ALIEN (1979) Movie Reaction *FIRST TIME WATCHING* | ONE OF THE GREATEST DIRECTED FILMS I'VE SEEN!

[@HelloMellowXVI]

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[@willwalker6894]

Yea, I was in the middle of it earlier and it went blank.

[@BraanFlakes08]

Great reaction man

[@CeliniacForLife]

Please watch Terms of Endearment, Beaches, Steel Magnolias, Driving Miss Daisy, and Fried Green Tomatoes next.

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

@@CeliniacForLife i wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy....wait,my worst enemies might like it....soy boys.....

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

@Not A Cop game makes you havd a heart attack every time you play it lol

[@mikek9297]

"I love when movies use that retro style" Brother, when this movie was made, this shit was cutting edge futuristic.

[@midnightmosesuk]

It has a kind of grungey effectiveness even today.

[@risksrewardsrelics51]

It was futuristic, but definitely styled as blue-collar futuristic. They definitely gave the vibe of what a mining crew in space would be like.

[@mikek9297]

@@jmack8767Or you can go the starwars way and make your tech look retro. Certainly didn't hurt their bottom line.

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

R.I.P. Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto...

[@karlsmith2570]

I'd forgotten that Harry Dean Stanton had also passed away, so now that I've been reminded of that, it means that we've lost 4 actors who were in this movie, the recent one being Yaphet Kotto

[@pyromancer666joel]

You forget that the man who was in the alien (xenomorph) suit died in the 90s. Bolaji Badejo was his name. Also the woman who played the ships announcement voice also passed away in 2007 her name was Helen Horton. It’s sad to see the actors pass away in movies that made your childhood. My dad and I watched this when I was very young, maybe 10. Mom did not approve so we would watch these kind of movies when she wasn’t around😁

[@galaxytraveler5779]

@@pyromancer666joel Yup... it's really hard not to get depressed about it. Time is such a bitch... i hate it. But you just have to accept it :(

[@KanWoo76]

I'm just finding out about Yaphet Kotto! 😩I didn't know Bilbo & Toot "The Ol Koot" died too!!! I need to start watching the news more!

[@Seantendo]

And H.R. Giger. He passed away in 2014.

[@E3WEINER]

Fun fact: most of the cast weren’t aware of how the chest bursting scene was going to go so their reactions are genuine

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

@Sparked Tiger Veronica Cartright got clobbered in the face by a stream of Pigs Blood, She slipped on some spillage on the floor and ended up falling over (There is footage of it in a documentary).

[@karlsmith2570]

@Sparked Tiger well, considering that she'd gotten more on the receiving side of the fake blood sprayed on her, it's not surprising that she'd still have Nightmares about that

[@sexysadie2901]

You can actually see Veronica Cartwright looking at the crew in rage.🤣🤣🤣

[@MariusWales]

If I were one of them, and I'm glad I'm not, I would punch Ridley Scott in the face for that. XD

[@MariusWales]

@Sparked Tiger Tell me you wouldn't be pissed as well. X)

[@hstaff679]

Can we just acknowledge that John Hurt not only rivals Sean Bean for the most deaths on screen but has possibly one of the most iconic deaths in the whole of cinema

[@danpurdy32]

"Oh, no. Not again."

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

@@danpurdy32 "Hello, my baby...."

[@sobr4986]

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 "Check, please"

[@markbarrett4440]

I'm trying to think of a film in which he DOESN'T die.

[@MariusWales]

@@markbarrett4440 Hmm... What about the animated Lord of the Rings or 1984? Although, seeing what he got in the latter, I think death would be better.

[@MrJimithee]

" A genius and a freak" I think H.R. Giger would LOVE that description!

[@MontagZoso]

Yes. Yes he would! 👍😎

[@whackybeardedbootsmann3484]

I'm sure he would. Considering he used to consume opiates in order to keep his mind under control, stating he was afraid of it.

[@natek4488]

A freaky genius

[@E3WEINER]

Sigourney Weaver set such an important bar for female action roles. She’s so good in this and in Aliens.

[@irina1296]

I agree. She was fantastic in Alien and Aliens but when we talk about ACTING specifically - she was the greatest in Alien 3

[@azazello1784]

@@irina1296 she was average

[@irina1296]

@@azazello1784 Average? Don't make me laugh. She was brilliant, just like the whole cast

[@sleepup7931]

and the Character Sarah Conner

[@hildajensen6263]

And most importantly. It is done without "preaching" to the viewer or making the villain boring to make her seem better in comparison. Ripley is simply a character who grow in to her "badassery" because she has to and her gender is unimportant in relation to that story.

