David poisoned the guy with a drop of the dark fluid in his glass of whiskey, when they talked in the billard room. I really liked your ALIEN/ALIENS and PROMETHEUS reactions, i hope you also look COVENANT!
Yeah I totally missed that 😵💫 DAVID! Had I noticed that, my opinion about him would’ve been WILDLY different lol, there I was saying I was rooting for him after he poisoned a man!
Iceland has a population of only about 400,000 who live almost entirely by the coastline, the interior is extremely harsh consisting of glaciers and areas of active volcanoes.
Part of Vickers's issues was also David; she was Weyland's daughter, but she felt replaced by David, who was basically Weyland's ideal version of his offspring. Thus, the rivalry Vickers forces upon David at certain points in the film, as she was trying to assert her dominance as the "true child" of Weyland, as well as prove herself superior to the android. Also, Weyland wasn't motivated by curiosity, it was greed and pride; he wanted to prolong his own life as he felt himself worthy of immortality. He would rather gamble on a chance to become a god than accept his mortality and allow his daughter to succeed him.
Thank you for the reaction!!! There is a version of this script where the Engineer speaks to David that the Engineers were cast out of a world called "Paradise" which is a reference to Lucifer's exile from Heaven in the John Milton's Paradise Lost. Even the beginning of the film is a reference to the Messianic sacrifice; a being is sent from above and sacrifices himself and his blood mixes with the water to create new life (Humans). In many religious texts blood is used as a substitution for water, and water is used as a substitution for blood. Additionally, many Messianic characters refer to themselves and their blood as the Water of Life. So through sacrifice, new life is created. This whole movie intertwines religious themes SO FREAKING WELL.
Ooooh, very interesting! Thanks for sharing this additional background Danny! I lowkey wish I had more of this lore going in! I loved the beginning sequence but it definitely confused me a bit, this makes it wayyyy cooler!!
This movie was shot in IMAX 3D and I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was the most amazing movie I'd ever seen in 3D. When all of that heads-up display stuff was spinning around the room, it was unbelievably realistic
@@alwylie4252 After receiving a real lame reason for creating life... Because we can. A different answer may have elicited a different response from David! _Perhaps something like, _*_because we are lonely as a species and want to share creation with an equal._*
@@martinrayner6466 I don't think it was because of Charlie's answer to that question. I think it was his answer when David asked him how far he would go to find answers. That's when David decided to dip his finger in the drink. There's a detached, machine-like logic to it. David is not about holding a grudge, he is indifferent to human life. He is purely driven by his scientific curiosity. IMHO.
@@user-lb9xw4xf2q Ofcourse you would with a peaceful, calm and rational mind calculate a optimal path to run when something is falling on you. After all running away from a circular alien ship with a diameter of a kilometer after giving birth to a alien monster is what we're used to after all. It's totally not an action driven by the most primitive, reptile part of our brain while being jacked up on ungodly amount of adrenaline.
Don't listen to the nay-sayers. you should watch "Alien 3" and "Alien Resurrection"...to be honest, the third one falls short of a great sequel but it's still very enjoyable...AND the 4th one is awesome. IMO You should watch them and make your OWN opinion of them.
Absolutely! In of itself, both are really well done. Great production value, loads of action. Much like with Prometheus, fans of Aliens didn't like that it was a more cerebral movie idea, rather than action, bug hunt, or similarly, what happened story wise at the beginning of Alien 3. They're all superb movies, with Aliens, in the end, being the most different thematically.
Ya know what, you’ve convinced me! I was debating whether I should even react to them based on the warnings I’ve been reading about from other folks, but I might as well give em a chance and see how I feel!
@@CatherineLaSalle You know it is your decision. I learned from all these Reactors and from my own youtube experience that always the same stuff comes up and it would be your unique channel feature if you also check stuff which is not THAT popular... There are so many great movies out there that are mostly left out. I would say best mix a popular movie and the next time bring a less popular movie and after that a movie you might always wanted to see 🙂Rince and Repeat. Avoid to only listen to the majority.
Alien 3 just needlessly undoes Ripley's legacy for a cheap shock Nothing about it is elevated. The director has since distanced himself from the film, confessing the studio subverted his vision for it. I don't think his vision was that worthwhile in the first place, focusing on all the wrong things. It's not that it's particularly horrible: it's that, at best, it's an ordinary, bubble-gum sci-fi/horror. Personally, I somewhat enjoy those if I'm bored and it's streaming somewhere for free. At worst, though, it sets the franchise on the wrong trajectory from inferior visions of the saga and is arguably even a bit misogynistic in its failure to realize Ripley as a character. It's definitely nothing special. But reasonable minds can differ. NOTE: I took care not to mention any actual spoilers in this.
Basically the 10ft ripped alien drank the black goop. The goop deconstructed him down to the cellular level. It mixed with earth cells and elements. He seeded life on earth or humans anyways. He was like the sacrifice to seed humanity. That “alien navigator” is the same giant navigator you see in the alien ship in “Alien”. You get to see the back story in this prequel. When the trailers came out for this movie I had no idea it was tied to the alien franchise until I saw the navigator scene. Being a fan I was blown away by the surprise and delighted. Shaw is going to where they come from bc she wants revenge.
Also, even more frustrating with it adding more questions without answers, killing off this film's protagonist in scenes released only for UA-cam, and somehow having far dumber characters. Amazing looking film, though.
@@user-lb9xw4xf2q Read a damn encyclopedia if you can't tolerate a idea of a work intentionaly not giving answers to create a sense of mystery and lovecraftian dread.
I'm shocked that you didn't notice that David infected Dr Holloway. They didn't get infected by taking off their helmets. David put the goo in Holloway's drink. "Team David". lol
At start off review, I wonder Catherine LaSalle is the squeamish type ? At 32:00 . . YES! YES! and L and O and L, I have not gotten to laugh like that in a long time! 😁😆🤣😂
All the Alien movies are worth watching really, i would recommend all of them, fans tend to get a bit too fanatical about this stuff but all the movies have their strong points.
Hm very interesting - I’m definitely curious enough to watch Covenant, but if it’s gonna create even more questions than answers I guess I’ll have to accept that going in 😂
Great reaction. The true nefarious independence of David is further unleashed in Alien Covenant. His actions become totally autonomous after the Death of Mr Weyland. Also a Ridley Scott film.
