I saw Alien in the theater when it first came out, and not seeing what the xenomorph actually looked like until the end definitely added to the terror. Also, I thought it was going to be a regular sci-fi movie along the lines of Star Wars, but about halfway through it I realized I was actually watching my first sci-fi horror film. It really freaked me out, and it didn't help that it was dark outside by the time I left the theater.
Yeah... I didn't get to see this in the theaters even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was ! Recalling it now in fact I remember intensely wanting the 14-inch Alien doll from Kenner so that I could terrorize the neighborhood girl's Barbies LOL ! That's how pervasive this movie was back in 1979 !
The Anesidora found the flight recorder of the Nostromo. They then followed the flight path back to the planet and found the ship with the eggs which started the whole "Alien: Isolation" game.
This also fixes a minor plot hole of the movie Aliens as the signal from the alien ship apparently longer existed, but in AI, the crew of the Anisadora shut it off.
I've lost count of the times I've watched this movie, and every time, I'm left wondering, "How is this possible?" The atmosphere and aesthetic, not to mention the casting choices, are just phenomenal.
I've been entertained no end seeing young folks react so positively to a feature I saw in the theaters. Sadly, Alien and Aliens suffered from a string of dreadful sequels that ran our poor banana-headed friend into the ground. It took the only worthy third entry in the series, Alien: Isolation, to make the xenomorph scary again, and I've loved every minute of watching people squirm, scream, and squeal. Here's to the classics!
Same! My favorite before comment is, “How scary can it be? It’s from 1979.” Then watch them lose their minds. They’re not used to quality practical effects.
@@Paul_1971 Agreed. If I implied otherwise, I didn’t intend to. I was only coming at it from the perspective that many people hate Alien 3 and I think they’re wrong. It’s quite good imo.
I really like the way you react. You don't talk over stuff and you don't miss any scenes. You even will stop mid sentence just to make sure you're hearing every word.
Loved your intelligent reaction to this classic. An interesting tale from the making. You mentioned during the chest-burst that you didn't remember that much blood. Ridley Scott did not tell the cast exactly what was going to happen during this scene so the shock on their faces was real!! Veronica Cartwright did not know she was going to be splattered with so much blood and you can tell by her disgust. After this scene the cast members, especially Yaphet Kotto, seemed to take on a personal hatred of the xenomorph and again this comes through with his performance. a great pity that Scott has been hit and miss with his films in the last 20 years. If you want to see a Scott film that looks better then 1982's Blade Runner is ridiculously beautiful.
Oh I can't WAIT for Bunnytails reaction vid for Blade Runner ! Such a great film ! Man that was such an unbelievable decade for sci-fi and horror movies !... centering on 79-80...
There are a couple of subtle clues about Ash's true nature earlier in the movie, such as the times you either see him drinking white fluid or there is a glass of it near him. You think it is milk at the time, but it is actually the white transmission medium his systems need to function. There is also the scene when the crew members go out to investigate the alien derelict while Ash remains on the Nostromo, and when he is alone Ash starts jogging in a rapid and unusual manner on the spot, which you think at the time is a weird personal mannerism, possibly a stress induced response, or even a form of exercise regimen, but is actually a way the android can test some of its system functionality. He also barely shows any emotional reaction when confronted with events like Dallas' death, but reacts strongly when Parker moves to stab the Chestburster Stage Xenomorph with an item of cutlery. The late, great Sir Ian Holm brought masterful skill to his performance of Ash as well, bringing a low level of continuous, oblique menace to the character even before the full reveal and the infamous, chilling monologue about the 'perfect organism'.
@@SamuelBlack84 I can see why you would think that, but no other character ever shows much sign of being cold aboard the Nostromo, and the way Ash takes the speed of his motion up to such as frenetic pace does not seem like the sort of exercise one might perform to keep warm in hindsight.
Two people in a tunnel - that sounds like Aliens for sure! Great reaction BTW 😀I've not seen anyone react having played Alien Isolation before, so that was an interesting perspective.
Ohhh so maybe I HAVE seen Aliens before! No wonder this air duct scene didn't seem familiar at all. That's wild. I had no idea I had memories of both movies.
8:45...To be fair to Dallas if you were captain of a freighter and this happened, who would you listen to, the science officer or the third officer? A lot of reactors have accused Dallas of being misogynistic for ignoring Ripley's ideas, but since the film's script was written with the crew's gender unspecified and it wasn't settled until casting was finalised, this is clearly incorrect.
A recurring theme of the Alien movies is that if everybody listened to Ripley to begin with, none of the horror would have happened. Which was actually fairly novel for horror movies at the time - usually, in the 70's, the women were the emotional, irrational characters who caused more problems. In Alien Ripley was the most professional. IIRC, the novelization mentions she's the freshest out of flight school of the bunch.
It's interesting how older sci-fi doesn't account for simple modern technology like the average 10000 lumen LED flashlights. You'd think the Nostromo would've been equipped with some competent handheld lighting sources. You know Ripley would've carried one if available. Yeah, it's supposed to be scary . . . .
Yeah let's hear it for Ripley ! The most badass female hero... certainly the first I can remember ! Didn't get to see this in the theaters even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was ! The moody, claustrophobic cinematography... EVERYTHING ! Just such a perfect movie IMO.
Hi Bunnytails!🙂Weyland-Yutani is the name of "The Company". They definitely knew about the alien signal when they substituted Ash for the regular science officer, before the ship left earth. If you decide to continue, the sequel, James Cemeron's "Aliens" (1986) is another great film. Well done with the reactions for this film, Bunnytyails!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
So glad you edited and posted this to YT, thank you :). I enjoyed watching your play through on Twitch but I don't use Discord at all, so I missed the watch-along. I know editing and getting past Copyright sucks, but I really hope you'll consider watching Aliens (if you've never seen it before) and also posting that reaction to YT at some point. Isolation also incorporated some things from the second movie into the game. Plus it's objectively one of the best movie sequels ever made :).
Much obliged! Happy to be able to post it here! I will watch Aliens and post it here someday! Gaming channel will always come first, so it might be a while though.
the "four cylinders" .. are a lot like the control rods of a nuclear reactor. you DONT want to pull them all the way out .. reaction will get very fast and hot probably beyond design tolerances. bang lol .. good work Mr Cobb :)
In theory, Jonesey, the cat is probably the only survivor of the alien franchise. Note not only is Ripley constantly overridden but the decision to land was mainly Ash’s, open the door was Ash’s, the decision not freeze him was Ash’s idea, Ash suddenly invents this tracking device that is extremely similar to company military technology. It highly suggests that Ash’s communications to the Wayland-Yutani corporation was almost all heavily driven by classified intelligence data.
Great reactions. Especially, the Alien in the air duct. That got me the first time too. It's unfortunate you didn't watch this again before playing the game. Thanks for your hard work. Cheers.
Uh-oh, a long-ago viewer is boarding the "Nostromo" after playing the "Alien Isolation" game. The layers of deja vu are going to be thicker than Xenomorph drool. The Company is sending the equivalent of a freighter crew to "do Science" on King Kong island. 4:45 Sharp-eyed viewers saw Ash's "calisthenics" as an indication that he wasn't who he said he was. 5:43 The Space Jockey, a mystery for decades. 6:25 How's THAT for a jump scare? 6:39 The conversation has assumed greater weight due to current events. 8:10 A Props dept. work of ART, made of sea animals. DFX can't touch this! 8:45 Kane's last meal. 9:16 The Xenomorph, scaring audiences since 1979.
