On an interesting note that really shows that the alien in the first movie was supposed to be an intelligent creature, not just a bug like in the rest of the series.
I noticed the ante has been upped lately in the sponsor integration in many of my video views. This is definitely top notch and the seamless I have seen.
I wasn't alive for the first movie, but my dad recalled that the marketing didn't say a whole lot about what it was about. People bought tickets knowing only knowing that it was a science fiction movie and it was scary "In space no one can hear you scream", and that was about it.
@@CombatMosquitoTrainerThere was one trailer (without the very recognizable scenes flashing in the trailer featured on this platform.) It was a dreamy, classical music montage of some of the extremely beautiful shots in the film, which took their cue from Kubrick's '2001" and ran with them. No one had ever seen like it, I remember that, and a single flash of a red-lettered "WARNING" and then speed picked up to almost strobe light flashes, with alarms blaring, steam blowing, the crew running, then a black screen, silence and a slow pan down to the original poster: a creepy chicken egg with warts and a crack and a green light shining inside. THEN the famous tagline appeared, and a familiar, ominous man's voice: "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream.) It was GALVANIZING. 💥
thats when a movie at the theater was under 5$ and popcorn+drink was another 5$.. now.. your looking at 50$ absurd.. have not gone to a theater in 5 years. No wonder they are all shuting down or going super expensive 30$ per seat in a recliner with a table and a waitress.. to bring you that massive 20$ soda with a 30$ organic pop corn that taste ok, but not great. I think the reality is that theaters are going the way of the old DRIVE IN.. EXTINCT.
The dude who said to cast a woman as the protagonist, is so fucking awesome. That was truly one of those decisions that would've made or broke alien. Can't wait for the other vids on the sequels!!! Definitely subbed!!
The make was picking one that actually served the character which it did, the break is what we see nowadays where they just shove anyone in there. Wish they took the time to actually care like they did then, home run.
@@TheMarlinspike You get me wrong. I feel the same way about all films that make cynical studio-led virtue-signaling choices over artistic ones. I don't want to see a white Beverley Hills Cop. Or a male Kill Bill. Or Ripley. Frankly, it's not diversity I have a problem with, it's the cynical mindset of those behind the curtain who feel in a position to ethically educate us. Its the concept of corporate lecturing that's the problem, and Scott and Cameron were coming from the right place (as the latter was with Linda Hamilton). You can tell by how well the actors suit their roles (of which far too few are earnestly and effectively written for women ... the real problem). Honestly, when I saw The Hangover, I thought it was "bro" trash, and MUCH preferred Bridesmaids. Because, frankly, it was funnier and more sincere. I can share countless examples. And if you must know, I'm from Africa, and find the Western obsession with optics and rhetoric over genuine progression at times amusing and infuriating.
HR Giger was a magnifiecent artist...one of a kind - and a very kind person appearantly. Several small metal bands have gotten persmission to use his art for free! Which is kind a unthinkable in 2024. Great docu..
I cant confirm it, but i read somewhere that the actors did not know how the alien was going to come out of Hurts chest. The script they were given supposedly just said "the alien emerges" and so their reactions are genuine. The team even made the actors leave the room while setting up the fake body for Hurt so the actors didnt see what they were doing.
No they knew due to the script but didn’t understand why on shooting day everyone was dressed in polythene ponchos or how much gore was going to be used, they soon found out!
Hands-down, the coolest ad read I’ve ever seen. Not only did you creatively interweave it in the genre, but you also placed it into the footage of the original movie. Bravo.
The scene where the commercial towing vessel “Nostromo” detaches from its payload and lands on the planet is an absolute Masterclass in practical effects and still one of my all time favourite scenes in any movie. Then James Cameron upped the ante and gave us the hero shot of the Sulaco and the drop ship sequence. I actually dusted off the alien and aliens blue ray discs last night in preparation for my annual lounge room alien one and two Film festival and then this awesome little mini doc came up in my YT feed which will dovetail nicely with my plans to eat take-away Indian food, drink rum and watch two of the greatest movies ever made while sharing the couch with my Doberman lol. Great work mate! I subscribed…
Greetings @planetdisco4321. Yes! The orchestral soaring score, the graphic on the computer screen of the roll of the ship, all of it was breathtaking. And then the expression I use EVERY day: "We're on an Express Elevator to Hell! Goin' DOWN!" Cheers. (I went to see' Romulus' here in Manhattan, where the crowd is...discerning, at its most forgiving. And I can't lie: Not Too Shabby. The few self-referential nods to Ridley Scott are subtly well-placed and amusing. He is a co-producer, so there's that. Next stop, 'Gattaca, Titan.' Safe travels.
What I always notice is that Alien is shot on much better film stock for dark scenes. The blacks are simply gorgeous in Alien. And the dynamic range is way more than I have ever seen on digital. In Aliens the film stock has washed out bluish greys instead of blacks. And a ton of noise. It's probably owing to Aliens being much faster paced while many scenes in Aliwn are static or slow pans.
