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Better question is in regards to the R rated question the interviewer was asking. So much that falls under the adults only r rating, blood, gore, Big Melons. Look Timmy, I have this educational video. It's so good it's is banned in every school.... That Guy explaining the birds and bees. Probably Like, how many r rated things you ever taken a kid to watch? What you mean "it could be a true story"? Crazy uncle/dad vibes. Must have been hitting the secret sauce a bit much.
Thanks Anthony! Well said. This will be the first of 3 videos on the Alien franchise as we try and figure out why RUclips wouldn't let us release it as a single Documentary. Thanks for the support!
Saw this as a college freshman in 1979. I literally could not sleep for two nights afterwards. The buildup at the end was so intense my body actually hurt from all the muscle tension I had while watching. Brilliant piece of work.
Veronica Cartwright began acting as a child. She can be seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. She is one of the schoolchildren running away from the school with birds attacking. Her sister Angela, played Penny in the iconic 1960s series Lost in Space.
Thanks Chappy! I was 6 when my parents got HBO just to watch Alien. They put blankets up on all the blinds and we were in complete and total darkness. My step dad rigged the speakers to create poor man's surround sound. I remember my mother crying and another person saying oh shit I just pissed myself. Now that is how you make a damn movie! Thanks for the support!
@ThePopcast I didn't see it until I was a teenager in the 90s when I worked at a movie rental store. I thought it'd be less scary since it was from before I was born (barely). Boy was I wrong.
I'm a massive Alien fan and even though I've seen most of these elements before I really enjoyed this. I have physical copies of so many of my favourite movies so I already have tones of special features and commentaries. I also follow a lot of creators who make good content about movies. Smoothly edited together and a really professional-sounding narration. Quality work.
I just wanted to say. Good work on the video. About Alien 1979. I can't get it over it's been 45 years since. This movie came out. Next year Jaws turns 50. Please keep making videos.
Thank you Rebeca! A lot of hard work goes into making these videos so this means so much. Time has flown by so fast. Perhaps we'll have to take a closer look at Jaws next year! We watch Jaws and Jaws 2 back to back at least once a year :)
This is an amazing documentary of an amazing movie. I still remember seeing this movie as a kid. A lot of parents mistaken thought it was a typical sci-fi movie until it was too late. I think I had nightmares for years. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing!
Finally got to watch this. Thanks for the doco! I like Aliens better as it is more my kind of movie. However, you can't have Aliens without the brilliance of Alien.
I got here on the recommendation of The Dave Cullen Show on Odysee. He's right, this is a good video, on par with official behind-the-scenes documentaries.
I saw the movie at a theater in 1979. Loved it! I read the book Aliens before it was made into movie. I love the franchise and look to see each movie at the theater. Thank you very much.
Went to see Alien in my twenties on its release, I remember being on the edge of my seat the entire time terrified, then I had to walk home . . . in the dark! That night I slept with the lights firmly on!!
Aliens, AND 'JAWS' were both Rated PG. Yes, those of us who saw these movies were traumatized, and now that we're adults, have *ZERO REGRETS!* What movie produced these days, can equal that experience, and elicit those kinds of emotions? (Very few). After seeing 'Cutesy' Sci-Fi movies ('E.T./The Last Starfighter/etc.), this one shattered horror in space.
@@MikeSmith-rh5gc Oh? Well, heck. ;-) O.k., I'll take the admonishment on that one. I should've remembered, but this was during the transition from when 'PG' movies didn't yet have that '-13' and I never considered cussing to be worthy of an 'R.' thx for the correction however!
@ it was a LOTS AND LOTS of cussing. 😂 I was 15 and begged my dad to take me to see it opening weekend, and I thought he was going to make us leave. He didn’t and we both enjoyed the movie
@@MikeSmith-rh5gc lol Well, I grew up in a military family, and a small working ranch. Cussing was simply a part of our lives, and the only time(s) I ever thought about it was while attending Catholic School *OR* when we were around our Parents/Elders. Of course, THEY could swear all they liked, but if any of us kids did it? yeeouch! :-)
My boyhood friend and I searched a local newspaper to find out what movies were playing locally. We found that a film named ALIEN was now playing in a local big-screen theater. Neither he nor I knew anything concerning this movie, as pre-release advertisements had been kept to a bare minimum, if any, in our area. To this day, I still remember him jumping up during the chest-buster scene and yelling, "Holy fuck. Mother of God!" He also made a remark, which I will not repeat here when Ripley stripped down to her panties and T-shirt.
Funny that Tom Skerritt starred in a film directed by Ridley Scott considerin' 7 years later he would star in a film directed by Ridley's kid brother Tony. A little movie vehicle that went by the name Top Gun.
Alien and Aliens are my mest movie series ever. I first saw it on Polish TV at night by an accient in 1990th. I suggested to my MP to make not only Prometheus but also Alien:Isolation game by Creative Assembly and two new movies after Alien.
Wow! It's been a while in watching: because of life changes and medical. I'm back and you do not disappoint!!!! I am so glad I saw the alert for this video and will be catching up. Thanks again Brian and Shane for making such great videos .
I was terrified of the films when I was young (born in 1978) but it is now one of my absolute favorite franchises. I love the first four movies and have rewatched them all many times. Sadly I don't remember Prometheus or many of the films after it, but recently watched Alien: Romulus to which I am still on the fence about. I am excited for the VR alien game and for the most part have enjoyed most of the games that has come about. I have decided to join so I can see your take on the whole franchise and all the behind the scenes stuff you don't see much of any more.