Bunny tails In the part where Dallas dies is in the vent/ tunnel. At that moment when the Alien jumped out, you could see the alien costume shake. Like it's too big for the actor's hand to fit properly.
the reason Alien looks the way it is is because Geiger made the animals .. everyone knows that. But an almost unknown fellow .. relatively .. made all the human tech. Without which Alien would not have it distinctive look and feel .. the ships, suits, devices, computers, doors, the bridge area, the science station, the lifeboat .. how the ship worked .. was all one artist. In fact its easily the origin of the computer game "techbase" style of art, used in every sci fi game you probably ever played .. or at least a great majority of them. Ron Cobb .. recently passed away. RIP
@@bunnytailsREACTS well he wasnt completely alone .. I misspoke there :) there were other great sci fi artists, like the english painter Chris Foss .. but Cobb was lead. He also did EVERYTHING in the arnie conan films, swords, sets, everything .. and the time car in Back to the Future :) I never met him .. but yet I miss him lol .. My Hero lol
Gotta be honest, I don't think there has been a better love letter to a film than Alien Isolation was to the orginal Alien. Meticulously recreated that world.
Just found your channel thanks to the algorithm. I really enjoyed your reaction. It makes an old guy so happy to see young people enjoy and even love the movies I grew up with. I can only imagine how much work goes into making reaction videos. My two cents is this, you have a great personality, and you're very entertaining to watch. For us old folks who really appreciate this kind of thing but aren't as much into gaming or Twitch, this is our only medium to watch you kids enjoy these movies. I hope you can maybe get a helper with the editing chores just so we can get more reactions from you. Yes, I do realize that is selfish of me. Lol. It's just that your reaction was a lot of fun and, selfishly, I'd love to see more. In any case, thank you for the hard work you put into this. It made my day... and I appreciate that.
@bunnytailsREACTS I do appreciate that. I have no clue what goes into making these. So I'm not one to talk. I do know it's a lot of hard work thought. You're a fun person, so your channel will grow fast.
Don't feel bad about your editing skills, you did a great job making sure the most salient points of the movie were in your cut of the film, and managed to put it all together into a 20 minute video. Brilliantly done.
20:16 What the film doesn't tell you is that the underwear is company issued, one size fits all. You feel bad for Ripley? Think of the poor boys and their boys! 🤭 22:11 Thank you! So many reaction channels dump on the character of Lambert. Veronica Cartwright did a great job and it's nice to hear your appreciation. I was very familiar with the film before I played Isolation, so our experiences were reversed, but I bet you have the same level of respect now for the developers of that game. 🏆
Currently playing through alien isolation i freaking love it. It took me years to finally summon the courage to play it and genuinelyhave been blown away by it. I hope the new Alien Romulus movie is good there hasnt been a good alien movie in decades
@@bunnytailsREACTS thats so cool a youtuber has never replied to my comment before, i just beat the game last night it was absolutely epic. Seriously a gem of a game. I really hope this studio makes another alien game they did such an amazing job. Im going to play the DLC tonight!
I've never played the game, but it's interesting to hear that they can reproduce the sets so accurately and with so much realism that you not only recognise most of it in the actual film, but you even start showing signs of PTSD!
I only have a few memories from early childhood, 3 or 4 and watching this movie and The Exorcist at the Drive In are a few of them and has left a lasting impression.
One thing I never hear anyone comment on is just how outstanding the acting is. Each character is distinct and played to perfection. The only criticism I have of the movie is the contrivance that the shuttle won't take four crewmen. Why couldn't they have a 'lifeboat' that accommodates 7 people in case of emergencies?
Imagine if you will…I was 11 when I saw this on opening night with my dad and a couple of friends. I was blown away…luckily I was prepared by having watched several years of the original Star Trek on TV in syndication.
Script. Acting. Design. Effects. Editing. Score. As close to a perfect movie as any I’ve seen. And it’s a sci-fi horror haunted house movie, for crying out loud. It doesn’t deserve to be as good as it is!
For a movie like Alien, I just have to say that that was the funniest reaction I've ever seen to this. During Kane's facehugger meet-and-greet and you said, "Oh, that happens to me all the time. I feel your pain, dude." I LOL'd for a good minute! Gold! Thank you for your reaction. I look forward to your Aliens and A3 reactions if you get around to them.
Ridley Scott was able to create the perfect atmosphere for this sci fi suspense horror movie. 12:09 Everyone is susceptible to the Alien's iconic "Jazz Hands" attack.
I recently over the summer I got to see this film on the big screen for its most recent milestone anniversary which was great. But yes in the greater lore it us debated if Wayland knew about the xenomorphs or if any alien form was given top priority. Given how thd prequels, this film and Aliens goes yes members of the company knew and the ultimate end game is getting a xenomorph specimen and the specific order for Ash really confirms it.
Love the crazy story before Alien. How the first failed project of filming Frank Herberts Dune - google Jodorowsky's Dune - lead to that genius Switzerland artist called HR Giger.
You will be pressured into watching the extended cut of Aliens. Watch the theatrical cut first. The extended cut commit the cardinal sin the first movie avoided: showing too much too soon.
@@bunnytailsREACTS do not listen to this film purist. The entire character of Amanda Ripley in the game exists because of a subplot in the extended cut. If you watch the theatrical cut, it will be as if she never existed.
13:23 The scene where Ripley starts to take action and command over Parker (Yaphet Kotto), was also a bit tense in reality, as the actor was really teasing her during the setup between shots and made her really mad. Weaver told, she was very young and frightened by this massive tall black guy who never showed any respect for her as actress. She didn‘t know that the director was staging all this to get a real and convincing response from her. Yes, in 1979 they were using strange methods…
Originally, Ripley did not survive. No one survives. But someone is calling on Ripley's behalf and with her voice in human command and wants theirs help ti rescued her. Human command confirms that they are going to rescue her at the coordinates she gave. Then at the end of the movie we see that the Alien has given the signal and is speaking in Ripley's voice. This was the original Alien-1 ending.
@@bunnytailsREACTS hahaha Also will looks like Terminator with voice imitation. Only left for the Alien to add on the communicator "I'll be back" with Arnold's voice. 😅
I've heard Scott wanted to do that but that was more him than the original creator Dan O'Bannin, who Scott took over for. The studio heard about Scott's ending absolutely shut it down because it wouldn't have made any sense and even threatened to fire Scott as the film was nearly done. I have heard the rumor that the studio only did this after the ending was shot and test audiences hated Scott's ending and the studio said change. Either way interesting how films turn out.
@@donovanbradford8231 Some comment is interesting for me to answer so sorry for spam but...😏It's interesting that you mentioned: "In both cases, it's interesting how the films are made". The truth is that often times a large part of a specific film is created on the principle of Chaos. Chaos in the sense that it is a series of actions that were not planned in the first place but happened subsequently because of certain events during shooting process. If you know how the plot resolves Sarah Connor to start a new journey for T2 in an insane asylum, you will be amazed. However, сontrary to my understanding, it was told to me that "Happiness is a matter of choice," and from that day my eyes never failed the dualism of infinity in the struggle of happiness against unhappiness. However, I'm still disappointed, angry even, that Dan O'Bannin didn't make Resident Evil movies. Equally as disappointed and also angry that H.R. Giger was not included in Aliens 2 because at the same time he was making Poltergeist II and again H.R. Giger was in controversy for his appearance in Alien:3. Like the fact that my spiritual brother, or father, whatever, HP Lovecraft didn't live long enough ,to this day ( if possible ) to continue creating his universe therefore I am a very disappointed too. So, to bad that for my personal choice it was the understanding that true values come at a price of pain, strength and discipline to prove yourself. So I am a very disappointed person. But I'm still of the opinion that Dan O'Bannin and H.R. Giger were more or less the real creators of Alien and because of that in their absence Prometheus and Covenant vas not Ok(some may like them but not me). I love and respect Scott, he is a great creator and his Legend is a must watch for me several times a year (every year especially for New Years holidays), but without O'Bannin (the zombie lord) and HR Giger the Alien is not the same. But still his ending with Alien imitates Ellen Ripley voice will be very interesting to be seen. I will love to see because it will bring extra depth to the alien's character by revealing a mysterious intelligence behind his seemingly simple monster facade.🤗
I imagine the more you make these the better you will get and faster it will be. Reaction videos are pretty popular and you can get some big views off these. Your reaction was a fun one.
@@bunnytailsREACTS just make sure you keep your reactions genuine and dont try to tailor reactions to commenters. Its too bad when you can see the transition from genuine to acting.
