Hawken Valhalla Lambert's voice as she was sort of cry-hyper-ventilating was the best part of the whole movie - damn she did that good, and given what we knew and saw, hell, a zillion horrifying possibilities ran through my head wondering what kind of awful could make a person make that kind of sound!
As was the case in Jaws, sometimes the less you actually show of the monster, the more frightening it is. The audience's imagination just filled in the blanks and made Alien one of the most frightening sci-fi films ever made.
@@Chef_Alpo In modern horror's defence, the technology exists to show it all. They had to resort to hiding everything in the olden days as revealing it all would make it look, uh, like a guy in a rubber suit doing a crab walk.... The xenomorphs in the prequels can move freely because Scott could afford a lot more advanced puppets and obviously fancy computers for CGI. Movies evolve with technology, just like everything else. :)
@@TheRealDuckofDeath Yes, but just because you CAN show the monster with current effects, does NOT mean that you SHOULD. Again, a monster unseen can elicit even more fright than once you actually see it.
@@TheRealDuckofDeathwrong Now no suspense is built and 1986 the fly, watch that Effects are great and the make up They could always have showed anything they want Lack of ideas today though Not everything should be shown
I remember reading somewhere that Ridley Scott deleted this scene for the same reasons that we're criticizing it today. It made the Xenomorph seem too human. The actual movie never shows the creature in its entirety; we only get brief glimpses.
i think they should have kept the scene in with out the crab walk just have it get up and walk toward her and have it the only scene where you see the whole alien but cut it so you only see the body for like half a second
Hands of Cinderblock Brian Gorman If you two've seen the movie, then you'll remember that that's essentially what they did. The Alien creeps up on Lambert, we get a brief profile shot of them both, then back to Parker.
I'm sorry but having the Xenomorph scooch forward when sitting down like a little kid in kindergarten story time like that would have absolutely ruined the movie. I just could not take the creature seriously anymore if I had seen that lol.
If the scooch is omitted, the scene is quite amazing. The way it opens up with the alien in that sitting position is quite an amazing composition and then him slowly rising to see his full size is pretty awesome.
That's very true, I even remember reading some notions about the Alien's intelligence that were scrapped from the final cut, something about it projecting frightening telepathic dreams into the crew's minds. I don't know if that would have been a good idea or not to include, still interesting though. I like the sequels for what they are but they don't have anything on this Ridley masterpiece.
@@smootsprint4722 Según tengo entendido el alien la violó con su cola y acabo matándola en el proceso, pero lo pusieron fuera de cámaras por ser demasiado fuerte. Por eso en la cinta final que todos vimos, cuando Ripley los encuentra se ve un pie de Lambert, y se puede ver como no lleva ni calzado ni pantalones. Asi que resumiendo, diste en el clavo. La violó y la asesinó al mismo tiempo.
They always shoot more than they need and decide on what's best. The parker/Lambert death sequence is one of the best horror sequences based on editing, music and pace. Sheer terror.
This is false, these productions are insanely expensive and they don't shoot extra 'free stuff' they know they probably won't use later, when this was shot they had every intention of using it.
@@WingsOfDay The "free stuff" isn't about extra scenes, it's about recording wider and bigger pictures than the final product in order to better control/edit the material later on. Also potentially avoiding having to go back on set to reshoot missing stuff and loose even more time and money. (This is the main reason why they use 8k cameras for 4k movies)
Really?? Cus that’s the part I found to be the goofiest. Especially when then alien turns around real quick and smacks Parker w his rubber tail and sends him flying like a cartoon character 😂 and then does this operatic slow motion towards Lambert. Like gurl come on now.
I love when they hide the alien among the industrial backgrounds. It's like they evolved to skulk around spaceships. Also that tail rising is extremely phallic. I wish they kept it, it's very in the spirit of giger.
Wasn’t that the original concept? That it looked like that because of its surroundings, like a chameleon. It was born in a spaceship and so it developed to blend in with its location to hunt more effectively.
I must be the only one who marvels at the way the Alien blends so beautifully into the mechanical layout of the ship in the very first shot. Great lighting too. Even after the tail is extended it still looks like a part of the ship. (yes the crab walk is silly) At this point Lambert had yet to see the grown Xenomorph so she easily could have overlooked it as just another component of the ship she wasn’t familiar with.
now what woulda been chilling is if the Alien would've rolled a tank back to her and it hit the back of her foot. She turns around like wat the hell and the alien is just standing there holding one of the tanks.
I think some of you are missing the obvious here. This clearly isn't a deleted final scene cut from the film. It's a test scene they were doing for Lambert's death at the Alien's hands. The fact that you can clearly see a lighting rig in the doorway tells me that this was shot as a test to try things out - the lighting, the pacing of the scene, the camera angles, the actors movements etc. It's interesting to watch but it's clear it was never intended at any point to be used in the final edit of the film.
We still need to be presented the hero of the day. I'm extremely curious whose idea this sheer stupidity was... Not every trashy comedy movie has sequences like THIS one.
I agree with you on it being a kind of test in regards to the alien movement but that's not a lighting rig in the doorway. It's the cart they're using to collect the gas cannisters and it's got their torch sat on it lighting the storage area. You can see them pushing using the cart in this configuration in the finished film.
Honestly, I like the fact it's watching its prey carefully, like a cat. Just like Jonesy would. Obviously it has multiple run-ins with the cat and this behavior makes sense. Then using its tail to get Lambert's attention is genius as well. The crab walk is a definite NO. Had it just stood up and started walking towards her, snarling as it does, like it learned from Jonesy; I think it would have been even better than what we got in the final film. The obviously stiff puppet. As it stands I'm glad it was cut. But I do like the idea behind it (except for the crab walk, that's just dumb).
Honestly if it wasn't for the crab-walk this would've been a good scene. This one really did feel like it had a playful side, the way he acts here meshes with how he was in the shuttle with Ripley. He was just observing Lambert as she worked till she spotted him lol.
I like how it starts with the alien blending in with it's surroundings - like it's a machine itself. Was it waiting for Lambert to notice it? That's terrifying
10000% agree! Very very much Shelley Duvall in The Shining or Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby - I think Cartwright would have been a great Rosemary had she been the right age
While I'm glad they didn't include this footage as it takes away the fear factor a bit, I LOVE seeing Bolaji Badejo in the costume and the way he moves! This was his one and only film role and he absolutely kills it!!
Story wise, of all the characters, the most cautious had to be the one who gets killed in an unseen yet vocally violent way by the Alien, which makes the feeling of helplessness prominent and the hope of survival much more dismal and in vain in what is the ultimate suspense and horror movie in Sci Fi history.
