargo and left it in orbit.
I was in that boat for years but that was because I was watching a shitty truncated TV version where they cut that entire section out to make room for commercials.
Also, the Nostromo set was all interconnected as if it were a real space craft. That combined with a low ceiling height & heat from the lighting added to the on set tension.
It did crossed my mind if they could've sought refuge in the four towered refinery they were towing.
@@PungiFungi It wouldn't matter if they did. They couldn't make the journey home outside of stasis because the trip was 10 months long from their position at LV-426 and there wasn't enough air, water, or food to sustain them. Also, the refinery likely had no life support because it was automated.
The refinery was closer to 99.5% of the bulk as the Nostromo really was just a tiny little tugboat in comparison to the asteroid-sized machine it was dragging behind it. I think the numbers I read somewhere was 40,000 tonnes for Nostromo and around 24 million tonnes for the refinery (20 million tonnes of ore alone). For reference an American aircraft carrier is around 100,000 tonnes so Nostromo is less than half the mass of USS Nimitz while hauling around 240 times the mass of the Nimitz, or around 500 times it's own mass.
“So far, it’s been like... eerily silent.”
The tag line for this movie was “in space, no one can hear you scream.” Silence is often scarier than anything else. It’s unnerving,
YAS!
I certainly understand what you mean by that!
Alien and The Exorcist are the best at this; almost no music, just the atmosphere and creepiness.
It's seriously hard to believe that this film came out in _1979!_ The first _Star Wars_ film had dropped only 2 years earlier. It's just _incredible_ how well this masterpiece holds up today, on every single level.
I’d say Alien has probably actually held up better than Star Wars has in the special effects department for a sci-fi film from the late 70’s, there was less complex visual effects to create given we didn’t have large-scale space battles and instead had slow moving ships and a monstrous beast. There seemed to be a much more grounded realism as well with the “used future” aesthetic showing the environments as really dirty and used over time.
Unfortunately for Star Wars I don’t think the Special Edition releases particularly helped either in the film standing the test of time. Alien did have a “Director’s Cut” which apart from the non-canon cocooning scene only had relatively minor sound effect changes and altered shots, and which Ridley Scott said himself was just an alternate cut compared to his true “Director’s Cut” the 1979 theatrical cut.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 The slow cameras on giant ship owes a big debt to 2OO1: A Space Odyssey.
@@davidw.2791 absolutely, one of the other big influences on the genre!
If you think this is insane (which it absolutely is) watch 2001: A Space Odyssey. Absolutely phenomenal.
Edit: ahh someone beat me to it, lol. Still, amazing filmography and effects on all fronts for both.
@@John-mf1sz Seen it. 2001 is simply unbelievable. Nearly impossible to believe it came out in 1968 and featured convincing shots of Earth from space _before_ the famous 'Blue Marble' photo was taken.
"Oh my god they should have listened to Riply" Is basically the plot of the first four movies in this franchise...
When this movie came out I walked to the theater near my apt complex to see it. When I got out it was dark. That was fun
In space, no one can hear you walk a little faster?
I'm straight running home with tears down my face lol
I saw it when it first came out as well. Afterwards, I had to sit in my car for a few minutes and relax before I could drive.
😬 yikes
I first saw Alien on VHS as a kid in the late 80s & only saw it on the cinema many years later. It scared the bejeezus out of me for years. In the darkness, the Alien was always creeping.
I'm now of an age where I take it for granted that everyone has seen these old classics & it always surprises me when people haven't. Perhaps that's the attraction of these reaction videos. To see people's first encounter & remember my own disbelief in what I was seeing.
this film is a masters class in suspense.
Best Alien film hands down.
Yes! For me, the only two Alien movies that matter are this one and the next one. They're both great, but for different reasons: This one is more of a slow-burn suspense riddled nightmare, whereas the second one was more of a straight up action sci-fi movie. Overall I'd have to give the edge to this one, but I thoroughly enjoyed both.
Supposedly the way the second one even got made was that James Cameron was at 20th Century Fox Studios' offices pitching a movie (I want to say it was a sequel to 'Spartacus' for some reason), but the studio wasn't interested. He struck up a small-talk conversation with the receptionist on his way out and she said something along the lines of, "Well, you could always do a sequel to 'Alien'!" and he pondered on that thought!
@@JustWasted3HoursHere I don't like Cameron's take on the franchise. But then I'm biased - I don't think I've ever seen a Cameron movie I liked.
@@rhwinner To each his own I guess. Cameron must have at least some fans because he has 2 movies in the top three highest grossing of all time list.
This and Evil Dead came out so close to each other.
H.R. Giger, the artist who designed the alien said he didn't give it eyes because it would be scarier if you couldn't tell where it was looking.
It did have eyes, though, until partway through filming - the novelization was being worked on around the same time and it refers to the thing having them. They took the eyes out eventually 'cause they realised what you said, and holy crap were they right!
He also designed awesome counters too..
It have eyes. Look at the alien skull. You just dont see them from outside. Also in Alien Isolation which is based on Giger model it have slightly visible eyes under certain lighting.
@@blackwidow7804 It has no VISIBLE eyes. I'm sure the intent wasn't to imply that it's blind, only that you can't see where it's looking. The eyes being "slightly visible under certain lighting" in a video game 35 years later is fine for trivia but you can't see them in this movie.
@@TheNeonRabbit you cant but my point is that it have eyes. Its not blind. If you watch document about it you will see the Alien have eye hiles in the skull.
