Must have been a pretty badass upbringing when dad is prepping you for fighting acid bleeding aliens. You just know he got to do awesome things like throwing axes and building booby traps.
Dad sounds like a Republican in 2023. So stupid yet so self assured. Scaring their Children with complete nonsense, Playing Right field but there's no Ball Game, etc.
That _is_ wonderful, and I pray she is full of life, still! I'd love to hear what she thinks in retrospect about the idea of Americans becoming "more and more immune to excessive behavior."
It's so true. And I feel the same way about Aliens as well. Both films are masterclasses in film making, of two different yet adjacent genres. I love them both so much.
There isn’t too much to the story, but the set designs, art design, and special effects are groundbreaking, just like Star Wars that only came out two years prior. Unlike Star Wars, Alien had really good acting. It still looks modern somehow. The only clue to the film’s age is the cast.
Videotape picture quality was lower than cinematic quality even when the tape was new, some of the color cinemas by the end 1960s had already excellent quality. And most probably the tape was lying somewhere in archives and deteriorating before it was digitized.
I remember my parents carried me in kicking and screaming to see Alien. I remember crying a lot when the scary parts came on, and I'll never forget what my parents told me, "Stop acting like a child! You're 27 for crying out loud!"
@steriopticon2687 /// 🤔...well if U replace ALIEN with THE EXORCIST 👁 could believe it!!! HELL!!!(???pun intended) I'm still 2 🐔 2 read the BOOK ✔️ it out 1x from library along xago 📚 read maybe the 1st chapter was 2 afraid 😨 2 go further returned it & never ✔️ it out again & i sure as HELL!!!(lol) don't want 2 own a copy and have it laying around my home 4 an over extended length of x, don't want a certain type of SCOTTISH PLAY oops...BOARDGAME(with letters/#s/yes-no) either laying around giving off any sinister visual vibes 😮
I was 8 when Alien came out. My sister was 16 and saw it at the cinema . When she got home she told me the whole movie in every little detail and I remember feeling both scared and mind-blown just from listening to her. When I finally got to actually see it a couple of years later it felt like a rewatch. Stone cold classic!
It's great that your sister was such an excellent story teller. I had someone describe a film to me I'd never seen in that level of excellent detail. And it was exactly as you said... When I finally saw it, it felt like a rewatch. Cheers!
The real life in Alien is the company (Weiland Yutani) using the crew of the Nostromo to obtain a dangerous organism for weapons on earth and beyond. History and present day shows that corporations have raped entire countries for their resources using taxpayers lives to kill the populations for resources. I always felt bad for the crew of the ship, and in real life have felt bad for those who fought and died in WARS for bank cartels and multi-national companies.
That's how indoctrination works. Look at the insane news stories that have come out this year about aliens! Did you hear about the situation that allegedly just took place in Peru? The villagers there are convinced they were attacked by aliens, and I'm pretty sure they don't even have a movie theater in their village! 😄 Hollywood has always been there to push the UFO-alien propaganda, and it started well before 1979. Crazy times we're living in. Things were actually pretty quaint in 1979.
My Dad took me to see Alien when I was 13 years old. He said he'd have to go see it for himself first to decide if it would be appropriate for me. After seeing it he said, "Well, I think it's okay for you" and he took me to the theater. At a certain point during the movie I remember looking up at my Dad and thinking, "What in the world made you think this movie would be okay for me??" But of course I loved it, I still do. It's easily one of my all-time favorites. He took me to see a handful of R-Rated movies like that just because he thought I'd really enjoy them. He also took me to Amadeus and Excalibur.
@@fazum He's been gone a few years now but I realize that he not only loved me, he respected and thought highly of me and he enjoyed my company. And I thought then and still think the same of him. My Dad was a great man.
It is straight-out horror. All sense of hope in the audience is intentionally snuffed. Beautifully shot though. But I choose the more rollicking adventure type of space fare like Star Wars or Star Trek any day. Close Encounters of a Third Kind is still one of my all time sci-fi favorites.
its basically a warning about booking cheap holidays where the food prep isnt up to scratch, you could get sick n ruin the holiday for everyone, valuable lesson. 😂
My mom and her friend who also had a son my age went to see it and he was eating Neco wafers. When the alien popped out of that guy's chest he screamed and threw his hands up and the wafers went everywhere and landed on other people who also jumped up and started screaming!!! It was hilarious!!!!😂😂😂😂
there are more stars in the universe then grains of sand on earth. The man is speaking sense! No one knows whats lies hidden and waiting out in the vast abyss of space...
@@pepethepatriot7524I raise my children the same way : they watch 80’s cartoons and mangas and already saw Terminator, Last action Hero, jaws and a bunch of action and science fiction movies at the age of 6-10 😅 next one will be John Carpenter’s remake of “The Thing”
I was 11 when Alien came out. My dad went and saw the movie by himself at the time. He came home and told me about it. I was so intrigued that a few days later, he took me to see it in a really good and loud theatre. I was blown away. It scared the living crap out of me and scarred me mentally for the rest of my life. I've had nightmares about being chased by the alien many times. But I gotta say, I LOVE this movie. That night, there was a lady in the audience that I'll never forget. When Ripley went back for the cat, she yelled out, "Forget the damn cat!" and later in the shuttle, when the Alien arm came out, that same lady screamed so loud, in space they COULD hear her scream. One of my all-time favorite memories!
I watched Alien in the theatre I was 13. In my town, all you needed was an adult to be with you at the ticket boot and give permission for you to go in. Even then I knew I had watched the holy grail of sci-fi horror.
@@nicomeier8098well damn when did that change? I rem 21 years ago i went with my friends to an R rated movie. Usually, they just let you in but that time the guy required an adult to accompany. Lucky for everyone, i had just turned 18 so we got to see it.
“As psychologists keep telling us, we Americans are becoming more and more immune to excessive behavior.” Kudos to the dad who thought he ought to prepare his kid for aliens, but in fact it was the psychologist that predicted the future.
Sounds like you want to talk about all the mass shootings. I doubt it, but I'll explain, even though you will likely just blank out and move on. The military was concerned that the American people were hesitant to slaughter other human beings in the world wars. The military solved that problem with the help of Hollywood and psychologists. Mission accomplished. The psychologists were snitching, not being prophetic. Those school / market / mall / church shooters don't hesitate a bit, and really run with those military morals. But being fully honest, the truth is that the idea of running into a school / market / mall / church and killing all of the innocent men, woman, and kids came from the military. What some proof? Military marching song(cadence). Sing a few. "I Went to the Market" I went to the market Where all the families shop I pulled out my Ka-Bar And started to chop To the left right left right left right kill Left right left right you know I will I went to the church Where all the families pray I pulled out my machine gun And started to spray To the left right left right left right kill Left right left right you know I will. "I Went to the Mall" I went to the mall Where all the ladies shop I pulled out my Ka-Bar And started to chop To the left right left right left right kill Left right left right you know I will I went to the mosque Where the motherfuckers pray I kicked in the door And threw in a grenade I went to the park Where the kiddies like to play I pulled out my SAW And started to spray To the left right left right left ight kill Left right left right you know I will "Napalm Sticks to Kids" We shoot the sick, the young, the lame We do our best to kill and maim Because the kills all count the same Napalm sticks to kids Flyin' low across the trees Pilots doing what they please Droppin’ frags on refugees Napalm sticks to kids It made us feel so good inside When the strong men wept and the women cried But what we really like is the children fried Napalm sticks to kids See that family over there? Watch me get 'em with a pair Blood and guts just everywhere Napalm sticks to kids CIA with guns for hire Montagnards around the fire Napalm makes that fire higher Napalm sticks to kids Children suckin' on a mother’s tit Gooks down in a 50 pit DOW Chemical doesn't give a shit Napalm sticks to kids Attack some kids when you go downtown By throwing some candy on the ground Then grease 'em when they gather 'round Napalm sticks to kids A squad of 'Cong in the grass But all the fighting's long since past Crispy critters in a mass Napalm sticks to kids Loaches out to have a blast Drop some peon, kids en masse Send the remains to the Chief of Staff Napalm sticks to kids Oxcars rollin' down the road Peasants with a heavy load They're all V.C. when the bombs explode Napalm sticks to kids Shootin’ women’s lots of fun Try killin' one that’s pregnant, son You'll get two for the price of one Napalm sticks to kids Flyin' low and feelin' mean See that family by the stream? Drop some napalm, hear ’em scream Napalm sticks to kids. See that gook down on his knees? Launch some flechettes in the breeze Find his arms nailed to the trees Napalm sticks to kids N.V.A. are all hardcore Flechettes nail 'em to the jungle floor Throw them psyops out the door Napalm sticks to kids Eighteen kids in a no-fire zone Books under arms and goin' home Last in line goes home alone Napalm sticks to kids Chuck's in a sampan sittin' in the stern But he don't think his boat will burn Them fuckin' gooks will never learn Napalm sticks to kids See the little kids jump and shout Drop some napalm without a doubt Watch 'em try and put it out Napalm sticks to kids I've been around, some things I've seen But the people who are mighty mean The gooks you kill, they make you clean Napalm sticks to kids. I've only seen it happen twice But both times it was mighty nice Shootin' peasants plantin' rice Napalm sticks to kids Napalm, son, is lots of fun When dropped from a bomb or shot from a gun It gets the gooks when they're on the run Napalm sticks to kids Some people say it's not so neat To watch gooks burnin' in the street But burnin' flesh smells mighty neat Napalm sticks to kids Gooks in the open, makin' hay But I can hear them gunships say "There'll be no Chieu Hois today" Napalm sticks to kids Shoot some civilians where they sit Take some pictures as you split All your life you'll remember it Napalm sticks to kids They'se in good shape for the shape they'se in But they'se no way that they can win With napalm rollin' down their skin Napalm sticks to kids Later made into a song, laughter included. ua-cam.com/video/t9eybY9qFfY/v-deo.html
I lived a very small town when alien came out and the theater was through woods. Yeah, as a 9 year old walking home through the woods after that is ‘memorable.’