Couldn't take it seriously because he was too vulnerable on the way up. With all the canisters around, she could have struck him, went under him, or just ran. Something. Not stand like a dummy.
@@rosyclownproblem is that people view the Xenomorph as a monster and not as an animal super predator. So they expect horror instead of a tiger wondering who the heck passed into his territory and sniffing around. Lions do this too. Animals can be a** holes but if you want a real monster look no further than the human. Ripley her self said to that Wayland Corp guy and I para phrase "you do not see them screwing each other over for a bonus".
Potential film makers learn. Fear is subjective, but fear of the unknown is universal. This scene had to be cut. Lambert's cut off scream was more terrifying than any vision of a monster.
Not universal, thats not a necessáry component of fear, even If all the creatures fear the unknown, It still logically possíble not fear it . The fear itself is a thing you known, projected in another thing
I like how the alien is almost in disguise in plain sight at 1st, it could almost be mistaken for part of the ship if you didn't know better, and when he stands up is great, very scary for the victim.... it's the bit in-between which spoils the illusion.
@@TokyoXtreme Because the tools aren't there quite yet. I wouldn't be surprised if in 2 decades, real actors (or voice actors) will only be in niche productions done to please film fanatics.
@@TokyoXtremehe didn't say that people will stop watching them all together, just that they'd become less mainstream and the example you've provided proves his point.
The backwards shuffle looks a bit too much like a bloke in a suit, but the extended tail at the start and the bit where it stands up should have been retained. Still far more convincing than any CGI I've seen.
I loved the walk and everything. While most people think "haha, funny walk", it utterly disturbs me upfront. The idea of it walking almost manically is so unsettling. However, I do also agree it might have killed the moment. BUT, they should have kept the scene of it rising. Too many close up of the Alien in the final version, makes it feel cheap rather than sparse. I enjoy only showing little bits of the Alien to upkeep the horror of the unknown, but some of the angles they chose were rather tedious. The duct with Dallas was the best shot of the Alien in the whole movie. It's movement was something they clearly had a hard time getting down.
I understand exactly what they were going for with that crab walk - something jarringly animal in an otherwise vaguely humanoid form. However, the the actor's movements don't quite match the grace you would expect from something so comfortably flexible in form, so I can see why they cut it. The scene of it rising is excellent, though, especially the slight head tilt before it rises. It evokes an uncanny and unsettling intelligence in a creature better thought of as a beast.
I don't get why the alien is so fucking slow in this movie.. why isn't it shown to be fast as fuck like in alien isolation? its a guy in a suit right? so why can't they make him seem like a little more agile?
i too find that walk very disturbing. but maybe if they had filmed it from a lower angle, cause it made the thing look much smaller with this angle. at the same time they were probably going for the, "look at that disturbing little thing" then when it rises up its way bigger and like a "surprise". then again, weve already seen it's "size" already, so in the end, their decision to just cut it was sound.
easy to see why this scene was deleted, though that first shot with the alien just sitting there is pretty cool. i love how the creature can look totally different depending on how it positions itself and what angle it's seen from. classic movie, and a classic movie monster.
A lot of people seem to not like the crab walk, but I really like it. It makes the Alien appear almost curious. Especially with the way it looks at Lambert. Sizing her up, before it pounces. The scary part is that it seems ALMOST human, and as if it WANTS to terrify her. It gives it a bit of a more sinister feel to it, as opposed to it just being a killing machine.
I love how it was just casually sitting there behind lambert, minding its own buisiness until lambert just carelessly threw canisters over her shoulder at it XD then it crab walks towards her like "hello....what's your name? :)"
I found this very creepy. The crabwalk motion was unsettling, it reminded me of a spider. It seemed like the big chap was toying with poor Lambert like it did Brett.
Same here. The fact that Big Chap is moving around in ways that you probably wouldn't expect it to is another level of creepy. You don't know what to expect from this thing.
I plan on writing a script for a remake on alien 79 and I will definitely refine this scene and further visualize how Lambert was brutaly sexually assaulted by the demented big chap. Instead of a crab walk I'll have him edge his feet forward in a flirtatious manner then slowly stand and smother Lambert as her screams echo through the com system.
I like the crab walk idea, but the actor in the suit is obviously not a creature actor like Andy Serkis or Doug Jones. But the shot of it just sat there and then the slow rise to full height is so unsettling.
It does look silly but its also kinda terrifying when you think of how this thing could go from nonchalant to ripping and tearing you into shreds in a split second like a wild animal
An excellent scene. Definitely not a final cut. With little bit of editing and different camera angle, this could have worked well. Especially the moment when the Alien is getting up to its feet is creepy. With reasonable distance that prevents to see much of details viewers can compare how big this thing really is to an average human being.
This is very helpful in order to understand the process that was behind the creation of the movie. That said, I am glad they cut the scene the way the did in the final edit (including the infamous tail-between-the-legs shot recycled from Brett's death scene): the crab walk, while freaky in theory, looks a bit silly. It's interesting to notice that most of the deleted footage (not just from this scene) showed more of the creature while the movie eventually showed less of it and mostly avoided wide shot: when it comes to scary flicks, the "less is more" rule is always 100% valid. You can also get a sense that Ridley Scott was not 100% sure of what worked or not, regardless of the fact Hollywood executives always demand more coverage to be shot for "safety reason" (i.e. they want to be able to re-edit the movie any way they want).
That was on purpose; the first Alien movie was a survival horror film. Aliens and all those after were moreso 'action' movies. You'll notice in most movies, you start off with a strong group of people; numbers of competant people, leadership who can coordinate, and 'doers' who will competently listen and follow orders to achieve goals. Aliens is a great example of this; an entire group of marines who are used to killing 'aliens/extraterrestials'(not the namesakes of the film); so they all go in cocky, but prepared and following orders. As the leadership breaks down(poor leadership from Gorman, then the man 'on the ground' Apone dies and the squad has to start retreating because their chain of leadership/guidance, and ultimately their numbers drop; panic sets in immediately as they face a very one-sided battle against an enemy they didn't listen to Ripley about. If you watch movies; you'll always see this cascade effect and you can readily determine who will die or be 'lost' in the movie as it continues; there can never be too many strong characters, or too many leaders who can offer guidance.
This scene is quite beautiful. It's a bit deceiving. The alien appears in a seemingly submissive position and can do so because it knows the human has no chance of survival. This is why it's a pretty powerful scene. It also gives the alien more dimension. The alien takes it's time like it is no big deal...
Yeah, there are definitely some good ideas here and I can see why this scene was written and filmed. The alien appears to be playing with and pondering over its prey, similar to a cat. But the execution was awful, especially the crab-walk, and I'm glad this was cut.