Great Video with a LOT of Information! I have Seen Dark Star in at least 2 Versions, and except for part Chasing the "Alien" thru Ship corridors, Liked Movie.
Thanks for a great video and one that shows respect to the original. When I first saw it on its release I was absolutely taken aback by the realism of the Nostromo. The attention to detail made it a real environment. The Xenomorph may have lost some attention through familiarity but not the Nostromo, and with Alien Romulus it has restored some of the joy of retro-hardware. I hope this is continued.
I can reveal something many Alien fans probably missed. The myth of the Alien chestburster scene is actually a little more complex. This is not insider information. This is purely from what I have seen from movie stills of that scene that were in the book of Alien that took stills from the movie to tell the story. In that book one of the movie stills is an uncropped image of John Hurt on the table at the point the blood splatter explosion occurs on his chest. Because the still is uncropped it shows that Hurt's t-shirt was NOT tucked into his pants/trousers and you can clearly see his stomach. Yet in the following still of the actual chestburster his shirt is clearly tucked into his pants/trousers! This dispells the myth that all of the actors were not entirely aware of what was going on UNLESS the first part when his shirt is not tucked in was filmed prior to the actors witnessing the chestburster and subsequent spraying of blood (in particular onto Cartwright). So whilst it may be true they were not aware of the chestburster scene. They may have in fact been aware that something was going on if they were there for the part where Hurt's chest initially blood spatters. I wish someone would add this important information to the lore since the mythos of them being completely unaware needs clarifying with this additional knowledge.
The actors were quite aware the chest burster scene they were shooting would involve an alien bursting out of John Hirt's chest. It was in the script. They knew it's a fake chest for the chest burster to appear from. They knew most of John Hurt was beneath the table. They knew there were puppeteers under the table. They even knew what the puppet looked like because it was shown to them during its construction. The only thing they did not know was the amount of blood that would be shot from the fake chest and the loud and violent pop/hiss of compressed air driving the fake blood. Cartwright didn't faint - she literally tripped over her feet after taking the stream of fake blood into her face. She got up and continued the scene. "They didn't have the budget to do CGI" Technically true since they did not have the budget to advance CGI technology by almost a decade as CGI at the time essentially did not exist except in its most simple graphical forms and years away from photorealistic CGI animation.
The new Alien Romulus movie made me faint during the first chest bursting scene where the ship is spinning out of control. Seen a ton of scary movies and that's never happened before. Think it was because I was sleep deprived, dehydrated and ate too many edibles. Was a very intense scene. I fell and smashed my face so I never finished it, almost scared to watch it again. Brought back memories seeing the original with my dad and being a scared little boy. Him calming me down telling me it's just rubber and ketchup. Haha. Great Doc!
@@kennywilkinson913 Why would I make up a story about me fainting during a scary movie? lol My face was bruised and scratched up for a week. I got pictures haha
good doc but surprised they didn’t mention that veronica cartwright’s breakthrough was way before body snatchers, in Hitchcock’s The Birds, where she showed how good at being weepy she was - good, period - even as a child
34:33 - There was no CGI to speak of as we know it at this time. The most notable examples would “The Hand” animation from Westworld From 73’. There’s also the intro credits from Vertigo 58’. If you are talking about “Painting in” the laser effect via hand animation… yes, that would be expensive AND time consuming.
I swore to god I was listening to Terry O’Reilly from CBC’s Under the Influence podcast. Your voices and alliteration are nearly identical. It’s uncanny.
I was 14 years old. My step father woke me up and excitedly invited me to come downstairs and 'watch this'? He had paused a VHS movie and sat me in front of the CRT TV(ask you grandad Gen whatever). The scene was, a boat gently floating on a glass like lake surface, a young person hanging her hand out of the boat into the lake. There are Police cars in the background, but everything is silent. Lights are flashing. Jason Vorhees leaps from the lake and grabs the young lady............ I swear, there might have been some Poo. But I was addicted to Horror Movies. Then Alien came along.
More in the pinned comment about it, but we weren't able to release the whole video because RUclips's algorhythm, but over the next few weeks, you'll see all of it :) Thanks!
ive seen this movie so many times I can do the complete lines of everyone, actully the first 4 really but the first was a classic they got a little more worse after every one, i just am fascinated with the xenomorph. the greatest monster of all time.
My dad took me n my older brother to see Return of the Jedi and I proper sh/t my pants at the Jaba/Luke dungeon scene - I can’t imagine seeing this in the cinema whilst not knowing how scary it would be. When I eventually saw Alien off of a Tv VCR recording as a 9/10 year old it terrified me for years. Fair play to these parents and also wtf 😮😅😂❤
Two ideas that differentiate Alien from other space movies: wreckage of an alien ship and; an alien race that grows like parasites in human beings. These are two things that exist in the Italian film Terrore nello spazio (1965), in which the female character played by Brazilian Norma Bengell stands out. But this video does not mention Terrore nello spazio and Norma Bengell.
This masterpiece has only one truly nonsensical detail: the life raft cannot accommodate four people, despite the original crew consisting of seven. If more than one serviceable shuttle exists, that should have been clearly established.
What a great documentary this is! Thanks so much, I've very much enjoyed finding out all that I missed about this production. What worries me most is that Disney owns it now; their track record with Star Wars shows that they'll ruin anything to push "The Message." I'm so glad Sigourney Weaver did this role, she was perfect for it!
My parents talked about going to see this movie with another couple. They were supposed to go for drinks after the movie, but the wife refused to do anything but be taken home after Alien.
In Britain this film was an "X" certificate which meant you had to be 18 tears or over to see it. I find it surprising that in America kids could see it.