Ahahaha oh gosh, nefarious is a great way to describe him 😂 I am definitely curious to see where his relationship goes with Shaw, I feel like he mainly just needs her to piece him back together and get the frick off this planet, so I won’t be shocked if he somehow betrays or sabotages her in the future…
21:43 getting flashbacks to Alien 1😂, 29:34 look closely at that Counsel Cat looks fromlar remember that Architecture you were sus about in Alien 1.. that's the Gunconcel that had the egg place from the first..yep That planet is the Origin 🤯, 35:04 Lmao that's how you start a Monday off 👍, 49:02 Yep Cat Mr Ab Guy was the perfect vessel for the first Xenomorph surprise!🤣 #Brainblasted! Awesome reaction Cat I was in tears laughing at this looking forward to Reactctober 🎃
@@CatherineLaSalle David Covenant is one of my most hated. It's tied with Alien vs Predator Requiem and The Predator (2018) as most hated in the Alien and Predator franchise.
26:50 Holloway didn't get infected because he took his helmet off. You must have missed David plop his finger in Holloway's drink at the pool table. David infected Holloway.
Alien 3 has that last of us 2 effect where I think people really hate on it because it is super depressing but I love that, I wish people could go back and rewatch it and see how good it actually is
33:54 Me after I've eaten a tone of hard cheese & dijon mustard with a foot long baguette..... and the 🧱hard💩comes a nockin on the gates!!🤣😵💫😵Yeah I hate that too!😂But my horror is not a med-pod that sais "This med-pod is calibrated for male patients on;y!", NO, it's my mom saying "We don't have any 🧻, I'll be back "soon"." 🤣
Then Ridley Scott evidently had a brain slug attached to his head and lost his mind because he followed this movie up with the trash David Covenant where Scott's new intent was "nope I changed my mind. The engineers, Aliens and various other characters can all go and die. I want the franchise to now be about my new man crush Michael Fassbender and make Alien about robots being gods and creating life instead."
Out of all the Alien movies this had to be the most interesting...the origin of the aliens I guess, plus great special effects. I'll never understand all the negative reviews that I read years ago.
You should definitely watch the 2nd one and if youre into alien horrors please check out The Fourth Kind. Great movie that always gives me the creeps no matter how many times i watch it.
Alien 3 is definitely worth watching. It gets some hate because it's not as good as the first two but it's actually able to expand on the Alien universe without repeating what the first two did. If you do watch it though, watch the 'assembly cut' version not the theatrical version. The 'assembly cut' is superior to the theatrical version and is actually pretty good.
dear Catherine, I recommend you watch the Alien movies in order, this is the order if you are interested. - Predator - Predator 2 - Alien vs. Predator - Alien vs. Predator 2 - Predators - Prometheus - Alien: Covenant - Alien - Aliens - Alien 3 - Alien Resurrection I ordered it for you, because I like your reactions and I love you very much, I am a lover of the Alien saga, that is why I like to see you react to my favorite saga. Take care of yourself, greetings 😘
Aw thanks so much for this! Unfortunately I dabbled in the Alien franchise before Predator, BUT I definitely cannot wait to check out their crossover events! I didn’t know there were 2 Alien vs. Predator films! I’ve got a lot to watch 😂
Enjoyed your reaction! Thanks for posting. Hope you watch Alien Covenant next! I’d recommend looking into original script for when Wayland meets the engineer for better context.
48:40 "It's not over what the freaking freak" I saw Alien Romulus in a packed theater where a lot of guys brought their girlfriends, and this one girl near me said exactly this just before the movie made her jump out of her skin. XD
I like a decent horror just subscribed to ur channel so this is the first vid i watched and i like ur reaction and looking forward to other reactions hello catherine
These are prequels to the Alien series. Where Aliens(Alien 2) is regarded as the Greatest sci-fi of all Time. You have to go to the championship. So keep going.
Before you watch Alien Covenant, I highly recommend reacting to the two prologues that were released on youtube before the movie came out. “The Crossing” and “Last Supper”. They feel like they should have been in the film and give some good context and set the stage for what you’ll see.
You are correct, they should not have taken the helmets off...but the thing in his eye is from the drink David made him...using the black go from the cylinder he brought back to the ship.
Yeaaaah I totally missed David slipping something into his drink 😭 if I’d caught that, it certainly would’ve changed my opinion about him at the time that’s for sure!!
The universe could create life on Earth, and it did, so no David, for me that's not disappointing at all to hear my creator created me cause it could. Anything that could happen, will happen. For the past 6 months or so I've been dealing with a post 2 times PRK lazer eye surgery viral infection in my right eye, living half my life with a red eye, constantly fighting it with antibiotics, antiviral medication and steroids to make the redness and dendrite go away, one week it's gone, another week it's back, repeat..... avoiding the sunlight most of the time like a vampire since March, half the time looking like half a sleep deprived Resident Evil zombie, so yeah bad eye stuff in this film for me right now is quite relevant.
I really enjoyed this when it first came out. The issue I had was this: the ending could have so easily played into the first Alien film, had they simply made the planet Shaw and the Prometheus crew visited the same as the planet in Alien. They just had to make it LV426, I mean come on it was right there.
Ahhhhh very good point! I am certainly questioning how the heck the Xenomorphs disseminate across other planets now…not sure if that’s addressed in Covenant but I’ll have to watch it to find out!
@@CatherineLaSalle I saw Covenant a long time ago, and I barely remember it (probably need to rewatch it). Based on Prometheus the vibe I got was that the black goo was a bio weapon that leads to Xenomorph creation and is used by Engineers to wipe out planets. So I kind of figured they had used this stuff elsewhere and the Xenomorphs arose independently on different worlds (though I don’t know how lore accurate that may be).
In the opening the engineer ingests the black goo which breaks apart his dna and when he falls in the water it turns into red blood cells thus creating humanity
The movie that made me sick to my stomach, the most horrific thing I've ever seen, the one that was good enough (very good) to watch once but I never want to watch it again: technically, it isn't even a horror film. It's called _Requium for a Dream_. Never again.
