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One of the things that makes this movie feel so real and gritty are the actors talking at the same time, talking over each other. It feels like a crew in a pressure cooker. Combined with these detailed, tactile sets - it’s just amazing. I used to like Aliens more as a kid but every time I watch this one I like it more.
I was 15 years old when this came out and I watched it. the impression it made on me... to this day I still have dreams, not about the alien, but about the sets and the ambience. the same goes for Bladerunner (which may appear to be in the same universe as Alien) where I'll just have dreams about the sets, the music, the ambience, but none of the characters.
Ridley Scott allowed the actors to improvise. Yaphet Koto really sank his teeth into that. A lot of his banter is directly from him. Dan O'Bannon is not a very good writer. He had an awesome idea for a sci-fi movie but the dialogue was horrible. They spent months trying to get it into some kind of shootable condition. The result was the actors throwing in a lot of their own ides to help flesh things out a bit.
@@0okamino “Your baristas were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they never stopped to ask if they should!” -Ian “Coffee Man” Malcolm
"it looks like the inside of a body... i don't know... it looks like bones or something but also mechanical..." well maple welcome to the world of H.R. Giger...
They are not explorers, adventurers or soldiers, they are truckers moving a refinery. It is a unknown signal from an alien lifeform, that they could decode anything at all are impressive. The set where moveable, the further you get into the movie the smaller the corridors are. The second movie are a must. Edit: The first reactor that remember that the space jockey had an exploded chest.
This. Not astronauts etc. So many reactors fail to get this. And they were working for the most fucked up company in the universe (Weyland Yutani Corporation).
They would probably have a bit of exploration training, just because of the nature of where they work, but not much more than whatever would provide “there and back” functionality.
This is a classic, but the sequel to this is one of the greatest sequels of all time. It also helps make Ripley one of the greatest written characters of all time
When people tell me sequels are never as good let alone better than the original, Aliens is the first film I throw back at them. T2 being the other contender for maybe the greatest sequel ever, also made by James Cameron too
I like "Aliens" but I LOVE this one. "Alien" is one of the greatest horror movies of all time. I think I like even "Alien 3" a little bit more than "Aliens" ...also, obviously "Gremlins 2: The new Batch" is the greatest sequel of all time.
Mapel always reminds me never to underestimate the younger generations. They may not know everything but that doesn’t mean they’re not sharp as razors. History continues to build and the younger you are the more there is to learn in perpetuity.
That's more the second one. For this one the characters actually behaved somewhat rationally. It's funny because now with the Alien movies, and all the space horrors, and other horror movies already existing, people have become hardened and completely primed for bad things happening. In the 70s and 80s, people in general would behave just like the characters in the movie.
The guy playing the Alien was a 6 feet 10 inches tall visual design student from Nigeria called Balaji Badejo. He was spotted in a London pub by the Casting director and offered the job.
Maple, no matter what we watch, you always have me cracking up with your witty comments! I can't wait to see your reaction to Aliens! Also, your reaction to the air duct scene was one of the best!❤😊
OH fidlesticks . Maple now wants that baby alien as a pet. 😂 LOL Maple , did you notice that "Ash" the android robot science guy was "Bilbo Baggins" from LOTR ?
I had to smile when you were watching the Nostromo shots, and you asked "How did they make this?" "Did they actually make mini-models?" "Like, hand painted and detailed?" Yes, they did, and as someone who has worked in VFX for decades, I sometimes forget how much has changed and how old I am. Great reaction! You had me laughing a lot at your comments. Watch "Aliens" when you can. Possibly one of the greatest sequels, ever. Stop there though. There are ONLY two Alien films, only TWO.
The third has a theatrical release...which stunk. But then there's another relase thats like 40 minutes longer, that makes much more sense and rounds out the movie quite a bit. If you've never seen the alternate version I think you might be surprised.
@@seanirvin7966 I honestly think that all the sequels/prequels have something to offer but Ripley's story should have ended with "Aliens." My biggest gripe with part 3 is on page 1. For those of you who have seen it, you know what I'm talking about. No spoiler zone.
1:30 So I believe back in the day, those were usually actual sets - same with Star Wars, but the main thing is that all of it were miniatures used for cool shots with help of perspective.