Check this out - I saw Alien opening night. It was a packed theater and the only seats left available to me and my friend were in the very back row, dead center. When the chestburster scene happened - I'm not kidding you - the ENTIRE crowd jump-scared up an inch in their seats, in shock and in absolute perfect unison. It was the craziest movie-going experience I ever witnessed.
@@flutebasket4294I almost wholeheartedly agree with you but to be fair, there were plenty of amazing films that were way ahead of their time and received negative criticism at the time they were received. 1 particular example of this would be John Carpenter's "The Thing". Which many would hail as a cinematic achievement of horror, yet when it was released it nearly ruined John Carpenter's career as it flopped so hard. Audiences at the time were put off by the gore and preferred E.T., another alien genre film released at the same time.
Must have been amazing, people had yet to see anything quite like it and so well done. Nothing like it before and nothing to match or surpass it since!
The most frightening thing I ever saw in a movie was the final scene in the movie Carrie, when the hand reaches out of the ground to grab Carrie’s arm. Completely unexpected, I think I nearly fainted.
This was the real golden age of cinema, no trailers which reveal just the best parts, no partial or even full leaks of the movie before release, no internet to spread the news around the globe. Only some tiny guess what you are about to see.
The original trailer that didn't show any scenes with the creepy siren-like music and the egg cracking scared the SH!T out of me as a kid. I didn't see it till years after, and _after_ buying the "Book of ALIEN" (the making of) and the Graphic Novel. I now put this as my Top 5 Sci-Fi Films and Top 10 movies of all time. I now own 2 newer making-of books and a few magazines that came out over the years (including the more recent "Making of ALIENS"). All the work that went into this film, conceptual art, special fx, cinematography were all fascinating to a teen that was awaken by Star Wars (1977) and decided to pursue being a concept designer. - This wasn't just a Sci-Fi/Horror Film, it was a piece of Art.
@@mvunit3 well said ! i love all the BTS stuff of alien(s) movies. I like to dable in VFX and film making my self but seeing the makings of the practical stuff that was the way back then and how they approached ideas is very fascinating and motivating
Another twat pining over a time that never existed. Movies had leaks, trailers just like today and always spoiled everything (a practice that was industry standard since before the talkies) and not only trailers, many movies spoiled everything in the intro on purpose. Watch old movies and you'll see, the most egregious example that comes to mind is Zorro (1957), Disney used to spoil absolutely EVERYTHING before every short, movie and TV episode. As the saying goes, La distancia no hace moco.
And I watched one video that said that *Predator* and *Alien* were undersold or 'wrongly' marketed as *Predator* subverted expectations as people expected it to be another testosterone filled movie the Schwarzzenegger had to survive and fight for his life and people were hooked like a suspenseful bedtime story with a cliffhanger... *Alien* was supposed to be a sci fi then turned horror and Ripley being a mother figure protecting Newt and willing to go into the depths of hell to save or protect her was captivating like nothing they had seen before that...
My parents took me to see this opening day. The chest burster scene prepared me for my life in medicine. I grew up to become an obstetrician. Thanks dad!
I saw THIS when it first opened AND it was not a hit yet! We live in the burbs and we had to drive like a half hour away to see it ! Like STAR WARS ; it had not opened everywhere - at first. Then it was like WILDFIRE . But to be honest with you : NOTHING but NOTHING blew me away as when I had first seen "Dawn of the Dead" that Spring !! OMG - you have no idea - one lady ran out of the theatre and vomited. LOL.
@@DjLou82 I was 10 when I saw Aliens in 1988. Still soviet union and at that time, we had what we called 'video saloons' - small room with a tv, a vhs player, and chairs, the first branches of private business. Being a 10yo boy, I didn't realize that these kinds of movies even existed; it was the first non-soviet, or 'allowed' non-soviet movie for me. And... it was a SHOCK! Really... I couldn't sleep for a couple of days.
I saw it Melbourne Australia back then. After getting home after the movie, I was entering my home through a leafy side lane, when a possum up in the tree started hissing at me. I almost passed out in shock. it was an amazing movie
I saw Star Wars in 1977 and Aliens 1979 in the theater with my dad. Those 2 movies forever changed me. There is nothing now that even comes close to level of creativity. Its all remakes now and nonsense. I dont even go to the movies anymore.
Ridglea Theater has always been one of my favorite theaters growing up. Wow it was cool to see Bobbie Wygant from NBC 5 again, hadn't seen her in decades.
@@jacobgrafstrom1917 if you think people act this nicely to each other nowadays then you better revisit your special ed classes,…it’s not anywhere close, nor would anyone care to be bothered for an interview or even look up from staring at their phone
@@Blink-jt1nb She did ruin the ending for 6th Sense for me by saying everyone would LOVE the twist ending. 10 minutes into I turned to my date who had already seen it and said, “He’s dead isn’t he?”
My dad took me to see this movie, I was 9 years old. He took me to see Jaws as well, and Star Wars around the same time. All I can say is NO he should NOT have brought me to see this movie even though it is one of the best movies ever made. A the time it scared the HELL out of me, I don't think I slept for a year! "Thanks" dad... ;)
The woman interviewing people here is Bobbie Wygant. She has a channel on UA-cam with her old interviews of celebrities. She has one of her interviewing Ridley Scott about Alien and interrogating him pretty hard about the violence in the movie.
Especially the last one has been broken so often and with so disastrous consequences in some cases recently by people who rather believe in fever dreams and gobblygook than facts and science...
@@joergmaass Idk, I think that particular problem was more because people were selfish and they wanted to travel and/or they craved human interaction. Or they simply found it inconvenient. A lot of people understood the reasons for quarantine but thought, "I'm special, these rules don't apply to me."
My dad took me to see it when I was 11, but it was like a secret mission: "Don't tell your mom!" I sat frozen for the entire thing, as I'm sure many other kids did! Amazing experience in the the theater.
Everyone’s talking about the second family, but the first one is hilarious. Kid’s so proud he got through something that probably freaked his dad out lol. Sheesh this movie creeped me out as an adult, what a trooper
What I like about Alien is how Ripley seems like an unimportant character in the beginning of the movie and as the movie progresses she slowly comes into taking the lead role. Also the detail... In the beginning when Mother wakes up the crew you see papers and clothing going from no movement to moving in a gentle breeze. This is the ship pumping oxygen for the crew before waking them up.
I worked there too but years later I remember the quality and detail of how that old art deco building was built all the brass everywhere and those doors that probably weigh at least 800 lbs each, its kinda sad compared to modern building's now everything's made to look like quality its all just laminated particleboard, cheap metal dipped in chrome and pre fab doors
I saw it in theatres at age 11. It scared the crap out of me. After the chest burst I was afraid to cough. I couldn't sleep that night... and I wouldn't change a thing. It is one of my all time favorite movies. Children need to be exposed to fear in a safe environment. It is 1 ingredient in making well adjusted people.
When you think of the perfect movie...this could be it. No CGI whatsoever. Thats why it still stands up today. Along with the story, acting performances, atmosphere and music.
... and lack of a Mary Sue, woke politics, even though it had a strong woman lead character (progressive for it's time? I don't know.. I just through she kicked ass).. I mean, I wouldn't want to trade with her.. That shit gave me nightmares all throughout my early teens 🤣
Yes, it was insanely progressive for its time. No woman protagonist (hero) ever kicked ass in any movie -- especially alone without the help of men. Women were depicted as victims and damsels in distress. It was pretty effen woke. @@hvanmegen
@@therealJamieJoythat's not woke just because its a female protagonist. U don't know what woke means. Woke is forced meaningless time consuming bs liberal politics overtaking the plot and scriptwriting. And usually accompanied with hack garbage actors that nobody cares about, usually diverse.. And WITH a horrid hack script. A good movie is not woke. Alien is not woke. EVERYTHING worked and was cohesive to make that masterpiece. Good acting, great actors, great script.
I was at work one day when a co-worker came back to the office after seeing it. The look on his face actually stunned me. All he could say was "You have to see that movie." He was right.
I am deeply, deeply envious of all who watched ‘Alien’ in the 70’s on the big screen when first released and had absolutely no idea of what was to come!!!❤
@@zacetto Hard to describe the impact. I'm old, I was an adult when it came out and my friend walked in looking like he'd seen a ghost. I've never forgotten his expression. And even more never forgotten the feeling of watching it myself. The only warning I had was him telling me I had to see it, and the movie poster when I got to the theater. Still gives me shudders thinking about it. :)
@@zacettoThat's something that is missing in entertainment today, there are no surprises. In the 70s there were no lengthy trailers or leaked videos of upcoming films or music recordings. Everything today is exposed before we get to see or hear it. There's something to be said for the element of surprises.
@@coachafella Roger Ebert described the feeling after seeing Alien as more akin to mind rape. Alien is not a roller-coaster thriller, it is straight horror where all good feelings are sucked out of you.
@@coachafella I envy you so much, buddy. I wish to Hell I could have been there. I would like you to imagine a six year old me, on the U.K. release. My best mate’s dad, came home shaken, describing how a monster burst out of a man’s stomach; upon him telling me, the whole class were transfixed. Cue endless bull5hit stories of how it happened. My brother managed to convince me Kane ate a space plant.
I saw The Thing in 1982, a great and seriously underrated Sci-fi horror. Then I saw Alien in 1983, made 3 years before The Thing… It was untouchable, and still remains so to this day. All the actors were excellent, it was like they were born to play their role. But it’s major credit belongs to HR Gigers artwork genius, Carlo Rambaldi organic SFX brilliance, Ridley Scott’s visionary directing talent, and Derek Vanlints beautiful cinematography all merged perfectly and brought an unprecedented angle to the Sci-fi genre. Scott’s subtle and close up attention to detail in sound and image is a standout. The way he does that and yet at the same time starves the audience desperate for visual information on the emerging darkness within. Then slowly drip feeds the anxiety with further darkness and unknowns. The periodic glimpses of a menacing alien life-form nestling, growing amongst and mastering the dark industrial infrastructure of the space craft is a brilliant ‘less is more’ demonstration. It’s an ironic and clever juxtaposition in direction that gradually puts you in the shoes of each increasingly vulnerable and helpless crew member. The impact frays your nerve little by little until the final nerve shattering showdown as the creature matures into a spectacular and near invincible apex predator. Alien was quite simply a face hugging game changer in movie history.
