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How about a film that is based on actual true accounts as opposed to fiction? The most overlooked film ever " Fire In The Sky" (93) ( Travis Walton Story) Most believable film on the topic! (CO Starring Robert Patrick (Villian T-1000 in Predator) AMAZING Film! Watch Rogan Travis Walton interview! Currently free on You Tube!
Now you need to do Aliens, totally different direction.I saw this in the theater and it came out close to the time Empire came out, I forget which was first... y ou had buy your ti ket after waiting in line then go stand in line and wait for the next show.......
I know it's just a funny meme and all that but I also think that's a generally uncharitable assessment of the film, considering they act pretty intelligently throughout the whole thing. Outside of Kane sticking his face near an Alien egg (which, while not the greatest decision in the world, it would be overzealous of the audience to expect him to know he's in a horror movie and therefore in imminent danger, and also he's wearing a fully enclosed spacesuit), nobody does anything particularly stupid. Most of the deaths come from a consequence of Ash sabotaging their plans (Dallas), the crew not recognizing the danger they're in (Kane and Brett), or running out of options (Parker and Lambert being cornered and unable to escape). People like to quote The Thing as a good example of a "horror movie with only smart characters" but honestly I think the same accolade could easily go to this film as well.
@@reginaldgickington4793 Yeah, most of the bad ideas are done out of a lack of meta knowledge or directly caused by Ash who had a vested interest in fucking everything up
@@reginaldgickington4793 I agree absolutely. The crews of cargo vessels on earth get overwhelmed by catastrophes they should be able to deal with, let alone a homicidal alien creature running around below decks.
Working in government, I relate to Ripley. I've been that person in the room saying NO that won't work, and here's my professional opinion about the thing you pay me to be a professional in, oh you're doing that thing anyway, ok great best of luck, too bad when it fails it'll hurt us all.
And everyone forgets the other really "smart" person in the film was Lambert, played by the wonderful Veronica Cartwright. It was Lambert who first raised concerns about heading towards and exploring the source of the "distress" signal / Derelict. After discovering the "Space Jockey", wondering what the heck happened to the rest of the Derlelict's "crew", and seeing the explosive rupture in the Space Jockey's desiccated corpse/skeleton -- it was Lambert who says the famous dialogue: "Let's Get the Hell Outta Here". Finally, after Dallas is killed in the air shafts, Lambert is the first to raise the possibility of abandoning the ship and escaping in the shuttle...although, at that moment in time, it was not a viable solution, due to the shuttle's crew-size limits.
That is a myth. They knew a creature was going to burst out… it’s written in the script. They just did not know how they were going to achieve the effect and Cartwright didn’t expect to have her face splattered with blood.
During the filming of the sequel to this film (Aliens) the film crew showed parts of the film to a limited group of people. They recorded their heartbeat during different scenes. Then, the music and ambient sounds were adjusted to the recorded heart rhythms.
Even more messed up: The prop body rig that the chestburster popped from was stuffed with real animal guts and blood, so not only did they not know what was coming, but they were legitimately grossed out by it on top of the shock
After all the time I've spent watching Nikki and Steven I had it backwards. I thought Nikki was putting up with Steven. After watching this I realized Steven is a saint and has been putting up with Nikki. Bless you sir. 🤣🤣🤣
Legendary movie. Literally. The first example of tension done perfectly and at the same time inventing the best horror space film, probably up to date too. All film-makers can take lessons here. History written with this film.
The first time I watched this movie (1980s), it was at night. Close to midnight. By the time the alien birthed, I was using newspapers to cover myself because I was feeling cold and scared. Much later, engrossed, I yelled "Behind You!!!" to Ripley, scaring the wits out of my three brothers watching with me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
13:20 "His air thing isn't even attached to anything!" Wow! I never noticed that, I guess its a subtle clue that Ash is a synthetic / robot! Great catch, Nikki!
We saw this movie in 1979 in The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Not only was it state of the art in terms of special effects, but it was the first movie EVER when a woman took on the man's leadership role & became the lone survivor. In those days, women were always killed off first in movies. The movie was fantastic. It was a great time to see movies in those days. Steven Spielberg was a young up incoming movie maker, he just put out Close Encounters. George Lucas just put out Star Wars & then ALIEN just came out. In those days we stood in line for 5+ hours & met countless interesting movie goers from all walks of life. Everyone screamed inside the movie theater when the Alien surprised us. Then everyone in the theater laughed at how it scared us. Then we all cheered & clapped when the movie ended to show our appreciation. You don't see that these days. . .
Probably need to explain for folks who don’t have cats what Jonesy was doing when the Alien attacked Brett. Jonesy hissed at the Alien to show the Alien who is the top predator around here. (Cats are supremely confident in their hunting skills). Once that was settled Jonesy watched the Alien attack Brett and probably gave the Alien a B- rating on his pouncing ability, (to slow, no rabbit kicking) At the end on the way to the shuttle Jonesy indicated to the Alien he was lucky he was stuck in the cat carrier. The Alien realizing the truth in that statement left Jonesy alone. There was one perfect organism on that ship and it wasn’t the Alien.
Welcome to the gold standard of the space horror genre. Now for something many consider to be even better: Aliens. Yes, the sequel to this masterpiece is all that and more. I hope a reaction to it is on your radars.
Didn't see it in the theater, unfortunately. I was 3 at the time. But after I eventually saw it, at around 10 y.o., alone, I made damn sure to not stick my toes out from under the duvet anymore from then on. 😀
I was 9 when it came out. My sister was 7. Rated R, but our parents took us to see it anyway. Soooo glad they did, it's still my #1 favorite to this day.
Just stopped by to glad you enjoyed it and paid respect to “horror “ of the ‘70’s. No CGI, no blood, just a great film of darkness, isolation, and suspense. Being in the theater as a child in 1979, terrifying. We really enjoy Nikki’s reaction to horror/suspense films (funny). But Steven, dude, wear long sleeves, she tears ur arm to shreds when scared. 😆 Thx for letting us stop by.
1:24 ooooooh my god Nikki you are absolutely right. That is ABSOLUTELY the Mr Fusion coffee grinder. I'm so glad you caught that. So glad you pointed it out. I had never noticed or seeing anyone else point it out before and now I will always see it and I love that. Thank you!
10:10 That last shot of the Space Jockey in silhouette always creeped me out the most. With the music, it’s only at that moment you see that it appeared to have died screaming. And had stayed that way for a millennia.
