I have seen this film so many times, and I still love watching these reactions. Reminds me of my 8 or 9 year-old self sneaking down into the basement and watching this in the dark... A very long walk back to my room that night...
I enjoyed your reaction. You're the only one to pick up, somewhat, on the reason that Parker didn't want Ash to go with him to refuel the flame throwers is because he didn't trust Ash. No one else on the ship seemed to detect that Ash wasn't to be trusted. IMO, Parker's character is highly underrated. Although he's a bit of a "loudmouth", in all the suspicious scenarios he was the first one to intuitively pick up on the B.S. and protested. In all situations where there was danger and violence he was the first to either object or take action, even to the point of sacrificing his own safety. This, I'm sure, is why Dallas remarked "Parker, I don't want any heroics out of you." It was what he was known to do, apparently when it wasn't convenient, appreciated or understood by others. It was he who began to at least attempt to kill the creature after it exploded from Kane's chest. Great writing, directing, acting and all.
I was still in the Philippines in 1979 preparing to move to Canada. I was going to miss ‘Alien’ in theaters there. So I bought the novel and spoiled everything for myself. When I got to Canada I bought a fully illustrated book with hundreds of photos from the film in sequence showing the entire movie, further spoiling it for myself. I finally got to see ‘Alien’ later on. My first movie in Canada. It was in Toronto where they were forcing the idea of the multi-plex cinemas. The theater was smaller than my living room. The screen was the size of a large screen TV. The quality of the film was that of a VHS copy. NUTS!!! I have since bought it on VHS, laser disc, DVD, Blue-Ray, etc. Still one of my favorites and have lost count of how many times I’ve seen it. And still enjoy reactors watching this film.
I will never forget seeing this film when first released on a huge 70mm screen and a packed house. If you think it looks good now for an old film then you can imagine the impact it had at the time.
Pro tips....while Cameron was filming terminator, the actor Reese who was in several Cameron movies, would hang out with him after daily shoots. He said Cameron was prolific, and while shooting terminator, he was already writing rough drafts for Terminator 2, Aliens, and the Abyss!
"Alien" is one of the best science fiction films ever made, and also one of the best horror films. It's just fantastic. The sequel, "Aliens," takes a very different tone -- less horror and more action. But that turned out to be a great choice; it means the second film doesn't just re-hash the first, and that makes it one of the best sequels ever made. The later films aren't nearly as good -- honestly, just skip them. The third one, in particular, is a pretty serious let-down.
Thomas, Alien 3 gives closure to the entire trilogy. Alien Resurrection has no part in the story. All subsequent sequels happen before the first three. Watch it again.
Hey!! Congratulations! You're the first reactor who has ever figured out right away that Brett was cooling off in the condensation forming on the ore processing machines. I usually have to explain. It's as if nobody has ever seen the condescension dripping from an air conditioner except for you and me. Or knows that since it's distilled it's safe for people.
Although this is a logical conclusion as to the source of the water, the refinery processing the ore is actually the enormous cargo, and far removed from the crew. The Nostromo itself is a tug. A space semi-truck, hauling it's load. The room Brett is in houses one of the Nostromo's landing struts. It was very recently exposed to the freezing, primordial atmosphere of LV-426. The ice that formed on everything has thawed. In one of the cut scenes, we see that the Alien has cocooned the crew in another room... that also houses a landing strut. ... This is speculation, but perhaps the Xenomorph is attracted to damp environments.
@@tommc3622 That's as good an explanation as any. But maybe it's because I come from to long lines of engineers, and I have the autistic son to prove it, I've always wondered why the processer needed coolant at all. It travels through space and it seems silly not to find a way for the cold to exploited. Maybe using something like hollow tubing the ends of which could be sealed at will. It feels like a literal waste of space.
@@tommc3622Hi Tom. After you posited the idea of the water Brett walked through being from thawing ice collected on the Nostomo, I paid closer attention to Ash's analysis of the the planet's atmosphere. He reports it hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. All three of those elements, I reconfirmed by looking them up, outgas directly from frozen. The artificial environment on the ship and refinery is far too warm to support their liquid states. Take nitrogen for example. It it was cold enough to be in it's liquid state Brett, Jones, and the alien would all be dead. Carbon dioxide I know well. My husband used to perform the laser rock shows on weekends at the local planetarium. They used frozen CO2 in the "smoke" machine. To me it always smells like Pink Floyd. So the thawing ice is going directly to its gaseous form. It can't be the source of the water. Given how Brett, one of the engineers treats it, I think we're back to condensation distilled and dripping. I'm still open to other ideas. But haven't heard anything when I've watched after coming to that conclusion, to support anything else. So far. I was scrolling through Alien reactions and remembered you. You can play with the ideas too, but your task looks difficult.
28:20 "What is all that, it's gooey?" If you mean the water / "rain" inside the ship, he's actually in the "landing gear" section - that water/rain is simply the condensation from LV-426 after it lifted off the planet.
Correction: Sigourney Weaver was not in Avatar. Avatar was around Sigourney Weaver. Couple of notes that escapes the younger generation. MS-Dos did no exist at the time of this movie. The computer interface was mimicking an older (even back in '79) teletype systems. It was meant to show an already-outdated interface for a futuristic setting, showing the a commercial ship did not need to waste money on fancy useless interfaces (oppose: 2001 Space Odyssey). Everything presented in the visuals is pragmatic at best. It's an awesome attention to details.
Alien and Aliens are 2 equally great movies. When you're gonna watch the Sequel be sure to check out the Special Edition. Sigourney Weaver was also in Ghostbusters
Lol. This was a nice trip to memory line. Is funny I came across this reaction cause recently I watched another movies that totaly missed during it's era. Is called "Even Horizon" if you like Alien/space type stuff. Good job!
I read that the part where the alien bursts out of the guy's chest, the actors weren't told exactly what would happen, so their surprise would be genuine 😲
All vessels have a scuttle device. For seafaring ships in real life, it's the ballasts. You flood one side of the ship,it capsizes, and it sinks. For this film,it was the fusion reactor of the ship. Shut off the cooling system of any fusion device, and it will explode.
27:10 "Why did they not just kill it?" Ash told Parker NOT to stab it with the knife, because it has acid for blood - it would have sprayed everywhere and killed all present. That and he wants it alive, of course.
One thing I never appreciated about Alien until I’d seen it for about the 50th time, was how incredible the acting is. Watch Aliens now, then don’t watch any more.
the main character here was also in the ghostbusters movies (if you've seen them). also by outer rim, they just mean the outer rim of our solar system (like a little past pluto).
Crazy little fact: a Moray eel actually has something similar as the alien when it comes to the extra set of teeth. It doesn’t come out but I’m guessing it assists in biting and pulling apart whatever it has in its mouth.
27:08 "The doctor - why did you tell him not to kill it? Just kill it and look at it." Two words: acid blood. Remember what a few drops did? Almost dissolved a hole right out into space. If Parker would have stabbed that little guy right then, it would be way more than a few drops. That much blood makes a hole out into space then all their air goes out into space and they all die.
@@miller-joel Of course he does. I'm not saying that Weyland Yutani expected to find an empty radio on LV-426. They expected to find something alien. They did not know what. Ash was supposed to get it back to the company. Whatever it was. He didn't know. Weyland Yutani didn't know. Ash's orders could have said "Bring back unknown alien thingamajiggy. All other priorities rescinded." But instead they said "specimen". That doesn't mean they knew what the specimen would be. Frankly, I don't see how they could. Based on all the movies in this franchise, but I won't give spoiler details, there would be no human alive that knows about Xenomorphs. There might be somebody with some old rumors about Predators, but that's very unlikely. It's more likely they expected to find one of Arnie's or Danny's Predators than a Xenomorph. Even if they did have very unlikely knowledge of Predators, there is no reason to think THAT is the alien that sent the signal. It's far more likely they knew nothing beyond "There is some kind of alien signal coming from a dead rock of a small planetoid. That probably means a crashed spaceship from something not human. Bring back a specimen of whatever it might be."
@@blakewalker84120 Incorrect. You don't know what the company knew or didn't know, or what they expected to find. You're making a lot of assumptions. In AvP, there's a f'ing alien queen on Earth in contemporary time, the Predators breed aliens for sport, and Wayland gets killed by an alien.