When I was a kid in 1979, our family took a road trip from Canada to California and big on the list of things to see were Disneyland, Alcatraz, quick daytrip into Mexico... the most memorable part of that trip for me was when my mom went shopping and my dad brought me and my brother to see a movie, probably to keep us occupied. Of course, the movie was Alien and I remember the experience to this day, as it was burnt into my 5 year old mind... I turned out mostly normal... mostly 🤣
Funny that the editor of Alien had just come up fresh from editing *_Watership Down_* a year or so before. That bloody bunny movie is arguably the 'Bambi' for all movie-going generations that came afterward...
I remember seeing it in the theatre myself. One of the scariest movies made. Everyone screamed. 😂 A real classic and it’ll still be watched a 100 years from now.
I saw it mid week and the theater was 20% full at most. After a few scenes a lot of the singles viewers there literally got up and moved closer to talk and break the tension. Great movie.
What’s interesting about the violence in Alien is that outside of the famous chest-burster scene, most of the really violent stuff is suggested and not actually shown. When the creature attacks Dallas, and later Parker and Lambert, you don’t actually see much in the way of any direct attack. And Lambert’s death isn’t shown at all, but you hear it thru the intercom as Ripley is racing to help (which turns out to be futile), and then you see a brief and obscured image of the aftermath. Ridley Scott kept a lot hidden from the audience, including full views of the alien itself until the very end, which only served to add to the tension and impact.
It creates stronger participation as we use our own fears to paint the canvas. Why I prefer movies like The Others. Suggestion is more powerful than depiction.
I sneaked to watch this when I was a kid. And the scene with captain chasing alien in the vents scared the crap out of me. But since then I've grown to love horror movies and yet the Alien forever took a special place in my heart. I wish I could be scared like that ever again, but alas... it was too good and nothing had beaten it to this day :)
I first watched Alien in 1982 when I was 7 years old. I was terrified but utterly blown away. I loved all the old Hammer and Amicus horror type films they'd show on telly in the UK, but Alien marked the beginning of truly modern horror for me.
I always wanted to watch ‘Hammer House of Horror’ when it was first screened on ITV, but was turfed off to bed. I had to ask all the spoiled kids what happened, Monday morning.
corny though they were, the hammer horror dracula films have some of the most iconic moments. that shot of van helsing crossing the candlesticks to make a giant crucifix and backing dracula into the sunlight, and the following turn to ash sequence is just amazing.
@@gourdguru. I was born in 1968..my dad let me and my brothers stay up in the late 70s and early 80s to watch the BBC horror movie double bill.......I know exactly what you mean....watching Peter cushings van helsing defeat Christopher Lees dracula..was mind blowing...Happy (but scary 😂) memories ...before video and dvd came out
@@humans.from.earth.Nah, we aren't influenced by movies! That's why all the woke movies flop! Hollyweird really thought people were influenced by movies! Not us!🤷🏿♂️👋🏿🫨
Some films become scarier the older you get. When you're that young, it's difficult to understand some of the implications or even remember what is happening scene to scene.
I remember the hilarious time in 1986 when the sequel, _Aliens,_ was released at the cinema. Somebody smuggled in the squirt bottles filled with gel. When the alien was hissing and drooling, somebody squeezed the bottle into the audience. It was so funny seeing people beserked and running out of the auditorium with several more people running for their lives...
LOL Bidenflation is real. Speaking of change, its so interesting, in all these old videos you see white people in all the stores and movies and what not, now you rarely see them anymore.
@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 maybe on occasion, Timberlake could play the 2 and Furphy the 3; then surround them with DuJuan, KJ, and Dickinson or Braun, depending on what you need from the center.
@@ajpend I think we’ll see combinations like that. This appears to be a deep team. I’ve heard great things about Arterio Morris and Elmarko Jackson too. This team will quite possibly have a 9 or even 10 man rotation. I’m really excited to watch Johnny Furphy develop. Hopefully he’ll stay at least two years. I think he may turn into a big time star.
I didn't see the film until 1986. I was in Memphis, on business, and had a free weekday afternoon. I found a "flex" theater, that is, an ordinary theater with a plywood wall dividing it in two. I was the only person on the "Alien" side, and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was well underway. It seemed that every pivotal terror in Alien was punctuated by sudden screaming from the audience next door. I actually considered leaving, but was, frankly, afraid to stand up. Suddenly, a group of 3-4 people came in and sat directly behind me. What a relief! I still get chills when I see the film on the small screen.
I remember being a 12YO sitting in the theater with my feet on the seat and my arms wrapped around my shins the entire movie. Still one of my favorites to this day.
My dad took me to see this , I was 15 or so. It was truly groundbreaking and scary at the time! There was a lady sitting behind me and at the famous jump scare scene, she got so scared she started crying. I was so freaked out and shaken by it that when I got home, my older sisters took me to see The Muppet Movie to calm me down 😅.
I was the same age as these kids when I first saw the movie, so no harm no foul. Still, I love the dad--now being a dad, myself--who said he doesn't regret taking his kids, because he wants them to know what might be out there in the world. . .as if Chestbursters are something we've all had to occassionally had to deal with.
My dad used to take me to see the most horrific films ever at the theaters, and I was about 6yrs old at the time. The Exorcist, The Omen, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original), and I wouldn't sleep for days, sometimes weeks. You know what? LOVED IT! Thanks Dad.😎👍
Probably did some sort of programming on you.. those movies are not meant for kids. Kids need sleep more than most people. Sad your dad did that to your programming. I speak from the same experience.
@@nocternbemsi5619 nah, he's probly legit. i remember one of my earliest memories from around that time is being fascinated with the "Scary rabbit movie", a 1970's B-movie horror film about giant carnivorous rabbits overtaking a small town, called "Night of the Lepus". real Drive-In movie theater kinda film. my parents let me watch B-Movie shlock that featured giant rabbits chewing through people's jugular veins. i remember seeing "The plague dogs" when i was real little, an animated film about 2 escaped abused laboratory test dogs, that ends with both of them swimming into the ocean trying to reach an island that isn't there, hoping for peace, only to drown.
An absolutely amazing find! Clips like this are priceless for a window into people's reactions at the time. Also that is Bobbie Wygant! She has some amazng interviews with Sigourney Weaver and others.
Alien now turns 45! One of the best films ever made. Also my personal favorite. 1979? It feels like this movie was made in the 80's rather than in the 70's. Alien is a true masterpiece!
I was 9 when "Alien" was in the cinema. Dad took me to see it in a theater with the newest technology in West Hartford,loud as hell! I had my face buried in his shoulder during the escape pod scene.
My brother raced home in 1989 when he found out CBS TV was showing James Cameron's Aliens(1986). It brought Ridley Scott's Alien(1979) back into the mainstream. The chest burster scene was an homage to the comic book Seeds of Jupiter when a cook named "Peach Pit" swallowed an alien embryo!
As a kid in the 80s, I was familiar with the action packed Aliens movie. Then when staying at a family friend's house, I was told I could chose one movie to watch and I chose Alien, knowing it was apart of the same series. I could tell almost immediately after putting it on that it had a very different tone. "Oh ow".
I didn't see Alien in the theater, but I saw Aliens in 1986 when it came out. How's this for crazy parents. Mine took me to see Jaws when I was 5 YEARS OLD!!! My Dad had to carry me out of the theater cause I was hysterically crying. When I got over it, I felt bad for the shark 😂 It's weird, but it created a lifelong fascination with sharks for me. When Shark Week first started I watched it and I've been watching ever since. 😁
I was a 16yr old movie usher being paid $2.50 an hour when this came to my theater. Worth the low wages to see this movie many times over!! Greatest thrill movie since JAWS at that time. Let a crew of my buddies in the side door one nite with some cold ones and had even more of a fun movie experience!!!
To this day, if I can't see the bottom of (any body of water), there is a shark with his mouth open waiting for me. Lake, swimming pool, doesn't matter.
@@redrick8900: Jaws is scariest because the story is based on something that happens in reality, shark attacks. Aliens cheat bursting is just not as frequent.
Good God, my older sister had to sneak 14-year-old me in! And adults ran out screaming, and when Parker knocked off Ash's head, a grown man ran out and loudly barfed in the lobby - and people brought their toddlers?
You know, the chest bursting scene was a great jump scare, but it was the suspense and tension throughout the movie that really got to me the first time I saw it.
I saw this in 79. We had The Exorcist, which was pretty scary at the time. But nothing like Alien. There's a tension and foreboding fear that is creepy and drawn out like nothing ever before or since. To think of that thing growing inside you, of a corporation bringing something back that could exterminate humanity, that was all much more scary the first time than it ever could be in the increasingly over the top sequels. A masterpiece of science fiction horror.
Did you know what was coming when Kane started thrashing around and choking on the dinner table? Here's the thing, 'Alien' is a pop culture icon. My generation watched that movie knowing full well where it was going so it's difficult to imagine people who went in blind and were shocked by it, sort of like people who went to see 'The Empire Strikes Back' and were like "He IS his father?! No WAY!!" 😮
Damn straight. Aliens _was_ a good sequel though. Not a common thing. The rest, pretty much meh or flat out garbage. Tbh, with some thought and creativity I think they could make another one now though. 44 years since the masterpiece. Just have to ditch 3, 4, Prometheus and that last junker. Clean slate. Haha
I am so grateful that my parents took me to see horror films when I was under 10 years old. Some of my most fond memories. I remember seeing the "The Lost Boys" and I just thought it was the greatest thing ever. It helped ignite my passion for music and art.
