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31:35 "that looks like the alien head.." may be one of the greatest reaction of that scene
Hahaha it got me good
This is the first time in watching people react to this that I've ever seen someone notice that before it moves. You deserve an award.
One of the most exasperating things about the environments in some of the games.
@@whoarocketPlease.....
They've seen all of these movies before.
They litter these "1st time reactions" with completely on the nose comments.
In a way, "Alien" is a simple movie about saving a cat. LOL
This movie and its sequel has a theme, "Woman is right but nobody ever listens to her" 😆
Either that or "evil cat tricks almost entire crew into being eaten, as it is in league with an Alien". Jonsey is the only one it didn't try to eat, when it had the chance. I like to think the Alien recognised another "predator" and respected it.
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 On AVPGalaxy we called this "CatInCahootz."
@@DamonCzanik I mean, not really. In Alien Ash was the only one who straight up didn't listen to her. And that is because he was setting the whole crew up to be a buffet. In Aliens, most of the marines did listen to her once things got real... and in Alien 3, Clemens, 85, Dillon and Morse all helped and worked with her. This notion that "No one ever listens to the woman" is kinda silly.
This movie is a reboot of It the Terror from Beyond Space.👾
They even kill the Alien the same way💀
I love how people who have NEVER seen this film before immediately recognize all the things that made it so good... the lighting, the camera work, the sound effects, the acting, the writing, the practical special effects, etc. etc. We used to have genuinely GOOD movies... that is the problem with films today; they focus on everything BUT making a good movie. I remember growing up on Alien and playing Super Metroid and we didn't even really think about or care that some of our favorite characters were female. Creators today should take notes.
Between this and then BLADE RUNNER, Ridley Scott and his production design team deserve royalties and a huge thank you from 95% of all the video game futurism action and horror games and movies since 1982.
And Sigourney's "Ripley" is a legendary watershed character. Huge respect.
It's a Xenomorph. They molt and grow rapidly. I saw this in the theater when I was 15 in 1979. I had to step out the last 15 minutes when Ripley is running up and down the corridors. It was the strobe light the alarm when she peeks around the corner. I hit my point of no return. 10 seconds after I exited a woman came out on a beeline for the ladies bathroom. Fun fact- no one said anything to Veronica Cartwright about the chest buster scene. So when it happened that was her genuine reaction. Also the scene where Ripley arrives at infirmary/medical Veronica slaps her, that was full tilt unscripted. Great reaction.
A lot of the dialogue was semi-improvised. Ridley Scott also told the cast to cold-shoulder Sigourney Weaver when they wern't shooting in order to make her feel more isolated, and specifically told Yaphet Kotto (Parker) to pick on her. He did a really good job, to the point where he went and offered her an apology after they'd wrapped.
The space pods for the astronauts was first shown in the movie 2001 A Space Odyssy from 1968 of which I saw on vacation in Miami with my late parents and my little brother.
It starts off as a haunted house in space, with the floating cameras and oppressive ambience, but ends as the greatest thriller ever committed to film. Possibly my favourite movie of all time, or at the very least top three.
Many people criticize Kane (John Hurt) for being so curious regarding the Egg, but in the book we are told that those Space Suits are like Armor and the material the transparent faceplate is made of is stronger than Steel, so he was being reasonable from how well-protected he THOUGHT he was.
I've probably seen this movie far to many times because the captain being surprised in the ducts is a hilarious scene (think jazz hands when the alien is shown).
No CG whatsoever, all handcrafted SPECIAL AFFECTS.
Seen this movie the week of its release pre-high school, I'll never forget it.
Had me jump so many freaking times😬
True, but then again, CGI was in its infancy back then. But yep, it still holds up. And I highly recommend the book ALIEN: THE BLUEPRINTS, which covers all of the ships in the ALIEN films.