The Manta Sleep product placement was so smooth 👏 Best I’ve ever seen! Thanks for another unreal breakdown. We’re getting spoiled with back to back episodes. I’m deep in wedding season with a lot of edits right now so these episodes are amazing to have during breaks!
Sometimes the perfect video meets the perfect sponsor 😅 Honestly, wish it was possible to do that with all of them! Yeah, get ready for 5 more back to back episodes!
For those of you wondering, we will be releasing a video on the production of each Alien film every day with the Production of Alien Romulus dropping the day of the release next Thursday! So come back every day for a nice helping of Xenomorphs! 8/9 Alien 8/10 Aliens 8/11 Alien 3 8/12 Alien: Ressurection 8/13 Prometheus 8/14 Alien: Covenant 8/15 Alien: Romulus
Saw premiere at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood 1979. First we drove around looking at line around the block. When we got back to front of theater somebody was pulling out of a parking space across street from box office, we pulled in. Walked across street to get tickets thinking that's quite a line to wait in. We bought our tickets and an usher or somebody came up and took us right inside, no wait at all. We immediately entered into the corridor of the Nostromo then a touchable walk by of actual full scale The Pilot set and then to our seats. Never have understood what happened but there was no argument from us. A great event made even better.
Absolutely. Alien and Aliens both hold up to this day and even look better than many "aliens in space" movies made in the past 20 years. Sometimes limited budgets are a blessing in disguise as it required the VFX artists to be more creative and hands on. CGI has it's place but it's become an overused crutch that makes me long for the days of practical effects, particularly squibs verse CG blood. Alien and Aliens are still the best movies in the entire franchise.
It’s fascinating how horrifying the concept of a face huggers is when you think about it….very unique but it takes a certain creative mind to conceptualize it.
Mate, this is superb work. Doing an Alien documentary and making it your own, is fekkin' hard work with The Beast Within, included on several DVD versions of the film. I bought Memory on DVD which was supposed to be an in-depth making of Alien, but came across as a pretentious, 6th grade drama project with direct clips from the Beast Within. I'm aware that your work does too, but with some absolutely fantastic snippets I've not seen anywhere else and no BS. Just great!😊
I wish they hadn't cut the scene with Dallas trapped in the alien egg it would've made the movie traumatic, haunting and more scary but anyways hope there's a director's cut available out there. Great job on the ad placement I didn't even realize it was an ad my gullible ass just walked right into it awesome editing!
This scene was NOT cut from the original movie that played in the theater. It was in the movie so I do not know what he was talking about there other than the first DVD/Bluray release maybe. But it was in the original movie.
@@jazzcat5950 I first watched this movie in its cinematic release in 1979 and have seen it a few times since and that scene with Dallas in the egg is a new one to me. I even have a book which tells the story by pictures taken from the film (a "Movie Novel") and it is not included in that either.
@@kiwitrainguy Hi! Ya I have heard that in another post so it was a surprise to me that it was not in most of them. I saw the original release in '79 the second weekend so 9 days from the original release date. Happy I was able to share this then. Have a good night!
i absolutely hate ads…. besides the ones that sneak in and dont feel like an ad. my friend u chose the best item to advertise, and u wrote it in very very well. good work sir
Ridley Scott in 1979: "It was very important we think through and meticulously plan out the alien's entire life cycle." Ridley Scott in 2012: "LOL black goo."
Thanks OP for yet another deep-dive, on one of the best sci-fi movies of the 20th century. Honestly I never get tired of watching such movie posts! It seems like I always discover some more facts, new reveals, and behind-the-scenes details about the movies I love, in almost all of them. And maybe one of the greatest things that came from Alien was the introduction of a now legendary rising star, in the person of Sigourney Weaver.
Video Note: I may or may not have pronounced the ship name "Nostromo" a bit incorrectly and didn't catch it 😅 My humble apologies. Please don't kick me out of the Alien franchise club 🥲
Is what it is but there’s DEFFO some shots in there from Alien 3 production, if it matters… somehow I’ve NEVER SEEN that footage of the Ash head moving tho, amazing stuff
@@N.SLASH.A honestly it's so confusing combing through some of this footage and what's labeled or mislabeled and a lot of wild stories. It might have been that chestburster puppet. Tried to stick to what we could at least corroborate with multiple sources. But yeah, the ash thing was pretty interesting
man ridley scott is such a likeable guy. every time i see him in an interview he's just so lovely and cultured and wise. I just want to take him out to the pub for a pint, mate.
mad props for your slick sponsor ad. you actually melded that into your presentation very well. first time I didn't skip thru a sponsor ad....EVER. lol. And bonus points for being an ad for something I'd actually use. 👍🏼
I think one of the bravest things of all was to cast a totally unknown Signourney Weaver in the leading role. With her tall, rangey looks and demeanor, she was perfect in the part.