[@karlsmith2570]

"Is Ripley her first name or her last name?" Ripley is her last name, in the sequel, specifically the director's cut of the sequel, she reveals that her first name was "Ellen"

[@AbsoluteApril]

also in the script they only used last names as they did not know who would be cast in each roll or what gender the person would be

[@Daniel24724]

"Ellen" or "Helen" ? With "Helen Ripley", that makes initials ": "H. R.". ... just like "H.R. Giger", the designer of the xenomorph.😉

[@karlsmith2570]

@@Daniel24724 in the 3rd movie they'd shown on a computer screen of the occupants of the ship that Ripley and the Space Marine unit were on they'd shown her name is Ellen Ripley and Hicks as being named "Dwayne Hicks"

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Lmao Oh Wow Good Thing I Already Got Kill Bill Recorded

[@tubekulose]

How dare you to NOT note down any sort of spoiler warning in regard to this information!!! You are one of these guys, who would reveal the first name of BEATRIX Kiddo from "Kill Bill" to everyone just for fun as well, right after they watched......... Ooops!!! 🙄 😁😁😁🧡

[@timhibbard4226]

My favorite take on Alien from social media: No one listens to the smart woman and then everyone dies but the smart woman... and her cat. 😆

[@rittherugger160]

Sigourney Weaver is a goddess. She did comedy, action, thriller and seductress all so well. Completely unafraid of playing a 'masculine' role. You're right about the artwork. It was all over 'electronic' games for at least a decade.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Imagine seeing this in a big old-fashioned movie theater in 1979 with a packed audience full of people who had absolutely no idea what to expect (the trailers and TV spots were wonderfully vague) and all experiencing it together for the first time. It was one of the greatest movie-going experiences of my whole life. It was also the first thing I ever recorded (from HBO) when I got my very first VCR in 1981. About the chest burster scene--the cast never actually saw the baby alien pop out of Kane, since those effects had to be painstakingly done at another time by the SPFX technicians. What they were reacting to with such shock was the unexpectedly gory explosion of fake blood. The actress playing Lambert actually fell backward over a chair with her feet in the air after getting a face-full of it. Great reaction, btw.

[@kathyklos3316]

A little late but I agree I can recall the trailers - master class in in both hooking you and not showing anything. My mother helped me and my friends and I all cut school to catch the first 10:00 AM early showing.

[@diegoortega91]

Supposedly people threw up because of the chest buster scene 😂

[@BadlndsBob]

Yes, Veronica Cartwright (who played Lambert) didn't get the credit she deserves for adding to the stressed, emotional feel of what was going on in this movie.

[@patrickobrien3342]

The scene with the egg where you see the face hugger moving inside was actually Ridley Scott in a pair of work gloves moving his hands around haha great effect though

[@moviemaestro800]

Indeed. Also, the breathing facehugger's back after the egg opens was a raw tripe, and the viscera in the shot where the facehugger leaps out was a sheep's literal guts. Ridley Scott and crew really wanted this creature to feel just the right level of grossly organic, even before the iconic chestburst, and the similarly iconic adult Alien's look.

[@filegrabber1]

You're going to appreciate Sigourney's performance in Aliens. Such a great sequel to this masterpiece.

[@RichardBarclay]

Her performance in Alien³ is great too, although the movie itself isn't as good as the first 2.

[@filegrabber1]

@@RichardBarclay Alien3 is so depressing and disappointing after Aliens, even Sigourney could not save it for me

[@kole6150]

@@filegrabber1 You will learn to appreciate it when you find out about the other drafts that didn't make the cut. There was even one where in the climax a load of aliens clumped together to make one giant xenomorph. I can imagine the stupidity of that lol

[@Jer_O_meee]

New drinking game: Drink every time Mello says “I love how...” or “that was a nice shot” 😆

[@markenstein783]

No, thank you. I don't want to die.

[@einosuhonen4298]

that will be fatal when he watches a good film 💀

[@jobell2708]

Oh no!

[@LyonHall1]

we will charge you for murder with that game lol

[@DeanStrickson]

For this movie, it's understandable.

[@zandriaivy6072]

I'm 50 years of age I believe I was 12 years old when me and my cousins saw this together with my grandparents. Rest in peace granny and grand daddy. Thank you for the experience you gave all of us and the memories. It's certain movies and music and smells that give me so much joy. Thank you for reacting to that which gives me loving thoughts and memories

[@aquatus1]

This film was very innovative with many different concepts. This was the first time a major motion picture in the U.S. had a female action star. It also opened up space not just for scientists and adventurers, but also for simple blue-collar workers hauling resources. As has already been mentioned, the chest burster scene was kept secret from the actors for the sake of realism, which resulted in the practice of reigning in directors who didn't care about mentally destroying their actors.

[@gojiberry7201]

Stanley Kubrick??

[@aquatus1]

@@gojiberry7201 He cared about kids, and that was pretty much it.

[@indiatastic]

Blue collar in space - wow, never considered that! How cool. Workin Joe's in space. More relatable to the masses.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Ripley isn't really an action star until the second film, though she's still pretty badass. The story about the chest burster scene being a secret, however, isn't true. The actors obviously knew they were working with a fake John Hurt with a bunch of technicians under the table. They were genuinely surprised by the enormous fountain of blood and guts, but they knew the alien was going to burst out of the dummy of Kane.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

I would consider Alien a thriller or horror film rather than an action movie (Aliens leans much more into action). As far as the first female lead in action films, Weaver (though awesome) is hardly the first. I would recommend Googling Pearl White and Helen Holmes.