Agreed, it always creeped me out how slowly it moved towards her. It knew that it was in complete control and could take its time. I Also thought that the slow outstretching of its arms and hands was equally creeping, like it was about to embrace her…in death.
in space, no one can hear you laugh at the dude in the plastic suit agreed that the standing was terrifying but the shuffling forward on his palms would have ruined it
@@shoeplayisbad1 It's futile to list the greatest movies of all time since there will never be an agreement, but none of those movies created an organism that has captured people's imaginations for decades. There is an inherent bias against the science fiction genre, which is unfair since the genre has different contributions that it brings to the table. The fact of the matter is that there was genius behind the creation of Alien, regardless of whether it can be rated the best movie ever made.
@@philhelm1318 but that does not make alien one of the greatest movies ever It isn't And yes there is agreement on greatest movies list Sight and sound poll AFI Internet movie data base to name a few. Type in top ten greatest movies ever, my list is in the top ten every poll you see And the greatest Sci fi movie ever is blade runner
They should have kept this scene in but had Lambert not notice the Alien, then it stands behind her to the left but taps her on the right shoulder, she turns around to the right.... nothing there, then she clocks it on her left, she jumps with fright, and they both crack up laughing. The scene ends with Lambert stood with her hands on her hips like "Alien!! What are you LIKE!!".
It didn't seem to me like the crab walk was intended to be in the the final cut, it was just to get it in the position to rise up in front of her like it did in the final cut which looked great!!!
I love seeing this. There are 1001 different ways they could have gone about it and it's easy for us to be judgemental with hindsight but when they were making this, they knew of no success, no army of fans who bought into it wholeheartedly. It was all an unknown risk and they would all have been considering how audiences would respond throughout every single shot they viewed. Having said this, I love the crawl forwards. For me it works because no human would do that. It makes the alien strange, and obviously much more versatile a being than a human (which fits with the idea of it being the perfect organism). It also would have remained as a contrast to all the upright walking shots that were all we actually got to see and which ultimately resulted in the very thing that Ridley Scott wanted to avoid i.e. the appearance of a 'man in a suit'. Maybe the crawl was cut when it was (from the side shot to the front shot) because from the point of the cut onwards it looked too much like a 'man in a suit' but I would have liked to have seen more, maybe had the actor practice for weeks at scuttling forward for just that shot. Or maybe they could have added rails in the floor upon which the actor could have slid while moving his limbs; but that, of course, would have meant more money and time which they probably didn't have. There were a lot of headaches on the production. I personally wouldn't have had it look up. While I appreciate ChaoticSerenity's point about how it invests the creature with intelligence, it also makes it look weak, as if it's appealing in some way to Lambert like a begging dog. Far better that it displays total confidence that she is petrified and gazing at it, and has no need or interest in scrutinising her in return; the encounter isn't a 'first contact' scenario of mutual respect. It's a cat revealing itself to the mouse, it is death incarnate unveiling itself to the doomed victim. I prefer the idea that the alien is relishing this fact, and being *deliberately* menacing (as it it wasn't ordinarily menacing enough). The rise is just awesome. What I like most about this is that after the appearance of a smaller creature that is given in the crawling shot, the rise to its full height gains added impact. Had I edited it I wouldn't have shown the creature start to rise in the previous side shot. Better, I think, only to see it rise in the long shot. Actually, how about an over-the-shoulder shot from when the alien is down low, with Lambert looking down at it, that tilts gradually up as it rises to level with her head, and then tilts still further as it continues to rise until it towers above her? She could whimper from the point at which it begins to loom over her and then cringe so that she appears to shrink, further emphasising its massive size.
I agree with this, except that in the actual full scene, the alien first tippie toes into that room, before sitting down, and she is still throwing those Oxygen tanks and not seeing it at all. Even with this scene removed, if you actually look at the shadow you can see when it comes in and sits down, though I guess that fits the whole catlike behavior. But the fact that she doesn't notice it until the tail flips out like a dick poised at her ( _which is what it is suppose to symbolise_ ), that kinda makes it a bit silly. But yes. Otherwise I agree.
Yes, I've noticed the alien's shadow and argued with people that it proves it *is* intelligent (unlike in Aliens) because it can only be doing that because it wants her to discover it - because it wants to see her shock and horror. Have you seen the full scene in which it tip-toes in? If so, where did you see it? While it's true that the film is heavy with sexual symbolism, I don't think that its tail was supposed to symbolise a penis (its head does that enough already). I think it is pointing at her in the manner of a devil taking pleasure at terrifying its victim, as if it's saying, 'Yoo-hoo! Yes, it's me! I've f-o-u-n-d you! And *no*, you're not going to escape...oh no!'
Keldor D'Antrell I think it was on the deleted scenes of the DVD. One of the many many scenes. I think it looks like it's suppose to symbolize an erection. After all, it'd fit the overall horror theme he was going for with the movie.
The erection thing makes sense since Ridley chopped the tail penetration part of Brett's death and inserted it into Lambert's death scene instead. And then there are those unsettling noises the alien makes as Lambert is screaming and Ripley is running through the corridors towards her. Didn't Dan O'Bannon basically write the screenplay because he was pissed off at Hollywood producers and wanted to see if he could get away with cramming as much rape allegory as he possibly could into a film?
Ronin 浪人 I don't know about that, but he specifically wanted to portray, I believe gay rape, to make the straight men in the audience queezy or something along those lines.
Damn something about that crab walk gives me the creeps. It's so insectile, and the way it stands up, utterly fearless and confident of its superiority chills my bones.
Hey, this scene was in the extended Television cut played on tv in Australia. I remember seeing it as a kid and it quite scared me, gave me nightmares actually. The Alien is camoflauging itself as a canister in the background, similar to the climax of the movie where it stows away on the lifeboat with Ripley. Of course Lambert doesn't see it, it's camoflaged.
Well the first 17 seconds were cool; its behaviour not being very clear (alien) . . . also I read the tail was supposed to have phallic representation, especially when it kills Lambert. Been a while since I've seen it though.
I think this scene is creepy as fuck. They could've edited it more to lessen the "guy in a suit" feel. I can just imagine this with subtle sound effects. Especially the slow stand up, totally awesome
The only good part of this was it standing up, if they had it hiding behind something and it was accidentally uncovered by lambert and stood up would be a cool scene that they could’ve kept
I like some of the ideas here...but the execution doesn't work. Having the alien in the room with them all along, but unrecognizable due to its posture is scary. Especially that's its in plain sight and so close to them. Having it unravel in an unnatural way will also be very frightening imagery. The ideas are all good. But none of them are shot well-of course, much of that due to the limitations given to them at that time. I'm glad they realized that before they put any of it in the final edit of the film, as it really would have taken away from the masterful horror from the theatrical cut. Ridley was smart enough to know that 'less is more,' and the edit in the film is far more effective.