When it comes to the titular character, props to H.R. Giger for the masterfully grotesque design of the creature, Carlo Rambaldi for designing and supervising the puppetry work on its jaws, Bolaji Badejo for being such a trooper wearing the outfit on set, Ridley Scott for storyboarding the shots of its appearance to perfectly generate that Lovecraftian sense of mystery as to what it even fully looks like, and for DP Derek Vanlint for bringing those shot compositions to life.
THE BEST GIGER
Rest in peace hr giger
Well said…
Parker: "What I think we should do is just freeze him, I mean he's got a disease why don't we stop it where it is? He can always get to a doctor when we get back home."
Brett: "Right"
Ripley: "Whenever he says anything you say right Brett, you know that?"
Brett: "Right"
Right.
@@DzinkyDzink But that *would* have been a good idea that does not even run afoul of Ash’s secret directives?
@@davidw.2791 Right.
@@DzinkyDzink Right
You said you were stressed for 2 hours. I saw it in the theatre when new. The movie poster showed an egg and said “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream “. The stress started before we got in.
aren't the eggs like facehuggers or something
@@HarryPotter-pl2xu the face huggers did come from the egg. We didn’t know that going in.
@@terryv2006 ohhh ooof. I find it scary because the xenomorphs look ugly and they can hide anywhere and camouflage.
Me too. Really cool to see this movie in the theatre.
This movie is timeless. A strong female lead, a black guy who doesn't die first and is super likeable, an incredible twist with Ash being a robot, the eerie, suspenseful, cosmic-like horror and design of the creature itself, this movie has it all. And this was in 1979! Still scaring people all these years later. Incredible.
It's more atmospheric than jump scare and I love it
I remember when i first watched it thinking Parker was one of the most realistic characters id ever seen in a sci fi movie
Hollywood used to actually have diversity in their movies and do it well, now it's all just virtue signalling and contrived. (technically this movie is made in the UK, but you get the idea).
Not too mention the score, cinematography, effects, sets, make up, acting overall, pacing, writing and direction. It's the very definition of a perfect film.
@@extraplain2412 I agree. I couldn't watch horror as a kid, but I loved the Alien and Predator movies too much not to watch them anyway. Alien is truly a masterpiece and I hope it's something film schools showcase on how to make a truly tense horror film. I don't have claustrophobia, but that movie makes you feel trapped lol
I got to see this in 1979 in a big old-fashioned single screen theater that was packed with people who were extremely excited to see it after all the build-up. It was one of the most intense and wonderful movie-going experiences I've ever had in my life. Enjoyed your reactions to it.
Watching a movie with an excited crowd is one of the greatest experiences! I will never forget the pencil scene from The Dark Knight... whole audience erupted!
Me too with my best friend. A classic horror movie that stands the test of time.
@@TBRSchmitt I respectfully disagree. I've given up on watching horror movies at the theater. There was one experience in particular that did it for me. My wife and I were in a movie theater watching Paranormal Activity 2. Up at the front of the room was a bunch of teenagers. I don't know if maybe the girls were trying to seem fragile and in need of protection from the guys, but those girls screamed as loudly as they could anytime something happened in the movie. Not anytime something _scary_ happened mind you, anytime _anything_ happened. [The mom walks into the kitchen] "Aaaaaaagh!!!" [The phone rings] "Aaaaaaaagh!!!" It got really old, really quickly, and completely ruined the movie experience for us. We vowed that day only to watch horror movies at home in the future.
We saw it in a drive-in. I was 7 years old. I was terrified. HAHAHA.
Right there with you in '79. 70 mm theater with only half capacity - - the word hadn't gotten out yet. Closed my eyes at all the wrong times and this was the last movie to give me nightmares. Best. Leo.
It's incredible how well this movie has aged since 1979. Sure, some effects here and there might seem a bit outdated, but for the most part it's a timeless classic that still works for the most part. The cinematography, acting, script. atmosphere - absolutely amazing!
Honestly mate, it just grows and grows in stature every year. It's so damn PLAUSIBLE and visceral.
Non of it is outdated imo. Everything holds up. If they showed a lot of the alien it would definitely not hold up since it's clearly someone in a costume, but since they kept it minimal, it looks great
@@thegamingcook785we even eat the retro shit of it like clicking computers and screens
My father always said he loved horror movies, but this was the only horror movie he ever saw where he actually considered walking out of the theater because it was too intense.
I mean, before this movie there had been *nothing* like it before. At least we have a frame of reference heading into it. All he had was basically Night of the Living Dead, Psycho, and a million shitty B horror movies.
I saw it at the cinema, and I was shaking so badly afterwards that I couldn't ride my bicycle (I was 12 at the time)...
I ... LOVED it!
😮
That’s awesome.😁
I recall at the cinema, this was the first movie where I ever wished that I, at least, knew who was alive at the end so I could quit panicking at every corner in the hallway.
We also had Halloween, Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Black Christmas, Suspiria and Carrie all released before this too.
@@TequilaToothpick Yes, I was thinking that. And this is a Science-Fiction movie as well. With a horror twist yes, but still a sci-fi.
rule 1 of a good horror movie: the less you show the monster, the scarier it is
rule 2 of a good horror movie: keep the audience guessing where it will come from
Agreed. They tend to break this rule in filmmaking nowadays.
A masterclass in cinematography, sound design and art direction. I just love how believable and feasible the _Nostromo_ looks, inside and out.
I can't believe this movie was made in 1979........it looks so damn good!!
It really does! Could come out today and I wouldn't think differently about its effects
lighting And great practical effects.
Actually, made in 1978. It was released in 79.
right. no CGI, a ' real' flick.