Man I remember back in the late '80s when I was seven or eight years old probably, some of my friends and I would stay up late watching nightmare on elm Street, Friday the 13th, stuff like that. We loved it. Although I did have trouble going to sleep some nights haha
I was 10 or 11 when my dad & brother took me to see this in the theater. Scary! But I loved all of the ship-flying/operating/maintenance scenes, really cool near-future sci-fi in realistic style. Still a masterpiece today, it and its first sequel (for different reasons).
I cant imagine my father taking me as a child to see Alien and saying that it showed things that might happen in real life . the nightmares would never have stopped
I watched it, sitting bolt upright with a white-knuckled grip on the seats armrest, nearly the entire movie. And I was 19! I can't imagine letting a little kid see this and try to process it emotionally and mentally.
My brother rented Aliens on VHS when I was probably 10 years old and gave me nightmares for *months* afterward. It wasn’t until later that I even found out it was a sequel! The original Alien remains the very definition of horror cinema for me to this day. The way Ridley Scott leaves so much to your imagination only makes it more terrifying. Such a classic.
At $4 a ticket, too much invested to walk out 😂But yeah those kids were damn lucky to see that in the cinema and will have great lifelong memories. I think I saw it on a grainy VHS at about 10-11 years old. Huge fan to this day (and it still looks great in 4K, amazing actually). It may actually be aging better than Aliens.
They are both classic in their own way but have very different stylistic tones. Alien is the proper tense horror movie. Aliens, a great roller coaster action movie. It goes to show how well visual effects could be done in-camera before the CGI takeover.
VHS made it better in a weird way though. Almost like you were watching a documentary rather than a movie. I wonder what year was the last time any of us watched a VHS? If we knew that would be the last time we ever had to rewind one LOL.
@@TheMosinCrate Yeah true, I remember it looking pretty grainy and terrible looking (in a good way). But I have to say watching this in 4K on a 65" OLED TV is just magical. Last time I watched a VHS would have been in 2001 I think! Saving Private Ryan from memory. My mate's VCR wouldn't eject any tapes (broken button) so you'd have to hold a cigarette lighter in front of a sensor.
Videos like this is just a reminder of how different times were: $4 a ticket, respect, and parents showing R rated movies to their kids. I can remember so many movies my mother let me watch that todays parents would look down upon. The only thing my mother wouldnt let me see is nudity. All she do is tell me to cover my eyes during those scenes. So i did, at least she thought i did.
Shoutouts to the dad who thought Alien could happen IRL and his kid needed to be prepared for such scenario
In the insect world, Alien would be child's play.
Must have been a pretty badass upbringing when dad is prepping you for fighting acid bleeding aliens. You just know he got to do awesome things like throwing axes and building booby traps.
The same reason I made my son watch The Terminator.
yes son... be prepared... LIBERALS can exist and they will come for you!
Dad sounds like a Republican in 2023. So stupid yet so self assured. Scaring their Children with complete nonsense, Playing Right field but there's no Ball Game, etc.
The reporter lady here, Bobbie Wygant is still alive at 96 years of age. Wonderful.
That _is_ wonderful, and I pray she is full of life, still! I'd love to hear what she thinks in retrospect about the idea of Americans becoming "more and more immune to excessive behavior."
❤
and she dont like alien at all
@@ivan4087.. prob look like one now
what is wonderful in this case? Her age? Or her negative views?
It’s amazing how polite and well spoken the children were.
People say we re getting smarter, but social media is rotting our brains
Yes we were. Disrespect from us was simply not tolerated.
Those days are over
It's amazing that we are now at a point where normality has become something that people consider to be amazing.
Yeah now their spoiled, entitled and uncultured swine
And ALIEN is still one of the best movies ever made to this day.
Agreed. 💯👍🏻
It's so true. And I feel the same way about Aliens as well. Both films are masterclasses in film making, of two different yet adjacent genres. I love them both so much.
Still scary
There isn’t too much to the story, but the set designs, art design, and special effects are groundbreaking, just like Star Wars that only came out two years prior. Unlike Star Wars, Alien had really good acting. It still looks modern somehow. The only clue to the film’s age is the cast.
Well It is Just a great movie.
Crazy how the movie still looks so modern yet this clip looks so old.
Well said
Minimalism but also remastered
I just had that as a passing thought, then scrolled down and saw this comment.
Videotape picture quality was lower than cinematic quality even when the tape was new, some of the color cinemas by the end 1960s had already excellent quality. And most probably the tape was lying somewhere in archives and deteriorating before it was digitized.
Video look likes it's from 1970s 😂😂
I like the dad who is preparing his kid for the alien invasion. That must’ve been a fun household to grow up in. 😂
idk, reinforcing false ideas of science, nature, and reality seem more like brainwashing to live in fear, than fun.
that was absolutly the worst possible answer to give. how about "No mem, it's science FICTION."
He must have believed that the moon landing was fake or had a bomb shelter with unlimited supplies of dried food.
I mean, it could be a true story
@@BallparkHunterthe moon landing is fake
I remember my parents carried me in kicking and screaming to see Alien. I remember crying a lot when the scary parts came on, and I'll never forget what my parents told me, "Stop acting like a child! You're 27 for crying out loud!"
Surely you can't be serious.
@@steriopticon2687Don't call him Shirley 😂😅
@@steriopticon2687 They're trying to do a funny.
OK, that made me laugh.
@steriopticon2687 /// 🤔...well if U replace ALIEN with THE EXORCIST 👁 could believe it!!! HELL!!!(???pun intended) I'm still 2 🐔 2 read the BOOK ✔️ it out 1x from library along xago 📚 read maybe the 1st chapter was 2 afraid 😨 2 go further returned it & never ✔️ it out again & i sure as HELL!!!(lol) don't want 2 own a copy and have it laying around my home 4 an over extended length of x, don't want a certain type of SCOTTISH PLAY oops...BOARDGAME(with letters/#s/yes-no) either laying around giving off any sinister visual vibes 😮
I was 8 when Alien came out. My sister was 16 and saw it at the cinema . When she got home she told me the whole movie in every little detail and I remember feeling both scared and mind-blown just from listening to her. When I finally got to actually see it a couple of years later it felt like a rewatch. Stone cold classic!
It's great that your sister was such an excellent story teller. I had someone describe a film to me I'd never seen in that level of excellent detail. And it was exactly as you said... When I finally saw it, it felt like a rewatch. Cheers!
Oh lol 🙈😄
@fermatichebellosei1595 Thats right :c
In the past there was done much more love to movies, stories, games, books, music etc
your sister is one of the Grey Ones.
The guy that said his kid needed to see Alien because "it could happen in real life" is adorable, god bless his soul.
The real life in Alien is the company (Weiland Yutani) using the crew of the Nostromo to obtain a dangerous organism for weapons on earth and beyond. History and present day shows that corporations have raped entire countries for their resources using taxpayers lives to kill the populations for resources. I always felt bad for the crew of the ship, and in real life have felt bad for those who fought and died in WARS for bank cartels and multi-national companies.
But he really shoudn't be making more 'adorable' people.
@@PeBoVision 34 years late on the sterilization there Klause.
That's how indoctrination works. Look at the insane news stories that have come out this year about aliens! Did you hear about the situation that allegedly just took place in Peru? The villagers there are convinced they were attacked by aliens, and I'm pretty sure they don't even have a movie theater in their village! 😄
Hollywood has always been there to push the UFO-alien propaganda, and it started well before 1979. Crazy times we're living in. Things were actually pretty quaint in 1979.
Yes! Just this morning, an alien cracked open my ribcage and popped out! The little bugger...
My Dad took me to see Alien when I was 13 years old. He said he'd have to go see it for himself first to decide if it would be appropriate for me. After seeing it he said, "Well, I think it's okay for you" and he took me to the theater. At a certain point during the movie I remember looking up at my Dad and thinking, "What in the world made you think this movie would be okay for me??" But of course I loved it, I still do. It's easily one of my all-time favorites. He took me to see a handful of R-Rated movies like that just because he thought I'd really enjoy them. He also took me to Amadeus and Excalibur.
You have a nice father.
Didn't you hear the dad in the video? You needed to see this because something like this could happen to you!
@@MarcillaSmithHa ha ha! 😂
Yeah I remember when I was a kid my parents let me watch Robocop and ever since I was hooked on rated R movies
@@fazum He's been gone a few years now but I realize that he not only loved me, he respected and thought highly of me and he enjoyed my company. And I thought then and still think the same of him. My Dad was a great man.
Such a loving, warm-hearted and wholesome family film
It is straight-out horror. All sense of hope in the audience is intentionally snuffed. Beautifully shot though.
But I choose the more rollicking adventure type of space fare like Star Wars or Star Trek any day.
Close Encounters of a Third Kind is still one of my all time sci-fi favorites.
@@celestepalm6949Alien is more realistic than close encounters.
@@jamescarter8311 Yes, that's exactly what they want you to think.
its basically a warning about booking cheap holidays where the food prep isnt up to scratch, you could get sick n ruin the holiday for everyone, valuable lesson. 😂
Noooo I wouldn't 😂😂... I bet you would not. ..Poor boy ..you surely didn't expect the hell of a nightmare that screen would throw at you...
My mom and her friend who also had a son my age went to see it and he was eating Neco wafers. When the alien popped out of that guy's chest he screamed and threw his hands up and the wafers went everywhere and landed on other people who also jumped up and started screaming!!! It was hilarious!!!!😂😂😂😂
Awesome
That wouldve been a sight.
0:46 "It could be a true story" LOL
🤣🤣🤣
Tbh this is probably his first sci fi and people were often new to the special effects back then
I hope never!
there are more stars in the universe then grains of sand on earth. The man is speaking sense! No one knows whats lies hidden and waiting out in the vast abyss of space...
@@Josh-fp2qn Best Comment Ever!
