ALIEN (1979) Movie Reaction ☾ FIRST TIME WATCHING

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[@Centane]

Update: I JUST finished watching Aliens and read about the Alien Isolation game. NOT UNDERSTANDING WHO AMANDA IS. note to self there is a directors cut where Ripley clearly has a daughter????? ok sorry need to get my feelings out, hope you'll enjoy next movie 💓 💓

[@Joshu_Y]

Directors Cut of Aliens has a scene about her daughter

[@VestinVestin]

You really ought to see the extra scenes, possibly simply re-watching Aliens in the Director's Cut. It's a shame that wasn't what you've originally witnessed...

[@Centane]

@@VestinVestin Directors cut wasn't on Viaplay where I have access to most movies 🥺 But I did watch Directors cut scenes later! so it's part of the reaction video 💓

[@mMarlie2000]

@@Centane popular classic movies extended directors cuts usually much better and important

[@Centane]

@@mMarlie2000 i didnt find the directors cut 😭 so i had to watch the movie without it! But i still read about the information as I needed the info for my playthrough of Alien Isolation!

[@bobsacamano2948]

It's good that you noticed how well made this movie was. It was made with no CGI. Made in 1979, it is still better than a lot of movies made today.

[@karlmoles6530]

I love watching people see this film for the first time.

[@Centane]

Understandable 😅

[@aw4397]

m2 gg

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

Yup same here. 👍🏻

[@MontagZoso]

Same. I saw this in the theater in 1979 and since then I’ve seen it about a billion times. I never get tired of seeing people enjoy this for the first time. 👍

[@dashe_8989]

Imagine having seen Alien in 1979 and that cliffhanger, and then having to wait 7 years for the sequel to release in 1986. So yeah, watch Aliens, its worth the wait.

[@graymouser6599]

The cat has his own sleeping pod. The book begins with a description of all the crew member's dreams while they are in hypersleep ... including the cat's. :-)

[@johngardner4096]

I saw an interview with Ridley Scott when this came out. He pointed out that, at the time, the people who encountered aliens in science fiction movies tender to be either scientist/explorers or soldiers. He wanted to make a movie where ordinary people were the concerned parties - those whose experience with other living beings were thoroughly domesticated animals. His description was "truck drivers in space" - which I think fits the bill admirably.

[@michaelccozens]

Yeah, it's a very neat step forward. Sci-fi prior to this time, like Clarke and Asimov, tended to be of the modernist, "bright shiny future", brave scientist-explorer type. Everything was nice and new and clean, everyone was brilliant and well-educated, everywhere they went was new. Be that as it may, this was about how the future would look to those who actually had to live and work in it. Much more post-modern, self-aware, and dystopic, with an emphasis on the immutable historical law that no age has been great for the great mass of people at the bottom. Management still cuts corners, and it's the poor and the workers who can't do anything about it that suffer. Tech may improve, but human nature doesn't.

[@johngardner4096]

@@michaelccozens Well said!

[@boreopithecus]

He may have wanted to make it but it wasn’t his idea.

[@noneya3635]

Ridley Scott didn't write the movie. Please stop giving the director credit for writing dialogue/motivations he didn't have a single hand in creating.

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

@@michaelccozens Exactly my sentiments, well said. 👍🏻

[@tritiumH3]

Yaphet Kotto, may his memory be a blessing

[@ydoesgooglesuck1960]

Liked him in 'live and let die', loved him as G in Homicide.

[@SamuelBlack84]

He's in heaven discussing the bonus situation

[@alexandertheprotogen6180]

And John hurt

[@daddymagnum1875]

Blessing

[@juanforrester2283]

Blessings for Yaphet,John and one & all

[@tomgrant29]

Ripley is one of the greatest characters in scifi movie history. She's always right, she's a god damn badass and she has a clear moral compass. 10/10

[@RanRayu]

and she is a normal person. no super human reflexes or strength, not super intelligent, nothing like that. she is just a regular woman who works as a space trucker hauling cargo, and wants to make it out alive with as much people as possible.