In order to achieve the scale they put kids in the astronaut suits while they explored the alien ship, once you've learned this you'll never be able to unsee little kids walking around
Zeta Reticuli is a star (alpha, beta, gamma..... zeta) from the constellation Reticulum, that happens to be sun-like and not very far away, compared to other stars. It is also in the southern hemisphere, that's why they were calling Antarctica station: from their location, that part of Earth would be the one they were facing. I always liked this kind of attention to detail.
Great reaction! The creature design was done by HR Giger, a surreal horror artist who chronically suffered from night terrors. I was fortunate to visit his museum in Switzerland and see the Oscar that he won for this film.
27:49: I think Maple like so many of us, liked this film because it was such an honest and earnest sci-fi horror. Big production, but not pretentious, just sophisticated enough to tell an effective story, with relatable to likable characters, in a compellingly terrifying situation. And, it was a complete story, that had a very good start, a life or death adventure, a crazy third act twist, and a nearly perfect ending-- overall a great film, with just as good musical scoring and sound effects/editing…. And also, the way it’s shot, the cinematography was just artfully executed and beautifully crafted… from the handheld camera shots, to the incredible visuals of space, planets and the ship, to LV-426 itself, the film is just a gorgeous film to look at too.
I grew up with the first four Alien films, way before Isolation and Romulus, when I was a boy back then long ago in the late 90s and early 2000s. Every time I see any of them, nowadays, I’m taken aback with the nostalgia and the horror of it. That Xenomorph creeped me out, when I was a kid. 😱👽☠️
Great Reaction. Really enjoyed that. Btw, fun fact. The actors had very little idea what would happen during chest bursting scene with William Hurt. They read the script of course, but they did not know the details.
"It looks like bones, but also mechanical..." Welcome to the artwork of H. R. Gieger! You'll also notice the mouth of the face hugger and the head of the bigger alien (called a xenomorph) look distinctly like female and male human genitals. Can't unsee that!
It is also no coincidence that the inside of "Mother" looks like the inside of an egg. And the that the lighting is "warm" and "cozy" to evoke the feeling of being inside a "womb". Also lots of "milky substance" and "moisture". Also notice Lambert's death scene... Ridley is very naughty boy!
If you liked this movie, you must watch the sequel "Aliens" next. Usually sequels suck but "Aliens" is one of the best sequels ever. Sigourney Weaver rules!!
It’s got a grill!’ is honestly the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in a TH-cam reaction video! I’ve watched so many people react to this film, and no one else has ever pointed that out, but it’s so true! I love your videos and the unique observations you make. Keep up the great work! :)🤣
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat What are the chances that alien life from a million years before primates were rubbing sticks together and light years away would be perfectly adapted to hijacking the human body and creating a super predator? It's one of those "these eggs should be fossilized like the rest of the ship, that's crazy". Naturally most of us, even with this in mind, would have backed off when we fell in or an egg started to open. This guy clearly had a thing for finding alien life (why he was so eager to walk there), and was likely selected by the company because of his disposition to risk his life for discovery. Either way, it's a lot better than the new batch of alien movies and the comedy of errors they turn into.
@@probablypragmatic6893 The chances are extremely high that alien biology would be harmful to humans. Did you miss that even in the movie the ship has a quarantine procedure that is ignored? Are you aware that even real astronauts have mandatory quarantine procedures after returning from space even when they didn't encounter a room full of alien eggs? Have you ever heard of The Columbian Exchange? One thing is for sure, we are never putting you in charge of an expeditions into space.
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat They were wearing air-tight suits that are made to survive space. Nothing is supposed to get in or out of it. Wouldn't you believe you were protected too? How were they supposed to know the creature could eat through the suit like that with just a secretion?
To answer both of you because my first reply was removed. They literally have a quarantine procedure on the ship that Ash deliberately sabotages. Real life Astronauts have quarantine procedures. That kind of biology is serious business, it's not something you want to mess around with. Unless you'd like to recreate the Columbian Exchange with you playing the role of the Native Americans.
Jones, also referred as Jonesy, was a cat kept aboard the USCSS Nostromo as Ellen Ripley's pet. While the cat's official purpose was to control rodents aboard the ship, he also served as a source of relaxation and entertainment for the crew like a theory animal. So, this was the reason why a cat was brought into outer space. Yeah, see the difference between them and me I'll pass up my paycheck I'll go get a new job I'm not putting my life at risk for exploring and unknown world and secondly as soon as I saw that face hugger on that guy's face, I would have been gone I would have stolen the shuttle and left with a cat.
