@carlosyoung1984 Mad Max 2 says hold my beer. ... I've said this all over, and I don't intend to troll. I LOVE T2. I'm an immense fan of James Cameron. T2 is fantastic filmmaking. It's about as good as cinematic spectacle gets. As a FILM, T2 is near perfect. But as a sequel, it's seriously flawed.
The original film is the best in both franchises. The 2nd film is overrated in both franchises, and the 3rd film is underrated and is actually the best sequel in both franchises. That's the real ranking.
Watching them out of order is so f'ing dumb. It basically ruins the original. It's bad enough the alien is part of the culture and universally recognized. People watching Spaceballs before Alien just makes me mad.
A couple of fun factoids; when Alien was first screened to audiences, ushers fainted, people vomited, and some ran screaming from the theater. Now Ridley Scott decided to write the script with minimal details on that specific scene. Literally none of the actors in that movie scene (besides John Hurt), knew what was really going to happen. The script merely said "This thing emerges." The fake chest, used for John Hurt's character, is filled to the brim with fake blood, and real butcher's organs, and the animatronic chestburster. The first take of that scene was a false start of the fake chest. None of the actors know what's going to happen, just a small spurt of blood comes out. The crew preps for a second take, and the actors lean in a bit closer, ready to act surprised. On the second take, with all the actors in the zone, Ridley Scott lets hell break loose, and the alien bursts out of the fake chest with a HUGE spurt of fake blood, that shoots perfectly into Veronica Cartright's face. The reactions that you see in the film during that scene by all of the actors are completely real. The cut of Cartwright screaming, of Kotto and Sigourney's look of pure horror, and Ian Holm's utter surprise are all real reactions to what was taking place. Cartwright literally passed out after it happened. Yaphet Kotto went into another room and refused to speak to anybody. Sigourney Weaver said she forgot she was making a movie.
6:39, the biggest stars in this were probably the British guys John Hurt and Ian Holm. This is Sigourney Weaver's first major breakout role. Ripley was originally written as a man. The producers and Ridley Scott decided to subvert expectations by making the last man standing a woman. Since this is a science fiction that pivots into horror - Ripley is the final girl but in space.
That's right. The black actor Yaphet Kotto was also well known. He was in a lot of TV shows and went on to star in movies like "The Running Man" with Schwarzenegger. He caused quite a commotion in the UK for a number of years because he revealed that he was of nobility and was related to Queen Elizabeth II, in his autobiography. He would talk about it frequently in TV and radio interviews and he was ridiculed for years. It turns out that he was indeed nobility after all. He was telling the truth. Not sure it was ever proven beyond doubt before his passing that he was related to the Queen, although she did have black heritage in her bloodline, through Queen Charlotte. 🇬🇧
Yaphet Kotto had already been in Live and Let Die when Alien was made. One cast member said in an interview I read that they thought the script was terrible and weren't going to do the movie, but gave it another chance when they heard Kotto was on the project. (I think it was Veronica Cartwright, but I don't remember for sure- Sigourney Weaver certainly wasn't in a position to be turning down parts at that time)
@@AstroXeno Nice! I saw Hitchcock's "The Birds" for the first time the other day and I could swear blind that the little girl in that movie is the same Veronica Cartwright in this movie 🤔 Is that so? 😁
“ALIENS’ is an absolute must. Yes, there is more than one Alien😂 One of the best, if not the best, sequel ever made. Prepare yourself for non-stop anxiety and DO NOT watch this before your bedtime. Love your genuine reactions, telling it like it is. Great job!
John Hurt ( the guy who died on the table from the chest-butster) is an extraordinary actor! One of his finest performances was as "John ( really Joseph) Carey Merrick" in the movie, loosely based on the true story of "The Elephant Man." He was incredible in that film. I saw it as a child and it stayed with me all my life. It broke my heart at 8 years old and made me love Joseph Carey Merrick and it helped fashion a hatred for injustice and a hatred of people who abuse others! If you've never seen that movie, check it out. You won't recognize John Hurt in it though because of the character's deformity and the make up they used on him. But his acting is unparalleled. And it's an incredible movie about a most beautiful and wonderful person.
I was 18 when this movie came out. I read the book that was based on the script first. I finished the book at 11 o'clock at night and was so spooked it was 1 before I could get to sleep. I made the mistake of going to the midnight show of the movie, by myself, and got even more spooked.
"In space, no one can hear you scream" was the advert shown in the cinema for this film, and a picture of a big old egg. They used children in small space suits for the first showing of the space jockey just to give the illusion of how large the alien in the chair was.
Special Edition is a misnomer. It's James Cameron's original cut, as he intended it. The studio mandated the cuts to shorten the run time. (Cut 20 minutes = 5 showings per screen per day instead of 4 = MORE MONEY!!!)
@@tommc3622 yeah, the director’s cut is the only way to watch Aliens because it adds so much. Not so much with the original Alien film. There are alternate versions, but instead of just adding scenes to the original, it also deletes scenes that were in the original. If you’re a big fan though I guess it’s worth watching both, but in this case the original version is better imo.
This and Aliens were some of my favorite movies as a kid. My cousins and I would watch these when we were like, 7 or 8, and then go out in the woods at night with flashlights and play "Alien hunters" lol good times😂
weirdly enough there IS a movie called Alien Hunters with Michael Shanks of Stargate ( and a ton of other stuff) its nowhere NEAR this level of good, though! 😁
Alien and Aliens are great films that make you identify with and root for Ripley. She has a fantastic character arc. Alien 3 is just gonna piss you off. Nuff said.
Hearing your exposure to the Alien and Terminator franchises is like hearing you say you've eaten oranges before, but only the peel. OMG man!!! Get to the juicy sweet goodness!
Alien Isolation is actually ten years old this year and still holds up very well. It is a great survival horror game with fun dlc content as well. I remember it being the only horror game I played a couple hundred hours of. I couldn't get enough of the cat and mouse game between me and the xenomorph. It's on all consoles including switch and pc.
