@@gregall2178 And he's in several of the Harry Potter movies, was an incarnation of Doctor Who, shows up in Hellboy, as well as having many more credits in a distinguished TV and movie acting career.
Remember, the NOSTROMO is pretty much a container-ship in space not an explorer or military ship. The med-bay is equipped for dealing with normal injuries and illnesses not with something like an invasive species. The same goes for the training of the crew. It is trained to pull heavy things to space safely. The few lessons they had about dealing with the unknown are years ago and probably long forgotten
The NOSTROMO was an oil-refinery in space. Not a container ship. In the time this was set, Earth had run out of oil, and had to obtain it elsewhere in the galaxy.
@@Garryck-1 It was transporting ore like one can read in the beginning , it was an ore refinery not an oil refinery, but you are right it was not a container ship :)
@@nadinefeiler9204 You´re right. It´s a Cargo-Pull Transportship. The Nostromo was constructed in 2101 as an interstellar cruiser, but was refitted in 2116 as a commercial towing vehicle. The ship was subsequently operated as a commercial hauler, transporting automated ore and oil refineries between outer colonies and Earth. source: avp.fandom.com/wiki/USCSS_Nostromo _
This movie was from an era where your mind produced the most fear...not the effects. Thank you for reacting to something from my younger days, I'm very glad that I found your channel long ago!
Alien was one of the best horror movies ever made. It had suspense in addition to gore. A true classic. The Thing (1982) is my favorite horror movie of all time.
Keep in mind that this is not a research group. This is basically a group of space truckers. Also we understand that the company is a parody of real company where if you don't answer an order from the company, you don't get bonuses or shares. So it's not impossible to think that working on a job that takes months of time in to do, people would want to get as much out of it as possible to retire faster.
@@househeadericmdhousehead9118 No, just Ripley. The other woman (Lambert) just stood there instead of trying to run or fight back, the 'fight or flight' didn't even kick in. Meanwhile (Parker) was trying to burn it with a flamethrower that probably could of killed the Alien, but he didn't want to hit her, so because she didn't move it got them both killed.
@@stevent7932 You think she was going to out run that thing. She told them to take the shuttle and get the hell out after Dallas dies. And she was ready to draw straws. She had the right idea way before death came a knocking.
@@stevent7932 lol! Parker and Lambert were both dead meat. If you think it was Lambert that got them both killed you're an idiot. That creature had them both dead in less then 30 seconds and neither one was going to out fox it it. Read the book. Lambert had a fire gun and tried killing it in one version with the alien using Parker as protection then used its tail and sliced a hole right through her. In another version Ripley is face to face with the alien in the shuttle and it uses its tail or arm and sliced her head right off. Both women were written deliberately to be the last two . Another version the alien pushes Lambert into a vent but she is to big to fit so the alien crushes her. Lambert was terrified but no fool. They alien hunted the men and saved there bodies to impregnate them. In director's cut Ripley finds DLlS a d Bret rapped into a cocoon on a wall for breeding. The aliens impregnated men only.
Duaffy: "Don't you have any empathy or humanity in yourself?" Also Duaffy: "Under these circumstances I would throw the person, say I'm sorry, I don't see any possibility what to do"
Fun fact when the alien came out the guys chest at the table the director didn't tell any of the actors that was going to happen to get an authentic reaction
Actually they did know as it was in the script, they just hadn’t seen how it was going to be done or how much blood was going to be involved. Veronica Cartwright’s reaction is real as she was expecting the blood to hit her in the face.
Except only the blood came out when the actors were there, not the baby alien. The effect of the baby alien coming out of Kane's chest was done at another time under very different circumstances.
@@markwebster7435 If you watch the interviews with Veronica Cartright, She got clocked in the face with the fake blood, and slipped, falling on the floor, with outtakes showing her legs up in the air.
@@ChannelReuploads9451 yea I’ve seen that, my point is they new the script about the alien coming out of the chest, they just did t know how it was going to be done or look like, as they said they knew something was up when they saw the crew wearing rain jackets. Kind of like in the excorist when Jason Miller was hit in the eye by the vomit, he was expecting it to be that much, and you can see in the actual scene he was pissed off.
@@markwebster7435 Thank you for correcting that. I swear someone does this in every Alien video. The true story has been misheard or misremembered through the retelling that somehow people think that the actors were just improvising the entire scene even though they would surely have noticed John Hurt tucked under the table with a huge prosthetic on him and a bunch of special effects people all over the place that they would've needed to make this work. People love telling people the cool story first usually preceded with the term "fun fact" which is a term I have come to very much despise. That and underrated. Not so much the word but the fact nobody knows what it means so they use it for almost anything.
I like it when people "react" to movies, and don't just watch them. Your reaction was VERY similar to the reactions we had in the theater when the movie came out. I love your accent by the way!
I'd love to get my hands on the alternate ending to this flick (which was only shown to preview audiences). In that ending the Alien actually kills the entire crew, & as the movie is ending a rescue ship is arriving & the Alien mimics one of the crews voices to draw the rescue ship in.