He's saying "look what I can do." Jokes aside it is fascinating to see it do something that hasn't been retconned or explained. I feel like watching all the explanation videos has made them less scary, I just saw a video where ridley scott said that they have regeneration healing abilities now. They were scary when I knew nothing about them.
I'm glad they cut this out. Not only did it look ridiculous, but it wasn't even scary. When you saw the silhouette of the alien in the final version, it literally felt more terrifying.
***** In the original theatrical release, it's not the Alien's silhouette you see. It's the silhouette of a hanging space suit throughout the entire scene. Also, Parker doesn't say, "Oh my God!", he says, "Oh goddamn!"
Cut the walk and the rest is perfect. Still to this day I haven’t gotten over Parker. As a kid I see this and he was one of he first black dudes who really got screen time and I just loved him so much. This still devastates cos even now I don’t want him to die haha. I mean the cast is literally cinema perfection, you can’t fault a single performance by anyone but Parker (after Ripley) is just my fave in all of the Alien franchise. It ain’t fair haha.
Parker In my opinion played the most accurate role of a blue collar dude stuck in space. All he wants is his damned bonus, as would anyone else. As a facility engineer, I totally understood his point lol 😂
Alien, you're drunk, go home.
E.T. Go Home Fuck you. Bitch
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@@e.t.gohome8042 Haha shut up and suck it!!!!
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@@kidjefferson6402 crabity gigity
Well, remember her corpse seemed to be naked when Ripley later found it. Guess the alien got very happy indeed.
The walk itself is funny i can see why that was cut but when it stands up slowly infront of her? What a SHOT! That itself was amazing.
They actually kept that part in, but cropped from the waist up, so that you only see the Alien slowly rising up and Lambert's terrified face.
agreed, looks to much like a man in a suit when it squats along the ground
Hawken Valhalla Lambert's voice as she was sort of cry-hyper-ventilating was the best part of the whole movie - damn she did that good, and given what we knew and saw, hell, a zillion horrifying possibilities ran through my head wondering what kind of awful could make a person make that kind of sound!
The way the tail reaches out is so perfect.
I got a very chimpanze vibe from that. It's supposed to be more lizard/insectoid so I see why it was cut.
Thank god it was deleted from the film..
AcidGlow certainly the first 35 seconds
wait a minute this is wher you got it for your video?
Part of it is actually cool. The weird walking it totally goofy, but the shoot at 0:08 i would have keept it
I agree that up until the crabwalk, that scene worked.
lmao was just going to say this.
As was the case in Jaws, sometimes the less you actually show of the monster, the more frightening it is. The audience's imagination just filled in the blanks and made Alien one of the most frightening sci-fi films ever made.
That's basically "horror 101", it's not "sometimes".
@@getsideways7257*was horror 101
Modern horror is basically hurtling jump scares between extended goreporn sequences.
@@Chef_Alpo In modern horror's defence, the technology exists to show it all. They had to resort to hiding everything in the olden days as revealing it all would make it look, uh, like a guy in a rubber suit doing a crab walk.... The xenomorphs in the prequels can move freely because Scott could afford a lot more advanced puppets and obviously fancy computers for CGI.
Movies evolve with technology, just like everything else. :)
@@TheRealDuckofDeath Yes, but just because you CAN show the monster with current effects, does NOT mean that you SHOULD. Again, a monster unseen can elicit even more fright than once you actually see it.
@@TheRealDuckofDeathwrong
Now no suspense is built and 1986 the fly, watch that
Effects are great and the make up
They could always have showed anything they want
Lack of ideas today though
Not everything should be shown
I remember reading somewhere that Ridley Scott deleted this scene for the same reasons that we're criticizing it today. It made the Xenomorph seem too human. The actual movie never shows the creature in its entirety; we only get brief glimpses.
i think they should have kept the scene in with out the crab walk just have it get up and walk toward her and have it the only scene where you see the whole alien
but cut it so you only see the body for like half a second
Brian Gorman Yeah, that could have worked.
Hands of Cinderblock Brian Gorman If you two've seen the movie, then you'll remember that that's essentially what they did. The Alien creeps up on Lambert, we get a brief profile shot of them both, then back to Parker.
Luke Cy I think you're right.
I agree, it just doesn't look right the way it moves towards her.
Alien: "Hey baby, check out my crab walk. You know I grow up very quickly ;)"
JackassJunior627 Lmao! Right!
lmao you nailed it haha
He looks like "Hi, i'm the alien wanna be my friend and play?" ahah...
"I wanna be your friend and play and then u die :D"
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If this is what the alien was instead of a merciless killer then this could've been a good kids show.
Definitely the right move leaving this scene out. Poor girl got attacked by “The Birds” as a child, only to be killed by a xenomorph.
Nice reference
Something about that crab walk is funny but also kinda creeps me out
10 Minutes into Self Destruct and Chill and he gives you this look
Do she got that Oxygen tank? She do!
This conversation is gold
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I'm sorry but having the Xenomorph scooch forward when sitting down like a little kid in kindergarten story time like that would have absolutely ruined the movie. I just could not take the creature seriously anymore if I had seen that lol.
HAHA yeah man this scene is totally ridiculous. i wonder what they were thinking when they filmed this part
If the scooch is omitted, the scene is quite amazing. The way it opens up with the alien in that sitting position is quite an amazing composition and then him slowly rising to see his full size is pretty awesome.
They were trying to find something and they did. that isn't in the cut.
I don't take them seriously, anyway. :P Seeing them just makes me giddy. I squee every time...
That's very true, I even remember reading some notions about the Alien's intelligence that were scrapped from the final cut, something about it projecting frightening telepathic dreams into the crew's minds. I don't know if that would have been a good idea or not to include, still interesting though.
I like the sequels for what they are but they don't have anything on this Ridley masterpiece.
the part where it's rising in front of her is intense.
Lambert's death scream was one of the best screams ever in a film.
Most haunting scream ever.
Sounded like a rape/murder. Truly horrifying to hear
@@smootsprint4722 Según tengo entendido el alien la violó con su cola y acabo matándola en el proceso, pero lo pusieron fuera de cámaras por ser demasiado fuerte.
Por eso en la cinta final que todos vimos, cuando Ripley los encuentra se ve un pie de Lambert, y se puede ver como no lleva ni calzado ni pantalones.
Asi que resumiendo, diste en el clavo. La violó y la asesinó al mismo tiempo.