I think you have some peculiar definition of 'effort' that nobody else shares or even knows what it is. This was by no means a hugely involved project as far as movies go, there are ones where a smaller crew have put in a lot more not only own time and money but taken risks for, like the original Blair Witch Proj. Some of the Evil Dead, Dario Argento early stuff - heck even later things to some degree, and myriad others. Well, maybe the Blair Witch is a bad example since it was stupidly cheap to make so to speak, but my point is this was a movie where people got paid to make it, they had sets, they had a budget etc. A lot of the way it came out as the final creation was not 'in the script', parts were storyboarded on the fly more or less or not even storyboarded and shot on a whim. Again, not sure what you mean by effort. There was planning but bits were skipped entirely and others modified or partially scrapped, so it is kinda a side effect that it has some disjointed feel, it changed mid shoot with film in the can already. But in man hours modern movies largely dwarf Alien, because of the distribution and release cost today being bigger for anything going to theatres, anything going straight to streaming is made on a budget that makes this look like a blockbuster.
Never seen such a big (positive) deal made about an ad read, decided to keep an eye out specifically for it. Quick, concise, edited into the video seamlessly. Well done. Practically an art unto itself.
And this is a perfect example of why I love older movies and absolutely despise newer ones. Where as much as possible everything is practical, it is so clear that there went so much time, passion and creativity into making those movies. With movies where literally ever is filmed before some green or bleu screen and then digitally added i just can’t see all of that. But luckily there are still directors that actually want more practical than digital, it is just sadly😊 way more rare nowadays.
Glad this channel has been picked up by the algo, subbed as soon as the ad started because I was so impressed with the authentic retro effects, this guy has great attention to detail
H.R. Giger is one of the most influential mass media artists of the last 50 years period. Just look at how Geidi-Prime looked in Dune Part II. GENIUS. There was a great almost home documentary on UA-cam of him back in Switzerland 12 years ago or so back at his house studios museums of him etc
I first saw Alien 3 years after it was made. The last week in my year 7 class the teachers thought they would put on alien (they were thinking it was more like Star Wars!!) right after the chest burst scene the teachers yanked the tape out of the VCR. It took me another 8 years to see the rest of that movie!! 🍿 and yes it’s an absolute classic!! You can see the genuine shock on the other actors faces as the Alien bursts out of John Hirt’s chest!!😮
I usually don’t fall for sponsor products but manta is a lifesaver for me. I purchased it first at kickstarter and followed by 2nd gen which I use to this day. The best thing I’ve ever bought. Total blackout and so comfortable.
I am only two videos into this channel after discovering it tonight, and wow, such great information, transitions, editing, research, etc. Excellent job!
Alien will forever be one of my favorite movies, and Sigourney Weaver will forever hold a special place in my heart. Alien just fills in all the right boxes. Or maybe I just love a good horror with a female protagonist. Who knows?
What an incredible documentary! Thank you so much, i knew nothing about Alien's production and those were delightful insights with great testimonies and image/video choices. Thank you, great work!
This was very informative, thank you. There is a lot of documentation on the production of Aliens, but the first film's production is rarely discussed.
No problem! Glad you enjoyed it. We try and cover almost everything from start to finish with the narrative as well for these video essays. I like giving the full story when there is enough information
An excellent documentory. I am 65 and only 2 films have ever made me jump or shock.The dining room scene in Alien when John Hurt has a tummy upset and the blood testing scene in John Carpenters The Thing. I had no idea they were connected. And I love dark star ......
That was one hell of a Video! Thanks. I love Scott's early use of the smoke machine for ambient backgrounds and think it is so much cooler than people curren using those 'glimmer glass' 'black pro-mist' filters to soften up the look of their oversharpened footage from their 2024 hybrid cameras.
Very well done video. I’m really into the franchise right now given the release of the new film so the timing of this is just right. I’ve already done my fair share of diving into the production of the first 3 films - I still think there’s plenty of stuff that makes the video worth watching regardless. It’s just very well made. Congrats and hope you are doing well / having a good one
Ridley Scott's kids Jake and Luke appeared in the movie, playing smaller versions of the Nostromo crew when they explore the derelict spaceship. They're dressed in scaled down spacesuits, and Ridley used them to make the sets seem even bigger.
I'm not a fan of horror movies but crave suspense and this is where Scott succeeded where others failed. Had the honour of working with Derek Vanlint (NAME DROP!) and couldn't help but ask him about Alien. He was hugely complimentary to Ridley Scott, often saying "We fought about _____ and he was right about that too." ( Side note: is nos-STROAH- moe, not nostro-MO. Hello?)
That's a sick name drop 😅 the suspense in this film is just so well done. I'm always impressed Every time I watch it. And yeahhhh, I think I just didn't catch myself saying the ship name wrong 😅 my bad!
Binging this series after watching Romulus this week … man it was so sick! Your creativity is crazy and the integrated ad read was class 🙏🏻👏🏻 You earned a new subscriber!