@@househeadericmdhousehead9118 Only the test/preview audiences saw it. The audiences reacted poorly to that cut, so we got the one we all know. Maybe someday that footage will be released to the public, but I've been waiting on it for nearly 30 years & nada. Same thing with the alternate ending to the original Rambo, it was supposed to mimic the book where he either kills himself or Troutman blows his brains out. The test/preview audiences there didn't like that ending either.
When this came out in theaters in the late 1970's, there was no internet, no hype. It showed up in theaters, and only the most devoted sci-fi fans had even heard about it. It hit like a nuclear bomb - no one expected what they saw. People were just blown away by it. It was really among the first sci-fi horror flicks on the big screen, and it influenced every future sci-fi horror film that came after it.
I don't remember who made it now, but, a couple years ago I saw an advertisement for a T-shirt with a picture of the cat holding a dead chest burster and text that read, "If crewman Jones had just done his job, Alien would have been a 30 minute movie"
The production design for this movie and Ridley Scott’s next movie, Blade Runner, are unreal. The worlds they built are so incredibly detailed and immersive.
In the 1970s, special effects didn't have CGI available. Miniatures were needed to portray various objects on camera. Lucas' Industrial Lights and Magic came out of the need to push the boundaries of special effects.
I saw this when I was 18 in 1979. was very tense when I left the theater. Very good movie. The scene when the alien burst out of John Hurt's chest, was a surprise for everyone. They kept the actors in the dark about what would happen.
@@genevievenoble8120 I just checked the colony log. Directive dated 6/12/79, signed Burke, Carter J. You sent them out there and you didn't even warn them! Why didn't you warn them, Burke?
Movie dialogue: We intercepted a transmission, probably a distress signal, we’re required to investigate or we lose our paycheck Reactors: WhY aRe YOu gOInG iN tHeRE?!
@@nihlify Yeah, I agree. I'm a baby of the 80s but I get it. They're saying the effects are good relative to the time period, so it's actually a huge compliment given where special effects are today that these films still hold up to millennials and generation z.
@@kittyhawk9707 Salty twat, I was telling Duaffy and others who are too young to recognize him at such a young age. Especially as she had just finished the Harry Potter series, and could tell she didn't recognize him. So in short, grow up dipshit.
7:48 "DAMIT that's a penis" You should do an image search for H.R Giger, he created the alien. His artwork are weird and that comment will work on alot of his art if you look long enough.
That 5 minute countdown actually was 5 minutes, unlike Star Trek II where they said "4 minutes", but the countdown timer clearly started at 999 seconds, which is almost 17 minutes. 🤣
_Aliens_ is set 57 years after the events you have just seen. By blind luck Ripley is found drifting in space and rescued. I would definitely recommend the _Director’s Cut_ over the theatrical version as the DC is tenser, contains other bits and bobs not found in the theatrical cut and contains additional plot elements that flesh out some of Ripley’s behaviour later in the film.
I didn’t tell her that much. In fact, what is in the first paragraph is pretty much in a brief synopsis of what the film is all about when you look it up online, or read the back of a DVD cover. In fact, what I have put is arguably *less* than such synopses.
She was trying to stop the self destruct because the alien was right in front of the escape pod. Her plan was “set the ship to blow up to kill the alien and escape so I don’t die too” Alien is blocking means of escape. “Shit! Stop the explosion! Stop the explosion!”
Had to chuckle at, "Damn it, that's a penis." Yes, there are definite sexual overtones attached to this creature at all stages of its life cycle. H. R. Giger's artwork is laden with sexual images. It's one of the elements that make it so compelling. Loved your reactions. Also, your eyes are amazing.
The director’s cut actually has a scene where Ripley finds Dallas and Brett cocooned in a nest. Brett is dead and is being transformed into an egg. Dallas is barely alive and probably being slowly turned also. She sets them both on fire at Dallas’s request. This is called eggmorphing. The director’s cut is the only place it appears
The ship got messed up when landing because one of the landing legs was on a rock that crumbled under the weight, forcing it into the ship and causing damage
fun fact: the chestburster scene was only told in secret to John Hurt. hence the other actors genuine reaction in that scene. also, the actress who plays Lambert actually fainted.
You're gonna have to do Aliens, the sequel to Alien. It's a classic. And it's directed by James Cameron, who directed Titanic and The Terminator. You won't be disapointed.
Fun fact the Blue light at 3:20 over the eggs is actually lighting equipment borrowed from the band the " WHO" couple days before they filmed that scene
The sequel, Aliens is a must watch after this! Just as exciting and unsettling lol. The director's cut is the better version of the movie, check it out when you have time.
It is so amusing, entertaining, and interesting watching someone react to a classic horror film. It is difficult to describe. It makes me remember when I first saw it. I enjoyed this. Great job. 😀 And your costume was distractingly subtle. Simple but fun.