[@shainewhite2781]

RIP, Yaphat Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, John Hurt, and HR Giger.

[@RichardBarclay]

And Dan O'Bannon

[@DL2133]

Ridley Scott told Yaphet Kotto to annoy Sigourney Weaver while on filming breaks. That lead to the legit tension between them in their scenes together, and it shows. Great direction.

[@weldonwin]

Supposedly in the chestburster scene, Scott had a guy with a bucket of pigs blood, to throw over the actors and he didn't tell them about it. He wanted their reactions of shock and disgust to be real. As you can imagine the actors were professional, but BOY were they pissed at him for it

[@mckenzie.latham91]

@@weldonwin Not just the pigs blood but the whole chest burster scene itself, was kept from the cast other than John hurt they knew something would happen but not how it or when so that their reactions would be more genuine.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

@@weldonwin Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) was especially mad, she got a face full and slipped in some that had spilled on the floor.

[@44excalibur]

It's a shame that you already saw Prometheus, Covenant, and Alien v Predator before this movie. Seeing Alien for the first time without any knowledge of what happens is an amazing experience.

[@HelloMellowXVI]

I Agree, Also Upset That I Already Saw The Chestbuster Scene Before This

[@mikejankowski6321]

Before the movie's initial release, the alien's form was such a secret that hardly anybody outside the production knew what it looked like. Wasn't in any trailers as I recall. Made it all the more suspenseful. Saw it in the theater on the big screen. Wow.

[@44excalibur]

@@mikejankowski6321 Yes, you can't see the alien in the old trailers for Alien from 1979.

[@richlisola1]

@@HelloMellowXVI The large dead alien pilot you saw in the alien ship was an Engineer, like the one in Prometheus. The planet/moon you saw in Prometheus is I believe in the same star system as LV-426, where the Nostromo crew landed in this movie. So that’s why skeleton was so big. If you look at the spacecraft design closely, you’ll see it’s like the one in Prometheus.

[@huntress01]

Here. Here. When I heard that I was like what blasphemy. lol

[@tonystark5-29-70]

"This movie's not really that scary!" (2 minutes later) 😨😰😱

[@BusyBadger]

Mel needs to watch Aliens while Alien is still fresh in his noggin. Especially given how much he loved The Terminator.

[@promnightdumpsterbaby9553]

Pretty much the main cast of terminator is in alien/aliens between the two haha love how some sirectors like Cameron and carpenter use the same actors.

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Who?

[@BusyBadger]

@@promnightdumpsterbaby9553 One of the best parts would be watching him make all the, "Wasn't he...?" and "Isn't that...?" remarks. And he'd be laughing his ass off at Hudson! 🤣

[@indiatastic]

@@HelloMellowXVI John Conner's stepmom Janine in T2 is the super butch Vasquez in Aliens.

[@leslauner5062]

@@HelloMellowXVI Lance Hendricksen(Police Lieutenant aide to chief Traxler), Bill Paxton(The blue haired punk with the tiretrack tattoo on his face who tells the Terminator "Fuck you, asshole!" Michael Biehn(Kyle Reese), Jeanette Goldstein(John Connor's adopted mother)

[@wackyvorlon]

Of course, in 1979 the computer style wasn’t retro 😜

[@az2691]

I’d like to thank my mom for introducing me to her alien quadrilogy that I stole 15 years ago and returned last month lol

[@thedeepfriar745]

Get the blue Ray set

[@gordondavis6168]

Even though this a a horror movie, the characters have arcs. Ripley starts off taking crap from people, but the she becomes a leader. Captain Dallas starts off being laid back, but when the crew realizes the danger of the Alien he volunteers to hunt the Alien in the air shafts. Parker starts off being selfish only interested in money, but he sacrifices himself to save Lambert.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

That's an interesting way of looking at it. I hadn't really thought of it that way before.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

That’s why Parker didn’t use the flamethrower, he couldn’t hit the Alien without Lambert being in the firing line.

[@EzioHanitore]

The models and set design in this movie are some of the best i have ever seen in any movie ever its honestly incredible

[@derrisreaditbefore]

I really enjoyed your reaction to this. You're right that it's not really a 'horror' movie - it's suspense, and by jeez did they get it right. The atmosphere, the steadily growing tension... watch your reaction! - you got more and more tense in your hands and shoulders as the movie went on. Alien is a masterclass in how to create a franchise.

[@Serai3]

See, Ash did take his responsibilities seriously. You just didn't know what they were. The reason they don't show the alien completely until the end is that the entire figure is actually kind of goofy-looking. That forced Scott to show it piecemeal to draw out the suspense until the last possible second. It's a great example of how limitations can make a movie better.

[@danielmillward9947]

No one ever point's out that when Ripley is confronting ash while he's on his own he's watching the xenomorph growing on the computer before he turns it off 😂

[@MacJWitDaCheese]

I never noticed 🤯

[@danielmillward9947]

@@MacJWitDaCheese 😂 😂 now you know

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

I noticed that within the first few times I've watched the movie (which STILL tears my nervous system apart every single time). It's a subtle foreshadowing of what a villain Ash was. Or when he takes a swig of that white fluid that everyone assumes is milk - when he's actually topping off his levels of white fluid that androids use for blood.