Ridley Scott considered Prometheus an 'indirect prequel' (paraphrasing), and I've always considered this and Covenant more like "What If?" stories about the xenopmorph's origin. They're interesting (and as you saw, gross) in their own right and worth watching. Likewise, Alien Resurrection is more like a "What If?" future of the franchise, and similarly grotesque but worth watching. Not Oscar worthy, mind you... but watch worthy. Thanks and enjoy!
Ive always thought all of the alien movies are worth a watch with a movie series theres always gonna be 1 or 2 that are the least of the lot. Prometheus was an expansion of the story lore wise and i think its a good addition
I think most of their on location filming was in Iceland? But I'm not sure on that? Prometheus is an alright film - some BIG canon contradictions when put into context with the original ALIEN films, some issues with certain character development and arcs; basically, many of them made and even died from mistakes that you would not expect real scientists to risk - Holloway, and the biologist and geologist are case and point. And a few other things that don't make sense in a science and tech points - ie the med pod not recognizing female anatomy, when you have female crew members on board. The few creature designs and effects we got were very good! I liked the Deacon's final surprise emergence at the end! When Elizabeth had her "C-Section, for a 'MAN'", I really felt the urge to day, "Congratulations, it's a squid!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I really, really wish that the Engineers were a little less humanoid, and really embraced much more of something rather "Alien" compared to us in biology, technology and their actual appearance, like the original Space Jockey! They really could/should have embraced much more of the "other worldly", "cosmic horror", and "the unknown" themes originally present with the long fossilized Space Jockey in the concept of the Engineers, but by making them muscled out humanoids near genetically identical to humans really took a LOT of that away from them.
Very interesting points about the design choices for the Engineers, Jared!! I do agree with you - it could have been interesting to see a version of them that was SOOOO completely different from humanity as we know it - would’ve made for a very neat shock/discovery when they learned about them being our ancestors
@@CatherineLaSalle I've seen a LOT of various concept illustrations and paintings over the years of various artists' interpretations of a living Space Jockey. Some were kind of "boring", some were more interesting, and some were very, very eerie and creepy to look at! And something I had speculated at about a potential plot point for Prometheus (before the film premiered), was "what if" the Space Jockey/Engineer race had long gone extinct for some unknown reason? And what if the "goo" in the pods were left behind to potentially infect other lifeforms with something analogous to a biomechanical retrovirus? That would then breakdown the host's physical body over time and mutate it into a new/reincarnated (very "alien"/nonhumanoid looking) Space Jockey, with the working knowledge of their race's history and technology, who would then try to infect other worlds/species to resurrect the Space Jockey race! At least that's what I had speculated, until seeing the film when it premiered. I would have been pretty excited for a plot like that! And it would have been something new, horrifying and "alien" for the saga!
"Sweet lord this is made in 2012? But the graphics. Here I am talking as if 2012 was from the freaking middle ages. But I feel like as far as technology has come. This freaking look better than somoe things made today." *cough*superhero movies*cough* Lets be honest, I think that's what most of us are thinking about when it comes to effects that are still looking fake like people are standing in front of a video game. Unless it's the Flash. That flat out looks like they took the CGI from the movie Polar Express.
Honestly, I never understood this movie. Like, I appreciate when a movie treats its viewers as intelligent and doesn't hold their hands and spoonfeed them all the answers. But I feel like there was some important information that got left out... like, why did the guy at the beginning melt himself? (We'll overlook how you can't get a human by just dumping a bunch of DNA or cells on the ground.) And why was David's entire motivation apparently to infect people with mutated aliens? What even was that black oil stuff and how did it all get there? Where did that original monster tentacle thing that apparently grew out of the ground come from? And how did the wild series of tentacle-monster-related events that took place in the movie _just happen_ to create what is, I assume, the first xenomorph? I guess a sense of inscrutable mystery was what Ridley and the writers were going for. But while things being unexplained is totally realistic, it doesn't make for a satisfactory narrative. Watching Prometheus is like listening to a small child tell a story that he's making up on the spot; things just happen, none of it makes much sense, and it kinda goes nowhere. The caesarean scene was amazing, though. Body horror meets medical horror meets squicky monster horror. A+++
I definitely agree with a lot of your points here! I feel like they scratched the surface with a lot of very interesting topics but then never explored them, and I just felt confused afterwards at times. I honestly would’ve liked to see them tackle this premise and the characters in a stand-alone story that wasn’t tethered to the Alien franchise, I feel like it operates perfectly fine on its own without having to be connected to that
Also I have a love hate relationship with the horror genre. The hate part is that I feel too much films of the horror genre are just cheap shock value movies. Most of which are either just a contest between how much blood and severed body parts they can throw at the screen (see Terrifier as a good example) or is just some writer/director getting his perverted fantasies onscreen. The love part however is that I love the horror science fiction and horror parody subgenres though. The horror science fiction tends to actually have more creativity to it that I can enjoy. While the horror parody, especially the more recent ones, actually takes a generally good stories and just put a horror twist on it.
Very good point - I am not the biggest horror fan in general BUT I feel like I can get behind Sci-Fi horror because it adds an interesting story element at least, not just all gore / scares 😂 makes it more palatable for me, although this one STILL made me queasy
@@CatherineLaSalle Got to say, I love that you liked my post about switching to the Predator films after this movie until you can get a hold of Alien Romulus and glad you're doing that cause I see your Predator reaction! Also once you've gone past Terminator 1, John Carpenter's The Thing is often a pretty good science fiction horror too. Also crazy I just watch Alien Romulus, Totally Killer (horror parody of Back to the Future) and The Final Girls (Last Action Hero meets Friday the 13th parody) all this week for the first time and it's been a good week because all 3 films been great in their own way. If you want to take a slight break from the nightmare fuel movies, jump to fun horror movies, then jump back to nightmare fuel movies, I can give you some recommendations of fun horror movies.
Charlie Holloway wasnt infected for taking his helmet of on the alien ship, it was David that put a drop of the black goo into Holloways drink that got him infected and get that tiny worm in his eye. Its also the reason how Shaw could get pregnant. There are youtube videos that are explaining this movie better and about the longer conversation that David had with the alien from scenes that got cut from the movie. The link is below. ua-cam.com/video/rFjTxnb2l04/v-deo.html
There's not a century between Prometheus and Alien. Prometheus takes place in 2094, Alien in 2122, so 28 years. The Prometheus sequel Covenant takes place 18 years before Alien.
