This movie still stands up quite well even today, 43 years later. What always grabs me is how good the soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith actually is. Not much actual "music" but more short sections and ambient tones that fill you with dread, loneliness and fear from the very first frame. Anyway, the sequel is also excellent - considered one of the greatest sequels of all time - though it is quite a different type of movie. Personally, I cannot recommend any of the sequels after number 2, "Aliens". None of them ever quite live up to the very high standard that the first two set. That last ten minutes or so from the self destruct onwards is some of the most intense in film history. Three explosions of the Nostromo might have been a bit too much though... One idea that was thrown around during development, but was rejected of course, was that after Ripley escapes on the shuttle, the alien kills her, climbs into the pilot's seat, presses some buttons and then sends out an S.O.S. _in Captain Dallas' voice!_ That would have been quite a crazy ending, eh?
Jerry Goldsmith did an amazing job with the music, however, the themes are directly adapted from Howard Hanson's Symphony Number 2. It provided a spectacular mood for this film.
Am I the only one who thought Alien: Resurrection was at least a passable Alien movie? I mean, yeah, there's some cringe dialog that takes you out of the movie, but I think the lab with all the failed experiments is one of the most iconic scenes in all of the Alien franchise. Also, the alien 'baby' is, imo, one of the most terrifying movie monsters ever to grace a screen.
@@egl12fen I completely enjoyed Resurrection. The cast was well chosen, the plot was exciting, the Science was horrific, the theme of an android being more humane than actual humans was in keeping with the 'verse of Aliens and Blade Runner, and let us not forget that the director is amazingly original (see his "City of Lost Children" / "Cite des enfants perdus") and the script is by Joss Whedon. Say what you must about his character, but Whedon is one of the most gifted and original screen writers of the past 30 years.
Only about half of Goldsmith's score actually made it into the film. UA-cam has the complete OST, and it's brilliant. Also look up Xenomusic, a documentary UA-cam video talking about the composition and squandering of Goldsmith's score.
23:22, fun fact: In order for the cat to hiss at the Alien, they had a muzzled Doberman hiding behind a cardboard box, and after they removed the box, the cast was actually hissing at the dog, making the scene work.
The cast DID KNOW about the chestburster scene. It was in the script. What Ridley Scott kept secret from them up to the time of shooting the scene was how it was going to be done technically speaking. BUT the cameras, lights, other equipment were covered in plastic so they knew it was going to be messy. Contrary to popular but misleading comments, it was just regular stage blood not real animal blood and the cast did not know what the chestburster creature was going to look like. The script read "Kane screams in pain as the creature emerges through his torso". This movie is a part of cinema history. The facts and truth about it should be respected.
Thanks! I'm Back! How was your Christmas 🎄 Cam? Hope it was good 😃 I see you're watching Alien to prepare better for Alien: Isolation. You're freaking out already 😂 watching that thing around my guy's face. Priceless 🤣 Oh sent you a late Christmas gift. $20 dono!
Hey Daimion! I had a very chill, but wonderful Christmas. How was your Christmas? I hope you enjoyed the video. It’s a little bit different from the usual, but it was sooo much fun to create and edit 😄 Thank you so much for the Christmas gift! You really didn’t have to 🌼
When Fox allowed Alien:Isolation - they handed over 3TB of photos and artwork from this movie. That's why it looks so authentic. Too authentic! I got drunk once when watching this film; I reached for my mouse and tried to control Ripley, because it looked just like the game!
I haven't seen any content of yours other than this video. For your first movie reaction, you're really good. Very natural. I was 25 when this premiered and very happy that good sci-fi movies were coming out. Pre Star Wars there wasn't a lot to choose from. This movie, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Terminator all came out within 7 years. It was a good time for movies.
Such a pleasure for your first movie. The editing was done very well, the observations sharp, and the immersion you projected were all just fine. Of course, Aliens is now required viewing -- hope it is soon!
To make the ship look even bigger, they dressed up Ridley Scott's small sons in the environmental suits and instantly everything appeared TWICE as big. It's amazing how things were done pre-CGI.
There's a video of the exploring "crew" walking inside of alien space jockey mother ship, and if you zoom in you can see the faces of little boys inside their small suits.
The "rain" is just condensation from the equipment. One thing that's easily missed in that same segment is that when they show the chains, the xenomorph is there hanging, but it's shadowed in such a way that you easily mistake it for standard equipment
It could also be water leakage (perhaps deliberate venting) from the cooling system which gets recycled down a drain in that area. One fan theory is that the alien's fast growth is due to filling up with water (+ a source of nutrients) with an inflatable bio-structure. Insects that feed on blood have that capability to instantly grow 10 times their original size. Aliens are also explicitly attracted to the cooling system (big water source) in the second movie so the theory holds, um, some water. :)
The rain is clearly condensation. You have a huge ore ship, with millions tonnes of ore. A substantial amount of this would be water, and it would be crazy to have HVAC systems installed, other than in the living quarters. Which is just a fraction of the ship.
23:50 -- to the extent the face of a cat expresses emotion, I always had the feeling that Jones was wonderfully calm and cynical here: "Oh well! Better him than me."