41:51 remember when Iron Man tells the squidward alien that "the kid has seen more movies" and then blows a hole in the ship and the "alien" goes out into space? this is the scene Spiderman was talking about.
It is so creepy when Ripley discovers Parker and Lambert's bodies that you can clearly see that Parker is sitting in a Yoga lotus position with his head bowed as if the alien posed him that way.
This movie holds up so well! So cool to see you guys react to it! It's one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies ever (right behind the sequel, Aliens, which may actually have been even better?)
I was about 12 when this movie came out, and it scared the cr*p out of audiences everywhere. Saw the sequel in a 70mm theater in Atlanta (back when those existed) and was totally blown away.
I never watched the original alien until recently, however in the early 90s as a kid I watched Aliens , the sequel, and I loved it. Aliens is one of the rare sequels that I think is actually as good as if not better than the original. I wonder if they have already seen the sequels. Anyone over 30 did, then again I didn't see the original until a few months ago.
A fun fact is that the sceen where the Alien burst out of his chest no one of the actors knew how it look like. Because they wanted the fear to be real
We have to give credit to the artist Gieger for creating what most of the sets and alien is based on. Look up the artist and see the artwork. Had a heavy influence great movie guys. Fun fact when the chest burster came out of Kane it was totally ad lib. None of the actors knew what was going to happen. One of the first movies to use a woman as a hero also. Follow it up by Aliens.
Spoiler Alert! The reason Ash broke protocol and let them into the spaceship with the face hugger was he was programmed to bring the Alien back to earth. None of it was by accident (finding the spaceship) it was all part of a plan .
1:37 - The spaceship interior design of this movie is only rivaled by that of '2001: A Space Odyssey' in my opinion. I happend to have studied space technology and that's how I imagine possible future spaceships for long missions but realistically there will need to be elements that resemble home, like plants and things like that for the mental sanity. 4:58 - The ocean is scarier because you have the same feeling of nothingness, it's only of a different colour, but you do know it's full of things which will actively trying to kill you. 5:30 - Research suggests that if you happend to end up in space without a pressurized suit, you'd pass out within 10-15 seconds for a series of reasons, before suffocating or dying for lack of pressure. Not the worst way to go. 48:37 - By now probably somebody mentioned. That was a deleted scene from the original movie. The alien used Brett and Dallas to create more eggs through a process that is not explained or repeated in the sequels.
Imagine spending close to a year out in space and then, because you don't follow through on the company requirement to explore the origin of an unknown signal, you lose your pay. All that time, and now you have no way to pay rent, bills or anything. That's the position they're in, it's an untenable situation.
As much as I love Alien and consider it a perfect horror movie, Aliens is still amazing. One of the rare times a sequel shifted genres entirely and was still as good as the original for entirely different reasons. Alien was a surprise horror movie while Aliens was a sci-fi action flick. Both great films.
The impact of watching comedy 1984 “Space Balls” first before watching 1979 “Alien.” To some viewers, the classic SciFi “Alien” looks like comedy copy from “Space Balls.” Yet, the reaction is pretty interesting.
Now that you have seen Alien, move on to Aliens. It goes in a different direction, from horror to more action, and as you can guess from title, you got multiple monsters to deal with.
Talk about a badass female character, Ellen Ripley will forever be my favorite character of all sci fi, she just epitomizes strength and femininity love it !!!!!!
There was a very famous artists back when this was made called Geiger. All his art looked like the scenario and the Aliens in this movie and the movie was clearly inspired by him. Please, his name isn't Ash. it's Bilbo Baggins!
When Ripley found the captain and the other guy the alien was turning the 1st guy it killed into an egg for a royal face hugger and the captain was going to be the host for a queen alien . And that wasn't in the original cut of the movie.
42:13 here you can see one of the ways the Expanse authors paid homage to this classic. The way Ripley gets rid of the creature is the same as the way the Roci crew got rid of the protomolecule creature on Ganymede station. I completely agree with your comments about practical effects; CGi gets old fast while practical, when done well, stand the test of time. BTW, thanks for the anal beads with tapioca comment, now I can't unsee it.
Great to see my favourite reaction channel watch one of my all time favourite movies. I must have seen it about 10 times, the best when it was restored in 4K and re-released in cinemas, the level of detail in the designs was amazing. A friend's father worked on the set design and she's incredibly proud of him. There's a lot of interesting behind the scenes stuff on this film. Some of the crew worked on a version Dune that was going to be directed by Chilean surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky that would have starred Orson Welles, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali, with a Pink Floyd soundtrack. It is regarded as one of the best movies never made. There's a superb documentary about it. It was during the pre-production they found HR Giger, the uniquely creepy artist who designed the alien, facehugger and alien ship. It's worth checking out some of his art, there's even a café dedicated to him in his home country of Switzerland. Jodorowsky's Dune (also the name of the documentary) ended up being too expensive so it got rejected by the studio but they held on to the rights. The lead designer Dan O Bannon was left broke and homeless after this, but inspired by his work on Dark Star with John Carpenter, he wrote the screenplay of Alien which he also supervised the visuals on, bringing back those from the Dune project, notably HR Giger. The studio initially rejected Giger because his work was deemed too unsavoury, but director Ridley Scott insisted he wouldn't make it otherwise. So thanks to Jodorowsky's failed Dune project we now have Alien. Dune went on to be directed by David Lynch, who disowned it blaming studio control, but it was brilliantly updated recently by Denis Villeneuve. As for Alien, it went on to spawn one of the greatest sequels ever made, which is my personal number one favourite film, Aliens, but I love both equally for different reasons. It's often a debate among fans as to which is their preferred movie. Both often feature in all time best lists. The ones after don't quite live up to the same levels in my opinion but you may enjoy them. I could talk more for hours about it! I think you know what you need to watch next!
The guy that played Brent was the security guard in The Avengers that found Bruce after Hulk jumped off the helicarrier. Remember how the guy asked Bruce if he was an Alien? Inside joke to Alien fans.
Sigourney weaver ate that slap in real life. Yes it was scripted but Veronica Cartwright was going to make it look like she slapped her, however she actually made contact and Sigourney started crying during the scene which just adds to the realism in my opinion.
I just want to say that I've been watching you both for so many years now since thrones and you both have been so comforting for me. It's been so nice to have always had yous there as a happy constant through so many moments in my life, like travelling alone, leaving home and falling in love for the first time, moving jobs and sad times. Love you both and your content. Hope for many more years to come. ❤️❤️
the 2nd movie in the franchise, Aliens, is also an absolute cult classic. it's a bit more action movie and a bit less horror, features great perfomances by Bill Paxton, Michael Bien, and of course Sigourney Weaver again.
