It's even more impressive when you consider this was released in 1979 and all of the effects were practical, no CGI. This movie was ahead of its time, a masterpiece of film making. Great reaction.
The reason why Parker said it was so big without explaining how he knows because in the Director's Cut. Parker and Ripley ran to the Brett's scream and watch the Xenomorph carry Brett up to the airshaft.
I am guessing they have never seen The Thing from the early 80's either or the Exorcist if they really believe older horror movies aren't scary. Personally, I find modern horror movies to be all about obvious jump scares or just straight up gore, but that is just me.
@MisoSilly One of his best roles as Corporal Hicks but he will ALWAYS be Kyle Reese, but for me his BEST role was playing Johnny Ringo in Tombstone! 🤩 He was also a great Villain as Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss! 😎
Christ! Cant you just allow others to enjoy ALIEN without you action junkies keep.pushing for Aliens? You guys are like fanatics or something. Get a bloody grip! Yes, Aliens is a great movie too but christ!
The Nostromo is basically a flying mining facility. once they pick up their payload of mineral ore it takes months or even years to return to earth. In the meantime, the ship processes the ore ready for delivery upon arrival. Brett was in one of the cooling units when he was killed, the "rain" was condensation falling down
I believe Brett was killed in the landing gear bay. You see the giant three-pronged gear retracted and hanging in the middle of the room with the condensation falling on it.
Screen writer Dan O'Bannon didn't like the set designs for the Nostromo saying, "They have rattling chains and dripping water, like it's a haunted castle or something!" He envisioned a more sleek and modern setting for his monster in space movie. He was from that old school of space travel where everything is clean and white and new and had not yet warmed up to this new version where everything is dirty and old and covered in grease.
Watch this movie over again you really see how shady Ash is and how he's working agains tthe crew. One great detail I really noticed when I first saw it in 4k is as the movie goes on the cast is made up to look more and more stressed out. They are sweating, blotchy skin, their eyes are red from crying... but not Ash. He is showing zero physical signs of stress and fear.
Sam, Tristan, this is for you: Ian Holm's carrier lasted by almost 60 years with dozens of titles. He had much more life and characters than Bilbo. He was an excellent actor, and in 1998 he was knighted Sir Ian Holm. RIP. This movie is supreme in every sense. Unbeatable in the 21st century. Or any other century.
My first introduction I was about 9 years old while backpacking in the High Sierras with my parents and some of their friends. My mom had the book from Alan Dean Foster and would read passages from it by the campfire. I was simultaneously terrified and intrigued. Made it my mission to see it by any means necessary.
In the extended version the Alien was hanging above Brett, like a grotesque chandelier, hanging on chains in the area that was raining on Brett. “It was big!” When Brett was taken up by the Alien, Parker and Lambert were too late to save him, but they saw the Alien take Brett. And yes, that’s how Lambert was killed, graphically illustrated in the graphic novel. In the novel both Parker and Lambert were ripped apart and was being stuffed into the vent, possibly for food. And yes, I believe in aliens. I am convinced that MY cat is one and has nefarious plans.
These special effects were created by the great Stan Winston (not as well known to the public as it would have deserved). He also worked in Jurassic Park, Predator or Terminator.
Ian Holm was cast as Bilbo, but also because he played Frodo in a BBC radio adaptation of LotR in 1981. You can get it online and I have a 13 tape set.
"We’ve learned that older horror movies aren’t scary by today’s standards… " I think John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness would like a few words... The Thing especially would like to talk to you. That movie is pretty much a masterpiece of practical effects and body horror. It is also a masterpiece of paranoia and suspense with a serving of claustrophobia.
Holm was also in an extraordinary drama called “The Sweet Hereafter,” and was not nominated for Best Actor, but should have been. He also played Napoleon in at least 2 movies.
I was 18 when this came out. It was a huge leap ahead from men in rubber suits. That tag line “in space no one can hear you scream “ was on the poster with a picture of an egg. The tension started before you walked in.
I got see this for free. My parents took us to the drive in when Empire came out in 1980. Drive ins would play a double feature, adding a slightly older film of the same "genre" to follow the main feature. After the credits finished for ESB, this rolled. My parents let me stay and watch it.
I prefer this one because of the derelict and space jockey. Ancient, cosmic horror, yo! Aliens is just an action movie. A good one, but just an action movie + budding family drama etc because Ripley was now glued to Sigourney Weaver. In the original script none of the characters had sexes. They only became men and women after casting was done, which is why zero time is wasted on sex, flirting, romance, jealousy, feminism or family tedium. No one who wrote Alien had any idea Ripley was even a woman, which is how every script should be written, except if you're making porn.
Good pick up about Parker noticing the Alien was "huge" although we don't see Parker see it. There were deleted/longer scenes that show Parker entering as Brett is being pulled up, so he did see it originally.
Great reaction! Did you guys notice that when Ripley finds Parker and Lambert, Lambert’s shoes are off, and appears to be naked? They never mention anything, but something went down….
The rain in space thing. Probably there's some explanation in some novelization, but it could be moisture from the air or the cargo condensing on the cold outer hull and dripping down. Not uncommon thing to happen in caves.
It's inside the ship & it's condensation from the refrigeration, freezer & AC unit condenser coils dripping down. & No doubt all condenser coils are localized in a central column so the ship could capture the water, filter it & recycle it. It's refreshing to him because it's damn cold just above freezing maybe 34 degrees, & if you're hot & sweaty it sure feels good.
This is still a stand out movie. It has been around for 45 years now. Still going strong. Sam you went on the Great Movie Ride at Disney World. I did too. Be for I saw the movie Alien. I am a die hard fan of the Alien franchise. Sigourney Weaver is my favorite actress. I love the character Ellen Ripley and jonesy the cat. Sam and Tristan. Enjoy your first time watching Alien. I believe you will like it. I'm new to channel. I'm enjoying it. Tristan! Your right about The Lord of the Rings. The man playing Ash. Also played Bilbo baggins. In The fellowship of the Rings.
They're not really sleeping though. They're knocked out or in an induced coma for an extended period. Its not like they'll notice the glass in front of their face.