[@deeasztalos2520]

And that white stuff he was drinking wasn't milk.

[@parallelearthstudio8385]

RIP H.R. Giger...designer of the original Xenomorph, and Master of Biomechanical Fantastic Realism.

[@karlsmith2570]

The scene of the chest burster coming out of Kane's chest, the reactions of the other cast members were real, because they were kept sequestered until they had filmed the scene

[@michaelriddick7116]

They also didnt tell them what was going to happen before filming it :)

[@dragonheart1236]

@@michaelriddick7116 they knew, but they didn't know when

[@Wagoo]

I'd say it's more accurate to say they knew in general what would happen (hey, they had to learn the scripts).. but had no idea how it was going to happen.. so all their shock is real

[@HmStH111]

They kind of knew about it, since they have read the script, saw the filming crew sporting raincoats and umbrellas just in case and could see the pumping whoses and the whole shebang. They didn't know when and they didn't know what will burst. Also, as they tell the story there was a malfunction in the animatronic prop so at first it only spurted a little blood, they all got closer to see what was happenning and then they were sprayed.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

@@HmStH111 Yes, this story always gets exaggerated. Obviously there was a point when John Hurt got off the table and a dummy was put in its place so the alien could burst through...pretty sure they would've noticed that.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Rest in Peace, Yaphet Kotto :( 1939 - 2021 So glad you finally watched Alien now. Paying tribute to this awesome cast and especially those among them who are no longer with us-

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Sad fact - there are more of the cast gone now than are still with us. All that remains are Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright and Sigourney Weaver. The ratio gets even more sad if you include Bolaji Badejo, who passed away many years ago.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@tulinfirenze1990 And the cat too :(

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

@@tulinfirenze1990 And H.R. Giger a few years ago. He died from an accidental fall from a balcony.

[@MrAlexSan00]

To repeat my previous comment: "I've only seen Alien Covenant, Prometheus, and Alien vs Predator." Ooff, sorry to hear. Welcome to the classic era of Alien!

[@TabaquiJackal906]

Ha, yeah, that was my reaction too.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Alien is the real thing, Aliens was good for other reasons, Alien 3 is a mess, Prometheus almost succeeded, Covenant pays the bills and Aliens vs Predators I haven't seen. That Prometheus and Covenant are the warmed-over scraps of Guillermo del Toro and Ridley Scott's plans to make H. P. Lovecraft's 'At the Mountains of Madness' is clear, and I wonder if we'll ever see the planned third part adapted.

[@fastertove]

The first Alien vs Predator is an okayist popcorn-action but nothing stellar. The rest aren't good.

[@TabaquiJackal906]

@@stevetheduck1425 I know I won't be 'seeing' it regardless. Gods, how i loathed those movies. Coming out of the theater with my hard-core Alien fan friends after Prometheus, we all just stood around staring at each other going 'wtf wtf wtf'. Never felt so let down and actually kinda pissed off.

[@LiTTleGaBi21]

Prometheus is really good imo, albeit some dumb characters, the other movies no thanks indeed

[@jlange73]

Oh dang, didn't know that Yaphet Koto died couple days ago RIP :( He was a great actor and was my favorite char in this movie.

[@pootoobaby738]

Can I just say I love how your channel has grown and watching you continue to strive to make your videos better and better every day? You are seriously my favorite reaction channel and I always look forward to your humor and actual critique of films, keep on being awesome sir 💖

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Wow... Thank You So Much That Really Made My Day And Gave Me Some Great Motivation

[@Jay-rh4lz]

"A genius and a freak" is honestly a perfect description of H.R. Giger lol

[@guyinreallife6035]

it makes me just DIE inside when you mention you've watched modern incarnations of these classic films but not the originals, its just hard for an old man like me to believe that you even could watch these in reverse order, this film, and Aliens are SO GOOD, better, by a large degree, than most of the films made now days. and I mean that objectively, not just as an old man shaking his fist at the youth here, no, pacing, film technique, direction, and absolutely most of all writing, were just so well done in the past. now its just an excuse to get from one CGI soaked action scene to the next with very little thought and few notable exceptions. commodity over craft.

[@Seantendo]

Disney World used to have a ride called The Great Movie Ride that was basically a guided tour through scenes from old movies. One of the movies was Alien, where the alien reaches for you from a hole in the ceiling, and if you rode in the back of the ride car the alien would lunge at you from the side! I miss that ride so badly.

[@creboski]

They also had this ride called alien encounter that looked kind of like the alien set. The alien escapes and then the lights so out and all hell breaks loose when the alien terrorizes everyone. Really scared me, but I had fun, still it was deemed way too scary for Disney so it was toned down and updated to make a Lilo and Stitch ride (which was scary to some kids as well) then eventually got rid of it all together. Link to Defunctland review of ride: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHjFd5Kihbyge6s

[@tonyhogg9839]

@@creboski That ride (though you didn't actually move) was great. I loved that effect where you heard the alien behind you and you feel its warm breath on the back of your neck.