@@TBRSchmitt Just wait until you see Aliens (1986). You should check out the making off that if you can, it's amazing how James Cameron pulled off some of the effects for that on such a low budget.
I always found Ash's description about the Alien to be the most compelling scene. The delivery, the silence, the writing...it is both chilling and fascinating.
"I admire its purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality."
I think that Ash, as and android,, feels connected to the Alien in some way. It goes beyond mere fascination.
Ash was also remorseless and even stating the crew is Expendable and chillingly says to Ripley you have my symphony and smiles knowing the crew are being killed off. He cared more about the alien and wanting to get it back to the Company so they can research it.
@@scottknode898 Also I’ll bet that the xenomorph can tell that Ash isn’t really “alive” so he was never in danger of being eaten. The smug fuck.
To be fair Ash followed instructions from the company and being an android just did as told. In any case hate the company not the android. His role in the movie was created to be hated by the audience.
"I've barely seen the Alien." Yup. One of the things that makes it so scary. Off to watch your reaction to "Aliens - this time it's War..."
The sets were designed to give you the feeling of infinity and claustrophobia at the same time. The Alien was designed by the great H R Giger.
Well the sets did their job cause that's exactly what I felt lol
@@TBRSchmitt You should check out Giger's artwork.
The ship interior was built as a single set to make the actors feel like they were really on a ship.
@@Tampahop I think that's awesome! ... To be able to run around the corridors and think that you're on an actual spaceship.
Sigourney has remarked how much she appreciated the set - almost like she didn't have to act.
the chest bursting scene: only John Hurt (Kane) and the director knew how the Alien was going to make its appearance. none of the other cast members knew, all they did know was that it was going to appear, just not how. everyone's reaction on camera was genuine.
And it was a happy coincidence that Lambert got a face full of blood. Made her horrified reaction even better.
@@synthetic240 You can actually see her watching towards the crew in astonishment and anger, lol.
So it's kinda like the scene in Jurassic Park where the T-Rex wasn't supposed to break the glass on top of the jeep but when it happened the kids were legitimately scared shitless.
yeah
sounds a bit dubious, as beyond the bloodpack exploding you need many cuts to make that puppeetering and practical effects work which would not be very surprising when half the set needs to be disassembled to prepare everything. Maybe the chest burst (blood pack exploding), sure, but not the entire scene with the alien appearing out of the body.
The actor playing Ash is awesome. Ian Holm also was in Fifth Element and played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Wow I knew he looked familiar but I totally spaced on him in Fifth Element and Bilbo!
@@TBRSchmitt Also, John Hurt (Kane) plays Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and the Deathly Hallows.
@@TBRSchmitt John Hurt(Kane) also played Professor Trevor Broom in Hellboy & Hellboy 2 The Golden Army
He’s also the War Doctor on Doctor Who (John Hurt).
Oh my god, you solved a years of mistery for me. "On which other film I've seen Bilbo" ? It looked soo familiar but never, even seeing him again now would had think about Ash!
That alien popping out of the chest is an iconic scene - you’ll see others duplicate or parody it!
at the time it was especially shocking because family dinner was a sacred thing highlighted a lot in advertisements and movies about groups of friends and nuclear famlies.
It was parodied for sure in Spaceballs, with the same actor who was in that chestburster scene!
Fun Fact: If you notice, when the alien is in the escape shuttle, it moves a lot slower than it had before. That's because the life span of that species is very short (something that gets retconed to hell and back in later movies). Technically, the thing is in the final stages of it's life cycle.
I never knew that, I always thought that the Alien was hybernating and was slowly waking up again.
Hmmm... makes sense, especially given the deleted scene of Dallas being slowly converted into an egg to make another Facehugger, to continue the cycle of death.
Which is why it developed so fast in his stomach. Which is why they should have expected to run into something large when first looking for it imo. It cleary had a fast growth cycle, hence a fast life cycle too as you said.
Nice bit of trivia. Deepens its believability.
Never knew that. Interesting fact
Gotta love that self destruct device. There's NO WAY you set it off by accident. lol
hahaha true! It is dummy proof
@@TBRSchmitt Self Destruct should never have an Easy Button.
I hope that's what the President has to do when he decides to launch the nukes
@@jazzx251 Trump's "nuclear football" as it's called features a telephone, a keypad, a steering wheel, a xylophone and it's made of very bright colours.
@@krashd cool story bro
Ash revealed as a robot was the best plot twist of the movie!
completely shocked me lol!
@@TBRSchmitt The bit where he runs in place was supposed to be a little clue that something was off about him. The idea is that the cold is messing with his joints because he is an android and he is sort of loosening them up. But it also works as a human who is cold and trying to warm himself up.
@@LongandWeirdName Well, David is actually named after David Giler (one of the 3 producers of Alien), and Walter in Covenant is named after Walter Hill (another of the producers of Alien). It wouldn't surprise me, that if a 3rd Prometheus movie is made, that David android will be called Gordon after Gordon Carroll (the 3rd producer).
"The doctor is just way too fascinated by the Alien."
yeah about that
Turns into Bilbo Baggins...
@@gustonzimasheen And Bilbo is just way too fascinated by the Ring. ^^
@@Mek_Alenes the crossover could be, they have to throw Ripley into the Mount Doom volcano at Mordor in Alien 3
@@Mek_Alenes *GRAAHHHH!!!*
@@gustonzimasheen smooth..😅
It's amazing when younger people finally see for the first time what a properly done movie looks like.