Watch part 3 bud the theatrical cut it has the better ending. The assembly cut has a lot of extra scenes, though. It completes Ripleys' story. You'll like it, Pal.
Saw it in 1979 in a vintage, single screen movie theater packed to the rafters, including the balcony. Suspenseful as hell with pervasive, escalating dread throughout, like no other film before it, WITH the exception of The Exorcist, which had come out earlier in the '70s. As scary as Alien was, for me it was not as nightmarish as The Exorcist because, after all, one could rationalize that the former was set light years away in some hypothetical future, whereas one could imagine a demon being in your own attic in the here and now. Do watch the oft-derided Prometheus. It's far from perfect, but provides some pre-Alien backstory, has some great visuals, and a spectacular finale.
2:11 Hahahaha! 5:43 saw it at the drive-in theatre with my family when I was seven years old! My mother tried to cover my eyes in "certain" parts, but I could still see through her fingers! Thought it was great!!!
I saw this at the theater when it first came out in 1979 (I was 22). Even the trailer that played on TV was scary to me. I was scared walking into the theater. My poor boyfriend - I about ripped his arm off! This is my favorite of the movies. Some people don't like the slow burn but what was terrifying about it was you hardly saw the alien and never knew what was coming next. The silent parts were terrifying.
The first 4 Alien movies are more directly connected storywise, so watching Alien Vs Predator, and Alien Covenant first didn't spoil anything. I recommend reacting to the Director's cut for Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection. Same with Terminator, the first 2 movies are more directly connected than the others, so nothing was really spoiled.
@28:31 Lambert( Veronica Cartwright ) was in the remake of "Invasion of The Body Snatchers" and as a child in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" She was the original scream queen.
8:28 INSIDE. I watched this movie for the first time 2 years ago? I love the writing, the atmosphere. I love puppets and animatronics, I love that the Xeno suit is a guy inside a heavy suit with some machinery. So cool
I suggest checking out Aliens, the 2nd film. I loved the 3rd one personally, but the 2nd film is what skyrocketed Sigourney (pronounces Sig-ur-nee) Weaver into famousness. Well, this and Ghostbusters. But I would love to see your reaction to Aliens, as it's a damned good film & you really see Ripley's (Sigourney's character's full name is Ellen Ripley) character development into a friggin' BADASS. It's this film that set the trope of the badass, individually strong woman who can take control & run this b*tch. There's a scene toward the end that you will cheer at -- most have! Just remember the line "Get away from her" and you'll know where you are. Good video!
My favorite Aliens game even to this day is still Aliens vs Predator: Extinction. There are three campaigns where you either control a Colonial Marine unit, a Predator hunting party, or a Xenomorph hive. Personally I loved playing the Xenomorphs.
You definitely watched your franchises backward. not just the timeline but the quality. Alien 1 & 2 are the best Alien movies as are Termi9nator 1 & 2 the best Terminator movies. I know younger people are used to CGI and top special effects and so assume the newer movies will be better but these old movies hold up pretty well for their age and they just much better quality movies overall, Better plot, dialogue, direction, sets etc. Even older black & white movies have their charm if you open your mind and enjoy the stories, you may even forget they are in B&W after a while.
Alien and Aliens are by far, my favorite Sci-Fi movies ever! Predator would be third and then Terminator 1 and 2. All are the gold standard for Sci-Fi.
A "watch it out of order" movie reactor thinks he will sleep soundly tonight.;) Get on board the "Nostromo," and stay out of dark, confined spaces! 2:12 That happens in the next edition. 4:36 The Company is sending the equivalent of a freighter crew to "do science" on an unexplored planet! 5:45 Back then TV and print ads for "Alien" gave no indication as to what kind of film it was, except for: "In space, no one can hear you scream." The audience in the ex-Cinerama theater were on edge, as tension built way above the breaking point. 8:04 We never find out what kind of weapons the survey crew had. 8:08 Saavy viewers saw Ash's "calisthenics" as suspect. 9:44 The Space Jockey, a mystery for decades. 10:44 The theatrical version of "Alien3" is the Studio Interference Cut; the Assembly Cut makes more sense. 11:11 Second Officer Kane = Zapp Brannigan. 12:00 Oh, you sweet Summer child.;) 12:30 This conversation has become iconic due to recent events. 13:25 You are watching the Special Edition version, with footage not seen in 1979. 14:34 Acid Blood is why you don't "just cut it off him." 17:45 A Props dept. work of ART, made of sea animals. Modern CGI can't match this level of reality. 20:07 Kane's last meal. 20:59 The Xenomorph, scaring audiences for over 40 years. 21:34 Burial at sea, an old maritime tradition that spares the next of kin. 22:53 Along came Jones. 24:14 Say hello to Bolaji Badejo. 27:33 You're in command now, Ripley. 30:06 In 1979, this was my "WTF? Ash ISN'T Human!?" moment. 31:16 Most didn't see this coming. 31:46 I beg to differ. Seeing the Devil in bright sunlight at noon is one thing, finding out that an apparently ordinary crew mate is a nearly unstoppable killer robot is quite another. 32:20 Will your sleep be untroubled tonight? 35:37 That's a Stinger. 36:46 I didn't see Brett and Dallas cocooned in 1979. 37:38 Escape route cut off, stop Destruct to gain time for Plan B. 38:44 Tell you what, sign up with Alterra as the Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief on the capital ship "Aurora" to build a Phase Gate near the unexplored tropical ocean planet, 4546B. As "Ryley Robinson." you may get shore leave to observe the unique flora and fauns of the planet. What could go wrong in "Subnautica"? 41:09 Tonight's Entree on the shuttle "Narcissus" is Steamed Xenomorph in Shell. 41:47 Correction, Char-Broiled Xenomorph. For a change of pace, "Galaxy Quest" (1999) will show you a very different Sigourney Weaver.;)
ALIEN(1979) is probably my very, very favorite movie in my list of favorites films. A horror movie via hardcore science fiction. I've watched/re-watched it 200+ times. Ironically, i was too young to have watched it in the theater when it came out. I've collected every film and art book about the movie. It had and has a profound, lasting impact on my creative psyche. Thee BEST. Unsolicited advice: If/when you get around to watching Alien3(1992), PLEASE watch the Assembly Cut, NOT the theatrical cut. Trust me on this one.