Guys, imagine me and friends seeing this film when first released on a massive 70mm screen in a cinema in London that boasted the best sound system. When that beginning credit sequence started we knew we were in for a hell of a ride.
I was just 30 and was in L.A. when it opened. Saw it at the Egyptian in75 mm, curved screen in DOLBY Stereo. There was even part of Mother in the lobby that you walked through. No one knew anything about the creature. What an amazing experience !!
With nothing else to do in the evening while on holiday, my parents decided to watch Alien while it was on TV. My brother and I, not wanting to go to bed, stayed up and watched it with them. I was 10. It traumatised me. That said, I absolutely love the xenomorph now. Aliens is one of the greatest sequels in history alongside Terminator 2 (both James Cameron).
Hey guys! So one fun story is that they didn't really tell the actors how the chest-bursting scene was going to go, so their reactions (especially Veronica Cartwright) were authentic. I'm now looking forward to "Aliens", one the few times where the sequel may exceed the original. Great job! 😁👍
finding a ship like that is how FOMO is finally demonstrated as the lethal impulse it is. :P
I was 12 when the sequel came to tv and watched it with my parents. I was terrified the whole time. I didn't see this one for another year or two, and even though I knew exactly who lived or not, I was equally terrified by this movie. It's one of the best horror movies ever, of all time.
You guys are one of the best reaction channels there are. You don't talk too much, your reactions are authentic, and it's fun to watch you watch these movies.
If you want another "normal people fighting for survival" movie, I recommend The Hills Have Eyes (1977) directed by Wes Craven. He also directed most of the Scream movies ~ Despair.
I envy anyone watching Alien for the first time
The famous chest bursting scene... The reactions from the actors are purely genuine because they had no idea it was gonna happen.
2:50 Where else should they smoke? Outdoors in space? 😂😂😂
I saw this in the theater when it opened in 1979 and remember thinking, wait, they killed John Hurt's character this early in the film? Who the heck will survive?
You should have watched the Director's Cut. It has a scene where Ripley finds Dallas still alive and being turned into an alien egg.
You made my day reacting to Alien, please watch number 2, a fantastic reaction
Oh shit - I didn't know you hadn't done this... Oooh, it's an absolute classic. I was ten when this first came out, and because I wasn't allowed to see it in theatres I went out and bought the Alan Dean Foster novelisation instead. I think it was the first book I ever read out of school. Good book, but not a patch on the film. 👽
Jimmy Shields did all the sounds effects. He did an incredible job.
Those planet/spaceship effects were all practical. The planets were large spherical painted models, rotating slowly and filmed in real time. The spaceships were all practical models, of varying sizes. When the Nostromo's landing they used a very large model a couple of metres in length, mounted on a forklift truck, which they used to make it move up and down.
The "planet" they land (LV-426) on is actually a moon, of a larger planet. Ash says at one point, what sounds like "deep coal; way below the baseline", which always puzzled me. Coal is made from compressed trees, that have been pulled deep underground by tectonic plate movement, and there's no way there have ever been any trees on that "planet" (or tectonic plates), so I must be mishearing what he said. 😊
Great reaction. Love your commentary. This has been my favourite movie for most of my life. I still think it’s one of Ridley Scott’s greatest achievements. One of many. I named my dog Jonesy after Ripley’s cat.😊
You guys have to watch "Aliens" next, one of the best sequels maybe thee best ever made.
Both of you are so wholsam and good folks .
Please never ever seperate from each other.
You guys are such a cute couple !
Bye bye !
The Nostromo is such a great set.
Hello You two . I watch a lot of videos on here for half the day when im off from work anyway im prob watch a lot of your videos hope it helps Boost your channel !
Try Invasion of the Body Snatchers ('79)
@10:09 ...well.....thats what she said !
Hahaha damnit, you got me
I enjoyed your video!