This film is a cinematic masterpiece, the environment, the lighting and the music score worked perfectly. The best horror films make you afraid of the monster you dont see.
"It's structural perfection is matched only by it's hostility."
You admire it?
I admire it’s purity
@@gabrielsteffensen3700 You admire it is purity?
Hey! How do you know my wife?
@@georgemorley1029 Ha!
Oh man, thanks for being such an engaged and awesome audience! This is as close as I'll ever be able to get to experiencing the film for the first time again :-)
Thank you! I think that perfectly explains why I love reaction videos so much! "as close as I'll ever be able to get to experiencing the film for the first time again" is exactly what I will say to people who don't understand the excitement I get watching someone else experience something I love!
It is always the best to watch reactions of people whom not only haven't seen the films but aren't even aware of the lore or have seen the scenes somewhere else, the genuine surprises are the best, always adds a little extra
Ridley Scott is the best director out there. He said the he watched horror films which were OK until the 'man in the rubber suit' appeared, so he set out to make a really scary monster. And he did. He also said that John Hurt (R.I.P) was the only actor there who knew about the alien bursting out of his stomach. So the reaction of the other actors was real.
I think they knew about the chest bursting, but didn't expect the blood gushing all over them.
I was stationed at an RAF base in Britain back in the 80s and took a weekend trip to London. I went to a shopping center called the Trocadero. The interior was like a giant missile silo with shops around the circular walls. On the lower level was access to a disused section of the metro system called the Underground.
A company had purchased those tunnels and licensed props from the Aliens franchise and turned it into a tourist themed tour of a space facility that was studying the aliens to weaponize them.
Half way through the tour, sirens went off, red lights started strobing, it went dark, and emergency lighting kicked on with an automated evacuation warning.
A scientist in a white lab coat was snatched around a corner behind a hissing steam vent, and a Space Marine ran past firing a weapon. More of them herded us into an escape shuttle that wouldn't lauch and the shadow of a Xenomorph slithered across the opaque windscreen. We were hustled out the door, and down a hallway. We ran through a fog filled corridor over an egg infested grated walkway. As he shoved us into an elevator, the last person in had two Xenomorph hands wrap around his face and it dragged him back out as the doors closed.
The other side of the door opened and we burst through a door yelling and stumbling and found ourselves back out in the shopping area with startled shoppers looking at us.
It was the best theme ride I have ever experienced.
Fun fact: the cast, apart from John Hurt, didn't know what was going to happen in the chestburster scene. Their reactions are all genuine.
@@tenchraven She passed out right on set and threatened to leave the production.
@@Mek_Alenes Yup! It was a surprise she didn't see coming and I am not talking about the Jokey Smurf type either.
@@WillRobinsonDanger Can't blame her. From what I know, the blood and guts in the scene were real (well, bought from the local butcher) bc they couldn't fake them as good as today back in the 70s. And she got a full load of it sprayed right in her face and mouth...
Fun Fact: Yaphett was not going to let the Alien kill him. His heritage is mostly Haitian-based in which I believe his father is Haitian. But Bolaji Badejo who plays the Alien stands 6 foot 10 without the suit and strong as an ox. He carried Yaphett like a sack of potatoes, so he had no choice.
Everytime I see it I expect the creature to start singing
This won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 1980 academy awards.
well deserved!
Make sure you do "Aliens" next for sure. The other Alien movies are OK but just not up to the first two.
I myself actually like The Assembly Cut of "ALIEN 3" but I agree that the First 2 Movies are the Best.
I liked Alien 3 for the most part, though I didn't like the beginning and end. Alien Resurrection, while ridiculous... at least it had Ron Perlman, lol.
@@vodengc520 my biggest issue with *Alien³* is how I feel it undercuts everything that happened before. IMO, it makes a re-watch of the previous film less enjoyable.
Of course, it seems very in keeping with *David Fincher* when he goes dark. Between that and *Se7en,* I wonder if he was trying to compensate, having just come from making music videos. 🤷🏼♂️ Like it was his _decompression period._ 😏
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@CaesiusX Yeah, that's basically what I meant by saying I didn't like the beginning. Wanted to do my best to avoid any possible spoilers, lol.
Agreed. The first two are lightyears ahead of the rest of them.
A perfect film, brilliant script, on point casting, such natural, realistic performances, phenomenal designs all over, masterfly done set pieces.
It's amazing how after 40 years this movie can still scare the living shit out of people. It goes to show you the Ridley is one of the masters.
"Dark City" 1998 is an underrated sci-fi movie you might enjoy.
I’m always surprised how many of my so called ‘sci-fi expert’ friends, have no idea this movie exists. It’s a great movie.
Classic!
Sci-fi + Noir = WIN!
Waaay better than the matrix.
@@Keff170882 It's not way better than the Matrix, no movie before The Matrix can be compared to the milestone it is for both sci-fi and movies, but it surely is great and the perfect closure for the "prior bullet time era".
Terrific reaction...it's fun and a little strange to see this movie, that I've known so well most of my life, be something unknown and new to someone else. Nice seeing you both jump...Alien's still got it!
An unsung hero of Alien is its lighting cameraman, Derek Vanlint. This was his first feature film, and his lighting here is just peerless. I really do think Alien is one of the most beautiful films ever made thanks to his work. Amazingly, he only made three feature films...Alien in '79, the underrated Dragonslayer in '81, and his directorial debut The Spreading Ground in 2000. The rest of his career was in commercial work. A shame he didn't do more films!
I remember seeing Alien for the first time. I was so scared afterward, that I laid in bed, staring at my closet door, expecting to see the door slide open and the alien come out to eat me.