Such well mannered children! I'm glad they enjoyed the chest bursting fun.
This is in texas. Thats why the "yes mam" and manners
That's the GENX generation (my generation). We saw R rated movies and turned out fine. We aren't snowflakes and we were raised right!
@@pepethepatriot7524 the "R" rating is very different today, don't you think?
@@pepethepatriot7524I raise my children the same way : they watch 80’s cartoons and mangas and already saw Terminator, Last action Hero, jaws and a bunch of action and science fiction movies at the age of 6-10 😅 next one will be John Carpenter’s remake of “The Thing”
Yes ma'am they are
It's incredible how calm and well-spoken everyone is in this clip, especially the kids. How things have changed, including our brains and environment.
Dumbphones
Well, let's educate our children with more quality horror-sci-fi moviews then!
its cookie cutter movies now. assembly line movie making. real films are going away.@@omnivorous65
For the most part, yes. However that one dad probably won't be joining Mensa anytime soon.
@@omnivorous65 😄
I was 11 when Alien came out. My dad went and saw the movie by himself at the time. He came home and told me about it. I was so intrigued that a few days later, he took me to see it in a really good and loud theatre. I was blown away. It scared the living crap out of me and scarred me mentally for the rest of my life. I've had nightmares about being chased by the alien many times. But I gotta say, I LOVE this movie. That night, there was a lady in the audience that I'll never forget. When Ripley went back for the cat, she yelled out, "Forget the damn cat!" and later in the shuttle, when the Alien arm came out, that same lady screamed so loud, in space they COULD hear her scream. One of my all-time favorite memories!
🤣🤣🤣
such a privilege.
i envy you.
I watched Alien in the theatre I was 13. In my town, all you needed was an adult to be with you at the ticket boot and give permission for you to go in. Even then I knew I had watched the holy grail of sci-fi horror.
Yep, those were the good old days when parents could decide for themselves, and it was not the nanny state who told you what was ok and what wasn't.
@@nicomeier8098 Good news for you. Parents can still take minors to R-rated movies.
@@nicomeier8098well damn when did that change? I rem 21 years ago i went with my friends to an R rated movie. Usually, they just let you in but that time the guy required an adult to accompany. Lucky for everyone, i had just turned 18 so we got to see it.
I watched Aliens in theathre when I was 7 and nobody said anything lol
@@nicomeier8098oh shut up
“As psychologists keep telling us, we Americans are becoming more and more immune to excessive behavior.” Kudos to the dad who thought he ought to prepare his kid for aliens, but in fact it was the psychologist that predicted the future.
Sounds like you want to talk about all the mass shootings. I doubt it, but I'll explain, even though you will likely just blank out and move on.
The military was concerned that the American people were hesitant to slaughter other human beings in the world wars. The military solved that problem with the help of Hollywood and psychologists. Mission accomplished. The psychologists were snitching, not being prophetic.
Those school / market / mall / church shooters don't hesitate a bit, and really run with those military morals.
But being fully honest, the truth is that the idea of running into a school / market / mall / church and killing all of the innocent men, woman, and kids came from the military. What some proof?
Military marching song(cadence). Sing a few.
"I Went to the Market"
I went to the market
Where all the families shop
I pulled out my Ka-Bar
And started to chop
To the left right left right left right kill
Left right left right you know I will
I went to the church
Where all the families pray
I pulled out my machine gun
And started to spray
To the left right left right left right kill
Left right left right you know I will.
"I Went to the Mall"
I went to the mall
Where all the ladies shop
I pulled out my Ka-Bar
And started to chop
To the left right left right left right kill
Left right left right you know I will
I went to the mosque
Where the motherfuckers pray
I kicked in the door
And threw in a grenade
I went to the park
Where the kiddies like to play
I pulled out my SAW
And started to spray
To the left right left right left ight kill
Left right left right you know I will
"Napalm Sticks to Kids"
We shoot the sick, the young, the lame
We do our best to kill and maim
Because the kills all count the same
Napalm sticks to kids
Flyin' low across the trees
Pilots doing what they please
Droppin’ frags on refugees
Napalm sticks to kids
It made us feel so good inside
When the strong men wept and the women cried
But what we really like is the children fried
Napalm sticks to kids
See that family over there?
Watch me get 'em with a pair
Blood and guts just everywhere
Napalm sticks to kids
CIA with guns for hire
Montagnards around the fire
Napalm makes that fire higher
Napalm sticks to kids
Children suckin' on a mother’s tit
Gooks down in a 50 pit
DOW Chemical doesn't give a shit
Napalm sticks to kids
Attack some kids when you go downtown
By throwing some candy on the ground
Then grease 'em when they gather 'round
Napalm sticks to kids
A squad of 'Cong in the grass
But all the fighting's long since past
Crispy critters in a mass
Napalm sticks to kids
Loaches out to have a blast
Drop some peon, kids en masse
Send the remains to the Chief of Staff
Napalm sticks to kids
Oxcars rollin' down the road
Peasants with a heavy load
They're all V.C. when the bombs explode
Napalm sticks to kids
Shootin’ women’s lots of fun
Try killin' one that’s pregnant, son
You'll get two for the price of one
Napalm sticks to kids
Flyin' low and feelin' mean
See that family by the stream?
Drop some napalm, hear ’em scream
Napalm sticks to kids.
See that gook down on his knees?
Launch some flechettes in the breeze
Find his arms nailed to the trees
Napalm sticks to kids
N.V.A. are all hardcore
Flechettes nail 'em to the jungle floor
Throw them psyops out the door
Napalm sticks to kids
Eighteen kids in a no-fire zone
Books under arms and goin' home
Last in line goes home alone
Napalm sticks to kids
Chuck's in a sampan sittin' in the stern
But he don't think his boat will burn
Them fuckin' gooks will never learn
Napalm sticks to kids
See the little kids jump and shout
Drop some napalm without a doubt
Watch 'em try and put it out
Napalm sticks to kids
I've been around, some things I've seen
But the people who are mighty mean
The gooks you kill, they make you clean
Napalm sticks to kids.
I've only seen it happen twice
But both times it was mighty nice
Shootin' peasants plantin' rice
Napalm sticks to kids
Napalm, son, is lots of fun
When dropped from a bomb or shot from a gun
It gets the gooks when they're on the run
Napalm sticks to kids
Some people say it's not so neat
To watch gooks burnin' in the street
But burnin' flesh smells mighty neat
Napalm sticks to kids
Gooks in the open, makin' hay
But I can hear them gunships say
"There'll be no Chieu Hois today"
Napalm sticks to kids
Shoot some civilians where they sit
Take some pictures as you split
All your life you'll remember it
Napalm sticks to kids
They'se in good shape for the shape they'se in
But they'se no way that they can win
With napalm rollin' down their skin
Napalm sticks to kids
Later made into a song, laughter included.
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in retrospect "immune" doesn't seem to be the right word. it's tolerant, and not in a good way. numb-like tolerant
I lived a very small town when alien came out and the theater was through woods. Yeah, as a 9 year old walking home through the woods after that is ‘memorable.’
something tells me you looked back more than you looked ahead.
@@otdosa It didn’t help that my sister was with me trying like hell to make it worse. 😉
They even didn't know they just watched a really classic movie.
They probably left horrified. I remember seeing it the first time.
It wasn't a classic then. It was new.
@@TheListenerCanon it wasn't classic because it was set in 2104
@TheListenerCanon I even don't know what is a classic today. In fact, today I even don't know -- no more -- what cinema is to be!!! GRIN
Brasil
The kids did.
Check this out - I saw Alien opening night. It was a packed theater and the only seats left available to me and my friend were in the very back row, dead center.
When the chestburster scene happened - I'm not kidding you - the ENTIRE crowd jump-scared up an inch in their seats, in shock and in absolute perfect unison.
It was the craziest movie-going experience I ever witnessed.
It was a better time when people were so much less jaded. Now literally nothing on TV or film can affect us much at all
Sounds like a great experience!
@@flutebasket4294I almost wholeheartedly agree with you but to be fair, there were plenty of amazing films that were way ahead of their time and received negative criticism at the time they were received.
1 particular example of this would be John Carpenter's "The Thing". Which many would hail as a cinematic achievement of horror, yet when it was released it nearly ruined John Carpenter's career as it flopped so hard.
Audiences at the time were put off by the gore and preferred E.T., another alien genre film released at the same time.
Must have been amazing, people had yet to see anything quite like it and so well done.
Nothing like it before and nothing to match or surpass it since!
The most frightening thing I ever saw in a movie was the final scene in the movie Carrie, when the hand reaches out of the ground to grab Carrie’s arm. Completely unexpected, I think I nearly fainted.
This was the real golden age of cinema, no trailers which reveal just the best parts, no partial or even full leaks of the movie before release, no internet to spread the news around the globe. Only some tiny guess what you are about to see.
The original trailer that didn't show any scenes with the creepy siren-like music and the egg cracking scared the SH!T out of me as a kid. I didn't see it till years after, and _after_ buying the "Book of ALIEN" (the making of) and the Graphic Novel.
I now put this as my Top 5 Sci-Fi Films and Top 10 movies of all time. I now own 2 newer making-of books and a few magazines that came out over the years (including the more recent "Making of ALIENS"). All the work that went into this film, conceptual art, special fx, cinematography were all fascinating to a teen that was awaken by Star Wars (1977) and decided to pursue being a concept designer.
- This wasn't just a Sci-Fi/Horror Film, it was a piece of Art.
@@mvunit3 well said ! i love all the BTS stuff of alien(s) movies. I like to dable in VFX and film making my self but seeing the makings of the practical stuff that was the way back then and how they approached ideas is very fascinating and motivating
And the trailer voice overs were amazing
Another twat pining over a time that never existed. Movies had leaks, trailers just like today and always spoiled everything (a practice that was industry standard since before the talkies) and not only trailers, many movies spoiled everything in the intro on purpose. Watch old movies and you'll see, the most egregious example that comes to mind is Zorro (1957), Disney used to spoil absolutely EVERYTHING before every short, movie and TV episode. As the saying goes, La distancia no hace moco.