I’m 60 years old now. I was 16 when I saw ALIEN opening weekend and can’t describe how terrifying it was in 1979. You felt just as “trapped” in the audience watching the movie as the characters on the screen. Great reaction video! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Ditto to all that. (July '63)
I am 63 so I saw it when I was 18 in a packed theater. Everyone loved it.
Same age here - most scared I've ever been watching a movie - seeing this in a huge packed old-school theater without any idea of what to expect was the experience. That chest-burst scene was so unexpected and left me on edge for the rest of movie.
I was 11. Dad took me to a packed theater. Spent most of the movie crouched down so I could just see the top half of the screen over the seat in front of me.
Lol. I was 12
H.R. Giger is a phenomenal artist.
Yes! I didn't know about him until after this movie, and I'm so blown away by his art!
It’s so cool how Giger was originally only supposed to do the design of the alien itself, but when the original set designer couldn’t meet the producers expectations, Giger was responsible for all of the alien-related sets. Which is awesome because of the stark difference between the human sets and alien sets being designed by different artists.
@@spencershaw4419It is even more "crazy". He dreamt all of this horror stuff. :)
RIP
He sure was. When I went to Switzerland years ago I got the chance to see a table and chair set that he had designed and yep, it was amazing!
Even the tag lines for these films were great. For Alien it was "In space, no one can hear you scream." For The Thing it was "Man is the warmest place to hide."
Both of those are so horrifying... really lets the imagination run wild.
@@maplenutsreact there's also a # of Alien Video Game Sequels 4 a # of this Franchises Films: Alien Isolation who's events take place in between this Film as well as Aliens AKA Alien 2 plus Aliens Colonial Marines who's events take place in between Aliens & Alien 3 but a little heads up in Coop Multiplayer Story Mode of Aliens Colonial Marines y'all love birds will have 2 work as a team 2 completely survive against each & every single last Xenomorph!
@@maplenutsreact best thing about Aliens Colonial Marines is that y'all can enhance/improve/upgrade a # of array of/different guns/weapons with a different/wide array of unlockable Attachments making a # your of your guns/weapons in Aliens Colonial Marines even better/more deadly/lethal than be4!
For 3, it was "Look, you could have somebody piss against the wall for two hours and call it Alien 3 and it would still do $30m worth of business." (Fox executive to David Fincher, as quoted by Fincher).
Dog = The Thing?
There is no blue screen for any of the interiors. Everything was built and physically existed. Just amazing.
Its a pity thats become "amazing". Doing anything else is just shoddy and lazy, considering the money these people are given to make movies.
@@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin Exactly.
No CGI!
The motif of the alien ship comes from the genius of H.R. Giger, whose beautiful yet disturbing works of art are legendary.
This. Giger is a genius.
@@Jeflar70 .... Back when "Alien" came out, I was a subscriber to Omni Magazine, which totally loved Giger's work. Lots of great pictorials!
I just looked him up because of your comment, and holy! His work is incredible!
@@maplenutsreact ….. His images are the stuff of nightmares, yet you can’t look away…..😆
@@maplenutsreact HR Giger was first attached to Jodorowsky's planned DUNE film adaption. That project fell apart, but filmmakers became aware of Giger's work and Ridley Scott found the design he was looking for, when he found one of Giger's illustrations.
To this day, still WAAAAY ahead of its time. I remember I was 9 years old when this came out. My parents went to see it in the theater. When they came home I asked if I could see it. At the same time they both said “NO WAY!” 😂
Not only that, it STILL holds up today. It's hardly dated; yes, the tech is the 70's "chunky SF" tech but honestly it still holds up.
One of the scariest Sci Fi Horror Thriller Films ever made!
Saw this as a 14 year old back in 1979, the theatre was packed. I left the cinema traumatised what an awesome experience.
I was 12 years old with my dad , at home , My FIRST Hooror film , so cool. one of the actors fainted with the burst alien seen, and , the actors at table did not know what was going to happen . ....classic...