I saw it when I was 13, I had a nightmare about it, woke up, sat up in bed, AND IT CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET AT ME!
I woke up shrieking, scared my parents silly.
Reading this comment, I now know I will, without a doubt, stare at my closet tonight in horror... haha
@alego 723 So edgy
But did you look under your bed?
I remember I scream as a kid my mom have too come get me lol...
Imagine going to the theater when it premiered. This movie was in a different class altogether. No one had ever seen anything like this. Most terrifying thing I have ever seen. And one of the best movies, EVER.
First time someone speaks throughout the movie I love and I don't want to kill them
The jump scare in the vent is probably like my favorite one ever. The tension building up to it is so well done, and just like Dallas we as the audience just have no idea what direction the xenomorph is coming from
I went and saw this one with a high school girlfriend in 1979. She had very sharp fingernails. Needless to say my forearm had multiple puncture holes from her grabbing my arm. :)
Epic! Lol that's great.
Lesson learned - tell your girlfriend to get a manicure before watching ALIEN!
29:56 These older movies stand the test of time _because_ of the lack of CGI. Basically, CGI effects tend to age far more quickly than practical effects. With CGI, what seems impressive now will often look horribly dated in 5 years time. Not so with practical effects.
I'm not saying CGI doesn't have its place though, and the best filmmakers know when to use one or the other. There is a ton of CGI in a ton of movies that nobody notices, because it is used "right".
1000 %
Even films like Avatar look fairly trashy now. The valley is still uncanny!
I heavily disagree with that statement. They stand the test of time because of the story, not the effects or lack thereof.
@@TheKyrix82 Allow me to rephrase then: Physical effects tend not to look "aged" as quickly as very "overt" CGI effects. However, a good movie is a good movie, effects technology nonwithstanding.
@@Wishbone1977 It honestly depends on the physical effects. I grew up watching monster movies filmed by japanese studios, and have seen MORE than my share of floppy monsters due to suits, and grew up with stop motion dinosaurs. Likewise, compare some of the physical sets in some movies to the CGI sets that comprised the bulk of The Hobbit. Basically, in short, that's a bullshit argument. What it REALLY tends to be is one of two things: Either preferring the 'charm' of the old effects and suspending your disbelief more while not granting the same courtesy to new effects, or just flat out being against things, because they were better 'back then'.
This movie came out when I was 9. My brother and sister (5-6 years older than me) both saw it, and they had these trading cards they got somewhere. They gave me the cards, and I would look at them all the time wondering what I was looking at, and some of them scared me. Three years later, a record store going out of business was giving away free albums. I got the soundtrack for this movie, and it terrified me to listen to. After Aliens was announced I finally watched this movie... all the fear in previous years was warranted, but damn did I love this. I watched it right before going to see Aliens. Great, great movies!
Fun fact: To show the scale of the Nostromo and the alien ship, they had the children of the crew suit up into the same space suits. Also, the kids and actual actors for those scene were constantly having overheating problems, so they had to be careful with filming and film in intervals.
For the record, if you guys watch Aliens, which you really should, I recommend going for the extended edition. It adds some details that I personally think improves an already great movie.
No. Go for the theatrical version first. The extended version basically drained the suspense of the marines' arrival at the colony.
@@PungiFungi I disagree, but I can't say why without going into spoilers and ruining it for them.
@@PungiFungi Yes ... what happened to that colony?
Oh - we already know.
Completely agree - cool scenes as they were, I liked that neither the soldiers or the audience knew what to expect when they got there.
@@Overlord0011 what worked in Alien, letting your mind fill in the blanks worked in Aliens too. The extended version needlessly revealed what the audience can do for themselves which is always much more effective than anything showed onscreen.
I prefer extended version. It makes more sense. Especially after the sentry gun scene.
I would recommend the next one Aliens don't bother with the rest.
I saw this in 1979. The movie poster for Alien said. "It will scare the nuts out of you M&M's"
I love that. In space, no one can here you share your chocolate...
hahaha perfect marketing!
I do believe that "In space no one can hear you scream" originated with Alien. I might be wrong.
@@krashd No - you are right.
THIS was the original tagline for ALIEN - and only ALIEN:
"In space, no one can hear you scream" ... just brilliant. Surely the best tagline of all time.
ALIENS did a good job too:
"ALIENS: This time it's war"
haha
The strength of this film is the realistic, non-melodramatic acting.
This movie is permanently ingrained into my childhood. I was about ten years old when this movie came out. While backpacking with my parents and some of their friends in Yosemite, one of them had brought Alan Dean Foster's book with them and my Mom would read it out loud after we set up camp. I was completely riveted by the story. A year or two later I kind of tricked my grandfather into taking me to see it while we were on a summer road trip around the country. He didn't really understand how graphic modern movies were and didn't really pay attention to the R rating. They were playing it in a tent theater in the Grand Canyon of all places. Scared the bejesus out of me! To this day, I think it is the scariest movie ever made, with the exception of The Shining.
I love hearing about the first time views! But I also cannot imagine seeing this as a kid
@@samantha_schmitt Hi Samantha! Now that you’ve seen this film and how big Sigourney Weaver was in it, it’ll be interesting to look back at WALL•E because she’s the voice of the spaceship’s database!
Roughly 30 years after “Mother, we need to abort the self-destruct!” ‘It cannot be aborted.’ “You bitch! YOU BITCH!” happened, she basically gets to voice a “Mother”❤
@@davidw.2791 no way!! Omg I love Wall-E and I had no idea!