And I watched one video that said that *Predator* and *Alien* were undersold or 'wrongly' marketed as *Predator* subverted expectations as people expected it to be another testosterone filled movie the Schwarzzenegger had to survive and fight for his life and people were hooked like a suspenseful bedtime story with a cliffhanger... *Alien* was supposed to be a sci fi then turned horror and Ripley being a mother figure protecting Newt and willing to go into the depths of hell to save or protect her was captivating like nothing they had seen before that...
My parents took me to see this opening day. The chest burster scene prepared me for my life in medicine. I grew up to become an obstetrician. Thanks dad!
Is that a doctor who removes aliens?
@@d.b.1176Yes.
@@d.b.1176😂
so you grew up to become a faux doctor
how many of those babies came out screeching and running?
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i can only imagine how it was to see that masterpiece in cinema back in 1979....
I was on the edge of my seat
I saw THIS when it first opened AND it was not a hit yet! We live in the burbs and we had to drive like a half hour away to see it ! Like STAR WARS ; it had not opened everywhere - at first. Then it was like WILDFIRE . But to be honest with you : NOTHING but NOTHING blew me away as when I had first seen "Dawn of the Dead" that Spring !! OMG - you have no idea - one lady ran out of the theatre and vomited. LOL.
it was crazy, i was 7 years old.. i also watched star wars opening weekend, ET, close encounters of the third kind and many other 80’s classics
@@DjLou82 I was 10 when I saw Aliens in 1988. Still soviet union and at that time, we had what we called 'video saloons' - small room with a tv, a vhs player, and chairs, the first branches of private business. Being a 10yo boy, I didn't realize that these kinds of movies even existed; it was the first non-soviet, or 'allowed' non-soviet movie for me. And... it was a SHOCK! Really... I couldn't sleep for a couple of days.
I saw it Melbourne Australia back then. After getting home after the movie, I was entering my home through a leafy side lane, when a possum up in the tree started hissing at me. I almost passed out in shock. it was an amazing movie
I saw Star Wars in 1977 and Aliens 1979 in the theater with my dad. Those 2 movies forever changed me. There is nothing now that even comes close to level of creativity. Its all remakes now and nonsense. I dont even go to the movies anymore.
The chestburster scene is to this day one of the most shocking and violent scenes in cinema, if the viewer doesn't know what's coming.
I didn't at the time. So much the better.
Ridglea Theater has always been one of my favorite theaters growing up. Wow it was cool to see Bobbie Wygant from NBC 5 again, hadn't seen her in decades.
How respectful and polite people people were, and spoke to each other
@@jacobgrafstrom1917 if you think people act this nicely to each other nowadays then you better revisit your special ed classes,…it’s not anywhere close, nor would anyone care to be bothered for an interview or even look up from staring at their phone
That’s Texas. You can STILL find people that respectful here believe it or not.
@@jakelee7639 People use their phones to avoid eye contact, or interaction in person.
@@jacobgrafstrom1917most kids nowadays wouldn’t say “yes ma’am” like the kid did in this, so I think there is some falseness to your statement.
@@jacobgrafstrom1917 Dude. We were THERE. We know that people were polite not just during interviews.
Bobbie is a DFW legend. She interviewed every celebrity there ever was during her 40+ years on TV.
If you grew up in that era in DFW Bobbie was the one to listen to for movie reviews and celebrity interviews.
@@Blink-jt1nb She did ruin the ending for 6th Sense for me by saying everyone would LOVE the twist ending.
10 minutes into I turned to my date who had already seen it and said, “He’s dead isn’t he?”
She’s hot
Thanks for ruining the ending of it for me… : / @@TheJeffro451
@@TheJeffro451 wow you ruined it for your date.
I feel lucky that i was raised in that era... people were nice and laid back.. awesome movie
the murder rate was way higher in the 70's so your theory is false.
My dad took me to see this movie, I was 9 years old. He took me to see Jaws as well, and Star Wars around the same time.
All I can say is NO he should NOT have brought me to see this movie even though it is one of the best movies ever made. A the time it scared the HELL out of me, I don't think I slept for a year!
"Thanks" dad... ;)
The woman interviewing people here is Bobbie Wygant. She has a channel on UA-cam with her old interviews of celebrities. She has one of her interviewing Ridley Scott about Alien and interrogating him pretty hard about the violence in the movie.
She was looking good at 53.
In that guy's defense, learning to approach strange species with caution, and the importance of not breaking quarantine are both important lessons
Especially the last one has been broken so often and with so disastrous consequences in some cases recently by people who rather believe in fever dreams and gobblygook than facts and science...
@@joergmaass Idk, I think that particular problem was more because people were selfish and they wanted to travel and/or they craved human interaction. Or they simply found it inconvenient. A lot of people understood the reasons for quarantine but thought, "I'm special, these rules don't apply to me."
@@scotti16apeor because it was bullshit!
@@joergmaass science as a religion makes for a poor religion.
@SuperSpecies any religion is a poor religion. But luckily science is not one, it is a process.
How could you not love that southern accent, and positive attitude that united people at that time.
🤘*TEXAS:* big & proud state
"Are you sorry you brought him?" "Yes I am." LMAO. Awesome.
My dad took me to see it when I was 11, but it was like a secret mission: "Don't tell your mom!" I sat frozen for the entire thing, as I'm sure many other kids did! Amazing experience in the the theater.
That is adorable, and such a dad moment 😄.
Yeah, parents (especially dads) really know how to build HYPE around a movie, especially non-PG movies.
@@jjrj8568 Right? The same happened with Jaws and Excalibur, hahaha
I bet. It was the first of its kind. I saw Terminator 2 at that age in theaters opening weekend. It blew my mind
I was also 11 when I first saw it in the theater. My friend's older college age sister took us to see it. I loved it but it scared the hell out of me!
Everyone’s talking about the second family, but the first one is hilarious. Kid’s so proud he got through something that probably freaked his dad out lol. Sheesh this movie creeped me out as an adult, what a trooper
Definitely creepier for adults. All the rape stuff kind of goes a bit over the kiddies' heads.
Well he IS Superman
He's going to have so much clout at school that it makes the nightmares worth it.
Parents in 79’ saw that trailer and said the kids’ll love it. And they did!!!
What I like about Alien is how Ripley seems like an unimportant character in the beginning of the movie and as the movie progresses she slowly comes into taking the lead role. Also the detail... In the beginning when Mother wakes up the crew you see papers and clothing going from no movement to moving in a gentle breeze. This is the ship pumping oxygen for the crew before waking them up.
I worked at that theater in 1980, right after this came out. What great memories!
I worked there too but years later I remember the quality and detail of how that old art deco building was built all the brass everywhere and those doors that probably weigh at least 800 lbs each, its kinda sad compared to modern building's now everything's made to look like quality its all just laminated particleboard, cheap metal dipped in chrome and pre fab doors
$4 a ticket is sweet. At least that kid was honest not recommending his friends see it.
I mean that was still expensive back then im sure
@@whispersmusic6173not really.
adjust 4 inflation.
That's 16 dollars in 2023. $4 was pretty high for 1979, $3 was typical. It must be a fancy theater in the city.
@@xandror if you apply inflation $4 is not even close to $16 today. Are you living in Venezuela?
I saw it in theatres at age 11. It scared the crap out of me. After the chest burst I was afraid to cough. I couldn't sleep that night... and I wouldn't change a thing. It is one of my all time favorite movies. Children need to be exposed to fear in a safe environment. It is 1 ingredient in making well adjusted people.
Yep, it's a scary movie for sure.
I saw it age 29 and it scared the crap out of me!
When you think of the perfect movie...this could be it. No CGI whatsoever. Thats why it still stands up today. Along with the story, acting performances, atmosphere and music.
... and lack of a Mary Sue, woke politics, even though it had a strong woman lead character (progressive for it's time? I don't know.. I just through she kicked ass).. I mean, I wouldn't want to trade with her.. That shit gave me nightmares all throughout my early teens 🤣
Yes, it was insanely progressive for its time. No woman protagonist (hero) ever kicked ass in any movie -- especially alone without the help of men. Women were depicted as victims and damsels in distress. It was pretty effen woke. @@hvanmegen
Very few movies are perfect. Alien is a great & very effective SF horror movie, but #KramerVsKramer won Best Picture that year.
@@therealJamieJoyI assume you are joking or your movie going experience started in 2020.
@@therealJamieJoythat's not woke just because its a female protagonist.
U don't know what woke means.
Woke is forced meaningless time consuming bs liberal politics overtaking the plot and scriptwriting.
And usually accompanied with hack garbage actors that nobody cares about, usually diverse..
And WITH a horrid hack script.
A good movie is not woke. Alien is not woke. EVERYTHING worked and was cohesive to make that masterpiece. Good acting, great actors, great script.
I was at work one day when a co-worker came back to the office after seeing it. The look on his face actually stunned me. All he could say was "You have to see that movie." He was right.
I am deeply, deeply envious of all who watched ‘Alien’ in the 70’s on the big screen when first released and had absolutely no idea of what was to come!!!❤
@@zacetto Hard to describe the impact. I'm old, I was an adult when it came out and my friend walked in looking like he'd seen a ghost. I've never forgotten his expression. And even more never forgotten the feeling of watching it myself. The only warning I had was him telling me I had to see it, and the movie poster when I got to the theater. Still gives me shudders thinking about it. :)
@@zacettoThat's something that is missing in entertainment today, there are no surprises. In the 70s there were no lengthy trailers or leaked videos of upcoming films or music recordings. Everything today is exposed before we get to see or hear it. There's something to be said for the element of surprises.
@@coachafella Roger Ebert described the feeling after seeing Alien as more akin to mind rape.
Alien is not a roller-coaster thriller, it is straight horror where all good feelings are sucked out of you.