@@mikegilgenbach4840 So true. Many reactors have lost my interest when you see 'the change'. On the positive side, I've seen certain movies so many times that seeing an abbreviated version being reacted to gives me both highlights from the movie and another persons take on said show/film.
Love your channel. Some relevant trivia. 1. Alien was filmed in Shepperton Studios in England. The Who recorded a performance of Won't Get Fooled Again in the adjacent sound stage during the same time. This performance can be found on UA-cam. 2. When you watch this performance, note that the entire cast of Alien can be found in the front row watching The Who doing this song. 3. The Who had a primitive laser show during the latter part of this song. Ridley Scott borrowed these lasers from The Who and used these lasers in the egg chamber part of the movie.....the so called "mist" that Kane describes. I get a kick out of the fact that every female watching this film has the same comment about Ripley's panties!!! Looking forward to watching your channel. Thank you and best wishes.
8:17 the inside of the face hugger visible during its dissection were props like oysters and kidneys, imagine the smell.. same as the milk like liquid of the androids. It was milk, but gone sour under hours of hot studio lamps and the actors (I am talking about the second film now) had to keep it in their mouth….
Lambert was played by the great Veronica Cartwright. You don't get this natural, realistic acting from Hollywood that much these days, that's why it felt so contagious. Well, of course being talented doesn't hurt. ^^ Anyway, great reaction, and you got a new viewer for the gaming channel. I sure hope you get around to tackling Aliens despite how much time you have to put into that. Looking forward to more.
6:50 "So... if they'd just _listened_ to her... at least... _most_ of them would've survived." More importantly, if they'd followed the _quarantine_ procedure that, it seems clear, was drawn up for _precisely_ this kind of situation, most of them would've survived.
9:18 Veronica Cartwright who played Lambert, was not informed about what shall happen exactly in the scene with the chest burster, so as she told in an interview, her shock and fright about the fake blood spilling over her face were completely real and not acted! Funny trivia: they had a very hard time with that scene. John Hurt (Kane) was lying with his torso hidden under the table, showing a fake chest piece. The guy under the table managing the baby burster with a stick couldn‘t get through the shirt so they had to cut it or weaken the texture by shallow cuts with a razor blade. They had some laughs then…. There is great video footage.
I am glad you felt that way, I also saw Alien a very looong time ago, it impressed the hell out of me, when I played Alien isolation, and i played it in 3D (imagine the scares and the heartbeat I had), it was one of the best experiences I had as a gamer, loved the story, the gameplay was good, but a week or so, I saw the movie Alien on TV and I was like W T F!!! I knew every corner of the Nostromo, and the characters, it was an insane feeling. I guess this is how you felt or something close. I've played Matrix games, were fine, Avatar, fine also, but this, was like I was in the movie real.
11:11 "So is he in there _alone?"_ Yep. That was the main reason he was doomed. One of the defining differences between a _horror_ flick and an _action_ flick is not the behavior of the _monster._ It's the behavior of the _people._ In an action flick, he would have someone _with_ him. They would _both_ have flame throwers. One would be facing _forward_ and one would be facing _rearward._ It would be slow going, but in time, one of them would get the _Xenomorph._ If things got dicey, the crew monitoring would hold it together and relate _useful_ information like what direction the Xenomorph is _approaching_ from.
I'm not sure about whatever lore has been built up around this movie, but I always got the sense that the company didn't know about the xeno beforehand - they had standing orders to pick up alien lifeforms, but not the xeno specifically
Oh snap, I watched this video already then months later subscribed to your other channel 😂 I haven’t finished your game walkthrough but seeing your reaction here is great lol
I was just a kid when that film came out and too young to see it at cinema but managed to see it on a video rental round a friends house. At that time there were no images of what the alien looked like so had no idea what to expect. Basically that film was the most terrifying movie i’d ever seen and that Alien was just horrific it gave me nightmares for many years after! I played Alien Isolation as well ( but only during the day) and that game was scary as hell, overall I loved it and thought it really captured the ambience of the first film.
@ apollo12002 Yeah... I didn't get to see this in the theaters either even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was ! Recalling it now in fact I remember intensely wanting the 14-inch Alien doll from Kenner so that I could terrorize the neighborhood girl's Barbies LOL ! That's how pervasive this movie was back in 1979 !
I've had Alien Isolation in my Steam backlog for quite awhile now. While a big fan of the franchise, I'm not the biggest fan of horror survival and to add the game mechanics which force the player to constantly put themselves into harms way is probably why I haven't installed and played it yet. Never been a fan of 'scripted events' which remove player agency. While the old Commodore64 version of Aliens is dated, there was just something about the game trying to recreate the film somewhat faithfully which makes me nostalgic. None of the recent Alien games seemed to capture that in favor of trying to rewrite the lore or add so much action that story becomes obsolete. I will say the very first AVP though was an interesting take with the same 'game' being seen through 3 different factions.
Yeah, the game does heavily rely on stealth but while there is danger all around, I wouldn't say that Ripley in this makes stupid decisions or anything. I suppose most games are constantly forcing you to be in dangerous situations though because they are centered around conflict and survival. Anyway, it's a great game but not everyone's cup of tea. But since you already have it, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Or if you are still curious but don't want to play it, you can always see my playthrough. :D
Because I am at heart a very, very bad person, I would suggest that you react to the 1982 John Carpenter version of the Thing for your next foray into classic horror. It is another hugely influential sci fi horror masterpiece and a... memorable experience.
I just recently found out info about the actress who played Lambert that blew my mind. The actress, Veronica Cartwright, also played the lead child character in the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds". She freaks out the same as she did as a child. Lol! XD Also, she's the sister of the actress Angela Cartwright, who played Penny Robinson in the TV series "Lost in Space", and one of the Von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music".
After watching a few of your videos, I kept thinking to myself "She reminds me of somebody" but I couldn't figure out who...until I saw you in the stocking beanie. Then it hit me. And I want you to understand that I mean this as a total compliment. You remind me of Kat Dennings. It's not just your appearance, but also your irreverent sense of humor.
I love Alien Isolation!! Especially on PC. 2 mods I recommend if you play on PC: one is a graphics mod and the other makes the Alien more unpredictable. Alien Isolation took immense inspiration from Alien. They were given 3TB of info about Alien
@Tessmage_Tessera "A red stain. Then a smear of blood blossoms on his chest. The fabric of his shirt is ripped open. A small head the size of a man's fist pushes out. The crew shouts in panic. Leap back from the table. The cat spits, bolts away. The tiny head lunges forward. Comes spurting out of Kane's chest trailing a thick body. Splatters blood and fluids on its wake. Lands in the middle of the dishes and food. Wiggles away while the crew scatters. Then the Alien being disappears from sight. Kane lies slumped in his chair. Very dead. A huge hole in his chest. The dishes are scattered. Food covered with blood." Revised Final June, 1978. Rev. thru Oct 4, 1978
"So what is a Sigourney, and how do you weave one?" --Dan Rather interviewing Sigourney Weaver in a vague memory of mine from the late 80s 🙂 (I graduated HS 1996).
Watching Alien as a child is not a good idea. I did that decades ago and I still have the occasional Giger-inspired nightmare. The sequence of Dallas entering the air ducts to flush out the alien is the most tense 5 minutes ever put to cinema. And that's in a movie chock-full of tense scenes.
@ fredleggett923 Yeah... I didn't get to see this in the theaters either even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was ! Recalling it now in fact I remember intensely wanting the 14-inch Alien doll from Kenner so that I could terrorize the neighborhood girl's Barbies LOL ! That's how pervasive this movie was back in 1979 !