@@miller-joel Of course these are assumptions, but they're good ones. You might call them deductions rather than assumptions. 1. We've seen the other movies. Even the "prequels" that included xenomorphs did so in a way that it's obvious nobody on earth could have learned of them, or at best sound like the delusional ramblings of a crazy person well over a hundred years ago. 1a. For an example of how unreliable this is, how many crazy people from the 1800s can you quote and how many of them do you believe well enough to sped a small fortune investigating their insane ramblings? 2. Even if somebody in Weyland Yutani had heard some insane ramblings about a xenomorph more than 100 years earlier AND believed it, they would have no way to know that an alien signal on LV-426 was made by those specific xenomorphs or by any alien that had ever seen a xenomorph. 3. Dallas, Kane, and Lambert were the first humans to explore that alien ship. They didn't find any human corpses, any human gear that was dropped or left behind, nothing. But they themselves DID leave gear behind unless you assume they were so careless with Kane that they stopped to pick up all the gear he dropped or that they used to get in and out of the egg chamber. 4. If humans had come before, led a successful mission, recovered a specimen, and got out without leaving any clue they had been there, not even footprints in the dust, then Weyland Yutani probably already had the specimen. Unless it went like the Nostromo, in which case, Weyland Yutani would not have sent the Nostromo to fail a second time. They would have sent a better equipped science vessel with marines to help make sure the specimen was collected properly on the second try. We have proof of this from Alien 3. Which leads us all to the fact that when the Nostromo landed on LV-426, nobody on board or at Weyland Yutani knew anything about what was there. All they had was a signal of alien origin and no real clue about what made it or why. Now we can speculate about a sinister mastermind at Weyland Yutani who possessed some kind of magical plot-driven omniscience and mysteriously knew exactly what was on LV-426. But THAT requires a bunch of assumptions, including that such omniscience is even possible, and is not grounded in even one bit of evidence from any of the movies. It's much, MUCH more plausible, as well as supported by this movie and the rest of the franchise, that Ash was sent to find out what was on this planetoid and bring back a specimen of whatever he found, with no foreknowledge of what it might be.
@@blakewalker84120 Bottom line is, the movie does not answer any of those questions, which allows people to speculate about it more than 40 years later, and that's the beauty of it. I don't consider anything outside of Alien or Aliens canon, but if you do, there are versions where the Wayland Yutani android David creates the xenomorphs. If you consider AvP canon, then the company knew a lot about them, they recovered advanced technology from the Predators, so they were not just insane ramblings. So even the "official" movies contradict themselves all over the place. I never said humans had been on LV-426 before the crew of the Nostromo. You're going down that rabbit hole all by yourself. Also, saying the Company "knows" or "doesn't know" something is not accurate. There's information that's only available at the top management level.
One thing I have noticed, even though we know what Ash was really up to, he did have a legit point as well when telling Parker not to kill the creature when it first emerged. It also has acid for blood, which even if they didn't know for sure, was pretty likely. Stabbing it would have probably caused a lot of acid blood everywhere, potentially injuring or killing those around it and maybe this time eating through the hull for sure. So Ash had a legit excuse to fall back on if any of the crew questioned why he said not to kill it then.
He's a Hobbit. Ash is a God damn Hobbit.Not a spoiler as it's not a surprise reveal. But if you haven't seen the Lord of the Rings movie yet if you hated the Ash character but loved the actor Ian Holm's portrayal of Ash....Bilbo 22 years later!
i can understand why the alien decided to explode out of the guy, the stuff he was eatting looked like left over sphagetti, the kind that people pour water on saying it will make them more flexible but it only waters down the sauce and makes the pasta really soggy. i knew someone who use to do that at a volunteer lunch thing and people use to get so upset when they did it because it ruins it.
The ore was dug up by miners, not the Nostromo crew. It was put into the mobile refinery platform and the Nostromo is towing that. Common misconception.
So enjoyed your reaction Reembok, love watching young people discover and watch this masterpiece,..lol yes, Ash is a robot, Ian Holm, who's also in Lord Of The Rings, Fifth Element, From Hell, excellent actor, Yaphet Koto, a former James Bond villian, Victoria Cartwright aka, Lambert, was also in Witches of Eastwick, her sis Angela was Penny on original Lost in Space,..Harry Dean Stanton, Brett, was in Christine(Stephen King based movie), and Pretty in Pink,..John Hurt, Kane, was in 1984, Doctor Who, V for Vendetta, Tom Skerrit, was on orginal Kolchach Night Stalker horror series,,..at the time I only knew Yaphet Koto, stellar cast, Ridley Scott built real to size interiors, real hallways, mess hall,..it's funny that it takes.ace.in 2037, we're only a few years out from that, and now they really have invented a full body scan machine, when this was made it truly was science fiction, and yess the alien knew Ripley was leaving,..the there were all kinds of explosions going on, probably shift in the ships movement, shuttle was only quiet place left, and alien liked cornering it's prey, think it fed on the terror and fear, as well,..amazing movie, do check Aliens, and I know Alien 3, isn't everyone's fav,..totally up to you, but the story for Ripley does continue, also check.out trailer for Alien, it was so terrifying, and also the one for Aliens,.....keep going, Godspeed, Peace ✌
The actress is Veronica Cartwright, not Victoria. I believe her first film was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “The Birds” when she was a child. She was also in another great sci fi/horror film, the remake of “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. The first thing I ever saw Tom Skerritt in was “M*A*S*H” (the film, not the tv series), also with Donald Sutherland.
nice to see someone watched the full version with added scenes , when lambert dies it is not the shoes she actually wore , she wore cowboy boots and not trainers they were bretts.
The bit with the tail up Lambert leg was originally footage from Bretts death scene where the alien impales him in the back with its tail. Think its in the comic adaption.
@@Paul_1971 i know , i believe in the editing they either messed up or scott decided to leave it in and no one will notice , but i did when the film came out.
Ridley scott directed alien and alot of the scenes of the kitty jonsey, when hes watching the alien are reminiscent to scenes in bladerunner. Highly recommend Scott's others bladerunner and legend and there are many other greats he did.
One of the best sci-fi horror flicks ever made. I saw it in 1979, and loved it. Yeah, a ten minute countdown should suffice for self-desruction. Make sure there are loud sirens and flashing strobes to help people concentrate. lalala
@@miller-joel Because it supposed to be futuristic Communications, sending data to the computers including the Android, priority Messages and updating Systems. Every geek knows this if you grow up back in the 1980s - 1990s watching Saturday Morning Cartoons that was the way it was.
"It's got a great defense mechanism... you don't dare kill it..." Classic sci-fi horror. The tension is so thick, you will need a sharp steak knife in order to cut it. The voice of "Mother" is so iconic, in my honest opinion. There's something unnerving about a cold feminine voice counting down to your death. It wasn't until GLaDOS that we rediscovered that a computerized female voice can be absolutely creepy. Fun Fact: In H.R. Giger's original illustrations that inspired the look of the Alien, the creature had eyes. For the movie, Giger insisted that the creature have no eyes, thus giving the bleak appearance of a cold and emotionless beast that hunts by smell. Real Guts Fact: The dead facehugger that Ash (Ian Holm) autopsies was made using fresh shellfish, four oysters, and a sheep kidney to re-create the internal organs. Filming had to be done quickly because the organic material would go bad very fast under the studio lights. Bloody Solution Fact: It was conceptual artist Ron Cobb who came up with the idea that the Alien should bleed acid. This came about when Dan O'Bannon ran into a wall with the screenplay on how to handle the last half of the movie. He needed a good reason for why the crew members don't just shoot the thing and kill it but still not make it an indestructible monster that can't be killed. The acid blood was the idea that solved this problem.
I like how when the computer outputs INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY 5:12 you immediately assume that 2037 is the year. Just for the record, folks, "interface" does *not* mean "year".
10:02 "Oh man, dry-dock sounds bad." Not really. It's a term for boats/ships on the water. When there is damage below the water, they basically lift the boat out of the water so they can wok on it while it's dry. Dry-dock. For space ships, it means parking them inside a bigger ship where they can close the doors and fill the whole area with air so workers can just work on it without being out in space.
Yeah, this fragment never made sense to me. I believe they say "we can't fix it here...we have to dry dock..." It makes no sense to me because they HAVE TO fix it right there...and it seems they do fix it. It is hilarious that one guy says tell them 17 hours and the other guy says "at least 25 hours...."