@@smootsprint4722 It was a murder. Lambert was murdered by the Xenomorph.
It happens offscreen, it gives the impression that it could be rape/murder. We will never know what the alien was actually doing.
ALIEN was and always will be perfectly cut. No more no less, Ridley knew how to make it perfect and It is a masterpiece.
No it would have been a masterpiece with this scene in
Well apart from the fact there are now two cuts, theatrical & Directors..
so why did he do a directors cut lol
@@steviegbcool because the studio wanted something for the anniversary
@@imadrunk3576 it's a terrible scene. Absolutely bloody awful. He made a choice based on his intelligence and it turned out perfectly.
For the first time in my life I find the Alien funny.
You should watch AVP
@@gzz8551 Nobody should watch AvP...
This is my second time. First time it was when I saw alien dog.
Ever seen Spaceballs?
@@EX-MartialEmpress9 what is it?
They always shoot more than they need and decide on what's best. The parker/Lambert death sequence is one of the best horror sequences based on editing, music and pace. Sheer terror.
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i mean i think that scene is disposable but thats just its b movie element showing..
This is false, these productions are insanely expensive and they don't shoot extra 'free stuff' they know they probably won't use later, when this was shot they had every intention of using it.
@@WingsOfDay
The "free stuff" isn't about extra scenes, it's about recording wider and bigger pictures than the final product in order to better control/edit the material later on.
Also potentially avoiding having to go back on set to reshoot missing stuff and loose even more time and money.
(This is the main reason why they use 8k cameras for 4k movies)
Really?? Cus that’s the part I found to be the goofiest. Especially when then alien turns around real quick and smacks Parker w his rubber tail and sends him flying like a cartoon character 😂 and then does this operatic slow motion towards Lambert. Like gurl come on now.
I see why they deleted that bit..
Dead Street THANK YOU.. you I both know ':-/
Why
@@ninikawai5727 6 years ago!... I have no idea what I was thinking last week let alone 6 years ago!...lol.
@@deadstreet1675 too human and we clearly notice that there's someone behind the costume! Lol
@@fnonaka Too human is not a problem. It's more of a "too clown"
I love when they hide the alien among the industrial backgrounds. It's like they evolved to skulk around spaceships. Also that tail rising is extremely phallic. I wish they kept it, it's very in the spirit of giger.
Yes. I think that pose, followed by it slowly rising (without the crab-walk) could have been effective.
Wasn’t that the original concept? That it looked like that because of its surroundings, like a chameleon. It was born in a spaceship and so it developed to blend in with its location to hunt more effectively.
I must be the only one who marvels at the way the Alien blends so beautifully into the mechanical layout of the ship in the very first shot. Great lighting too. Even after the tail is extended it still looks like a part of the ship. (yes the crab walk is silly) At this point Lambert had yet to see the grown Xenomorph so she easily could have overlooked it as just another component of the ship she wasn’t familiar with.
What? That’s the entire point of the creature design. Everyone noticed that
Dipshit.
That’s like the whole point of “Alien”
yes you are
You are not the only one, this is a huge point that HR Geiger always makes when he’s talking about the monster
"Hey how's it going"
now what woulda been chilling is if the Alien would've rolled a tank back to her and it hit the back of her foot. She turns around like wat the hell and the alien is just standing there holding one of the tanks.
She should have thrown one of those cylinders, and said, "Fetch, boy!!"
I'll bet it was cut because it looked like a man in a suit acting like a dog, LOL!
Why would it roll a tank back to her? Why would it be holding one? The whole point is to make the alien feel as unnatural as possible.
'Alien attacks Lambert'
More like,.
'Alien has crippling depression and can't even right now'
I think some of you are missing the obvious here.
This clearly isn't a deleted final scene cut from the film. It's a test scene they were doing for Lambert's death at the Alien's hands. The fact that you can clearly see a lighting rig in the doorway tells me that this was shot as a test to try things out - the lighting, the pacing of the scene, the camera angles, the actors movements etc.
It's interesting to watch but it's clear it was never intended at any point to be used in the final edit of the film.
We still need to be presented the hero of the day. I'm extremely curious whose idea this sheer stupidity was... Not every trashy comedy movie has sequences like THIS one.
4 years later and the most reasonable comment on this entire video only has 14 likes, one being mine. Wow..
I agree with you on it being a kind of test in regards to the alien movement but that's not a lighting rig in the doorway. It's the cart they're using to collect the gas cannisters and it's got their torch sat on it lighting the storage area. You can see them pushing using the cart in this configuration in the finished film.
@@repletereplete8002 You are completely correct on the ‘lighting rig’ comment. I realised that when I recently watched it again.
There is certainly a light but I’m not sure how your positive that it’s a lighting rig, the scene does seem awkward though something is off
Honestly, I like the fact it's watching its prey carefully, like a cat. Just like Jonesy would. Obviously it has multiple run-ins with the cat and this behavior makes sense. Then using its tail to get Lambert's attention is genius as well. The crab walk is a definite NO. Had it just stood up and started walking towards her, snarling as it does, like it learned from Jonesy; I think it would have been even better than what we got in the final film. The obviously stiff puppet. As it stands I'm glad it was cut. But I do like the idea behind it (except for the crab walk, that's just dumb).
As a cat owner, I agree it looks just like my kitty watching its prey before it moves to it.
Love how its tail just slowly, creepily rolls out
Honestly if it wasn't for the crab-walk this would've been a good scene. This one really did feel like it had a playful side, the way he acts here meshes with how he was in the shuttle with Ripley. He was just observing Lambert as she worked till she spotted him lol.
I do wonder what exactly it was doing.
Playing with her?
Trying to communicate?
Studying her because of how alien she is to it?
I like how it starts with the alien blending in with it's surroundings - like it's a machine itself. Was it waiting for Lambert to notice it? That's terrifying
she was great, very expressive eyes, had that whole shelley duvall look of fear that conveys well to the audience
10000% agree! Very very much Shelley Duvall in The Shining or Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby - I think Cartwright would have been a great Rosemary had she been the right age
While I'm glad they didn't include this footage as it takes away the fear factor a bit, I LOVE seeing Bolaji Badejo in the costume and the way he moves! This was his one and only film role and he absolutely kills it!!
Do you mean it would have included more fear?
Story wise, of all the characters, the most cautious had to be the one who gets killed in an unseen yet vocally violent way by the Alien, which makes the feeling of helplessness prominent and the hope of survival much more dismal and in vain in what is the ultimate suspense and horror movie in Sci Fi history.
Thank you Brandon for bringing me here.
Liked the moment he stood up, though. The scale was impressive.