Fun Fact: prior to the chest bursting alien scene all the actors were told was that an aliens head was gonna move and that it would have teeth. Nobody, except actor John Hurt, knew that it would be busting out of someone's chest, or that they were going to be sprayed with real animal intestines and sheep blood. In an interview Sigourney Weaver said the acting was so good that when shooting the scene she honestly thought John Hurt was actually dying right in front of her.
The artist who created the original alien for this film ( H.R.Giger) is one of my favourite artists. I remember going to his museum in Switzerland in 2010 and it was a seriously freaky and surreal expirence LOL.But there was also a bar so that was fun lol.
Blood and gore and graphic violence are the hallmarks of modern horror yet except for Kane you never see any of the others actually killed. You see shadows and a few frames but nothing particularly graphic. Scott gives you just a frame or two of the creature and then its shadows on the walls or strobing lights and your imagination fills in all the rest. It is the suspense and the anticipation which make the movie so effective.
I think sometimes that is one thing that can make these types of films so good more when it comes to a film like Alien. Sometimes it's what you don't see that is more scary then what you do see.
@@amandacogger3075 There is an old rant about movies and books which includes the line, "Hollywood cannot live up to the power of your imagination." So many directors try to show you exactly what they can _imagine._ But the good ones show you just enough to let your imagination run wild. And nobody knows what scares you better than you do. :)
@@robertanderson6929 I've always liked horror films that do and like how the directors keep the audience in mind when doing it and for me is a big part of what makes Alien such a great film and James Cameron one of the best in business
@@amandacogger3075 Yes. And it is important to remember that these movies were made at a time when studio execs didn't meddle with what got put on film in the way they do today. Were _Alien_ being made today there would likely be some toy division exec demanding more screen time for the creature so the kiddie would recognize the toy in the stores. And a theme park exec demanding at least three action scenes that could be converted into attractions or rides. And then of course there would just be the wannabe writers at the studio who would be faxing new lines of dialog and entirely new scenes to the set with orders to film them and they will decide what goes into the final film during the editing. That last one is actually what happened to Alien 3. The director claimed that the studio literally installed a fax machine on set and while he was trying to film they were faxing him new scenes and dialog. Alien 3 is an infamous flop due to studio interference.
@@robertanderson6929 it's annoying when that happens. I'm not totally against Alien 3 because I think there was a lot of potential for it to be really good and I liked the idea of Ripley becoming the mother of the thing she hates but the greedy buggers ruined it even though it could of made them a hell of a lot more success had they allowed it to stay in the true fashion of what the first 2 films were
Dallas went to where it was because he didn’t know where it was. Lambert was the one with the graph tracker thing, and all she told him was to move. Wasn’t untill it was too late that she told him to go the other way.
It was fun watching this with you,not only because of your reactions but your commentary which could be quite amusing at times made me laugh,Alien is considered a classic and there is a sequel Aliens with Ripley again,more action in that one.
First off, you look amazing with that hair style and colour. And next alien is one of the best movies ever made. The xeno morph is incredible. Great video duaffy.
Hi Duaffy! I was just in your Resident Evil twitch stream and now I'm here! The Alien films are some of my favorite Sci-Fi horror movies and I have the Alien trilogy on Dvd and Vhs!!! Btw your review was cracking me up and I followed you on instagram 😂😁🥰🖤
1:02 they are generally known as cryo-chambers, . places for the crew to rest in a form of suspended animation during the LOOOONG journey home, . short of malfunction or power failure, everyone survives cryo.
So Sigourney Weaver, the actress here...became the first female action hero from this movie. With the sequel she stars in..."Aliens" affirming that. This is quite the movie history you just watched and it was inducted in the American National Film Registry in 2002 which ensures the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage.
NO one but John Hurt, the first victim Kane, knew about the chest burster, and the others reacted naturaly; Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) passed out afterward! The Nostromo is so big (320 feet high) that condensation forms and 'rains down'. The NASA Vehicle Assembly Building is 525 feet tall and clouds form in it!
You would think, in a ship with a procedure that requires 24 hours of decontamination after contact with an extra-terrestrial life before one can be allowed into the ship, they would have a medical facility _outside_ the main body of the ship for just such a situation that's every bit as well equipped and supplied.
1:02 Space is vast and ships travel (relatively) slowly. Better to hibernate the crew than have them go "crazy in outer space." 2:51 Not bad for matte paintings, models, and children in costume, long before DFX, eh? 3:15 The "Space Jockey" has been a mystery for many years. 3:46 Curiosity... 5:00 The first indication that Science Officer Ash is acting strangely. 7:45 How's that for a Jump Scare? 8:08 So, this old movie is Scary? 8:41 Danger! Danger! Engineer Brett! 9:14 Some reviewers/viewers thought that "Jones the Cat" WAS the Alien! 9:20 How's that for a computer "Syntax Error"? 10:22 Hello, Captain Dallas... 11:18 When Ripley slams Ash into the wall and he didn't react, that was my "WTF! He's NOT Human!?" moment. 13:14 That's a Stinger, NOT a "copulation appendage," as some have thought. 15:48 Getting ready for Cryosleep, NOT strip tease! 16:00 Ripley seems to be talking to herself. Nope, she's singing this: th-cam.com/video/CD1j4buZnJI/w-d-xo.html 16:41 Burn baby, Burn! 17:12 "One of the shortest movie I've seen in my life?" Some reviewers have complained about "no action/it's a drag/slow moving" "Alien" and "Aliens" made Sigourney Weaver a major movie star. (And an "Astronaut archetype," as well?)