I remember Sigourney's Beauty made me fear for her life even as a kid. And that she was the only sane character in that madness of a movie. I also remember looking for the same facial characteristics when searching for a new girlfriend. Which left me single for a long time. In other words: I fell totally for her :)
@@jackreacher. If that is even true: Revealing that without the reason WHY she turned on you might be a giveaway? Or you still don't know... I have found such a beautyful Girlfriend with an amazing character, and a long time I asked myself why it ended. 10 years later I know every little reason why. Digging in the reasons why she did what she did from her standpoint helps! A big reason for her was that I did not want a kid too soon and that I did not apprechiate her enough, rather spending my weekends with my friends than her later on. That helped me to get her out of my head and find annother beautyful person where I did not repeat my former mistakes.
@@kiwitrainguy ... the metaphor and archetype are used in figurative speech to convey an idea. Yes, I was the US President. Yes, Sigourney portrays antagonist women. My loving ex-wife is a clone of these archetypes. ''The 3 Faces of Eve'', hints at her disorder.
Whichever producer stopped Scott from having the alien bite Ripley's head off at the end deserves massive kudos. Good grief what a bad idea.
In the end he did it to kill Elizabeth Shaw off-camera
On an interesting note that really shows that the alien in the first movie was supposed to be an intelligent creature, not just a bug like in the rest of the series.
Just goes to show that even an outstanding director can get it very very wrong at times.
I think Alien would've been a better movie it had done so. However, it would've robbed us of Aliens, which is an even better movie.
Why? It would've saved us from a lot of terrible sequels.
That ad was so slick I didn't even realize it was an ad at first.
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That ad is a work of art.
I thought it was some outtake from the movie.
I noticed the ante has been upped lately in the sponsor integration in many of my video views. This is definitely top notch and the seamless I have seen.
Oh thank God I wasn't the only one 😂😅😂😅
I wasn't alive for the first movie, but my dad recalled that the marketing didn't say a whole lot about what it was about. People bought tickets knowing only knowing that it was a science fiction movie and it was scary "In space no one can hear you scream", and that was about it.
Yep. That's about all we knew.
You can imagine seeing it on the big screen with absolutely no idea what was going to happen.
@@CombatMosquitoTrainerThere was one trailer (without the very recognizable scenes flashing in the trailer featured on this platform.) It was a dreamy, classical music montage of some of the extremely beautiful shots in the film, which took their cue from Kubrick's '2001" and ran with them. No one had ever seen like it, I remember that, and a single flash of a red-lettered "WARNING" and then speed picked up to almost strobe light flashes, with alarms blaring, steam blowing, the crew running, then a black screen, silence and a slow pan down to the original poster: a creepy chicken egg with warts and a crack and a green light shining inside. THEN the famous tagline appeared, and a familiar, ominous man's voice: "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream.) It was GALVANIZING. 💥
Yes. I have one of the "broken egg" posters in my living room.
@@KutWrite A TASTEFUL piece of home decor.
thats when a movie at the theater was under 5$ and popcorn+drink was another 5$.. now.. your looking at 50$ absurd.. have not gone to a theater in 5 years. No wonder they are all shuting down or going super expensive 30$ per seat in a recliner with a table and a waitress.. to bring you that massive 20$ soda with a 30$ organic pop corn that taste ok, but not great. I think the reality is that theaters are going the way of the old DRIVE IN.. EXTINCT.
The dude who said to cast a woman as the protagonist, is so fucking awesome. That was truly one of those decisions that would've made or broke alien. Can't wait for the other vids on the sequels!!! Definitely subbed!!
The make was picking one that actually served the character which it did, the break is what we see nowadays where they just shove anyone in there. Wish they took the time to actually care like they did then, home run.
Absolutely @@sage1682
The right woman, and performer, as the right character, not just any woman thrown in for woman sake.
@@ttentionpls It's odd that nobody ever complains about men being "thrown in for men's sake"
@@TheMarlinspike You get me wrong. I feel the same way about all films that make cynical studio-led virtue-signaling choices over artistic ones. I don't want to see a white Beverley Hills Cop. Or a male Kill Bill. Or Ripley. Frankly, it's not diversity I have a problem with, it's the cynical mindset of those behind the curtain who feel in a position to ethically educate us. Its the concept of corporate lecturing that's the problem, and Scott and Cameron were coming from the right place (as the latter was with Linda Hamilton). You can tell by how well the actors suit their roles (of which far too few are earnestly and effectively written for women ... the real problem). Honestly, when I saw The Hangover, I thought it was "bro" trash, and MUCH preferred Bridesmaids. Because, frankly, it was funnier and more sincere. I can share countless examples. And if you must know, I'm from Africa, and find the Western obsession with optics and rhetoric over genuine progression at times amusing and infuriating.
HR Giger was a magnifiecent artist...one of a kind - and a very kind person appearantly. Several small metal bands have gotten persmission to use his art for free! Which is kind a unthinkable in 2024. Great docu..
I cant confirm it, but i read somewhere that the actors did not know how the alien was going to come out of Hurts chest. The script they were given supposedly just said "the alien emerges" and so their reactions are genuine. The team even made the actors leave the room while setting up the fake body for Hurt so the actors didnt see what they were doing.
True, also they used true offals from a local butcher shop.
Wow, very cool
No they knew due to the script but didn’t understand why on shooting day everyone was dressed in polythene ponchos or how much gore was going to be used, they soon found out!