Thank you! It was so much fun to edit 😃 As for jumpy editing, it can be due to the video getting claimed/blocked, so the creator needs to edit out a lot to avoid it 🌼
@@Cambonano Nobody has probably pointed it out here yet, but Aliens is just as good a film, and it belongs among the sequels, which are quite different from the original film, and at the same time just as good if not better. After all, it was made by James Cameron, the man who made pioneering films. Seriously, Aliens focuses on the characters and the story, and oddly enough, the mother-daughter relationship (but that's a bit more complicated, and it's necessary to see the director's cut for that). The subsequent follow-ups are not worth mentioning.
@@Cambonano I'd love to see you react to 'The Promised Neverland'. It's an anime. It's very cute but also terrifying. But there aren't any jump scares or gore. It's all situational and psychological.
It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it made $200 million dollars against an $11 million dollar budget, it put Sigourney Weaver on the map, it spawned 3 Sequels, 2 spinoff/prequel films, toys, board games, novelizations, comics, novels, and an upcoming live action TV series based on the movie. It's now considered to be one of the scariest motion pictures ever made.
Damn! Talk about success!! It also co-stars one of the best crossovers of all time (imo) in AVP. Alien franchise will live forever in movies/shows, animations, comics and video games as one of the best sci-fi franchises of all time!
Hello! I'm glad to see that you discover this masterpiece of the 7th Art. The movie is like a good wine: it gets better with time. I had it the first time when I was 10 years old. What a shock it was for me. I found it both scary and fascinating. Aliens and Alien 3 also deserve to be discovered in my opinion. I hope you will have a look at them. I wish you all the best. A happy new year to you and your loved ones. :) See you soon.
Alien 3 is interesting mostly for what could have been. It was David Fincher's first film, and the studio deliberately used a rookie in order to control the final product. What might have been if Fincher had been allowed to realize his "Wooden World" is fascinating. I also like Resurrection. Whedon writing an Alien script, and the Amelie guy directing it? Be still, my weird little heart.
@@michaelccozens : yes, it seems to me that David Fincher had more or less denied Alien 3. Despite its flaws, I find it a very interesting film. The latter underwent a difficult gestation during its production but this work is well-kept. Especially the last part. Alien Ressurection was a rather strange experience for me. I recognize some qualities: the casting is cool, some scenes have even become emblematic for me but I haven’t been one scared for a moment. After that... I always prefer him to Prometheus or Alien Covenant. :)
I love this update Cam , I am so proud of you and I am trust in you that you're have all the things and all you need to make anything only in yourself , I hope you continue this path and give a chance to your ideas and yourself to showing her best 💙
the rain in the bay is from the legs of the ship. That is the bay where the landing gear lives - it's been outside in the atmosphere and that's the water condencating
Fabulous reaction video cam & now you can see what a beautiful love letter to the movie the game was 🤘 also were the insanely talented jonesy space cat gets her channel name from, take care & look forward to seeing what adventure's you have for us in 2023 🙌🙏🌺
I watched this movie for the first time when I was a teenager. I had just gotten home from work at 1:00 am and everyone else was out of town. At the beginning of the movie I was sitting in a dark TV room with a bowl of popcorn. When Dallas made his wrong turn I flew out of the recliner and dumped the remaining popcorn all over the place. By the end of the movie I had every light in the house on and was holding an aluminum baseball bat. Horror movies are not really my thing but this is still the best one I've ever seen.
In Alien isolation you played as Amanda Ripley, the daughter of Ellen Ripley you see in this film. A big chunk of the first part of the game is about finding the flight recorder from the Nastromo & Amanda is even on the mission in the first place to find out what happened to her Mom. At the end of the game Amanda finds a recording from her mother. And they used Sigourney Weaver's voice for the game as well!
So glad to see you do a reaction video on alien,one of the greatest movies ever. The only one I like more than this is aliens. Incredible video cam.stay phenomenal
The Alien Isolation developers really did an amazing job recreating the environment, atmosphere, and aesthetics from the film. Really impressive job and such a good game (and movie).
Yes, Ripley is the queen of thinking on her feet. Making the right call in the heat of the moment. This film has an aesthetic that is consistent with technology and design in this world around the year 2122. If you watch the other films, there are things that are similar, but of course they aren't all set at exactly the same time period, so there are some differences.
As you said in the beginning of the movie - they really nailed the atmosphere from alien when they made Alien Isolation! And you did very well with the editing!
Awesome! I hope you keep doing these kinds of videos, Cam! A lot of people consider "Aliens" to be the better movie. However, there is a level of creepiness to the first one that can't be matched by the sequel. The cyborg is particularly unsettling
Wonderful first reaction. You're on the right path. Practical Effects: timeless. In a world pre-cgi, the use of models, props, camera and lighting effects, just makes everything so much more real. Hopefully, you'll do the sequel, Aliens. Allen is the gold standard for horror sci fi. To many, Aliens is even better than the original.
Ridley Scott's kids Jake & Luke appeared in the movie, playing smaller versions of the Nostromo crew when they explore the derelict. They're dressed in scaled down spacesuits, and Ridley used them to make the sets seem even bigger.
Great reaction! I thought you did very well for a first reaction. If you're going to continue with the movie reactions then the obvious choice for the next movie is the sequel, Aliens. It's often considered one of the best sequels ever made.
The actress who played Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) was also the little girl in Hitchcock's "the birds". Her sister (Angie Cartwright) was in "the sound of music" and played Penny in "lost in space" in the 1960s.