I’m glad you’re checking out behind the scenes stuff about the movie. It’s so intriguing, isn’t it? Well, I hope one wasn’t enough for you, because I think you really need some _Aliens_ in your life, and we need that reaction.
This was a movie I did not see until my early teens, as I was 8 years old when this movie came out. I loved it the first time I saw it. And the sequel, Aliens, from 1986, was just as awesome. Sigourney Weaver reprises her role from the first movie; she was also in the original Ghostbusters and it's sequel. She is a real badass in Aliens.
To be fair to her, the scene originally called for her to be nude, but she picked the skimpiest underwear to help the film avoid an NC-17 rating. It was supposed to emphasize the helpless of the natural human form vs the apex hunter with the alien.
For those not in the know, H.R. Giger is the artist who created the "biomechanical" aesthetic. This is one of those weird situations where the artist's name isn't nearly as famous as his work is. Typically, people associate the aesthetic with Alien (think that sweaty, slimy, ridgy, organic aesthetic).
The 70s might be my favorite movie decade. Star Wars. Alien. Superman. Jaws. The Godfather. Taxi Driver. Annie Hall. The Shining. Chinatown. One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest.
"How did they do that?" They built a spaceship, took it into space and filmed it from outside. Actually, before CGI they used imagination, intelligence and creativity. Maple, Ridley Scott is famous for his visuals. This film will have the power to shock, forever. The true definition of a Classic. And the sequel (Aliens) is even better.
Great Reaction....... Tell me you work for a Horrible Company, Without saying you work for a Horrible company - - - - Crew of Seven, Life-Pod/Boat only holds Three.......
Full-sized sets and detailed models . . . CGI is great, but some technology remains classic - and still works. The TV series Fallout uses both techs smartly, which is one reason why it rocks . . .
Amazing. 45 years ago. One of the most iconic films of it's era and genre. The great Ridley Scott's second film and first of his many masterpieces. This was Sigourney Weaver's second film, first role as an lead actress and one of her most iconic roles ever. 5 of the castmembers are no longer living. One of the writers called it, 'JAWS in space' and was deep in it's nightmarish nature. Truly pushing the boundaries of it's tones and the creativity within it's production. The creature was designed by the H.R. Giger from his bio-mechanical artwork known as Necronom IV. Theatrical cut or director's cut, the first installment is untouchable in it's presentation. Oscar winner for Best Visual Effects among so many awards it received. Earliest movie merchandise was a graphic novel, toys, calendars and Halloween costumes. Total major influence on sci-fi horror thrillers for years to come. The preceding films in the mainline series go up and down in terms of reception & box office. You got about 6 more films to go including Alien:Romulus.
I was on an LSD trip at uni when someone handed me my first look at an H R Giger book, and spent the next ten hours watching tiny Aliens scurrying around everywhere.
The inside of the facehugger was actually molluscs and other seafood, Ridley place them in there. If you play games you should definitely play Alien: Isolation, it's set between the 1st and 2nd movie, it uses both set design from the original as well as audio and the same soundtrack, it's atmospheric as sh*t.
I think you're going to Love Aliens. It's one of those rare sequels that exceeds the original. Do watch the extended cut there's some important background information in it that's not in the original and it fleshes out the story very well.
18:16 At this point, Lambert was really irritating. Ripley should have reminded her about how demanding she was about bringing the thing on board earlier.
It's not a hallowe'en movie, but it a horror film. 6:45 H.R. Giger the artist who did the design was known for blending biological and mechanical forms. So you are absolutely right.
I regard this as a standalone horror, albeit a rewrite of Dark Star which was Alien writer Dan O'Bannon's student collaboration with John Carpenter (The Thing), switching from brilliant low budget stoner comedy to horror, but retaining the space trucker vibe. Ridley Scott brought the directorial elements, including nods to noir, Hitchcock and German expressionism, and artist HR Giger gave it his signature dark sexualised look and feel. This also has the most accomplished cast. The subsequent "sequels" are an action franchise. Good, but more James Cameron building on his Terminator approach than anything to do with this.
"In space... no one can hear you scream." "I TOLD YOU NOT TO LOOK AT THAT EGG! I-I-IT WAS TOO WET!" Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers, Fallen and Screamers!
Alright… she’s totally right… There needs to be an edit of this movie that ends a minute later with a face hugger on a body being sucked out into space lol. Like, they have zero protocol? Is this a universe where this is the FIRST alien life discovered? Damn people…
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I was not expecting this movie to get me as good as it did lol 😂
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Yes the sets were built from surplus old WWII airplanes and submarine parts. To give an authentic cramped Submarine in space feel.