Nice reaction Duaffy - the movie was just under 2 hours long so you must have enjoyed it more than you thought. With that costume you could have been Chief Scientific Officer on The Nostromo instead of Ash.
Yep, I would say that Alien and Aliens are classics -- must see for anyone interested in the genres of horror, action, and/or sci-fi. Only watch the later movies if you REALLY want to see more of this universe, but are willing to put up with inferior movies. And this isn't just your opinion and my opinion. Lots of people say, "You HAVE to watch Alien and Aliens!" I don't remember anyone ever saying, "You have to watch Alien 3!"
@@UTU49 what people should really do is read the Essential Aliens comics Vol.1 it has 3 different stories that all tie into both movies and it has newt all grown up after Aliens. They’re amazing and the artwork is absolutely fantastic.
@ not compared to the first two IMO I just don’t like the 3rd or 4th but some of the short stories they came out with earlier last year for the 40th anniversary are really good there were 5 of em.
4:15 She was going to let this person die... 5:30 WELP... sometimes you just gotta throw the whole person away LMAO... You learn fast Duaffy, you learn fast.
Ash was played by the same actor who played Bilbo in the Lord of the rings
If you dig a little deeper, John Hurt voiced Aragorn in the 1978 animated Lord Of The Rings ;-)
@@gregall2178 And he's in several of the Harry Potter movies, was an incarnation of Doctor Who, shows up in Hellboy, as well as having many more credits in a distinguished TV and movie acting career.
RIP
@@gregall2178 And Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) voiced Legolas.
Yep. RIP Ian Holm
Remember, the NOSTROMO is pretty much a container-ship in space not an explorer or military ship. The med-bay is equipped for dealing with normal injuries and illnesses not with something like an invasive species. The same goes for the training of the crew. It is trained to pull heavy things to space safely. The few lessons they had about dealing with the unknown are years ago and probably long forgotten
The NOSTROMO was an oil-refinery in space. Not a container ship. In the time this was set, Earth had run out of oil, and had to obtain it elsewhere in the galaxy.
@@Garryck-1 It was transporting ore like one can read in the beginning , it was an ore refinery not an oil refinery, but you are right it was not a container ship :)
@@nadinefeiler9204 You´re right. It´s a Cargo-Pull Transportship.
The Nostromo was constructed in 2101 as an interstellar cruiser,
but was refitted in 2116 as a commercial towing vehicle.
The ship was subsequently operated as a commercial hauler,
transporting automated ore and oil refineries between outer colonies and Earth.
source: avp.fandom.com/wiki/USCSS_Nostromo
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I highly recommend seeing the sequel, Aliens. It's VERY good.
agreed !!
I agree you must see the sequel Aliens
agreed
Yes.
Definitely, but be sure to watch the special edition of Aliens.
"It _ran!_ With no _legs!_ Like it had _wheels!"_
😆 Okay. That's a keen observation.
this movie basically defined the genre, its amazing how it still holds up to this day, specially the sequel.
A rare example of original and sequel both standing up.
@@jonc7739 That's right, and another example is _The Terminator_ and _Terminator 2_ . I guess someone has a clue about how to make sequels.
This movie was from an era where your mind produced the most fear...not the effects. Thank you for reacting to something from my younger days, I'm very glad that I found your channel long ago!
Alien was one of the best horror movies ever made. It had suspense in addition to gore. A true classic.
The Thing (1982) is my favorite horror movie of all time.
Duaffy: "This woman is smart"
She's just about the only one in the whole series with common sense
Keep in mind that this is not a research group. This is basically a group of space truckers.
Also we understand that the company is a parody of real company where if you don't answer an order from the company, you don't get bonuses or shares.
So it's not impossible to think that working on a job that takes months of time in to do, people would want to get as much out of it as possible to retire faster.
Both women had more sense then all the men.
@@househeadericmdhousehead9118 No, just Ripley. The other woman (Lambert) just stood there instead of trying to run or fight back, the 'fight or flight' didn't even kick in. Meanwhile (Parker) was trying to burn it with a flamethrower that probably could of killed the Alien, but he didn't want to hit her, so because she didn't move it got them both killed.
@@stevent7932 You think she was going to out run that thing. She told them to take the shuttle and get the hell out after Dallas dies. And she was ready to draw straws. She had the right idea way before death came a knocking.