Couldn't take it seriously because he was too vulnerable on the way up. With all the canisters around, she could have struck him, went under him, or just ran. Something. Not stand like a dummy.
@@rosyclownproblem is that people view the Xenomorph as a monster and not as an animal super predator. So they expect horror instead of a tiger wondering who the heck passed into his territory and sniffing around. Lions do this too. Animals can be a** holes but if you want a real monster look no further than the human. Ripley her self said to that Wayland Corp guy and I para phrase "you do not see them screwing each other over for a bonus".
"Could I just take a moment of your time to share with you the benefits of taking out our extended warranty for your commercial towing vehicle?"
I felt so sorry for Lambert in this scene the sheer look of terror on her face knowing she is going to die painfully and horribly
Potential film makers learn. Fear is subjective, but fear of the unknown is universal. This scene had to be cut.
Lambert's cut off scream was more terrifying than any vision of a monster.
Not universal, thats not a necessáry component of fear, even If all the creatures fear the unknown, It still logically possíble not fear it . The fear itself is a thing you known, projected in another thing
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@@endurance_pilot word's what?
Ha ha. The Alien doing the crab-walk.
Nicholas LaRosa look like it Had Dog Worms.. hahaha!!
If choreographed properly and re shot, this could've been a really chilling scene. Too bad it was deleted.
I like how the alien is almost in disguise in plain sight at 1st, it could almost be mistaken for part of the ship if you didn't know better, and when he stands up is great, very scary for the victim.... it's the bit in-between which spoils the illusion.
I will take a “man in a rubber suit”, any day over a CGI. I love everything about this movie.
They're just tools. How they're used matters far more than the VFX method itself. Cinema, by its nature, is all artifice.
@@tronamCGI is animation painted in post; practical is real, and filmed in-camera. Why not just make everything a Pixar movie if it’s all “tools”?
@@TokyoXtreme Because the tools aren't there quite yet. I wouldn't be surprised if in 2 decades, real actors (or voice actors) will only be in niche productions done to please film fanatics.
@@Bozebo People still watch stage plays in 2023, despite having 24/7 access to streaming cartoon hybrids.
@@TokyoXtremehe didn't say that people will stop watching them all together, just that they'd become less mainstream and the example you've provided proves his point.
The backwards shuffle looks a bit too much like a bloke in a suit, but the extended tail at the start and the bit where it stands up should have been retained. Still far more convincing than any CGI I've seen.
Standing up still seems very human to me.
Cheers!
Do you mean it scares you to much?
@@mpGreen03 what why ? What do expect it it do levitate up?
@@imadrunk3576 you're drunk, go home
I loved the walk and everything. While most people think "haha, funny walk", it utterly disturbs me upfront. The idea of it walking almost manically is so unsettling. However, I do also agree it might have killed the moment. BUT, they should have kept the scene of it rising. Too many close up of the Alien in the final version, makes it feel cheap rather than sparse. I enjoy only showing little bits of the Alien to upkeep the horror of the unknown, but some of the angles they chose were rather tedious. The duct with Dallas was the best shot of the Alien in the whole movie. It's movement was something they clearly had a hard time getting down.
I understand exactly what they were going for with that crab walk - something jarringly animal in an otherwise vaguely humanoid form. However, the the actor's movements don't quite match the grace you would expect from something so comfortably flexible in form, so I can see why they cut it. The scene of it rising is excellent, though, especially the slight head tilt before it rises. It evokes an uncanny and unsettling intelligence in a creature better thought of as a beast.
I don't get why the alien is so fucking slow in this movie.. why isn't it shown to be fast as fuck like in alien isolation? its a guy in a suit right? so why can't they make him seem like a little more agile?
***** They take like too long, take this scene its just too long.
I don't think we ever get a good look at how tall the alien really is in the movie.
i too find that walk very disturbing. but maybe if they had filmed it from a lower angle, cause it made the thing look much smaller with this angle. at the same time they were probably going for the, "look at that disturbing little thing" then when it rises up its way bigger and like a "surprise". then again, weve already seen it's "size" already, so in the end, their decision to just cut it was sound.
easy to see why this scene was deleted, though that first shot with the alien just sitting there is pretty cool. i love how the creature can look totally different depending on how it positions itself and what angle it's seen from. classic movie, and a classic movie monster.
A lot of people seem to not like the crab walk, but I really like it. It makes the Alien appear almost curious. Especially with the way it looks at Lambert. Sizing her up, before it pounces. The scary part is that it seems ALMOST human, and as if it WANTS to terrify her. It gives it a bit of a more sinister feel to it, as opposed to it just being a killing machine.
The first shot, of it squatting and the cannisters rolling at its feet could have been kept in. Looked super alien right there.
I love how it was just casually sitting there behind lambert, minding its own buisiness until lambert just carelessly threw canisters over her shoulder at it XD then it crab walks towards her like "hello....what's your name? :)"
He´s playing "Twister"...
Fantasías de Menta The alien is a hermaphrodite.
I found this very creepy. The crabwalk motion was unsettling, it reminded me of a spider. It seemed like the big chap was toying with poor Lambert like it did Brett.
Looks like it was about to start breakdancing...
Same here. The fact that Big Chap is moving around in ways that you probably wouldn't expect it to is another level of creepy. You don't know what to expect from this thing.
I plan on writing a script for a remake on alien 79 and I will definitely refine this scene and further visualize how Lambert was brutaly sexually assaulted by the demented big chap. Instead of a crab walk I'll have him edge his feet forward in a flirtatious manner then slowly stand and smother Lambert as her screams echo through the com system.
You have appalling horror movie taste if you perceive that as creepy.
@@jamesfrench7299 As appalling as your mama.
This is Payback for Lambert hitting Riplay.
I like the crab walk idea, but the actor in the suit is obviously not a creature actor like Andy Serkis or Doug Jones. But the shot of it just sat there and then the slow rise to full height is so unsettling.
It does look silly but its also kinda terrifying when you think of how this thing could go from nonchalant to ripping and tearing you into shreds in a split second like a wild animal
Exactly. The contrast in it's behaviors is what makes it terrifying.
i get why they deleted this scene. but i also understand why they wanted to try it. It seemed they wanted to really emulate Giger's art to screen
An excellent scene. Definitely not a final cut. With little bit of editing and different camera angle, this could have worked well. Especially the moment when the Alien is getting up to its feet is creepy. With reasonable distance that prevents to see much of details viewers can compare how big this thing really is to an average human being.