@@danielwagman9794 "Yeah, this fragment never made sense to me. I believe they say "we can't fix it here...we have to dry dock..." It makes no sense to me because they HAVE TO fix it right there...and it seems they do fix it. " I can help with that. Just consider the Titanic, but imagine there was less damage - still a lot of damage and flooding, but not enough to sink it. Now, the crew at sea could throw some metal plats over some of the leaks, brace those with metal beams, and weld them in place. This would be patching the leak and it can keep a ship afloat. Ships are damaged but not sunk do this all the time. But nobody would say those metal plates, internal braces, and partially flooded compartments are "fixed". But the could, carefully, make it to the nearest dry dock and make real repairs to fix the ship good as new. For the movie, I image that one landing strut might have bent and the bending may have twisted the hull, at least a little. Very similar to what happens to a small family car if they run up onto a curb too hard. They patch the leaks, re-route any electrical systems, and make the ship space-worthy, but it's not really "fixed" yet. "It is hilarious that one guy says tell them 17 hours and the other guy says "at least 25 hours..." Yes. 17 is the estimate that takes hard work from both guys. 25 the relaxed estimate that doesn't require hard work; they can be kinda lazy and still meet their promise. So Brett was probably giving an honest estimate, then Parker exaggerated it so they wouldn't need to work very hard.
Hey, Reembok! This is one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time! I prefer the original THEATRICAL CUT you saw because I feel it's paced better and lacks a scene which contradicts the sequel. However, the Director's Cut boasts a moment when Veronica Cartwright smacks the cr@p out of Sigourney Weaver which definitely SHOULD HAVE BEEN in the Theatrical Cut! Despite preferring the Theatrical Cut for the first movie, there is ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION that you must watch the SPECIAL EDITION with longer runtime of the sequel, "ALIENS"!!!!!!! There are critical additional scenes that add context to the movie and it is the version director James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver themselves prefer. Director Ridley Scott kept the entire cast in the dark about the famous CHESTBURSTING scene except for John Hurt. Their reactions were absolutely genuine and mirrored the audience's response! Veronica Cartwright got sprayed by fake blood and fell over backward. They only filmed the scene twice. It remains one of the most ICONIC IN CINEMA HISTORY! The PACING is deliberately slow at the beginning to acquaint the audience with the ship's geography, to demonstrate authentic-looking space travel and maneuvers, to familiarize the audience with the crew, to establish the threat posed by the creature and to generate suspense with the mystery of the derelict craft. There's a lot of rich character humor and foreshadowing in those crew interaction scenes as well as a subtext about this future society being a corporate dystopia. "Alien" is set in the year 2122. This movie and "Star Wars" changed the future aesthetic from antiseptic cleanliness to lived-in, worn-out dinginess. The Swiss artist, H.R. GIGER, who designed the xenomorph, tapped into insectoid and reptilian features that evoke primal fear. His artwork is very bizarre, erotic and has a distinctive look called Giger-esque. The final product is an iconic movie monster that is pure NIGHTMARE FUEL! The creature's life-cycle and biology is explored throughout the series. By the way, the alien's retractable inner jaw is found in nature in a deep-sea fish! THE WEYLAND-YUTANI COMPANY is an international conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar travel and terra-forming. They have a stake in every colony world and are basically the 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. They are a ruthless corporation looking to exploit or weaponize the xenomorph for profit regardless of the negative consequences. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of all the Alien movies. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani. This crew is not a group of explorers, scientists or colonists. They're just SPACE TRUCKERS hauling rocks. This was a First Contact situation they were wholly unqualified for. Hence, all the bumbling and bad judgment calls. Their chief concerns were company policy and pay inequity. Ripley was the only one with the willingness to make difficult command decisions that would have saved all their lives except for Kane's had she not been undermined by Ash. Of course, Ash was privy to a secret corporate mandate. Like most Captains, Dallas had an inherently CALM DEMEANOR. By minimizing the situation, it prevents both him and the crew from panicking. You can tell he's very worried because he seeks counsel from Mother. He also acknowledges his culpability for the predicament by preventing Ripley from volunteering to go into the shafts and by shouldering that burden himself. He accepted this task not even knowing if fire would be effective! His last act is a rather valiant gesture and I always feel bad for him despite his initial missteps. Parker is MY FAVORITE supporting character! Yaphet Kotto played him to the hilt! He's the blue collar EVERYMAN who just cares about payday and who enjoys deliberately antagonizing his superiors but ends up sacrificing himself for a fellow employee. He's also the only one who made a move on the chestburster before being stopped by Ash! Some viewers strongly believe the alien raped Lambert! This is nonsense. The PREHENSILE TAIL probably drew her closer to itself so it could mouth-punch her with the retractable jaw. Those viewers aren't mistaken for perceiving phallic eroticism, though, as that was Scott's intent. The giant elephant-headed alien pilot of the derelict spacecraft is one of the GREAT MYSTERIES of the franchise. Was he a zoologist, a bio-warfare specialist, an exterminator, a trader in exotic organisms, a waste disposal tech or a trucker like Ripley's crew? No one knows. Sigourney Weaver became a FEMINIST ICON because of this movie. Ripley is one in a long line of strong female characters that have been showcased in sci-fi and fantasy dating back to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars, in 1911! There's not a man I know who wouldn't follow Ripley into hell. You must see the SPECIAL EDITION of "Aliens" and the ASSEMBLY CUT of "Alien 3" because those versions greatly enhance both films. If you intend to see the "ALIEN vs. PREDATOR" films, then you need to acquaint yourself with the PREDATOR franchise. The first is an action classic with Schwarzenegger. Danny Glover's underrated urban-set "Predator 2" features some memorable set pieces. Dark Horse comics explored the crossover concept inspiring Hollywood to make two crossover films with moderately successful to excellent results. They're fun and exciting guilty pleasures with the second one, "ALIENS vs. PREDATOR: REQUIEM", being particularly lean and mean. There is also a "PREDATORS" film produced by Robert Rodriguez that is definitely worth a look. "THE PREDATOR" (2018) REBOOT, however, should be considered extremely optional as it nearly killed the franchise! "PREY" is an 18th-century-set prequel to the original film that was released on Hulu last summer! The Alien films have a RICHER SUBTEXT while the Predator films are more ACTION FARE but they're both fun sci-fi thrillers. Below is a VIEWING ORDER and an INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: 1719 Prey 1987 Predator 1997 Predator 2 2004 Alien vs Predator 2004 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) 2010 Predators 2018 The Predator [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL] 2093 Prometheus [OPTIONAL] 2104 Covenant [OPTIONAL] 2122 Alien 2179 Aliens (Special Edition) 2179 Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) 2379 Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] VIEWING ORDER: Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] Predator (1987) Predator 2 Predators Prey Alien vs Predator Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] The Predator (2018) [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL]
Hello Reembok! I love the reactions. Aliens is guaranteed to be one of your greatest cinematic experiences. If you can, then definitely watch the director's version.🙋♂
A youngster is boarding the "Nostromo." What will this "seen-some-Predator-like movies" make of this "old, long, slow-moving, character-centered, no-DFX" movie? This and the next movie made newcomer Siglourney Weaver a major movie star, and,along with Linda Hamilton of "The Terminator," Action movie Badasses. "Jennifer Lawrence"? Who is that?;)
Yeah, you want to watch Aliens before you watch the Predators vs Aliens match ups. I saw Alien at the local drive in with my mom when it came out. The art design was so original and the director just built the suspense up and up. Your brain doesn't know what to look for, and every shadow was a potential threat. It remains so in the sequel.
A couple thoughts from your outro: 1. I don't think "Mother knew all about the alien". I think all Mother knew was there was a signal on that planet that wasn't made by humans. Ash and Mother were trying to find whatever it is and bring it home, but they didn't know anything about it until the actually went there and found out. 2. I don't think the alien was smart enough to know that the Nostromo was self destructing and that it needed to hide in the shuttle. I think it was just instinct. Most predators on earth like to sleep in caves or enclosed spaces. The alien had a long day. Lots of being born, growing big, and 4 murders. it was tired and looking for a cave to hide in so it could sleep. It was fun watching your reaction. I can't wait for Aliens!
@@miller-joel Yes, but all those things hint that the company knew about the signal. They didn't know what made it or why. These guys got sent to find out.
@@blakewalker84120 We don't know what the company knew or didn't know. It's left open to interpretation. Which is far more interesting than the following movies spelling it out.
And again, this where the term facehuggers, comes from, and in films, never trust the person drinking milk! Yes there are multiple alien and predator movies, and crossovers, all worth watching!
Scariest sci-fi film I've ever seen. Took my two oldest sons to see it. So many crowded in the theater that people were sitting in the aisles. Great reactions and subjective thoughts as the film progressed. Glad to hear that you want to watch more of the franchise. I've seen them all. The only one I have ever watched more than once is, Aliens. As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. ( Y'all applies to one or many )
The thing that never really gets mentioned is that the Alien takes on characteristics of the host because it uses the hosts DNA to complete to reproductive process. This gives it physical characteristics and thinking of the host.