The biggest star in the movie was Tom Skeritt. He was chosen for the role to throw the audience off because the audience expected him to be the main character and survive.
41:53, in the original script the film had a very different and horrific ending. In the first draft, the Alien dodged Ripley's harpoon attack and got back onto the shuttle. It then ends Ripley in a very gruesome manner. The final shot of the movie would have been the Alien sitting down to make that distress message Ripley sent...but in the voice of Captain Dallas. Some higher up at 20th Century Fox (which had just made a mint on Star Wars 2 years earlier) decided that Alien could be the start of another blockbuster franchise. So they had Ridley Scott and the writers change the script so that Ripley lives. The rest of monster movie history!
37:00 This was a deleted scene, only pushed by the studio in the so-called "director's cut" for the 40th anniversary. Ridley Scott considers the original the director's cut. It's not canon. It doesn't appear anywhere else in any other Alien movie.
5:35, fun fact this movie came out in 1979 and its sequel Aliens in 1986. As part of the sequel it was mentioned on an onscreen image that Lambert here (played by Veronica Cartwright) is a trans woman. It's an Easter Egg that the producers of Aliens put into this characters background story.
Same, I really dislike pple telling reactors not to watch A3 - let them make their own minds up, because luckily for us, not everyone thinks the same on all matters. Also, I think A3 is the final part of Ripley's original story arc, like it or not.
Saw this opening night. OMG!! Somehow I just knew Jonesy would be a hero... and a villain. (The last scene with the cat being saved was supposed to raise some eyebrows).
I was 6 or 7 when I first watched this and I couldn't even read the subtitles yet, my parents had to tell me what the characters are saying, but I loved the movie so much, it sparked my imagination (and i don t just mean the horror stuff, I mean the design of the ship and the atmosphere and the idea of space and spaceships). And somehow I knew there is no possible way there was a monster under my bed, but I still had a weird feeling like I'm being watched after seeing it :)) I remember I was creeped out, but my parents and I would make fun of it.
The video game Alien Isolation is nothing short of a masterpiece. It’s the best Alien game ever made and one of the best survival horror games ever made. The alien AI uses two AI that talk to each other and adjust the alien’s behavior based on your gameplay. So if you evade the alien by using noisemakers as a distraction, it’ll eventually stop falling for the distractions. It’s also the game that made me stop trusting IGN reviews because they only gave it like a 5 or 6 out of 10 because there “weren’t enough save points” which is absolutely not true.
Alien Isolation is excellent It's the sequel to the first movie and a prequel to the second movie (watch the Director's Cut of the second movie, that's what it connects to) Also, at 38:50: I didn't just play it in first person I played it in VR through a mod ;)
I'd also recommend to watch Aliens 3 and 4. They get a lot of flack (and some of it is deserved) but they are still really solid movies with some amazing actors/characters. (and yes to Terminators too, haven't seen THOSE?! Also recommend watching at least part 3 (same as above but think most of the flack is undeserved), 4 and 5 are very meh, 6 is really good again. But as a series still worth seeing all of them, reaction video's don't only need to be award winning movies on all fronts.
21:52 that depends on the host, The Xenomorph evolves based on the host biology, it could adapt to any life form and grab some characteristics of the said host. Could be minutes or seconds
I am so happy you watched the Director's Cut! Well done! The ending was very final because this was before every damn movie had to have a sequel! James Cameron made the sequel and you need to see Aliens (Special Edition), the best version. It is more action/adventure with some horror.
I think it's the special addition that shows what the Alien did to the whole crew. Other than Parker and Lambert, but the camp and Brent were being used for Egg Morphing.
My first movie was in fact Alien. Terrified the shite out of me, but what really freaked me out was playing AvP (2000). Watching a xeno on TV was pretty bad but having to play a character, walking willingly to face a bunch of them? God damn...
17:37, The design work for the baby Alien, adult alien and the face hugger come from the late Swiss artist H.R. Giger. If you have ever seen his artwork it's seriously disturbing to look at. He melds dark sexual imagery with oddly biomechanics ones.
I still think that Parker should have lived. He had a good chance but his mistake was trying to save Lambert. At least he was brave in the end. Braver than most would have been. I would have been like “Bye, bitch. Yoink!”
Alien and then Aliens are a must watch and then play the game Alien: Isolation (one of the best games ever). Alien 3 is a decent movie but there was a lot of studio interference so if you do watch it, I would suggest watching the Director's Cut, it's a much more thorough movie. Also, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day are also a must watch, immensely fantastic movies. As a side note, I was born in Jan of 78, I saw this and The Terminator when I was 6 and Aliens when it released and I started watching horror movies with my mom when I was 4, starting with The Fog, Friday the 13th and Halloween followed up shortly by The Exorcist 🤷🏼♂️
Here's the thing about the third one... .... it's not a bad stand-alone movie... ....but it is a a bad *Aliens* movie... The movie itself is pretty cool, but after the first two, there's a story point that's so infuriating to fans of the first movies, that it makes it hard to appreciate the rest of the third movie on its own merits. So then the 4th movie is a total over-the-top cartoon, but after the third one, you can just relax and appreciate it for just how gonzo it is. "Prometheus" is a prequel and an origin-story of sorts, it's a mixed bag, but it has some cool ideas and answers a lot of questions. "Covenant" is the follow-up to Prometheus and it's OK. The Predator movies all take place in the present day or the past, centuries before the events in any of the Aliens movies - including the Alien vs Predator movies, which shows us aliens on Earth in the modern day, and may represent it's own independent timeline.