Omg I’m loving your channel and reactions !! I really hope you watch the sequel to this movie - Aliens, it’s made by James Cameron who’s notorious for being massively OCD but because of this his movies are always visually amazing 🤩 Aliens 3 is a super let down but this one by Ridley Scott and the sequel is 100% worth watching. Anyway much luv from here in Australia
I'm sure someone down here in the comments has already said this, but the chestbursting scene was a surprise for the cast members. They knew something was gonna happen to Kane, but they didn't know what. Those reactions are genuine.
Your appreciation of character, of story and narrative pacing, of practical effects, of soundscape and visuals (or, well, proper film-making), while also being so earnest and charming and lovely make you such delightful company! Have you ever watched the series 'Supernatural'? The first five seasons is a completed story-arc and well worth the time. Lots of love from a Dane in England.
It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it put Sigourney Weaver on the map, it made $200 million dollars against an $11 million dollar budget, it spawned 3 Sequels, 2 spinoff films, 2 crossover films, video games, comics, novels, toys, board games, novelizations, and an upcoming live action TV series, it's now considered to be one of the scariest motion pictures ever made.
To be fair, Bret and Parker did not really have a say and Parker actually backed Ripley up saying she had a point about the Captain's order breaking the law. Parker is also the one who suggested they should immediately freeze Cain. This would have saved their lives as well. While that would endanger all of the earth by allowing the corporation to get the specimen. That is the worst-case scenario. Another scenario would have been that in isolated space labs under controlled conditions, a team of scientists and medical personnel may have devised a way to remove the parasite, identify the embryo it implanted, and remove it as well. Even if unable to do so and Cain still lost his life. The xenomorph may have been isolated and held in secure confinement at an isolated and secure space lab location. Even doomsday scenario and the lab is lost to the alien, you can remotely detonate it. The point is that the story would have been very different had Ripley OR Parker been listened to. Brett was Parker's yes man so he also was one who died because of the Captain and Ash's decision. It was not the whole crew who broke quarantine procedures. Parker and Brett were the labor they completed their job description and more. They died because of the Captain's stupidity and Ash's betrayal.
When my daughter was young she begged me to let her watch Alien vs. Predator. She's was a ;little young for that so I kept telling her no. She kept on asking so I made her a deal. I told her if she can sit through the first Alien, I'd let her watch it. She agreed. As soon as that egg opened she stood up and said "nope, nope nope" and walked away lol
I just wrote a comment on seeing this at the drive in when it came out the egg opening… me too I was like 4 and I was nope nope nope too. I climbed all the way to the back of the van and slept. 😂
My Dad used to tape/record films from the TV. He taped Disneys Beauty and the Beast after Aliens... Not knowing how to use the remote and a bucket of stubbornness later I'm still a huge horror fan 😍
Funny enough, my sister skipped over Alien because she felt it would be too scary for my niece and went straight to Aliens because it was more action, because 8 year old niece was on a 80s/90s and was being introduced to a bunch of old action movies, and love it...
The first Alien movie I watched was Aliens. And I was very young. We watched it at home, so it was either on TV or it was a VHS copy, I can’t remember. But I remember when the chest bursted scene happened very very clearly. My mom tried to cover my eyes with her hand, but there were pretty large gaps between her fingers. So I saw everything….. that night I couldn’t sleep and pulled every stuffed animal I had (and I had a lot) and piled them into my bed hoping the “alien” wouldn’t see me in the middle of them all…… 😂 Years later I went back to watch Alien, even knowing what was coming it scared the crap out of me. I treasure those memories now that my mom has passed. Makes me laugh to think that mom thought her hand prevented me from seeing anything
Omg me too. I was freaking dying at both their reactions. I haven’t laughed that hard in a while. The part with the milk squirting out had me tearing up.
It's even funnier, when ALIEN did have many sexual aspects to it, as the writers wrote erotic novels before this movie. I think it was mentioned they had an idea for Lambert to be actually raped by the alien, but left it to imagination with the tail going between her legs.
Alien 3 tried to be like the original but they had plans originally a different route which would of captured true horror in xenomorph lore they honestly redeemed in alien resurrection however Prometheus being first prequel it was okish but in alien covenant it was "interesting" dived into the creation of xenomorphs which being a continuation from Prometheus which was still strange however I know next year alien is getting a TV series through Hulu I believe kinda what they did with prey the prequel to original series on predator to predator 2 then predators and also The predator (4) then you got avp and avp r and I heard Hulu might take the route for third entry on avp
@@biohazardhip2385 Late ass reply here but Alien3 had such a bad development cycle, they switched out directors like 3 or 4 times, people bailed and the script got redone half a dozen times, it was a behind the scenes disaster and the film itself suffered for it. 3 is the weakest of the original Ripley stuff, but it holds up better than Resurrection ever did.
I saw this in the theater when I was 13. It was my first R-rated movie (and horror movie) and I begged my Dad to take me and my best friend. Like 13-year-olds, we didn’t want to be seen with my father so he sat a few rows back from us. When the alien jumped out onto his face, I screamed and I jumped up so high that I toppled into the guy in the seat behind me. While everyone in the theater sat horrified at what was on the screen, I could hear my dad laughing hysterically.
And now I’m laughing. I think I was 16 when I watched this the first time. I was on a plane back from skiing in Colorado with my dad and it was like 11 at night and pitch black out. Do not recommend. I don’t think I screamed but it was still super unsettling.
Alien was so suspenseful. Ripley is a badass. One of the first female heroes in movies. Loved the plot, the story, the characters, the acting. Good reaction. Robot Ian Holm played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings movies.
H.R. Gieger who won an Oscar for his concept of the alien, was brought in by Ridley Scott after he saw his book "Necronomicon". Scott and his crew wanted a really good monster and based on what he saw in the book, they found they guy to help them. When Gieger flew into LAX to discuss his work with 20th Century Fox, the customs people were so freaked out by his work that he was brought to a room and questioned about the disturbing images in his artwork.
I was 19 years old when this film was released, but the intended horror of its creators is still intact! Riddley Scott as the Director made an indestructible masterpiece of horror that it transcends the boundaries of time!
Great reaction - as always. And now fast forward to James Cameron's "ALIENS". "ALIEN" is really good, a true classic, but "ALIENS" is pure madness, probably the best sequel (and the best scifi-action movie) ever made!