This is very helpful in order to understand the process that was behind the creation of the movie. That said, I am glad they cut the scene the way the did in the final edit (including the infamous tail-between-the-legs shot recycled from Brett's death scene): the crab walk, while freaky in theory, looks a bit silly. It's interesting to notice that most of the deleted footage (not just from this scene) showed more of the creature while the movie eventually showed less of it and mostly avoided wide shot: when it comes to scary flicks, the "less is more" rule is always 100% valid. You can also get a sense that Ridley Scott was not 100% sure of what worked or not, regardless of the fact Hollywood executives always demand more coverage to be shot for "safety reason" (i.e. they want to be able to re-edit the movie any way they want).
“Hi, I'm Lindsay Lohan. This is how a crab walks”.
Generally speaking the alien in Alien was so much more creepy and effective than any of the sequels.
That was on purpose; the first Alien movie was a survival horror film. Aliens and all those after were moreso 'action' movies. You'll notice in most movies, you start off with a strong group of people; numbers of competant people, leadership who can coordinate, and 'doers' who will competently listen and follow orders to achieve goals.
Aliens is a great example of this; an entire group of marines who are used to killing 'aliens/extraterrestials'(not the namesakes of the film); so they all go in cocky, but prepared and following orders. As the leadership breaks down(poor leadership from Gorman, then the man 'on the ground' Apone dies and the squad has to start retreating because their chain of leadership/guidance, and ultimately their numbers drop; panic sets in immediately as they face a very one-sided battle against an enemy they didn't listen to Ripley about.
If you watch movies; you'll always see this cascade effect and you can readily determine who will die or be 'lost' in the movie as it continues; there can never be too many strong characters, or too many leaders who can offer guidance.
this is scarier without sound :O
It feels relaxing without the sound.
This scene is quite beautiful. It's a bit deceiving. The alien appears in a seemingly submissive position and can do so because it knows the human has no chance of survival. This is why it's a pretty powerful scene. It also gives the alien more dimension. The alien takes it's time like it is no big deal...
It looks absolutely horrible.
@@porflepopnecker4376 Agreed and silly.
All the likes are from those who like Aliens more.
Yeah, there are definitely some good ideas here and I can see why this scene was written and filmed. The alien appears to be playing with and pondering over its prey, similar to a cat. But the execution was awful, especially the crab-walk, and I'm glad this was cut.
Agreed, it always creeped me out how slowly it moved towards her. It knew that it was in complete control and could take its time. I
Also thought that the slow outstretching of its arms and hands was equally creeping, like it was about to embrace her…in death.
in space, no one can hear you laugh at the dude in the plastic suit
agreed that the standing was terrifying but the shuffling forward on his palms would have ruined it
"Ayy; Lmao"
Omg, XD
This puts the scene into whole new context. Lambert had it coming, rolling those canisters into the alien.
Man, the design of the Nostromo and the Alien are so genius. So gritty and grim and nightmarish. Greatest film ever made.
I love the dirty aesthetic of sci-fi technology during this era.
You haven't seen many movies have you
It's good but the godfather
Citizen kane
Casablanca
Gone with the wind to name a few
@@shoeplayisbad1 It's futile to list the greatest movies of all time since there will never be an agreement, but none of those movies created an organism that has captured people's imaginations for decades. There is an inherent bias against the science fiction genre, which is unfair since the genre has different contributions that it brings to the table. The fact of the matter is that there was genius behind the creation of Alien, regardless of whether it can be rated the best movie ever made.
@@philhelm1318 but that does not make alien one of the greatest movies ever
It isn't
And yes there is agreement on greatest movies list
Sight and sound poll
AFI
Internet movie data base to name a few. Type in top ten greatest movies ever, my list is in the top ten every poll you see
And the greatest Sci fi movie ever is blade runner
The crab walk makes you realize it’s a dude in a suit.
I can see why it got cut. I'm sorry, but that walk was downright funny. Then again I have been spoiled by Alien Isolation.
Interesting to see - but when it comes to what was seen in theatres - 'less is definitely more' - and they made the right call.
How did they get the tail to come up like that 0:13 ? A string?
It was smart that this was cut. It looks like a guy in a costume walking on his hands and feet.
Thank god this got cut.
They should have kept this scene in but had Lambert not notice the Alien, then it stands behind her to the left but taps her on the right shoulder, she turns around to the right.... nothing there, then she clocks it on her left, she jumps with fright, and they both crack up laughing. The scene ends with Lambert stood with her hands on her hips like "Alien!! What are you LIKE!!".
Marvel ass scene 💀
It didn't seem to me like the crab walk was intended to be in the the final cut, it was just to get it in the position to rise up in front of her like it did in the final cut which looked great!!!
possibly, but at the same time, the way they filmed it from a few angles might mean it was intented
Lady: two shots of vodka...
Alien: *drinks the whole bottle*
Good Quality my ass
No your ass is not good quality
patjng02 good comeback.
+patjng02 how do you now? (gay alert!)
Hans Modvig It's an old movie
+Hans Modvig Yes good quality considering that it was an unfinished, unprocessed bit of film from 1977 that was almost thrown in the bin.
Obviously SFX weren’t ready for a scene like this but the idea of the xenomorph blending in and nearly unnoticeable is pretty cool.
Man that looked awful, that walk you can tell there's a man wearing the alien suit
Whoa, I always assumed that the alien had come from a vent. Now we know it was actually already in the room.
I love seeing this. There are 1001 different ways they could have gone about it and it's easy for us to be judgemental with hindsight but when they were making this, they knew of no success, no army of fans who bought into it wholeheartedly. It was all an unknown risk and they would all have been considering how audiences would respond throughout every single shot they viewed.
Having said this, I love the crawl forwards. For me it works because no human would do that. It makes the alien strange, and obviously much more versatile a being than a human (which fits with the idea of it being the perfect organism). It also would have remained as a contrast to all the upright walking shots that were all we actually got to see and which ultimately resulted in the very thing that Ridley Scott wanted to avoid i.e. the appearance of a 'man in a suit'.
Maybe the crawl was cut when it was (from the side shot to the front shot) because from the point of the cut onwards it looked too much like a 'man in a suit' but I would have liked to have seen more, maybe had the actor practice for weeks at scuttling forward for just that shot. Or maybe they could have added rails in the floor upon which the actor could have slid while moving his limbs; but that, of course, would have meant more money and time which they probably didn't have. There were a lot of headaches on the production.
I personally wouldn't have had it look up. While I appreciate ChaoticSerenity's point about how it invests the creature with intelligence, it also makes it look weak, as if it's appealing in some way to Lambert like a begging dog. Far better that it displays total confidence that she is petrified and gazing at it, and has no need or interest in scrutinising her in return; the encounter isn't a 'first contact' scenario of mutual respect. It's a cat revealing itself to the mouse, it is death incarnate unveiling itself to the doomed victim. I prefer the idea that the alien is relishing this fact, and being *deliberately* menacing (as it it wasn't ordinarily menacing enough).