One of my all time favourite movies, an absolute classic. It first came out in 1979 Cam, so it's actually over 40 years old. 4 of the original cast members have since passed away: John Hurt(Kane), Harry Dean Stanton(Brett), Yaphet Kotto(Parker) and Ian Holm(Ash). None of the cast knew they were going to use real animal guts and blood when they filmed the infamous "chestburster" scene, so their horrified reactions are for real. 🙂
"So with the sleeping pods do you have to sleep on your back?" I laughed so hard thinking about that I am pretty sure I made my neighbors angry. I doubt anyone has ever had that cross their mind when watching this movie before, but then there is also the idea of living in the world of Alien and someone getting into the pods in some different way and gaining a reputation as this complete weirdo for doing it, like, "What do you mean Dave sleeps in the pod on his stomach?" "Yeah, climbs in face down, too, doesn't even turn his head or anything, just goes stiff like a plank of wood and says that's the way he likes it." "Weeeeiiirrrd..." lol
My first time watching your channel. Wow, how beautiful you are. It was a pleasure re-watching this classic with you. Such a great reaction to a timeless film. Really hope you watch the sequel, it is a must see and one of the best films ever made. Look forward to seeing more from you.
Yay! Movie night with Cam! 🙌 It was such a good video. I'm glad you didn't have many problems with UA-cam posting this one. They did such a fantastic job with the game in recreating the look and atmosphere of the movie. I'm sure you can appreciate that noe even more after watching it. Hope you have a wonderful day, Cam! 🤗
I just finished your reaction and it was great! I genuinely enjoyed your reaction. You really need to watch "Aliens"! It is such a great movie. I saw Alien as a child in the early 80's and has been one of my favorite movies of all time! You really should start doing movie reactions!
Great reaction! I remember seeing this film at the age of 6 when my parents watched it when they rented it. I saw the sequel Aliens in the theater when I was 13. I had nightmares for a couple of nights. But it’s one of the best sequels. Ripley is a complete bad ass. But I’ll say this, people like Jennifer Lawrence would have u think she is the first female action star.
No CGI in this movie, in the original. This version that you watched, was released in 2003, and there are a few CGI edits inserted into it, mainly the explosions when the Nostromo is destroyed. Alien came out about 9 months after Star Wars came out. Alien, thanks to H.R. Geiger made the movie more realistic and had the look of reality. Great reaction and review.
1979. Everything about computers has a lot to do with how they understood computers would evolve. I think all those lights around Mother's room are signals from other electronic parts of the main computer, sort of like pilot lights of logic gates or maybe more complex components.
The rain is condensation. You have a huge ore ship, with millions tonnes of ore. A substantial amount of this would be water, and it would be crazy to have HVAC systems installed, other than in the living quarters. Which is just a fraction of the ship.
I loved your reaction Cam!! I hope you do more of these, it was so much fun. Yeah, you definitely need to watch the sequel Aliens, it's awesome!! Don't bother with any of the other ones, they're not really good. Thanks a bunch for this, it made my day!! 💕💕❤❤🤗🤗
*Howard Hanson's music's was used without his permission, the Romantic Symphony No. 2, but he heard the movie was a hit, so he didn't sue. The music has a relaxing "breath of fresh air" feel to it, and it perfectly fits the sense of calm and safety Ripply finally feels at the end.*
Ahh, Cam checking one of the greatest horror movies ever.♥️ If you've never seen John Carpenter's The Thing yet, definitely check that one out too. It's a lot of people's favorite horror movie ever, and absolutely my favorite.
The original Thing from the 50s, directed by Nyby and produced by Hawks, is dated but a very solid piece of filmmaking for its day. The Carpenter update is just freakin' next-level, though.
Cool that you chose this movie as your first reaction. Great video btw! Thanks for making it not to long and cutting away all the unessesary parts. Now you need to watch the greatest movie ever made, Aliens (Alien 2) by James Cameron....
Good editing fir a very first movie reaction alien 1979 aliens is my favorite one made in 1986 I believe. Cam you should watch that one as well I hope you have a great day
"Ok, that wasn't so bad".. Are you nuts? The sound of Parker and Lambert dying over the intercom is pure nightmare fuel. We're left to imagine what the hell is happening to them while Ripley is running to reach them.
At the beginning they are not waking up from a night's sleep. They are in a special chamber where they are in suspended animation for light years of space travel.
Very interesting perspective, having played Isolation before seeing the original. That's a nice twist on the usual situation. I first saw this on American cable TV on Feb. 7, 1981, at age 10. I absolutely loved it even though it was terrifying. I have no idea how many times I've seen it since then. It was the first movie I bought on videotape, and since then I've had multiple copies on multiple formats. Watching it with people who have not seen it is always great fun; the reaction when it gets Dallas in the air shaft is always spectacular. Great video. Do Aliens next, but please be sure to do the Special Edition. It has some key story scenes which were cut for time for the theatrical version.
Very good reaction to this classic Sci-fi. You should continue with film reviews as there are a treasure trove of great films. Also Aliens is excellent.
i would like to highly recommend the following classic movies: Phantoms (1998) From Hell (2001) Red Planet (2000) The Blob (1988) Color out of Space (2019) The Void (2017) Rubikon (2020) Angel's Heart (1987) The Colony (2013) Altered States (1980) Last Days on Mars (2013) Event Horizon (1997) Young Sherlock Homes & enigma of the Pyramid (1985) League of Extraordinary Gentleman (2003)
This is a truly fantastic reaction video. Isolation is a masterpiece and you’ll enjoy it more after having seen Alien. Of course, you’ll need to do a reaction for the movie sequel Aliens!