[@Metzwerg74]

she is THE role model of a strong women...

[@orangewarm1]

So unrealistic then?

[@tomgrant29]

@@orangewarm1 Heroic badasses don't need to be realistic. They are idealistic figures portrayed so that we can vicariously live our life through them

[@ar47yrr4p]

but I thought that bad ass women in movies/tv didn't exist until 2016? I'm so confused!

[@YourGuitarPlayerAndSinger]

The Thing (1982) is another sci-fi/horror masterpiece with a similar atmosphere to Alien. You could watch that one, and also Aliens (1986), the sequel to Alien and one of the best sequels ever

[@Centane]

People keep saying that Aliens is such a great movie, so I'm really looking forward to watching that one this week! ✨

[@NoriMori1992]

@@Centane I haven't seen The Thing, but I've read the novella it's based on, which is called Who Goes There? It's well worth a read.

[@Centane]

Thank you all for 1K subs! 🥺💓 Next movie reaction: ALIENS!! I will still be posting my Ratchet & Clank gameplay in the meanwhile for those interested, but will try to get Aliens up this weekend 🥰

[@Naxxaramus]

I'm sorry that you got scared but ..in space no one can hear you scream >:p

[@MadcapMatt]

If you need to watch it still make sure it's the directors cut there's more backstory to one of the main characters, no spoilers

[@BenC460]

My mom took me to see this in the theater when it released in 79 and I was 11 or 12. She wanted to see it but she was too scared to go alone. She said she was going to cover my eyes during the scary parts but she was so scared she forgot and covered her own eyes and I watched the whole movie. Still to this day if I ever have a nightmare it always the xenomorphs I dream about. I still love Alien and Aliens. The Xenomorphs are among the coolest, most creative and scariest aliens I've ever seen only matched by a few others like the titular Thing in John Carpenter's movie.

[@Ryan_Christopher]

If you’re still having nightmares about the bugs you will absolutely melt playing as the Colonial Marine in the Aliens vs Predator games. Flamethrowers work best against the Face Huggers, and the Smartgun (with Aim Assist) against the full-sized Xenos. Trying to engage either with just the Pulse Rifle and manual aiming just makes for a lot of screaming and wasted ammo.

[@grizzlybear3809]

Totally feeling this. My nightmares normally involve being hunted by a xenomorph, and I wake just as it catches me. Struggle to sleep after that. Thankfully they are few and far between.

[@NoriMori1992]

"She said she was going to cover my eyes during the scary parts but she was so scared she forgot and covered her own eyes and I watched the whole movie." This sounds like something out of a sitcom 😂

[@Weapon01]

I remember watching this the first time when I was 12. It was absolutely magical. Horrifyingly magical.

[@Centane]

12!?!!! can't imagine the nightmares after 😳

[@Ryan_Christopher]

@@Centane I would have seen this when I was Nine, had I been given the right movie cartridge for my toy movie player, but instead mine had Star Wars. It was a gift, or a hand-me-down. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKvSlGOQbrhjeqM

[@SamuelBlack84]

I first watched this when I was about 5 or 6😃

[@michaelccozens]

@Doug Nading Yeah, HR Giger is definitely more in the 14+ category. I think the portal into the Abyss inside that man's head is next to Lovecraft's.

[@laszlodajka9914]

I remember about the age of 6 - 10. Always finding Alien broadcast on a channel. Lingering curiosity just couldnt go away and in the end one day i had to watch it. Eventhough i was terrified lol

[@Elim-meister]

"Inside the ship it's safe." *Alien fans give each other a knowing look then burst out laughing*

[@Centane]

LMFAO someone else said that I always say the OPPOSITE of whats actually happening

[@irina1296]

You're the first reactor who guessed the Alien's head hiding. That was impressive. Very nice reaction, dear! I adore this movie

[@Centane]

FIRST? I thought it was pretty obvious in the movie, a big shiny head that we focused on 👁👄👁 i still jumped even tho I saw it 😂

[@riveraharper8166]

She's good!