Did you too do the bent arm as the stomach monster? Lol
It's fascinating how pop culture gets so suffused by the ideas from something inflential (a movie, book etc) that you're kind of familiar with it even though you haven't experienced it. This is a fantastic movie and I hope you both enjoy it even with your prior knowledge. The second and third film are well worth checking out too, as all three have a different directing style and and tone (the first a survival horror, the second an action movie with horror elements, the third an existential dread etc). After that the quality falls off rapidly.
You’ll enjoy the sequel.ALIENS:THE SPECIAL EDITION from 1986.Look forward to your reaction on that movie.😉 🍿
Also Aliens was directed by James Cameron and Alien 3 by David Fincher. I need not say any more, but please make sure you react to the Aliens Special Edition and Alien 3: The Assembly Cut.
Oh yes, we absolutely enjoyed it! We were terrified, but can also appreciate the incredible talent that went into making it!
You may be getting what you wish for sooner than you think! @@DerekHarrison-ue9vv
@@maplenutsreact😸👍
"Whoever did this, needs an Oscar for best Special Effects"
They got one, for Best Visual Effects.
Hahaha good!
@@maplenutsreactI'll be honest, I'm surprised they won it vs Star Trek The Motion Picture - I think the Trek film was more "tight" with regard to visuals, but Alien was far more original. And done on a budget of $8million vs $54 million for Trek.
@@ZXSPEXto be fair to Superman, supermans 1 and 2 were filmed at the same time under the same budget - the two should really be put together and then divided by half for the actual budgets for them. Though the original 3.5 hour cut and marlno brando reshoots probably did cost a lot of money. And then Superman II swapping directors about 80% the way through... urgh, hollywood, eh?
@@ZXSPEXSuperman 1 and 2 were filmed simultaneously - like lord of the rings. It was the first movie to "do that". They split the budget between the two, but kept cast members and sets for both (Zod, Ursa, Non etc).
Absolutely!@@ZXSPEX Superman I and Superman II led the way for Batman 89 - which led the way to... X-Men 2000, which led to... today.
(we're in agreement, friend :D - I'm not trying to argue or anything - I think we're on the same wavelength.
No superhero film today would exist without Superman I (and Superman II). Without them, we'd have ... "The Fantastic Four". Yay.
The tension started in the theatre lobby. A picture of the egg and the tag line “In space no one can hear you scream”. I’m jealous. I wish I could watch this for the first time again.
“Whoever did the special effects needs an Oscar”
Good thing the academy agreed and they got one!
"I want paintings of all these shots" That is Ridley Scott for you, he is an artist first.
@@moon-moth1 Indeed as a kid I and an artist I was so impressed and also weirded out by H.R Giger's work
The sequel is one the best action movies ever made. Looking forward to you both experiencing ALIENS. ❤
Watch the extended version, gives you more information, it will help to understand what’s happening.
James Cameron - the master of Sequels.
ALIENS
Terminator 2
Piranha II.
@@angelavalentino5146I have to agree. Though I kind of wish the extended version didn't have ALL that footage (avoiding spoilers here).
James Cameron makes dumb movies for tweens. He's not a bad director; his movies always look good and, more importantly in Hollywood, make lots of money. It's just that he's such a bad writer that they're only funny unintentionally. He's basically Michael Bay with better PR.
@@michaelw8262 I don't know how to respond that. If you think Terminator or ALIENS is for "Tweens" I don't know what to say other than you must not know what ... words mean.
-She: "It´s tiny".
-Alien: "Hold my beer".
Alien Queen: "You ain't seen nothing yet."
Hey, that’s not a beer, it’s a facehugger. Nice try, but I’m onto you.
@@0okaminoLoL
I saw this in the theater the night it premiered in our town. The local critic did a write up on it and called it "Psycho meets 2001". I went by myself, because Im a sci-fi nerd, and sat in the darkened theater waiting for it to begin. I noticed right away something was different. The sound was AMAZING!. I could see these large speaker boxes mounted in the four corners of the theater were a new addition and were pumping out this amazing sound. I later learned this was the new Dolby stereo system the theater had just installed and this was the first movie they showed to have Dolby stereo.