I was in HS back in '79 and saw this in theatres. It became my favorite movie series. You have need to watch the Prequel PROMETHEUS, before you watch the sequel ALIENS. I tell every youtuber this but no one does. If you do it will explain much as the alien, the crashed alien ship. Oh be sure to get the few minutes of Deleted conversation between ""David and the Engineer" it explains much. Its here on youtube. Now what can I say to answer some of your questions. These guys are just advance truck drivers, not scientists, hence the reason why they make so many bad decisions.. Everyone is suprised Ash is a robot. He is actually the second generation, with David being the first one (On Prometheus) and then in the sequel theres the third generation robot (Bishop) I dont want to give u spoilers, so thats all I'll say. Remember when they asked Ash how do u kill it? HE said "Perfect organsim, as intelligent and hostile a thing there is". They dont say this in the different versions but the Alien ate the food that was stored in the locker Jonesy was hiding in. When Brett goes into the landing gear room in the blue ray version of this u can actuallly see it hiding way up in the chains above him. No CGI back then. This was all hand built models. I think you missed all the sexual references in this movie. The artist made a lot of things to it. Some youtuber reaction makers pick right up on it. I can say I didnt at first watching either. There are also other movies in this series. Alien3, Covenant, I dont think they are very good. I only suggest the first three. Others fans disagree. I want you to watch the reactions made to this movie by other youtuber reactions makers. DEVIN G (the one wheres hes alone, not with his wife) the EOM and DashaReacts. Ask me any questions u like I know lots of trivia and behind the scenes info
This is my first time watching ur reactions. Good job! Proper emotions, just enough talking, well surprised and animated! Would like to see u do some true type or True story war movies! Like Saving Private Ryan 13 hours Lone Survivor hacksaw Ridge Once We were Soldiers Blackhawk Down thin red line Unbroken Dunkirk Big Red One Hamburger Hill American sniper 1917 ....if u haven't done them yet. Lets see if they move ur heart.
No offence meant but take out SPR (Fiction but maybe the first 16 mins are accurate. "true type", possibly) and replace it with "A Bridge Too Far", Also the original Dunkirk not the crappy remake. Add Fury (Also fiction but better than SPR.). Maybe "Midway" and "Tora Tora Tora"
@@uncoolmartin460 I agree with u on the older movies....but most folks under 35, proly won't like them, the language used in writing, not much for special effects, realism of wounds or bombs or other technical things. Spr had more truth than most think. The sniper shot through the eye was done in Vietnam by Carlos hathcock. The brother issue, because of the Sullivan brothers. Even several of the soldiers names were from real vets.
@@philmullineaux5405 Yeah I agree with your comments regarding the age for some viewers, it's a shame as there are some great films. And yeah I agree with your comments about spr, but I feel people get the wrong idea about how "true" it is, the same with Fury. Whereas other true films portray actual historical events ... but you know what I mean :)
You must do the sequel of aliens Don't get me wrong alien scared the crap out of me growing up and I am a '90s baby so my uncle and auntie put me on this movie when I was very little much like little children when they are scared of scary movies I must say I was not scared all that much even though some of the scene scared the crap out of me but damn it I loved it. In the movie was made in '79 and and I heard back in those days people actually puked from some of the scenes cuz the movie was that gruesome but that's the stuff that gets me going 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
This is the start in movies...u see anyone drinking milk, beware! I would call this sci-fi, not horror. The Thing is definitely both! This,the thing, and Bladerunner,(Scott also did Bladerunner!😮😮😮) are the 3 most important sci-fi movies ever made. Maybe add Tron, and it's sequel, here. No CGI, all models, special effects and practical effects! There is a huge tie-in here. In Prometheus, the prequel to all movies, the alien here on the ship with his chest blown out. These are Engineers. A race of beings who seed life on planets and if they don't like how the life is progressing they seed another life to wipe out the remaining then they destroy each other. Engineers created humans Aliens and supposedly Predators and gave humans the technology for Replicants and Terminators! Also Tyrell Corp, Cyberdyne Systems, Weyland Corp are all related. Dallas, in a brief view of his resume, u see he worked for Tyrell Corp 😮 that's Bladerunner! Cyberdyne Systems did tech work for Tyrell Corp! And Weyland Corp did industrial and flight operations for Tyrell Corp!! Also Cameron did the sequels for alien and Terminator!!! And of course, Arnold was in predator and Terminator! And Reese, Bill Paxton and the Mexican chica both in terminator 2 and Aliens. Also lance hennrikson is the asst police chief in terminator, and bishop in, Aliens😮😮😮!!! The old white guy here is Harry Dean Stanton. Been in every movie made since the silent era!😅 This , Dillinger, outsiders, Red Dawn, Godfather 2, Green Mile, and others. Pro tip, the first death scene the director and actor didn't tell the rest of the actors, what was going to happen with the actor, Scott wanted real reactions from the other actors 😮😮😮The real horror is, when ur being taken over, u don't know it!....just like in, The Thing!
I have seen this film so many times, and I still love watching these reactions. Reminds me of my 8 or 9 year-old self sneaking down into the basement and watching this in the dark...
A very long walk back to my room that night...
Walk? You should have crawled through the air ducts.
I imagine you were listening for the motion tracker's "bip... bip... bip..." sound. I know that I would! 😱
I enjoyed your reaction. You're the only one to pick up, somewhat, on the reason that Parker didn't want Ash to go with him to refuel the flame throwers is because he didn't trust Ash. No one else on the ship seemed to detect that Ash wasn't to be trusted. IMO, Parker's character is highly underrated. Although he's a bit of a "loudmouth", in all the suspicious scenarios he was the first one to intuitively pick up on the B.S. and protested. In all situations where there was danger and violence he was the first to either object or take action, even to the point of sacrificing his own safety. This, I'm sure, is why Dallas remarked "Parker, I don't want any heroics out of you." It was what he was known to do, apparently when it wasn't convenient, appreciated or understood by others. It was he who began to at least attempt to kill the creature after it exploded from Kane's chest. Great writing, directing, acting and all.
You may like I believe it's called "The Thing", about a creature found in Antarctica
I was still in the Philippines in 1979 preparing to move to Canada. I was going to miss ‘Alien’ in theaters there. So I bought the novel and spoiled everything for myself. When I got to Canada I bought a fully illustrated book with hundreds of photos from the film in sequence showing the entire movie, further spoiling it for myself. I finally got to see ‘Alien’ later on. My first movie in Canada. It was in Toronto where they were forcing the idea of the multi-plex cinemas. The theater was smaller than my living room. The screen was the size of a large screen TV. The quality of the film was that of a VHS copy. NUTS!!! I have since bought it on VHS, laser disc, DVD, Blue-Ray, etc. Still one of my favorites and have lost count of how many times I’ve seen it. And still enjoy reactors watching this film.
I will never forget seeing this film when first released on a huge 70mm screen and a packed house. If you think it looks good now for an old film then you can imagine the impact it had at the time.
1:09 That's ok, you can scream, because in space, no one can hear you scream lol. This movie is a masterclass of building tension.
Pro tips....while Cameron was filming terminator, the actor Reese who was in several Cameron movies, would hang out with him after daily shoots.
He said Cameron was prolific, and while shooting terminator, he was already writing rough drafts for Terminator 2, Aliens, and the Abyss!
"Alien" is one of the best science fiction films ever made, and also one of the best horror films.
It's just fantastic.
The sequel, "Aliens," takes a very different tone -- less horror and more action.
But that turned out to be a great choice; it means the second film doesn't just re-hash the first, and that makes it one of the best sequels ever made.
The later films aren't nearly as good -- honestly, just skip them.
The third one, in particular, is a pretty serious let-down.
Thomas, Alien 3 gives closure to the entire trilogy. Alien Resurrection has no part in the story. All subsequent sequels happen before the first three. Watch it again.
Hey!! Congratulations! You're the first reactor who has ever figured out right away that Brett was cooling off in the condensation forming on the ore processing machines. I usually have to explain. It's as if nobody has ever seen the condescension dripping from an air conditioner except for you and me. Or knows that since it's distilled it's safe for people.
Although this is a logical conclusion as to the source of the water, the refinery processing the ore is actually the enormous cargo, and far removed from the crew.
The Nostromo itself is a tug. A space semi-truck, hauling it's load.
The room Brett is in houses one of the Nostromo's landing struts.