Okay Aliens next. 😁
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"That seems like a really large oversight that's gonna cause a lot of problems." - It is.
“ ….. at least it was just one egg.“
Maple, my dear, that’s all it takes.
Maple has apparently never watched a spider egg hatch....
Ha, I was about to comment the same thing he he
her parents told her
One of the things that makes this movie feel so real and gritty are the actors talking at the same time, talking over each other. It feels like a crew in a pressure cooker. Combined with these detailed, tactile sets - it’s just amazing. I used to like Aliens more as a kid but every time I watch this one I like it more.
It was a bit of a sign of the times too, when you consider all the Robert Altman and Richard Donner type of films that were coming out in that era.
Its such a small thing but it really makes it feel like your watching real people.
I was 15 years old when this came out and I watched it. the impression it made on me... to this day I still have dreams, not about the alien, but about the sets and the ambience. the same goes for Bladerunner (which may appear to be in the same universe as Alien) where I'll just have dreams about the sets, the music, the ambience, but none of the characters.
Apparently, Yaphet Kotto really antagonized Sigourney Weaver on set, so when she yells at him around 18:30, she's genuinely pissed.
Ridley Scott allowed the actors to improvise. Yaphet Koto really sank his teeth into that. A lot of his banter is directly from him. Dan O'Bannon is not a very good writer. He had an awesome idea for a sci-fi movie but the dialogue was horrible. They spent months trying to get it into some kind of shootable condition. The result was the actors throwing in a lot of their own ides to help flesh things out a bit.
"Why is he so creamy?" Ash was developed from a series of highly advanced coffee machines and retained his ability to produce cream and half and half.
Yeah, the Baristech division of the company is always taking things to a whole new level of making coffee. Sometimes too far perhaps?
@@0okamino
“Your baristas were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they never stopped to ask if they should!” -Ian “Coffee Man” Malcolm
"it looks like the inside of a body... i don't know... it looks like bones or something but also mechanical..."
well maple welcome to the world of H.R. Giger...
I came here to post this exact comment! 😂
"Bio-Mechanical Genitals," the H.R. Giger story.
Right, where is the petition to get Maple playing 'Alien Isolation' ?
They are not explorers, adventurers or soldiers, they are truckers moving a refinery. It is a unknown signal from an alien lifeform, that they could decode anything at all are impressive.
The set where moveable, the further you get into the movie the smaller the corridors are. The second movie are a must.
Edit:
The first reactor that remember that the space jockey had an exploded chest.
This. Not astronauts etc. So many reactors fail to get this. And they were working for the most fucked up company in the universe (Weyland Yutani Corporation).
They would probably have a bit of exploration training, just because of the nature of where they work, but not much more than whatever would provide “there and back” functionality.
This is a classic, but the sequel to this is one of the greatest sequels of all time. It also helps make Ripley one of the greatest written characters of all time
When people tell me sequels are never as good let alone better than the original, Aliens is the first film I throw back at them. T2 being the other contender for maybe the greatest sequel ever, also made by James Cameron too
@@Mewithabeard agreed 100%
I like "Aliens" but I LOVE this one. "Alien" is one of the greatest horror movies of all time.
I think I like even "Alien 3" a little bit more than "Aliens"
...also, obviously "Gremlins 2: The new Batch" is the greatest sequel of all time.
Idk, I'm a bigger fan of Species and Species 2.
@@Mewithabeard Godfather 2 is another perfect sequel. So was Empire Strikes Back. And don't forget Evil Dead 2!!
Your comment "Deep throating the crab squid" was the best reaction comment I've heard from an Alien reactor EVER!!!
Came here to post the same thing....one of the best reaction lines to any movie ever.
100%. Maple speaks for all of us.
Almost as good as "Dookie from a plane"
"Drop him! Like dookie from a plane!"
LOL! :)
Mapel always reminds me never to underestimate the younger generations. They may not know everything but that doesn’t mean they’re not sharp as razors. History continues to build and the younger you are the more there is to learn in perpetuity.
Yep she’s very attentive and perceptive. Extremely refreshing.