I was 7/8 when this was first released and my parents took me to see it in the theater and like halfway through they both fell asleep on it. So they were tripping on me when we got home cuz I was to scared to enter a room without the lights being on.I was running from room to room and turned on all the lights in the house. I would not go into a dark room for about a week. Aliens is a must watch in this series the 3rd isn't worth your time imo. Terminator 1&2 are must sees.
30:08, it sounds like you said earlier that you have seen Alien Vs Predator. If so then it shouldn't surprise you that the company they work for (i.e. Weyland-Yutani) actually knew about the aliens. From what I understand this movie takes place around 2122. So the leadership of WY has known about these things (and other aliens) for over a hundred years but didn't have the technology to go find it.
H R Giger was the artist behind "the Alien" creature. It was inspired by nightmares that he would sketch out upon waking. Matthew 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. AND YOU THINK THIS IS JUST A MOVIE ? Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. REMEMBER THE SCENE WITH DALLAS SAYING "KILL ME"? 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
It's off the scale anxiety but if you want more of a SciFi "horror" then I guess "Event Horizon" 😉 And definitely do ALIENS a great sequel, again it's not horror, in fact it's a straight up Action movie, with some iconic lines😂
Re: Ash and the magazine scene >> Ash is not human, he's a robot. But he admires the Alien creature for its "perfection". He rolled up the magazine and tried to force it into Ripley's mouth because he was copying what the Face Hugger did to Kane. Also, the scene is showing a type of rape on the part of Ash. That was Ash's version of rape since he is not a human and isn't anatomically capable of the usual version of rape. Pretty sick.
I would have done the same thing as Ripley. Sorry Cain but you’re not coming back on the ship until the thing is off entirely. Then we are doing a fully body scan to see what it was doing. They just saw the tube down the dudes throat and didn’t further investigate to see where it was going.
Alien is iconic in its influence on sci-fi/horror. Predator, while being a good movie, did not have this same level of impact because Alien was really the first movie of its kind; groundbreaking. Whenever you do comparisons of any type be it movies, music or any type of art, you always have to look at the historical context it resides in and contemplate whether Predator would exist if Alien hadn’t have come first. I will give props to Predator because of originality with it being a trophy hunting race of beings. Now the actual Alien vs Predator movies were just bad and not really worth consideration while watching this great film.
Alien Isolation is a great game but yes it is terrifying 😂, definitely need to react to Aliens, terminator 1 and terminator 2, predator 1 and 2. These are the goto scifi movies
The original Alien 3 left alot to be desired. So much garbage going on behind the scenes led to them deleting so much in the movie that it didn't tie together right. So, the best bet is to watch the extended version of Alien 3
I hope you check at out least the sequel, it's fantastic. I personally enjoy #3 as well but a lot of people didn't like it. I played Isolation, they did a fantastic job with that game, I never finished it, I just spent too much time hiding in a locker lol
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Terminator 1&2 and Alien & Aliens are generally seen as the best movies in those franchises, you should definitely react to them
Yeah, the first two movies are the gold standard for both franchises that all other films are judge off of (and of course found wanting lol)
I think the Terminator franchise is one of the only franchises where the sequel is better than the first. Terminator 2 was near perfection.
@carlosyoung1984 Mad Max 2 says hold my beer.
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I've said this all over, and I don't intend to troll. I LOVE T2.
I'm an immense fan of James Cameron.
T2 is fantastic filmmaking. It's about as good as cinematic spectacle gets.
As a FILM, T2 is near perfect. But as a sequel, it's seriously flawed.
The original film is the best in both franchises. The 2nd film is overrated in both franchises, and the 3rd film is underrated and is actually the best sequel in both franchises. That's the real ranking.
Watching them out of order is so f'ing dumb. It basically ruins the original. It's bad enough the alien is part of the culture and universally recognized. People watching Spaceballs before Alien just makes me mad.
24:01, Jones the cat is probably thinking "Brett really needs to be quiet and hide"
Jones the cat is the OG Alien survivor. He gets to live out a happy life as a station cat on Gateway. 😊
A couple of fun factoids; when Alien was first screened to audiences, ushers fainted, people vomited, and some ran screaming from the theater.
Now Ridley Scott decided to write the script with minimal details on that specific scene. Literally none of the actors in that movie scene (besides John Hurt), knew what was really going to happen. The script merely said "This thing emerges." The fake chest, used for John Hurt's character, is filled to the brim with fake blood, and real butcher's organs, and the animatronic chestburster. The first take of that scene was a false start of the fake chest. None of the actors know what's going to happen, just a small spurt of blood comes out.
The crew preps for a second take, and the actors lean in a bit closer, ready to act surprised. On the second take, with all the actors in the zone, Ridley Scott lets hell break loose, and the alien bursts out of the fake chest with a HUGE spurt of fake blood, that shoots perfectly into Veronica Cartright's face. The reactions that you see in the film during that scene by all of the actors are completely real. The cut of Cartwright screaming, of Kotto and Sigourney's look of pure horror, and Ian Holm's utter surprise are all real reactions to what was taking place. Cartwright literally passed out after it happened. Yaphet Kotto went into another room and refused to speak to anybody. Sigourney Weaver said she forgot she was making a movie.
6:39, the biggest stars in this were probably the British guys John Hurt and Ian Holm. This is Sigourney Weaver's first major breakout role. Ripley was originally written as a man. The producers and Ridley Scott decided to subvert expectations by making the last man standing a woman. Since this is a science fiction that pivots into horror - Ripley is the final girl but in space.
That's right. The black actor Yaphet Kotto was also well known. He was in a lot of TV shows and went on to star in movies like "The Running Man" with Schwarzenegger.