It was very recently exposed to the freezing, primordial atmosphere of LV-426. The ice that formed on everything has thawed.
In one of the cut scenes, we see that the Alien has cocooned the crew in another room... that also houses a landing strut.
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This is speculation, but perhaps the Xenomorph is attracted to damp environments.
@@tommc3622 That's as good an explanation as any. But maybe it's because I come from to long lines of engineers, and I have the autistic son to prove it, I've always wondered why the processer needed coolant at all. It travels through space and it seems silly not to find a way for the cold to exploited. Maybe using something like hollow tubing the ends of which could be sealed at will. It feels like a literal waste of space.
@@tommc3622Hi Tom. After you posited the idea of the water Brett walked through being from thawing ice collected on the Nostomo, I paid closer attention to Ash's analysis of the the planet's atmosphere. He reports it hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. All three of those elements, I reconfirmed by looking them up, outgas directly from frozen. The artificial environment on the ship and refinery is far too warm to support their liquid states. Take nitrogen for example. It it was cold enough to be in it's liquid state Brett, Jones, and the alien would all be dead. Carbon dioxide I know well. My husband used to perform the laser rock shows on weekends at the local planetarium. They used frozen CO2 in the "smoke" machine. To me it always smells like Pink Floyd. So the thawing ice is going directly to its gaseous form. It can't be the source of the water. Given how Brett, one of the engineers treats it, I think we're back to condensation distilled and dripping.
I'm still open to other ideas. But haven't heard anything when I've watched after coming to that conclusion, to support anything else. So far. I was scrolling through Alien reactions and remembered you. You can play with the ideas too, but your task looks difficult.
"I think I'm gonna have Alien nightmares." You wouldn't be the first.
Aliens nightmares are forthcoming!
The scene where Brett is in the engine room, if you slow it down, you see ths Alien hanging on the chains, waiting and watching.
28:20 "What is all that, it's gooey?" If you mean the water / "rain" inside the ship, he's actually in the "landing gear" section - that water/rain is simply the condensation from LV-426 after it lifted off the planet.
Correction: Sigourney Weaver was not in Avatar.
Avatar was around Sigourney Weaver.
Couple of notes that escapes the younger generation. MS-Dos did no exist at the time of this movie.
The computer interface was mimicking an older (even back in '79) teletype systems. It was meant to show an already-outdated interface for a futuristic setting, showing the a commercial ship did not need to waste money on fancy useless interfaces (oppose: 2001 Space Odyssey). Everything presented in the visuals is pragmatic at best. It's an awesome attention to details.
Alien and Aliens are 2 equally great movies. When you're gonna watch the Sequel be sure to check out the Special Edition.
Sigourney Weaver was also in Ghostbusters
Yes, Aliens Director's Cut.
And Galaxy Quest.....
She's also in avatar dur da dur. What's your point? It's retards like you who ruined imdb trivia facts
and in "Death and the Maiden" which is highly recommendable
Ripley is Badass!!!!!! Great move, great reaction.
Watching you for the first time - good job! You're smart and perceptive. I'm impressed that you recognized MS-DOS , an early computer term.
Great movie, looking forward to Aliens
I Was Watching This Last Night
Lol. This was a nice trip to memory line. Is funny I came across this reaction cause recently I watched another movies that totaly missed during it's era. Is called "Even Horizon" if you like Alien/space type stuff. Good job!
The actor of Ash also played a semi-comical character in Fifth Element. Great reaction to this film. Thank you.
And Bilbo in lord of the rings
He was also i “From Hell” with Johnny Depp and Robbie Coltrane (aka Hagrid in the Harry Potter franchise).
Ian holm as ash is frigin amazing in that role!! So creepy and when u find out what he is its a whole wtf moment.
Oh no...not again! 😂😅
The Alien/Aliens are pretty smart. They have human DNA. They take on the DNA and some characteristics of whatever it was born from.
Alien the best movie I ever watched it but I started liking it in the franchise
The guy who gets killed first was in : Spaceballs - History Of The World Part 1 - The Elephant Man. Those are just to name a few of many movies.
I love watching reactions to alien, aliens , john carperters the thing and the exorcist. 😂😁😁
Aliens Special Edition is my favorite of the Alien films. Predator 2 is my favorite of the Predator films.
Predator is better
This film is set in 2122, not 2037. 👍✌️
I read that the part where the alien bursts out of the guy's chest, the actors weren't told exactly what would happen, so their surprise would be genuine 😲
You have to watch Aliens. It is more action packed, if you like that kind of thing.
All vessels have a scuttle device. For seafaring ships in real life, it's the ballasts. You flood one side of the ship,it capsizes, and it sinks. For this film,it was the fusion reactor of the ship. Shut off the cooling system of any fusion device, and it will explode.
27:10 "Why did they not just kill it?" Ash told Parker NOT to stab it with the knife, because it has acid for blood - it would have sprayed everywhere and killed all present. That and he wants it alive, of course.
One thing I never appreciated about Alien until I’d seen it for about the 50th time, was how incredible the acting is. Watch Aliens now, then don’t watch any more.
the main character here was also in the ghostbusters movies (if you've seen them). also by outer rim, they just mean the outer rim of our solar system (like a little past pluto).
I think they mean the outer rim of explored/colonised space within the milky way
At the "birth-scene" I think Ash was right in stopping Parker. The acid would probably have burned through the hull.
The alien takes on aspects of its host and yes, they are intelligent.
Alien and Aliens are considered by pretty much everyone to be the best of the franchise
I saw this movie when I was 8 and it took me a while to finish it like a year because the chest burster scene shocked me.
Crazy little fact: a Moray eel actually has something similar as the alien when it comes to the extra set of teeth. It doesn’t come out but I’m guessing it assists in biting and pulling apart whatever it has in its mouth.
Some decent acting here. In the film too.
Best truckers in space film made. If I had an eight-food acid-spitting alien after me, the last thing I'd do is go back for the ship's cat.
The alien does not spit acid. That's his blood.
Great review, to a great movie, you need to see Aliens next.
Good reaction and an incredible piece of cinema.
27:08 "The doctor - why did you tell him not to kill it? Just kill it and look at it."
Two words: acid blood.
Remember what a few drops did? Almost dissolved a hole right out into space.
If Parker would have stabbed that little guy right then, it would be way more than a few drops.
That much blood makes a hole out into space then all their air goes out into space and they all die.
That's not what Ash is thinking about. He has orders to take the specimen back to Earth.
@@miller-joel Of course he does.
I'm not saying that Weyland Yutani expected to find an empty radio on LV-426.
They expected to find something alien.
They did not know what.
Ash was supposed to get it back to the company. Whatever it was.
He didn't know.
Weyland Yutani didn't know.
Ash's orders could have said "Bring back unknown alien thingamajiggy. All other priorities rescinded."
But instead they said "specimen".
That doesn't mean they knew what the specimen would be.
Frankly, I don't see how they could.
Based on all the movies in this franchise, but I won't give spoiler details, there would be no human alive that knows about Xenomorphs.
There might be somebody with some old rumors about Predators, but that's very unlikely.
It's more likely they expected to find one of Arnie's or Danny's Predators than a Xenomorph.
Even if they did have very unlikely knowledge of Predators, there is no reason to think THAT is the alien that sent the signal.
It's far more likely they knew nothing beyond "There is some kind of alien signal coming from a dead rock of a small planetoid. That probably means a crashed spaceship from something not human. Bring back a specimen of whatever it might be."
@@blakewalker84120 Incorrect. You don't know what the company knew or didn't know, or what they expected to find. You're making a lot of assumptions. In AvP, there's a f'ing alien queen on Earth in contemporary time, the Predators breed aliens for sport, and Wayland gets killed by an alien.
@@miller-joel Of course these are assumptions, but they're good ones. You might call them deductions rather than assumptions.
1. We've seen the other movies. Even the "prequels" that included xenomorphs did so in a way that it's obvious nobody on earth could have learned of them, or at best sound like the delusional ramblings of a crazy person well over a hundred years ago.
1a. For an example of how unreliable this is, how many crazy people from the 1800s can you quote and how many of them do you believe well enough to sped a small fortune investigating their insane ramblings?
2. Even if somebody in Weyland Yutani had heard some insane ramblings about a xenomorph more than 100 years earlier AND believed it, they would have no way to know that an alien signal on LV-426 was made by those specific xenomorphs or by any alien that had ever seen a xenomorph.