The cool Alien Figure was invented by the Swiss H. R. Giger. In Gruyeres Switzerland, his exciting Museum is also with the Alien Figure. Recommended! 👍🤩👽
100% YES. On Earth, all known living things have a carbon-based structure and system. Scientists have speculated about the pros and cons of using elements other than carbon to form the molecular structures necessary for life, but no one has proposed a theory employing such atoms to form all the necessary structures. However, as Carl Sagan argued, it is very difficult to be certain whether a statement that applies to all life on Earth will turn out to apply to all life throughout the universe. Sagan used the term "carbon chauvinism" for such an assumption. He regarded silicon and germanium as conceivable alternatives to carbon (other plausible elements include but are not limited to palladium and titanium); but, on the other hand, he noted that carbon does seem more chemically versatile and is more abundant in the cosmos. Accordingly, aliens are more than possible and most likely they are humanoid creatures (like people), and after their natural evolution their goal and motivation will be survival and resources. so it all depends on us how we meet them, with treats or nuclear missiles
@@Fernando-dt8je Better choices, for sure. Romulus doesn't even make the list for me. Too many lore inconsistencies/contradictions and member-berries/retreads for me. Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 as an add-on. I consider 3 a half-sequel. Great direction/cinematography/setting w/ David Fincher directing.
What's funny is that most of the first time viewers nowadays recognize Ian Holm in Alien as the same actor asBilbo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings while I saw Alien first and I recognized Ian Holm in LotR from having seen him first as Ash in Alien. 😅 I saw Alien when I was a young teenager in 2000 and saw LotR next year at the movie theatre with my class.
Hey, Sam and Tristan! This is one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time! I prefer the original THEATRICAL CUT you saw because I feel it's paced better and lacks a scene which contradicts the sequel. However, the Director's Cut boasts a moment when Veronica Cartwright smacks the cr@p out of Sigourney Weaver which definitely SHOULD HAVE BEEN in the Theatrical Cut! Despite preferring the Theatrical Cut for the first movie, there is ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION that you must watch the SPECIAL EDITION with longer runtime of the sequel, "ALIENS"!!!!!!! There are critical additional scenes that add context to the movie and it is the version director James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver themselves prefer. Director Ridley Scott kept the entire cast in the dark about the famous CHESTBURSTING scene except for John Hurt. Their reactions were absolutely genuine and mirrored the audience's response! Veronica Cartwright got sprayed by fake blood and fell over backward. They only filmed the scene twice. It remains one of the most ICONIC IN CINEMA HISTORY! The PACING is deliberately slow at the beginning to acquaint the audience with the ship's geography, to demonstrate authentic-looking space travel and maneuvers, to familiarize the audience with the crew, to establish the threat posed by the creature and to generate suspense with the mystery of the derelict craft. There's a lot of rich character humor and foreshadowing in those crew interaction scenes as well as a subtext about this future society being a corporate dystopia. "Alien" is set in the year 2122. This movie and "Star Wars" changed the future aesthetic from antiseptic cleanliness to lived-in, worn-out dinginess. The smoking is meant to convey that space travel has become commonplace enough that it is the province of workaday laymen. The Swiss artist, H.R. GIGER, who designed the xenomorph, tapped into insectoid and reptilian features that evoke primal fear. His artwork is very bizarre, erotic and has a distinctive look called Giger-esque. The final product is an iconic movie monster that is pure NIGHTMARE FUEL! The creature's life-cycle and biology is explored throughout the series. By the way, the alien's retractable inner jaw is found in nature in a deep-sea fish! THE WEYLAND-YUTANI COMPANY is an international conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar travel and terra-forming. They have a stake in every colony world and are basically the 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. They are a ruthless corporation looking to exploit or weaponize the xenomorph for profit regardless of the negative consequences. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of all the Alien movies. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani. This crew is not a group of explorers, scientists or colonists. They're just SPACE TRUCKERS hauling rocks. This was a First Contact situation they were wholly unqualified for. Hence, all the bumbling and bad judgment calls. Their chief concerns were company policy and pay inequity. Ripley was the only one with the willingness to make difficult command decisions that would have saved all their lives except for Kane's had she not been undermined by Ash. Of course, Ash was privy to a secret corporate mandate. Like most Captains, Dallas had an inherently CALM DEMEANOR. By minimizing the situation, it prevents both him and the crew from panicking. You can tell he's very worried because he seeks counsel from Muthur, the Company-wide AI Operating System. He also acknowledges his culpability for the predicament by preventing Ripley from volunteering to go into the shafts and by shouldering that burden himself. He accepted this task not even knowing if fire would be effective! His last act is a rather valiant gesture and I always feel bad for him despite his initial missteps. Parker is MY FAVORITE supporting character! Yaphet Kotto played him to the hilt! He's the blue collar EVERYMAN who just cares about payday and who enjoys deliberately antagonizing his superiors but ends up sacrificing himself for a fellow employee. He's also the only one who made a move on the chestburster before being stopped by Ash! Some viewers strongly believe the alien raped Lambert! This is nonsense. The PREHENSILE TAIL probably drew her closer to itself so it could mouth-punch her with the retractable jaw. Those viewers aren't mistaken for perceiving phallic eroticism, though, as that was Scott's intent. The giant elephant-headed alien pilot of the derelict spacecraft is one of the GREAT MYSTERIES of the franchise. Was he a zoologist, a bio-warfare specialist, an exterminator, a trader in exotic organisms, a waste disposal tech or a trucker like Ripley's crew? No one knows. Sigourney Weaver became a FEMINIST ICON because of this movie. Ripley is one in a long line of strong female characters that have been showcased in sci-fi and fantasy dating back to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars, in 1912! There's not a man I know who wouldn't follow Ripley into hell. You must see the SPECIAL EDITION of "Aliens" and the ASSEMBLY CUT of "Alien 3" because those versions greatly enhance both films. If you intend to see the "ALIEN vs. PREDATOR" films, then you need to acquaint yourself with the PREDATOR franchise. The first is an action classic with Schwarzenegger. Danny Glover's underrated urban-set "Predator 2" features some memorable set pieces and adds more lore. Dark Horse comics explored the crossover concept inspiring Hollywood to make two crossover films with moderately successful to excellent results. They're fun and exciting guilty pleasures with the second one, "ALIENS vs. PREDATOR: REQUIEM", being particularly lean and mean. There is also a "PREDATORS" film produced by Robert Rodriguez that is definitely worth a look. "THE PREDATOR" (2018) REBOOT, however, should be considered extremely optional as it nearly killed the franchise! "PREY" is an excellent 18th-century-set prequel to the original film that was released on Hulu! The Alien films have a RICHER SUBTEXT while the Predator films are more ACTION FARE but they're both fun sci-fi thrillers. Below is a VIEWING ORDER and an INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: 1719 Prey 1987 Predator 1997 Predator 2 2004 Alien vs Predator (Extended Cut) 2004 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) 2010 Predators 2018 The Predator [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL] 2023 Peter Weyland TED Talk webisode 2093 Prometheus 2104 Alien: Covenant [OPTIONAL] 2122 Alien 2137 Alien: Isolation video game [OPTIONAL] 2142 Alien: Romulus 2179 Aliens (Special Edition) 2179 Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) 2379 Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] VIEWING ORDER: Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] Predator (1987) Predator 2 Predators Prey Alien vs Predator (Extended Cut) Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Peter Weyland TED Talk webisode Prometheus Alien: Covenant [OPTIONAL] Alien: Romulus Alien: Isolation video game [OPTIONAL] The Predator (2018) [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL]
The greatest Truckers in Space film... I'm not going back for the ship's cat when an eight-foot acid-drooling alien is hunting me down. Remember - "In space, no one listens to Ripley". The water 25:15 is due to the ship being so big it creates its own micro climates.