He caused quite a commotion in the UK for a number of years because he revealed that he was of nobility and was related to Queen Elizabeth II, in his autobiography.
He would talk about it frequently in TV and radio interviews and he was ridiculed for years.
It turns out that he was indeed nobility after all. He was telling the truth.
Not sure it was ever proven beyond doubt before his passing that he was related to the Queen, although she did have black heritage in her bloodline, through Queen Charlotte. 🇬🇧
Yaphet Kotto had already been in Live and Let Die when Alien was made. One cast member said in an interview I read that they thought the script was terrible and weren't going to do the movie, but gave it another chance when they heard Kotto was on the project. (I think it was Veronica Cartwright, but I don't remember for sure- Sigourney Weaver certainly wasn't in a position to be turning down parts at that time)
@@AstroXeno Nice! I saw Hitchcock's "The Birds" for the first time the other day and I could swear blind that the little girl in that movie is the same Veronica Cartwright in this movie 🤔
Is that so? 😁
@@NigelShepherd-z7k IMDb says yes.
@tobiasisback4605 Wow! Great comment. That blew my mind. I'll have to check it out... I've never seen the original 🤨🙄
“ALIENS’ is an absolute must. Yes, there is more than one Alien😂 One of the best, if not the best, sequel ever made. Prepare yourself for non-stop anxiety and DO NOT watch this before your bedtime. Love your genuine reactions, telling it like it is. Great job!
Sigourney Weaver’s character’s name is Ellen Ripley, not Ridley. The black guy (Parker) was tall - he was 6’3”.
Signers Weaver the actress' name is Sigourney Weaver, and she's 6'.
Dammit. I had typed it out correctly but iPhone autocorrected it.
Sigourney is 6.0 she's pretty tall
John Hurt ( the guy who died on the table from the chest-butster) is an extraordinary actor! One of his finest performances was as "John ( really Joseph) Carey Merrick" in the movie, loosely based on the true story of "The Elephant Man." He was incredible in that film. I saw it as a child and it stayed with me all my life. It broke my heart at 8 years old and made me love Joseph Carey Merrick and it helped fashion a hatred for injustice and a hatred of people who abuse others! If you've never seen that movie, check it out. You won't recognize John Hurt in it though because of the character's deformity and the make up they used on him. But his acting is unparalleled. And it's an incredible movie about a most beautiful and wonderful person.
The actors were not told what was going to happen at the scene where the alien first appears. Their shock was genuine.
False. That scene is detailed in the script.
The actors had a script, but it did not talk about the chest burster. It was genuine shock at what happened.
@@DagNeb_It Nonsense. Read the f'ng script instead of repeating things you don't know anything about.
YES! Watch Terminator 1 and 2 Please !!!!
I was 18 when this movie came out. I read the book that was based on the script first. I finished the book at 11 o'clock at night and was so spooked it was 1 before I could get to sleep. I made the mistake of going to the midnight show of the movie, by myself, and got even more spooked.
"In space, no one can hear you scream" was the advert shown in the cinema for this film, and a picture of a big old egg. They used children in small space suits for the first showing of the space jockey just to give the illusion of how large the alien in the chair was.
She slapped her because she wouldn’t let them in the ship
Watch the special edition of Aliens. Trust me.
Special Edition is a misnomer.
It's James Cameron's original cut, as he intended it.
The studio mandated the cuts to shorten the run time.
(Cut 20 minutes = 5 showings per screen per day instead of 4 = MORE MONEY!!!)
@@tommc3622 yeah, the director’s cut is the only way to watch Aliens because it adds so much. Not so much with the original Alien film. There are alternate versions, but instead of just adding scenes to the original, it also deletes scenes that were in the original. If you’re a big fan though I guess it’s worth watching both, but in this case the original version is better imo.
I always felt like Jones the cat was try to warn brett that it was behind himcuz the cat hissed,before brett got snatched up.
This and Aliens were some of my favorite movies as a kid. My cousins and I would watch these when we were like, 7 or 8, and then go out in the woods at night with flashlights and play "Alien hunters" lol good times😂
weirdly enough there IS a movie called Alien Hunters with Michael Shanks of Stargate ( and a ton of other stuff) its nowhere NEAR this level of good, though! 😁
There is one film titled "Alien", singular, and there is a second film titled "Aliens", plural. That tells you everything. And you have to see it
Alien and Aliens are great films that make you identify with and root for Ripley. She has a fantastic character arc. Alien 3 is just gonna piss you off. Nuff said.
Hearing your exposure to the Alien and Terminator franchises is like hearing you say you've eaten oranges before, but only the peel.
OMG man!!! Get to the juicy sweet goodness!
AT 17:54 . . . Raw oysters on the half shell 🤔🤨🦪🤢🤮
Alien Isolation is actually ten years old this year and still holds up very well. It is a great survival horror game with fun dlc content as well. I remember it being the only horror game I played a couple hundred hours of. I couldn't get enough of the cat and mouse game between me and the xenomorph. It's on all consoles including switch and pc.
Alien 3 is a dark masterpiece, and many people cannot handle it. Its grim quality truly does the Alien Mythos justice.
Watch part 3 bud the theatrical cut it has the better ending. The assembly cut has a lot of extra scenes, though. It completes Ripleys' story. You'll like it, Pal.
Aliens next plz, one of the best squeals ever.
Yo terminator 2 & aliens are iconic. might be worth doing colabs when you react to those.
Saw it in 1979 in a vintage, single screen movie theater packed to the rafters, including the balcony. Suspenseful as hell with pervasive, escalating dread throughout, like no other film before it, WITH the exception of The Exorcist, which had come out earlier in the '70s. As scary as Alien was, for me it was not as nightmarish as The Exorcist because, after all, one could rationalize that the former was set light years away in some hypothetical future, whereas one could imagine a demon being in your own attic in the here and now. Do watch the oft-derided Prometheus. It's far from perfect, but provides some pre-Alien backstory, has some great visuals, and a spectacular finale.