I've seen a ton of reactions to Alien by now & NO ONE has ever laughed so hysterically over the ASH reveal. Or rather of what he reveals inside of himself. LOL. Welcome to the Alien franchise, guys! If you continue the journey, which you must do, there will be more "milk".
3:20 I always loved that these characters aren’t explorers, they are just the crew of a freight ship. They aren’t trying to seek out new lifeforms they are just trying to make a living. Then this mess happens.
"This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off." Alien is a fantastic film. What makes "Alien" a cut above 99% of the Sci-Fi films is the acting and the characters. No one is thumping their chest how great they're, there's no super heroes, there's no sappy love interests, the banter, the dialogue is what you'd expect on a space shuttle mission once they are up and Ridley Scott went for straight steel cold realism. Alien has been able to achieve such lifelike characters that seem like actual people. Fantastically atmospheric, chilling and terrifying even now, the story holds up incredibly well. The special effects were incredible for the time, no wonder the franchise is still in demand, though sadly nowhere near the quality of this one or its amazing successor. Overall, Alien remains one of the most original, terrifying films of all time and everything is so carefully, expertly constructed to the point that repeated viewings are just as good as the first and the atmosphere, along with the amazing sets, is real shocker, which few films have managed to create the same kind eerie feeling.
You hit the nail on the head! Talent like Harry Dean, Sigourney, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt et al are superlative! And I just don’t know that you get such a great cast in most sci-fi/horror movies these days.
I remember in the 90s having an "Alien" theme on my Windows XP computer. When my computer logged off it had Ripley's sign off. I also had a lot of the sound fx from the movie embedded into the theme. Computers were fun then.
A classic! Nikki's was on fire with the jokes. 😆 The alien and the alien ship were designed by Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Most of his art looks similar to what you see in the movie. It's really creepy.
I've got books of his works, to say the least some of the images are quite disturbing. It was a stroke of genius to let him design the alien ship as well as the alien itself.
Alien,...43 years old & still a masterpiece 👍 I remember watching it in the cinema all those years ago, back in the day when they had ushers selling popcorn, ice cream & Kia-Ora juice drinks in the corner of the auditorium.
Well, that was a fancy theater, compared to ours. The far away one was the fancy theater for us. We went to that one for Star Wars and Close Encounters.
@@vilefly it was the old ABC cinema back in those days, & they had 2 screens. Now it's the Regal & Wetherspoons downstairs. I wish I had got to see Close Encounters on the BIG screen 😕
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How about a film that is based on actual true accounts as opposed to fiction?
The most overlooked film ever
" Fire In The Sky" (93)
( Travis Walton Story) Most believable film on the topic! (CO Starring Robert Patrick (Villian T-1000 in Predator)
AMAZING Film! Watch Rogan Travis Walton interview! Currently free on You Tube!
If possible you should watch the sequel "Aliens". It picks up where this one ends, and it has held up well.
Now you need to do Aliens, totally different direction.I saw this in the theater and it came out close to the time Empire came out, I forget which was first... y ou had buy your ti ket after waiting in line then go stand in line and wait for the next show.......
@@thomasripley1548 They should check "Fire in The Sky" (93) 🔥 currently free on You Tube!
When the chest bursted broke out , the actors didnt know it was going to happen.Ridley Scott wanted a genuine reaction from them.
"Alien is a movie where nobody listens to the smart woman, and then they all die except for the smart woman and her cat. Four stars." best quote ever
I know it's just a funny meme and all that but I also think that's a generally uncharitable assessment of the film, considering they act pretty intelligently throughout the whole thing. Outside of Kane sticking his face near an Alien egg (which, while not the greatest decision in the world, it would be overzealous of the audience to expect him to know he's in a horror movie and therefore in imminent danger, and also he's wearing a fully enclosed spacesuit), nobody does anything particularly stupid. Most of the deaths come from a consequence of Ash sabotaging their plans (Dallas), the crew not recognizing the danger they're in (Kane and Brett), or running out of options (Parker and Lambert being cornered and unable to escape).
People like to quote The Thing as a good example of a "horror movie with only smart characters" but honestly I think the same accolade could easily go to this film as well.
@@reginaldgickington4793 Yeah, most of the bad ideas are done out of a lack of meta knowledge or directly caused by Ash who had a vested interest in fucking everything up
@@reginaldgickington4793 I agree absolutely. The crews of cargo vessels on earth get overwhelmed by catastrophes they should be able to deal with, let alone a homicidal alien creature running around below decks.
Working in government, I relate to Ripley. I've been that person in the room saying NO that won't work, and here's my professional opinion about the thing you pay me to be a professional in, oh you're doing that thing anyway, ok great best of luck, too bad when it fails it'll hurt us all.
And everyone forgets the other really "smart" person in the film was Lambert, played by the wonderful Veronica Cartwright. It was Lambert who first raised concerns about heading towards and exploring the source of the "distress" signal / Derelict.
After discovering the "Space Jockey", wondering what the heck happened to the rest of the Derlelict's "crew", and seeing the explosive rupture in the Space Jockey's desiccated corpse/skeleton -- it was Lambert who says the famous dialogue: "Let's Get the Hell Outta Here".
Finally, after Dallas is killed in the air shafts, Lambert is the first to raise the possibility of abandoning the ship and escaping in the shuttle...although, at that moment in time, it was not a viable solution, due to the shuttle's crew-size limits.
The reaction of the cast to the "chestbuster" scene was real. Most of them didn't know what was going to happen, it was a complete surprise.
I saw somewhere that Veronica Cartwright fainted
That is a myth. They knew a creature was going to burst out… it’s written in the script. They just did not know how they were going to achieve the effect and Cartwright didn’t expect to have her face splattered with blood.
During the filming of the sequel to this film (Aliens) the film crew showed parts of the film to a limited group of people. They recorded their heartbeat during different scenes. Then, the music and ambient sounds were adjusted to the recorded heart rhythms.
If you ever wanted to see real people in real situations the looks on everyone's faces were spot on.
Even more messed up:
The prop body rig that the chestburster popped from was stuffed with real animal guts and blood, so not only did they not know what was coming, but they were legitimately grossed out by it on top of the shock
After all the time I've spent watching Nikki and Steven I had it backwards. I thought Nikki was putting up with Steven. After watching this I realized Steven is a saint and has been putting up with Nikki. Bless you sir. 🤣🤣🤣
Alien is one of the few movies that actually scares me more as an adult than it did as a child
Legendary movie. Literally. The first example of tension done perfectly and at the same time inventing the best horror space film, probably up to date too. All film-makers can take lessons here.