The room with all the water falling is the landing gear bay. You can see it folded above Brett with the "toes" hanging down. The water is just run off from the storm on LV426.
Ok, Sam and Tristan. The water from overhead was condensation dripping from the cooling units that were probably damaged when they landed on the planet. Ridley Scott made this movie as a tribute to the sci-fi movies of his youth in the.195o's . They were paced slower to draw out tension and to use silence as a way of making the viewer feel unsettled. You might want to react to BLADE RUNNER, which was the film he made after this one. Bit definitely see ALIENS. It was directed by James Cameron. He was given the project following his success with the first TERMINATOR movie. A suggestion. You might want to invest in better headphones as the soundtracks and sound designs for movies are a big part of the experience. Breathing, footsteps, and other atmospheric sounds take on a whole new dimension when channeled through headphones. Imagine how much Sam would have jumped when she heard the face-hugger attack Kain when it burst from the egg. Again, this is just a suggestion. Remember, egg to face-hugger. Which lays an egg in the host and then dies. Egg becomes the chestburster that explodes from the body to become the fullgrown xenomorph. I was surfing through the channels and came across yours. I'm going to watch a few more videos before deciding whether or not to subscribe. Maybe even look at some of your previous movies. Keep going and enjoy the movies.
My number one top movie of all time, Aliens is my 2nd favorite. Sam you have got to play Alien isolation which is the only video game ( imo ) that is legitimately scary!
For some reason all the reactioners miss the visual of the bad landing. If you step your foot on uneven ground, like part of your foot hits a large rock and the other part of your foot flat ground, you twist your ankle and might drop to the ground due to instability. If you paid attention they showed a closeup of the one landing foot stepping down on a boulder that was sticking up crookedly. This caused a "twisted ankle" effect on the whole ship. Metal probably sheared through other metal
Kane is obsessed with making the "big score", finding that valuable resource where he gets the biggest share and he can retire a rich man. That's why he "volunteers to be in the first group to go out" he wants to be the one to find whatever valuable thing the planet may be hiding.
When the alien arrived at the dinner table unannounced ,the blood from Kane was actually offal blood ,animal blood and veronica fell on the floor as many did not know what was going to happen . When veronica dies Lambert that is they showed the clip where the tail came behind her but it was actually bretts shoes you saw not lamberts cowboy girl boots.
In the director’s cut, there’s a deleted scene where Ripley and Parker saw the alien take Brett up into the air ducts, and when they ran up and screamed his name, it wasn’t water condensate falling all over them from the dehumidifier in the air handler, it was Brett’s blood. The director’s cuts of both Alien and Aliens are definitely worth watching. The reason the alien xenomorph grows so fast is actually in its highly acidic blood. It’s blood goes beyond being a powerful acid, it’s a chemical powerhouse of energy that is far superior to mammalian cellular metabolism. The ovapod can sustain a face hugger for decades, in harsh conditions, until a host comes along. Stainless steel deck plating is resistant to a lot of acids due to chromium passivation forming a resistant oxide layer, but the blood of the xeno destroys it easily by preventing passivation and soaking into the crystalline structure destroying it at the molecular level.
What would be really great as they decided to bring it back to the screen for a showing cuz then all the people who have never seen it and the people who love it can see what it looks like on a big screen I've seen it several times on the big screen when it first came out it was amazing just like the other ones
In the Director’s Cut on her way to the shuttle Ripley comes across the cocooned Brett and Dallas. Dallas asks her to kill him, which she does by torching him and Brett.
26:34 they knew it was huge cause they saw it. When you watch the extended version, they show us Ripley and parker stepping into that room while the alien is dragging him away.
I was far too young to see this in theaters, but with the invention of the VCR I got to see it when I was 17. It's still one of the best horror films I've seen and I've seen a lot. It's probably one of my favorites bc I love SciFi also. Makes sure you see the directors cut of Aliens. It just explains things a bit better than the theatrical release. and it kicks ass.
This movie is a classic, no doubt. But if you watch Mario Bavas 1965 Planet Of The Vampires you can see the direct influence it had on Alien writer Dan O Bannon and the basic premise of the movie. The alien ship in this movie is even the same horseshoe shape, crewed by huge skeletal beings similar to the space jockey in this.
As a generation Xer, I greatly enjoy seeing these reactions in my daughter as well as in you, about movies and stories that marked my entire generation.
There are ways in nature for things to grow super quickly, involving liquid (typically blood, some biting insects can grow ten times their size in one meal) or gas filled structures. The water was probably associated with the nuclear reactor cooling system and in real life they are made to bleed off a little to release pressure. So with the alien, just add water and perhaps fuel, radiation and/or the crew's food stores as a nutrients, and you have an instant full grown alien. Just my fan theory.