Certain reactors are also just so sharp. I have two I watch, neither native English speakers, and they’re incredibly astute for fine details in films
"you're surrounded by idiots in space" a true horror movie
That's more the second one. For this one the characters actually behaved somewhat rationally. It's funny because now with the Alien movies, and all the space horrors, and other horror movies already existing, people have become hardened and completely primed for bad things happening. In the 70s and 80s, people in general would behave just like the characters in the movie.
I’ve *never* seen a larger gaggle of actual fucktards in my life than Prometheus and Covenant lmao (havent seen Romulus yet)
you literally picked the worst movie for that comment
I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes.
The guy playing the Alien was a 6 feet 10 inches tall visual design student from Nigeria called Balaji Badejo. He was spotted in a London pub by the Casting director and offered the job.
Maple's commentary on this one was next level! I don't think I've ever laughed at a reaction to this movie before. Well done!
Maple, no matter what we watch, you always have me cracking up with your witty comments! I can't wait to see your reaction to Aliens! Also, your reaction to the air duct scene was one of the best!❤😊
OH fidlesticks . Maple now wants that baby alien as a pet. 😂 LOL
Maple , did you notice that "Ash" the android robot science guy was "Bilbo Baggins" from LOTR ?
'Why do we only have one brain on this ship?'
I like you!
I had to smile when you were watching the Nostromo shots, and you asked "How did they make this?" "Did they actually make mini-models?" "Like, hand painted and detailed?" Yes, they did, and as someone who has worked in VFX for decades, I sometimes forget how much has changed and how old I am. Great reaction! You had me laughing a lot at your comments. Watch "Aliens" when you can. Possibly one of the greatest sequels, ever. Stop there though. There are ONLY two Alien films, only TWO.
I mean... The third had a few cool scenes...eh. who am I kidding. They aren't worth it. Lol
The third has a theatrical release...which stunk. But then there's another relase thats like 40 minutes longer, that makes much more sense and rounds out the movie quite a bit. If you've never seen the alternate version I think you might be surprised.
@@seanirvin7966 I honestly think that all the sequels/prequels have something to offer but Ripley's story should have ended with "Aliens." My biggest gripe with part 3 is on page 1. For those of you who have seen it, you know what I'm talking about. No spoiler zone.
Movies looked better when they used more practical than CGI
@14:00"why does it, it's got like a grill" LOL i've always thought the same thing about the baby alien
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Xenomorph teeth are always metallic
All the effects and sets are practical. No CGI. Amazing!
Not a cell phone in sight, either. Everyone is just enjoying the moment.
I've seen several reactions to Alien over the years. This one was the best.
Nobody knew who Sigourney Weaver was when this movie came out
This movie is incredible! from 1979 the year after my birth.. it's really amazing they were able to make this back in those days..
Ridley Scott makes great-looking movies. They're not all good movies, but they're always meticulously designed and well shot.
Dripping water ✅
Flickering lights ✅
Ridley Scott ✅
This movie was also the inspiration for the Metroid video game franchise, also very atmospheric
1:30 So I believe back in the day, those were usually actual sets - same with Star Wars, but the main thing is that all of it were miniatures used for cool shots with help of perspective.
The alien do jazz hands is always my fav scene
The jazz hands are part of what makes it a perfect organism. What could possibly be perfect without them?
In order to achieve the scale they put kids in the astronaut suits while they explored the alien ship, once you've learned this you'll never be able to unsee little kids walking around
Zeta Reticuli is the system where the little grey aliens are supposed to be from.
PS: yes, they made huge detailed models for the outside ship scenes.
Zeta Reticuli is a star (alpha, beta, gamma..... zeta) from the constellation Reticulum, that happens to be sun-like and not very far away, compared to other stars. It is also in the southern hemisphere, that's why they were calling Antarctica station: from their location, that part of Earth would be the one they were facing. I always liked this kind of attention to detail.
I was 10 when i watched this in theaters back in 79... 45 years later i still remember the terror i felt for weeks... i must say, i miss the 70's...
Great reaction! The creature design was done by HR Giger, a surreal horror artist who chronically suffered from night terrors. I was fortunate to visit his museum in Switzerland and see the Oscar that he won for this film.
the art style is called biomechanical... i'm not sure if he invented it... but he's definitely the master of it...
@@GarmrsBarking oh yeah, been a huge fan for many years. I actually like his sculptures better.
I was 16 when this came out. In theater experience was on another level.