We all make mistakes, trust me we are not error free. But in this case, we do know our history. Definitely not the CGI we know today, but the first feature film to use a rudimentary CGI was Vertigo in 1954, which used abstract computer graphics by John Whitney in the opening credits of the film. The first feature film to make use of CGI with live action in the storyline of the film was the 1973 film Westworld. Scott did have access to elements of CGI during the making of Alien. In fact he created all of the images on the bridge's computer terminals on the Nostromo with Computers. Thank you for watching the video and keep questioning things!
I love that reviewers keep saying "a new type of heroine". EVERY female lead is the new type of hero. From the original Perils of Pauline (1933) and before, female leads had been brave, hard ridin', hard shootin', train jumpers who fought Indians, Savages and bad men. SOME women in movies have always needed rescuing and some women were tough guys. If you pay attention this is nothing new.
1:38 Ripley was NOT kicking ass on the first movie ( or the first half of the second) She was afraid as any human being would be . She even had to learn from a guy how to use a weapon . But ,after that ,ALL the shows has a female protagonist that is angry and know it all .
Well, I mean she beat the Alien. Outsmarted it and was brave when a lot of people would have simply allowed themselves to be killed in fear. She definitely kicks ass more as the series continues, but she definitely kicked some ass in the first movie, be it more toward the end.
I said something similar about a week ago on another content creator's channel. People keep going back to Ripley and Sarah Connor as great characters and rightly so. They had to earn everything they became. Both women survived their first movies. Ripley developed during the movie where as Sarah Connor did it between movies.
Ill watch this later 👍🏻. When I saw Alien (and The Thing actually) for some reason I had the cinema to myself 😮. I went to see Alien on a Sunday evening. Can’t remember how long it had been showing for so maybe there was audience burnout. Needless to say, I wasn’t complaining. The Thing. I think the reason why the theatre was empty then was because I went to the first showing in town which was a late afternoon show. Most people would have been at work. I was working but had finished early. Walked past the cinema, saw the poster of this film which I knew nothing about (Ah, the days of minimal exposure), thought “What the Hell !” and walked in. Just me there with my popcorn. Anyway, I was gripped almost immediately. And then the dog scene happened……😮😱🐶🍌💀 Of all the films I have seen over the years, thats the one Im glad I saw completely blind. Sorry for waffle 😊
Oh, that's a cool story just happening across The Thing. Just one of the truly great 80's scifi horror movies. Anytime we get a theater by ourselves, it's such a treat. You feel like a King in your own giant living room except you have to keep your pants on ;) Great comment!
I have a pretty unique take on Alien. I saw it in 1979 when I dragged my Mom to see it. I remember the teaser trailer with just the egg cracking and that scared the crap outta a 12 year old. Needless to say the movie traumatized both of us. So many years later and I've watched the movie hundreds of times including seeing it whenever it's re-released in the theaters I have completely reversed what I love about Alien. As a kid the build-up was becoming a little tedious until the derelict ship and of course the chest buster but now the opening half hour or so is what I enjoy the most. I still enjoy the alien and all the kills and commotion but the crew dynamics and interplay is so damn interesting that I really wished there was a whole movie just about them before the alien encounter. Many times I find myself stopping the film right after the chestburster scene. Alien still has the greatest sound design of any movie imo. You mention the bad previews and Ridley found that the theater I think in Houston had a really bad sound mix. When it was fixed to his specifications the resulting audience scores went through the roof. Can't wait for your further delve into the Alien franchise. I think it's gone off the rails with Romulus which imo was just a cut and paste greatest hits repackage of the Alien films. I won't be seeing any further films following that story. I would be interested in David. I'll check out the series but I'm not expecting much. Here's hoping it's not another franchise destruction by the Mouse. What Disney did to Star Wars should be considered a high crime. Finally, don't know if it was a mistake or on purpose but when you mention Helen Mirren several pics are shown of her. The 2nd pic is actually a young Veronica Cartwright from The Birds I think. I've always found things to like about the Alien movies until Romulus. Alien and Aliens are the only great movies. Alien 3 has grown much better over time and if the studios would have left Fincher alone it could have been really interesting. Resurrection was a foreign art film and Prometheus while entertaining was Sir Ridley going off on a tangent. Covenant was an attempt to get back to the basics of what Alien was. It kinda worked. The entire crew was expendable sans Fessbender acting performances. Again, I really don't consider Romulus a film and I'll take the 1st AVP over it. I'm gonna watch your Dune vid now. If it's half as good as this it'll be very enjoyable.
Good documentary on a franchise I Love. Alien and Aliens are my Die Hard. It's a Christmas movie to me 😂 and I watch both every now and then. Honestly, both are a Masterpiece. The sequels to a varying degree, eg the first 30minutes of Alien Resurrection is 10/10. The following 30min is thee greatest POS of the whole franchise 😅. Awful. But I love the series. Horror, Comedy, Sacrifice, Great special effects and Most of all Ellen Ripley. "Get away from her you Bitch!" Greatest movie line Ever.
I have 2 books on the movie, and I've seen many interviews and documentaries, and this is the first time I've heard that some idiot parents brought children to see it.