The theater was packed. The tension was so thick you could hear a pin drop. No one had ever seen horror like this before. By the time Ash is getting his head ripped off his shoulders, people were getting up and walking out. I turned back at one point to look at the audience and I noticed a small cluster of people who had gotten up were standing in the back near the exit. Too frightened to come back too their seats but too caught up in the story to leave altogether. The scene when Ripley is making her way to the shuttle in the final act, you could almost hear the pounding heartbeat of every person in the theater.
It was, and still is, the single most intense movie going experience I have ever had.
Ridley Scott said he was trying to make Texas chainsaw massacre in space like a haunted house film in the middle of space is a pretty creepy concept if you asked me
I really enjoy y’all’s enjoyment and enthusiasm reacting to all these films, huge fan! 🎥👽😲
Thank you so much!! ❤❤❤
A perfect movie.
"Alien" is de rigueur for a reaction channel. Sooner than later is best! If you live near a one-screen old-style movie house, they will often have a classic cinema series and screen "Alien" and "Aliens" as a double-feature. Both are fantastic in the dark on a big screen.
Ooooo that sounds like a really fun, but also terrifying experience haha
Even at home, watching in the dark is an experience. You'll find yourself constantly looking over your shoulder. Things that are familiar to you will feel menacing. Great reaction.
1979 and it is still some of the best set design and cinematography you will ever see, stunning film.
so glad it's a first watch for you _both!_
I was 29 in 1979 when this opened. One theater in Denver. A little over a thousand seats. Every seat filled. Gigantic screen with a matching sound system. Scariest night I think I've ever spent at the movies and I loved every minute!!
I saw this film in Denver also. The theater was on Colfax Ave, if my memory serves correctly. I was attending Tech School at Lowry AFB. It is still one of the greatest horror/scifi movies ever.
Sounds like the old Continental.
@@tommc3622 it makes me wish I retained the ticket stub. After 45 years, noway I couldn't recall the name of the theater.
@@tommc3622 It was the Century 21 theater on Colorado Boulevard. Just south of the old Cinerama theater, the Cooper. The Continental was farther south and also a HUGE theater. I miss those old theaters.
@MapManLK Me too. I worked in movie theaters in Denver in the 90s. Everything from doorman to manager. Projection was my passion. I loved playing with film.
I worked the booth of the "Connie" for a few months. Sadly, I never got to play with the 70mm projector.
You two are great together. Love watching your reactions.
Aww thank you!! ❤❤❤
If you decide to watch the sequel, ALIENS (and I hope you do!), I'd urge you to see the extended director's cut, which adds character details and plot elements that had been removed when the when film premiered in theatres.
So it RESTORES missing pieces, rather than "add" them.
@@miller-joel-- You can understand English! I admire those who master it. May I send you a shiny gold star for your sticker book?
@@dq405 Looks like you could use a class or two.
Saw this in 1979 in an old school movie theater on a screen 60' x 40'. Sold out show with 1000+ brave souls!
Theater exploded into screams at the chest-burster scene then silence as we all had to process what we just witnessed. Still great after 45 years!
That shot of Ripley sliding back across the wall with the strobe lights on her after she sees the alien around the corner is one of my favourites in all of cinema. Dont know why but goosebumps every time.
Lambert was also in Alfred Hitchcock's, The Birds
Sigourney Weaver shot to stardom with this film and would go on to do 3 sequels. Sir John Hurt, Sir Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto and Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) were great character actors from movies and theatre.
Some of Douglas Trumbull's people worked on the space ship effects and set designs of the Nostromo's interior (Trumbull did the groundbreaking work on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968.) Ridley Scott said that 2001 was the main influence on the "realistic" look of the tech in Alien as well as the overall lonely atmosphere of space.