Oh the score was INCREDIBLE - mayyybeee I’ll find the courage to watch it again one day so I can actually fully appreciate the visuals and score - the initial shock is out of my system 😂
@@CatherineLaSalle I like how this one started out as a kind of archaeological mystery in space. Some of the gruesome scenes reminded me of the melting faces in Indiana Jones haha
Bad idea to skip Alien 3 that one seals up the trilogy nicely as far as the 4th movie Alien Resurrection that one can be skipped its a good movie but definitely not required
If you're preparing yourself for Alien Romulus, I say you just have to watch Alien, Aliens 2, then this movie to understand Alien Romulus. Alien Romulus finally feels like the true sequel the Alien Franchise has been waiting for and the two main actors, Cailee Spaeny and the guy who plays Andy, are great. Don't want to say more, but felt like the movie deserves a sequel with them. Also if you're planning to watch more horror movies, I say after this one, no need for anymore Alien movies until you can get a hold of Alien Romulus unless you're really invested in the movies now. Instead I say jump over to the Predator franchise and watch the first two movies. The 3rd one with Adrien Brody isn't bad either, but might feel a bit like a rehash. Also if you haven't, watch the first Terminator movie if you're looking for more horror centric movies.
I saw the original Alien when it came to the theatres. PEOPLE that say only Aliens the sequel is worth watching are full of sh*t & have no appreciation of cinema. Everything has to move fast & have lots of special effects. ALIEN was directed by Ridley Scott as well as this one. I like them all but the original & Prometheus are my favorite's.
ah she didnt notice that david poisoned that guy
YUP totally went right over my head….otherwise I would’ve have been out here saying David was my fav lololol
David poisoned the guy with a drop of the dark fluid in his glass of whiskey, when they talked in the billard room. I really liked your ALIEN/ALIENS and PROMETHEUS reactions, i hope you also look COVENANT!
Yeah I totally missed that 😵💫 DAVID! Had I noticed that, my opinion about him would’ve been WILDLY different lol, there I was saying I was rooting for him after he poisoned a man!
You asked where the opening scene was filmed. A popular place for filming alien-looking landscapes: Iceland! The waterfall is Dettifoss.
Oh wow!! Dang, that’s amazing! The cinematography / location was beautiful
Iceland has a population of only about 400,000 who live almost entirely by the coastline, the interior is extremely harsh consisting of glaciers and areas of active volcanoes.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty also had breathtakingly beautiful scenes.
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Part of Vickers's issues was also David; she was Weyland's daughter, but she felt replaced by David, who was basically Weyland's ideal version of his offspring. Thus, the rivalry Vickers forces upon David at certain points in the film, as she was trying to assert her dominance as the "true child" of Weyland, as well as prove herself superior to the android.
Also, Weyland wasn't motivated by curiosity, it was greed and pride; he wanted to prolong his own life as he felt himself worthy of immortality. He would rather gamble on a chance to become a god than accept his mortality and allow his daughter to succeed him.
Michael Fassbender is so good in this movie. So good at seeming artificial with his manorisms and movement.
YESSS, I love how I couldn’t tell whether to like him or hate him 😂 very complex for an android!
Michael hasn't done many moveis last 5 years he is A Racing Driver now hope see him back in movies soon.@CatherineLaSalle
Thank you for the reaction!!! There is a version of this script where the Engineer speaks to David that the Engineers were cast out of a world called "Paradise" which is a reference to Lucifer's exile from Heaven in the John Milton's Paradise Lost. Even the beginning of the film is a reference to the Messianic sacrifice; a being is sent from above and sacrifices himself and his blood mixes with the water to create new life (Humans). In many religious texts blood is used as a substitution for water, and water is used as a substitution for blood. Additionally, many Messianic characters refer to themselves and their blood as the Water of Life. So through sacrifice, new life is created. This whole movie intertwines religious themes SO FREAKING WELL.
Ooooh, very interesting! Thanks for sharing this additional background Danny! I lowkey wish I had more of this lore going in! I loved the beginning sequence but it definitely confused me a bit, this makes it wayyyy cooler!!
This movie was shot in IMAX 3D and I saw it in IMAX 3D and it was the most amazing movie I'd ever seen in 3D. When all of that heads-up display stuff was spinning around the room, it was unbelievably realistic
I don't think you noticed during the viewing process that it was David who infected the man who later burned)
WAIT REALLY?!?!!!! He sabotaged him? No I definitely did not notice, DAVID!!!!
David put something in the drink he made for Shaw's husband
Yes, David put a drop of the black goo in Holloway's drink.
@@alwylie4252 After receiving a real lame reason for creating life... Because we can. A different answer may have elicited a different response from David! _Perhaps something like, _*_because we are lonely as a species and want to share creation with an equal._*
@@martinrayner6466 I don't think it was because of Charlie's answer to that question. I think it was his answer when David asked him how far he would go to find answers. That's when David decided to dip his finger in the drink. There's a detached, machine-like logic to it. David is not about holding a grudge, he is indifferent to human life. He is purely driven by his scientific curiosity. IMHO.
The guy petting a Cobra like creature he encountered in space is an example of the many character flaws in this movie.
Hey, can't deny the movie did achieve immortality with the "Prometheus School of Running Away From Things."
@@user-lb9xw4xf2q I wonder if they got that idea from Monty Python & The Holy Grail?
He is a biologist, probably was excited af
@@user-lb9xw4xf2q Ofcourse you would with a peaceful, calm and rational mind calculate a optimal path to run when something is falling on you. After all running away from a circular alien ship with a diameter of a kilometer after giving birth to a alien monster is what we're used to after all. It's totally not an action driven by the most primitive, reptile part of our brain while being jacked up on ungodly amount of adrenaline.
Don't listen to the nay-sayers. you should watch "Alien 3" and "Alien Resurrection"...to be honest, the third one falls short of a great sequel but it's still very enjoyable...AND the 4th one is awesome. IMO You should watch them and make your OWN opinion of them.