If they use miniatures and overlay the image using software, I believe taht is cgi. If they used puppets and later composite the image.in editing that is cgi
I still remember fondly my first meeting with Alien. As a boy of 10 or 12 years, I was home alone and cuddled up in front of the TV. Kept zapping around until I stopped at this interesting SciFi stuff. Moments later, chestburster. I don't recall my reaction, but I have never been easily afraid of such shots. Back then I didn't give many other thoughts about what I have just watched. I thought it was cool and nothing more. Later as an adult, I properly got in contact with Alien, and got hooked. Alien 1 and 2 are priceless masterpieces, but I also very much like 3, 4 is alright and from there on, it only went downhill. It's so sad how the same fate hits every franchise. Alien, Star Wars, Terminator, all receiving more and more stupid and creatively bankrupt rehashes. Unless a miracle happens, I don't think we will ever receive an Alien movie again, that could rival the feel and quality of the first one. Hollywood has it's good times behind itself.
Bother! - the original upload was 2hrs - wish I watched that yesterday instead of bookmarking/waiting (doh!) Sorry to find out dismal Disney gave you grief & rework. Hope THIS is still here later tonight!
Yes, it's a beautiful 2 and a half hours covering the whole franchise. Atleast we'll be able to put it out in 3 videos. But We are really bummed that we couldn't put it out all together. Thanks for the support!
@@ThePopcast She was always a big name here in DFW, when she passed I looked up videos of her... and remembered it right away when I saw the clip used.
this movie is definitely a boom to my mind and my memory..it was the best of the best.. iv even followed it in many of its sequel... watching it over and over..i say..so much thanks to Ridley Scott and his team of Artist and experts...good work guys..and lastly Ripley and the whole of your team..youre always my admired..even now im 54 from the first iv watched it in my youngster years..for me, it is forever..
Love it. Agree with most of it too, apart for a prediction that now, since Disney owns the IP sky is the limit. Actually. I'm afraid Disnay having the ownwrship is the worst news for any IP, ever. It just means that Alien franchise will be exploited. milked dry and killed off the way they have done away with Strar Wars.
I took a first date to the screening of Alien at Ontario Place in Toronto which had a 60ft high by 80ft wide screen projected in IMAX. She left pretty early and I followed but the relationship was aborted on takeoff. 😁🙃😵💫
The Beast Within is a 2 plus hour very well made documentary. You are going to be hard pressed to find out more, but there is a lot more. A lot about Dark Star, Star Wars, 20th Century fox, Ridley Scott and the Cast is totally new. You can't find all of this info in one place... anywhere else.
Star Wars was the start of the science fiction movies we know in love now. Garry Marshall said Star Wars was the reason. Why he made mork & Mindy! After watching his son watching Star Wars on tv. Ridley Scott wanted to be another George Lucas. Dan O Bannan was looking for a new story to tell. I think shoe set was lady crazy. Let the facehugger rape a human. I do enjoy the movie Alien. It is the best.
Fail. You ramble on and on about the directors and bad choicess...etc...etc...Just get to the real reason why I clicked on this video, and that is because i want to hear Alien Lore, not consistent banter of wealthy producers, and directors, etc...etc. Work on your main presentation, not worthless chatter about movie writers, directors, and wealthy producers, geeze...
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OMG….i am laughing so hard at the man at the beginning with his son who said it could be a true story 🤣🤦🏻♂️🤣
same here LMAO! We couldn't not put it in LOL
Better question is in regards to the R rated question the interviewer was asking.
So much that falls under the adults only r rating, blood, gore, Big Melons.
Look Timmy, I have this educational video. It's so good it's is banned in every school.... That Guy explaining the birds and bees. Probably
Like, how many r rated things you ever taken a kid to watch? What you mean "it could be a true story"? Crazy uncle/dad vibes.
Must have been hitting the secret sauce a bit much.
Remember you said that when your chest is being torn apart one day. 😂
hey, it could! He didnt say it WAS just that it COULD be.
I know who he would vote for.
Thank you to Brian and Shane for working so hard on this amazing documentary. This is now a trilogy of videos . Please enjoy part one
Thanks Anthony! Well said. This will be the first of 3 videos on the Alien franchise as we try and figure out why RUclips wouldn't let us release it as a single Documentary. Thanks for the support!
Saw this as a college freshman in 1979. I literally could not sleep for two nights afterwards. The buildup at the end was so intense my body actually hurt from all the muscle tension I had while watching. Brilliant piece of work.
Veronica Cartwright began acting as a child. She can be seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. She is one of the schoolchildren running away from the school with birds attacking. Her sister Angela, played Penny in the iconic 1960s series Lost in Space.
Masterpiece, like no other, this movie created a new genre: sci-fi horror. Unforgettable.
Greetings from Danmark 🤜🇩🇰🤛
I love this franchise! You guys knocked it out of the park with this 'Definitive History Of' doc!
Thanks Chappy! I was 6 when my parents got HBO just to watch Alien. They put blankets up on all the blinds and we were in complete and total darkness. My step dad rigged the speakers to create poor man's surround sound. I remember my mother crying and another person saying oh shit I just pissed myself. Now that is how you make a damn movie! Thanks for the support!
@ThePopcast I didn't see it until I was a teenager in the 90s when I worked at a movie rental store. I thought it'd be less scary since it was from before I was born (barely). Boy was I wrong.
I'm a massive Alien fan and even though I've seen most of these elements before I really enjoyed this. I have physical copies of so many of my favourite movies so I already have tones of special features and commentaries. I also follow a lot of creators who make good content about movies. Smoothly edited together and a really professional-sounding narration. Quality work.
Thank you James, this means a lot!
I just wanted to say. Good work on the video. About Alien 1979. I can't get it over it's been 45 years since. This movie came out. Next year Jaws turns 50. Please keep making videos.