That was great, you were fun to watch reacting to this movie, you HAVE to watch Aliens. Also you might want to do more old horror movie reactions, I definitely would watch more of them.
H. R. Giger is barely known today save to real fans. But it was his "biomechanical" art was the basis of the sets and alien design, was used on magazine covers, album covers, etc.
Imagine watching this for the first time, midnight. 😄 My brothers were so engrossed they jumped when I yelled "Behind you!". 🤣 And gave me brickbats for frightening them. The yell wasn't intentional though. 😄 I watched this movie in the 80s, then played the earlier Alien vs Predator games which are rather good. Imagine controlling a hatchling in search of prey then becoming the full grown adult or a Marine moving cautiously around with the tracker. AvP captured the atmosphere very well. Couldn't get into Alien Isolation though. Ripley was the AFO with Kane out so she was following SOP when she denied the team entry on account of uncertain status and unidentified organism. Ash did not follow the chain of command when he let the team in so she took him to task for disobeying the CoC and company rules. I'd say she was operating on personal assessments (which are coolly prudent and logical. That's her personality) backed by company rules.
Many reactors get confused when they first hear the term "Mother" in this film, but you connected the dots quickly. Frankly, people's confusion about this surprised me - I've used the term for ages to refer to any sci-fi AI that communicates with a calm, female voice - the AI of the Enterprise in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", for instance. According to real-life AI, calling a sci-fi AI "Mother" actually is a sci-fi trope, but perhaps not a widely applied one. Thanks for the reaction!
really cool reaction video. there are two DLC for Alien Isolation that let you replay certain scenes from this movie. just in case you want to re-live Ripley's encounters with the Alien... 😜
Great reaction vid Cam - this movie will give you a lot more insight into Alien Isolation. However if you want to see what happens to Ripley you will need to watch Aliens :D You can finish AI first as Aliens is set after the game.
Harry Dean Stanton, who plays the first victim of the adult alien, is in many movies. Two of the most prominent are "The Green Mile" and "The Avengers."
Also: Alien Isolation is one of the best games I've played, it's one of my favorites, and it was so stressful that it took about a month off the end of my lifespan. Finish it! The ending is 😎👍.
Very enjoyable video! You're really entertaining. Hope you have since watched the second movie, in which Ripley is even cooler! I don't really recommend the further parts, except *Alien:* *Covenant* which has finally become a really good Alien movie again. I highly recommend it! Another heroine (Daniels by Katherine Waterstone), but I really liked her too, she became a worthy successor to Ripley. There was no robot alien in the movie. The small one was a moving puppet, the big one a tall, Nigerian actor (Bolaji Badejo) in alien costume.
This is a classic for a reason the practical effects are stunning and still hold up today the same can be said for the predator film.
The set design is just... Its
a feast for the eyes, I watch parts of the movie just for the visuals, especially the opening shot.
and the sequel
Terminator is a classic and the effects were terrible when it was new.
Terminator has 🚫 on Alien. Maybe aliens. Both were over the top and over acted and the effects of the story were less impactful.
And for “The Thing” (1982).
Alien: Isolation recreates the aesthetic so perfectly, it was obviously a labor of love.
Gotta see Aliens now. Great sequel.
The sound design of this is an underrated part of the experience.
This movie still stands up quite well even today, 43 years later. What always grabs me is how good the soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith actually is. Not much actual "music" but more short sections and ambient tones that fill you with dread, loneliness and fear from the very first frame. Anyway, the sequel is also excellent - considered one of the greatest sequels of all time - though it is quite a different type of movie. Personally, I cannot recommend any of the sequels after number 2, "Aliens". None of them ever quite live up to the very high standard that the first two set.
That last ten minutes or so from the self destruct onwards is some of the most intense in film history. Three explosions of the Nostromo might have been a bit too much though...
One idea that was thrown around during development, but was rejected of course, was that after Ripley escapes on the shuttle, the alien kills her, climbs into the pilot's seat, presses some buttons and then sends out an S.O.S. _in Captain Dallas' voice!_ That would have been quite a crazy ending, eh?
Jerry Goldsmith did an amazing job with the music, however, the themes are directly adapted from Howard Hanson's Symphony Number 2. It provided a spectacular mood for this film.
It doesn't just stand up quite well, it stands up exceptionally well.
Am I the only one who thought Alien: Resurrection was at least a passable Alien movie? I mean, yeah, there's some cringe dialog that takes you out of the movie, but I think the lab with all the failed experiments is one of the most iconic scenes in all of the Alien franchise. Also, the alien 'baby' is, imo, one of the most terrifying movie monsters ever to grace a screen.
@@egl12fen I completely enjoyed Resurrection. The cast was well chosen, the plot was exciting, the Science was horrific, the theme of an android being more humane than actual humans was in keeping with the 'verse of Aliens and Blade Runner, and let us not forget that the director is amazingly original (see his "City of Lost Children" / "Cite des enfants perdus") and the script is by Joss Whedon. Say what you must about his character, but Whedon is one of the most gifted and original screen writers of the past 30 years.
Only about half of Goldsmith's score actually made it into the film. UA-cam has the complete OST, and it's brilliant. Also look up Xenomusic, a documentary UA-cam video talking about the composition and squandering of Goldsmith's score.
You need to watch the second movie Aliens, both are related to the game, the other movies after you can just skip.
23:22, fun fact: In order for the cat to hiss at the Alien, they had a muzzled Doberman hiding behind a cardboard box, and after they removed the box, the cast was actually hissing at the dog, making the scene work.