History written with this film.
The first time I watched this movie (1980s), it was at night. Close to midnight. By the time the alien birthed, I was using newspapers to cover myself because I was feeling cold and scared. Much later, engrossed, I yelled "Behind You!!!" to Ripley, scaring the wits out of my three brothers watching with me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
13:20 "His air thing isn't even attached to anything!"
Wow! I never noticed that, I guess its a subtle clue that Ash is a synthetic / robot! Great catch, Nikki!
We saw this movie in 1979 in The Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Not only was it state of the art in terms of special effects, but it was the first movie EVER when a woman took on the man's leadership role & became the lone survivor. In those days, women were always killed off first in movies. The movie was fantastic. It was a great time to see movies in those days. Steven Spielberg was a young up incoming movie maker, he just put out Close Encounters. George Lucas just put out Star Wars & then ALIEN just came out. In those days we stood in line for 5+ hours & met countless interesting movie goers from all walks of life. Everyone screamed inside the movie theater when the Alien surprised us. Then everyone in the theater laughed at how it scared us. Then we all cheered & clapped when the movie ended to show our appreciation. You don't see that these days. . .
Excited that y’all watched/reacted to Alien for the first time! Such a horror classic that still holds up to today! 👽
I watched this in a cinema in 1979. There about 5 people in there and it felt like I was really there. Never been that scared watching a movie ever.
Even the xenomorph didn't want to mess with the more superior creature that is a tabby cat.
Cats are the best 👌 😻
Probably need to explain for folks who don’t have cats what Jonesy was doing when the Alien attacked Brett.
Jonesy hissed at the Alien to show the Alien who is the top predator around here. (Cats are supremely confident in their hunting skills).
Once that was settled Jonesy watched the Alien attack Brett and probably gave the Alien a B- rating on his pouncing ability, (to slow, no rabbit kicking)
At the end on the way to the shuttle Jonesy indicated to the Alien he was lucky he was stuck in the cat carrier. The Alien realizing the truth in that statement left Jonesy alone.
There was one perfect organism on that ship and it wasn’t the Alien.
I bought myself a Jonesy shirt online...it says...Jonesy, last survivor on the Nostromo. Utter classic
Welcome to the gold standard of the space horror genre. Now for something many consider to be even better: Aliens.
Yes, the sequel to this masterpiece is all that and more. I hope a reaction to it is on your radars.
“ like a hotdog down a hallway “ 😂😂 holy shit Steven’s face killed me
I saw this in the theater when it was released in 1979. I was 12 years old. Scariest shit I had ever seen. And absolutely amazing on the big screen.
Didn't see it in the theater, unfortunately. I was 3 at the time. But after I eventually saw it, at around 10 y.o., alone, I made damn sure to not stick my toes out from under the duvet anymore from then on. 😀
I was 9 when it came out. My sister was 7. Rated R, but our parents took us to see it anyway. Soooo glad they did, it's still my #1 favorite to this day.
Just stopped by to glad you enjoyed it and paid respect to “horror “ of the ‘70’s.
No CGI, no blood, just a great film of darkness, isolation, and suspense.
Being in the theater as a child in 1979, terrifying.
We really enjoy Nikki’s reaction to horror/suspense films (funny).
But Steven, dude, wear long sleeves, she tears ur arm to shreds when scared. 😆
Thx for letting us stop by.
The only CGI in Alien is literally the computer displays on the flight deck(cockpit)
That's one reason it holds up so good.
IIRC in the chest buster scene the actors hadn't been fully told exactly what would happen, so some of those reactions are real shock & surprise.
1:24 ooooooh my god Nikki you are absolutely right. That is ABSOLUTELY the Mr Fusion coffee grinder. I'm so glad you caught that. So glad you pointed it out. I had never noticed or seeing anyone else point it out before and now I will always see it and I love that. Thank you!
10:10 That last shot of the Space Jockey in silhouette always creeped me out the most. With the music, it’s only at that moment you see that it appeared to have died screaming. And had stayed that way for a millennia.
In theaters when this was released, carried the words, "In space, no one can hear you scream".
I hope you guys watch the sequel, it's absolutely fantastic.
I know it’s fiction but don’t we all love how Alien and Star Wars always has this super complex artificial gravity that no one ever talks about.
41:51 remember when Iron Man tells the squidward alien that "the kid has seen more movies" and then blows a hole in the ship and the "alien" goes out into space? this is the scene Spiderman was talking about.
I can't wait for your reaction to Aliens, the second part. Aliens is one of the few movies where the sequel is even better.
It is so creepy when Ripley discovers Parker and Lambert's bodies that you can clearly see that Parker is sitting in a Yoga lotus position with his head bowed as if the alien posed him that way.
This movie holds up so well! So cool to see you guys react to it! It's one of my favorite Sci-Fi movies ever (right behind the sequel, Aliens, which may actually have been even better?)
I never laughed through Aliens before!! You two crack me up!!!!😅😂😅
Love the reactions to the movies lately. Seeing people go though it for the first time is so great! Glad you have been enjoying them so far.
I was about 12 when this movie came out, and it scared the cr*p out of audiences everywhere. Saw the sequel in a 70mm theater in Atlanta (back when those existed) and was totally blown away.
I love Nikki’s reactions. She makes it so much fun. I talk to movies too.🤣🤣
This is how you build suspense. Master class
I never watched the original alien until recently, however in the early 90s as a kid I watched Aliens , the sequel, and I loved it. Aliens is one of the rare sequels that I think is actually as good as if not better than the original. I wonder if they have already seen the sequels. Anyone over 30 did, then again I didn't see the original until a few months ago.
One of the best films ever made. Seen it hundreds of times.
Most realistic thing about this movie is that a cat would totally watch you being murdered and think… well shit, who’s gonna feed me now?
If you liked this one, you should definitely make a reaction video to Aliens (1986). Trust me, it's even better! ;)
A fun fact is that the sceen where the Alien burst out of his chest no one of the actors knew how it look like. Because they wanted the fear to be real
We have to give credit to the artist Gieger for creating what most of the sets and alien is based on. Look up the artist and see the artwork. Had a heavy influence great movie guys. Fun fact when the chest burster came out of Kane it was totally ad lib. None of the actors knew what was going to happen. One of the first movies to use a woman as a hero also. Follow it up by Aliens.
This film is a master class in what not to do in space. It's also a list of reasons why we shouldn't go mucking about in space.