@@stevent7932 lol! Parker and Lambert were both dead meat. If you think it was Lambert that got them both killed you're an idiot. That creature had them both dead in less then 30 seconds and neither one was going to out fox it it. Read the book. Lambert had a fire gun and tried killing it in one version with the alien using Parker as protection then used its tail and sliced a hole right through her. In another version Ripley is face to face with the alien in the shuttle and it uses its tail or arm and sliced her head right off. Both women were written deliberately to be the last two . Another version the alien pushes Lambert into a vent but she is to big to fit so the alien crushes her. Lambert was terrified but no fool. They alien hunted the men and saved there bodies to impregnate them. In director's cut Ripley finds DLlS a d Bret rapped into a cocoon on a wall for breeding. The aliens impregnated men only.
Duaffy: "Don't you have any empathy or humanity in yourself?"
Also Duaffy: "Under these circumstances I would throw the person, say I'm sorry, I don't see any possibility what to do"
XD
Fun fact when the alien came out the guys chest at the table the director didn't tell any of the actors that was going to happen to get an authentic reaction
Actually they did know as it was in the script, they just hadn’t seen how it was going to be done or how much blood was going to be involved. Veronica Cartwright’s reaction is real as she was expecting the blood to hit her in the face.
Except only the blood came out when the actors were there, not the baby alien. The effect of the baby alien coming out of Kane's chest was done at another time under very different circumstances.
@@markwebster7435 If you watch the interviews with Veronica Cartright, She got clocked in the face with the fake blood, and slipped, falling on the floor, with outtakes showing her legs up in the air.
@@ChannelReuploads9451 yea I’ve seen that, my point is they new the script about the alien coming out of the chest, they just did t know how it was going to be done or look like, as they said they knew something was up when they saw the crew wearing rain jackets. Kind of like in the excorist when Jason Miller was hit in the eye by the vomit, he was expecting it to be that much, and you can see in the actual scene he was pissed off.
@@markwebster7435 Thank you for correcting that. I swear someone does this in every Alien video. The true story has been misheard or misremembered through the retelling that somehow people think that the actors were just improvising the entire scene even though they would surely have noticed John Hurt tucked under the table with a huge prosthetic on him and a bunch of special effects people all over the place that they would've needed to make this work. People love telling people the cool story first usually preceded with the term "fun fact" which is a term I have come to very much despise. That and underrated. Not so much the word but the fact nobody knows what it means so they use it for almost anything.
Ash was the one who opened the hatch and broke quarentine, not Ripley.
I like it when people "react" to movies, and don't just watch them. Your reaction was VERY similar to the reactions we had in the theater when the movie came out. I love your accent by the way!
I'd love to get my hands on the alternate ending to this flick (which was only shown to preview audiences). In that ending the Alien actually kills the entire crew, & as the movie is ending a rescue ship is arriving & the Alien mimics one of the crews voices to draw the rescue ship in.
I've seen many deleted scenes and the director's cut and I never heard that until now. Do you have a link or is there footage?
@@househeadericmdhousehead9118 Only the test/preview audiences saw it. The audiences reacted poorly to that cut, so we got the one we all know. Maybe someday that footage will be released to the public, but I've been waiting on it for nearly 30 years & nada. Same thing with the alternate ending to the original Rambo, it was supposed to mimic the book where he either kills himself or Troutman blows his brains out. The test/preview audiences there didn't like that ending either.
When this came out in theaters in the late 1970's, there was no internet, no hype. It showed up in theaters, and only the most devoted sci-fi fans had even heard about it. It hit like a nuclear bomb - no one expected what they saw. People were just blown away by it. It was really among the first sci-fi horror flicks on the big screen, and it influenced every future sci-fi horror film that came after it.
Please also add John Carpeter's The Thing from 1982 on that list of movies to watch. I think you will like it very much.
A L I E N is regarded as one of the all time greats in movie history. Its such a genre definer. Absolutely unmissable.
I laughed so hard when she said "Dammit.. That's a penis" - Duaffy
I don't remember who made it now, but, a couple years ago I saw an advertisement for a T-shirt with a picture of the cat holding a dead chest burster and text that read, "If crewman Jones had just done his job, Alien would have been a 30 minute movie"
The production design for this movie and Ridley Scott’s next movie, Blade Runner, are unreal. The worlds they built are so incredibly detailed and immersive.
The Nostromo and the alien derelict are characters unto themselves.
"It ran... With no legs! Like that thing has *wheels*!"
"Where is the wheel alien!?"
"Dammit that's a peins"
Correcting: That a run away killer peins.
Space herpes.
Those are the worst kind
"Welcome to the world of H R Gigers art work"
What the fuck is a peins
In the 1970s, special effects didn't have CGI available.
Miniatures were needed to portray various objects on camera. Lucas' Industrial Lights and Magic came out of the need to push the boundaries of special effects.
Parker's death scene was actually supposed to be more gore involved but at the time it was deemed to graphic to watch.
I saw this when I was 18 in 1979. was very tense when I left the theater. Very good movie. The scene when the alien burst out of John Hurt's chest, was a surprise for everyone. They kept the actors in the dark about what would happen.
“Online, no one can hear you scream.” 😱
Holy shizzle, you’re right
"He has guts."
yup, and soon it will be on the floor 😝
Just to say Duaffy the 2nd film Aliens is more of an action movie and one of the best sequels ever.