@@samantha_schmitt Yup! WALL•E also had an obstructive A.I., but Otto is more of a HAL expy, Sigourney as “Mother” just got to be a database. 🥰
I love that this movie still freaks people out after 40 years! My friends and I always refer to Alien as an outer space haunted house movie.
Ash reached for the container of white liquid/milk at their meal. Little touches like that throughout the movie. For instance, John Hurt was the first to wake from cryo sleep & the first to die. Ridley Scott didn’t tell them where the Alien was as they ran around the corridors, or that the chest burster would happen. Sigourney Weaver showed up to audition for Ripley, even though Ripley was originally a man. Scott thought it’d be a cool twist for a woman to be the sole survivor.
that's awesome trivia, thank you!!
One of the most badass finals girls
Also Cartwright was originally going to play the role of Ripley. Glad they changed it because both women killed it in their roles. Also funny how the three white men die first leaving an Android, a black man and the two women.
That's not quite true about Sigourney just showing up for a male role. The script was written in a way that any part could be male or female. The studio were apparently the ones who told Ridley Scott they wanted a female. Meryl Streep was initially considered, but her partner, John Cazale (Fredo in the Godfather), had recently died of cancer. The woman who plays Lambert was also up for the role and actually thought she had the part before they told her they gave her another part instead. Ridley Scott said it was Warren Beatty who recommended Sigourney to him.
Gotta watch Aliens now.
Like the Terminator franchise, first two movies are considered the best. First movie is horror suspense thriller, second movie is horror action thriller, then the franchise goes down from there.
I love it when the chest burster scene scares people. I think it's the one thing about this movie that a lot of people know even if they're never seen it, similar to the revelation of Luke's parentage in Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back.
Since I feel it is so well known, it's great when a reactor has not been spoiled and gets the full effect of the scene.
The actress that played Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and the rest of the crew didn't know about the chest-burster scene so when most of the blood got on her, her scream was genuine. Also, the parts of the ship that were melted through were styrofoam so the melt effect is genuine too. There was a deleted scene that showed Dallas and Brett captured and being transformed into eggs to hold more facehuggers. Since there wasn't a queen the alien had to make do.
Aliens is basically a great Haunted House movie that solves the haunted house problem, namely why don't the people just leave the house? But with the crew being in space you can't just leave. You're trapped.
In space...no one can use the exit
Another solution is to place the haunted house on an island, during a storm or without a ship.
Oh yeah - here we go!
For the outside scene of the alien ship and for the space jocky in the chair they used children in space suits to make the sets look larger.
Ridley Scott's kids.
And by the landing leg. Best. Leo.
See! "Practical effects" - just put some children in a spacesuit, and you've made the set look five times bigger than it actually is! :)
The scene with Dallas in the air duct is one of the most tense sequences ever put to film. No matter how many times I've seen it, now matter how aware I am of what's around the corner, I still hold my breath 'til I'm purple. Top shelf filmmaking at it's absolute finest.
Another detail about Ash that you may have missed is right before the stomach scene. When the crew is eating, Ash is watching Kane as if he's waiting for him to burst.
Ripley: "Listen to me, if we break quarantine, we could all die!”
Smart girl, everybody should listen to her... in the movie and in real life... specially real life.
nobody dies
Classic & iconic. Groundbreaking film. They don't make them like this anymore. Still holds up in 2020
So effective. Aliens too, which is 2 in the series.
"Will it be suspense, will it be jump scares?"
YES
Now you have to see ALIENS ''special edition''!
Just my opinion but I actually prefer the theatrical version. Most of the deleted scenes were deleted for good reason, and not just because of run-time constraints.
@@nodak81 except that one important character scene for Ripley
Theatrical version is best for the first viewing.
yep
No no no no no, see the special edition AFTER the theatrical version. The special edition took out all the tension and suspense of the marine's arrival at the colony.
I love how they made the Xenomorph like almost depend on the darkness of the ship to attack people. Very animalistic in a way. And also how the Xenomorph kinda act like a hive as well.
I have never seen the movie just an accidental glimpse of the alien from the time I was 6 years old zapping through channels trying to find cartoons at 11 o'clock in the evening while everyone was asleep. Just one glimpse, but the creature terrorized me in my nightmares the entire following decade. I'm a grown man now, so I think its time I had another encounter with my most iconic nightmare monster. Here goes another decade.
Haha! Oh no. Good luck! I definitely would have been scarred seeing this at age 6
Very entertaining! Comments and reaction are on point! Good channel to follow & great suggestions from your followers.
When I saw Alien in the cinema when it came out in '79, Ripley instantly turned into my favorite badass female actor!
Your reactions were priceless! :)
Once you've watched Aliens.... I highly suggest playing Alien Isolation. It's set between both movies and takes a decent amount of time to play.
The feeling of uneasiness of the panning shots? That's pretty much the entire game and worse. Lots of people seem to be picking it up this year for halloween vowing to finish it finally. lol
The second or third time I saw this in a theatre, we took a buddy who had never seen it. When Dallas went into the ducts looking for the alien, and everyone is freaking out because of the merging dots on the scanner, and Dallas suddenly turns and the alien is right there, this guy let out a scream like a little girl and the entire theatre broke out laughing. I'll remember that forever.
haha!! I love that
I remember (many years ago) when i read in a magazine, that a movie, based on the works of HR Giger, was going to be made. Being a Giger fan, i couldn't wait to see it. Being poor, i couldn't see it at a cinema & had to wait until it came out on video (tape) lol. I was amazed by the movie & remember at the time, thinking this movie is special, a movie like never seen before! .. Giger's dark & sinister art, brought to life, worked so well & made the movie. After time, a second & then more movies.. All thanks to Giger's genius. Look at it all now, huge multi-million dollar series of movies, even bringing in the Predator movies & recently Prometheus & Covenant! .. The greatest alien/monster movies of all time, in my opinion! This movie started it all & was pure genius, in suspense, horror & design! A BIG Thank You Mr. H.R Giger!