Thank you Rebeca! A lot of hard work goes into making these videos so this means so much. Time has flown by so fast. Perhaps we'll have to take a closer look at Jaws next year! We watch Jaws and Jaws 2 back to back at least once a year :)
@@ThePopcast Although it's a while since I've seen 2 and it was never the classic of the first. I didn't think it deserved the hate it seems to get.
I really hope that my local Cinema does Jaws next year. Last year they did The Wicker Man and The Exorcist for their 50th.
Excellent review job 👏 👍
John Hurt became my favorite actor of all time after viewing this film in 1979!
This is an amazing documentary of an amazing movie. I still remember seeing this movie as a kid. A lot of parents mistaken thought it was a typical sci-fi movie until it was too late. I think I had nightmares for years. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Finally got to watch this. Thanks for the doco! I like Aliens better as it is more my kind of movie. However, you can't have Aliens without the brilliance of Alien.
Thanks! We're working on the ALIENS doc right now, should be coming out this weekend. We had to start with Alien but I also prefer ALIENS.
Love this franchise. Never thought it was scary at all.
Thank you for this series and I hope you cover all of the movies good and bad!
Sigourney Weaver and Giger are the catalyst of the movie without them it would have flopped
Ridley Scott, by making this movie, destroyed the genre. Nothing is scary in movies after seeing Alien.
I absolutely love your guys content! Definitely subbed!
Awesome! We try!
Thanks for all the hard work Gentlemen!!
I got here on the recommendation of The Dave Cullen Show on Odysee. He's right, this is a good video, on par with official behind-the-scenes documentaries.
Thanks for checking us out!
I saw the movie at a theater in 1979. Loved it! I read the book Aliens before it was made into movie. I love the franchise and look to see each movie at the theater. Thank you very much.
Thanks to The Dave Cullen Show recommendation. This is a greater show than the other documentary I think is called Memorys of Alien. Great work 👽
here due to Dave too
I saw this when it came out. I was a kid and now 53 and still, when I have a nightmare, you know what is forever chasing me?
This was excellent ... Thank you so much !!!! 😊
Went to see Alien in my twenties on its release, I remember being on the edge of my seat the entire time terrified, then I had to walk home . . . in the dark! That night I slept with the lights firmly on!!
Aliens, AND 'JAWS' were both Rated PG. Yes, those of us who saw these movies were traumatized, and now that we're adults, have *ZERO REGRETS!* What movie produced these days, can equal that experience, and elicit those kinds of emotions? (Very few).
After seeing 'Cutesy' Sci-Fi movies ('E.T./The Last Starfighter/etc.), this one shattered horror in space.
Aliens was R. It had about a hundred “F” bombs in it
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Oh?
Well, heck. ;-)
O.k., I'll take the admonishment on that one.
I should've remembered, but this was during the transition from when 'PG' movies didn't yet have that '-13' and I never considered cussing to be worthy of an 'R.'
thx for the correction however!
@ it was a LOTS AND LOTS of cussing. 😂
I was 15 and begged my dad to take me to see it opening weekend, and I thought he was going to make us leave. He didn’t and we both enjoyed the movie
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lol
Well, I grew up in a military family, and a small working ranch. Cussing was simply a part of our lives, and the only time(s) I ever thought about it was while attending Catholic School *OR* when we were around our Parents/Elders. Of course, THEY could swear all they liked, but if any of us kids did it? yeeouch! :-)
i saw it opening weekend. Loved it! Left the theater with one thought. Hitchcock would be proud.
My boyhood friend and I searched a local newspaper to find out what movies were playing locally. We found that a film named ALIEN was now playing in a local big-screen theater. Neither he nor I knew anything concerning this movie, as pre-release advertisements had been kept to a bare minimum, if any, in our area. To this day, I still remember him jumping up during the chest-buster scene and yelling, "Holy fuck. Mother of God!" He also made a remark, which I will not repeat here when Ripley stripped down to her panties and T-shirt.
Funny that Tom Skerritt starred in a film directed by Ridley Scott considerin' 7 years later he would star in a film directed by Ridley's kid brother Tony. A little movie vehicle that went by the name Top Gun.
Alien and Aliens are my mest movie series ever. I first saw it on Polish TV at night by an accient in 1990th. I suggested to my MP to make not only Prometheus but also Alien:Isolation game by Creative Assembly and two new movies after Alien.
I think it's pretty funny that the dad at 1:20 thinks something like this could happen lol I mean I guess it really could.
Wow! It's been a while in watching: because of life changes and medical. I'm back and you do not disappoint!!!! I am so glad I saw the alert for this video and will be catching up. Thanks again Brian and Shane for making such great videos .
I was terrified of the films when I was young (born in 1978) but it is now one of my absolute favorite franchises. I love the first four movies and have rewatched them all many times. Sadly I don't remember Prometheus or many of the films after it, but recently watched Alien: Romulus to which I am still on the fence about. I am excited for the VR alien game and for the most part have enjoyed most of the games that has come about. I have decided to join so I can see your take on the whole franchise and all the behind the scenes stuff you don't see much of any more.
Great Video with a LOT of Information!
I have Seen Dark Star in at least 2 Versions, and except for part Chasing the "Alien" thru Ship corridors, Liked Movie.
Thanks for a great video and one that shows respect to the original. When I first saw it on its release I was absolutely taken aback by the realism of the Nostromo. The attention to detail made it a real environment. The Xenomorph may have lost some attention through familiarity but not the Nostromo, and with Alien Romulus it has restored some of the joy of retro-hardware. I hope this is continued.
I can reveal something many Alien fans probably missed. The myth of the Alien chestburster scene is actually a little more complex. This is not insider information. This is purely from what I have seen from movie stills of that scene that were in the book of Alien that took stills from the movie to tell the story.