[@tremorsfan]

@Bobby Peru fun fact: When I went on the ride the first time our car was Hijacked by the Gangster. I loved the ride so much that we went back the next day. When we got the gangster scene I got ready for us to be hijacked again only for nothing to happen. It turns out we were on the car that gets hijacked by the bandit. So I'm probably the only one who got to experience the gangster and the bandit on consecutive days.

[@pcwkid76]

When they announced it's closing I bought a commemorative T shirt from Disney's online parks store. Definitely one of my all time favorite rides. The animatronic Wicked Witch was amazing.

[@chongsfury4358]

I remember that ride, except i was in the first car, on the first row, and when the alien came down out the vent shaft, i seen the alien actually coming down through the vent, with it's arms out reaching for me with strobe lights going off, let you also know that i was 9 years old at the time, that image is still burned in my head after all these years, scared the crap out of me.

[@whade62000]

19:40 The alien is played by Bolaji Badejo, a very tall and thin Nigerian graphic design student who the casting director spotted by chance in a pub. He suffered from sickle cell anaemia and did not have a very long life, but he did a splendid legacy as the alien. You can find photos of him in the alien get-up on the net.

[@mackgerry]

First saw this in 1982 when it premiered on British TV. My parents were watching it and I snuck downstairs and sat near the living room door half listening and watching it through the doorway. Finally actually watched it in 1988 after I had seen Aliens on video many times before. Both true classic movies.

[@MariusWales]

Also, did you know that this film is technically a British/American production?

[@CornishCreamtea07]

H.R. Giger was such a visionary. RIP.

[@filegrabber1]

You mean crazy genius, yes! His work is creepy and disturbing and just amazing :)

[@robwalsh9843]

He really helped change the look of sci fi. Biomechanical concepts had already been around, but not the way he envisioned it.

[@karlsmith2570]

With the passing of Yophet Kotto, that makes 3 actors who were in this movie that are no longer with us The other 2 being John Hurt and Ian Holm

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

And Harry Dean Stanton, so it's 4.

[@xanderfoley6641]

Harry Dean Stanton

[@karlsmith2570]

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 yeah, I'd forgotten about Harry Dean Stanton having died too

[@leslauner5062]

@@experi-mentalproductions5358 And Bolaji Badejo(The Alien) He's dead too.

[@JohnImrie]

We are getting old guys. 🙄

[@andrewsawyer1375]

The 2nd is really good as well. You would enjoy The Abyss. A stunning special effects movie. Since you watched Prometheus & Alien Covenant, those are the prequel to Alien.

[@stukasdive3071]

I hope you do the sequel Aliens also. Definitely one of the best Sci-fi films of all time

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

A similar trick regarding the monster's reveal was attempted in "The Descent" - unfortunately, the actresses had *such* a fright that they actually wound up running off-set, so they had to do another take XD

[@RebeccaODonnell-1941]

The one thing you know about any Ridley Scott film is that it will always be aesthetically beautiful. Amazing.

[@shevawn1973]

Have you ever thought about taking a film production class? You seem very interested in the various aspects in movies. You should seriously think about it. I bet you'd really enjoy it and who knows where it might take you in the future?!!!

[@MattSipka]

“How come you guys don’t freeze him?!” 🥶

[@stevetheduck1425]

Something I like about the performances in this film (which rarely happens in films / movies made today) is that people act naturally, they stumble over their words, they act as if things are surprising by doing nothing, going blank instead of screaming or going 'NOOOOOO!' etc. It's something that's rare in any film, but here really helps things along. There's a lot in this version that wasn't in the film as released and seen in Britain, though I saw two versions in the cinema, one in London, and another a few months later outside of London. They differed by the last scene; how much of the alien was seen and by the number of explosions when the Nostromo goes up. Have never seen the scene of listening to the alien transmission before outside of a comic / graphic novel adaptation.

[@markharris1125]

"That was some good acting right there." Yes of course it was, it's John blinkin' Hurt.

[@jonmercano1138]

RIP Yapher Kotto The facehugger spit acid on his helmet to get through It was in fact feeding him oxygen, but also impregnating him While Ash was actually just protecting the alien, I think it was probably a good idea not to kill or injure it and potentially release the acid blood There was someone in a suit playing the alien. Bolaji Badejo. He died really young. He doesn’t get enough recognition Ripley’s nose bleed is from a scene they didn’t end up filming. The alien was gonna go in the airlock because it was interested in a strobing light. They tried to trap it and Ash was at the controls and he claimed the door malfunctioned. The alien got out but got its arm stuck in the door and tore it off, spilling acid and causing a breach, exposing Ripley to the vaccum of space for a moment and causing her nose and ears to bleed The company knew there was something on that planet and hoped the ship would pick up the signal on their way back. Dallas actually mentions that Ash isn’t their regular science officer and he was assigned to them two days before they left. It was a set up from the beginning Ripley turned back to turn off the self destruct because the alien was right in front of the pod. She ran back after failing hoping it wasn’t there anymore. Unfortunately it went in the pod instead of away from it. Her first name is Ellen.