The cast DID KNOW about the chestburster scene. It was in the script. What Ridley Scott kept secret from them up to the time of shooting the scene was how it was going to be done technically speaking. BUT the cameras, lights, other equipment were covered in plastic so they knew it was going to be messy. Contrary to popular but misleading comments, it was just regular stage blood not real animal blood and the cast did not know what the chestburster creature was going to look like. The script read "Kane screams in pain as the creature emerges through his torso". This movie is a part of cinema history. The facts and truth about it should be respected.
Thank you - I HATE that oft repeated, "The cast didn't know what was going to happen" lie.
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How was your Christmas 🎄 Cam?
Hope it was good 😃
I see you're watching Alien to prepare better for Alien: Isolation. You're freaking out already 😂 watching that thing around my guy's face. Priceless 🤣
Oh sent you a late Christmas gift.
$20 dono!
Hey Daimion!
I had a very chill, but wonderful Christmas. How was your Christmas?
I hope you enjoyed the video. It’s a little bit different from the usual, but it was sooo much fun to create and edit 😄
Thank you so much for the Christmas gift! You really didn’t have to 🌼
@@Cambonano 😃 Hey, It's all about community and support, Cam!
You are loved by the community you've built. That's what matters 🙂
When Fox allowed Alien:Isolation - they handed over 3TB of photos and artwork from this movie. That's why it looks so authentic. Too authentic! I got drunk once when watching this film; I reached for my mouse and tried to control Ripley, because it looked just like the game!
I haven't seen any content of yours other than this video. For your first movie reaction, you're really good. Very natural.
I was 25 when this premiered and very happy that good sci-fi movies were coming out. Pre Star Wars there wasn't a lot to choose from. This movie, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Terminator all came out within 7 years. It was a good time for movies.
Such a pleasure for your first movie. The editing was done very well, the observations sharp, and the immersion you projected were all just fine. Of course, Aliens is now required viewing -- hope it is soon!
To make the ship look even bigger, they dressed up Ridley Scott's small sons in the environmental suits and instantly everything appeared TWICE as big. It's amazing how things were done pre-CGI.
VFX goes back to the dawn of film. Even bluescreen is almost as old, as cinema history.
Not the ship, but the space jockey. It would have been too expensive to build at full scale.
There's a video of the exploring "crew" walking inside of alien space jockey mother ship, and if you zoom in you can see the faces of little boys inside their small suits.
Wrong b.c. there was no ship they stood next to. You talk about the dead guy.
@@illegalquantity The landing gear and small elevator they go down on, outside the airlock.
The "rain" is just condensation from the equipment.
One thing that's easily missed in that same segment is that when they show the chains, the xenomorph is there hanging, but it's shadowed in such a way that you easily mistake it for standard equipment
Yeah I didn’t notice that at all 😅🌼
@@Cambonano At first i didn't either. Someone told me after a few years
The alien hanging from the chains is in the Directors Cut.
It could also be water leakage (perhaps deliberate venting) from the cooling system which gets recycled down a drain in that area. One fan theory is that the alien's fast growth is due to filling up with water (+ a source of nutrients) with an inflatable bio-structure. Insects that feed on blood have that capability to instantly grow 10 times their original size. Aliens are also explicitly attracted to the cooling system (big water source) in the second movie so the theory holds, um, some water. :)
The rain is clearly condensation. You have a huge ore ship, with millions tonnes of ore. A substantial amount of this would be water, and it would be crazy to have HVAC systems installed, other than in the living quarters. Which is just a fraction of the ship.
23:50 -- to the extent the face of a cat expresses emotion, I always had the feeling that Jones was wonderfully calm and cynical here: "Oh well! Better him than me."
for a very first movie reaction you have done this very well. its very enjoyable. your editing is also not so jumpy like other reactions
Thank you! It was so much fun to edit 😃 As for jumpy editing, it can be due to the video getting claimed/blocked, so the creator needs to edit out a lot to avoid it 🌼
@@Cambonano Aliens sequel is more action packed than scary. I recommend it too.
@@Cambonano Nobody has probably pointed it out here yet, but Aliens is just as good a film, and it belongs among the sequels, which are quite different from the original film, and at the same time just as good if not better.
After all, it was made by James Cameron, the man who made pioneering films.
Seriously, Aliens focuses on the characters and the story, and oddly enough, the mother-daughter relationship (but that's a bit more complicated, and it's necessary to see the director's cut for that).
The subsequent follow-ups are not worth mentioning.
@@Cambonano I'd love to see you react to 'The Promised Neverland'. It's an anime. It's very cute but also terrifying. But there aren't any jump scares or gore. It's all situational and psychological.
It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it made $200 million dollars against an $11 million dollar budget, it put Sigourney Weaver on the map, it spawned 3 Sequels, 2 spinoff/prequel films, toys, board games, novelizations, comics, novels, and an upcoming live action TV series based on the movie. It's now considered to be one of the scariest motion pictures ever made.
Damn! Talk about success!! It also co-stars one of the best crossovers of all time (imo) in AVP. Alien franchise will live forever in movies/shows, animations, comics and video games as one of the best sci-fi franchises of all time!
It has aged wo well.
It doesnt need to bee too gory.
Lamberts death only over audio is so terrifying
Hello!
I'm glad to see that you discover this masterpiece of the 7th Art. The movie is like a good wine: it gets better with time.