3. Dallas, Kane, and Lambert were the first humans to explore that alien ship. They didn't find any human corpses, any human gear that was dropped or left behind, nothing. But they themselves DID leave gear behind unless you assume they were so careless with Kane that they stopped to pick up all the gear he dropped or that they used to get in and out of the egg chamber.
4. If humans had come before, led a successful mission, recovered a specimen, and got out without leaving any clue they had been there, not even footprints in the dust, then Weyland Yutani probably already had the specimen.
Unless it went like the Nostromo, in which case, Weyland Yutani would not have sent the Nostromo to fail a second time.
They would have sent a better equipped science vessel with marines to help make sure the specimen was collected properly on the second try. We have proof of this from Alien 3.
Which leads us all to the fact that when the Nostromo landed on LV-426, nobody on board or at Weyland Yutani knew anything about what was there.
All they had was a signal of alien origin and no real clue about what made it or why.
Now we can speculate about a sinister mastermind at Weyland Yutani who possessed some kind of magical plot-driven omniscience and mysteriously knew exactly what was on LV-426.
But THAT requires a bunch of assumptions, including that such omniscience is even possible, and is not grounded in even one bit of evidence from any of the movies.
It's much, MUCH more plausible, as well as supported by this movie and the rest of the franchise, that Ash was sent to find out what was on this planetoid and bring back a specimen of whatever he found, with no foreknowledge of what it might be.
@@blakewalker84120 Bottom line is, the movie does not answer any of those questions, which allows people to speculate about it more than 40 years later, and that's the beauty of it.
I don't consider anything outside of Alien or Aliens canon, but if you do, there are versions where the Wayland Yutani android David creates the xenomorphs. If you consider AvP canon, then the company knew a lot about them, they recovered advanced technology from the Predators, so they were not just insane ramblings. So even the "official" movies contradict themselves all over the place.
I never said humans had been on LV-426 before the crew of the Nostromo. You're going down that rabbit hole all by yourself.
Also, saying the Company "knows" or "doesn't know" something is not accurate. There's information that's only available at the top management level.
I saw this with my brother in the cinema back in 79 and have been a fan ever since
P.S Ripley is a strong female character done right
Zero cgi in this movie that’s why it’s so damn scary and so much fun.
One thing I have noticed, even though we know what Ash was really up to, he did have a legit point as well when telling Parker not to kill the creature when it first emerged. It also has acid for blood, which even if they didn't know for sure, was pretty likely. Stabbing it would have probably caused a lot of acid blood everywhere, potentially injuring or killing those around it and maybe this time eating through the hull for sure. So Ash had a legit excuse to fall back on if any of the crew questioned why he said not to kill it then.
Watch Aliens next. That's undeniably the best film in the franchise.
I'll second that. 👍
It's the best film EVER!
@@Youngie761 "LET'S ROCK!" 💥💥💥💥💥
I consider Alien and Aliens equally matched, perfectly complimentary films. An unusual example of a perfect original followed by the perfect sequel.
It's likely the funniest.
excellent movie! you remind me very much of my friends
He's a Hobbit. Ash is a God damn Hobbit.Not a spoiler as it's not a surprise reveal. But if you haven't seen the Lord of the Rings movie yet if you hated the Ash character but loved the actor Ian Holm's portrayal of Ash....Bilbo 22 years later!
LMAO 🤣🤣🤣 dirty thieving hobbit
i can understand why the alien decided to explode out of the guy, the stuff he was eatting looked like left over sphagetti, the kind that people pour water on saying it will make them more flexible but it only waters down the sauce and makes the pasta really soggy. i knew someone who use to do that at a volunteer lunch thing and people use to get so upset when they did it because it ruins it.
"Aliens" is one of the best sequels made, but is more action flick than straight up horror like "Alien".
The ore was dug up by miners, not the Nostromo crew. It was put into the mobile refinery platform and the Nostromo is towing that. Common misconception.
Reembok Reacts 🔥 🐐
When you watch Aliens please do the directiors cut, or special edition it's sometimes called. It adds more story and context.
The crossover was sometimes after Predator 2 so no big deal there.
So enjoyed your reaction Reembok, love watching young people discover and watch this masterpiece,..lol yes, Ash is a robot, Ian Holm, who's also in Lord Of The Rings, Fifth Element, From Hell, excellent actor, Yaphet Koto, a former James Bond villian, Victoria Cartwright aka, Lambert, was also in Witches of Eastwick, her sis Angela was Penny on original Lost in Space,..Harry Dean Stanton, Brett, was in Christine(Stephen King based movie), and Pretty in Pink,..John Hurt, Kane, was in 1984,
Doctor Who, V for Vendetta, Tom Skerrit, was on orginal Kolchach Night Stalker horror series,,..at the time I only knew Yaphet Koto, stellar cast, Ridley Scott built real to size interiors, real hallways, mess hall,..it's funny that it takes.ace.in 2037, we're only a few years out from that, and now they really have invented a full body scan machine, when this was made it truly was science fiction, and yess the alien knew Ripley was leaving,..the there were all kinds of explosions going on, probably shift in the ships movement, shuttle was only quiet place left, and alien liked cornering it's prey, think it fed on the terror and fear, as well,..amazing movie, do check Aliens, and I know Alien 3, isn't everyone's fav,..totally up to you, but the story for Ripley does continue, also check.out trailer for Alien, it was so terrifying, and also the one for Aliens,.....keep going, Godspeed, Peace ✌
The actress is Veronica Cartwright, not Victoria. I believe her first film was Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “The Birds” when she was a child. She was also in another great sci fi/horror film, the remake of “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. The first thing I ever saw Tom Skerritt in was “M*A*S*H” (the film, not the tv series), also with Donald Sutherland.
@@MsAppassionata yess, I was writing too fast, didn't check my spelling,..thanks, Godspeed, Peace
Hey do you think you are going to watch the other 3 ip man movies?
nice to see someone watched the full version with added scenes , when lambert dies it is not the shoes she actually wore , she wore cowboy boots and not trainers they were bretts.
The bit with the tail up Lambert leg was originally footage from Bretts death scene where the alien impales him in the back with its tail. Think its in the comic adaption.
@@Paul_1971 i know , i believe in the editing they either messed up or scott decided to leave it in and no one will notice , but i did when the film came out.
@@Paul_1971it's also a deleted scene. It's on TH-cam. 👍✌️
@@XENONEOMORPH1979 It wasn't a mistake - Scott re-jigged the shots in editing hoping no-one would notice
0:15 Having watched the Predator movies and planning to watch the Alien vs Predator movies: FINALLY a reason to watch Alien.
Ridley scott directed alien and alot of the scenes of the kitty jonsey, when hes watching the alien are reminiscent to scenes in bladerunner. Highly recommend Scott's others bladerunner and legend and there are many other greats he did.
This and Aliens are the 2 most famous films Sigourney Weaver is famous for. Next would probably be Ghost Busters.
One of the best sci-fi horror flicks ever made. I saw it in 1979, and loved it.
Yeah, a ten minute countdown should suffice for self-desruction. Make sure there are loud sirens and flashing strobes to help people concentrate. lalala
Hi Reembok, it's great you've seen this sci-fi classic, it's awesome! Please react to it's amazing sequel Aliens (1986) asap :)
A true classic! 😊
@Reembok Reacts mother isn’t an A.I. Computer, it’s a Communications Device to Weyland-Yutani Corporation.
That's a lot of blinking lights for just a radio.
@@miller-joel Because it supposed to be futuristic Communications, sending data to the computers including the Android, priority Messages and updating Systems.
Every geek knows this if you grow up back in the 1980s - 1990s watching Saturday Morning Cartoons that was the way it was.
great reaction
"It's got a great defense mechanism... you don't dare kill it..."
Classic sci-fi horror. The tension is so thick, you will need a sharp steak knife in order to cut it.
The voice of "Mother" is so iconic, in my honest opinion. There's something unnerving about a cold feminine voice counting down to your death. It wasn't until GLaDOS that we rediscovered that a computerized female voice can be absolutely creepy.
Fun Fact: In H.R. Giger's original illustrations that inspired the look of the Alien, the creature had eyes. For the movie, Giger insisted that the creature have no eyes, thus giving the bleak appearance of a cold and emotionless beast that hunts by smell.
Real Guts Fact: The dead facehugger that Ash (Ian Holm) autopsies was made using fresh shellfish, four oysters, and a sheep kidney to re-create the internal organs. Filming had to be done quickly because the organic material would go bad very fast under the studio lights.