Alien was like a revelation when it came out. It's story and design concepts and the sheer suspense.....a brilliant work that put Ridley Scott on everyone's radar.
The sequel Aliens was directed by James Cameron and is a different beast. Still very good and still thrilling, it's more blockbuster action flick than masterful suspense movie.
Alien: Isolation the game continues the story from Ripley's daughter's perspective. Isolation is probably the most faithful game adaptation ever made :D
Love your reactions, thank you!
Have you watched The Haunting of Hill House yet? It's not the usual Haunted House jumpscare fest but something far, far more complex, if you haven't seen it yet, well you really need to!
I was really concerned hearing it'd be her daughter and that they would blow it, but that game is incredible!!!! Played through it multiple times! Hoping for more but it doesn't look like that'll happen.
just started playing it, honestly incredible so far
The thing I appreciate the most about older films is that actors are more calm, dialogue creates a certain atmosphere performance allows for relaxed conversation, mumbling and lines that sometimes goes unheard unless you pay attention. Today everything is so over the top theatrical and amplified, everything that is said is of "importance" and even whispers are loud, feels like every line is force and in center as to not be missed by the audience. So much more genuine human expression from older works than there is in todays films. Perhaps because actors nowadays lack true emotional depth. Actors from the past came from post war families and had trauma and hardships they were somehow closer to missery and pain and understood range of expression and timing. Actors today are school trained shallow immitators. Just my opinion ofc, but I just find it hard to believe the performance actors try to convey in todays movies.
Modern mainstream movies are all PG now for marketing reasons. Making stuff kid friendly doesn’t just mean you can’t have sex and violence; it also means pacing has to be aimed at 11 year old adhd patients.
It was made during a time when realism in dialogue and depictions of people was the thing. Cinema verite started the trend in the late 60s, but by the 70s directors like Altman and Cassavetes had brought it into mainstream movie making. Before and after this period, movie dialogue almost always has that vaguely unnatural theatrical feel to it.
Back then, people paid attention to films. Now, people are in theaters texting and playing with phones, so everything has to be loud. Also, back then most actors had acting experience, and knew that you can’t be yelling all of your lines. Look at the ages of most of the actors in this film. Now, actors are 22 years old and most are ex models with no acting experience, so the actors think that the only way to make something interesting is to yell.
@@gordondavis6168 Hollywood seems like a bunch of 50 somethings because they haven't come up with a consequential actor in decades. I can think of a few young actors, but they aren't anything special. My favorite 20 something actor is the woman who played in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and the most recent "Scream" movie and I don't actually know her name.
@@gordondavis6168 Maybe I’m just going to the wrong theaters, but I’ve never seen so many people texting that it was actually a problem.
Watched Alien for the first time on cable, almost 40 years ago exactly. I was 10 years old; my folks and three of my friends watched it together. Everyone was terrified, and the relief in the room when it was over was palpable. It's one of my all-time favorites, probably #2 on my list (behind an obvious #1 if you look at my username, lol...).
Fun video--very well done, y'all.
When I watched Alien the second time, I appreciated Kane's first breath from the freezers.
Kane at breakfast: I feel dead
Parker: Anyone ever tell you you look dead?
Awesome reaction. Love your attention to story and production details. I've seen this film so many times and it's suspenseful every time. It also doesn't seem outdated despite being decades old. I like the sequel but this is def my fave of the franchise.
Thank you so much!! It definitely stands the test of time!
This reaction made me jealous and proud. They were able to watch it for the first time. I will never again see it for the first time. It was also like watching them grow a little and learn something new. But it was a great reaction.