27:49: I think Maple like so many of us, liked this film because it was such an honest and earnest sci-fi horror. Big production, but not pretentious, just sophisticated enough to tell an effective story, with relatable to likable characters, in a compellingly terrifying situation. And, it was a complete story, that had a very good start, a life or death adventure, a crazy third act twist, and a nearly perfect ending-- overall a great film, with just as good musical scoring and sound effects/editing…. And also, the way it’s shot, the cinematography was just artfully executed and beautifully crafted… from the handheld camera shots, to the incredible visuals of space, planets and the ship, to LV-426 itself, the film is just a gorgeous film to look at too.
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Seriously, it took a few hours to decipher that it was a warning..?! All valid points. 🤣
I mean it was in an unknown alien language. The fact it was deciphered at all is impressive.
But you also have to remember that Mother a super advanced future AI did the decoding and now it's less impressive again.
@@Diegesisnot like the computer in The Thing calculating the spread rate of alien cells over the entire globe
@@Kybot12 True - good point.
I grew up with the first four Alien films, way before Isolation and Romulus, when I was a boy back then long ago in the late 90s and early 2000s. Every time I see any of them, nowadays, I’m taken aback with the nostalgia and the horror of it. That Xenomorph creeped me out, when I was a kid. 😱👽☠️
I saw this for it's 25th Anniversary on the biggest screen in Seattle for the time. It was incredible every second of it on an 80 foot screen.
I finally saw it in a theater for the 35th anniversary. My life is now complete
Maple spitting Nelly was not on my bingo card.
This was made during a much tougher generation, and YES, everyone was still stressed! 🤣17:56 still one of the best jump scares of all-time.
Great Reaction. Really enjoyed that.
Btw, fun fact. The actors had very little idea what would happen during chest bursting scene with William Hurt. They read the script of course, but they did not know the details.
Deepthroating a crab squid made me laugh.
All practical effects and miniature.
If you've seen the Lord of the Rings you will remember the actor who played Bilbo Baggins.
"It looks like bones, but also mechanical..."
Welcome to the artwork of H. R. Gieger! You'll also notice the mouth of the face hugger and the head of the bigger alien (called a xenomorph) look distinctly like female and male human genitals. Can't unsee that!
It is also no coincidence that the inside of "Mother" looks like the inside of an egg. And the that the lighting is "warm" and "cozy" to evoke the feeling of being inside a "womb". Also lots of "milky substance" and "moisture". Also notice Lambert's death scene...
Ridley is very naughty boy!
I read that they bought two rejected B52 bombers and used their parts to make these Nostromo's inner settings.
If you liked this movie, you must watch the sequel "Aliens" next. Usually sequels suck but "Aliens" is one of the best sequels ever. Sigourney Weaver rules!!
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It’s got a grill!’ is honestly the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in a TH-cam reaction video! I’ve watched so many people react to this film, and no one else has ever pointed that out, but it’s so true! I love your videos and the unique observations you make. Keep up the great work! :)🤣
Actually everyone is pretty smart in this movie, comparative to other horror movies.
These people, find ALIEN LIFE, and a ROOM FULL OF EGGS, and their first decision is "LETS GO TOUCH THEM."
@@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat What are the chances that alien life from a million years before primates were rubbing sticks together and light years away would be perfectly adapted to hijacking the human body and creating a super predator?
It's one of those "these eggs should be fossilized like the rest of the ship, that's crazy". Naturally most of us, even with this in mind, would have backed off when we fell in or an egg started to open. This guy clearly had a thing for finding alien life (why he was so eager to walk there), and was likely selected by the company because of his disposition to risk his life for discovery.
Either way, it's a lot better than the new batch of alien movies and the comedy of errors they turn into.
@@probablypragmatic6893 The chances are extremely high that alien biology would be harmful to humans. Did you miss that even in the movie the ship has a quarantine procedure that is ignored? Are you aware that even real astronauts have mandatory quarantine procedures after returning from space even when they didn't encounter a room full of alien eggs? Have you ever heard of The Columbian Exchange?
One thing is for sure, we are never putting you in charge of an expeditions into space.
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They were wearing air-tight suits that are made to survive space. Nothing is supposed to get in or out of it.
Wouldn't you believe you were protected too?
How were they supposed to know the creature could eat through the suit like that with just a secretion?
To answer both of you because my first reply was removed.
They literally have a quarantine procedure on the ship that Ash deliberately sabotages. Real life Astronauts have quarantine procedures. That kind of biology is serious business, it's not something you want to mess around with. Unless you'd like to recreate the Columbian Exchange with you playing the role of the Native Americans.