[@indiatastic]

Wasn't the guy in the Alien suit a 6'6" dude discovered at a pub?

[@jonmercano1138]

@@indiatastic 6’10” and yes

[@cnkclark]

Outstanding clarifications. I will add one more, that Jones is specifically Ripley's cat.

[@natedogwilder2137]

You should check out Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” it’s the same guy who directed “The Shining” and “Full Metal Jacket”

[@Wagoo]

Director's cut was the right choice.. it has a few of the cut scenes put back in, like when Ripley finds Captain Dallas cocooned. Same story with Aliens, the longer the better! PS: RIP Parker/Yaphet

[@danielmillward9947]

My favourite is the alien hanging motionless, disguised like machinery

[@shwicaz]

First saw this in the drive in at age 7. I remember the chest bursting scene scaring the shit out of me. i remember the claustrophobic darkness of the film, and I remember my parents telling me to 'shut your eyes' many times. Those were the days.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

I was also around 7 or 8 when my aunt let me watch it with her on HBO. Jesus Christ, you can imagine the trauma and nightmares I had after watching as a little kid. Yikes!

[@shainewhite2781]

The film won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

[@whiterabbit75]

"I love how some films use that retro style." My friend, that was cutting edge back in '79. XD

[@QueensLadyDay]

The song Ripley began singing in the shuttle was..."You are my lucky star."...from the movie musical 'Singing in the Rain' (1952)

[@MigPlz91LivestreamOnly]

Lambert's death was the most horrific in my opinion. The fact that Ridley Scott didn't have to show the actual death but its left for interpretation for the audience.

[@MariusWales]

I know, right?! One of the best scary scenes ever filmed!

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

Her death screams were what really made the scene horrifying to watch. You didn't see her death, but by god you certainly heard it. Extremely unpleasant.

[@erikrichardgregory]

Saw this in theaters when I was 8 and have never been the same. Nice to see the younger generation is also affected. Yeah, Parker (Yaphet) was the guy I was rooting for in the movie. He went toe-to-toe with the perfect organism but sadly fell with his shield. Rest in peace, Yaphet

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

"You still don't know what you're dealing with: a perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility....I admire its purity; it's a survivor unclouded by conscience, remorse or delusions of morality."

[@LottaLove]

John Hurt's was also in Space Balls dinner scene when he parodied his role in Alien.

[@nopewmopan]

I got a good laugh from your Alien voice. "I was just chillin'."

[@singrdave]

First home video film I ever saw. New Years Eve 1979/1980. My dad rented the tape and the player. I was NINE YEARS OLD. Scared the shit out of me and my YOUNGER brother. This movie has only gotten better.

[@leslauner5062]

You're lucky....My Aunt took me and my cousins to see it in 1979 at the theater...I was 11...scared the living shit out of me and traumatized me for years...then over time I came to love this film and watch it all the time now.

[@salvadormarley]

I love how you understand what the director intended when creating. Same with your review of Goodfellas. You are very insightful. An excellent reviewer.

[@kevinburton3948]

Bit of trivia from the dvd extras- when the film premiered in London, England in 1979... During the scene where Brett is looking for the cat and saying "Here kitty, kitty..." A man in the audience yelled out "HOLY SHIT!" stood up and ran up the theatre isle to the lobby with his eyes firmly shut and his hands over his ears! People had never encountered a film this terrifying, that blended sci-fi and horror so well. The version you watched was the 2003 Special Edition- the biggest difference being in the original 1979 release there was no "Hive" scene where Ripley torches Dallas and Brett who are being turned into eggs. It goes from Ripley finding Lambert and Parker dead, to turning on the self destruct, getting cut off by the Alien as she tries to get to the shuttle, and then trying to shut off the self destruct. In my opinion while the sequence was from a much longer deleted scene, the Hive scene slows down the pace of the movie at a time when it should all be about Ripley getting the hell out of there. I was 9 years old when this film came out. Kenner actually released a 14 inch tall toy version of the Alien that year... which was just as frightening to kids as its on screen counterpart. Eventually it was pulled from toy shelves after multiple complaints from parents and is now a highly collectable item. This along with The Thing (1982) and the original Halloween (1978) are my top three favourite horror films!

[@johto]

My uncle rented this on a VHS, for me and my brother back in the 80's. We were both under 10 years old watching this. Talk about scary. 😱

[@fredbeard8867]

The man in the Alien suit was a young Nigerian man named Bolaji Badejo. Sadly, he passed away in 1992 at the age of 39

[@weldonwin]

R.I.P Big-Chap

[@waterbeauty85]

The first time I saw Yaphet Kotto was in the original "Hawaii Five-O" series episode "King of the Hill" back in 1969. I've never forgotten his powerful and moving performance as a decorated combat veteran suffering from flashbacks and hallucination after an accidental head injury, and I've been a fan of his work ever since. R.I.P.

[@Spindler2007]

I've always seen the ominous heartbeat that plays in the background at certain scenes with Kane, Brett, Dallas, Parker and Lambert as kind of an indication that each character is about to get killed.