Definitely watch the extended version of the next one. It fills in holes that the theatrical version has. Definitely watch the Predator and predator 2. Aliens and predators are from the same universe.
"Why are they acting like this is normal?" They're not: they're in shock. And they're supposed to be seasoned space truckers. I think maybe we've become to accustomed to horror films where a boogeyman is chasing screaming teens: these characters ARE showing fear, but they're a bit older than the average horror cast, too.
Sam, Could you just sing this one line in the opening of your next video? "An old man, turned 98. He one the lottery, and died the next day." Sam and Tristan, Be sure to react to *Aliens* next. That's the last movie in the Alien franchise. Technically there are others, but they aren't canon because I don't want them to be.
Cold drink on a warm day, glass gets wet, didn't rain did it? Huge fucking scorching engines running and keeping the ship hot, cold ass space everywhere, water condenses.
I was 7 years old when this debuted so I've never know a world without the Xenomorph's. I've always looked at this film as like a haunted house movie in space. The tie in with the Predator Universe came about due to a Dark Horse comic series. Then later in Predator 2 a scene tied them in the same universe as well. The movies in this series are kinda hit or miss depending on your tastes (including the prequels). And Ridley Scott has promised more films to come. Either directed or produced by him.
Reductive take. Alien is Lovecraft is space, and that is far more than haunted house shlock. The scene with the derelict and the space jockey are the key thing about this movie that makes it not sci fi and not haunted house, but far more.
lol yep Tristan spotted Ash 🤖 the Bilbo Baggins Easter egg . He was very young when he filmed this movie in 1979, this is what he should have looked like in The Hobbit movies. 😆
May of 1979 and this film blew my little high school mind. All of the terror and horror of Texas Chainsaw linked to the cosmic hopelessness of H.P. Lovecraft. I have a two-foot model of the space jockey from the ship that I built and painted on my shelf, next to a model of the shuttle with Ripley and the alien inside. But I am not obsessed. No no. Also, in the first Avengers movie, Harry Dean Stanton asked Mark Ruffalo "Are you an alien?"
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It's even more impressive when you consider this was released in 1979 and all of the effects were practical, no CGI. This movie was ahead of its time, a masterpiece of film making. Great reaction.
Same with Star Wars
Giger designs was brilliant.
computer screen was cgi lol
The reason why Parker said it was so big without explaining how he knows because in the Director's Cut. Parker and Ripley ran to the Brett's scream and watch the Xenomorph carry Brett up to the airshaft.
I awlays figured if it had acid for blood it could metabolize anythign for nutrition.
That's why you ALWAYS watch the Director's/Extended/Final/Special/whatever Editions of movies.
I always thought it was because they'd found adult-alien sized skin sheddings until I saw the DC.
“We’ve learned that older horror movies aren’t scary by today’s standards…” wait…what?!
@@torpedoboy4 -Then screams 4x’s in first 20min. 🤣 lol
It's funny because Alien is very scary still because they barely show the creature
I am guessing they have never seen The Thing from the early 80's either or the Exorcist if they really believe older horror movies aren't scary. Personally, I find modern horror movies to be all about obvious jump scares or just straight up gore, but that is just me.
You asked how the alien grew so fast. In the book the alien was raiding the crew's extra food stores.
Now it's time for the AL|ENS.
Long live Michael Biehn ❤
@MisoSilly One of his best roles as Corporal Hicks but he will ALWAYS be Kyle Reese, but for me his BEST role was playing Johnny Ringo in Tombstone! 🤩 He was also a great Villain as Lieutenant Coffey in The Abyss! 😎
Christ! Cant you just allow others to enjoy ALIEN without you action junkies keep.pushing for Aliens? You guys are like fanatics or something. Get a bloody grip! Yes, Aliens is a great movie too but christ!
Now it is time for Alien Isolation on Sam's gaming channel!
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The cat makes perfect sense.
Ships at see used to take cats with them to get rid of the vermin.
Right - space is full of rats eager to invade every spaceship they see. So a cat really makes sense.
@@Vinterfrid How and where do you think the rats and mice came on board in first instance, Einstein?
Cats are lazy unless you starve them. Better to buy an owl.
@@RickMeathead Ship's cats are clearly far better swimmers than we give them credit for...as are the ship's rats and mice!
@@Vinterfrid neither is the sea, but if you have a few on board before taking off......
This movie and Aliens are 2 masterpieces. Great reaction guys to a classic. Big thumbs up
The rest...best avoided.
@@miller-joel 3 gets a bad rap but it's far better in its 'directors cut' version. Alien: Romulus is a great return to form
@@TwinStripe Put the crack pipe down.
The Nostromo is basically a flying mining facility. once they pick up their payload of mineral ore it takes months or even years to return to earth. In the meantime, the ship processes the ore ready for delivery upon arrival. Brett was in one of the cooling units when he was killed, the "rain" was condensation falling down
I believe Brett was killed in the landing gear bay. You see the giant three-pronged gear retracted and hanging in the middle of the room with the condensation falling on it.
Screen writer Dan O'Bannon didn't like the set designs for the Nostromo saying, "They have rattling chains and dripping water, like it's a haunted castle or something!"
He envisioned a more sleek and modern setting for his monster in space movie. He was from that old school of space travel where everything is clean and white and new and had not yet warmed up to this new version where everything is dirty and old and covered in grease.
@jamiemerian9736 Correct. It is the landing strut bay.
The falling water is ice melting from the strut after being exposed to LV-426's atmosphere.
And now, thanks to Sam, all of us watching this with headphones on, have gone deaf.
That's why I listen to movie reactions on the mediocre speakers of my Lenovo ThinkPad T530.;)
Watch this movie over again you really see how shady Ash is and how he's working agains tthe crew. One great detail I really noticed when I first saw it in 4k is as the movie goes on the cast is made up to look more and more stressed out. They are sweating, blotchy skin, their eyes are red from crying... but not Ash. He is showing zero physical signs of stress and fear.
He's a Hobbit, Ash is a God Damn Hobbit!