💫 There have been a ton of SF movies since 1977 when "Star Wars" opened the floodgates, even a lot of good ones. Before that it was pretty slim pickings for SF fans, but there WERE science fiction movies from the 30s through the 60s that were gems, even some A-list productions. Here are a few of the best : - Island of Lost Souls (1932) - The Invisible Man (1933) - King Kong (1933) * - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) * - The Thing From Another World (1951) - I'll Never Forget You (1951, aka The House in the Square) - The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) * - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - Forbidden Planet (1956) * - The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) - I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) * - Village of the Damned (1960) - The Time Machine (1960) * - First Men in the Moon (1964) - Planet of the Apes (1968) * - 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) * * A-list stars, director, budget, etc
Well, I’ve seen none of these except for 2001, and I was really young so all I remember is… monkeys, “I can’t do that Hal” and a weird psychedelic trip.
@@bunnytailsREACTS Sounds like you've got the gist of it. 😁Amazing film, and not as mysterious as Kubrick tried to make it, but not something you just settle in with for a cozy watch. Might as well throw in a handful of assorted fantasies you probably haven't seen either. There's bound to be some of these older movies you will love. - Topper (1937) - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) - Miranda (1948) - Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) - Portrait of Jennie (1948) - Harvey (1950) James Stewart - Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - Death Becomes Her (1992) - The Lakehouse (2006)
Have never played the game,..never dreamed, and I didn't see it until years later, because it had an R rating, and I was underage, didn't know anybody who could take me or sneak me in, when it came out, but never dreamed it would have this staying power, and a game, a video game made about it, I find that amazing,..and awesome,..I was so terrified of the trailer they use to play,..and I swear, who ever controlled the tv spots was either diabolically genius, or it was just kismet, the spots, at the commercial breaks of what ever show, there would be this pause, complete silence, screen black, you almost couldn't tell if the trailer had started yet, until that dam pan out from an egg, cracked, with green light emanating from it, and a narrator saying that line, "In space no one can hear you scream", then the trailers would also have the sound of someone yelling, maybe Parker's voice, and the sound of someone most likely gasping for breath, then screaming horribly, which I realized when I finally saw the movie was Lambert being killed by the alien, and even then, it's not really shown, just the implication of what happens to her by that last shot of her you see,..and like you when I first saw this, years later on VHS, well my room was completely dark, and I was alone, and terrified, in my opinion Ridley Scott, is a roundabout student of Hitchcock, the suspense and build up of Lambert being killed, Dallas, Brett to me very Hitchcock, the crew themselves being isolated with this monster, but on top of that, individually being isolated, and cornered in their most vulnerable positions, most of all, unaware, even when they were aware of a danger lurking,..its brilliant, Ridley is very big on details, the set was really as big as you see,..corridors, ladders, the whole bit, Sigourney in a behind the scenes thing said she got lost at times, maybe when they were shooting the escape scenes, the dark, the smoke,..it looks disorienting,..I can imagine it felt like that in the game,..glad you watched, ..Godspeed, Peace ✌ q
I remember watching this movie when I was young. That was a long time ago in the movie there is a part that I still don't understand. After Parker died bravely charge the alien and fought with him hand-to-hand. In my book and eyes, he died as a Spartan. "My question is with Lambert what did the alien do to her we all see the tail it's just really odd "? I even looked at the director's cut even then they say they discuss that it might be sexual but nothing really concrete? P.S. You see the Alien in the corner there which scared Ripley. "See the Alien is just yawning and he found a place to sleep how would like it if someone was working over your head and disturbing you while you trying to sleep? I would be pissed too.
Go to 15:48 pause and go frame by frame (press dot key) until shoe comes in view. About three seconds later you will also see boots. Now go to the scene you mentioned at 18:31
When Bunny said 'It got that big already', it reminded me of something I always try to 'forget: That the speed of growth wasn't as important as the fact the alien gained mass without consuming anything to account for it.
@@terrylandess6072 Parker points out that the lights are out, the lights come on after they pass the door where the Alien is, and after Parker has tried and failed to fix it. My take? The Alien was taking power to increase it's size, and it was bio-mechanical, as suggested in much of the publicity material at the time the film came out.
The devs of Alien Isolation had access to a bunch of material used in the movie thanks for Fox. They went to a lot of effort to make the game feel authentic to the movie, including the very low ceiling lol
I'll never forget how a friend had me come over to play Alien: Isolation. I think I spent 10 to 15 minutes in a locker, and it was still the beginning of the game! 😂
Don’t worry about us, just do your thing and when you post your next movie reaction, we’ll watch. Life is stressful enough without putting pressure on yourself. Peace.
I saw Alien in the theater when it first came out, and not seeing what the xenomorph actually looked like until the end definitely added to the terror. Also, I thought it was going to be a regular sci-fi movie along the lines of Star Wars, but about halfway through it I realized I was actually watching my first sci-fi horror film. It really freaked me out, and it didn't help that it was dark outside by the time I left the theater.
Yeah... I didn't get to see this in the theaters even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was !
Recalling it now in fact I remember intensely wanting the 14-inch Alien doll from Kenner so that I could terrorize the neighborhood girl's Barbies LOL ! That's how pervasive this movie was back in 1979 !
The Anesidora found the flight recorder of the Nostromo. They then followed the flight path back to the planet and found the ship with the eggs which started the whole "Alien: Isolation" game.
This also fixes a minor plot hole of the movie Aliens as the signal from the alien ship apparently longer existed, but in AI, the crew of the Anisadora shut it off.
I've lost count of the times I've watched this movie, and every time, I'm left wondering, "How is this possible?" The atmosphere and aesthetic, not to mention the casting choices, are just phenomenal.
Absolutely. Onto Aliens next!
@@bunnytailsREACTS Oh boy! Fasten your seat belt!
Y favourite movie of all time. Seen it so many times I can play the whole thing In my head, literally
It’s possible because of Ridley Scott.
Please, the movie came first THEN the game.
I've been entertained no end seeing young folks react so positively to a feature I saw in the theaters. Sadly, Alien and Aliens suffered from a string of dreadful sequels that ran our poor banana-headed friend into the ground. It took the only worthy third entry in the series, Alien: Isolation, to make the xenomorph scary again, and I've loved every minute of watching people squirm, scream, and squeal. Here's to the classics!
Happy to provide some entertainment!
Same! My favorite before comment is, “How scary can it be? It’s from 1979.” Then watch them lose their minds. They’re not used to quality practical effects.
There’s a lot of good in Alien 3. I wish it had been freed of studio meddling.
@@maxducoudray The assembly cut is so much better than the theatrical release.
@@Paul_1971 Agreed. If I implied otherwise, I didn’t intend to. I was only coming at it from the perspective that many people hate Alien 3 and I think they’re wrong. It’s quite good imo.
I really like the way you react. You don't talk over stuff and you don't miss any scenes. You even will stop mid sentence just to make sure you're hearing every word.
Thanks :)
This movie is such a masterpiece! Alien: Isolation did a fantastic job too
Agreed on all points!
You did look like you were on the verge of tears after Dallas is killed. Must be PTSD after playing Alien Isolation. Great reaction bunnytails.
Loved your intelligent reaction to this classic. An interesting tale from the making. You mentioned during the chest-burst that you didn't remember that much blood. Ridley Scott did not tell the cast exactly what was going to happen during this scene so the shock on their faces was real!! Veronica Cartwright did not know she was going to be splattered with so much blood and you can tell by her disgust.
After this scene the cast members, especially Yaphet Kotto, seemed to take on a personal hatred of the xenomorph and again this comes through with his performance. a great pity that Scott has been hit and miss with his films in the last 20 years.
If you want to see a Scott film that looks better then 1982's Blade Runner is ridiculously beautiful.
Thanks! Blade Runner is one of the few movies I have planned for the future!
Oh I can't WAIT for Bunnytails reaction vid for Blade Runner ! Such a great film ! Man that was such an unbelievable decade for sci-fi and horror movies !... centering on 79-80...
The actor playing Ash was Sir Ian Holm, whom you could also know as Bilbo Baggins in LotR….