@@genevievenoble8120 I just checked the colony log. Directive dated 6/12/79, signed Burke, Carter J. You sent them out there and you didn't even warn them! Why didn't you warn them, Burke?
Movie dialogue: We intercepted a transmission, probably a distress signal, we’re required to investigate or we lose our paycheck
Reactors: WhY aRe YOu gOInG iN tHeRE?!
@John Frum Both of you need a fucking chill pill lol...
@@nihlify Yeah, I agree. I'm a baby of the 80s but I get it. They're saying the effects are good relative to the time period, so it's actually a huge compliment given where special effects are today that these films still hold up to millennials and generation z.
@@PsychicThursday in many cases good practical effects beat CGI.
"why don't you just cut it" that made me laugh :D
The first to wake up and to have his chest burst open was John Hurt / Mr Ollivander from Harry Potter
Wow thanks for telling us ..as if we didn't f*cking know!!
@@kittyhawk9707 Salty twat, I was telling Duaffy and others who are too young to recognize him at such a young age. Especially as she had just finished the Harry Potter series, and could tell she didn't recognize him. So in short, grow up dipshit.
"Why don't you just cut it?"
heh heh heh
Alien is one of the best sci-fir horror movies ever made.
I still think John Carpenter's The Thing takes the cake as the gold standard.
7:48 "DAMIT that's a penis" You should do an image search for H.R Giger, he created the alien. His artwork are weird and that comment will work on alot of his art if you look long enough.
That 5 minute countdown actually was 5 minutes, unlike Star Trek II where they said "4 minutes", but the countdown timer clearly started at 999 seconds, which is almost 17 minutes. 🤣
Ridley Scott and John Hurt didn't tell the rest of the cast about the chest bursting scene so the reactions were genuine.
Gotta watch the Thing, The Exorcist, The Fly and maybe Terminator for some more cool classics. def Aliens too
The original The Omen too.
_Aliens_ is set 57 years after the events you have just seen. By blind luck Ripley is found drifting in space and rescued.
I would definitely recommend the _Director’s Cut_ over the theatrical version as the DC is tenser, contains other bits and bobs not found in the theatrical cut and contains additional plot elements that flesh out some of Ripley’s behaviour later in the film.
Dude, don't spoil it for her.
I didn’t tell her that much. In fact, what is in the first paragraph is pretty much in a brief synopsis of what the film is all about when you look it up online, or read the back of a DVD cover. In fact, what I have put is arguably *less* than such synopses.
"That's a penis!" that had me laughing!
The second movie - ALIENS - starts with a rescue party thawing out Ellen Ripley, still asleep in her pod, cuddling Jonesy the cat.
She was trying to stop the self destruct because the alien was right in front of the escape pod.
Her plan was “set the ship to blow up to kill the alien and escape so I don’t die too”
Alien is blocking means of escape.
“Shit! Stop the explosion! Stop the explosion!”
And that's why you follow quarantine protocols.
I relate to Parker more than anyone, I didn't sign up for this, at least give me my BONUS!
A timeless sci-fi/horror classic. Nothing more.
Had to chuckle at, "Damn it, that's a penis." Yes, there are definite sexual overtones attached to this creature at all stages of its life cycle. H. R. Giger's artwork is laden with sexual images. It's one of the elements that make it so compelling. Loved your reactions. Also, your eyes are amazing.
And the movie "Species" took it to another level.
i remember my dad seeing this in the theater and coming home and telling me what happened in the movie.he was a truckdriver and saw it in texas.
"Ooof, damn it, that a peanus" XD
Don't worry, those aliens don't lay eggs ; a QUEEN does that... you'll meet her in the next film.
I love your commentary...I can tell you are a gamer for sure...every time the crew does something you already know what is coming next.
"it's a toy" model photography was such an art back then!
The director’s cut actually has a scene where Ripley finds Dallas and Brett cocooned in a nest. Brett is dead and is being transformed into an egg. Dallas is barely alive and probably being slowly turned also. She sets them both on fire at Dallas’s request. This is called eggmorphing. The director’s cut is the only place it appears
Yup just adds more depth and circumstance to it. Its the one i watch.
It's in the novelization, too.
The ship got messed up when landing because one of the landing legs was on a rock that crumbled under the weight, forcing it into the ship and causing damage
They had to reroute a lot of ducts....goddamned cheap HVAC parts!
"Cut that shit, come on ... Cut it from the TOP" lol :D
fun fact: the chestburster scene was only told in secret to John Hurt. hence the other actors genuine reaction in that scene. also, the actress who plays Lambert actually fainted.
You're gonna have to do Aliens, the sequel to Alien. It's a classic. And it's directed by James Cameron, who directed Titanic and The Terminator. You won't be disapointed.
Fun fact the Blue light at 3:20 over the eggs is actually lighting equipment borrowed from the band the " WHO" couple days before they filmed that scene
@Paul Marx will never die bro
I suggest you react to "Spaceballs" - a Star Wars parody that has a reference to Alien. Made in the 1980's, very funny and very silly.