Ripley overheard Ash looking at the monitor of the alien in Kane saying, “my precious.”
That's hilarious 😂! Good one!
This is what happens if he keeps the Ring
@danielpeckham5520 What if Ash anoints Big Chappie with the ring 💍 🤔? How will Hutson(sp?) react?
Answer: Game over man! Game over!
Ash is the actor Ian Holmes of The Lord of the Rings
12:21 Sam: "I'm gonna take one with me." As a matter of fact, yes he will.
"He's eating for two" LOL
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C Clarke
Sam, Tristan, this is for you: Ian Holm's carrier lasted by almost 60 years with dozens of titles. He had much more life and characters than Bilbo. He was an excellent actor, and in 1998 he was knighted Sir Ian Holm. RIP. This movie is supreme in every sense. Unbeatable in the 21st century. Or any other century.
Great reaction to a classic.
Saw in the theatres aged 13, 3 km walk through dark streets home. Ran most of the way.
Same here. Nightmares for weeks.
My first introduction I was about 9 years old while backpacking in the High Sierras with my parents and some of their friends. My mom had the book from Alan Dean Foster and would read passages from it by the campfire. I was simultaneously terrified and intrigued. Made it my mission to see it by any means necessary.
In the extended version the Alien was hanging above Brett, like a grotesque chandelier, hanging on chains in the area that was raining on Brett. “It was big!” When Brett was taken up by the Alien, Parker and Lambert were too late to save him, but they saw the Alien take Brett. And yes, that’s how Lambert was killed, graphically illustrated in the graphic novel. In the novel both Parker and Lambert were ripped apart and was being stuffed into the vent, possibly for food. And yes, I believe in aliens. I am convinced that MY cat is one and has nefarious plans.
These special effects were created by the great Stan Winston (not as well known to the public as it would have deserved). He also worked in Jurassic Park, Predator or Terminator.
Stan worked on Aliens, not Alien.
Stan Winston didn’t have anything to do with this film. It was Brian Johnson, Carlo Rambaldi, HR Giger, and Nick Allder
Ian Holm was cast as Bilbo, but also because he played Frodo in a BBC radio adaptation of LotR in 1981. You can get it online and I have a 13 tape set.
Oh woah I didn't know that
"We’ve learned that older horror movies aren’t scary by today’s standards… " I think John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), Mouth of Madness, and Prince of Darkness would like a few words... The Thing especially would like to talk to you. That movie is pretty much a masterpiece of practical effects and body horror. It is also a masterpiece of paranoia and suspense with a serving of claustrophobia.
Indeed that is Bilbo Baggins of the Shire - at least from the LOTR movies
Chariots of Fire, Greystoke Legend of Tarzan, The day after tomorrow.
Vito Cornelius, "The Fifth Element"
@@MickeyStartraveller totally forgot he was the priest haha
@@benvandermerwe4934 ...and countless renditions of Shakespeare plays...
Holm was also in an extraordinary drama called “The Sweet Hereafter,” and was not nominated for Best Actor, but should have been. He also played Napoleon in at least 2 movies.
Check out the movies The Thing(1982), Aliens(1986), Predator(1987), and Predator 2(1990).
The Thing is an absolute must see for any reactors.
12:21 "I'm gonna take one with me!"
Boy, did he.
I was 18 when this came out. It was a huge leap ahead from men in rubber suits. That tag line “in space no one can hear you scream “ was on the poster with a picture of an egg. The tension started before you walked in.
💯 This one of the very few movie aliens that actually looks alien enough that you don't immediately recognize it as a guy in a rubber suit.
I got see this for free. My parents took us to the drive in when Empire came out in 1980. Drive ins would play a double feature, adding a slightly older film of the same "genre" to follow the main feature. After the credits finished for ESB, this rolled. My parents let me stay and watch it.
What a screaming sincerity :) . You really bring the movie to life with your genuine reaction !
Another great film with a young Sigourney Weaver. You guys were right, that was a younger Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins). Glad you guys enjoyed it. :)
I've seen this and LOTR so many times and never realized Ash and Bilbo were the same actor.
Good work on identifying Bilbo Baggins 👍 Ftr, there was a Harry Potter actor aboard too! The sequel, Aliens (1986) is a great sequel!
this one is great, but the second one is better and also my favorite
I prefer this one because of the derelict and space jockey. Ancient, cosmic horror, yo! Aliens is just an action movie. A good one, but just an action movie + budding family drama etc because Ripley was now glued to Sigourney Weaver. In the original script none of the characters had sexes. They only became men and women after casting was done, which is why zero time is wasted on sex, flirting, romance, jealousy, feminism or family tedium. No one who wrote Alien had any idea Ripley was even a woman, which is how every script should be written, except if you're making porn.
The coldest line in the movie from Ash "you have my sympathies."
The Alien is chilling because he wants a ride to earth
Hitchhiking was still cool in the 70’s 😎
Good pick up about Parker noticing the Alien was "huge" although we don't see Parker see it. There were deleted/longer scenes that show Parker entering as Brett is being pulled up, so he did see it originally.
Genuine scream made me hit the like button 🤣💯✌🏾
Right?! Like, I feel bad for Sam, buuuut…
that's also kind of why us savages watch reactions to this movie 😁
Good catch on Ian Holm playing Bilbo. I always recognize him from Fifth Element, which i recommend.
Second this.
Great film and Holm is brilliant in it. As always.
"Do you think he's eating for two?"
Damn! :)
Accurate!
Great reaction! Did you guys notice that when Ripley finds Parker and Lambert, Lambert’s shoes are off, and appears to be naked? They never mention anything, but something went down….
The rain in space thing. Probably there's some explanation in some novelization, but it could be moisture from the air or the cargo condensing on the cold outer hull and dripping down. Not uncommon thing to happen in caves.
It's inside the ship & it's condensation from the refrigeration, freezer & AC unit condenser coils dripping down. & No doubt all condenser coils are localized in a central column so the ship could capture the water, filter it & recycle it. It's refreshing to him because it's damn cold just above freezing maybe 34 degrees, & if you're hot & sweaty it sure feels good.