Spoiler Alert! The reason Ash broke protocol and let them into the spaceship with the face hugger was he was programmed to bring the Alien back to earth. None of it was by accident (finding the spaceship) it was all part of a plan .
1:37 - The spaceship interior design of this movie is only rivaled by that of '2001: A Space Odyssey' in my opinion. I happend to have studied space technology and that's how I imagine possible future spaceships for long missions but realistically there will need to be elements that resemble home, like plants and things like that for the mental sanity.
4:58 - The ocean is scarier because you have the same feeling of nothingness, it's only of a different colour, but you do know it's full of things which will actively trying to kill you.
5:30 - Research suggests that if you happend to end up in space without a pressurized suit, you'd pass out within 10-15 seconds for a series of reasons, before suffocating or dying for lack of pressure. Not the worst way to go.
48:37 - By now probably somebody mentioned. That was a deleted scene from the original movie. The alien used Brett and Dallas to create more eggs through a process that is not explained or repeated in the sequels.
Love watching your reactions. 😄
Imagine spending close to a year out in space and then, because you don't follow through on the company requirement to explore the origin of an unknown signal, you lose your pay. All that time, and now you have no way to pay rent, bills or anything. That's the position they're in, it's an untenable situation.
As much as I love Alien and consider it a perfect horror movie, Aliens is still amazing. One of the rare times a sequel shifted genres entirely and was still as good as the original for entirely different reasons. Alien was a surprise horror movie while Aliens was a sci-fi action flick. Both great films.
The actors reported that they started suffering from claustrophobia due to the ducts and the tension.
The impact of watching comedy 1984 “Space Balls” first before watching 1979 “Alien.” To some viewers, the classic SciFi “Alien” looks like comedy copy from “Space Balls.” Yet, the reaction is pretty interesting.
Now that you have seen Alien, move on to Aliens. It goes in a different direction, from horror to more action, and as you can guess from title, you got multiple monsters to deal with.
Aliens. Now
PS: I've never seen anyone spot the Mr. Fusion so early! Many years before Back to the Future
RIP John Hurt
Talk about a badass female character, Ellen Ripley will forever be my favorite character of all sci fi, she just epitomizes strength and femininity love it !!!!!!
There was a very famous artists back when this was made called Geiger. All his art looked like the scenario and the Aliens in this movie and the movie was clearly inspired by him. Please, his name isn't Ash. it's Bilbo Baggins!
When Ripley found the captain and the other guy the alien was turning the 1st guy it killed into an egg for a royal face hugger and the captain was going to be the host for a queen alien . And that wasn't in the original cut of the movie.
Nikki needs the kids book about Jonesy the cat. It is called "Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo"
Want to see the most He Man Action film of all times.
District B13, they didn't bother hiring actors, they just had the stuntman do the lines.
30:05 Nikki exasperating Steven while making herself crack up will forever be one of my favorite things
For me, 30:59 is even funnier. Hahahahahah...huerk...hahahah...huerk.
42:13 here you can see one of the ways the Expanse authors paid homage to this classic. The way Ripley gets rid of the creature is the same as the way the Roci crew got rid of the protomolecule creature on Ganymede station. I completely agree with your comments about practical effects; CGi gets old fast while practical, when done well, stand the test of time.
BTW, thanks for the anal beads with tapioca comment, now I can't unsee it.
Great to see my favourite reaction channel watch one of my all time favourite movies. I must have seen it about 10 times, the best when it was restored in 4K and re-released in cinemas, the level of detail in the designs was amazing. A friend's father worked on the set design and she's incredibly proud of him.
There's a lot of interesting behind the scenes stuff on this film. Some of the crew worked on a version Dune that was going to be directed by Chilean surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky that would have starred Orson Welles, Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali, with a Pink Floyd soundtrack. It is regarded as one of the best movies never made. There's a superb documentary about it. It was during the pre-production they found HR Giger, the uniquely creepy artist who designed the alien, facehugger and alien ship. It's worth checking out some of his art, there's even a café dedicated to him in his home country of Switzerland.
Jodorowsky's Dune (also the name of the documentary) ended up being too expensive so it got rejected by the studio but they held on to the rights. The lead designer Dan O Bannon was left broke and homeless after this, but inspired by his work on Dark Star with John Carpenter, he wrote the screenplay of Alien which he also supervised the visuals on, bringing back those from the Dune project, notably HR Giger. The studio initially rejected Giger because his work was deemed too unsavoury, but director Ridley Scott insisted he wouldn't make it otherwise.
So thanks to Jodorowsky's failed Dune project we now have Alien. Dune went on to be directed by David Lynch, who disowned it blaming studio control, but it was brilliantly updated recently by Denis Villeneuve.
As for Alien, it went on to spawn one of the greatest sequels ever made, which is my personal number one favourite film, Aliens, but I love both equally for different reasons. It's often a debate among fans as to which is their preferred movie. Both often feature in all time best lists. The ones after don't quite live up to the same levels in my opinion but you may enjoy them. I could talk more for hours about it!
I think you know what you need to watch next!
The guy that played Brent was the security guard in The Avengers that found Bruce after Hulk jumped off the helicarrier. Remember how the guy asked Bruce if he was an Alien? Inside joke to Alien fans.
now you need to watch Aliens, one of the best sequels ever made, amazing movie youll enjoy it a lot.
Havent laughed so much watching a reaction as you two describing Ashes android reveal! The line was crossed in hilarious fashion! 😂👏
Original screenplay had the alien kill Ripley during her log, and then finish it speaking in her voice
Sigourney weaver ate that slap in real life. Yes it was scripted but Veronica Cartwright was going to make it look like she slapped her, however she actually made contact and Sigourney started crying during the scene which just adds to the realism in my opinion.
I just want to say that I've been watching you both for so many years now since thrones and you both have been so comforting for me. It's been so nice to have always had yous there as a happy constant through so many moments in my life, like travelling alone, leaving home and falling in love for the first time, moving jobs and sad times. Love you both and your content. Hope for many more years to come. ❤️❤️
Really appreciate the comment SashaRicky!! Thank you for all the support and glad we can be there for you.
the 2nd movie in the franchise, Aliens, is also an absolute cult classic. it's a bit more action movie and a bit less horror, features great perfomances by Bill Paxton, Michael Bien, and of course Sigourney Weaver again.
If y'all thought this one was great, wait til y'all watch Aliens. I hope y'all review that one soon, especially since it's Halloween season!!