2:11 Hahahaha!
5:43 saw it at the drive-in theatre with my family when I was seven years old! My mother tried to cover my eyes in "certain" parts, but I could still see through her fingers! Thought it was great!!!
I saw this at the theater when it first came out in 1979 (I was 22). Even the trailer that played on TV was scary to me. I was scared walking into the theater. My poor boyfriend - I about ripped his arm off! This is my favorite of the movies. Some people don't like the slow burn but what was terrifying about it was you hardly saw the alien and never knew what was coming next. The silent parts were terrifying.
The first 4 Alien movies are more directly connected storywise, so watching Alien Vs Predator, and Alien Covenant first didn't spoil anything.
I recommend reacting to the Director's cut for Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection.
Same with Terminator, the first 2 movies are more directly connected than the others, so nothing was really spoiled.
probably the fastest ive ever been to watch a video! super excited for this reaction :)
@28:31 Lambert( Veronica Cartwright ) was in the remake of "Invasion of The Body Snatchers" and as a child in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" She was the original scream queen.
Actually the black guy died last. Or at least the second one did. They shoved a 6"10" Nigerian in the alien suit.
Parker has always been my favorite character. He was the much needed comedy. ❤
8:28 INSIDE.
I watched this movie for the first time 2 years ago? I love the writing, the atmosphere.
I love puppets and animatronics, I love that the Xeno suit is a guy inside a heavy suit with some machinery. So cool
There are 4 / 5 major actors in all the Alien movies 😬👍🏻
Ian Holm / Ash - ( Lord Of The Rings / 5th Element ) - is a huge actor 😬👍🏻
You definitely have to watch aliens next 😊
I suggest checking out Aliens, the 2nd film. I loved the 3rd one personally, but the 2nd film is what skyrocketed Sigourney (pronounces Sig-ur-nee) Weaver into famousness. Well, this and Ghostbusters. But I would love to see your reaction to Aliens, as it's a damned good film & you really see Ripley's (Sigourney's character's full name is Ellen Ripley) character development into a friggin' BADASS. It's this film that set the trope of the badass, individually strong woman who can take control & run this b*tch. There's a scene toward the end that you will cheer at -- most have! Just remember the line "Get away from her" and you'll know where you are.
Good video!
My favorite Aliens game even to this day is still Aliens vs Predator: Extinction. There are three campaigns where you either control a Colonial Marine unit, a Predator hunting party, or a Xenomorph hive. Personally I loved playing the Xenomorphs.
You definitely watched your franchises backward.
not just the timeline but the quality.
Alien 1 & 2 are the best Alien movies as are Termi9nator 1 & 2 the best Terminator movies.
I know younger people are used to CGI and top special effects and so assume the newer movies will be better but these old movies hold up pretty well for their age and they just much better quality movies overall, Better plot, dialogue, direction, sets etc.
Even older black & white movies have their charm if you open your mind and enjoy the stories, you may even forget they are in B&W after a while.
Sigourney Weaver is Ripleys' real name. Sig-gorn-nee is what it sounds like.
Alien and Aliens are by far, my favorite Sci-Fi movies ever! Predator would be third and then Terminator 1 and 2. All are the gold standard for Sci-Fi.
Now you have to see Aliens (Special Edition)
When this movie came out, I was 5. I watched it on TV a few years later and the chest-bursting scene was forever in my head.
A "watch it out of order" movie reactor thinks he will sleep soundly tonight.;) Get on board the "Nostromo," and stay out of dark, confined spaces! 2:12 That happens in the next edition. 4:36 The Company is sending the equivalent of a freighter crew to "do science" on an unexplored planet! 5:45 Back then TV and print ads for "Alien" gave no indication as to what kind of film it was, except for: "In space, no one can hear you scream." The audience in the ex-Cinerama theater were on edge, as tension built way above the breaking point. 8:04 We never find out what kind of weapons the survey crew had. 8:08 Saavy viewers saw Ash's "calisthenics" as suspect. 9:44 The Space Jockey, a mystery for decades. 10:44 The theatrical version of "Alien3" is the Studio Interference Cut; the Assembly Cut makes more sense. 11:11 Second Officer Kane = Zapp Brannigan. 12:00 Oh, you sweet Summer child.;) 12:30 This conversation has become iconic due to recent events. 13:25 You are watching the Special Edition version, with footage not seen in 1979. 14:34 Acid Blood is why you don't "just cut it off him." 17:45 A Props dept. work of ART, made of sea animals. Modern CGI can't match this level of reality. 20:07 Kane's last meal. 20:59 The Xenomorph, scaring audiences for over 40 years. 21:34 Burial at sea, an old maritime tradition that spares the next of kin. 22:53 Along came Jones. 24:14 Say hello to Bolaji Badejo. 27:33 You're in command now, Ripley. 30:06 In 1979, this was my "WTF? Ash ISN'T Human!?" moment. 31:16 Most didn't see this coming. 31:46 I beg to differ. Seeing the Devil in bright sunlight at noon is one thing, finding out that an apparently ordinary crew mate is a nearly unstoppable killer robot is quite another. 32:20 Will your sleep be untroubled tonight? 35:37 That's a Stinger. 36:46 I didn't see Brett and Dallas cocooned in 1979. 37:38 Escape route cut off, stop Destruct to gain time for Plan B. 38:44 Tell you what, sign up with Alterra as the Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief on the capital ship "Aurora" to build a Phase Gate near the unexplored tropical ocean planet, 4546B. As "Ryley Robinson." you may get shore leave to observe the unique flora and fauns of the planet. What could go wrong in "Subnautica"? 41:09 Tonight's Entree on the shuttle "Narcissus" is Steamed Xenomorph in Shell. 41:47 Correction, Char-Broiled Xenomorph. For a change of pace, "Galaxy Quest" (1999) will show you a very different Sigourney Weaver.;)
ALIEN(1979) is probably my very, very favorite movie in my list of favorites films.