'Lucky Star' from Singin' In The Rain is what Ripley's singing to herself when she's preparing to blow the alien out of the airlock. When I had the VHS, for years I thought she was singing "monkey monkey monkey, monkey star"😄
Singing "Lucky Star" was Siourney Weaver's idea. Ridley Scott didn't want to let her initially because they'd have to pay for the licencing rights and the budget was already tight. However Weaver stuck to her guns about it and eventually Scott relented.
A guy named Brian Johnson (not the singer for AC/DC) was the lead special FX artist on this film. He started off working for Gerry & Sylvia Anderson on shows like Thunderbirds and Space: 1999. According to some sources, George Lucas was so impressed with the model work on Space: 1999 that he offered the lead FX job to Johnson for the first Star Wars but Johnson was already contracted to do the second season on Space: 1999 so Lucas had to go with John Dykstra instead. Johnson was then hired to do the model and FX work for The Empire Strikes Back. I think he won back to back Oscars for this film and then Empire.
Alien did win two Oscars in 1980, for Special Effects and Production Design. Love this film. I remember seeing it with my mom at the local mall multiplex. Unfortunately, she didn't see much, having her eyes covered most of the time. I had a few prized bits of merchandise, the Nostromo cap that Brett wears, a puzzle, and an 18'' tall action figure of the Alien. The best thing was a T-shirt that has a latex life-sized facehugger poking out of it. If you haven't yet Aliens is a must see. The other two sequels are a bit more divisive. So many things you see in this with a rewatch. One of the most fun for me is the Alien's 'jazz hands' when he runs into Dallas.
Yes! Finally, someone else who had that t-shirt - everyone I describe mine to thinks I'm stuck in some fever dream of imagination! 😂
It actually only won one Oscar - for Visual Effects. It was nominated for Art Direction but didn’t win.
how it didn't win for sound editing and cinematography I don't know. It deserved both of them, and in all honesty, best actress for Signourney and best film.
Someone I chatted up at the 1991 San Diego Comicon gave me one of those patches for free. You can get them all over now, but it was pretty cool at the time.
Alien is such a great film, glad you enjoyed it. The Blob 1988 and From Beyond 1986 ae so much fun and grosse.
Because everyone raves about Giger's designs, I'm going to jump in with a shout out to the late Ron Cobb who was responsible for a great deal of the film's visual design.
Oh wow, just looked him up and his art is amazing!!
@@maplenutsreact If you want to make it three-for-three, look up the late French artist Moebius (Jean Giraud). He was only on the production for a short time, but it was his designs for the costumes and in particular the space suits, that set the pattenr that costume designer John Mollo followed. Moebius's work is utterly, utterly beautiful, and if you want posters of his stuff, there are enough out there to paper your house...
"There's a horror movie called 'Alien'?? That's horribly offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you" - Doctor Who
Nice. I love finding newer reactors that havent seen all the classics yet. Good job.
But they've been spoiled to some degree because all these things are part of the culture now, and they have been copied and parodied to death.
@ifly-fsx There's nothing new under the sun.
@@liarliarpumpkineater4808 This was quite new and shocking in 1979. There had never been anything quite like it. All the right pieces came together. The writing, the actors, the set design, sound design, music, etc. That's why it's impossible to replicate.
Not a bad movie for 45 years old. I saw this in the theater in the summer of 1979. It was the summer before I started high school. It was like no other movie before. Scared the crap out of us.
Hate the "...for an older movie" caveat everyone seems to use; name any new film better...not literally.
@@tomseville2345 Yeah, this stands up to anything made ever since.
Another great sci-fi movie is Sunshine (2007). Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans and Michelle Yeoh.
My mom went and saw this with her friend back in 79, and the scene at the table, with the chest bursting, freaked her friend out so much she walked out of the theater, Lol.