Absolutely! In of itself, both are really well done. Great production value, loads of action. Much like with Prometheus, fans of Aliens didn't like that it was a more cerebral movie idea, rather than action, bug hunt, or similarly, what happened story wise at the beginning of Alien 3. They're all superb movies, with Aliens, in the end, being the most different thematically.
Ya know what, you’ve convinced me! I was debating whether I should even react to them based on the warnings I’ve been reading about from other folks, but I might as well give em a chance and see how I feel!
@@CatherineLaSalle You know it is your decision. I learned from all these Reactors and from my own youtube experience that always the same stuff comes up and it would be your unique channel feature if you also check stuff which is not THAT popular... There are so many great movies out there that are mostly left out. I would say best mix a popular movie and the next time bring a less popular movie and after that a movie you might always wanted to see 🙂Rince and Repeat. Avoid to only listen to the majority.
Alien 3 just needlessly undoes Ripley's legacy for a cheap shock Nothing about it is elevated. The director has since distanced himself from the film, confessing the studio subverted his vision for it. I don't think his vision was that worthwhile in the first place, focusing on all the wrong things. It's not that it's particularly horrible: it's that, at best, it's an ordinary, bubble-gum sci-fi/horror. Personally, I somewhat enjoy those if I'm bored and it's streaming somewhere for free. At worst, though, it sets the franchise on the wrong trajectory from inferior visions of the saga and is arguably even a bit misogynistic in its failure to realize Ripley as a character. It's definitely nothing special. But reasonable minds can differ. NOTE: I took care not to mention any actual spoilers in this.
Basically the 10ft ripped alien drank the black goop. The goop deconstructed him down to the cellular level. It mixed with earth cells and elements. He seeded life on earth or humans anyways. He was like the sacrifice to seed humanity. That “alien navigator” is the same giant navigator you see in the alien ship in “Alien”. You get to see the back story in this prequel. When the trailers came out for this movie I had no idea it was tied to the alien franchise until I saw the navigator scene. Being a fan I was blown away by the surprise and delighted. Shaw is going to where they come from bc she wants revenge.
Homegirl's reactions had me cryin'..😆😆!! Too funny and a good video.
Alien covenant is even more disturbing
OH GOD 😭😭😭😭 I’m not ready
@@CatherineLaSalle its a MUST to.watch, tou cant just react to.prometheus and leave Covenant behind, you would miss the whole point
Also, even more frustrating with it adding more questions without answers, killing off this film's protagonist in scenes released only for UA-cam, and somehow having far dumber characters. Amazing looking film, though.
@@user-lb9xw4xf2q Read a damn encyclopedia if you can't tolerate a idea of a work intentionaly not giving answers to create a sense of mystery and lovecraftian dread.
I have always loved this entry!!! Your response was priceless- Yay to Monday at noon! 😊 And yes David infected the drink, finger tap ☠️
Didn’t even notice that 😭😭 I wish I had!! Otherwise I wouldn’t have been out here like “I’m rooting for David!” 😂
I really enjoyed this reaction. Prometheus is one of my favorite underappreciated movies.
I'm shocked that you didn't notice that David infected Dr Holloway. They didn't get infected by taking off their helmets. David put the goo in Holloway's drink. "Team David". lol
YUP totally went right over my head 😂😂😂 had I originally noticed that I would have been saying VERY different things about David 😅
The look of the Engineer's was so freaky when I first saw them.
They are SO RIPPED
@@CatherineLaSallelol we noticed that you noticed
Well done Cat, you survived Prometheus. It's in my top 5 Alien movies. Cheers from South Australia.
Thanks so much for watching!! I’ll definitely be checking out COVENANT next! I’m in too deep now 😂
At start off review, I wonder Catherine LaSalle is the squeamish type ?
At 32:00 . . YES! YES! and L and O and L, I have not gotten
to laugh like that in a long time! 😁😆🤣😂
Happy to see you loved this movie. After all, it is such a feel good experience.
Seriously though, I loved to see Noomi Rapace in this one.
All the Alien movies are worth watching really, i would recommend all of them, fans tend to get a bit too fanatical about this stuff but all the movies have their strong points.
Alien 1 and 2 for sure others once at best
I watched it years ago but don't dare to do it again. 😂
Hats off to you!
LOLOLOL I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t wanna touch this movie again 😭
So happy you’re making more movie reactions 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤ MORE
Aw yay!! This makes ME happy ahaha, that’s the game plan!
Thank God I saw this and the next movie cause your reaction was priceless lol 😆
LOLOLOL yeah I was in no way shape or form prepared for what ensued in this one lol
A good but frustrating film as it raises more questions than it answers and Alien Covenant doesn't do much to answer them either.
Hm very interesting - I’m definitely curious enough to watch Covenant, but if it’s gonna create even more questions than answers I guess I’ll have to accept that going in 😂
See's title... Smiles 😂🎃 Grabbing popcorn 🤘
Hehehehe and so REACTOBER begins!!
Great reaction. The true nefarious independence of David is further unleashed in Alien Covenant. His actions become totally autonomous after the Death of Mr Weyland. Also a Ridley Scott film.
Ahahaha oh gosh, nefarious is a great way to describe him 😂 I am definitely curious to see where his relationship goes with Shaw, I feel like he mainly just needs her to piece him back together and get the frick off this planet, so I won’t be shocked if he somehow betrays or sabotages her in the future…
Waiting for your Covenant reaction 😊@@CatherineLaSalle
Awesome reaction of my favorite Alien movie!!!!😊😊😊😊
Oooohh I’m glad you enjoyed!! I’m definitely curious now to watch the next one 👀
21:43 getting flashbacks to Alien 1😂, 29:34 look closely at that Counsel Cat looks fromlar remember that Architecture you were sus about in Alien 1.. that's the Gunconcel that had the egg place from the first..yep That planet is the Origin 🤯, 35:04 Lmao that's how you start a Monday off 👍, 49:02 Yep Cat Mr Ab Guy was the perfect vessel for the first Xenomorph surprise!🤣 #Brainblasted! Awesome reaction Cat I was in tears laughing at this looking forward to Reactctober 🎃
AHAHA glad I could give ya a good laugh, Charlie! I’m sure there will be many more with the rest of these REACTOBER scares!