The poor actress wasn't expecting blood to be squirted in her face so her reaction was real
@@RossTheNinja Veronica Cartwright (sister of Angela Cartwright of The Sound of Music and Lost in Space).
Hands-down, the coolest ad read I’ve ever seen. Not only did you creatively interweave it in the genre, but you also placed it into the footage of the original movie. Bravo.
Appreciate it!
100%. If other advertisers did this, we wouldn't skip the ads!
InCamera channel, videos on recreating alien, check out their ad reads, they’re jaw dropping.
@@mgoodman2302but advertisers aren't doing this. ITS THE CHANNEL 🙄
Yes. Unlike my usual practice I watched the whole ad.
Smoothest ad of all time, damn it was so good it took me a while to notice it was an ad😂
😅 really was a fun ad to make!
@@FrameVoyager Definitely looks like something Weyland Yutani would have made in-universe. Genuinelly surprisingly immersive. Bravo.
The scene where the commercial towing vessel “Nostromo” detaches from its payload and lands on the planet is an absolute Masterclass in practical effects and still one of my all time favourite scenes in any movie. Then James Cameron upped the ante and gave us the hero shot of the Sulaco and the drop ship sequence. I actually dusted off the alien and aliens blue ray discs last night in preparation for my annual lounge room alien one and two Film festival and then this awesome little mini doc came up in my YT feed which will dovetail nicely with my plans to eat take-away Indian food, drink rum and watch two of the greatest movies ever made while sharing the couch with my Doberman lol. Great work mate! I subscribed…
Greetings @planetdisco4321. Yes! The orchestral soaring score, the graphic on the computer screen of the roll of the ship, all of it was breathtaking. And then the expression I use EVERY day: "We're on an Express Elevator to Hell! Goin' DOWN!" Cheers. (I went to see' Romulus' here in Manhattan, where the crowd is...discerning, at its most forgiving. And I can't lie: Not Too Shabby. The few self-referential nods to Ridley Scott are subtly well-placed and amusing. He is a co-producer, so there's that. Next stop, 'Gattaca, Titan.' Safe travels.
What I always notice is that Alien is shot on much better film stock for dark scenes. The blacks are simply gorgeous in Alien. And the dynamic range is way more than I have ever seen on digital.
In Aliens the film stock has washed out bluish greys instead of blacks. And a ton of noise. It's probably owing to Aliens being much faster paced while many scenes in Aliwn are static or slow pans.
Same here, except it's chinese food, wine and a 30kg greyhound 😂👍
The Manta Sleep product placement was so smooth 👏 Best I’ve ever seen! Thanks for another unreal breakdown. We’re getting spoiled with back to back episodes. I’m deep in wedding season with a lot of edits right now so these episodes are amazing to have during breaks!
Sometimes the perfect video meets the perfect sponsor 😅 Honestly, wish it was possible to do that with all of them! Yeah, get ready for 5 more back to back episodes!
For those of you wondering, we will be releasing a video on the production of each Alien film every day with the Production of Alien Romulus dropping the day of the release next Thursday! So come back every day for a nice helping of Xenomorphs!
8/9 Alien
8/10 Aliens
8/11 Alien 3
8/12 Alien: Ressurection
8/13 Prometheus
8/14 Alien: Covenant
8/15 Alien: Romulus
okay was confused at the end when you said right here. Where??? lol
@@BoneChillingPictures haha it will work tomorrow!
*every day. It’s not one word in the usage you’re going for.
@@sovaliska thanks mom!
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If Ridley never made another film, he should still be regarded a genius just for Alien
Without hr giger
The film would have Been mediocre at best
Saw premiere at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood 1979. First we drove around looking at line around the block. When we got back to front of theater somebody was pulling out of a parking space across street from box office, we pulled in. Walked across street to get tickets thinking that's quite a line to wait in. We bought our tickets and an usher or somebody came up and took us right inside, no wait at all. We immediately entered into the corridor of the Nostromo then a touchable walk by of actual full scale The Pilot set and then to our seats. Never have understood what happened but there was no argument from us. A great event made even better.
Aliens is a franchise that proves practical effects will be superior to CGI
Great Work Keep up the good works ❤
Appreciate it!
Absolutely. Alien and Aliens both hold up to this day and even look better than many "aliens in space" movies made in the past 20 years.
Sometimes limited budgets are a blessing in disguise as it required the VFX artists to be more creative and hands on. CGI has it's place but it's become an overused crutch that makes me long for the days of practical effects, particularly squibs verse CG blood.
Alien and Aliens are still the best movies in the entire franchise.
We saw the movie and neither of us could sleep that night. What an amazing production!
I have to say...... That add was absolutely amazing. Honestly thought it was cut content at first.
I almost bought a Manta Sleep based solely on the quality of that ad. Fantastic work!
😅😅😅 appreciate it!
It’s fascinating how horrifying the concept of a face huggers is when you think about it….very unique but it takes a certain creative mind to conceptualize it.