I had it the first time when I was 10 years old. What a shock it was for me. I found it both scary and fascinating.
Aliens and Alien 3 also deserve to be discovered in my opinion. I hope you will have a look at them.
I wish you all the best. A happy new year to you and your loved ones. :)
See you soon.
Alien 3 is interesting mostly for what could have been. It was David Fincher's first film, and the studio deliberately used a rookie in order to control the final product. What might have been if Fincher had been allowed to realize his "Wooden World" is fascinating.
I also like Resurrection. Whedon writing an Alien script, and the Amelie guy directing it? Be still, my weird little heart.
@@michaelccozens : yes, it seems to me that David Fincher had more or less denied Alien 3. Despite its flaws, I find it a very interesting film. The latter underwent a difficult gestation during its production but this work is well-kept. Especially the last part.
Alien Ressurection was a rather strange experience for me. I recognize some qualities: the casting is cool, some scenes have even become emblematic for me but I haven’t been one scared for a moment. After that... I always prefer him to Prometheus or Alien Covenant. :)
"They just left him?? Great friends..." and then in the medic lab with the first look at face hugger "Just throw him out!" =X-D Wow........!!!
I love this update Cam , I am so proud of you and I am trust in you that you're have all the things and all you need to make anything only in yourself , I hope you continue this path and give a chance to your ideas and yourself to showing her best 💙
the rain in the bay is from the legs of the ship. That is the bay where the landing gear lives - it's been outside in the atmosphere and that's the water condencating
Enjoyed this. Movie reactions will bring you a whole new audience... Alien 2 is definitely worth watching and is still in your wheelhouse.
Fabulous reaction video cam & now you can see what a beautiful love letter to the movie the game was 🤘 also were the insanely talented jonesy space cat gets her channel name from, take care & look forward to seeing what adventure's you have for us in 2023 🙌🙏🌺
I watched this movie for the first time when I was a teenager. I had just gotten home from work at 1:00 am and everyone else was out of town. At the beginning of the movie I was sitting in a dark TV room with a bowl of popcorn. When Dallas made his wrong turn I flew out of the recliner and dumped the remaining popcorn all over the place. By the end of the movie I had every light in the house on and was holding an aluminum baseball bat. Horror movies are not really my thing but this is still the best one I've ever seen.
Movie reactions now? AWESOME!!
Can't wait for more. Aliens (Alien 2), Terminator 1 + 2, Die Hard 1 + 2 + 3.
Let's go!
''They left him?'' ''They left their friends?'' and the next scene ''THROW HIM OUUUUUTT'' lol
Another superb Jerry Goldsmith score.
Very glad you gave the movie a try before finishing the game
In Alien isolation you played as Amanda Ripley, the daughter of Ellen Ripley you see in this film. A big chunk of the first part of the game is about finding the flight recorder from the Nastromo & Amanda is even on the mission in the first place to find out what happened to her Mom. At the end of the game Amanda finds a recording from her mother. And they used Sigourney Weaver's voice for the game as well!
So glad to see you do a reaction video on alien,one of the greatest movies ever. The only one I like more than this is aliens. Incredible video cam.stay phenomenal
The Alien Isolation developers really did an amazing job recreating the environment, atmosphere, and aesthetics from the film. Really impressive job and such a good game (and movie).
Yes, Ripley is the queen of thinking on her feet. Making the right call in the heat of the moment. This film has an aesthetic that is consistent with technology and design in this world around the year 2122. If you watch the other films, there are things that are similar, but of course they aren't all set at exactly the same time period, so there are some differences.
As you said in the beginning of the movie - they really nailed the atmosphere from alien when they made Alien Isolation! And you did very well with the editing!
Awesome! I hope you keep doing these kinds of videos, Cam!
A lot of people consider "Aliens" to be the better movie. However, there is a level of creepiness to the first one that can't be matched by the sequel. The cyborg is particularly unsettling
Thank you for all the good moments you share with us in this year.
Happy new year to you all!!!!
Wonderful first reaction. You're on the right path.
Practical Effects: timeless. In a world pre-cgi, the use of models, props, camera and lighting effects, just makes everything so much more real. Hopefully, you'll do the sequel, Aliens. Allen is the gold standard for horror sci fi. To many, Aliens is even better than the original.
Ridley Scott's kids Jake & Luke appeared in the movie, playing smaller versions of the Nostromo crew when they explore the derelict. They're dressed in scaled down spacesuits, and Ridley used them to make the sets seem even bigger.
Brilliant video! Great reactions 😂, you survived!
Great reaction! I thought you did very well for a first reaction.
If you're going to continue with the movie reactions then the obvious choice for the next movie is the sequel, Aliens. It's often considered one of the best sequels ever made.
The actress who played Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) was also the little girl in Hitchcock's "the birds". Her sister (Angie Cartwright) was in "the sound of music" and played Penny in "lost in space" in the 1960s.
Hello! First time viewer here, good luck expanding the channel and most importantly have fun doing it!
20:14, your reaction is how audiences felt when that saw that scene! They were screaming at the top of their lungs, as well.