Alien: Covenant is actually my favorite of them all. I hope you watch that one.
I definitely will! I’m too invested now, I have to 😂
@@CatherineLaSalle Plenty of twists and turns... Fasten your seat belt.
@@CatherineLaSalle David Covenant is one of my most hated. It's tied with Alien vs Predator Requiem and The Predator (2018) as most hated in the Alien and Predator franchise.
@buffettfan We have SO MUCH TO GET on that (Covenant) continuum!
There's a lot of haters for Alien 3, but personally I really enjoyed it. You might too.
I definitely think I’m going to film my reaction to it! Why not 🤷🏻♀️
Weiland: "I have spend my entire lifetime contemplating the questions, Where do we come from? We do we go? Where do we come from cotton eye joe?"
18:28 the way he put the light in his mouth is so human
26:50 Holloway didn't get infected because he took his helmet off. You must have missed David plop his finger in Holloway's drink at the pool table. David infected Holloway.
Yeaaaaaaah had I noticed that originally….i would not have been Team David lol 😂 went right over my head!
Alien 3 has that last of us 2 effect where I think people really hate on it because it is super depressing but I love that, I wish people could go back and rewatch it and see how good it actually is
33:54 Me after I've eaten a tone of hard cheese & dijon mustard with a foot long baguette..... and the 🧱hard💩comes a nockin on the gates!!🤣😵💫😵Yeah I hate that too!😂But my horror is not a med-pod that sais "This med-pod is calibrated for male patients on;y!", NO, it's my mom saying "We don't have any 🧻, I'll be back "soon"." 🤣
Ridley Scott wanted to tell the story of the dead alien in that chair you see in Alien
Then Ridley Scott evidently had a brain slug attached to his head and lost his mind because he followed this movie up with the trash David Covenant where Scott's new intent was "nope I changed my mind. The engineers, Aliens and various other characters can all go and die. I want the franchise to now be about my new man crush Michael Fassbender and make Alien about robots being gods and creating life instead."
@@entertainmentfan1463 feel better now?
Wooooooaaaah wait now I’ve gotta go back and rewatch Alien 👀
It’s 10 AM on a Monday!! Cracked me up
AHAHA I’m glad somebody enjoyed that 😂 was by far the most bizarre way to start the week for me lol
Out of all the Alien movies this had to be the most interesting...the origin of the aliens I guess, plus great special effects. I'll never understand all the negative reviews that I read years ago.
They have this in 3D Blu Ray and it looks absolutely stunning.
You should definitely watch the 2nd one and if youre into alien horrors please check out The Fourth Kind. Great movie that always gives me the creeps no matter how many times i watch it.
Alien 3 is definitely worth watching. It gets some hate because it's not as good as the first two but it's actually able to expand on the Alien universe without repeating what the first two did. If you do watch it though, watch the 'assembly cut' version not the theatrical version. The 'assembly cut' is superior to the theatrical version and is actually pretty good.
@49:30ish.... "Your gonna hit me with me with friggn' hit me with No. 15 in D flat major after all that! What the frig!" =X-D Wow!!!
Lolololol for real 😂 the peaceful classical music felt like a slap in the face after all the TRAUMA we’d just endured
Great reaction and good for you and your curios brain)
"it's 10 oclock on a monday morning, why did i do this" lmfao
dear Catherine, I recommend you watch the Alien movies in order, this is the order if you are interested.
- Predator
- Predator 2
- Alien vs. Predator
- Alien vs. Predator 2
- Predators
- Prometheus
- Alien: Covenant
- Alien
- Aliens
- Alien 3
- Alien Resurrection
I ordered it for you, because I like your reactions and I love you very much, I am a lover of the Alien saga, that is why I like to see you react to my favorite saga. Take care of yourself, greetings 😘
Aw thanks so much for this! Unfortunately I dabbled in the Alien franchise before Predator, BUT I definitely cannot wait to check out their crossover events! I didn’t know there were 2 Alien vs. Predator films! I’ve got a lot to watch 😂
You forgot Alien Romulus in this list
Enjoyed your reaction! Thanks for posting.
Hope you watch Alien Covenant next!
I’d recommend looking into original script for when Wayland meets the engineer for better context.
Thank you so much for watching! Glad to hear you enjoyed, I definitely want to check out Covenant and see where this all goes!
48:40 "It's not over what the freaking freak" I saw Alien Romulus in a packed theater where a lot of guys brought their girlfriends, and this one girl near me said exactly this just before the movie made her jump out of her skin. XD
AHAHAHAHA omg that’s hilarious 😂😂 for real though!! By this point I was READY for it to be done 😅 the Baby Xenomorph was just the cherry on top
Have you seen the evil dead movies
Should I add them to my Reactober list? 👀 never seen em!
@@CatherineLaSalle yes you will probably enjoy the original trilogy and be traumatized by the newer evil dead movies 😂
Two words: Body Horror.
YUP. GOT ME GOOD
there was a longer scene with the engineer, definitely check that out!
😂😂 her reaction was too funny 😂😂 ty
please, we beg you, a reaction to LIFE FORCE, a masterpiece from 1985
Thanks for you reactions I like it 🎉. Please ract to Alien Covenant, the next movie and continuation🙏🏻💯
Aw thank you so much for watching!! I will definitely be covering COVENANT, I’ve made it this far, I need to see how this ends 😂
This is your way to 'ease' into October frights?
LOLOLOL yeah I highly underestimated this one
excellent 😄, waiting for alien covenant reaction
I'm telling you Cat, if you love Aliens you'll enjoy the Tyranids in Warhammer 40k
I like a decent horror just subscribed to ur channel so this is the first vid i watched and i like ur reaction and looking forward to other reactions hello catherine
Aw thanks so much Adam!! Happy to have you here, we’ve got a LOT of scary content in store lol, Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and more!