In that book one of the movie stills is an uncropped image of John Hurt on the table at the point the blood splatter explosion occurs on his chest. Because the still is uncropped it shows that Hurt's t-shirt was NOT tucked into his pants/trousers and you can clearly see his stomach. Yet in the following still of the actual chestburster his shirt is clearly tucked into his pants/trousers!
This dispells the myth that all of the actors were not entirely aware of what was going on UNLESS the first part when his shirt is not tucked in was filmed prior to the actors witnessing the chestburster and subsequent spraying of blood (in particular onto Cartwright).
So whilst it may be true they were not aware of the chestburster scene. They may have in fact been aware that something was going on if they were there for the part where Hurt's chest initially blood spatters.
I wish someone would add this important information to the lore since the mythos of them being completely unaware needs clarifying with this additional knowledge.
Everyone already knows this
Well done!
The actors were quite aware the chest burster scene they were shooting would involve an alien bursting out of John Hirt's chest. It was in the script.
They knew it's a fake chest for the chest burster to appear from. They knew most of John Hurt was beneath the table. They knew there were puppeteers under the table. They even knew what the puppet looked like because it was shown to them during its construction.
The only thing they did not know was the amount of blood that would be shot from the fake chest and the loud and violent pop/hiss of compressed air driving the fake blood.
Cartwright didn't faint - she literally tripped over her feet after taking the stream of fake blood into her face. She got up and continued the scene.
"They didn't have the budget to do CGI" Technically true since they did not have the budget to advance CGI technology by almost a decade as CGI at the time essentially did not exist except in its most simple graphical forms and years away from photorealistic CGI animation.
Great vid. Keep these going :)
The new Alien Romulus movie made me faint during the first chest bursting scene where the ship is spinning out of control. Seen a ton of scary movies and that's never happened before. Think it was because I was sleep deprived, dehydrated and ate too many edibles. Was a very intense scene. I fell and smashed my face so I never finished it, almost scared to watch it again. Brought back memories seeing the original with my dad and being a scared little boy. Him calming me down telling me it's just rubber and ketchup. Haha. Great Doc!
What a terrible, made-up anecdote of something that definitely never happened.
@@kennywilkinson913 Why would I make up a story about me fainting during a scary movie? lol My face was bruised and scratched up for a week. I got pictures haha
What happened to the credit due to the artist H.R. Giger?
Tom Sisson
good doc but surprised they didn’t mention that veronica cartwright’s breakthrough was way before body snatchers, in Hitchcock’s The Birds, where she showed how good at being weepy she was - good, period - even as a child
I saw the movie when it first came out. I remember the entire audience jumped in unison when the the alien bust from canes chest!
AWESOME Experience!
34:33 - There was no CGI to speak of as we know it at this time. The most notable examples would “The Hand” animation from Westworld From 73’. There’s also the intro credits from Vertigo 58’.
If you are talking about “Painting in” the laser effect via hand animation… yes, that would be expensive AND time consuming.
The Dave Cullen Show brought me here on a recommendation. No regrets.
I swore to god I was listening to Terry O’Reilly from CBC’s Under the Influence podcast. Your voices and alliteration are nearly identical. It’s uncanny.
Thanks LMAO!
"Now that Disney holds the rights".....RIP.
I was 14 years old.
My step father woke me up and excitedly invited me to come downstairs and 'watch this'?
He had paused a VHS movie and sat me in front of the CRT TV(ask you grandad Gen whatever).
The scene was, a boat gently floating on a glass like lake surface, a young person hanging her hand out of the boat into the lake.
There are Police cars in the background, but everything is silent. Lights are flashing.
Jason Vorhees leaps from the lake and grabs the young lady............
I swear, there might have been some Poo.
But I was addicted to Horror Movies.
Then Alien came along.
no one EVER talks about how Alien is a virtual 80% reboot of *The Green Slime!*
Broo why isn't this 2.5hrs long????
More in the pinned comment about it, but we weren't able to release the whole video because RUclips's algorhythm, but over the next few weeks, you'll see all of it :) Thanks!
I just finished Alien Isolation. Fantastic game.
ive seen this movie so many times I can do the complete lines of everyone, actully the first 4 really but the first was a classic they got a little more worse after every one, i just am fascinated with the xenomorph. the greatest monster of all time.
1:18 it could what?!😂😂😂
I had read the book previously so was keen to see the movie.
Can you talk about the bonus situation?
My dad took me n my older brother to see Return of the Jedi and I proper sh/t my pants at the Jaba/Luke dungeon scene - I can’t imagine seeing this in the cinema whilst not knowing how scary it would be. When I eventually saw Alien off of a Tv VCR recording as a 9/10 year old it terrified me for years.
Fair play to these parents and also wtf 😮😅😂❤
That was an excellent documentary, but c'mon man CGI in 1978??? Don't think so.
Great anecdote with yaphet kotto - that is an actor you want on a movie
2nd try, Hope I can finish it this time. Wish I had gotten to watch the first upload. The mouse struck again.
Thank you for sticking with us through this challenge. We appreciate you!
@@ThePopcast All is good, mate.
Two ideas that differentiate Alien from other space movies: wreckage of an alien ship and; an alien race that grows like parasites in human beings. These are two things that exist in the Italian film Terrore nello spazio (1965), in which the female character played by Brazilian Norma Bengell stands out. But this video does not mention Terrore nello spazio and Norma Bengell.
I saw both first two movies at the cinema. The first was damned scary and had nightmares for the next year.