I love your reactions! I can still remember pretty clearly back in 1979 I was 10 years old. My parents would take us to the drive-in movie theater almost every weekend no matter what was playing. Seriously. This time I remember asking my mom and my dad what movies were playing and they wouldn’t tell me, which is a first, they just told me to take a blanket put it in front of the car and lay down and watch the movie with my sister who was four years answer than me and my brother was starting to fall asleep in the backseat and he is five years younger than me. FYI there were no car seat back in that big baby blue Ford Fairlane boat of a car we had. We took almost 2 spaces every time we went to the drive-in. My mom gave us popcorn and lemonade. She even gave us candy that night which she very rarely did. Me and my sister were so excited and laughing and giggling. So my sister being younger than me started to kind of fell asleep when I got darker so she went into the car to lay down. I wanted to be a big brave girl and sit on the blanket by myself and watch the movie. There was nobody in front of us so I took one of those big metal speakers and put it on the blanket. At the drive-in it was always a double feature. So the movie starts and all I see is water and then I see this woman in the water and hear this weird sounding music. Da dum...da dum...The music up faster and all the sudden the girl disappeared under the water. I was scared out of my mind but I wanted to be a big girl so I pretended it was OK. If you haven’t figured it out that was the beginning of Jaws. I will probably admit I stayed on the blanket for the whole movie. My mom asked me if I was tired and wanted to lay down for the next movie and I said no. I got more candy and popcorn. The movie started and the only part of the movie I remember from that night, was when this alien popped out of the sky‘s chest and I ran as fast as I could to the car and sat in between my mom and dadFor the rest of the movie. Yep! Such were the 70s wear a 10-year-old watched a double feature of jaws and alien. I also remember watching the towering inferno at the drive-in, King Kong the one with Jessica Lange, orca the killer whale, piranha, etc Thankfully I also Remember saying Star Wars a new hope, Greece, Saturday night fever, ,Any which Way but loose, Convoy, smoky in the bandit, American graffiti, the bad news Bears-The one with Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neal, I do remember this one that I didn’t completely understand and it should go on the other list because part of it scared the crap out of me but I do remember watching Chinatown with jack Nicholson at the drive-in,And of course dirty hairy I think came out and I remember watching it with just me and my dad. I wasn’t as huge of a Clint Eastwood fan as I was a John Wayne fan, but I was daddy’s little girl and I went anyway., I also remember seeing paper moon which I really liked but now I know it’s kind of a weird movie with Tatum O’Neal in her father
Sorry I hit the button before I finished. I just wanted cause I’ve been having a really rough night. I got some bad health news this week. And your channel is really helping bring back good memories and Making me laugh a lot. Especially when you watched blazing saddles. That is Made my day. I hope you watch naked gun with Leslie Nielsen is that is a great series as well. I’m waiting to see if you’re going to react in Manitou. I have not seen that movie in years. And I’ve never seen anybody react to it. I know it’s a cult classic. I just can’t wait for your reaction to it and the comment because I’ve never heard anybody else’s take on Manitu or the changeling with George C Scott. Both of them are from the 70s. They’re not slashers, they’re more psychological thrillers. But most people I know I’ve never even heard of them. But thank you for cheering me up tonight I loved the reaction. Looking for word to the next one. Forgive me forBabbling tonight but the combination of stress and insomnia I’m surprised if I’m even coherent. LOL thank you again
Thank you so much! hahaha omg what a crazy story to see a double feature for alien and jaws at only 10 years old! Drive-in movie theaters are coming back now with covid and I remember going to one in San Diego! Such a cool experience even if my car died when the movie was over lol
@@kittylynnlpn I'm so sorry about your bad health news. I'm so glad that my videos can help bring some laughter! Naked gun will be one of the first reactions after October and I should get Manitou up on Patreon this week! Thank you so much for the support since the very beginning and keep me posted on the health news as I hope things change for the better and you get some great news soon!
Cool! Make sure you watch the director's cut of Aliens (1986)!
I think the scene with Newt’s family is unnecessary. Only other thing in the directors cut is the auto-guns scene, which is weird, because I’m certain I saw that scene in the theater, but then never saw it again until the directors cut. Can’t think of anything else significant that’s different.
You guys are both great reactors, I’ve only watched one vid and your quickly becoming one of my favorite reactors😁 thanks for putting in so much effort👌🏼
Thank you so much!!
I like how Ridley Scott used his kids for xtras wearing spacesuits for scale, for the space jockey scene.
The Director's Cut of Aliens is a must. Great reaction guys!
Indeed man, Alien Theatrical but Aliens DC for sure.
Both Alien and Aliens are absolute masterclass filmmaking
Now go watch Aliens, best sequel ever. But stop there.
Agreed. Well, Terminator 2 is a great sequel but it's done by Cameron too lol. But definitely stop there.
Alien 3 wasn't as bad as people make it out to be.
@@silvervalleystudios2486 I disagree. At the very least it ruins the victory in Aliens. It isn't the worst in the franchise for story or technical merit but on that alone, I hate it.
Really? The incompetent space marines? The really stupid plot ploy "You can't use your weapons because nuclear reactor", so incompetent marines serve no plot purpose?
@@charlesspringer4709 wtf u on about
I still remember the first I watched Alien, it was a rental from Blockbuster. It was about 9pm, my parents were out for the night, and it was just me and my dog Harry. By the end of the movie I was clutching my dog so hard he barked and snarled at me and ran out of the room.
Some of the best writing ever. RIP Dan O'bannon.
Alien came out when I was 14, and it has aged quite well, IMHO. It is actually my favorite film of all time. I love this surge of first time watchers of these (now classic) films, and there are a couple of UA-camrs out here that I have subscribed to as they are pretty entertaining, but I've seen too many that are just waiting to make some silly comments throughout the whole thing. You guys really WATCH the films, and I like that. Also watched your 1982 Thing watch through and that was equally satisfying. Subscribed. Looking forward to more, as there are a number of 80s films that are def worth watching. I've been (force) streaming a lot of 80s films for my (much younger) Discord gamer friends and we've been having a blast!
"For an alien movie i was not expecting a twist of ..." -- That is why this movie is a classic masterpiece. It worked 1979 and still works today. If you ever watch "Aliens" don't watch the extended version first. It's not like the "Lord of the Rings" movie where the extended version gives you a lot. You gain a little at the beginning but it destroys some surprise and suspense later.
Another great sci-fi/horror movie,
“The Fly” (1986)
Perfect film for the spooky season.
The Fly is disturbing but not scarry.
@@latengocomoburro Sure bro.
Thanks for your opinion.
@@spiritscar You're welcome.
Ridley Scott became the master of Sci-Fi Horror using some unique psychology, which is universal now, but he was the first. He knew that silence was a key ingredient, light effects are as equal to sound in suspense, set-up with slow panoramic shots are necessary, it wasn't a rule to constantly show the Alien - just select shots, and build the suspense with the heart-beating sound is a natural primal element of -- fear. The other two are equally good. Also, catch the Alien Anthology here on UA-cam - there only about 10 minutes long, but very good.