Great movie that really launched Sigorney's career, however ALIENS is even better and REALLY made her a star (not including her role in Ghost Busters)
Gorillas in the mist, Working Girl, Copy Cat and much more from Sigourney !!!
I love how Sam not only wears different clothes for different videos, but she is wearing a whole different style every time.
Love watching people's reactions to the greatest movie of all time
Watched it as a child of the 80s, at too young an age in too dark a basement, and it is still the archetype of the perfect horror sci-fi film!
This is still a stand out movie. It has been around for 45 years now. Still going strong. Sam you went on the Great Movie Ride at Disney World. I did too. Be for I saw the movie Alien. I am a die hard fan of the Alien franchise. Sigourney Weaver is my favorite actress. I love the character Ellen Ripley and jonesy the cat. Sam and Tristan. Enjoy your first time watching Alien. I believe you will like it. I'm new to channel. I'm enjoying it. Tristan! Your right about The Lord of the Rings. The man playing Ash. Also played Bilbo baggins. In The fellowship of the Rings.
They're not really sleeping though. They're knocked out or in an induced coma for an extended period. Its not like they'll notice the glass in front of their face.
Can you imagine the experience of watching this in a theater in 1979?
The cool Alien Figure was invented by the Swiss H. R. Giger. In Gruyeres Switzerland, his exciting Museum is also with the Alien Figure. Recommended! 👍🤩👽
Watching AvP before Alien or Predator should be illegal. With a jail sentence.
And if you watch Spaceballs before Alien, death penalty.
Sam is one of the good ones, the gals that are the high strung jumpy screamers
are the best for these movies that have the jump scares. 🥰😍🤩😘😁😉
Whats fun is alien and aliens are 2 of the best sci fi movies ever made, but they are completely different style movies
I hope this means were going to get Aliens reaction soon gang🤞
100% YES. On Earth, all known living things have a carbon-based structure and system. Scientists have speculated about the pros and cons of using elements other than carbon to form the molecular structures necessary for life, but no one has proposed a theory employing such atoms to form all the necessary structures. However, as Carl Sagan argued, it is very difficult to be certain whether a statement that applies to all life on Earth will turn out to apply to all life throughout the universe. Sagan used the term "carbon chauvinism" for such an assumption. He regarded silicon and germanium as conceivable alternatives to carbon (other plausible elements include but are not limited to palladium and titanium); but, on the other hand, he noted that carbon does seem more chemically versatile and is more abundant in the cosmos. Accordingly, aliens are more than possible and most likely they are humanoid creatures (like people), and after their natural evolution their goal and motivation will be survival and resources. so it all depends on us how we meet them, with treats or nuclear missiles
Ripley was the first female hero of an action horror movie. She was a ground breaker!
That was a great scream at the face hugger jumping out of the egg. 😊
Music by Jerry Goldsmith conducted by Lionel Newman
Alien, Aliens and Alien: Romulus would be my selection for the perfect trilogy
No. Alien, Aliens and Alien³ make the trilogy. :-)
Alien Isolation (videogame) and Romulus are good add-ons. Well, Isolation is brilliant.
@@Fernando-dt8je ok
@@MickeyStartraveller :-P I'm not fighting you hehe :-). I like Alien³, that's all. 😂
@@Fernando-dt8je Better choices, for sure. Romulus doesn't even make the list for me. Too many lore inconsistencies/contradictions and member-berries/retreads for me.
Alien, Aliens, and Alien 3 as an add-on. I consider 3 a half-sequel. Great direction/cinematography/setting w/ David Fincher directing.
What's funny is that most of the first time viewers nowadays recognize Ian Holm in Alien as the same actor asBilbo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings while I saw Alien first and I recognized Ian Holm in LotR from having seen him first as Ash in Alien. 😅 I saw Alien when I was a young teenager in 2000 and saw LotR next year at the movie theatre with my class.
This is my favorite scifi film of all time.
Hey, Sam and Tristan! This is one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time!
I prefer the original THEATRICAL CUT you saw because I feel it's paced better and lacks a scene which contradicts the sequel. However, the Director's Cut boasts a moment when Veronica Cartwright smacks the cr@p out of Sigourney Weaver which definitely SHOULD HAVE BEEN in the Theatrical Cut!
Despite preferring the Theatrical Cut for the first movie, there is ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION that you must watch the SPECIAL EDITION with longer runtime of the sequel, "ALIENS"!!!!!!! There are critical additional scenes that add context to the movie and it is the version director James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver themselves prefer.
Director Ridley Scott kept the entire cast in the dark about the famous CHESTBURSTING scene except for John Hurt. Their reactions were absolutely genuine and mirrored the audience's response! Veronica Cartwright got sprayed by fake blood and fell over backward. They only filmed the scene twice. It remains one of the most ICONIC IN CINEMA HISTORY!
The PACING is deliberately slow at the beginning to acquaint the audience with the ship's geography, to demonstrate authentic-looking space travel and maneuvers, to familiarize the audience with the crew, to establish the threat posed by the creature and to generate suspense with the mystery of the derelict craft. There's a lot of rich character humor and foreshadowing in those crew interaction scenes as well as a subtext about this future society being a corporate dystopia. "Alien" is set in the year 2122.
This movie and "Star Wars" changed the future aesthetic from antiseptic cleanliness to lived-in, worn-out dinginess. The smoking is meant to convey that space travel has become commonplace enough that it is the province of workaday laymen.
The Swiss artist, H.R. GIGER, who designed the xenomorph, tapped into insectoid and reptilian features that evoke primal fear. His artwork is very bizarre, erotic and has a distinctive look called Giger-esque. The final product is an iconic movie monster that is pure NIGHTMARE FUEL! The creature's life-cycle and biology is explored throughout the series. By the way, the alien's retractable inner jaw is found in nature in a deep-sea fish!
THE WEYLAND-YUTANI COMPANY is an international conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar travel and terra-forming. They have a stake in every colony world and are basically the 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. They are a ruthless corporation looking to exploit or weaponize the xenomorph for profit regardless of the negative consequences. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of all the Alien movies. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani.