[@turricanedtc3764]

@@Centane - When Ripley first runs into the shuttle and you get her POV shot, you can see it on the right of the frame - but it's literally "blink and you'll miss it".

[@grizzlybear3809]

I've just watched her reactions to Star Wars: Episode 4&5 and I think @Centane is a Jedi or a least force sensitive.

[@batbrick3949]

15:44 “So far I like it, giving me the creeps without jump-scares.” 16:44 “OMG, my heart just jumped out of my chest!”

[@Centane]

i spoke too soon 💀

[@Pixelologist]

It seems that in every reaction video, when the alien bursts out of John Hurt's chest the person doing the reacting is like, "just kill it!" They all apparently forget about the already established fact that these things have acid for blood. You don't wanna end up with a big hole in your ship's hull.

[@Otokichi786]

"Alien" and the next movie made Sigourney Weaver into a major movie star, and the very definition of a Strong Female Character.

[@mnomadvfx]

"At least she has the cat to eat in case there isn't any other food...." You owe me for a new TV, keyboard and mouse! I legitimately sprayed a mouth full of drink over my entire desk when you said that, funniest reaction to Jones ever! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@paulosa8823]

"Is the Alien a shapeshifter?" Well, that a "Thing"!!!

[@tomyoung9049]

This was made when it was more about building the suspense rather than fast, jump scenes of horror shots.

[@Centane]

Truly appreciate movies with the building suspense rather than many random jumpscares honestly

[@Cenindo]

@@Centane It is interesting that in this movie, we normally know 20 seconds in advance that "something very bad is going to happen", and they still manage to make it scary when it does happen. The "jump scares" are typically false scares, like "it was just the cat". The only genuine jump scare I can think of that does involve the alien is near the end when we discover that it is with Ripley on the shuttle. (And even that one is not hard to predict if one knows the conventions of horror movies; OF COURSE there is a final confrontation with the monster just when everything seemed to be over.)

[@Centane]

@@Cenindo OHHHNOO the scariest one was with Dallas 😭😭😭 my heart almost jumped out of my chest at that part

[@Cenindo]

@@Centane Yes. And yet we were told long in advance that the alien was coming ... But seriously, you need to watch Carpenter's "The Thing" from 1982, which will also provide the answer to a question many have wondered about: How does the movie play out for a person who can actually UNDERSTAND what a soon-to-be-dead Norwegian cries to a bunch of uncomprehending Americans near the beginning?

[@RossM3838]

Scott takes time to establish the characters and the relations between them. They then are not simply expendable cogs.

[@dexterjankaren]

When you looked at the cat and said "at least we have something cute" I said wait til you see the cute little baby Alien. Aww.

[@FelisDestructicus]

There is a wonderful book written from the perspective of Jones the cat. You might get a kick out of it. It's called "Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo."

[@fxbear]

I knew there was a short story told from the alien point of view from the movie “the thing”. I have never heard of this one. I’ll go find it immediately.

[@Centane]

okkk that sounds so adorable actually, taking a look right away

[@lmcgregoruk]

@@Centane And Robot Chicken did the point of view of the Predator kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYSpgZxjecaKpdk

[@MrCrniVrag]

@@Centane There used to be this story, but the author removed it from her blog after it got pirated to no end without even giving her credit. Fortunately she has later released it as part of a book called "Cats on film" by Anne Billson. The book is a must have for people who like cats. One small detail I always found funny af, Jonesy in the short story calls Ripley the "can opener" xD

[@michaelccozens]

Speaking of perspective, it's been mentioned that, from the Alien's POV, this movie is pretty much "Die Hard".

[@sonnyroy497]

"Let's get the hell outta here". Best advice ever!

[@Polymathically]

You want to find out what happens to Ripley? You've got to watch the sequel, _Aliens._

[@Centane]

ohmygoodness, YOU BET I WILL I was so frustrated at the end that I didn't get to know more

[@openfor45]

@@Centane You will find out what happens to Ripley if she makes the return trip back................in Aliens..............Enjoy!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

@@openfor45 And then you stop. You really don't want to know what happens after that.