These are prequels to the Alien series. Where Aliens(Alien 2) is regarded as the Greatest sci-fi of all Time. You have to go to the championship. So keep going.
hey catherine ever done a jackass 1 & 2 react yet? probably not you should check em out but be sure to have a barf bag just in case 😂
So, do you know about metal and classical music at the same time?… I mean, how could I not adore you now 😄🫶🏻? Thanks for your reaction xD…
This movie is terrifying😂
YUP, I underestimated it 🤮
Before you watch Alien Covenant, I highly recommend reacting to the two prologues that were released on youtube before the movie came out. “The Crossing” and “Last Supper”. They feel like they should have been in the film and give some good context and set the stage for what you’ll see.
You are correct, they should not have taken the helmets off...but the thing in his eye is from the drink David made him...using the black go from the cylinder he brought back to the ship.
So, Team Davis is so the wrong team. :)
Yeaaaah I totally missed David slipping something into his drink 😭 if I’d caught that, it certainly would’ve changed my opinion about him at the time that’s for sure!!
The universe could create life on Earth, and it did, so no David, for me that's not disappointing at all to hear my creator created me cause it could. Anything that could happen, will happen.
For the past 6 months or so I've been dealing with a post 2 times PRK lazer eye surgery viral infection in my right eye, living half my life with a red eye, constantly fighting it with antibiotics, antiviral medication and steroids to make the redness and dendrite go away, one week it's gone, another week it's back, repeat..... avoiding the sunlight most of the time like a vampire since March, half the time looking like half a sleep deprived Resident Evil zombie, so yeah bad eye stuff in this film for me right now is quite relevant.
I really enjoyed this when it first came out. The issue I had was this: the ending could have so easily played into the first Alien film, had they simply made the planet Shaw and the Prometheus crew visited the same as the planet in Alien. They just had to make it LV426, I mean come on it was right there.
Ahhhhh very good point! I am certainly questioning how the heck the Xenomorphs disseminate across other planets now…not sure if that’s addressed in Covenant but I’ll have to watch it to find out!
@@CatherineLaSalle I saw Covenant a long time ago, and I barely remember it (probably need to rewatch it). Based on Prometheus the vibe I got was that the black goo was a bio weapon that leads to Xenomorph creation and is used by Engineers to wipe out planets. So I kind of figured they had used this stuff elsewhere and the Xenomorphs arose independently on different worlds (though I don’t know how lore accurate that may be).
'....gonna start Halloween season with an easy one...' (sic). Hey, it's a little warm in that kitchen, better stay out of there lady. ; D
In the opening the engineer ingests the black goo which breaks apart his dna and when he falls in the water it turns into red blood cells thus creating humanity
Wooooooaaaaahh yeah, I was so mesmerized and confused in the moment, I did NOT piece that together lol
The movie that made me sick to my stomach, the most horrific thing I've ever seen, the one that was good enough (very good) to watch once but I never want to watch it again: technically, it isn't even a horror film. It's called _Requium for a Dream_. Never again.
Ridley Scott considered Prometheus an 'indirect prequel' (paraphrasing), and I've always considered this and Covenant more like "What If?" stories about the xenopmorph's origin. They're interesting (and as you saw, gross) in their own right and worth watching. Likewise, Alien Resurrection is more like a "What If?" future of the franchise, and similarly grotesque but worth watching. Not Oscar worthy, mind you... but watch worthy. Thanks and enjoy!
Hi Catherine hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
Same to you, John!! Thanks for all your kindness ☺️
Plz watch sunshine (2007) too. it's so underrated.
Good Movie. Beautiful Reactor...
Prometheus is the 3rd best movie in the Alien franchise as far as im concerned
1st of the worst.
I have yet to keep watching beyond Aliens! I’m debating whether to react to the rest of them based on the way people have warned me about them…👀
Ive always thought all of the alien movies are worth a watch with a movie series theres always gonna be 1 or 2 that are the least of the lot. Prometheus was an expansion of the story lore wise and i think its a good addition
I honestly feel like this premise could stand alone as its own franchise, not tethered to ALIEN at all!
@@CatherineLaSalle when you watch Alien: Covenant you'll see how it connects to the others
"eight-pack" lol
CGI in the 2010s is better than the CGI today
Cath LaSalle needs to go see The Substance movie.
I never noticed Benedict Wong was in this....
I think most of their on location filming was in Iceland? But I'm not sure on that?
Prometheus is an alright film - some BIG canon contradictions when put into context with the original ALIEN films, some issues with certain character development and arcs; basically, many of them made and even died from mistakes that you would not expect real scientists to risk - Holloway, and the biologist and geologist are case and point. And a few other things that don't make sense in a science and tech points - ie the med pod not recognizing female anatomy, when you have female crew members on board.
The few creature designs and effects we got were very good! I liked the Deacon's final surprise emergence at the end! When Elizabeth had her "C-Section, for a 'MAN'", I really felt the urge to day, "Congratulations, it's a squid!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I really, really wish that the Engineers were a little less humanoid, and really embraced much more of something rather "Alien" compared to us in biology, technology and their actual appearance, like the original Space Jockey! They really could/should have embraced much more of the "other worldly", "cosmic horror", and "the unknown" themes originally present with the long fossilized Space Jockey in the concept of the Engineers, but by making them muscled out humanoids near genetically identical to humans really took a LOT of that away from them.
Very interesting points about the design choices for the Engineers, Jared!! I do agree with you - it could have been interesting to see a version of them that was SOOOO completely different from humanity as we know it - would’ve made for a very neat shock/discovery when they learned about them being our ancestors
@@CatherineLaSalle I've seen a LOT of various concept illustrations and paintings over the years of various artists' interpretations of a living Space Jockey. Some were kind of "boring", some were more interesting, and some were very, very eerie and creepy to look at!
And something I had speculated at about a potential plot point for Prometheus (before the film premiered), was "what if" the Space Jockey/Engineer race had long gone extinct for some unknown reason? And what if the "goo" in the pods were left behind to potentially infect other lifeforms with something analogous to a biomechanical retrovirus? That would then breakdown the host's physical body over time and mutate it into a new/reincarnated (very "alien"/nonhumanoid looking) Space Jockey, with the working knowledge of their race's history and technology, who would then try to infect other worlds/species to resurrect the Space Jockey race!
At least that's what I had speculated, until seeing the film when it premiered.
I would have been pretty excited for a plot like that! And it would have been something new, horrifying and "alien" for the saga!