Use the schwartz!
"I'm surrounded by Assholes!"
The sequel, Aliens is a must watch after this! Just as exciting and unsettling lol. The director's cut is the better version of the movie, check it out when you have time.
ROFLMFAO!!!!! "Congratulations you won a prize."
Good one, my dear.
This is a masterpiece! So unsettling. I like your blue hair 😊💙💙💙💙💙
It is so amusing, entertaining, and interesting watching someone react to a classic horror film. It is difficult to describe. It makes me remember when I first saw it. I enjoyed this. Great job. 😀
And your costume was distractingly subtle. Simple but fun.
love the scene where the camera focus Jonesy(cat) while the alien is killing the guy...cool shot!
"That's a penis" *Maybeit has wheels" You are adorable haha
Fun Fact: prior to the chest bursting alien scene all the actors were told was that an aliens head was gonna move and that it would have teeth. Nobody, except actor John Hurt, knew that it would be busting out of someone's chest, or that they were going to be sprayed with real animal intestines and sheep blood. In an interview Sigourney Weaver said the acting was so good that when shooting the scene she honestly thought John Hurt was actually dying right in front of her.
The artist who created the original alien for this film ( H.R.Giger) is one of my favourite artists. I remember going to his museum in Switzerland in 2010 and it was a seriously freaky and surreal expirence LOL.But there was also a bar so that was fun lol.
I’d love to see a reaction to every alien movie tbh. They are all definitely worth a watch.
Wrong
Blood and gore and graphic violence are the hallmarks of modern horror yet except for Kane you never see any of the others actually killed. You see shadows and a few frames but nothing particularly graphic. Scott gives you just a frame or two of the creature and then its shadows on the walls or strobing lights and your imagination fills in all the rest. It is the suspense and the anticipation which make the movie so effective.
I think sometimes that is one thing that can make these types of films so good more when it comes to a film like Alien. Sometimes it's what you don't see that is more scary then what you do see.
@@amandacogger3075 There is an old rant about movies and books which includes the line, "Hollywood cannot live up to the power of your imagination." So many directors try to show you exactly what they can _imagine._ But the good ones show you just enough to let your imagination run wild. And nobody knows what scares you better than you do. :)
@@robertanderson6929 I've always liked horror films that do and like how the directors keep the audience in mind when doing it and for me is a big part of what makes Alien such a great film and James Cameron one of the best in business
@@amandacogger3075 Yes. And it is important to remember that these movies were made at a time when studio execs didn't meddle with what got put on film in the way they do today. Were _Alien_ being made today there would likely be some toy division exec demanding more screen time for the creature so the kiddie would recognize the toy in the stores. And a theme park exec demanding at least three action scenes that could be converted into attractions or rides. And then of course there would just be the wannabe writers at the studio who would be faxing new lines of dialog and entirely new scenes to the set with orders to film them and they will decide what goes into the final film during the editing. That last one is actually what happened to Alien 3. The director claimed that the studio literally installed a fax machine on set and while he was trying to film they were faxing him new scenes and dialog. Alien 3 is an infamous flop due to studio interference.
@@robertanderson6929 it's annoying when that happens. I'm not totally against Alien 3 because I think there was a lot of potential for it to be really good and I liked the idea of Ripley becoming the mother of the thing she hates but the greedy buggers ruined it even though it could of made them a hell of a lot more success had they allowed it to stay in the true fashion of what the first 2 films were
Dallas went to where it was because he didn’t know where it was. Lambert was the one with the graph tracker thing, and all she told him was to move. Wasn’t untill it was too late that she told him to go the other way.
It was fun watching this with you,not only because of your reactions but your commentary which could be quite amusing at times made me laugh,Alien is considered a classic and there is a sequel Aliens with Ripley again,more action in that one.
Two rules in movies: the aliens always end up on the ship, and the dinosaurs always get loose.
Lmao "Crazy Witch" i needed a good laugh before going to sleep 🥱🥱
See what happens when people don’t follow quarantine procedures?! 😷 People die.
You have aliens popping out of sensitive places.
only if theres something that needs to be quarantined
Enjoyed this video. I will watch your Aliens reacting too. Cool outfit and hair! You look like a retro sci-fi character here. 😍
First off, you look amazing with that hair style and colour. And next alien is one of the best movies ever made. The xeno morph is incredible. Great video duaffy.
Alien was a first in many ways, if you do react to Aliens try and find the extended version, fleshes out the story a lot more
Hope u had a lovely weekend Duaffy. Loved the "witch" hairdoo. Rock on mate
Now u gotta watch part 2..ALIENS..
I’ve just started watching your reaction here and even before it starts I love it because your costume and wig are totally awesome! Well done! 😎👍
Hi Duaffy, during the chest bursting scene I happened to notice the shirt you are wearing 🤣🤣
This has been my absolute most favorite movie for the longest time. Aliens is also very good.