[@jonnyp3811]

Classic! Need to watch Aliens the sequel next, even better.

[@edtrevino6302]

Came here to say this.. Although I wouldn't say better, just different direction it took and its one of the best sequels to a film. Dont watch any more after that, they arent worth it

[@RR64434]

@@edtrevino6302 I agree with you Ed. They are 2 totally different styles of movies. I actually think alien is the better of the 2 movies by a razor’s edge.

[@NoelleMar]

@@RR64434 A lot of people love the sequel! Because people said it was so great, I was extremely disappointed. Even rewatching scenes here, the first is so well crafted and surprisingly realistic. Like the characters don’t act INSANELY stupid, but their foolishness is kind of explained by the fact that they were sort of tricked into doing this mission. So they really weren’t prepared. Very subtle. The second movie for me is an over the top, genetic action film. I like some of those! Could never get into Aliens. However, I appear to be in the vast minority, so I’m guessing this guy will have a good time.

[@RR64434]

@@NoelleMar I really liked Aliens but to me the original is the best. I watched it at age 9 and it has not lost it's magic on me and I am currently 49. Aliens was an awesome sequel and extends the original to make a compelling story together.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

The alien was played by a Nigerian student who was studying in London. He was discovered in a London pub while having a pint. His height and slender frame caught the eye of the casting director.

[@TheNervousMedic]

I love that you really appreciate the slowness of the movie. Like, most reactions I see are disappointment or impatience with how the movie spends a lot of time on what most movies would consider 'down-time' or 'filler'. But it really makes the movie what it is and hearing you constantly sing praises of little details and the actors acting makes me so happy.

[@gojiberry7201]

The first time I saw this I was too young to really understand everything ... I knew there was a scary monster, but I didn't understand the science officer orders ... I had to ask my dad what the word "expendable" meant. I guess now it might not be scary to a lot of people and the Alien monster is well known, but back then no one had ever seen anything like this. Star Wars had only come out a few years earlier and the aliens were a lot friendlier! In this movie you never even really see the alien, so it just looked like a bunch of random shiny appendages and teeth -- you had no idea even what it WAS.

[@Cookieboy70]

Absolutely. When I was a kid, all I could comprehend from early movies was it was man vs monster. As I grew older, I began to realize it was more man vs man in that the monster being present was because of circumstances caused by man. Jurassic Park, Aliens, Predator, the Thing, etc, I look at all those different now.

[@gojiberry7201]

@@Cookieboy70 Agreed, it adds a whole different element of horror!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Just to clarify an oft-repeated exaggeration: of course the cast members knew an alien was going to burst out of Kane's chest in that scene, because obviously the final shots were using a dummy of John Hurt's body so the alien could pop up out of it. What they didn't know was that they were going to get totally hosed by blood and actual entrails when that happened. Veronica Cartwright's "Oh, god!" was her actual expression of disgust at getting blood all over her face. It must be interesting seeing this AFTER seeing Prometheus and Covenant, though that being the case, you should have already known about the giant alien creature in that chair.

[@jamesharper3933]

I saw this movie on HBO in 1980. I was 15 and I was scared of the dark for weeks afterwards. Great score by Jerry Goldsmith. Notice how protective Ash is of the alien. This was Sigorney Weaver's acting debut.

[@CannonRaw]

I first saw this at 8. Still one of my favourite movies all these years later.

[@scottjo63]

You have to do movie raction homage to Yaphet Kotto. Here is a few, Live And Let Die, Roger Moore's first outing as James Bond vs Yaphet Kotto. Other movies are Midnight Run starring Robert De Niro. Then there's Brubaker starring Robert Redford. I heard the movie Across 110 Street was good. The 3 movies above 110 St I know we're good. There are others too numerous to mention. I would mention The Running Man and his character was good, I just thought he needed more screen time.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

The beautiful thing about Sigourney Weaver is unlike today's women, she wasn't shouting out how much of an "empowered woman" she was or beating the guys down to raise herself up. She just did what she had to do to survive and the viewer quickly took notice of this and the rest is history.

[@creboski]

Yeah, that could be because Riply was written originally as a male character. If writers stop writing specifically for women and just make a great character it just works. People don't need Hollywood to pandering to them, just make a good character...period.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

@@creboski 100 percent agree.

[@pantichrist4043]

Seriously? It’s a script. Creboski is correct. Do you hate women? Cause nobody asked to hear your misogyny.

[@AdamtheGrey02]

@@pantichrist4043 You sound like one of those deranged SJW crybabies the way you just ran to the "Reeeeeee, you're a misogynist" line lol. Get help with that.

[@pantichrist4043]

“The beautiful thing about Sigourney Weaver is unlike today’s women, she wasn’t shouting out how much of an “empowered woman” she was or beating guys down to raise herself up.” You couldn’t make this statement without dragging “today’s women”? Misogyny.