[@davidbennett1357]

@@Centane in my opinion, you should stop AFTER you watch the second one.....all the rest of them are crap.....I would recommend checking out Predator I and II, both good movies with some sci-fi and scary mixed together.....

[@maddogmko]

@@Centane Watch the Prometheus which is the prequel to the Alien franchise.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"This is so well made." I believe that's actually Ridley Scott's motto. Best. Leo.

[@BenjWarrant]

Well, it was until he started to do sequels to _Alien..._

[@turricanedtc3764]

@@BenjWarrant - Those movies are still beautifully shot - incredible in terms of production and visuals - it's just that the weight of the franchise and mythology leaves Prometheus and Covenant trying to squeeze too much detail into a single movie's runtime.

[@rromano158]

"So, that's how they do funerals in space?" Yep, that can't have that "dead" weight on the ship!

[@Centane]

LMFAO this made me laugh so much

[@dsfddsgh]

That was one aggressive launching of poor John Hurt's body. LOL He looked like he was shot out of a cannon.

[@quietman71]

Get thee to a punnery!

[@mnomadvfx]

@@dsfddsgh More of a sling shot really. It was filmed on a high frame rate camera so it really only took a fraction of a second, but on film the high frame rate plays at 24 frames per second as a more reasonable yeeting. 😂🤣

[@vpreggie]

Just remember - SPOLIERS - The only survivor from the original crew is the cat. Don’t mess with cats! One of the coolest aspects of the Directors cut is that shortly before Brett’s death they CLEARLY show the Alien hanging from the chains. It’s a quick shot that’s easily overlooked because you’re so tense, but it’s plain as day swinging in the chains slowly.

[@rob7953]

You think Ripley's a badass in this film? Watch the sequel, _Aliens._

[@paulthor6255]

Very nice reactions indeed. Such fun to see these old classic movies still being appreciated. 🖤

[@sonosoloio]

you met Ellen Ripley, one of the best characters in the history of cinema and all your questions will be answered when you watch the 1986 movie "aliens"

[@Centane]

I said it and I'll say it again, she's a badass. I'm so excited to watch Aliens!

[@digitaltrekkie]

@@Centane I love Ellen's character. If I ever have a daughter, I want to help her grow up to be as resourceful and resilient as Ellen Ripley.

[@davepasnthru]

Ellen Ripley is the single most badass hero ever!

[@BarrySlisk]

@@digitaltrekkie One of my friends named his daughter Ellen after Ripley :) And his cat Jones btw.

[@BarrySlisk]

@@davepasnthru One of the few female heroes that do not make you cringe. Usually female heroes try to be too masculine and/or hate men. Ripley is different. Hero but still feminine.

[@DylansPen]

The scene where they enter the alien ship and that big alien skeleton is seated at that instrument cost $400,000 alone. When they were making the sets one of the producers walked through and asked why they were spending $400k on one set that wouldn't be on screen very long. Ridley Scott told him it would be the Cecil B Demille shot. (Look that director up to learn what that means). In the end this film is one of the best sci-fi films ever made.

[@frankrossi6972]

"Maybe it's nice where they landed." Ridley Scott: "Hold my beer."

[@Centane]

I REGRET ALL I HAVE SAID LMFAO

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

Hold my alien egg

[@futtynucker5278]

This was the first horror movie I ever saw. I was only six at the time, but this film filled me with a love for horror that has never died. I'm glad to see people discovering this movie for the first time and loving it.

[@dionnecoburn134]

Fun fact, they did not tell the other actors about the creature bursting out,so the shock and horror are real!!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

But they didn't see the actual chest burster effect, which was done at another time by a special effects crew.

[@Centane]

I bet they all got traumatized after that yep

[@AstroXeno]

The full story is that they had all read the script, and they'd seen the alien puppet, and they'd all been there while the crew took half a day to get John Hurt set up for the scene. It was the very first scene they shot, it was unrehearsed, and Veronica Cartwright didn't know she was going to get hit in the face with blood. (Which was real cow's blood, BTW- from a local slaughterhouse.)