I'm a late comer to this and not long started watching your videos but I'm enjoying them. Great reactions to great films. Love the blue hair
John Hurt (Kane) was the only cast member that knew exactly what was going to happen with the chest explosion. All of the reactions are real.
Great reaction as usual D! Those Xenomorphs though! Looking forward to the next one!
P.S.: Nice hairstyle for Halloween -
Hi Duaffy! I was just in your Resident Evil twitch stream and now I'm here! The Alien films are some of my favorite Sci-Fi horror movies and I have the Alien trilogy on Dvd and Vhs!!! Btw your review was cracking me up and I followed you on instagram 😂😁🥰🖤
1:02 they are generally known as cryo-chambers, . places for the crew to rest in a form of suspended animation during the LOOOONG journey home, . short of malfunction or power failure, everyone survives cryo.
Rescued cryo-sleepers are derisively nicknamed 'slush puppies,' since their presence negates the chance for salvage.
So Sigourney Weaver, the actress here...became the first female action hero from this movie. With the sequel she stars in..."Aliens" affirming that.
This is quite the movie history you just watched and it was inducted in the American National Film Registry in 2002 which ensures the survival, conservation, and increased public availability of America's film heritage.
NO one but John Hurt, the first victim Kane, knew about the chest burster, and the others reacted naturaly; Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) passed out afterward! The Nostromo is so big (320 feet high) that condensation forms and 'rains down'. The NASA Vehicle Assembly Building is 525 feet tall and clouds form in it!
You would think, in a ship with a procedure that requires 24 hours of decontamination after contact with an extra-terrestrial life before one can be allowed into the ship, they would have a medical facility _outside_ the main body of the ship for just such a situation that's every bit as well equipped and supplied.
1:02 Space is vast and ships travel (relatively) slowly. Better to hibernate the crew than have them go "crazy in outer space."
2:51 Not bad for matte paintings, models, and children in costume, long before DFX, eh?
3:15 The "Space Jockey" has been a mystery for many years.
3:46 Curiosity...
5:00 The first indication that Science Officer Ash is acting strangely.
7:45 How's that for a Jump Scare?
8:08 So, this old movie is Scary?
8:41 Danger! Danger! Engineer Brett!
9:14 Some reviewers/viewers thought that "Jones the Cat" WAS the Alien!
9:20 How's that for a computer "Syntax Error"?
10:22 Hello, Captain Dallas...
11:18 When Ripley slams Ash into the wall and he didn't react, that was my "WTF! He's NOT Human!?" moment.
13:14 That's a Stinger, NOT a "copulation appendage," as some have thought.
15:48 Getting ready for Cryosleep, NOT strip tease!
16:00 Ripley seems to be talking to herself. Nope, she's singing this: th-cam.com/video/CD1j4buZnJI/w-d-xo.html
16:41 Burn baby, Burn!
17:12 "One of the shortest movie I've seen in my life?" Some reviewers have complained about "no action/it's a drag/slow moving"
"Alien" and "Aliens" made Sigourney Weaver a major movie star. (And an "Astronaut archetype," as well?)
Crysosleep, my dear lady. "Anybody ever tell you you LOOK dead, Kane?"
Nice reaction Duaffy - the movie was just under 2 hours long so you must have enjoyed it more than you thought. With that costume you could have been Chief Scientific Officer on The Nostromo instead of Ash.
Funnily enough you put into words my biggest problem with this movie: the chest-burster shouldn’t run away like it’s on wheels! :)
Definitely check out Aliens, the extended version. And maybe just stop there.
Yep, I would say that Alien and Aliens are classics -- must see for anyone interested in the genres of horror, action, and/or sci-fi.
Only watch the later movies if you REALLY want to see more of this universe, but are willing to put up with inferior movies.
And this isn't just your opinion and my opinion. Lots of people say, "You HAVE to watch Alien and Aliens!"
I don't remember anyone ever saying, "You have to watch Alien 3!"
@@UTU49 what people should really do is read the Essential Aliens comics Vol.1 it has 3 different stories that all tie into both movies and it has newt all grown up after Aliens. They’re amazing and the artwork is absolutely fantastic.
4th is pretty good too.
@ not compared to the first two IMO I just don’t like the 3rd or 4th but some of the short stories they came out with earlier last year for the 40th anniversary are really good there were 5 of em.
If you see the logo in the doors of the nostromo you realizes that the "company" is "Purina" XD
Gotta imagine what dog-food is made out of in the future...
@@dracoargentum9783 Soylent Brown
''Maybe it has spores?'' she can see the future lol
This is the closest thing to a horror movie that I really love. Kudos to you for sitting through it. :)
4:15 She was going to let this person die...
5:30 WELP... sometimes you just gotta throw the whole person away
LMAO... You learn fast Duaffy, you learn fast.
"you should take the cat and leave"
priorities :D
Duaffy: Don't you have any empathy, any humanity in yourself?
Engineering Team: How much would that pay?
“Why don’t you just cut it” hahahahahaha...
Alien 2 (Uncut, 1986).