A horror movie via hardcore science fiction.
I've watched/re-watched it 200+ times. Ironically,
i was too young to have watched it in the theater when it came out.
I've collected every film and art book about the movie. It had and has a profound, lasting impact on my creative psyche. Thee BEST.
Unsolicited advice:
If/when you get around to watching Alien3(1992), PLEASE watch the Assembly Cut, NOT the theatrical cut.
Trust me on this one.
The biggest star in the movie was Tom Skeritt. He was chosen for the role to throw the audience off because the audience expected him to be the main character and survive.
41:53, in the original script the film had a very different and horrific ending. In the first draft, the Alien dodged Ripley's harpoon attack and got back onto the shuttle. It then ends Ripley in a very gruesome manner. The final shot of the movie would have been the Alien sitting down to make that distress message Ripley sent...but in the voice of Captain Dallas.
Some higher up at 20th Century Fox (which had just made a mint on Star Wars 2 years earlier) decided that Alien could be the start of another blockbuster franchise. So they had Ridley Scott and the writers change the script so that Ripley lives. The rest of monster movie history!
Fun fact: the cast didn’t know about the breakfast scene before it happened, because Ridley Scott wanted the horror of the actors to be real.
That’s tough 🔥
37:00 This was a deleted scene, only pushed by the studio in the so-called "director's cut" for the 40th anniversary. Ridley Scott considers the original the director's cut. It's not canon. It doesn't appear anywhere else in any other Alien movie.
Terminator is really good. But Terminator 2 is the best of the series. Same with Alien....Aliens the second movie is incredible.
The black guy always dies first trope (from a black comedian) is a myth right up there with there were no strong women in older movies.
5:35, fun fact this movie came out in 1979 and its sequel Aliens in 1986. As part of the sequel it was mentioned on an onscreen image that Lambert here (played by Veronica Cartwright) is a trans woman. It's an Easter Egg that the producers of Aliens put into this characters background story.
16:19. Leave him on the planet and save the rest of the ship and crew. He was dead the moment that facehugger latched on to him.
Alien 3 gets alot of hate, but I think it's an ok movie
Same, I really dislike pple telling reactors not to watch A3 - let them make their own minds up, because luckily for us, not everyone thinks the same on all matters. Also, I think A3 is the final part of Ripley's original story arc, like it or not.
@@MotherofImps Precisely.
Saw this opening night. OMG!! Somehow I just knew Jonesy would be a hero... and a villain. (The last scene with the cat being saved was supposed to raise some eyebrows).
I was 6 or 7 when I first watched this and I couldn't even read the subtitles yet, my parents had to tell me what the characters are saying, but I loved the movie so much, it sparked my imagination (and i don t just mean the horror stuff, I mean the design of the ship and the atmosphere and the idea of space and spaceships). And somehow I knew there is no possible way there was a monster under my bed, but I still had a weird feeling like I'm being watched after seeing it :)) I remember I was creeped out, but my parents and I would make fun of it.
Kane would’ve got left outside 🤷🏾
The video game Alien Isolation is nothing short of a masterpiece. It’s the best Alien game ever made and one of the best survival horror games ever made. The alien AI uses two AI that talk to each other and adjust the alien’s behavior based on your gameplay. So if you evade the alien by using noisemakers as a distraction, it’ll eventually stop falling for the distractions.
It’s also the game that made me stop trusting IGN reviews because they only gave it like a 5 or 6 out of 10 because there “weren’t enough save points” which is absolutely not true.
Tough movie! Ready for the second! 🔥
Fun fact: The Xenomorph only has about 4 minutes of screen time because they couldn't figure out how to keep it from looking like a man in a suit.
Alien Isolation is excellent
It's the sequel to the first movie and a prequel to the second movie (watch the Director's Cut of the second movie, that's what it connects to)
Also, at 38:50: I didn't just play it in first person
I played it in VR through a mod ;)
I'd also recommend to watch Aliens 3 and 4. They get a lot of flack (and some of it is deserved) but they are still really solid movies with some amazing actors/characters. (and yes to Terminators too, haven't seen THOSE?! Also recommend watching at least part 3 (same as above but think most of the flack is undeserved), 4 and 5 are very meh, 6 is really good again. But as a series still worth seeing all of them, reaction video's don't only need to be award winning movies on all fronts.
21:52 that depends on the host, The Xenomorph evolves based on the host biology, it could adapt to any life form and grab some characteristics of the said host. Could be minutes or seconds
I am so happy you watched the Director's Cut! Well done! The ending was very final because this was before every damn movie had to have a sequel! James Cameron made the sequel and you need to see Aliens (Special Edition), the best version. It is more action/adventure with some horror.
I think it's the special addition that shows what the Alien did to the whole crew. Other than Parker and Lambert, but the camp and Brent were being used for Egg Morphing.
One of my favorite series! The game, Alien Isolation, was a masterpiece! & yes, I had constant anxiety throughout. 😆
My first movie was in fact Alien. Terrified the shite out of me, but what really freaked me out was playing AvP (2000). Watching a xeno on TV was pretty bad but having to play a character, walking willingly to face a bunch of them? God damn...
Biggest star at the time was probably Yaphet Kotto who had been a Bond villain 5 years before.
Sigourney Weaver was practically unknown.
I was 8 years old 1983 when I watched it! Nightmares for weeks or years...Stil love it! Loved your reaction. Keep them coming Love from Sweden.
Alien 3 assembly cut rules.
Fun fact the Metroid games, with samus. Are influenced by this movie. The tight spaces, the way the doors open and close. The boss being called Ridley
Add on also the count down in the Metroid games
See Aliens !!!!!!!
17:37, The design work for the baby Alien, adult alien and the face hugger come from the late Swiss artist H.R. Giger. If you have ever seen his artwork it's seriously disturbing to look at. He melds dark sexual imagery with oddly biomechanics ones.