One of the best horror movies ever, and by far the best in the series of movies. 👍
Lol, you know good and well that your comment is argument-bait. I agree this is the best in the series, but not by far. At least Aliens is James Cameron’s best film ever, and at least the decline between Alien and Aliens is not as egregious as the decline between Terminator and Terminator 2. Haha, now there’s some MORE bait.
All my comments are good-hearted, in advance.
@@stevesheroan4131No aurguments here I agree that Terminator was the best of that series too. As to Aliens, I lived through the 80s and it just has too much 80s cringe to be taken that serioulsy.Alien however (other than some light 70s sexism and costumes) remains timeless.
Aliens is just as good, if not better. Just a different type of movie.
If you like SciFi/horror
Event Horizon
Aliens is fantastic gotta watch that next. I reccomend The Descent for comparable films.
We're going to watch Aliens reeeeeal soon! And thank you for the recommendation!
The Descent. Yes!
My top two sci-fi movies of all time...
1979-Alien
1982-Blade Runner
April 26th 2024
Alien will me in Theaters again 😃
And both of those films were directed by Ridley Scott...and also, the late, great Alan Ladd Jr. greenlit and produced both of those films.
After you watch the sequel, check out Paul Anderson's "Event Horizon" with Sam Neil and Lawrence Fishburn.
Great reaction! If you're interested, there's a film called "Leviathan"(1989), which is essentially "Alien" underwater, but it really has more in common with The Thing.
Awesome reaction!!
Great thoughts, and loved your enthusiasm and appreciation for the film experience!! ;)
Please don't wait long and watch Aliens (1986) soon!! The director's cut is the best version!!
Thank you so much!! And we'll be watching Aliens sooner than you think haha
Check out the movies Predator(1987) and The Terminator(1984).
This'll be spoilers for those who haven't seen it, but - Two things that are serious issues in this otherwise execellent film-
1.) How the Alien grows from a small Snake-like creature into something larger than a regular man, is the MOST absurd thing in the story. In a few hours, growing so fast, it may as well be magic.
2.) Parker, suddenly deciding he doesn't want to live anymore nd attacking the Alien by HAND, instead of torching it, was clearly forced so that Ripley could be the sole survivor. We've seen nothing in his character that would indicate he was that stupid. Quite the Opposite, he seems more than smart enough to know that Lambert was dead no matter what and all he would end up doing is wasting his life.
In a lesser film, those issues would have ruined the film for me, but it still holds up, even in spite of them.
Yep. Ashe is Sr. Ian Holm (RIP) who played Bilbo on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings.
Also, Dallas is Tom Skerritt who played Viper on the original Top Gun.
Kane is John Hurt (RIP) who played both Olivander in the Harry Potter movies and was a Dr. Who.
Parker is Yaphet Kotto (RIP) who played Mr. Big in the James Bond Movie "Live and Let Die."
Brett is Harry Dean Stanton (RIP) who played Toot-Toot in The Green Mile.
Lambert is Veronica Cartright who played Felicia Alden in The Witches of Eastwick.
And, of course, Sigourney Weaver went on to have a stellar career.
So, overall, not a bad cast 🙂
Great reaction! Here are some suggestions for future viewings (I put an asterisk beside the ones that have some thrills and chills like Alien):
12 Monkeys
Aliens*
An American Werewolf In London*
Basic Instinct
Blade Runner (1982)
Die Hard 2
Edge Of Tomorrow*
Fatal Attraction
Jaws*
Jurassic Park (1993)*
Minority Report
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
North By Northwest
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl*
Pitch Black*
Predator*
Primal Fear
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Robocop (1987)
Se7en*
The Fly (1986)*
The Matrix
The Sixth Sense*
The Terminator (1 & 2)*
Total Recall (1990)
Trainspotting
V For Vendetta
Wanted
WarGames (1983)
Great reaction! I saw ALIEN on Saturday May 26, 1979 the second day of its release. It was a packed audience, and for 2 hours people were screaming, jumping out of their seats, and the whole expierence was mind-blowing!! I was afraid to sleep for weeks!!