That sleep mask ad was awesome. Best ad I've ever seen actually.
Brilliantly done. But yes, “Nostromo” is pronounced “noSTROmo,” stress on the second syllable. Like Thomas Mann’s novel of the same name.
Novel was written by Joseph Conrad.
Mate, this is superb work. Doing an Alien documentary and making it your own, is fekkin' hard work with The Beast Within, included on several DVD versions of the film. I bought Memory on DVD which was supposed to be an in-depth making of Alien, but came across as a pretentious, 6th grade drama project with direct clips from the Beast Within. I'm aware that your work does too, but with some absolutely fantastic snippets I've not seen anywhere else and no BS. Just great!😊
I wish they hadn't cut the scene with Dallas trapped in the alien egg it would've made the movie traumatic, haunting and more scary but anyways hope there's a director's cut available out there. Great job on the ad placement I didn't even realize it was an ad my gullible ass just walked right into it awesome editing!
This scene was NOT cut from the original movie that played in the theater. It was in the movie so I do not know what he was talking about there other than the first DVD/Bluray release maybe. But it was in the original movie.
@@jazzcat5950It was cut from the 1979 theatrical release but was reinstated in 2003's directors cut.
@@jazzcat5950 I first watched this movie in its cinematic release in 1979 and have seen it a few times since and that scene with Dallas in the egg is a new one to me. I even have a book which tells the story by pictures taken from the film (a "Movie Novel") and it is not included in that either.
@@kiwitrainguy Hi! Ya I have heard that in another post so it was a surprise to me that it was not in most of them. I saw the original release in '79 the second weekend so 9 days from the original release date. Happy I was able to share this then. Have a good night!
i absolutely hate ads…. besides the ones that sneak in and dont feel like an ad. my friend u chose the best item to advertise, and u wrote it in very very well. good work sir
that sponsor was integrated pretty good. My high ass didn't even notice it was an ad at first. well done!
haha thanks! Sometimes they just work out well with the content!
Horrifying bloody claustrophobic suspenseful and a bonafide classic
Wow. I saw the comments about the ad in video and I was confused because I didn’t even remember an ad lol. Great job
hahaha appreciate it!
Ridley Scott in 1979: "It was very important we think through and meticulously plan out the alien's entire life cycle."
Ridley Scott in 2012: "LOL black goo."
Or the mediocre and ridiculous alien Romulus that has an hour gestation cycle.
'We've had the chestburster for years right? Well how about a BACKburster!'
Oh Ridley you are a genius!
For all the great work this channel does
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Thanks OP for yet another deep-dive, on one of the best sci-fi movies of the 20th century. Honestly I never get tired of watching such movie posts! It seems like I always discover some more facts, new reveals, and behind-the-scenes details about the movies I love, in almost all of them. And maybe one of the greatest things that came from Alien was the introduction of a now legendary rising star, in the person of Sigourney Weaver.
Probably my favourite movie ever and I think it was by far Weaver's best role
Video Note: I may or may not have pronounced the ship name "Nostromo" a bit incorrectly and didn't catch it 😅 My humble apologies. Please don't kick me out of the Alien franchise club 🥲
Is what it is but there’s DEFFO some shots in there from Alien 3 production, if it matters… somehow I’ve NEVER SEEN that footage of the Ash head moving tho, amazing stuff
@@N.SLASH.A honestly it's so confusing combing through some of this footage and what's labeled or mislabeled and a lot of wild stories. It might have been that chestburster puppet.
Tried to stick to what we could at least corroborate with multiple sources.
But yeah, the ash thing was pretty interesting
Unforgivable
Forgiven and forgotten .
"Antarctica Traffic Control, this is the commercial towing vehicle Nostril-mo..." ;-)
man ridley scott is such a likeable guy. every time i see him in an interview he's just so lovely and cultured and wise. I just want to take him out to the pub for a pint, mate.
I saw this movie when it first came out at the drive-in, it was awesome, loved it.
mad props for your slick sponsor ad. you actually melded that into your presentation very well. first time I didn't skip thru a sponsor ad....EVER. lol. And bonus points for being an ad for something I'd actually use. 👍🏼
I think one of the bravest things of all was to cast a totally unknown Signourney Weaver in the leading role. With her tall, rangey looks and demeanor, she was perfect in the part.
The alien ripping through the chest was beyond shocking. Sigourney Weaver was phenomenal!!!!
What an amazing film this was and still is today.
Imagine if they put the same level of effort into making movies today.
I think you have some peculiar definition of 'effort' that nobody else shares or even knows what it is. This was by no means a hugely involved project as far as movies go, there are ones where a smaller crew have put in a lot more not only own time and money but taken risks for, like the original Blair Witch Proj. Some of the Evil Dead, Dario Argento early stuff - heck even later things to some degree, and myriad others. Well, maybe the Blair Witch is a bad example since it was stupidly cheap to make so to speak, but my point is this was a movie where people got paid to make it, they had sets, they had a budget etc. A lot of the way it came out as the final creation was not 'in the script', parts were storyboarded on the fly more or less or not even storyboarded and shot on a whim. Again, not sure what you mean by effort. There was planning but bits were skipped entirely and others modified or partially scrapped, so it is kinda a side effect that it has some disjointed feel, it changed mid shoot with film in the can already.