About the quiet. Soooooo true, today's films need the volume turned up to 11 with blaring soundtracks. Alien is a masterpiece.
Nikki was definitely in a mood during this reaction 😂🤣😂…. I loved it!!!
Feels wrong to call it "The Spaceballs scene" like I get that's where you two saw it first but give it the respect it deserves lol
If you love Alien then you gotta watch Aliens! Aliens is one of the best sequels of all time
Omg I’m loving your channel and reactions !! I really hope you watch the sequel to this movie - Aliens, it’s made by James Cameron who’s notorious for being massively OCD but because of this his movies are always visually amazing 🤩 Aliens 3 is a super let down but this one by Ridley Scott and the sequel is 100% worth watching. Anyway much luv from here in Australia
30:07 WE ALL LOVE YOU NIKKI!!!!
"A couple of folks are acting rationally but no one is listening to them" makes this movie utterly believable.
"That the lube?"
You joke, but the fluid the alien is constantly dripping with/spitting is KY jelly.
So happy they freaken saw this masterpiece
Now is time to wacht Aliens. Alien is a horror film and Aliens (directed by James Cameron) is mainly an action film.
I'm sure someone down here in the comments has already said this, but the chestbursting scene was a surprise for the cast members. They knew something was gonna happen to Kane, but they didn't know what. Those reactions are genuine.
Your appreciation of character, of story and narrative pacing, of practical effects, of soundscape and visuals (or, well, proper film-making), while also being so earnest and charming and lovely make you such delightful company! Have you ever watched the series 'Supernatural'? The first five seasons is a completed story-arc and well worth the time. Lots of love from a Dane in England.
If you guys liked that youll f*cking love Aliens! the sequel from James Camron. One of the best ever!
All these movies started with 2001: A Space Odyssey.
It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it put Sigourney Weaver on the map, it made $200 million dollars against an $11 million dollar budget, it spawned 3 Sequels, 2 spinoff films, 2 crossover films, video games, comics, novels, toys, board games, novelizations, and an upcoming live action TV series, it's now considered to be one of the scariest motion pictures ever made.
Soooo, you're saying it's just an alright movie?
- smirks -
I'm still salty that we never got an LV-426 movie. It's still entirely possible to do it but I don't think anyone is. Such a missed opportunity.
Let’s make a deal. You watch Aliens next; I subscribe.
I was watching the Academy Awards that year and saw the win. It had some tough competition with "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "The Black Hole".
@@ct5625 same. I’m still waiting for that and 24 season 10 (NO, there were only 9 seasons, not 10 🤣)
I love that the one person that tried to keep the threat off the ship won in the end. She was the one person that fulfilled her job description.
Only to get fired "50" years later...
To be fair, Bret and Parker did not really have a say and Parker actually backed Ripley up saying she had a point about the Captain's order breaking the law. Parker is also the one who suggested they should immediately freeze Cain. This would have saved their lives as well. While that would endanger all of the earth by allowing the corporation to get the specimen. That is the worst-case scenario. Another scenario would have been that in isolated space labs under controlled conditions, a team of scientists and medical personnel may have devised a way to remove the parasite, identify the embryo it implanted, and remove it as well. Even if unable to do so and Cain still lost his life. The xenomorph may have been isolated and held in secure confinement at an isolated and secure space lab location. Even doomsday scenario and the lab is lost to the alien, you can remotely detonate it.
The point is that the story would have been very different had Ripley OR Parker been listened to. Brett was Parker's yes man so he also was one who died because of the Captain and Ash's decision. It was not the whole crew who broke quarantine procedures. Parker and Brett were the labor they completed their job description and more. They died because of the Captain's stupidity and Ash's betrayal.
and lambert never apologized for slapping ripley.... i had no sympathy for her when she died
When my daughter was young she begged me to let her watch Alien vs. Predator. She's was a ;little young for that so I kept telling her no. She kept on asking so I made her a deal. I told her if she can sit through the first Alien, I'd let her watch it. She agreed. As soon as that egg opened she stood up and said "nope, nope nope" and walked away lol
I just wrote a comment on seeing this at the drive in when it came out the egg opening… me too I was like 4 and I was nope nope nope too. I climbed all the way to the back of the van and slept. 😂
@@MrTbk1701 LOL
My Dad used to tape/record films from the TV. He taped Disneys Beauty and the Beast after Aliens... Not knowing how to use the remote and a bucket of stubbornness later I'm still a huge horror fan 😍
Funny enough, my sister skipped over Alien because she felt it would be too scary for my niece and went straight to Aliens because it was more action, because 8 year old niece was on a 80s/90s and was being introduced to a bunch of old action movies, and love it...
The first Alien movie I watched was Aliens. And I was very young. We watched it at home, so it was either on TV or it was a VHS copy, I can’t remember. But I remember when the chest bursted scene happened very very clearly. My mom tried to cover my eyes with her hand, but there were pretty large gaps between her fingers. So I saw everything….. that night I couldn’t sleep and pulled every stuffed animal I had (and I had a lot) and piled them into my bed hoping the “alien” wouldn’t see me in the middle of them all…… 😂 Years later I went back to watch Alien, even knowing what was coming it scared the crap out of me.
I treasure those memories now that my mom has passed. Makes me laugh to think that mom thought her hand prevented me from seeing anything
Nikki's reaction to Ash being a robot had me in tears 😂
Omg me too. I was freaking dying at both their reactions. I haven’t laughed that hard in a while. The part with the milk squirting out had me tearing up.
I think I love her. 😂
It's even funnier, when ALIEN did have many sexual aspects to it, as the writers wrote erotic novels before this movie. I think it was mentioned they had an idea for Lambert to be actually raped by the alien, but left it to imagination with the tail going between her legs.
Anal beads in his stomach Im done 😂😂😂
Her comments were hilarious 😂😂😂😂
you’d Love the sequel “Aliens” 1986. Sigourney Weaver got nominated for best actress, which at the time was unheard for a horror/scifi film.
As long as they watch just the 2nd one. The third and above just suck
Alien 3 tried to be like the original but they had plans originally a different route which would of captured true horror in xenomorph lore they honestly redeemed in alien resurrection however Prometheus being first prequel it was okish but in alien covenant it was "interesting" dived into the creation of xenomorphs which being a continuation from Prometheus which was still strange however I know next year alien is getting a TV series through Hulu I believe kinda what they did with prey the prequel to original series on predator to predator 2 then predators and also The predator (4) then you got avp and avp r and I heard Hulu might take the route for third entry on avp
i think H R Geiger won for his alien and set design. he was a good artist.