The rise is just awesome. What I like most about this is that after the appearance of a smaller creature that is given in the crawling shot, the rise to its full height gains added impact. Had I edited it I wouldn't have shown the creature start to rise in the previous side shot. Better, I think, only to see it rise in the long shot. Actually, how about an over-the-shoulder shot from when the alien is down low, with Lambert looking down at it, that tilts gradually up as it rises to level with her head, and then tilts still further as it continues to rise until it towers above her? She could whimper from the point at which it begins to loom over her and then cringe so that she appears to shrink, further emphasising its massive size.
I agree with this, except that in the actual full scene, the alien first tippie toes into that room, before sitting down, and she is still throwing those Oxygen tanks and not seeing it at all.
Even with this scene removed, if you actually look at the shadow you can see when it comes in and sits down, though I guess that fits the whole catlike behavior. But the fact that she doesn't notice it until the tail flips out like a dick poised at her ( _which is what it is suppose to symbolise_ ), that kinda makes it a bit silly.
But yes. Otherwise I agree.
Yes, I've noticed the alien's shadow and argued with people that it proves it *is* intelligent (unlike in Aliens) because it can only be doing that because it wants her to discover it - because it wants to see her shock and horror.
Have you seen the full scene in which it tip-toes in? If so, where did you see it?
While it's true that the film is heavy with sexual symbolism, I don't think that its tail was supposed to symbolise a penis (its head does that enough already). I think it is pointing at her in the manner of a devil taking pleasure at terrifying its victim, as if it's saying, 'Yoo-hoo! Yes, it's me! I've f-o-u-n-d you! And *no*, you're not going to escape...oh no!'
Keldor D'Antrell
I think it was on the deleted scenes of the DVD. One of the many many scenes.
I think it looks like it's suppose to symbolize an erection. After all, it'd fit the overall horror theme he was going for with the movie.
The erection thing makes sense since Ridley chopped the tail penetration part of Brett's death and inserted it into Lambert's death scene instead.
And then there are those unsettling noises the alien makes as Lambert is screaming and Ripley is running through the corridors towards her.
Didn't Dan O'Bannon basically write the screenplay because he was pissed off at Hollywood producers and wanted to see if he could get away with cramming as much rape allegory as he possibly could into a film?
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I don't know about that, but he specifically wanted to portray, I believe gay rape, to make the straight men in the audience queezy or something along those lines.
The shadow of its outline on her back rising and the look as she faced it is still chilling.
Who else wants that high budget Xenomorph costume to scare the crap out of people with.
Yeah this is the one
So glad this was not included.
Damn something about that crab walk gives me the creeps. It's so insectile, and the way it stands up, utterly fearless and confident of its superiority chills my bones.
Hey, this scene was in the extended Television cut played on tv in Australia.
I remember seeing it as a kid and it quite scared me, gave me nightmares actually.
The Alien is camoflauging itself as a canister in the background, similar to the climax of the movie where it stows away on the lifeboat with Ripley. Of course Lambert doesn't see it, it's camoflaged.
Exactly my point proved. Yet you get idiots thinking the film would have been more scary without it
Attack? More like he's trying to say. "I'm your friend we started this on the wrong foot"
Hahahaha...:D
When it butt-scooted I thought it was gonna do some BJJ on Lambert
it took me years to realize the alien picked up its behaviour from watching how the cat - a fellow hunter, moves and preys
I don't know if that's entirely true and intended by the filmmakers, but that is an interesting and cool idea.
Well the first 17 seconds were cool; its behaviour not being very clear (alien) . . . also I read the tail was supposed to have phallic representation, especially when it kills Lambert.
Been a while since I've seen it though.
Wow thank god that didn't make the final cut.
I'm quite athletic and flexible. That's why running is pointless.
The shuffle wasn't good.... but the two shot when it extends its tail was great
Hi Lambert I can't get this break dance right 😂
Seems the olimpic Australia breackdancer....
that's the fucking funniest thing I've seen all week!
No offense, but your idea of funny is way off whack! This especially without the sound is so SCARY!!!
@@thehoosierfortheUK naah its pretty funny the tail and crab walk makes it look like a parody pfft.
It's good that it was left out because it's blatantly obvious that it's just a person inside a suit. The scene we see is way better than this.
I think this scene is creepy as fuck. They could've edited it more to lessen the "guy in a suit" feel. I can just imagine this with subtle sound effects. Especially the slow stand up, totally awesome
Scooch back! Scooch back! Sir I said scooch back!
The only good part of this was it standing up, if they had it hiding behind something and it was accidentally uncovered by lambert and stood up would be a cool scene that they could’ve kept
Will you be my Fwiend?
I like some of the ideas here...but the execution doesn't work. Having the alien in the room with them all along, but unrecognizable due to its posture is scary. Especially that's its in plain sight and so close to them. Having it unravel in an unnatural way will also be very frightening imagery. The ideas are all good. But none of them are shot well-of course, much of that due to the limitations given to them at that time. I'm glad they realized that before they put any of it in the final edit of the film, as it really would have taken away from the masterful horror from the theatrical cut. Ridley was smart enough to know that 'less is more,' and the edit in the film is far more effective.
He's saying "look what I can do." Jokes aside it is fascinating to see it do something that hasn't been retconned or explained. I feel like watching all the explanation videos has made them less scary, I just saw a video where ridley scott said that they have regeneration healing abilities now. They were scary when I knew nothing about them.
I'm glad they cut this out. Not only did it look ridiculous, but it wasn't even scary. When you saw the silhouette of the alien in the final version, it literally felt more terrifying.
Are you kidding? It was frightening!
***** In the original theatrical release, it's not the Alien's silhouette you see. It's the silhouette of a hanging space suit throughout the entire scene. Also, Parker doesn't say, "Oh my God!", he says, "Oh goddamn!"
+RockNRoll Star Good point. In the original cut, didn't have to see the Alien in full detail and it was still scary.
totally agree.
Cut the walk and the rest is perfect.
Still to this day I haven’t gotten over Parker. As a kid I see this and he was one of he first black dudes who really got screen time and I just loved him so much. This still devastates cos even now I don’t want him to die haha.
I mean the cast is literally cinema perfection, you can’t fault a single performance by anyone but Parker (after Ripley) is just my fave in all of the Alien franchise.
It ain’t fair haha.
imagine Pam Grier as Ripley
Parker In my opinion played the most accurate role of a blue collar dude stuck in space. All he wants is his damned bonus, as would anyone else. As a facility engineer, I totally understood his point lol 😂