There are a couple of subtle clues about Ash's true nature earlier in the movie, such as the times you either see him drinking white fluid or there is a glass of it near him. You think it is milk at the time, but it is actually the white transmission medium his systems need to function. There is also the scene when the crew members go out to investigate the alien derelict while Ash remains on the Nostromo, and when he is alone Ash starts jogging in a rapid and unusual manner on the spot, which you think at the time is a weird personal mannerism, possibly a stress induced response, or even a form of exercise regimen, but is actually a way the android can test some of its system functionality. He also barely shows any emotional reaction when confronted with events like Dallas' death, but reacts strongly when Parker moves to stab the Chestburster Stage Xenomorph with an item of cutlery.
The late, great Sir Ian Holm brought masterful skill to his performance of Ash as well, bringing a low level of continuous, oblique menace to the character even before the full reveal and the infamous, chilling monologue about the 'perfect organism'.
I always used to assume he was jogging to stay warm
@@SamuelBlack84 I can see why you would think that, but no other character ever shows much sign of being cold aboard the Nostromo, and the way Ash takes the speed of his motion up to such as frenetic pace does not seem like the sort of exercise one might perform to keep warm in hindsight.
Two people in a tunnel - that sounds like Aliens for sure! Great reaction BTW 😀I've not seen anyone react having played Alien Isolation before, so that was an interesting perspective.
Ohhh so maybe I HAVE seen Aliens before! No wonder this air duct scene didn't seem familiar at all. That's wild. I had no idea I had memories of both movies.
8:45...To be fair to Dallas if you were captain of a freighter and this happened, who would you listen to, the science officer or the third officer? A lot of reactors have accused Dallas of being misogynistic for ignoring Ripley's ideas, but since the film's script was written with the crew's gender unspecified and it wasn't settled until casting was finalised, this is clearly incorrect.
Interesting bit of trivia!
A recurring theme of the Alien movies is that if everybody listened to Ripley to begin with, none of the horror would have happened. Which was actually fairly novel for horror movies at the time - usually, in the 70's, the women were the emotional, irrational characters who caused more problems. In Alien Ripley was the most professional. IIRC, the novelization mentions she's the freshest out of flight school of the bunch.
It's interesting how older sci-fi doesn't account for simple modern technology like the average 10000 lumen LED flashlights. You'd think the Nostromo would've been equipped with some competent handheld lighting sources. You know Ripley would've carried one if available. Yeah, it's supposed to be scary . . . .
Yeah let's hear it for Ripley ! The most badass female hero... certainly the first I can remember !
Didn't get to see this in the theaters even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was ! The moody, claustrophobic cinematography... EVERYTHING ! Just such a perfect movie IMO.
Hi Bunnytails!🙂Weyland-Yutani is the name of "The Company". They definitely knew about the alien signal when they substituted Ash for the regular science officer, before the ship left earth. If you decide to continue, the sequel, James Cemeron's "Aliens" (1986) is another great film. Well done with the reactions for this film, Bunnytyails!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Aliens I will watch in January! (I’m very busy this month)
@@bunnytailsREACTS All four of the movies with Ripley are worth watching/reacting to, but for sure, the first two are the best.
@@fewwiggle I think that she can comfortably stop after Aliens.
@@andreabindolini7452 A-fucken-men to that!
13:06 "Lambert, the shuttle won't take four."
And _that_ should've been a _clue._
15:24 "They didn't _know?"_
No one on the crew had _any_ idea. That's what made it such a startling _reveal._
Instant sub for watching my favorite movie of all time, and being so effected by it. You rock! :)
Wow, thank you!!
Wow Buns throwing poor Mochi under the bus after 5 min!!! Oh, and who let you watch this when you were a kid!?!?!?!!? 💕💕🐰🐰🤗🤗🐰🐰
I watched a lot of questionable things as a kid probably :D
@@bunnytailsREACTS So did I. The Era of VHS was wild
In the space jockey scene they used Ridley Scott’s kids in small spacesuits to make the jockey look bigger.
A deep dive into the art of H. R. Giger is something to experience. Not for all, but you can't deny how groundbreaking it was.
So glad you edited and posted this to YT, thank you :). I enjoyed watching your play through on Twitch but I don't use Discord at all, so I missed the watch-along. I know editing and getting past Copyright sucks, but I really hope you'll consider watching Aliens (if you've never seen it before) and also posting that reaction to YT at some point. Isolation also incorporated some things from the second movie into the game. Plus it's objectively one of the best movie sequels ever made :).
Much obliged! Happy to be able to post it here! I will watch Aliens and post it here someday! Gaming channel will always come first, so it might be a while though.
the "four cylinders" .. are a lot like the control rods of a nuclear reactor. you DONT want to pull them all the way out .. reaction will get very fast and hot probably beyond design tolerances. bang lol .. good work Mr Cobb :)
In theory, Jonesey, the cat is probably the only survivor of the alien franchise.
Note not only is Ripley constantly overridden but the decision to land was mainly Ash’s, open the door was Ash’s, the decision not freeze him was Ash’s idea, Ash suddenly invents this tracking device that is extremely similar to company military technology.
It highly suggests that Ash’s communications to the Wayland-Yutani corporation was almost all heavily driven by classified intelligence data.
Great reactions. Especially, the Alien in the air duct. That got me the first time too. It's unfortunate you didn't watch this again before playing the game. Thanks for your hard work. Cheers.
Uh-oh, a long-ago viewer is boarding the "Nostromo" after playing the "Alien Isolation" game. The layers of deja vu are going to be thicker than Xenomorph drool. The Company is sending the equivalent of a freighter crew to "do Science" on King Kong island. 4:45 Sharp-eyed viewers saw Ash's "calisthenics" as an indication that he wasn't who he said he was. 5:43 The Space Jockey, a mystery for decades. 6:25 How's THAT for a jump scare? 6:39 The conversation has assumed greater weight due to current events. 8:10 A Props dept. work of ART, made of sea animals. DFX can't touch this! 8:45 Kane's last meal. 9:16 The Xenomorph, scaring audiences since 1979.
NOW THEN. Imagine you saw the film first. And you recorded a blind playthrough of Alien Isolation. All we'd be hearing "It's just like in the film".
I would imagine so 😁
Bunny tails In the part where Dallas dies is in the vent/ tunnel. At that moment when the Alien jumped out, you could see the alien costume shake. Like it's too big for the actor's hand to fit properly.
and the cast was not warned of the creature practical effect that had been set up.
Their reactions are their authentic shock and horror
So I’ve heard! That’s a nice touch!
Not quite warned about everything they just weren't expecting it to be this intense
What an interesting point of view to watch this movie from. Almost nostalgic for a film you don’t really remember.
I remember watching part 2 for the first time. Multiple times and part one for the first time on TV back in the 90s.
Cats can detect the Alien better than the motion tracker.
Yes, I remember seeing this movie in a crappy theatre when I was a kid. Spectacular, still holds up today.
the reason Alien looks the way it is is because Geiger made the animals .. everyone knows that. But an almost unknown fellow .. relatively .. made all the human tech. Without which Alien would not have it distinctive look and feel .. the ships, suits, devices, computers, doors, the bridge area, the science station, the lifeboat .. how the ship worked .. was all one artist. In fact its easily the origin of the computer game "techbase" style of art, used in every sci fi game you probably ever played .. or at least a great majority of them. Ron Cobb .. recently passed away. RIP
That’s impressive for one person to come up with all that! The movie would definitely not feel the same if it didn’t have his touch.
@@bunnytailsREACTS well he wasnt completely alone .. I misspoke there :) there were other great sci fi artists, like the english painter Chris Foss .. but Cobb was lead. He also did EVERYTHING in the arnie conan films, swords, sets, everything .. and the time car in Back to the Future :) I never met him .. but yet I miss him lol .. My Hero lol
Gotta be honest, I don't think there has been a better love letter to a film than Alien Isolation was to the orginal Alien. Meticulously recreated that world.
It really is amazing to see!
the sound FX in Alien is a pure masterpiece
Just found your channel thanks to the algorithm. I really enjoyed your reaction. It makes an old guy so happy to see young people enjoy and even love the movies I grew up with.