Dark star was brilliant 👍
This masterpiece has only one truly nonsensical detail: the life raft cannot accommodate four people, despite the original crew consisting of seven. If more than one serviceable shuttle exists, that should have been clearly established.
What a great documentary this is! Thanks so much, I've very much enjoyed finding out all that I missed about this production. What worries me most is that Disney owns it now; their track record with Star Wars shows that they'll ruin anything to push "The Message." I'm so glad Sigourney Weaver did this role, she was perfect for it!
"They didn't have the budget to have CGI..." There was no CGI at that time.
there was. It was expensive and didn't look great.
The Alien franchise has earned nearly 2 billion dollars.
GTA V has earned 2 billion dollars too.
My parents talked about going to see this movie with another couple. They were supposed to go for drinks after the movie, but the wife refused to do anything but be taken home after Alien.
I thought there should have been more and longer scenes with the Alien.
Director's cut 3??? More and longer scenes with the Alien???
In Britain this film was an "X" certificate which meant you had to be 18 tears or over to see it. I find it surprising that in America kids could see it.
"Gave birth to female sci fi lead," a missed opportunity to show a Jennifer Lawrence clip lol
CGI didn't exist back then...learn your history.
We all make mistakes, trust me we are not error free. But in this case, we do know our history. Definitely not the CGI we know today, but the first feature film to use a rudimentary CGI was Vertigo in 1954, which used abstract computer graphics by John Whitney in the opening credits of the film. The first feature film to make use of CGI with live action in the storyline of the film was the 1973 film Westworld. Scott did have access to elements of CGI during the making of Alien. In fact he created all of the images on the bridge's computer terminals on the Nostromo with Computers. Thank you for watching the video and keep questioning things!
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Lol.🤣
LOL, you and us both! Hell of a 3 days for us trying to solve this problem brother. Can't wait for everyone to see the full 2 and a half hour cut.
@ThePopcast I watched the whole 2.5 hr cut and it and it was awesome!
@@JC_Chappy Awesome! We were hoping you guys would like it.
Is there an Alien Series?!
I love that reviewers keep saying "a new type of heroine". EVERY female lead is the new type of hero. From the original Perils of Pauline (1933) and before, female leads had been brave, hard ridin', hard shootin', train jumpers who fought Indians, Savages and bad men.
SOME women in movies have always needed rescuing and some women were tough guys. If you pay attention this is nothing new.
My favorite franchise. I'm still amazed by the creature it's self. It's so unique looking and not else looks close to it.
1:38 Ripley was NOT kicking ass on the first movie ( or the first half of the second)
She was afraid as any human being would be .
She even had to learn from a guy how to use a weapon .
But ,after that ,ALL the shows has a female protagonist that is angry and know it all .
Well, I mean she beat the Alien. Outsmarted it and was brave when a lot of people would have simply allowed themselves to be killed in fear. She definitely kicks ass more as the series continues, but she definitely kicked some ass in the first movie, be it more toward the end.
I said something similar about a week ago on another content creator's channel. People keep going back to Ripley and Sarah Connor as great characters and rightly so. They had to earn everything they became. Both women survived their first movies. Ripley developed during the movie where as Sarah Connor did it between movies.
Fun fact. Blade Runner and Alien are in the same timeline.
My favourite franchise, can't wait for alien earth and hopefully prometheus 2, loved the video bro
Actually, there is only Alien and Aliens, and the concept sketches of Neil Blomkamp…
Ill watch this later 👍🏻. When I saw Alien (and The Thing actually) for some reason I had the cinema to myself 😮. I went to see Alien on a Sunday evening. Can’t remember how long it had been showing for so maybe there was audience burnout. Needless to say, I wasn’t complaining.
The Thing. I think the reason why the theatre was empty then was because I went to the first showing in town which was a late afternoon show. Most people would have been at work. I was working but had finished early. Walked past the cinema, saw the poster of this film which I knew nothing about (Ah, the days of minimal exposure), thought “What the Hell !” and walked in.
Just me there with my popcorn.
Anyway, I was gripped almost immediately. And then the dog scene happened……😮😱🐶🍌💀
Of all the films I have seen over the years, thats the one Im glad I saw completely blind.
Sorry for waffle 😊
Oh, that's a cool story just happening across The Thing. Just one of the truly great 80's scifi horror movies. Anytime we get a theater by ourselves, it's such a treat. You feel like a King in your own giant living room except you have to keep your pants on ;) Great comment!
I have a pretty unique take on Alien. I saw it in 1979 when I dragged my Mom to see it. I remember the teaser trailer with just the egg cracking and that scared the crap outta a 12 year old. Needless to say the movie traumatized both of us. So many years later and I've watched the movie hundreds of times including seeing it whenever it's re-released in the theaters I have completely reversed what I love about Alien. As a kid the build-up was becoming a little tedious until the derelict ship and of course the chest buster but now the opening half hour or so is what I enjoy the most. I still enjoy the alien and all the kills and commotion but the crew dynamics and interplay is so damn interesting that I really wished there was a whole movie just about them before the alien encounter. Many times I find myself stopping the film right after the chestburster scene. Alien still has the greatest sound design of any movie imo. You mention the bad previews and Ridley found that the theater I think in Houston had a really bad sound mix. When it was fixed to his specifications the resulting audience scores went through the roof. Can't wait for your further delve into the Alien franchise. I think it's gone off the rails with Romulus which imo was just a cut and paste greatest hits repackage of the Alien films. I won't be seeing any further films following that story. I would be interested in David. I'll check out the series but I'm not expecting much. Here's hoping it's not another franchise destruction by the Mouse. What Disney did to Star Wars should be considered a high crime. Finally, don't know if it was a mistake or on purpose but when you mention Helen Mirren several pics are shown of her. The 2nd pic is actually a young Veronica Cartwright from The Birds I think. I've always found things to like about the Alien movies until Romulus. Alien and Aliens are the only great movies. Alien 3 has grown much better over time and if the studios would have left Fincher alone it could have been really interesting. Resurrection was a foreign art film and Prometheus while entertaining was Sir Ridley going off on a tangent. Covenant was an attempt to get back to the basics of what Alien was. It kinda worked. The entire crew was expendable sans Fessbender acting performances. Again, I really don't consider Romulus a film and I'll take the 1st AVP over it. I'm gonna watch your Dune vid now. If it's half as good as this it'll be very enjoyable.