One of my all time favourite movies, an absolute classic. It first came out in 1979 Cam, so it's actually over 40 years old. 4 of the original cast members have since passed away: John Hurt(Kane), Harry Dean Stanton(Brett), Yaphet Kotto(Parker) and Ian Holm(Ash). None of the cast knew they were going to use real animal guts and blood when they filmed the infamous "chestburster" scene, so their horrified reactions are for real. 🙂
In the game your playing as Amanda Ripley, she is the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the main character in the movie
"So with the sleeping pods do you have to sleep on your back?" I laughed so hard thinking about that I am pretty sure I made my neighbors angry. I doubt anyone has ever had that cross their mind when watching this movie before, but then there is also the idea of living in the world of Alien and someone getting into the pods in some different way and gaining a reputation as this complete weirdo for doing it, like, "What do you mean Dave sleeps in the pod on his stomach?" "Yeah, climbs in face down, too, doesn't even turn his head or anything, just goes stiff like a plank of wood and says that's the way he likes it." "Weeeeiiirrrd..." lol
How do you usually sleep, standing up ?
My first time watching your channel. Wow, how beautiful you are. It was a pleasure re-watching this classic with you. Such a great reaction to a timeless film. Really hope you watch the sequel, it is a must see and one of the best films ever made. Look forward to seeing more from you.
Yay! Movie night with Cam! 🙌
It was such a good video. I'm glad you didn't have many problems with UA-cam posting this one.
They did such a fantastic job with the game in recreating the look and atmosphere of the movie. I'm sure you can appreciate that noe even more after watching it.
Hope you have a wonderful day, Cam! 🤗
I just finished your reaction and it was great! I genuinely enjoyed your reaction. You really need to watch "Aliens"! It is such a great movie. I saw Alien as a child in the early 80's and has been one of my favorite movies of all time! You really should start doing movie reactions!
Great reaction! I remember seeing this film at the age of 6 when my parents watched it when they rented it. I saw the sequel Aliens in the theater when I was 13. I had nightmares for a couple of nights. But it’s one of the best sequels. Ripley is a complete bad ass. But I’ll say this, people like Jennifer Lawrence would have u think she is the first female action star.
No CGI in this movie, in the original. This version that you watched, was released in 2003, and there are a few CGI edits inserted into it, mainly the explosions when the Nostromo is destroyed.
Alien came out about 9 months after Star Wars came out. Alien, thanks to H.R. Geiger made the movie more realistic and had the look of reality.
Great reaction and review.
1979. Everything about computers has a lot to do with how they understood computers would evolve. I think all those lights around Mother's room are signals from other electronic parts of the main computer, sort of like pilot lights of logic gates or maybe more complex components.
"Oh it's ... *blows* ... so BIG!" I wasn't looking at the screen at the time you said that and almost spit out my drink when i heard that. XD
The rain is condensation. You have a huge ore ship, with millions tonnes of ore. A substantial amount of this would be water, and it would be crazy to have HVAC systems installed, other than in the living quarters. Which is just a fraction of the ship.
Very proud of you Cam thank you for the loverly Alien movie review .
I loved your reaction Cam!! I hope you do more of these, it was so much fun. Yeah, you definitely need to watch the sequel Aliens, it's awesome!! Don't bother with any of the other ones, they're not really good. Thanks a bunch for this, it made my day!! 💕💕❤❤🤗🤗
Great reaction! I would not have thought this was your first if you had not mentioned it. I recommend the second one Aliens!
40 y.a. - still are stunning practice effects. You are totally involved in process of exploring and haunting...
The Alien timeline is supposed to go:
Alien (1979)
Alien Isolation
Aliens (1986)
Movie reactions Cam? I'm in!
I hope you enjoy the video! It was fun to try something different 😄🌼
I enjoyed this so much - I’ve been watching your RDR2 play through, and now I’ve gotta check out the rest of your channel!
*Howard Hanson's music's was used without his permission, the Romantic Symphony No. 2, but he heard the movie was a hit, so he didn't sue. The music has a relaxing "breath of fresh air" feel to it, and it perfectly fits the sense of calm and safety Ripply finally feels at the end.*
20:47 horror movie being unintentionally funny. The dude getting yeeted into space gets the reactors every time.
Thank you for reacting to this classic, loved it. It´s kinda funny because you look very similar to a famous german youtuber called Lina aka "LiDiRo"😂
Yes, reactions are a great way to diversify your channel content! I enjoy watching along with people I follow.
Ahh, Cam checking one of the greatest horror movies ever.♥️ If you've never seen John Carpenter's The Thing yet, definitely check that one out too. It's a lot of people's favorite horror movie ever, and absolutely my favorite.
The original Thing from the 50s, directed by Nyby and produced by Hawks, is dated but a very solid piece of filmmaking for its day.
The Carpenter update is just freakin' next-level, though.
Cool that you chose this movie as your first reaction. Great video btw! Thanks for making it not to long and cutting away all the unessesary parts. Now you need to watch the greatest movie ever made, Aliens (Alien 2) by James Cameron....
Good editing fir a very first movie reaction alien 1979 aliens is my favorite one made in 1986 I believe. Cam you should watch that one as well I hope you have a great day
I've never texted on telegram before how exactly do I do that
Please don't! It's spam/bot accounts that are targeting my channel atm. It's a scam and NOT from me!
I figured that dam scamers
Ripley is THE GREATEST cat lady working in space of all time, thankyouverymuch.
Very nice reaction. Be sure to watch Aliens as well. Afterwards, don't bother with the other entries.
Ships cats are traditional and were orginally kept for good luck and of course to keep the vermin in check. 🙂
"Ok, that wasn't so bad".. Are you nuts? The sound of Parker and Lambert dying over the intercom is pure nightmare fuel. We're left to imagine what the hell is happening to them while Ripley is running to reach them.