I can only imagine how much work goes into making reaction videos. My two cents is this, you have a great personality, and you're very entertaining to watch. For us old folks who really appreciate this kind of thing but aren't as much into gaming or Twitch, this is our only medium to watch you kids enjoy these movies. I hope you can maybe get a helper with the editing chores just so we can get more reactions from you. Yes, I do realize that is selfish of me. Lol. It's just that your reaction was a lot of fun and, selfishly, I'd love to see more.
In any case, thank you for the hard work you put into this. It made my day... and I appreciate that.
Editors are expensive, but if this channel gets bigger than maybe I can afford it someday! In the meantime I will do what I can by myself!
@bunnytailsREACTS I do appreciate that. I have no clue what goes into making these. So I'm not one to talk. I do know it's a lot of hard work thought. You're a fun person, so your channel will grow fast.
@ Falconer1128 Oh I completely agree dude... Bunnytailsreacts has rapidly become my favorite movie reaction channel for exactly the reasons you said !
@@paulwalsh2344 she is a lot of fun to watch a movie with. I should get into the anime shows so I can watch her other videos.
@@Falconer1128 I was just about to comment on her "Aliens" reaction vid that she seems like she'd be awesome to watch a movie with !
Don't feel bad about your editing skills, you did a great job making sure the most salient points of the movie were in your cut of the film, and managed to put it all together into a 20 minute video. Brilliantly done.
Just found your channel, subscribed. Excited to see Aliens with you 🙂👍
Thank you so much! December is busy for me but if I can't watch it this month I would love to watch it in January at least!
Great reaction! I love that you've played the game and can appreciate the art/set design and music
Thanks!
Please tell us you're going to do a viewing of the sequel ALIENS...it's a most incredible experience to have after watching the original!
Yeah! Since a lot of people are asking, I will try to do it soon!
@@bunnytailsREACTS AWESOME!
@@bunnytailsREACTS Please watch the director's cut of Aliens
20:16 What the film doesn't tell you is that the underwear is company issued, one size fits all. You feel bad for Ripley? Think of the poor boys and their boys! 🤭 22:11 Thank you! So many reaction channels dump on the character of Lambert. Veronica Cartwright did a great job and it's nice to hear your appreciation. I was very familiar with the film before I played Isolation, so our experiences were reversed, but I bet you have the same level of respect now for the developers of that game. 🏆
Lambert is acting how most of us would probably act in that situation. 😅
Currently playing through alien isolation i freaking love it. It took me years to finally summon the courage to play it and genuinelyhave been blown away by it. I hope the new Alien Romulus movie is good there hasnt been a good alien movie in decades
Right!? The game is so good! But damn was it scary!
@@bunnytailsREACTS thats so cool a youtuber has never replied to my comment before, i just beat the game last night it was absolutely epic. Seriously a gem of a game. I really hope this studio makes another alien game they did such an amazing job. Im going to play the DLC tonight!
I've never played the game, but it's interesting to hear that they can reproduce the sets so accurately and with so much realism that you not only recognise most of it in the actual film, but you even start showing signs of PTSD!
I only have a few memories from early childhood, 3 or 4 and watching this movie and The Exorcist at the Drive In are a few of them and has left a lasting impression.
One thing I never hear anyone comment on is just how outstanding the acting is. Each character is distinct and played to perfection. The only criticism I have of the movie is the contrivance that the shuttle won't take four crewmen. Why couldn't they have a 'lifeboat' that accommodates 7 people in case of emergencies?
Imagine if you will…I was 11 when I saw this on opening night with my dad and a couple of friends. I was blown away…luckily I was prepared by having watched several years of the original Star Trek on TV in syndication.
That scene also gets teased in Spaceballs
Ooh I need to rewatch that movie. I watched it a long time ago and I don't think I understood hardly any of the references.
Script. Acting. Design. Effects. Editing. Score.
As close to a perfect movie as any I’ve seen. And it’s a sci-fi horror haunted house movie, for crying out loud. It doesn’t deserve to be as good as it is!
For a movie like Alien, I just have to say that that was the funniest reaction I've ever seen to this.
During Kane's facehugger meet-and-greet and you said, "Oh, that happens to me all the time. I feel your pain, dude."
I LOL'd for a good minute! Gold!
Thank you for your reaction. I look forward to your Aliens and A3 reactions if you get around to them.
Hehe. Glad you enjoyed it!
If the Academy woke up they could re-nominate this film for, you know, everything and it would win, you know, most of them. A perfect movie.
Ridley Scott was able to create the perfect atmosphere for this sci fi suspense horror movie.
12:09 Everyone is susceptible to the Alien's iconic "Jazz Hands" attack.
Thanks for the link! I would totally have missed your 2nd channel…. ♥️
You're welcome!! And thanks for watching both of these!
back when we were in the audience, we could feel the leadership vaccum left after *Dallas* was gone while watching the film for the very first time.
I recently over the summer I got to see this film on the big screen for its most recent milestone anniversary which was great.
But yes in the greater lore it us debated if Wayland knew about the xenomorphs or if any alien form was given top priority. Given how thd prequels, this film and Aliens goes yes members of the company knew and the ultimate end game is getting a xenomorph specimen and the specific order for Ash really confirms it.
Practical effects hold up far better than CGI.
Love the crazy story before Alien. How the first failed project of filming Frank Herberts Dune - google Jodorowsky's Dune - lead to that genius Switzerland artist called HR Giger.
You will be pressured into watching the extended cut of Aliens. Watch the theatrical cut first. The extended cut commit the cardinal sin the first movie avoided: showing too much too soon.
Hmm okay. I'll try to remember!
@@bunnytailsREACTS do not listen to this film purist. The entire character of Amanda Ripley in the game exists because of a subplot in the extended cut. If you watch the theatrical cut, it will be as if she never existed.
I commend you on your choices of scenes you include in your final edit. Great job. ✌
If I can add one thing to this great reaction - Ridley Scott's DVD commentary is excellent and well worth checking out.
13:23 The scene where Ripley starts to take action and command over Parker (Yaphet Kotto), was also a bit tense in reality, as the actor was really teasing her during the setup between shots and made her really mad. Weaver told, she was very young and frightened by this massive tall black guy who never showed any respect for her as actress. She didn‘t know that the director was staging all this to get a real and convincing response from her. Yes, in 1979 they were using strange methods…
I agree with you. I never understood why she wasted her time on the cat.
Fantastic Film. History. The Duelists his film before this is amazing.
Originally, Ripley did not survive. No one survives.
But someone is calling on Ripley's behalf and with her voice in human command and wants theirs help ti rescued her.
Human command confirms that they are going to rescue her at the coordinates she gave.
Then at the end of the movie we see that the Alien has given the signal and is speaking in Ripley's voice.
This was the original Alien-1 ending.
That would be so creepy!!
@@bunnytailsREACTS
hahaha Also will looks like Terminator with voice imitation. Only left for the Alien to add on the communicator "I'll be back" with Arnold's voice. 😅
I've heard Scott wanted to do that but that was more him than the original creator Dan O'Bannin, who Scott took over for. The studio heard about Scott's ending absolutely shut it down because it wouldn't have made any sense and even threatened to fire Scott as the film was nearly done.
I have heard the rumor that the studio only did this after the ending was shot and test audiences hated Scott's ending and the studio said change.
Either way interesting how films turn out.
@@donovanbradford8231
Some comment is interesting for me to answer so sorry for spam but...😏It's interesting that you mentioned: "In both cases, it's interesting how the films are made".
The truth is that often times a large part of a specific film is created on the principle of Chaos. Chaos in the sense that it is a series of actions that were not planned in the first place but happened subsequently because of certain events during shooting process. If you know how the plot resolves Sarah Connor to start a new journey for T2 in an insane asylum, you will be amazed.
However, сontrary to my understanding, it was told to me that "Happiness is a matter of choice," and from that day my eyes never failed the dualism of infinity in the struggle of happiness against unhappiness.