"Eject him into space" is my new favorite Maple Line. Safety first. Maple's too good for this world
I watched in the theater when it came out in 1979.
Jones, also referred as Jonesy, was a cat kept aboard the USCSS Nostromo as Ellen Ripley's pet. While the cat's official purpose was to control rodents aboard the ship, he also served as a source of relaxation and entertainment for the crew like a theory animal. So, this was the reason why a cat was brought into outer space.
Yeah, see the difference between them and me I'll pass up my paycheck I'll go get a new job I'm not putting my life at risk for exploring and unknown world and secondly as soon as I saw that face hugger on that guy's face, I would have been gone I would have stolen the shuttle and left with a cat.
Great reaction Maple.
Fun fact: 2000 meters is over 1.2 miles. That is how far Dallas and Lambert had to drag Cain back to the ship.
Dude how can you not know Sigourney? She in Ghost busters, Galaxy quest and loads of other films.
Gorillas In The Mist, Wall-E, Cabin In The Woods, Be Kind Rewind, Chappie! So many good movies!
AVATAR for the Gen-Zers
And terminator!
@@Dylan.More-Veiny that would be Linda Hamilton
@@GarmrsBarking no sigourney weaver was Sean Conner’s mom
You kept questioning all of Ripley's smart moves and decisions, right down to her putting on a space suit.
Alien's an any time of year movie for me, but I've definitely watched it on Halloween more than once
I’m glad you’re checking out behind the scenes stuff about the movie. It’s so intriguing, isn’t it?
Well, I hope one wasn’t enough for you, because I think you really need some _Aliens_ in your life, and we need that reaction.
This was a movie I did not see until my early teens, as I was 8 years old when this movie came out. I loved it the first time I saw it. And the sequel, Aliens, from 1986, was just as awesome. Sigourney Weaver reprises her role from the first movie; she was also in the original Ghostbusters and it's sequel. She is a real badass in Aliens.
Maple got crazy cinema literate over the course of this channel. I feel like she's catching things so easily now as opposed to in the past.
Great use of Howard Hanson's second symphony at the end and over the credits.
"Bones, but also . . . mechanical?" Welcome to the wonderful world of H. R. Giger, Miss Maple!
More classic slow like a great scifi movie should be. Best of the bunch. Yaphet...Stanton, etc.
The official name for the crab-squid is "facehugger". :D Sounds so sweet, doesn't it?
Second best reaction phrase at "... least it was just one egg."
To be fair to her, the scene originally called for her to be nude, but she picked the skimpiest underwear to help the film avoid an NC-17 rating. It was supposed to emphasize the helpless of the natural human form vs the apex hunter with the alien.
Wait, are those cats called red tabbys in the states? I'm British and I've always called that type a "ginger tom"
Yeah we call em tabby cats. Here a tomcat is just a male cat but obviously it's regional here too. I'm sure some folks call them other stuff
I like how the justify some of the dumb descisions wìth the reveal of ash's true nature, how he had been subtly undermining them the whole time
Just imagine Lambert as an Air Traffic Controller. 😂
17:55 INTERNET GOLD MAPLE! haha
This movie inspired the Metroid video game franchise; in fact the boss “Ridley” is named after director Ridley Scott.
Alien is one of those movies that never ages. It always looks great. And it always works as a horror/sci-fi film.
For those not in the know, H.R. Giger is the artist who created the "biomechanical" aesthetic. This is one of those weird situations where the artist's name isn't nearly as famous as his work is. Typically, people associate the aesthetic with Alien (think that sweaty, slimy, ridgy, organic aesthetic).
The 70s might be my favorite movie decade. Star Wars. Alien. Superman. Jaws. The Godfather. Taxi Driver. Annie Hall. The Shining. Chinatown. One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest.
"How did they do that?" They built a spaceship, took it into space and filmed it from outside. Actually, before CGI they used imagination, intelligence and creativity. Maple, Ridley Scott is famous for his visuals. This film will have the power to shock, forever. The true definition of a Classic. And the sequel (Aliens) is even better.
We were all waiting for that jump scare. 😁
Great Reaction.......
Tell me you work for a Horrible Company, Without saying you work for a Horrible company - - - - Crew of Seven, Life-Pod/Boat only holds Three.......
Maple is genius. "Throw him out into space." Tada. The movie is over.