Bloody Solution Fact: It was conceptual artist Ron Cobb who came up with the idea that the Alien should bleed acid. This came about when Dan O'Bannon ran into a wall with the screenplay on how to handle the last half of the movie. He needed a good reason for why the crew members don't just shoot the thing and kill it but still not make it an indestructible monster that can't be killed. The acid blood was the idea that solved this problem.
I like how when the computer outputs INTERFACE 2037 READY FOR INQUIRY 5:12 you immediately assume that 2037 is the year. Just for the record, folks, "interface" does *not* mean "year".
Gotcha...The writers were definitely genius for their time as even today some things still are left to ponder deeply
@reembokreacts The movie is actually set in the year 2122.
I'm enjoying binging your videos.😊
Sigourney Weaver Is always awesome
'Ripley' =Avatar
'Kane'=Harry Potter Series (really Philosophers tone And Deathly Hollows 1 & 2).
'Ash'=Lord Of The Rings
It's not Disney. At least, not back then. Which is why it's really, really good.
10:02 "Oh man, dry-dock sounds bad."
Not really.
It's a term for boats/ships on the water.
When there is damage below the water, they basically lift the boat out of the water so they can wok on it while it's dry.
Dry-dock.
For space ships, it means parking them inside a bigger ship where they can close the doors and fill the whole area with air so workers can just work on it without being out in space.
Yeah, this fragment never made sense to me. I believe they say "we can't fix it here...we have to dry dock..." It makes no sense to me because they HAVE TO fix it right there...and it seems they do fix it. It is hilarious that one guy says tell them 17 hours and the other guy says "at least 25 hours...."
@@danielwagman9794 "Yeah, this fragment never made sense to me. I believe they say "we can't fix it here...we have to dry dock..." It makes no sense to me because they HAVE TO fix it right there...and it seems they do fix it. "
I can help with that.
Just consider the Titanic, but imagine there was less damage - still a lot of damage and flooding, but not enough to sink it.
Now, the crew at sea could throw some metal plats over some of the leaks, brace those with metal beams, and weld them in place.
This would be patching the leak and it can keep a ship afloat.
Ships are damaged but not sunk do this all the time.
But nobody would say those metal plates, internal braces, and partially flooded compartments are "fixed".
But the could, carefully, make it to the nearest dry dock and make real repairs to fix the ship good as new.
For the movie, I image that one landing strut might have bent and the bending may have twisted the hull, at least a little. Very similar to what happens to a small family car if they run up onto a curb too hard.
They patch the leaks, re-route any electrical systems, and make the ship space-worthy, but it's not really "fixed" yet.
"It is hilarious that one guy says tell them 17 hours and the other guy says "at least 25 hours..."
Yes.
17 is the estimate that takes hard work from both guys.
25 the relaxed estimate that doesn't require hard work; they can be kinda lazy and still meet their promise.
So Brett was probably giving an honest estimate, then Parker exaggerated it so they wouldn't need to work very hard.
both blade runner films great too
See Aliens !!
Hey, Reembok! This is one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time!
I prefer the original THEATRICAL CUT you saw because I feel it's paced better and lacks a scene which contradicts the sequel. However, the Director's Cut boasts a moment when Veronica Cartwright smacks the cr@p out of Sigourney Weaver which definitely SHOULD HAVE BEEN in the Theatrical Cut!
Despite preferring the Theatrical Cut for the first movie, there is ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION that you must watch the SPECIAL EDITION with longer runtime of the sequel, "ALIENS"!!!!!!! There are critical additional scenes that add context to the movie and it is the version director James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver themselves prefer.
Director Ridley Scott kept the entire cast in the dark about the famous CHESTBURSTING scene except for John Hurt. Their reactions were absolutely genuine and mirrored the audience's response! Veronica Cartwright got sprayed by fake blood and fell over backward. They only filmed the scene twice. It remains one of the most ICONIC IN CINEMA HISTORY!
The PACING is deliberately slow at the beginning to acquaint the audience with the ship's geography, to demonstrate authentic-looking space travel and maneuvers, to familiarize the audience with the crew, to establish the threat posed by the creature and to generate suspense with the mystery of the derelict craft. There's a lot of rich character humor and foreshadowing in those crew interaction scenes as well as a subtext about this future society being a corporate dystopia. "Alien" is set in the year 2122.
This movie and "Star Wars" changed the future aesthetic from antiseptic cleanliness to lived-in, worn-out dinginess.
The Swiss artist, H.R. GIGER, who designed the xenomorph, tapped into insectoid and reptilian features that evoke primal fear. His artwork is very bizarre, erotic and has a distinctive look called Giger-esque. The final product is an iconic movie monster that is pure NIGHTMARE FUEL! The creature's life-cycle and biology is explored throughout the series. By the way, the alien's retractable inner jaw is found in nature in a deep-sea fish!
THE WEYLAND-YUTANI COMPANY is an international conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar travel and terra-forming. They have a stake in every colony world and are basically the 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. They are a ruthless corporation looking to exploit or weaponize the xenomorph for profit regardless of the negative consequences. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of all the Alien movies. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani.
This crew is not a group of explorers, scientists or colonists. They're just SPACE TRUCKERS hauling rocks. This was a First Contact situation they were wholly unqualified for. Hence, all the bumbling and bad judgment calls. Their chief concerns were company policy and pay inequity. Ripley was the only one with the willingness to make difficult command decisions that would have saved all their lives except for Kane's had she not been undermined by Ash. Of course, Ash was privy to a secret corporate mandate.
Like most Captains, Dallas had an inherently CALM DEMEANOR. By minimizing the situation, it prevents both him and the crew from panicking. You can tell he's very worried because he seeks counsel from Mother. He also acknowledges his culpability for the predicament by preventing Ripley from volunteering to go into the shafts and by shouldering that burden himself. He accepted this task not even knowing if fire would be effective! His last act is a rather valiant gesture and I always feel bad for him despite his initial missteps.
Parker is MY FAVORITE supporting character! Yaphet Kotto played him to the hilt! He's the blue collar EVERYMAN who just cares about payday and who enjoys deliberately antagonizing his superiors but ends up sacrificing himself for a fellow employee. He's also the only one who made a move on the chestburster before being stopped by Ash!
Some viewers strongly believe the alien raped Lambert! This is nonsense. The PREHENSILE TAIL probably drew her closer to itself so it could mouth-punch her with the retractable jaw. Those viewers aren't mistaken for perceiving phallic eroticism, though, as that was Scott's intent.
The giant elephant-headed alien pilot of the derelict spacecraft is one of the GREAT MYSTERIES of the franchise. Was he a zoologist, a bio-warfare specialist, an exterminator, a trader in exotic organisms, a waste disposal tech or a trucker like Ripley's crew? No one knows.
Sigourney Weaver became a FEMINIST ICON because of this movie. Ripley is one in a long line of strong female characters that have been showcased in sci-fi and fantasy dating back to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars, in 1911! There's not a man I know who wouldn't follow Ripley into hell.
You must see the SPECIAL EDITION of "Aliens" and the ASSEMBLY CUT of "Alien 3" because those versions greatly enhance both films.
If you intend to see the "ALIEN vs. PREDATOR" films, then you need to acquaint yourself with the PREDATOR franchise. The first is an action classic with Schwarzenegger. Danny Glover's underrated urban-set "Predator 2" features some memorable set pieces. Dark Horse comics explored the crossover concept inspiring Hollywood to make two crossover films with moderately successful to excellent results. They're fun and exciting guilty pleasures with the second one, "ALIENS vs. PREDATOR: REQUIEM", being particularly lean and mean. There is also a "PREDATORS" film produced by Robert Rodriguez that is definitely worth a look. "THE PREDATOR" (2018) REBOOT, however, should be considered extremely optional as it nearly killed the franchise! "PREY" is an 18th-century-set prequel to the original film that was released on Hulu last summer! The Alien films have a RICHER SUBTEXT while the Predator films are more ACTION FARE but they're both fun sci-fi thrillers. Below is a VIEWING ORDER and an INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY:
INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY:
1719 Prey
1987 Predator
1997 Predator 2
2004 Alien vs Predator
2004 Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
2010 Predators
2018 The Predator [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL]
2093 Prometheus [OPTIONAL]
2104 Covenant [OPTIONAL]
2122 Alien
2179 Aliens (Special Edition)
2179 Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
2379 Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
VIEWING ORDER:
Alien
Aliens (Special Edition)
Alien 3 (Assembly Cut)
Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]
Predator (1987)
Predator 2
Predators
Prey
Alien vs Predator
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated)
Prometheus [OPTIONAL]
Covenant [OPTIONAL]
The Predator (2018) [EXTREMELY OPTIONAL]
Hello Reembok! I love the reactions.