I'm glad you recognized the actor who plays Bilbo. But you didn't seem to recognize Olivander, the wand maker, from Harry Potter (also the Chancellor from "V for Vendetta").
The next film: the JAMES CAERON Sequel I fantastic 🤐
If you like John Carpenter movies try Big Trouble in Little China starring Kurt Russell ! xx
Hi guys! Thanks for your reaction. I was 16 in 1979 and saw this movie in the theater a number of times. Someone in the audience screamed, "The cat ate the alien!" LOL
I was 14 when I saw this movie at the theater. No spoilers back then, so you didn't know what to expect. Alien gave me nightmares for weeks. The score is great, right from the start the music is somehow disquieting and you know that someting bad is about to happen. The Nostromo crew are not heroes, just regular people facing a very scary situation, and doing what they can in order to survive. The real antagonist is of course "the Company", using the crew like lambs for slaughter. They knew that something of interest might be on LV-426 all along.
This is without any doubt my favorite sci-fi/horror movie, and one of Ridley Scott true masterpieces.
now you HAVE to watch the sequel James Cameron's ALIENS- but then don't bother with the movies after that one.
You just wait until you see Aliens!! (Alien 2) - It's AMAZING!!
if you guys play video games... you gotta check out Alien:Isolation . you play as ripley's daughter as she goes to find her mother between the first two movies (game takes place about 15-20 years after Alien , and about 40-50 years before Aliens)
after the sequal Aliens, if you dare Alien Isolation is a perfect game for immersing yourself in the terror. LOL.
Its..... basically a glorified stress simulator. The game rewards calm, rational behaviour and decision making..... however it excels at disrupting the player. It really does capture some of the feeling of being stuck with a deadly alien and the struggle to survive with literally EVERYTHING going wrong.
HISTORIC! It also changed the Sci Fi genre from flash unrealistic fantasy of Starts Wars type movies n gave Sci Fi genre a new gritty everyday reality! Director Ridley Scott went to Art College, and picked up an old movie camera of the resource room shelf as it was the only thing left that other students hadn't booked out! So he made a short film with it as a art project of his brother waiting at a bus stop!....The rest is history.😮
If you already know what the Alian looks like, you lose some of the horror, as what you imagine is usually worse than what you can see. That is why the sequel, Aliens, is more an action adverture than a horror. Both are good films of their type, but they are not the same type.
4:42 Shoulder patches like that are called 'epaulettes'.
It's quite progressive, for the 1970s, that the black man isn't either the robot or first to die.
There was a season of Classic Dr. Who which consisted almost entirely of 'Base under siege' style stories.
If you like the movie and also enjoy playing board games, I recommend you try the Nemesis board game. It captures the atmosphere of the Alien films perfectly (although it doesn't have the official license to call itself that).
Hi Maplenuts, it's great you've seen this sci-fi classic, please react to it's incredible sequel Aliens (1986) as soon as you can.
Community-Question: Was the alien bursting out of the chest worse for you, or Ash spinning around, spitting milk and getting his head knocked off? For me it was the Ash-scene back then.
Chandra picked up the through line of the series almost immediately: Always Listen to Ripley.
Predator with Arnold Swarzenegger, which also became a series. Then based on a computer game by the same name, Aliens Vs Predators.
Yes I want paintings of all the frames in this film too. Ridley Scott is a master of light, darkness and colors. And very detailed set design. You should watch his Blade Runner sci-fi film. It looks fantastic.
Have you guys seen the original Predator? That’s a must watch movie if you are dipping your feet into the Alien universe. Both Alien and Predator will eventually have some movies that contain some crossover elements. They both exist in the same universe. Predator is an absolute classic!