"Sweet lord this is made in 2012? But the graphics. Here I am talking as if 2012 was from the freaking middle ages. But I feel like as far as technology has come. This freaking look better than somoe things made today."
*cough*superhero movies*cough*
Lets be honest, I think that's what most of us are thinking about when it comes to effects that are still looking fake like people are standing in front of a video game. Unless it's the Flash. That flat out looks like they took the CGI from the movie Polar Express.
Continue the franchise, please until you get to the most recent film which is Alien Romulus.
Now that you've seen The Exorcist.Check out Exorcist 3.
OOF I barely handled the original!! 😦 that reaction will be coming out on Monday so stay tuned!
Honestly, I never understood this movie.
Like, I appreciate when a movie treats its viewers as intelligent and doesn't hold their hands and spoonfeed them all the answers. But I feel like there was some important information that got left out... like, why did the guy at the beginning melt himself? (We'll overlook how you can't get a human by just dumping a bunch of DNA or cells on the ground.) And why was David's entire motivation apparently to infect people with mutated aliens? What even was that black oil stuff and how did it all get there? Where did that original monster tentacle thing that apparently grew out of the ground come from? And how did the wild series of tentacle-monster-related events that took place in the movie _just happen_ to create what is, I assume, the first xenomorph?
I guess a sense of inscrutable mystery was what Ridley and the writers were going for. But while things being unexplained is totally realistic, it doesn't make for a satisfactory narrative. Watching Prometheus is like listening to a small child tell a story that he's making up on the spot; things just happen, none of it makes much sense, and it kinda goes nowhere.
The caesarean scene was amazing, though. Body horror meets medical horror meets squicky monster horror. A+++
I definitely agree with a lot of your points here! I feel like they scratched the surface with a lot of very interesting topics but then never explored them, and I just felt confused afterwards at times. I honestly would’ve liked to see them tackle this premise and the characters in a stand-alone story that wasn’t tethered to the Alien franchise, I feel like it operates perfectly fine on its own without having to be connected to that
Also I have a love hate relationship with the horror genre. The hate part is that I feel too much films of the horror genre are just cheap shock value movies. Most of which are either just a contest between how much blood and severed body parts they can throw at the screen (see Terrifier as a good example) or is just some writer/director getting his perverted fantasies onscreen.
The love part however is that I love the horror science fiction and horror parody subgenres though. The horror science fiction tends to actually have more creativity to it that I can enjoy. While the horror parody, especially the more recent ones, actually takes a generally good stories and just put a horror twist on it.
Very good point - I am not the biggest horror fan in general BUT I feel like I can get behind Sci-Fi horror because it adds an interesting story element at least, not just all gore / scares 😂 makes it more palatable for me, although this one STILL made me queasy
@@CatherineLaSalle Got to say, I love that you liked my post about switching to the Predator films after this movie until you can get a hold of Alien Romulus and glad you're doing that cause I see your Predator reaction! Also once you've gone past Terminator 1, John Carpenter's The Thing is often a pretty good science fiction horror too.
Also crazy I just watch Alien Romulus, Totally Killer (horror parody of Back to the Future) and The Final Girls (Last Action Hero meets Friday the 13th parody) all this week for the first time and it's been a good week because all 3 films been great in their own way.
If you want to take a slight break from the nightmare fuel movies, jump to fun horror movies, then jump back to nightmare fuel movies, I can give you some recommendations of fun horror movies.
Charlie Holloway wasnt infected for taking his helmet of on the alien ship, it was David that put a drop of the black goo into Holloways drink that got him infected and get that tiny worm in his eye. Its also the reason how Shaw could get pregnant.
There are youtube videos that are explaining this movie better and about the longer conversation that David had with the alien from scenes that got cut from the movie. The link is below.
ua-cam.com/video/rFjTxnb2l04/v-deo.html
Would love to see more of David’s convo with the Engineers!! Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼
There's not a century between Prometheus and Alien. Prometheus takes place in 2094, Alien in 2122, so 28 years. The Prometheus sequel Covenant takes place 18 years before Alien.
Yeah I’m not firing on all cylinders when it comes to mental math
It is time for Alien: Covenant) maybe with deleted scenes :p
As sheldon says geology doesnt rock lol
Prometheus has some really beautiful music.
Oh the score was INCREDIBLE - mayyybeee I’ll find the courage to watch it again one day so I can actually fully appreciate the visuals and score - the initial shock is out of my system 😂
@@CatherineLaSalle I like how this one started out as a kind of archaeological mystery in space. Some of the gruesome scenes reminded me of the melting faces in Indiana Jones haha
Hey, another _Alien_ reaction!
Heck yeah!! Definitely think I’ll get to Covenant soon!
A horror movies you can't really trust anyone, but your gut
YUP, just when I thought I could trust David…😂
Covenant next.....David & Elizabeth Shaw continue
Bad idea to skip Alien 3 that one seals up the trilogy nicely as far as the 4th movie Alien Resurrection that one can be skipped its a good movie but definitely not required
If you're preparing yourself for Alien Romulus, I say you just have to watch Alien, Aliens 2, then this movie to understand Alien Romulus. Alien Romulus finally feels like the true sequel the Alien Franchise has been waiting for and the two main actors, Cailee Spaeny and the guy who plays Andy, are great. Don't want to say more, but felt like the movie deserves a sequel with them.
Also if you're planning to watch more horror movies, I say after this one, no need for anymore Alien movies until you can get a hold of Alien Romulus unless you're really invested in the movies now. Instead I say jump over to the Predator franchise and watch the first two movies. The 3rd one with Adrien Brody isn't bad either, but might feel a bit like a rehash. Also if you haven't, watch the first Terminator movie if you're looking for more horror centric movies.
I saw the original Alien when it came to the theatres. PEOPLE that say only Aliens the sequel is worth watching are full of sh*t & have no appreciation of cinema. Everything has to move fast & have lots of special effects. ALIEN was directed by Ridley Scott as well as this one. I like them all but the original & Prometheus are my favorite's.
(30:39) I agree. Never release Mr. 8pac.
LOLOL that was just one mistake of the many they made 😂
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Brave girl.
The series is called “Alien” and genre is Horror. You thought they were going to hand out cupcakes and sing songs?