I personally LOVE The Yautja (Predators) but both species have incredible history and culture developed and expanded from these films
I still think that Parker should have lived. He had a good chance but his mistake was trying to save Lambert. At least he was brave in the end. Braver than most would have been. I would have been like “Bye, bitch. Yoink!”
Alien and then Aliens are a must watch and then play the game Alien: Isolation (one of the best games ever). Alien 3 is a decent movie but there was a lot of studio interference so if you do watch it, I would suggest watching the Director's Cut, it's a much more thorough movie. Also, The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day are also a must watch, immensely fantastic movies. As a side note, I was born in Jan of 78, I saw this and The Terminator when I was 6 and Aliens when it released and I started watching horror movies with my mom when I was 4, starting with The Fog, Friday the 13th and Halloween followed up shortly by The Exorcist 🤷🏼♂️
No way! You watched a movie! That is crazy! Wow! Incredible! Was it on a tv!? Never seen anyone watch a movie before!
Idk if it was on tv or not.. I’ll do my research after I figure out if the earth is flat or round !
T2 theatrical cut rules.
Here's the thing about the third one...
.... it's not a bad stand-alone movie...
....but it is a a bad *Aliens* movie...
The movie itself is pretty cool, but after the first two, there's a story point that's so infuriating to fans of the first movies, that it makes it hard to appreciate the rest of the third movie on its own merits.
So then the 4th movie is a total over-the-top cartoon, but after the third one, you can just relax and appreciate it for just how gonzo it is.
"Prometheus" is a prequel and an origin-story of sorts, it's a mixed bag, but it has some cool ideas and answers a lot of questions.
"Covenant" is the follow-up to Prometheus and it's OK.
The Predator movies all take place in the present day or the past, centuries before the events in any of the Aliens movies - including the Alien vs Predator movies, which shows us aliens on Earth in the modern day, and may represent it's own independent timeline.
A couple minutes in, I recognize you as one of us. Let's laugh at the world, brother.
I was 7/8 when this was first released and my parents took me to see it in the theater and like halfway through they both fell asleep on it. So they were tripping on me when we got home cuz I was to scared to enter a room without the lights being on.I was running from room to room and turned on all the lights in the house. I would not go into a dark room for about a week. Aliens is a must watch in this series the 3rd isn't worth your time imo. Terminator 1&2 are must sees.
30:08, it sounds like you said earlier that you have seen Alien Vs Predator. If so then it shouldn't surprise you that the company they work for (i.e. Weyland-Yutani) actually knew about the aliens.
From what I understand this movie takes place around 2122. So the leadership of WY has known about these things (and other aliens) for over a hundred years but didn't have the technology to go find it.
If you ever have Xenomorph acid on your ship, please apply backing soda power to stop any potential pressure breach.
Alien isolation have the same vibe
Alien was very good. Aliens was one of the best sequels ever produced. #3 was plain & average
Aliens 👽 even better
H R Giger was the artist behind "the Alien" creature. It was inspired by nightmares that he would sketch out upon waking.
Matthew 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
AND YOU THINK THIS IS JUST A MOVIE ?
Revelation 9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
REMEMBER THE SCENE WITH DALLAS SAYING "KILL ME"?
6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
At least check out all 4 of the original movies. Make sure you watch the Special Edition of Aliens and the Assembly Cut of Alien 3 though...
It's off the scale anxiety but if you want more of a SciFi "horror" then I guess "Event Horizon" 😉
And definitely do ALIENS a great sequel, again it's not horror, in fact it's a straight up Action movie, with some iconic lines😂
I was an adult seeing that in a dark theater, scared the crap out of me. The first time I saw it. We too thought the black dude would be the first!
The chest bursting scene the actors didn't know what was going to happen so the fear was real
Re: Ash and the magazine scene >> Ash is not human, he's a robot. But he admires the Alien creature for its "perfection". He rolled up the magazine and tried to force it into Ripley's mouth because he was copying what the Face Hugger did to Kane. Also, the scene is showing a type of rape on the part of Ash. That was Ash's version of rape since he is not a human and isn't anatomically capable of the usual version of rape. Pretty sick.
I would have done the same thing as Ripley. Sorry Cain but you’re not coming back on the ship until the thing is off entirely. Then we are doing a fully body scan to see what it was doing. They just saw the tube down the dudes throat and didn’t further investigate to see where it was going.
Alien is iconic in its influence on sci-fi/horror. Predator, while being a good movie, did not have this same level of impact because Alien was really the first movie of its kind; groundbreaking. Whenever you do comparisons of any type be it movies, music or any type of art, you always have to look at the historical context it resides in and contemplate whether Predator would exist if Alien hadn’t have come first. I will
give props to Predator because of originality with it being a trophy hunting race of beings.
Now the actual Alien vs Predator movies were just bad and not really worth consideration while watching this great film.
When the 3rd film teaser trailer came out it showed Aliens coming to Earth. Then the movie cameout. Thats all Ill say.
Answer to your question: Predator because they are awesome and the sound they make is amazing.
I played the Alien: Isolation game before but I’m not very far in because, like you mentioned, it’s scary AF! 😱 👽
Alien Isolation is a great game but yes it is terrifying 😂, definitely need to react to Aliens, terminator 1 and terminator 2, predator 1 and 2. These are the goto scifi movies
The original Alien 3 left alot to be desired. So much garbage going on behind the scenes led to them deleting so much in the movie that it didn't tie together right. So, the best bet is to watch the extended version of Alien 3
Guess I'm a psycho then, because I played Alien Isolation in VR. And LIKED IT.
I hope you check at out least the sequel, it's fantastic. I personally enjoy #3 as well but a lot of people didn't like it. I played Isolation, they did a fantastic job with that game, I never finished it, I just spent too much time hiding in a locker lol