Aliens is guaranteed to be one of your greatest cinematic experiences.
If you can, then definitely watch the director's version.🙋♂
Watched this when it first came out - there was nothing remotely like it at the time. It gave me nightmares for a week...
A youngster is boarding the "Nostromo." What will this "seen-some-Predator-like movies" make of this "old, long, slow-moving, character-centered, no-DFX" movie? This and the next movie made newcomer Siglourney Weaver a major movie star, and,along with Linda Hamilton of "The Terminator," Action movie Badasses. "Jennifer Lawrence"? Who is that?;)
Another awesome movie Sigourny amazing
Great review...👍
Yeah, you want to watch Aliens before you watch the Predators vs Aliens match ups. I saw Alien at the local drive in with my mom when it came out. The art design was so original and the director just built the suspense up and up. Your brain doesn't know what to look for, and every shadow was a potential threat. It remains so in the sequel.
A couple thoughts from your outro:
1. I don't think "Mother knew all about the alien". I think all Mother knew was there was a signal on that planet that wasn't made by humans. Ash and Mother were trying to find whatever it is and bring it home, but they didn't know anything about it until the actually went there and found out.
2. I don't think the alien was smart enough to know that the Nostromo was self destructing and that it needed to hide in the shuttle. I think it was just instinct. Most predators on earth like to sleep in caves or enclosed spaces. The alien had a long day. Lots of being born, growing big, and 4 murders. it was tired and looking for a cave to hide in so it could sleep.
It was fun watching your reaction.
I can't wait for Aliens!
There's a few hints the company knew about it. This is an expendable crew, they replace the science officer with Ash, etc.
@@miller-joel Yes, but all those things hint that the company knew about the signal.
They didn't know what made it or why.
These guys got sent to find out.
@@blakewalker84120 We don't know what the company knew or didn't know. It's left open to interpretation. Which is far more interesting than the following movies spelling it out.
And again, this where the term facehuggers, comes from, and in films, never trust the person drinking milk! Yes there are multiple alien and predator movies, and crossovers, all worth watching!
Scariest sci-fi film I've ever seen. Took my two oldest sons to see it. So many crowded in the theater that people were sitting in the aisles.
Great reactions and subjective thoughts as the film progressed. Glad to hear that you want to watch more of the franchise. I've seen them all. The only one I have ever watched more than once is, Aliens.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. ( Y'all applies to one or many )
the most famous strip in fantasy cinema! 😊
This was not a Disney film, although they now own the rights to it through an acquisition.
Now the alien will insist on being addressed by the right pronouns.
@@miller-joel The xenomorph drone's creator said the Queen was a self-fertilizing hermaphrodite.
The thing that never really gets mentioned is that the Alien takes on characteristics of the host because it uses the hosts DNA to complete to reproductive process. This gives it physical characteristics and thinking of the host.
I was in HS back in '79 and saw this in theatres. It became my favorite movie series. You have need to watch the Prequel PROMETHEUS, before you watch the sequel ALIENS. I tell every youtuber this but no one does. If you do it will explain much as the alien, the crashed alien ship. Oh be sure to get the few minutes of Deleted conversation between ""David and the Engineer" it explains much. Its here on youtube.
Now what can I say to answer some of your questions. These guys are just advance truck drivers, not scientists, hence the reason why they make so many bad decisions.. Everyone is suprised Ash is a robot. He is actually the second generation, with David being the first one (On Prometheus) and then in the sequel theres the third generation robot (Bishop) I dont want to give u spoilers, so thats all I'll say.
Remember when they asked Ash how do u kill it? HE said "Perfect organsim, as intelligent and hostile a thing there is". They dont say this in the different versions but the Alien ate the food that was stored in the locker Jonesy was hiding in. When Brett goes into the landing gear room in the blue ray version of this u can actuallly see it hiding way up in the chains above him.
No CGI back then. This was all hand built models. I think you missed all the sexual references in this movie. The artist made a lot of things to it. Some youtuber reaction makers pick right up on it. I can say I didnt at first watching either.
There are also other movies in this series. Alien3, Covenant, I dont think they are very good. I only suggest the first three. Others fans disagree.
I want you to watch the reactions made to this movie by other youtuber reactions makers. DEVIN G (the one wheres hes alone, not with his wife) the EOM and DashaReacts. Ask me any questions u like I know lots of trivia and behind the scenes info
Regarding Predator/Prey or any movie series: when in doubt go with release order. 👍
Sequel is Aliens great film. let’s go!
Cant wait for alien vs predator ❤😁
They cant go after them. Only 3 people are allowed off the ship at a time.
Alien was a great intro. But Aliens, is much, much, Much Better. As it has not only the fear factor, but also...
This is my first time watching ur reactions. Good job! Proper emotions, just enough talking, well surprised and animated! Would like to see u do some true type or True story war movies! Like Saving Private Ryan 13 hours Lone Survivor hacksaw Ridge Once We were Soldiers Blackhawk Down thin red line Unbroken Dunkirk Big Red One Hamburger Hill American sniper 1917 ....if u haven't done them yet. Lets see if they move ur heart.
No offence meant but take out SPR (Fiction but maybe the first 16 mins are accurate. "true type", possibly) and replace it with "A Bridge Too Far", Also the original Dunkirk not the crappy remake.
Add Fury (Also fiction but better than SPR.). Maybe "Midway" and "Tora Tora Tora"
@@uncoolmartin460 I thought I had Fury in there but good call.
@@uncoolmartin460 I agree with u on the older movies....but most folks under 35, proly won't like them, the language used in writing, not much for special effects, realism of wounds or bombs or other technical things. Spr had more truth than most think. The sniper shot through the eye was done in Vietnam by Carlos hathcock. The brother issue, because of the Sullivan brothers. Even several of the soldiers names were from real vets.
@@philmullineaux5405 Yeah I agree with your comments regarding the age for some viewers, it's a shame as there are some great films. And yeah I agree with your comments about spr, but I feel people get the wrong idea about how "true" it is, the same with Fury. Whereas other true films portray actual historical events ... but you know what I mean :)
You must do the sequel of aliens Don't get me wrong alien scared the crap out of me growing up and I am a '90s baby so my uncle and auntie put me on this movie when I was very little much like little children when they are scared of scary movies I must say I was not scared all that much even though some of the scene scared the crap out of me but damn it I loved it. In the movie was made in '79 and and I heard back in those days people actually puked from some of the scenes cuz the movie was that gruesome but that's the stuff that gets me going 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
This is the start in movies...u see anyone drinking milk, beware! I would call this sci-fi, not horror. The Thing is definitely both! This,the thing, and Bladerunner,(Scott also did Bladerunner!😮😮😮) are the 3 most important sci-fi movies ever made. Maybe add Tron, and it's sequel, here. No CGI, all models, special effects and practical effects! There is a huge tie-in here. In Prometheus, the prequel to all movies, the alien here on the ship with his chest blown out. These are Engineers. A race of beings who seed life on planets and if they don't like how the life is progressing they seed another life to wipe out the remaining then they destroy each other. Engineers created humans Aliens and supposedly Predators and gave humans the technology for Replicants and Terminators! Also Tyrell Corp, Cyberdyne Systems, Weyland Corp are all related. Dallas, in a brief view of his resume, u see he worked for Tyrell Corp 😮 that's Bladerunner! Cyberdyne Systems did tech work for Tyrell Corp! And Weyland Corp did industrial and flight operations for Tyrell Corp!! Also Cameron did the sequels for alien and Terminator!!! And of course, Arnold was in predator and Terminator! And Reese, Bill Paxton and the Mexican chica both in terminator 2 and Aliens. Also lance hennrikson is the asst police chief in terminator, and bishop in, Aliens😮😮😮!!!
The old white guy here is Harry Dean Stanton. Been in every movie made since the silent era!😅 This , Dillinger, outsiders, Red Dawn, Godfather 2, Green Mile, and others. Pro tip, the first death scene the director and actor didn't tell the rest of the actors, what was going to happen with the actor, Scott wanted real reactions from the other actors 😮😮😮The real horror is, when ur being taken over, u don't know it!....just like in, The Thing!
Watching this series you'll come to realize that while the aliens are monsters it's weiland yeutani corporation that's the real bad guy
Are you watching the directors cut or the theatrical one? Love your review videos. I would also suggest watching Blade Runner.
More Aliens nightmares to come! P.S. You remind me of a more beautiful Julia Roberts.😘