This crew is not a group of explorers, scientists or colonists. They're just SPACE TRUCKERS hauling rocks. This was a First Contact situation they were wholly unqualified for. Hence, all the bumbling and bad judgment calls. Their chief concerns were company policy and pay inequity. Ripley was the only one with the willingness to make difficult command decisions that would have saved all their lives except for Kane's had she not been undermined by Ash. Of course, Ash was privy to a secret corporate mandate.
Like most Captains, Dallas had an inherently CALM DEMEANOR. By minimizing the situation, it prevents both him and the crew from panicking. You can tell he's very worried because he seeks counsel from Muthur, the Company-wide AI Operating System. He also acknowledges his culpability for the predicament by preventing Ripley from volunteering to go into the shafts and by shouldering that burden himself. He accepted this task not even knowing if fire would be effective! His last act is a rather valiant gesture and I always feel bad for him despite his initial missteps.
Parker is MY FAVORITE supporting character! Yaphet Kotto played him to the hilt! He's the blue collar EVERYMAN who just cares about payday and who enjoys deliberately antagonizing his superiors but ends up sacrificing himself for a fellow employee. He's also the only one who made a move on the chestburster before being stopped by Ash!
Some viewers strongly believe the alien raped Lambert! This is nonsense. The PREHENSILE TAIL probably drew her closer to itself so it could mouth-punch her with the retractable jaw. Those viewers aren't mistaken for perceiving phallic eroticism, though, as that was Scott's intent.
The giant elephant-headed alien pilot of the derelict spacecraft is one of the GREAT MYSTERIES of the franchise. Was he a zoologist, a bio-warfare specialist, an exterminator, a trader in exotic organisms, a waste disposal tech or a trucker like Ripley's crew? No one knows.
Sigourney Weaver became a FEMINIST ICON because of this movie. Ripley is one in a long line of strong female characters that have been showcased in sci-fi and fantasy dating back to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars, in 1912! There's not a man I know who wouldn't follow Ripley into hell.
You must see the SPECIAL EDITION of "Aliens" and the ASSEMBLY CUT of "Alien 3" because those versions greatly enhance both films.
If you intend to see the "ALIEN vs. PREDATOR" films, then you need to acquaint yourself with the PREDATOR franchise. The first is an action classic with Schwarzenegger. Danny Glover's underrated urban-set "Predator 2" features some memorable set pieces and adds more lore. Dark Horse comics explored the crossover concept inspiring Hollywood to make two crossover films with moderately successful to excellent results. They're fun and exciting guilty pleasures with the second one, "ALIENS vs. PREDATOR: REQUIEM", being particularly lean and mean. There is also a "PREDATORS" film produced by Robert Rodriguez that is definitely worth a look. "THE PREDATOR" (2018) REBOOT, however, should be considered extremely optional as it nearly killed the franchise! "PREY" is an excellent 18th-century-set prequel to the original film that was released on Hulu! The Alien films have a RICHER SUBTEXT while the Predator films are more ACTION FARE but they're both fun sci-fi thrillers. Below is a VIEWING ORDER and an INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY:
INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY:
1719 Prey
1987 Predator
1997 Predator 2
2004 Alien vs Predator (Extended Cut)
2004 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
2010 Predators
2018 The Predator [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL]
2023 Peter Weyland TED Talk webisode
2093 Prometheus
2104 Alien: Covenant [OPTIONAL]
2122 Alien
2137 Alien: Isolation video game [OPTIONAL]
2142 Alien: Romulus
2179 Aliens (Special Edition)
2179 Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
2379 Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
VIEWING ORDER:
Alien
Aliens (Special Edition)
Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
Predator (1987)
Predator 2
Predators
Prey
Alien vs Predator (Extended Cut)
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
Peter Weyland TED Talk webisode
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant [OPTIONAL]
Alien: Romulus
Alien: Isolation video game [OPTIONAL]
The Predator (2018) [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL]
The greatest Truckers in Space film... I'm not going back for the ship's cat when an eight-foot acid-drooling alien is hunting me down. Remember - "In space, no one listens to Ripley". The water 25:15 is due to the ship being so big it creates its own micro climates.
The room with all the water falling is the landing gear bay. You can see it folded above Brett with the "toes" hanging down. The water is just run off from the storm on LV426.
That scream was awesome 👍
"It was only in *his womb*..." 🤣
"Coherence", "Source Code”, “Tenet”, “Looper”, "Freaks" (2018)
Ok, Sam and Tristan.
The water from overhead was condensation dripping from the cooling units that were probably damaged when they landed on the planet.
Ridley Scott made this movie as a tribute to the sci-fi movies of his youth in the.195o's . They were paced slower to draw out tension and to use silence as a way of making the viewer feel unsettled.
You might want to react to BLADE RUNNER, which was the film he made after this one.
Bit definitely see ALIENS. It was directed by James Cameron. He was given the project following his success with the first TERMINATOR movie.
A suggestion. You might want to invest in better headphones as the soundtracks and sound designs for movies are a big part of the experience. Breathing, footsteps, and other atmospheric sounds take on a whole new dimension when channeled through headphones. Imagine how much Sam would have jumped when she heard the face-hugger attack Kain when it burst from the egg. Again, this is just a suggestion.
Remember, egg to face-hugger. Which lays an egg in the host and then dies. Egg becomes the chestburster that explodes from the body to become the fullgrown xenomorph.
I was surfing through the channels and came across yours. I'm going to watch a few more videos before deciding whether or not to subscribe. Maybe even look at some of your previous movies.
Keep going and enjoy the movies.
My number one top movie of all time, Aliens is my 2nd favorite. Sam you have got to play Alien isolation which is the only video game ( imo ) that is legitimately scary!
That is in fact Bilbo Baggins. R.I.P. Ian Holm
It's not an impregnation nor infection. It's inFestation, if we're talking about a parasite. 😌
For some reason all the reactioners miss the visual of the bad landing. If you step your foot on uneven ground, like part of your foot hits a large rock and the other part of your foot flat ground, you twist your ankle and might drop to the ground due to instability. If you paid attention they showed a closeup of the one landing foot stepping down on a boulder that was sticking up crookedly. This caused a "twisted ankle" effect on the whole ship. Metal probably sheared through other metal
jones is best character :) 🐈🐾
Kane is obsessed with making the "big score", finding that valuable resource where he gets the biggest share and he can retire a rich man. That's why he "volunteers to be in the first group to go out" he wants to be the one to find whatever valuable thing the planet may be hiding.