But in man hours modern movies largely dwarf Alien, because of the distribution and release cost today being bigger for anything going to theatres, anything going straight to streaming is made on a budget that makes this look like a blockbuster.
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Can't wait for your channel to blow up even more. The production value, the editing, everything. Amazing
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That was THE best doco on my favorite film ever!!! Well researched and presented, great images! Thank you bro.
@@colincomrie appreciate it!
Never seen such a big (positive) deal made about an ad read, decided to keep an eye out specifically for it. Quick, concise, edited into the video seamlessly. Well done. Practically an art unto itself.
Haha appreciate it! I don't always have time to do that but this one just worked out so well
That mantis sleep ad was so good. I actually thought it was some weird product from the 70s or something😅 really love how you wove it into the video
Appreciate it! Sometimes you just get the perfect sponsor for the topic!
weaver is a godess
Man the offspring in Romulus freaked me out when it’s first unveiled
Prog Rock fans of Emerson, Lake and Palmer will immediately recognize H.R. Giger’s artwork on ELP’s 1973 album cover for Brain Salad Surgery.
Yooo that was the slickest ad integration I've ever seen! Bravo 🏆
I’ll never forget the first time I watch this with my dad it scared the hell out of me.Alien and the thing are my two best sci fi films.
And this is a perfect example of why I love older movies and absolutely despise newer ones.
Where as much as possible everything is practical, it is so clear that there went so much time, passion and creativity into making those movies.
With movies where literally ever is filmed before some green or bleu screen and then digitally added i just can’t see all of that.
But luckily there are still directors that actually want more practical than digital, it is just sadly😊 way more rare nowadays.
Glad this channel has been picked up by the algo, subbed as soon as the ad started because I was so impressed with the authentic retro effects, this guy has great attention to detail
They are real ctr TV's 😉
That Manta sleep ad was so good
Ridley is a genius , of course.
I know I’m here late, but that’s the best ever ad I’ve seen in a video. Bravo
haha appreciate it!
A word to lose: "Crazy."
I'm a long-time fan of the film, butI did learn new info by watching this.
H.R. Giger is one of the most influential mass media artists of the last 50 years period. Just look at how Geidi-Prime looked in Dune Part II. GENIUS. There was a great almost home documentary on UA-cam of him back in Switzerland 12 years ago or so back at his house studios museums of him etc
Sigourneeey , Queen of every outer space movie
This was just fascinating! Thanks for putting this together!
Saw this when it first came out on video, 1980 I think. It's still easily the best of the Alien series.
I first saw Alien 3 years after it was made. The last week in my year 7 class the teachers thought they would put on alien (they were thinking it was more like Star Wars!!) right after the chest burst scene the teachers yanked the tape out of the VCR. It took me another 8 years to see the rest of that movie!! 🍿 and yes it’s an absolute classic!! You can see the genuine shock on the other actors faces as the Alien bursts out of John Hirt’s chest!!😮
You deserve a million+ subs, man. Love me some OG ALIEN, Quality stuff!
The first 2 have definitely stood the test of time... put them up against anything current.
I usually don’t fall for sponsor products but manta is a lifesaver for me. I purchased it first at kickstarter and followed by 2nd gen which I use to this day. The best thing I’ve ever bought. Total blackout and so comfortable.
I am only two videos into this channel after discovering it tonight, and wow, such great information, transitions, editing, research, etc. Excellent job!
Appreciate it! And welcome to the channel!
I was able to go to the 45th anniversary showing of alien and it was so god damn good
Well done on the sleep mask ad. I didn't even realize it was an ad until the end 👏👏👏
Great video.
In the pipe, 5 by 5
Thanks for sharing 🎉
Great job on this video. I’m a huge fan of the series and can’t wait for the Aliens and Alien 3 entries.
You'll get to see them soon!
Best advertising ever seen in my entire life for UA-cam
Alien will forever be one of my favorite movies, and Sigourney Weaver will forever hold a special place in my heart. Alien just fills in all the right boxes. Or maybe I just love a good horror with a female protagonist. Who knows?
What an incredible documentary! Thank you so much, i knew nothing about Alien's production and those were delightful insights with great testimonies and image/video choices. Thank you, great work!
This video is excellent.
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Well done. Very interesting video on one of my favorite films.
This was very informative, thank you. There is a lot of documentation on the production of Aliens, but the first film's production is rarely discussed.
No problem! Glad you enjoyed it. We try and cover almost everything from start to finish with the narrative as well for these video essays. I like giving the full story when there is enough information
i always loved how belivable the set looked, it was quite authentic in terms of functionality
Take a shot everytime he say Nostromo wrong xD
I just woke up after a 2 week alcohol induced coma because of your comment
@@First_in_Last Oh damn… the dedication. xD
But if you really had a 2 week long coma, I’m so sorry
This really nails it. I know because I was there. Thanks for your series.