However, I'm still disappointed, angry even, that Dan O'Bannin didn't make Resident Evil movies. Equally as disappointed and also angry that H.R. Giger was not included in Aliens 2 because at the same time
he was making Poltergeist II and again H.R. Giger was in controversy for his appearance in Alien:3. Like the fact that my spiritual brother, or father, whatever, HP Lovecraft didn't live long enough ,to this day ( if possible ) to continue creating his universe therefore I am a very disappointed too. So, to bad that for my personal choice it was the understanding that true values come at a price of pain, strength and discipline to prove yourself. So I am a very disappointed person. But I'm still of the opinion that Dan O'Bannin and H.R. Giger were more or less the real creators of Alien and because of that in their absence Prometheus and Covenant vas not Ok(some may like them but not me).
I love and respect Scott, he is a great creator and his Legend is a must watch for me several times a year (every year especially for New Years holidays), but without O'Bannin (the zombie lord) and HR Giger the Alien is not the same. But still his ending with Alien imitates Ellen Ripley voice will be very interesting to be seen. I will love to see because it will bring extra depth to the alien's character by revealing a mysterious intelligence behind his seemingly simple monster facade.🤗
I imagine the more you make these the better you will get and faster it will be. Reaction videos are pretty popular and you can get some big views off these. Your reaction was a fun one.
Thanks!
@@bunnytailsREACTS just make sure you keep your reactions genuine and dont try to tailor reactions to commenters. Its too bad when you can see the transition from genuine to acting.
@@mikegilgenbach4840 So true. Many reactors have lost my interest when you see 'the change'. On the positive side, I've seen certain movies so many times that seeing an abbreviated version being reacted to gives me both highlights from the movie and another persons take on said show/film.
Love your channel.
Some relevant trivia.
1. Alien was filmed in Shepperton Studios in England. The Who recorded a performance of Won't Get Fooled Again in the adjacent sound stage during the same time. This performance can be found on UA-cam.
2. When you watch this performance, note that the entire cast of Alien can be found in the front row watching The Who doing this song.
3. The Who had a primitive laser show during the latter part of this song. Ridley Scott borrowed these lasers from The Who and used these lasers in the egg chamber part of the movie.....the so called "mist" that Kane describes.
I get a kick out of the fact that every female watching this film has the same comment about Ripley's panties!!!
Looking forward to watching your channel. Thank you and best wishes.
8:17 the inside of the face hugger visible during its dissection were props like oysters and kidneys, imagine the smell.. same as the milk like liquid of the androids. It was milk, but gone sour under hours of hot studio lamps and the actors (I am talking about the second film now) had to keep it in their mouth….
Lambert was played by the great Veronica Cartwright. You don't get this natural, realistic acting from Hollywood that much these days, that's why it felt so contagious. Well, of course being talented doesn't hurt. ^^
Anyway, great reaction, and you got a new viewer for the gaming channel. I sure hope you get around to tackling Aliens despite how much time you have to put into that. Looking forward to more.
Thank you! Yup, I will be watching Aliens!
6:50 "So... if they'd just _listened_ to her... at least... _most_ of them would've survived."
More importantly, if they'd followed the _quarantine_ procedure that, it seems clear, was drawn up for _precisely_ this kind of situation, most of them would've survived.
9:18 Veronica Cartwright who played Lambert, was not informed about what shall happen exactly in the scene with the chest burster, so as she told in an interview, her shock and fright about the fake blood spilling over her face were completely real and not acted!
Funny trivia: they had a very hard time with that scene. John Hurt (Kane) was lying with his torso hidden under the table, showing a fake chest piece. The guy under the table managing the baby burster with a stick couldn‘t get through the shirt so they had to cut it or weaken the texture by shallow cuts with a razor blade. They had some laughs then…. There is great video footage.
Not sure what to call this...meta-appreciation in reverse? Whatever it is, it's a fun experience to glimpse this through your eyes/experience. Thanks!
Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
I am glad you felt that way, I also saw Alien a very looong time ago, it impressed the hell out of me, when I played Alien isolation, and i played it in 3D (imagine the scares and the heartbeat I had), it was one of the best experiences I had as a gamer, loved the story, the gameplay was good, but a week or so, I saw the movie Alien on TV and I was like W T F!!! I knew every corner of the Nostromo, and the characters, it was an insane feeling. I guess this is how you felt or something close. I've played Matrix games, were fine, Avatar, fine also, but this, was like I was in the movie real.
One more thing: Lucky, Lucky star...
11:11 "So is he in there _alone?"_
Yep. That was the main reason he was doomed.
One of the defining differences between a _horror_ flick and an _action_ flick is not the behavior of the _monster._ It's the behavior of the _people._
In an action flick, he would have someone _with_ him. They would _both_ have flame throwers. One would be facing _forward_ and one would be facing _rearward._ It would be slow going, but in time, one of them would get the _Xenomorph._ If things got dicey, the crew monitoring would hold it together and relate _useful_ information like what direction the Xenomorph is _approaching_ from.
Also, action flicks have proper _lighting._
I'm not sure about whatever lore has been built up around this movie, but I always got the sense that the company didn't know about the xeno beforehand - they had standing orders to pick up alien lifeforms, but not the xeno specifically
Oh snap, I watched this video already then months later subscribed to your other channel 😂 I haven’t finished your game walkthrough but seeing your reaction here is great lol
Aw thanks! :D
I was just a kid when that film came out and too young to see it at cinema but managed to see it on a video rental round a friends house. At that time there were no images of what the alien looked like so had no idea what to expect. Basically that film was the most terrifying movie i’d ever seen and that Alien was just horrific it gave me nightmares for many years after!
I played Alien Isolation as well ( but only during the day) and that game was scary as hell, overall I loved it and thought it really captured the ambience of the first film.
I gained a newfound admiration for Alien Isolation after watching this movie.
@ apollo12002 Yeah... I didn't get to see this in the theaters either even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was !
Recalling it now in fact I remember intensely wanting the 14-inch Alien doll from Kenner so that I could terrorize the neighborhood girl's Barbies LOL ! That's how pervasive this movie was back in 1979 !
I've had Alien Isolation in my Steam backlog for quite awhile now. While a big fan of the franchise, I'm not the biggest fan of horror survival and to add the game mechanics which force the player to constantly put themselves into harms way is probably why I haven't installed and played it yet. Never been a fan of 'scripted events' which remove player agency. While the old Commodore64 version of Aliens is dated, there was just something about the game trying to recreate the film somewhat faithfully which makes me nostalgic. None of the recent Alien games seemed to capture that in favor of trying to rewrite the lore or add so much action that story becomes obsolete. I will say the very first AVP though was an interesting take with the same 'game' being seen through 3 different factions.
Yeah, the game does heavily rely on stealth but while there is danger all around, I wouldn't say that Ripley in this makes stupid decisions or anything. I suppose most games are constantly forcing you to be in dangerous situations though because they are centered around conflict and survival.
Anyway, it's a great game but not everyone's cup of tea. But since you already have it, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Or if you are still curious but don't want to play it, you can always see my playthrough. :D
Because I am at heart a very, very bad person, I would suggest that you react to the 1982 John Carpenter version of the Thing for your next foray into classic horror. It is another hugely influential sci fi horror masterpiece and a... memorable experience.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll keep it in mind!
I just recently found out info about the actress who played Lambert that blew my mind. The actress, Veronica Cartwright, also played the lead child character in the Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds". She freaks out the same as she did as a child. Lol! XD Also, she's the sister of the actress Angela Cartwright, who played Penny Robinson in the TV series "Lost in Space", and one of the Von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music".
I also recently found out that it was confirmed that the "Alien" Universe is the same (takes place in) the same one as the "Bladerunner" franchise.
I looked her up after watching this, also. The Birds is such an amazing film. Properly creeped me out!
4:53 A great looking movie doesn't need great special effects, just great vision
True!
After watching a few of your videos, I kept thinking to myself "She reminds me of somebody" but I couldn't figure out who...until I saw you in the stocking beanie. Then it hit me. And I want you to understand that I mean this as a total compliment. You remind me of Kat Dennings. It's not just your appearance, but also your irreverent sense of humor.