"Lady, now is not time for the cat." THANK YOU! Finally a reactor with some sense. 😁😁
Full-sized sets and detailed models . . . CGI is great, but some technology remains classic - and still works. The TV series Fallout uses both techs smartly, which is one reason why it rocks . . .
Amazing.
45 years ago.
One of the most iconic films of it's era and genre.
The great Ridley Scott's second film and first of his many masterpieces.
This was Sigourney Weaver's second film, first role as an lead actress and one of her most iconic roles ever.
5 of the castmembers are no longer living.
One of the writers called it, 'JAWS in space' and was deep in it's nightmarish nature.
Truly pushing the boundaries of it's tones and the creativity within it's production.
The creature was designed by the H.R. Giger from his bio-mechanical artwork known as Necronom IV.
Theatrical cut or director's cut, the first installment is untouchable in it's presentation.
Oscar winner for Best Visual Effects among so many awards it received.
Earliest movie merchandise was a graphic novel, toys, calendars and Halloween costumes.
Total major influence on sci-fi horror thrillers for years to come.
The preceding films in the mainline series go up and down in terms of reception & box office.
You got about 6 more films to go including Alien:Romulus.
Well, now you have to watch _ALIENS_.
I was on an LSD trip at uni when someone handed me my first look at an H R Giger book, and spent the next ten hours watching tiny Aliens scurrying around everywhere.
17:57 Best Reaction I've seen!
@12.05 notice how Ash prods the dead alien onto Ripley so he can scare her
25:43 A common lore belief is that the colour has changed as the Alien was near death and was looking for a place to pass away.
Well he can pass in the void of space NOT on my escape pod! WALK THE SPACE PLANK!
Ridley Scott directed, and his next movie was Blade Runner.
He was on a roll.
The inside of the facehugger was actually molluscs and other seafood, Ridley place them in there.
If you play games you should definitely play Alien: Isolation, it's set between the 1st and 2nd movie, it uses both set design from the original as well as audio and the same soundtrack, it's atmospheric as sh*t.
And the inside of the egg was real cow intestine too.
@@dabe1971 And when you first see the open egg on LV426 it's a large chicken breast fillet insde the egg!
I think you're going to Love Aliens. It's one of those rare sequels that exceeds the original. Do watch the extended cut there's some important background information in it that's not in the original and it fleshes out the story very well.
It doesn’t exceed the original at all. Cameron turned a classic sci-fi horror into a predictable send-in -the marines bean fest
Some of Maple's comments made me fall out of my chair laughing!
Drop him like dookie from a plane, is the funniest descriptive sentence I've ever heard. 😂
18:16 At this point, Lambert was really irritating.
Ripley should have reminded her about how demanding she was about bringing the thing on board earlier.
It's not a hallowe'en movie, but it a horror film.
6:45 H.R. Giger the artist who did the design was known for blending biological and mechanical forms. So you are absolutely right.
"why's he all creamy tho" at 20:49 made me laugh so hard
I regard this as a standalone horror, albeit a rewrite of Dark Star which was Alien writer Dan O'Bannon's student collaboration with John Carpenter (The Thing), switching from brilliant low budget stoner comedy to horror, but retaining the space trucker vibe. Ridley Scott brought the directorial elements, including nods to noir, Hitchcock and German expressionism, and artist HR Giger gave it his signature dark sexualised look and feel. This also has the most accomplished cast.
The subsequent "sequels" are an action franchise. Good, but more James Cameron building on his Terminator approach than anything to do with this.
"In space... no one can hear you scream."
"I TOLD YOU NOT TO LOOK AT THAT EGG! I-I-IT WAS TOO WET!"
Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers, Fallen and Screamers!
17:55 I love seeing reactions to this jump scare xD
Wait until Aliens!!
"Why is he all creamy though?" Boy, if I had a nickel for every time I've heard that . . .
Finally a Maple solo reaction. I just can't deal with Arianna anymore.
Jump scared by the ad before the movie.....yeah this is going to be glorious.
The Hollywood model makers and matte painters were the people who made the magic before cgi.
Alright… she’s totally right… There needs to be an edit of this movie that ends a minute later with a face hugger on a body being sucked out into space lol. Like, they have zero protocol? Is this a universe where this is the FIRST alien life discovered? Damn people…
I always thought this era Harry Dean Stanton would make a good Roland Deschain.
Never seen this fan cast before but I see it, he could play ol long tall and ugly