Great first movie reaction. I’d watch more. 🙂
Meowsome movie, meowsome and purrfect reaction, Camby! :) A shy meow from Switzerland all the way to you. :)
I subscribed the other day while watching you play God of War, but love movie reactions, so this was a nice treat.
At the beginning they are not waking up from a night's sleep. They are in a special chamber where they are in suspended animation for light years of space travel.
Very interesting perspective, having played Isolation before seeing the original. That's a nice twist on the usual situation.
I first saw this on American cable TV on Feb. 7, 1981, at age 10. I absolutely loved it even though it was terrifying. I have no idea how many times I've seen it since then. It was the first movie I bought on videotape, and since then I've had multiple copies on multiple formats. Watching it with people who have not seen it is always great fun; the reaction when it gets Dallas in the air shaft is always spectacular.
Great video. Do Aliens next, but please be sure to do the Special Edition. It has some key story scenes which were cut for time for the theatrical version.
As a grumpy old dane, it warms my heart to see a new generation enjoy my childhood movie :)
Very good reaction to this classic Sci-fi. You should continue with film reviews as there are a treasure trove of great films. Also Aliens is excellent.
This was very well done totally unexpected, i saw that movie long time ago back in the 80’s another movie with similar thriller is Jaws
Yeeess it was great, and yuou finally got to see a Classic! Now it's your turn to experience terror playing the game 😄
I was drinking my morning coffee… then you said, “Maybe it’s not rain”… I just spat my coffee on the TV screen. Thank you very much.
i would like to highly recommend the following classic movies:
Phantoms (1998)
From Hell (2001)
Red Planet (2000)
The Blob (1988)
Color out of Space (2019)
The Void (2017)
Rubikon (2020)
Angel's Heart (1987)
The Colony (2013)
Altered States (1980)
Last Days on Mars (2013)
Event Horizon (1997)
Young Sherlock Homes & enigma of the Pyramid (1985)
League of Extraordinary Gentleman (2003)
This is a truly fantastic reaction video. Isolation is a masterpiece and you’ll enjoy it more after having seen Alien. Of course, you’ll need to do a reaction for the movie sequel Aliens!
Alien movie reaction during the holidays/Christmas! Let's gooooo🙌 hope you are having an amazing Christmas & holiday
I would have stopped when I saw the derelict spaceship. I'd have been like, Nah I'm out.
Congratulations on a great reaction!!
YEEEES. More movie reactions please.
Now you HAVE TO watch the sequel ALIENS. It's my favorite Alien movie. 😊👍
That was great, you were fun to watch reacting to this movie, you HAVE to watch Aliens.
Also you might want to do more old horror movie reactions, I definitely would watch more of them.
You need to do more movie reactions! I’m sure a lot of us new viewers would watch
It wasn't a robot - that's a man in a suit. He's just moving slowly. I find that scene the most scary, it moves in such an inhuman way.
H. R. Giger is barely known today save to real fans. But it was his "biomechanical" art was the basis of the sets and alien design, was used on magazine covers, album covers, etc.
Imagine watching this for the first time, midnight. 😄 My brothers were so engrossed they jumped when I yelled "Behind you!". 🤣 And gave me brickbats for frightening them. The yell wasn't intentional though. 😄
I watched this movie in the 80s, then played the earlier Alien vs Predator games which are rather good. Imagine controlling a hatchling in search of prey then becoming the full grown adult or a Marine moving cautiously around with the tracker. AvP captured the atmosphere very well. Couldn't get into Alien Isolation though.
Ripley was the AFO with Kane out so she was following SOP when she denied the team entry on account of uncertain status and unidentified organism. Ash did not follow the chain of command when he let the team in so she took him to task for disobeying the CoC and company rules. I'd say she was operating on personal assessments (which are coolly prudent and logical. That's her personality) backed by company rules.
Many reactors get confused when they first hear the term "Mother" in this film, but you connected the dots quickly. Frankly, people's confusion about this surprised me - I've used the term for ages to refer to any sci-fi AI that communicates with a calm, female voice - the AI of the Enterprise in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", for instance. According to real-life AI, calling a sci-fi AI "Mother" actually is a sci-fi trope, but perhaps not a widely applied one. Thanks for the reaction!
really cool reaction video. there are two DLC for Alien Isolation that let you replay certain scenes from this movie. just in case you want to re-live Ripley's encounters with the Alien... 😜
29:50 "Oh, you can really tell it's like a robot." covers her eyes.
Great reaction vid Cam - this movie will give you a lot more insight into Alien Isolation. However if you want to see what happens to Ripley you will need to watch Aliens :D You can finish AI first as Aliens is set after the game.
Harry Dean Stanton, who plays the first victim of the adult alien, is in many movies. Two of the most prominent are "The Green Mile" and "The Avengers."
Also: Alien Isolation is one of the best games I've played, it's one of my favorites, and it was so stressful that it took about a month off the end of my lifespan. Finish it! The ending is 😎👍.
Very enjoyable video! You're really entertaining. Hope you have since watched the second movie, in which Ripley is even cooler! I don't really recommend the further parts, except *Alien:* *Covenant* which has finally become a really good Alien movie again. I highly recommend it! Another heroine (Daniels by Katherine Waterstone), but I really liked her too, she became a worthy successor to Ripley.
There was no robot alien in the movie. The small one was a moving puppet, the big one a tall, Nigerian actor (Bolaji Badejo) in alien costume.