Good documentary on a franchise I Love. Alien and Aliens are my Die Hard. It's a Christmas movie to me 😂 and I watch both every now and then. Honestly, both are a Masterpiece. The sequels to a varying degree, eg the first 30minutes of Alien Resurrection is 10/10. The following 30min is thee greatest POS of the whole franchise 😅. Awful. But I love the series. Horror, Comedy, Sacrifice, Great special effects and Most of all Ellen Ripley. "Get away from her you Bitch!" Greatest movie line Ever.
I have 2 books on the movie, and I've seen many interviews and documentaries, and this is the first time I've heard that some idiot parents brought children to see it.
"Scott didn't have the budget to do CGI" ??? Back then in 1979, maybe budget wasn't the issue :(
Yes, because they shot star wars using real light sabres and blasters years previously 😂
If they use miniatures and overlay the image using software, I believe taht is cgi.
If they used puppets and later composite the image.in editing that is cgi
My friend Alien earth is set on 2120 not 2092
I still remember fondly my first meeting with Alien. As a boy of 10 or 12 years, I was home alone and cuddled up in front of the TV. Kept zapping around until I stopped at this interesting SciFi stuff. Moments later, chestburster.
I don't recall my reaction, but I have never been easily afraid of such shots. Back then I didn't give many other thoughts about what I have just watched. I thought it was cool and nothing more. Later as an adult, I properly got in contact with Alien, and got hooked. Alien 1 and 2 are priceless masterpieces, but I also very much like 3, 4 is alright and from there on, it only went downhill. It's so sad how the same fate hits every franchise. Alien, Star Wars, Terminator, all receiving more and more stupid and creatively bankrupt rehashes. Unless a miracle happens, I don't think we will ever receive an Alien movie again, that could rival the feel and quality of the first one. Hollywood has it's good times behind itself.
Bother! - the original upload was 2hrs - wish I watched that yesterday instead of bookmarking/waiting (doh!) Sorry to find out dismal Disney gave you grief & rework.
Hope THIS is still here later tonight!
Yes, it's a beautiful 2 and a half hours covering the whole franchise. Atleast we'll be able to put it out in 3 videos. But We are really bummed that we couldn't put it out all together. Thanks for the support!
Brooooo where are you atleast reply 🙂🙂🙂
Bobbie Wygant
Yes!
@@ThePopcast She was always a big name here in DFW, when she passed I looked up videos of her... and remembered it right away when I saw the clip used.
@ 12:02. WTF is that
this movie is definitely a boom to my mind and my memory..it was the best of the best.. iv even followed it in many of its sequel... watching it over and over..i say..so much thanks to Ridley Scott and his team of Artist and experts...good work guys..and lastly Ripley and the whole of your team..youre always my admired..even now im 54 from the first iv watched it in my youngster years..for me, it is forever..
Love it. Agree with most of it too, apart for a prediction that now, since Disney owns the IP sky is the limit. Actually. I'm afraid Disnay having the ownwrship is the worst news for any IP, ever. It just means that Alien franchise will be exploited. milked dry and killed off the way they have done away with Strar Wars.
I took a first date to the screening of Alien at Ontario Place in Toronto which had a 60ft high by 80ft wide screen projected in IMAX. She left pretty early and I followed but the relationship was aborted on takeoff. 😁🙃😵💫
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I wouldn’t call it best sci franchise of all time . I mean only two movie out of all the sequels , prequels is the best one .
Zero new insight, This is just a regurgitation of the Beast Within the making of Alien Documentary on the 20th anniversary dvd collection.
The Beast Within is a 2 plus hour very well made documentary. You are going to be hard pressed to find out more, but there is a lot more. A lot about Dark Star, Star Wars, 20th Century fox, Ridley Scott and the Cast is totally new. You can't find all of this info in one place... anywhere else.
''ALIEN PART 1'' will always be the ULTIMATE in sci-fi thrillers.
Star Wars was the start of the science fiction movies we know in love now. Garry Marshall said Star Wars was the reason. Why he made mork & Mindy! After watching his son watching Star Wars on tv. Ridley Scott wanted to be another George Lucas. Dan O Bannan was looking for a new story to tell. I think shoe set was lady crazy. Let the facehugger rape a human. I do enjoy the movie Alien. It is the best.
Fail. You ramble on and on about the directors and bad choicess...etc...etc...Just get to the real reason why I clicked on this video, and that is because i want to hear Alien Lore, not consistent banter of wealthy producers, and directors, etc...etc. Work on your main presentation, not worthless chatter about movie writers, directors, and wealthy producers, geeze...
The original was great.
All the sequels were absolute rubbish.
nice work. Alien/Aliens both get 9/10 from me; Prometheus an "8". The rest of the "franchise" is all (ka-ching!) Hollywood garbage.