@@biohazardhip2385 Long story short, don't watch them.
@@biohazardhip2385 Late ass reply here but Alien3 had such a bad development cycle, they switched out directors like 3 or 4 times, people bailed and the script got redone half a dozen times, it was a behind the scenes disaster and the film itself suffered for it. 3 is the weakest of the original Ripley stuff, but it holds up better than Resurrection ever did.
I saw this in the theater when I was 13. It was my first R-rated movie (and horror movie) and I begged my Dad to take me and my best friend. Like 13-year-olds, we didn’t want to be seen with my father so he sat a few rows back from us. When the alien jumped out onto his face, I screamed and I jumped up so high that I toppled into the guy in the seat behind me. While everyone in the theater sat horrified at what was on the screen, I could hear my dad laughing hysterically.
My Dad and I went when I was 16
I never saw my Dad freaked out before. He said I was to never choose a movie again.
And now I’m laughing. I think I was 16 when I watched this the first time. I was on a plane back from skiing in Colorado with my dad and it was like 11 at night and pitch black out. Do not recommend. I don’t think I screamed but it was still super unsettling.
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I guess I'm your age, I saw it on a ratty VHS when I was 13 (like you). To this day, the few times I have nightmares, it's still the xenomorph.
Those are some of the best theater moments. :D
Alien was so suspenseful. Ripley is a badass. One of the first female heroes in movies. Loved the plot, the story, the characters, the acting. Good reaction. Robot Ian Holm played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings movies.
And one of the only somewhat realistic female heroes.
So looking forward to your reaction to "Aliens"!
Completely different movie, but at least as good, and probably one of the best sequels made to date.
H.R. Gieger who won an Oscar for his concept of the alien, was brought in by Ridley Scott after he saw his book "Necronomicon". Scott and his crew wanted a really good monster and based on what he saw in the book, they found they guy to help them. When Gieger flew into LAX to discuss his work with 20th Century Fox, the customs people were so freaked out by his work that he was brought to a room and questioned about the disturbing images in his artwork.
I was 19 years old when this film was released, but the intended horror of its creators is still intact! Riddley Scott as the Director made an indestructible masterpiece of horror that it transcends the boundaries of time!
And then we got Covenant and Prometheus. WTF.
@@JnEricsonx I saw Prometheus, but not Covenant! What happens in Cov?
I love love love the second movie Aliens! I love that sigourney did the second one it IS brilliant !
Yeah, ALIENS is a rare sequel that's just as good as the original.
(The rest of the sequels... not so much.)
Not sure they want to watch. So def request it! It’s def the better of the 2
Not to mention she was nominated for a friggin Oscar for the second one.
Alien and Aliens. Too great movies with a female lead.
Something today's movies struggle to duplicate.
Niki says, “he has anal beads in his stomach”. I died laughing!!
Don't forget the tapioca... 😂
I literally LAUNCHED wine out of my nose! It still stings. 🤣
😂😂😂
Same! I've seen this movie several times and never thought anal beads in that scene. Loved Niki's comment.
That was pure Nikki gold right there.
Great reaction - as always. And now fast forward to James Cameron's "ALIENS". "ALIEN" is really good, a true classic, but "ALIENS" is pure madness, probably the best sequel (and the best scifi-action movie) ever made!
Honestly, 2 different films. One is the truest form of a horror movie and the other was, as you said, a sci-fi film.
I've seen a ton of reactions to Alien by now & NO ONE has ever laughed so hysterically over the ASH reveal. Or rather of what he reveals inside of himself. LOL. Welcome to the Alien franchise, guys! If you continue the journey, which you must do, there will be more "milk".
Out of all the times I've watched Alien, anal beads and tapioca is probably a first.
3:20 I always loved that these characters aren’t explorers, they are just the crew of a freight ship.
They aren’t trying to seek out new lifeforms they are just trying to make a living. Then this mess happens.
Truckers in space. That's all they are.
"This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off."
Alien is a fantastic film. What makes "Alien" a cut above 99% of the Sci-Fi films is the acting and the characters. No one is thumping their chest how great they're, there's no super heroes, there's no sappy love interests, the banter, the dialogue is what you'd expect on a space shuttle mission once they are up and Ridley Scott went for straight steel cold realism.
Alien has been able to achieve such lifelike characters that seem like actual people. Fantastically atmospheric, chilling and terrifying even now, the story holds up incredibly well. The special effects were incredible for the time, no wonder the franchise is still in demand, though sadly nowhere near the quality of this one or its amazing successor.
Overall, Alien remains one of the most original, terrifying films of all time and everything is so carefully, expertly constructed to the point that repeated viewings are just as good as the first and the atmosphere, along with the amazing sets, is real shocker, which few films have managed to create the same kind eerie feeling.
You hit the nail on the head! Talent like Harry Dean, Sigourney, Tom Skerritt, Yaphet Kotto, John Hurt et al are superlative! And I just don’t know that you get such a great cast in most sci-fi/horror movies these days.
I remember in the 90s having an "Alien" theme on my Windows XP computer. When my computer logged off it had Ripley's sign off. I also had a lot of the sound fx from the movie embedded into the theme. Computers were fun then.
It’s truckers in space. It works because it’s these authentic Blue Collar workers put into this sci-fi setting
Their reaction to the Ash reveal and interrogation is by far the best part of the video lol
Agreed! I remember watching this reaction and freaking losing it with their reaction to the robot reveal.
A classic! Nikki's was on fire with the jokes. 😆 The alien and the alien ship were designed by Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Most of his art looks similar to what you see in the movie. It's really creepy.
I've got books of his works, to say the least some of the images are quite disturbing. It was a stroke of genius to let him design the alien ship as well as the alien itself.
he took opium to mellow himself out from his horrific nightmares / visions.
He also did the design for "Species", another scifi alien horror movie.
Alien,...43 years old & still a masterpiece 👍
I remember watching it in the cinema all those years ago, back in the day when they had ushers selling popcorn, ice cream & Kia-Ora juice drinks in the corner of the auditorium.
Well, that was a fancy theater, compared to ours. The far away one was the fancy theater for us. We went to that one for Star Wars and Close Encounters.
@@vilefly it was the old ABC cinema back in those days, & they had 2 screens. Now it's the Regal & Wetherspoons downstairs.
I wish I had got to see Close Encounters on the BIG screen 😕
" like a hotdog down a hallway " is becoming a staple catch phrase that makes me laugh way to hard every time.