I love Alien Isolation!! Especially on PC. 2 mods I recommend if you play on PC: one is a graphics mod and the other makes the Alien more unpredictable. Alien Isolation took immense inspiration from Alien. They were given 3TB of info about Alien
During the chest burst scene, none of the actors knew it was going to happen. So their reactions are genuine.
So they didn't read the script?
@Tessmage_Tessera No, it didn't. It was very descriptive.
@Tessmage_Tessera "A red stain.
Then a smear of blood blossoms on his chest.
The fabric of his shirt is ripped open.
A small head the size of a man's fist pushes out.
The crew shouts in panic.
Leap back from the table.
The cat spits, bolts away.
The tiny head lunges forward.
Comes spurting out of Kane's chest trailing a thick body.
Splatters blood and fluids on its wake.
Lands in the middle of the dishes and food.
Wiggles away while the crew scatters.
Then the Alien being disappears from sight.
Kane lies slumped in his chair.
Very dead.
A huge hole in his chest.
The dishes are scattered.
Food covered with blood."
Revised Final
June, 1978.
Rev. thru Oct 4, 1978
@Tessmage_Tessera 1978. Learn to read. Tom's memory is not that good, apparently.
@Tessmage_Tessera Do you know that 1978 comes before 1979? You're welcome.
"So what is a Sigourney, and how do you weave one?" --Dan Rather interviewing Sigourney Weaver in a vague memory of mine from the late 80s 🙂 (I graduated HS 1996).
I noticed that if you really want to survive the aliens, listen to what Ripley says.
I preordered Alien Isolation as it looked soo good and I loved every moment of it. I have replayed it a few times as I love it that much
Alien Isolation was a great game. I did struggle quite a bit though. I played it on hard difficultly...
No one can forget the chest burster, least of all actress Veronica Cartwright. She got sprayed right in the face.
RIP Ian Holm, John Hurt and Harry Dean Stanton
You have to watch Aliens.
To me, one of the best movies of all times.
The special effects for the time was amazing.
Best wishes.
I will! 😊
Watching Alien as a child is not a good idea. I did that decades ago and I still have the occasional Giger-inspired nightmare.
The sequence of Dallas entering the air ducts to flush out the alien is the most tense 5 minutes ever put to cinema. And that's in a movie chock-full of tense scenes.
@ fredleggett923 Yeah... I didn't get to see this in the theaters either even though I was exposed to all the promotional stuff from trailers to Starlog and Fangora magazines !... but I had to wait till it came out on the old 80's movie channels to finally see it and of course I had to sneak around to watch it while my parents were out because it was way too scary for 11 year old me ! But when I did... even though it intensely terrified me... I was also in awe of how great it was !
Recalling it now in fact I remember intensely wanting the 14-inch Alien doll from Kenner so that I could terrorize the neighborhood girl's Barbies LOL ! That's how pervasive this movie was back in 1979 !
Oh man, what a great movie with the perfect cast. ❤ Parker is my favorite. He's a smartass and I love it!
Yeah! I enjoyed these characters a lot!
💫 There have been a ton of SF movies since 1977 when "Star Wars" opened the floodgates, even a lot of good ones. Before that it was pretty slim pickings for SF fans, but there WERE science fiction movies from the 30s through the 60s that were gems, even some A-list productions. Here are a few of the best :
- Island of Lost Souls (1932)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- King Kong (1933) *
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) *
- The Thing From Another World (1951)
- I'll Never Forget You (1951, aka The House in the Square)
- The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) *
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Forbidden Planet (1956) *
- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
- I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) *
- Village of the Damned (1960)
- The Time Machine (1960) *
- First Men in the Moon (1964)
- Planet of the Apes (1968) *
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) *
* A-list stars, director, budget, etc
Well, I’ve seen none of these except for 2001, and I was really young so all I remember is… monkeys, “I can’t do that Hal” and a weird psychedelic trip.
@@bunnytailsREACTS Sounds like you've got the gist of it. 😁Amazing film, and not as mysterious as Kubrick tried to make it, but not something you just settle in with for a cozy watch. Might as well throw in a handful of assorted fantasies you probably haven't seen either. There's bound to be some of these older movies you will love.
- Topper (1937)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- Miranda (1948)
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948)
- Harvey (1950) James Stewart
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- The Lakehouse (2006)
Have never played the game,..never dreamed, and I didn't see it until years later, because it had an R rating, and I was underage, didn't know anybody who could take me or sneak me in, when it came out, but never dreamed it would have this staying power, and a game, a video game made about it, I find that amazing,..and awesome,..I was so terrified of the trailer they use to play,..and I swear, who ever controlled the tv spots was either diabolically genius, or it was just kismet, the spots, at the commercial breaks of what ever show, there would be this pause, complete silence, screen black, you almost couldn't tell if the trailer had started yet, until that dam pan out from an egg, cracked, with green light emanating from it, and a narrator saying that line, "In space no one can hear you scream", then the trailers would also have the sound of someone yelling, maybe Parker's voice, and the sound of someone most likely gasping for breath, then screaming horribly, which I realized when I finally saw the movie was Lambert being killed by the alien, and even then, it's not really shown, just the implication of what happens to her by that last shot of her you see,..and like you when I first saw this, years later on VHS, well my room was completely dark, and I was alone, and terrified, in my opinion Ridley Scott, is a roundabout student of Hitchcock, the suspense and build up of Lambert being killed, Dallas, Brett to me very Hitchcock, the crew themselves being isolated with this monster, but on top of that, individually being isolated, and cornered in their most vulnerable positions, most of all, unaware, even when they were aware of a danger lurking,..its brilliant, Ridley is very big on details, the set was really as big as you see,..corridors, ladders, the whole bit, Sigourney in a behind the scenes thing said she got lost at times, maybe when they were shooting the escape scenes, the dark, the smoke,..it looks disorienting,..I can imagine it felt like that in the game,..glad you watched, ..Godspeed, Peace ✌ q
I am surprised that you watched alien as a child. It is one of my favourite movies. Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection are worth watching as well
20:09 "Oh. She has a shirt on, underneath."
Yeah, but that _underwear_ is too small. We're in _space_ for cryin' out loud.
my memory is that Cat and Alien were working together as a team.
"Close your eyes boys". Nonsense, best part of the film!
;)
I remember watching this movie when I was young. That was a long time ago in the movie there is a part that I still don't understand. After Parker died bravely charge the alien and fought with him hand-to-hand. In my book and eyes, he died as a Spartan. "My question is with Lambert what did the alien do to her we all see the tail it's just really odd "? I even looked at the director's cut even then they say they discuss that it might be sexual but nothing really concrete? P.S. You see the Alien in the corner there which scared Ripley. "See the Alien is just yawning and he found a place to sleep how would like it if someone was working over your head and disturbing you while you trying to sleep? I would be pissed too.
Go to 15:48 pause and go frame by frame (press dot key) until shoe comes in view. About three seconds later you will also see boots. Now go to the scene you mentioned at 18:31
When Bunny said 'It got that big already', it reminded me of something I always try to 'forget: That the speed of growth wasn't as important as the fact the alien gained mass without consuming anything to account for it.
@@terrylandess6072 Parker points out that the lights are out, the lights come on after they pass the door where the Alien is, and after Parker has tried and failed to fix it.
My take? The Alien was taking power to increase it's size, and it was bio-mechanical, as suggested in much of the publicity material at the time the film came out.
The devs of Alien Isolation had access to a bunch of material used in the movie thanks for Fox. They went to a lot of effort to make the game feel authentic to the movie, including the very low ceiling lol
I'll never forget how a friend had me come over to play Alien: Isolation. I think I spent 10 to 15 minutes in a locker, and it was still the beginning of the game! 😂
The locker is your home now :D
Don’t worry about us, just do your thing and when you post your next movie reaction, we’ll watch. Life is stressful enough without putting pressure on yourself. Peace.
I appreciate that :D
Couldn't agree more. You have to do it your way and keep it fun or it will be a chore.