Dude the way you edit these videos rule so much. Even the sponsor bit was well done. I really appreciate all that stuff
An excellent documentory. I am 65 and only 2 films have ever made me jump or shock.The dining room scene in Alien when John Hurt has a tummy upset and the blood testing scene in John Carpenters The Thing. I had no idea they were connected. And I love dark star ......
A L I E N imo the best in the series because of the design & original twists and all brilliant A list actors. 👌
You've made an amazing video, man, like the screen transitions are on point, like fr good video, man. You've found a new subscriber.
Appreciate it! Welcome to the channel!
Weaver is still drop dead gorgeous even today. She’s the sexiest final girl ever. Nobody comes close.
The film would not be the same without her, thank god she got the role and not Streep
Agreed. Don’t have any crushes, love my wife to death; but damn sigourney is awesome.
I never thought that she was that amazing looking. But being badass and smart is attractive.
She's all that.
That was the most subtle plug I’ve ever seen! A+ on the editing
That was one hell of a Video! Thanks. I love Scott's early use of the smoke machine for ambient backgrounds and think it is so much cooler than people curren using those 'glimmer glass' 'black pro-mist' filters to soften up the look of their oversharpened footage from their 2024 hybrid cameras.
Appreciate it! More to follow for the next 6 days. It has been interesting going back and seeing how all of these were made.
Dan O’Bannon’s “Dark Star” (Directed by John Carpenter) is available here, on UA-cam, for free.
Very well done video. I’m really into the franchise right now given the release of the new film so the timing of this is just right. I’ve already done my fair share of diving into the production of the first 3 films - I still think there’s plenty of stuff that makes the video worth watching regardless. It’s just very well made. Congrats and hope you are doing well / having a good one
Awesome well presented video. For me Alien is a stand-alone movie unsurpassed!
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Ridley Scott's kids Jake and Luke appeared in the movie, playing smaller versions of the Nostromo crew when they explore the derelict spaceship. They're dressed in scaled down spacesuits, and Ridley used them to make the sets seem even bigger.
I'm not a fan of horror movies but crave suspense and this is where Scott succeeded where others failed. Had the honour of working with Derek Vanlint (NAME DROP!) and couldn't help but ask him about Alien. He was hugely complimentary to Ridley Scott, often saying "We fought about _____ and he was right about that too." ( Side note: is nos-STROAH- moe, not nostro-MO. Hello?)
That's a sick name drop 😅 the suspense in this film is just so well done. I'm always impressed Every time I watch it.
And yeahhhh, I think I just didn't catch myself saying the ship name wrong 😅 my bad!
@@FrameVoyager 😂😂😂
Binging this series after watching Romulus this week … man it was so sick!
Your creativity is crazy and the integrated ad read was class 🙏🏻👏🏻
You earned a new subscriber!
Appreciate it! Wish I could make all the integrated ads like that! Some just are too perfect
You could not dispute this man’s mind would be terrifying to live with. Thankfully we have Art.
Great ad!
Fascinating
Hey man. That sponsorship transition was the smoothest I've ever seen on UA-cam. It should be illegal, it was that good.
Dark Star is a deep cut favourite for me. 🏄♂️
Alien: the first movie with a strong woman instead of a quivering screaming one. Yeah!
The second in the series: "Marines" with the mental age of three: "We just got our asses kicked, man".
What a genuinely interesting and creative ad read, I enjoyed that
I remember Sigourney's Beauty made me fear for her life even as a kid. And that she was the only sane character in that madness of a movie. I also remember looking for the same facial characteristics when searching for a new girlfriend. Which left me single for a long time. In other words: I fell totally for her :)
I married her. She was the perfect, flawless wife. Then she turned on me. The TWO faces of Sigourney Weaver reveal the madness of her sanity.
@@jackreacher. If that is even true: Revealing that without the reason WHY she turned on you might be a giveaway? Or you still don't know... I have found such a beautyful Girlfriend with an amazing character, and a long time I asked myself why it ended. 10 years later I know every little reason why. Digging in the reasons why she did what she did from her standpoint helps! A big reason for her was that I did not want a kid too soon and that I did not apprechiate her enough, rather spending my weekends with my friends than her later on. That helped me to get her out of my head and find annother beautyful person where I did not repeat my former mistakes.
@WanderfalkeAT She was ''Opra-fied''. Marxist covetousness seized and reformed her mind.
@@jackreacher. So, you were the US President in the movie "Dave"?
@@kiwitrainguy ... the metaphor and archetype are used in figurative speech to convey an idea. Yes, I was the US President. Yes, Sigourney portrays antagonist women. My loving ex-wife is a clone of these archetypes. ''The 3 Faces of Eve'', hints at her disorder.
This is fantastic!
That as break was stealthy as hell well done. Whole video really was excellent.
haha appreciate it! Sometimes you just get the perfect combination of a video and a sponsor!
Holy shit the production value of this YT video
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Dark Star come on TV one night when i was very young. I LOVED IT!!