[@christopheryochum3602]

Mell...thanks for actually showing a few seconds of the opening shot, and then for appreciating it. Back in the day, the model builders spent a lot of sleepless nights trying to create highly detailed ships and space stations with custom-fabricated pieces, when they couldn't cannibalize model kits. A lot of people don't know Ridley Scott had them redoing the Nostromo after the model builders thought they were done. The "tug" part of the Nostromo, which detached from the refinery platform was an 11-foot-long model with a steel frame, surrounded by shaped wood panels on top of which was placed the plastic models parts. Just your reaction in the first few seconds made this video worth watching. Some reactors not only don't mention the ship; they don't even show it. Nice work, and thank you.

[@parkermacinnis3977]

Every time Ripley yells at Parker I took it personally.

[@sexmachine77]

This movie is so damn 😱

[@clayc8115]

Man you saw Covenant and Promethius before seeing Alien?!

[@HelloMellowXVI]

Yes Sir

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@@HelloMellowXVI Technically you watched the movies in the right order :P Personally i prefer the theatrical cut of Alien but the Directors Cut has some really nice extra scenes and doesn't sacrifice too much from the overall pasting. And by the way, YES there actually WAS a guy in the alien costume. A very slender tall guy named Bolaji Badejo. There's a mini documentary about him on youtube called "The True Story of the Alien Suit Actor". Worth a watch :)

[@fmellish71]

@@KRAFTWERK2K6 yeah the pacing was messed with more in the director's cut of aliens

[@Shadewe]

The person who played Parker, Yaphet Kotto. Passed away on the 14th. Loved his work.

[@steveclevenger5826]

Nice salute to Yaphet Kotto, man. I hadn't heard he died. He was another hero in this movie. If he hadn't died trying to save Lambert, Parker might have been the last one standing. He saved Ripley from Ash, too. Totally busted that trope of the black man being the first to die in the horror film.

[@deshawnglosson6275]

Omg thank u for doing the directors cut i have never seen it i always wanted to see the fight between her and Ripley..hey yall is she the one who played the little girl in the movie the birds...and also in the body snatchers

[@Js-fr1ov]

That actress was also in The Witches of Eastwick. Her character really showcased the evil in that movie I think.

[@deshawnglosson6275]

@@Js-fr1ov lol i forgot about that ....all that throw up scene..stay safe and blessed have a good morning.

[@jeremyfalkner9223]

If you want to see some good acting in a disturbing movie, also check out 'Requiem for a Dream'

[@catchannel1484]

Most people who react to movies only pay attention to what's happening, and not as much attention to the filmmaking process on display. You, on the other hand, have a clear understanding of what makes movies movies, and I appreciate that. Couldn't hold it in anymore. I had to subscribe

[@SubterrelProspector]

@MellVerse To clarify something you asked about in the video, the "Director's Cut" you are watching is actually just an Alternate cut of the film Scott put together for the 20th anniversary in 1999. The "Director's Cut" was totally marketing and Scott even explained that in a letter written by him in the Alien Legacy Box set. His preffered Cut of the film is the theatrical version. The theatrical cut IS the Director's Cut in this case (sorta like Jackson with Lord of the Rings).

[@TheJoeyKnoxville]

One of my favourite movies. Absolute masterpiece in suspense. I'm kinda sad that they make prequels to Alien. Some things are better left as a mystery. It is a horror. It's basically a suspenseful slasher in space. Horror isn't just jumpscares.

[@nopewmopan]

I swear they put cats in movies like this just for the jump scares.

[@amberkelly3187]

As someone who has a cat, I live with constant jump scares.

[@MariusWales]

19:16 For me, this is how you do a jump-scare. Rather than it coming from nowhere, they build it up the scare with the score and how tense the acting becomes.

[@deshawnglosson6275]

I can't remember the first time i saw this but i do know that it became my favorite franchise well one of them. Hope u do watch the rest of them. Everyone please stay safe and blessed much love from San Antonio.

[@xanderfoley6641]

You changed the video and deleted the other for yaphet You are a great guy

[@xanderfoley6641]

Ur video is how I found out that my favorite actor had died

[@BraanFlakes08]

Yo I’m hyped to be watching this

[@scarletibis3158]

I LOVED seeing you trumpet out the Studio music in the beginning. from the time my now adult children were little kids, I used to sing that really loud when a movie began. they thought i was weird and hilarious. ty for casting my memory back there lord.

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

I loved the Nostromo destruction, it was the most unusual movie explosion I've ever seen. It looked like some acid-trip sunrise over that extreme blast.

[@bigneon_glitter]

I envy the man who's never seen _Aliens._ _Alien_ is just the appetizer to one of the greatest films ever made. Buckle up.

[@MontagZoso]

No way. Alien is the masterpiece. Aliens is just an action flick.

[@larsthorsen4660]

If only people listened to the women and the black guy, none of the shit would have happened.

[@pineapplesand556ers]

I love how in the opening of Aliens you see that harpoon gun still wedged in the door. Nice touch.

[@ashurmom2969]

I saw this on HBO at my 13th birthday (slumber) party, 1980, watched it from the doorway I was so scared lol

[@frankiecamacho8739]

HR Giger for the win on the Alien design. This movie made the look iconic.