Can’t wait too see more Aliens reaction 🎉
When the alien arrived at the dinner table unannounced ,the blood from Kane was actually offal blood ,animal blood and veronica fell on the floor as many did not know what was going to happen .
When veronica dies Lambert that is they showed the clip where the tail came behind her but it was actually bretts shoes you saw not lamberts cowboy girl boots.
In the director’s cut, there’s a deleted scene where Ripley and Parker saw the alien take Brett up into the air ducts, and when they ran up and screamed his name, it wasn’t water condensate falling all over them from the dehumidifier in the air handler, it was Brett’s blood. The director’s cuts of both Alien and Aliens are definitely worth watching.
The reason the alien xenomorph grows so fast is actually in its highly acidic blood. It’s blood goes beyond being a powerful acid, it’s a chemical powerhouse of energy that is far superior to mammalian cellular metabolism. The ovapod can sustain a face hugger for decades, in harsh conditions, until a host comes along. Stainless steel deck plating is resistant to a lot of acids due to chromium passivation forming a resistant oxide layer, but the blood of the xeno destroys it easily by preventing passivation and soaking into the crystalline structure destroying it at the molecular level.
I like the theatrical version for Alien, the director's cut for Aliens. Just my personal thing . . .
4:20 Hi Winston! Even a Xenomorph is better than the Big Brother, right?🙃
What would be really great as they decided to bring it back to the screen for a showing cuz then all the people who have never seen it and the people who love it can see what it looks like on a big screen I've seen it several times on the big screen when it first came out it was amazing just like the other ones
In the Director’s Cut on her way to the shuttle Ripley comes across the cocooned Brett and Dallas. Dallas asks her to kill him, which she does by torching him and Brett.
26:34 they knew it was huge cause they saw it. When you watch the extended version, they show us Ripley and parker stepping into that room while the alien is dragging him away.
"Alien's had a long day too" is one of the best comments I've ever heard.
I was far too young to see this in theaters, but with the invention of the VCR I got to see it when I was 17. It's still one of the best horror films I've seen and I've seen a lot. It's probably one of my favorites bc I love SciFi also. Makes sure you see the directors cut of Aliens. It just explains things a bit better than the theatrical release. and it kicks ass.
Are you guys going to make a patreon? would love some full watch alongs
Tristan, I see you play videogames. You should definitely play Alien Isolation.
This was Ridley's second movie.
"Crack kills." Too funny!
39:14 If you know what you're looking at the alien is right there!
This movie is a classic, no doubt. But if you watch Mario Bavas 1965 Planet Of The Vampires you can see the direct influence it had on Alien writer Dan O Bannon and the basic premise of the movie. The alien ship in this movie is even the same horseshoe shape, crewed by huge skeletal beings similar to the space jockey in this.
Bilbo is fantastic in this film.
26:38 In a different edit, Parker and Ripley come in when the alien is pulling Bret up, so they get a quick look.
As a generation Xer, I greatly enjoy seeing these reactions in my daughter as well as in you, about movies and stories that marked my entire generation.
There are ways in nature for things to grow super quickly, involving liquid (typically blood, some biting insects can grow ten times their size in one meal) or gas filled structures. The water was probably associated with the nuclear reactor cooling system and in real life they are made to bleed off a little to release pressure. So with the alien, just add water and perhaps fuel, radiation and/or the crew's food stores as a nutrients, and you have an instant full grown alien. Just my fan theory.
"How is it so big without nutrition?" Uh, because it's a movie. Lol
Definitely watch the extended version of the next one. It fills in holes that the theatrical version has. Definitely watch the Predator and predator 2. Aliens and predators are from the same universe.
love your guys reactions remember in order for the alien to replicate it needs an egg aka face hugger adult zenomorphs cant impregnate anyone
"Why are they acting like this is normal?" They're not: they're in shock. And they're supposed to be seasoned space truckers. I think maybe we've become to accustomed to horror films where a boogeyman is chasing screaming teens: these characters ARE showing fear, but they're a bit older than the average horror cast, too.
Sam,
Could you just sing this one line in the opening of your next video? "An old man, turned 98. He one the lottery, and died the next day."
Sam and Tristan,
Be sure to react to *Aliens* next. That's the last movie in the Alien franchise. Technically there are others, but they aren't canon because I don't want them to be.
Cold drink on a warm day, glass gets wet, didn't rain did it? Huge fucking scorching engines running and keeping the ship hot, cold ass space everywhere, water condenses.
I was 7 years old when this debuted so I've never know a world without the Xenomorph's. I've always looked at this film as like a haunted house movie in space. The tie in with the Predator Universe came about due to a Dark Horse comic series. Then later in Predator 2 a scene tied them in the same universe as well. The movies in this series are kinda hit or miss depending on your tastes (including the prequels).
And Ridley Scott has promised more films to come. Either directed or produced by him.
Reductive take. Alien is Lovecraft is space, and that is far more than haunted house shlock. The scene with the derelict and the space jockey are the key thing about this movie that makes it not sci fi and not haunted house, but far more.
I bet you'll never look at Bilbo the same after this😂
lol yep Tristan spotted Ash 🤖 the Bilbo Baggins Easter egg . He was very young when he filmed this movie in 1979, this is what he should have looked like in The Hobbit movies. 😆
Very young? He was nearly 50 at the time!
@@giggitygiggity8391 lol I meant younger. He was 111 🎂 when he filmed Lord Of The Rings. 😆
May of 1979 and this film blew my little high school mind. All of the terror and horror of Texas Chainsaw linked to the cosmic hopelessness of H.P. Lovecraft. I have a two-foot model of the space jockey from the ship that I built and painted on my shelf, next to a model of the shuttle with Ripley and the alien inside.
But I am not obsessed. No no.
Also, in the first Avengers movie, Harry Dean Stanton asked Mark Ruffalo "Are you an alien?"
I can't wait until you guys watch The Thing 👍
Second movie is all time great! Might stop there though.