@@coachafella
I envy you so much, buddy. I wish to Hell I could have been there. I would like you to imagine a six year old me, on the U.K. release. My best mate’s dad, came home shaken, describing how a monster burst out of a man’s stomach; upon him telling me, the whole class were transfixed.
Cue endless bull5hit stories of how it happened. My brother managed to convince me Kane ate a space plant.
I saw this in the theater when I was 10. It was absolutely terrifying and amazing. People would walk out during showings because they were so scared.
I love watching videos of movie goers talking about classics when they first came out
I saw The Thing in 1982, a great and seriously underrated Sci-fi horror. Then I saw Alien in 1983, made 3 years before The Thing… It was untouchable, and still remains so to this day. All the actors were excellent, it was like they were born to play their role. But it’s major credit belongs to HR Gigers artwork genius, Carlo Rambaldi organic SFX brilliance, Ridley Scott’s visionary directing talent, and Derek Vanlints beautiful cinematography all merged perfectly and brought an unprecedented angle to the Sci-fi genre. Scott’s subtle and close up attention to detail in sound and image is a standout. The way he does that and yet at the same time starves the audience desperate for visual information on the emerging darkness within. Then slowly drip feeds the anxiety with further darkness and unknowns. The periodic glimpses of a menacing alien life-form nestling, growing amongst and mastering the dark industrial infrastructure of the space craft is a brilliant ‘less is more’ demonstration. It’s an ironic and clever juxtaposition in direction that gradually puts you in the shoes of each increasingly vulnerable and helpless crew member. The impact frays your nerve little by little until the final nerve shattering showdown as the creature matures into a spectacular and near invincible apex predator. Alien was quite simply a face hugging game changer in movie history.
The thing, saturn 13 and alien. I was a preteen digging every scary minute of them!
Sorry, never thought much of that meatball spider. Honestly, the best actors in 'The Thing' were the _dogs._
Shh
That's because most of them were Brits, Shakespeare and all that you know🤗
@@jamesbomd3503 Apologies but the Bard was not with them in this movie. I blame Kurt Russell mostly. But the kennel scene truly deserves an Oscar.
When I was a kid in 1979, our family took a road trip from Canada to California and big on the list of things to see were Disneyland, Alcatraz, quick daytrip into Mexico... the most memorable part of that trip for me was when my mom went shopping and my dad brought me and my brother to see a movie, probably to keep us occupied. Of course, the movie was Alien and I remember the experience to this day, as it was burnt into my 5 year old mind... I turned out mostly normal... mostly 🤣
I saw it when I was 9 yrs old. We went in at dusk but most of the time I saw it, it was nightime. Mostly it was at night, mostly.
@@BrucknerMotet Mostly 🤣
Alien and Aliens never get old, they are in my top 5 of all time
Both are great movies, each with a very good director.
yep, those movies never get old... you can re-watch them over and over and still find little easter eggs hidden.
don't forget Alien 3 - it is an underrated classic, i even like it a slightly bit more than Aliens & it is a good conclusion of the trilogy
@@tiphares2355 yep ,gotta love those guys.
It was nice seeing Sigourney Weaver cancel herself in her underwear in the end.
I like how honest they all were. Society has become so fake.
Um it was more fake and controlled back then LmAo
i am sorry you feel that way
feelings aren’t facts
Soooo True.
@@kylerstorm9260 Neither is your 2-cent opinion.
Yeah it’s hard to be yourself these days, everyone wants to pretend to be someone else or fit in. We’ve become very conformist.
My parents took me with them to the theater back in 79' to watch Alien. I was 8/9 years old and I had nightmares for years. Thanks Mom and Dad ❤
Funny that the editor of Alien had just come up fresh from editing *_Watership Down_* a year or so before.
That bloody bunny movie is arguably the 'Bambi' for all movie-going generations that came afterward...
@@celestepalm6949 Watership Down is probably my absolute favorite Animated film along with Heavy Metal.
@@chewey3rd Yes, that is one family film that does _not_ talk down to kids. Nature can be as brutal as it is beautiful.
ALIEN IS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE
I remember seeing it in the theatre myself. One of the scariest movies made. Everyone screamed. 😂 A real classic and it’ll still be watched a 100 years from now.
In space no one can hear you scream...
They were in a movie theater tho
I saw it mid week and the theater was 20% full at most. After a few scenes a lot of the singles viewers there literally got up and moved closer to talk and break the tension. Great movie.
What’s interesting about the violence in Alien is that outside of the famous chest-burster scene, most of the really violent stuff is suggested and not actually shown. When the creature attacks Dallas, and later Parker and Lambert, you don’t actually see much in the way of any direct attack. And Lambert’s death isn’t shown at all, but you hear it thru the intercom as Ripley is racing to help (which turns out to be futile), and then you see a brief and obscured image of the aftermath. Ridley Scott kept a lot hidden from the audience, including full views of the alien itself until the very end, which only served to add to the tension and impact.
It creates stronger participation as we use our own fears to paint the canvas. Why I prefer movies like The Others. Suggestion is more powerful than depiction.
Don't ruin the movie for me I haven't seen it yet 😉😅
But your mind fills in the gaps. And everyone has different gaps at those scenes. Definitely an awesome movie.
Ugh. Someone always needs to tell everyone what they saw and heard themselves, on UA-cam.
Spoilers!
10.5 years old... 1979, stood out in the rain over an hour and saw ALIEN on opening night in San Jose, CA.
Outstanding film!!!
I sneaked to watch this when I was a kid. And the scene with captain chasing alien in the vents scared the crap out of me.
But since then I've grown to love horror movies and yet the Alien forever took a special place in my heart. I wish I could be scared like that ever again, but alas... it was too good and nothing had beaten it to this day :)
I first watched Alien in 1982 when I was 7 years old. I was terrified but utterly blown away. I loved all the old Hammer and Amicus horror type films they'd show on telly in the UK, but Alien marked the beginning of truly modern horror for me.
I was older when I saw it thought it was cool. The Hammer horror movies are top shelf!
Of course Alien was also influenced by the classic Universal horror pictures of the 30s and 40s too
I always wanted to watch ‘Hammer House of Horror’ when it was first screened on ITV, but was turfed off to bed. I had to ask all the spoiled kids what happened, Monday morning.
corny though they were, the hammer horror dracula films have some of the most iconic moments.
that shot of van helsing crossing the candlesticks to make a giant crucifix and backing dracula into the sunlight, and the following turn to ash sequence is just amazing.
@@gourdguru. I was born in 1968..my dad let me and my brothers stay up in the late 70s and early 80s to watch the BBC horror movie double bill.......I know exactly what you mean....watching Peter cushings van helsing defeat Christopher Lees dracula..was mind blowing...Happy (but scary 😂) memories ...before video and dvd came out
I saw Alien when I was 5 or 6? It scared the hell out of me, but looking back, I am so glad my parents let me watch it.
Wow. That is young. But that's awesome you can say you saw it in theaters.
They were just preparing you for the real world.
@@Druffmaul a real world that is not insignificantly shaped by violence in movies, vicious cycle.
@@humans.from.earth.Nah, we aren't influenced by movies! That's why all the woke movies flop! Hollyweird really thought people were influenced by movies! Not us!🤷🏿♂️👋🏿🫨
Some films become scarier the older you get. When you're that young, it's difficult to understand some of the implications or even remember what is happening scene to scene.
That movie scared the crap out of me. As a little kid back then.Including the movie poster. Still one of my favorites.
I remember the hilarious time in 1986 when the sequel, _Aliens,_ was released at the cinema. Somebody smuggled in the squirt bottles filled with gel. When the alien was hissing and drooling, somebody squeezed the bottle into the audience. It was so funny seeing people beserked and running out of the auditorium with several more people running for their lives...
“At $4 a ticket, perhaps they feel they have too much invested.”
Jesus Christ what a time…
4 dollars back then was worth about 17 today. If I paid 17 just for a ticket yeah I’d probably stay.
A time for overrpriced tickets, I guess. That is like $16.84 now, more than an evening ticket on a weekend now.
It's like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," where the scalper is selling Van Halen tickets for $20.
"Those tickets are only twelve-fifty...."
LOL Bidenflation is real. Speaking of change, its so interesting, in all these old videos you see white people in all the stores and movies and what not, now you rarely see them anymore.
If you made $20k then you were doing really well. It's all a matter of perspective.
I saw this when I was 14….without adults. My mom bought my friends and I tickets and then left. She was cool like that. ❤
Rock Chalk!
I’m curious to see whether Timberlake or Furphy will get more playing time this year.
@@ajpend That’s a tough call. We need shooters, and it appears we’ve got at least two of them.
@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 maybe on occasion, Timberlake could play the 2 and Furphy the 3; then surround them with DuJuan, KJ, and Dickinson or Braun, depending on what you need from the center.
@@ajpend I think we’ll see combinations like that. This appears to be a deep team. I’ve heard great things about Arterio Morris and Elmarko Jackson too. This team will quite possibly have a 9 or even 10 man rotation. I’m really excited to watch Johnny Furphy develop. Hopefully he’ll stay at least two years. I think he may turn into a big time star.
@@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13 I agree on all that.
We’ll see a lot of Arterio and Elmarko.
Such a classic, still scary after all these years.
I didn't see the film until 1986. I was in Memphis, on business, and had a free weekday afternoon. I found a "flex" theater, that is, an ordinary theater with a plywood wall dividing it in two. I was the only person on the "Alien" side, and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was well underway. It seemed that every pivotal terror in Alien was punctuated by sudden screaming from the audience next door. I actually considered leaving, but was, frankly, afraid to stand up. Suddenly, a group of 3-4 people came in and sat directly behind me. What a relief! I still get chills when I see the film on the small screen.
YES MA'AM IT DID
😎
Wouldn't hear that kind of respectful and polite response nowadays.
I remember being a 12YO sitting in the theater with my feet on the seat and my arms wrapped around my shins the entire movie. Still one of my favorites to this day.
My dad took me to see this , I was 15 or so. It was truly groundbreaking and scary at the time! There was a lady sitting behind me and at the famous jump scare scene, she got so scared she started crying. I was so freaked out and shaken by it that when I got home, my older sisters took me to see The Muppet Movie to calm me down 😅.
I was the same age as these kids when I first saw the movie, so no harm no foul.
Still, I love the dad--now being a dad, myself--who said he doesn't regret taking his kids, because he wants them to know what might be out there in the world. . .as if Chestbursters are something we've all had to occassionally had to deal with.
My dad used to take me to see the most horrific films ever at the theaters, and I was about 6yrs old at the time. The Exorcist, The Omen, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original), and I wouldn't sleep for days, sometimes weeks. You know what? LOVED IT! Thanks Dad.😎👍
Probably did some sort of programming on you.. those movies are not meant for kids. Kids need sleep more than most people. Sad your dad did that to your programming. I speak from the same experience.
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So like a great Dad..
@@rodfrancis9160 the fool is lying. 6 years old? If the dad did it he's on his way to hell
@@nocternbemsi5619 nah, he's probly legit. i remember one of my earliest memories from around that time is being fascinated with the "Scary rabbit movie", a 1970's B-movie horror film about giant carnivorous rabbits overtaking a small town, called "Night of the Lepus". real Drive-In movie theater kinda film. my parents let me watch B-Movie shlock that featured giant rabbits chewing through people's jugular veins.
i remember seeing "The plague dogs" when i was real little, an animated film about 2 escaped abused laboratory test dogs, that ends with both of them swimming into the ocean trying to reach an island that isn't there, hoping for peace, only to drown.
An absolutely amazing find! Clips like this are priceless for a window into people's reactions at the time. Also that is Bobbie Wygant! She has some amazng interviews with Sigourney Weaver and others.
Alien now turns 45! One of the best films ever made. Also my personal favorite. 1979? It feels like this movie was made in the 80's rather than in the 70's. Alien is a true masterpiece!
I was 9 when "Alien" was in the cinema. Dad took me to see it in a theater with the newest technology in West Hartford,loud as hell! I had my face buried in his shoulder during the escape pod scene.
My brother raced home in 1989 when he found out CBS TV was showing James Cameron's Aliens(1986). It brought Ridley Scott's Alien(1979) back into the mainstream. The chest burster scene was an homage to the comic book Seeds of Jupiter when a cook named "Peach Pit" swallowed an alien embryo!
Still to this day neary 45 years later one of the best if not the very BEST scifi horror movies ever made.
Yes.
Sure is.
Saw it at the age of 10 and it scared the crap out of me for weeks. Not great for kids, but I love it as an adult. It's almost elegant.
As a kid in the 80s, I was familiar with the action packed Aliens movie. Then when staying at a family friend's house, I was told I could chose one movie to watch and I chose Alien, knowing it was apart of the same series. I could tell almost immediately after putting it on that it had a very different tone. "Oh ow".
$4 a ticket...I miss those days
To be fair, that's about $16 today.
Now it's $40 for a ticket and a small popcorn
@@gator9339 LOL, no, it definitely does not cost that where I live. Half that maybe.
My local theater sells tickets for 5.50 and has screens as big as AMC. It's is great
@@gator9339 It’s $16 where I live
I didn't see Alien in the theater, but I saw Aliens in 1986 when it came out. How's this for crazy parents. Mine took me to see Jaws when I was 5 YEARS OLD!!! My Dad had to carry me out of the theater cause I was hysterically crying. When I got over it, I felt bad for the shark 😂 It's weird, but it created a lifelong fascination with sharks for me. When Shark Week first started I watched it and I've been watching ever since. 😁
One of the best scifi horror movies ever made.
I was a 16yr old movie usher being paid $2.50 an hour when this came to my theater. Worth the low wages to see this movie many times over!! Greatest thrill movie since JAWS at that time. Let a crew of my buddies in the side door one nite with some cold ones and had even more of a fun movie experience!!!
Right on.
As a kid, the movie Alien was scary but the film Jaws is the one that gave me long-term swimming trauma.
To this day, if I can't see the bottom of (any body of water), there is a shark with his mouth open waiting for me. Lake, swimming pool, doesn't matter.
I still have trouble taking a cr@p on a toilet to this day…..
Jaws is the scariest movie of all time.
@@redrick8900: Jaws is scariest because the story is based on something that happens in reality, shark attacks.
Aliens cheat bursting is just not as frequent.
@@David35687 Alien isn't really that scary. It's just really gross.
What a little gem this is! Thanks for sharing.
Both Alien and Blade Runner have had a massive influence on movies and video games for more than 40 years now. Ridley Scott was on a roll.
I was born in 1979 ! And i love this Movie today !
Good God, my older sister had to sneak 14-year-old me in! And adults ran out screaming, and when Parker knocked off Ash's head, a grown man ran out and loudly barfed in the lobby - and people brought their toddlers?
WOW! That's sounds amazing!
Wow, that’s fucking crazy
So ridiculous.
did you like it though? 😆
America
These are the most fort worth looking and sounding people ever. Its so wholesome
now to cleanse(?) yourself with some tik/toks or YT shorts, lol.
They were wholesome before they saw a bunch horror films and the like.
You know, the chest bursting scene was a great jump scare, but it was the suspense and tension throughout the movie that really got to me the first time I saw it.
My pop took me to see it when i was 7. It scared me, but it was so much fun.
I miss my dad, he gave me a lifetime of beautiful memories.
I saw this in 79. We had The Exorcist, which was pretty scary at the time. But nothing like Alien. There's a tension and foreboding fear that is creepy and drawn out like nothing ever before or since. To think of that thing growing inside you, of a corporation bringing something back that could exterminate humanity, that was all much more scary the first time than it ever could be in the increasingly over the top sequels. A masterpiece of science fiction horror.
Did you know what was coming when Kane started thrashing around and choking on the dinner table? Here's the thing, 'Alien' is a pop culture icon. My generation watched that movie knowing full well where it was going so it's difficult to imagine people who went in blind and were shocked by it, sort of like people who went to see 'The Empire Strikes Back' and were like "He IS his father?! No WAY!!" 😮
Alien isnt nearly as shocking as The Exorcist IMO. To see what they did with / to Reagan again and again is truly traumatizing
“Corporation” lol
Damn straight. Aliens _was_ a good sequel though. Not a common thing. The rest, pretty much meh or flat out garbage. Tbh, with some thought and creativity I think they could make another one now though. 44 years since the masterpiece. Just have to ditch 3, 4, Prometheus and that last junker. Clean slate. Haha
@@danbaumann8273 3 was decent though
I am so grateful that my parents took me to see horror films when I was under 10 years old. Some of my most fond memories. I remember seeing the "The Lost Boys" and I just thought it was the greatest thing ever. It helped ignite my passion for music and art.
Man I remember back in the late '80s when I was seven or eight years old probably, some of my friends and I would stay up late watching nightmare on elm Street, Friday the 13th, stuff like that. We loved it. Although I did have trouble going to sleep some nights haha
Did you also torture small animals? Ahh the 70's eh, fun times.
Insane how much this movie stood the test of time 45 years later, and ridley scott's _still_ making films.
I was 10 or 11 when my dad & brother took me to see this in the theater. Scary! But I loved all of the ship-flying/operating/maintenance scenes, really cool near-future sci-fi in realistic style. Still a masterpiece today, it and its first sequel (for different reasons).
I cant imagine my father taking me as a child to see Alien and saying that it showed things that might happen in real life . the nightmares would never have stopped
True Texas accents, hard to find anymore
I watched it, sitting bolt upright with a white-knuckled grip on the seats armrest, nearly the entire movie. And I was 19! I can't imagine letting a little kid see this and try to process it emotionally and mentally.
My brother rented Aliens on VHS when I was probably 10 years old and gave me nightmares for *months* afterward. It wasn’t until later that I even found out it was a sequel! The original Alien remains the very definition of horror cinema for me to this day. The way Ridley Scott leaves so much to your imagination only makes it more terrifying. Such a classic.
At $4 a ticket, too much invested to walk out 😂But yeah those kids were damn lucky to see that in the cinema and will have great lifelong memories. I think I saw it on a grainy VHS at about 10-11 years old. Huge fan to this day (and it still looks great in 4K, amazing actually). It may actually be aging better than Aliens.
They are both classic in their own way but have very different stylistic tones. Alien is the proper tense horror movie. Aliens, a great roller coaster action movie. It goes to show how well visual effects could be done in-camera before the CGI takeover.
VHS made it better in a weird way though. Almost like you were watching a documentary rather than a movie. I wonder what year was the last time any of us watched a VHS? If we knew that would be the last time we ever had to rewind one LOL.
@@TheMosinCrate Yeah true, I remember it looking pretty grainy and terrible looking (in a good way). But I have to say watching this in 4K on a 65" OLED TV is just magical. Last time I watched a VHS would have been in 2001 I think! Saving Private Ryan from memory. My mate's VCR wouldn't eject any tapes (broken button) so you'd have to hold a cigarette lighter in front of a sensor.
$4 back then is $17 today, so quite a bit of an expenditure for a normal family.
@@YeeLeeHaw yeah, $4 seems expensive for 1979. prices must've JUST jumped with the oil shock.
Videos like this is just a reminder of how different times were: $4 a ticket, respect, and parents showing R rated movies to their kids. I can remember so many movies my mother let me watch that todays parents would look down upon. The only thing my mother wouldnt let me see is nudity. All she do is tell me to cover my eyes during those scenes. So i did, at least she thought i did.
Inflation
with inflation tickets cost roughly the same now. Nostalgia is a powerful thing
awesome video.
even all these years later, what a masterpiece of film.
The little kid at the beginning cracked me up 😂😂
Seeing this in theaters in 1979 would have been a heck of an experience.
They re-released it for the 45th anniversary