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

@@AstroXeno Thank you...this gets misreported on every single Alien reaction. Do people seriously think the cast failed to notice that John Hurt had been replaced by a dummy with a bunch of technicians under him?

[@glennhkboy]

@@Centane yes, they did! Actually.

[@richardpoynton4026]

Aliens will give you a continuation of this story….. But if you want some more classic SciFi horror, you definitely need to watch “The Thing” the 1982 version

[@billking7923]

Ridley Scott made another movie about robots - Blade Runner. It's about an ex-cop called back to duty to hunt down renegade robots.

[@lmcgregoruk]

The only trouble with that is there are 7 different versions of "Blade Runner"

[@billking7923]

@@lmcgregoruk Insane. I like the voice over version. It adds to the film noir atmosphere. It really doesn't need the happy ending the studio insisted on but it's ok. I would recommend watching the original first.

[@fabiorezzonico4426]

Alien is one of those movies for which I'd let my memories be erased so I could watch it again for the first time... Best sci-fi horror movie ever. The sequel (Aliens) is an excellent action movie, everything else in the franchise is more or less crap.

[@mattkylie6723]

14; 37 The water comes from condensation of the engine coolers, in addition that compartment is the 'primary heat exchanger' for the life support system. The drips were condensation from the cooling oxygen.

[@BigHugsFromHell]

The only scary movie I know where a cat causes more jump-scares than the monster. We still all root for Jones. This is one of my top favorites (like many) so it's always great see people getting into it fresh, even after so many years. Good job!

[@bigdream_dreambig]

Not me! I envisioned myself as a future space captain yelling, "Get that damned cat off my ship!" 🚫😼🚀 (But dogs would be okay!) 😝

[@stevegoldy2196]

i'm really looking forward to your Aliens reaction now. I love both movies but Aliens is my favourite and i'm sure you will enjoy it

[@Centane]

I just found out that there are several movies so I'll try to get one out every week 💕

[@freak5646]

No. Stop after Aliens. There are no others films in the franchise. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

[@Pixelologist]

@@freak5646 Come on, now - Alien 3 may not measure up to the first two but it's a pretty decent film in its own right. Just be sure to stop after THAT one. lol

[@genghispecan]

"...they were having such a lovely time and now one of them is dead..." lol - yeah, I guess you could say that's life.

[@oarga65]

I was six years when I watched it.Now I am 19 years old and it’s my favorite movie,very well made and thinking it was made like 42 years ago.You’ll enjoy the sequel too,maybe even the 3rd and 4th movie and the prequels,Prometheus and Alien Covenant.

[@claw320]

As you can see, ALIEN is not a movie... it's an experience! Don't worry about the end you can now watch the next movie ALIENS that continues right where this one leaves off.

[@Centane]

Bet I will! I have read so many comments about Aliens and now I'm incredibly excited!! 😍

[@Cenindo]

You need to watch John Carpenter's 1982 horror movie "The Thing", which indirectly involves a Norwegian base in Antarctica. But the Norwegians dug up something that really should have stayed in the ice, and after their whole base has been wiped out, the menace spreads to a near-by American base. The movie takes it from there.

[@sonnyroy497]

Another great movie!

[@AstroXeno]

The scene that explains Ripley's nosebleed was cut during production because they were behind schedule and running out of time, but the scene of her with the nosebleed had already been shot, and there wasn't time or budget to re-shoot her without a nosebleed.

[@BarrySlisk]

The other female punches her in the face.

[@haeleth7218]

When the late actor Ian Holm who played Ash the robot had to do the scene where his severed head is on the table he said he hated it. This is because they put a big cup of milk in his mouth and Ian Holm hated milk.

[@turricanedtc3764]

I'd imagine having your head poking through a hole in the table and being covered with latex and paint must probably have been bloody uncomfortable too!

[@davidgagnon3781]

The giant skeleton was one of the advanced beings (known to us as The Engineers) who created humans. He got infected by one of those ALIENS and it burst out of his chest just like what happened to Kane.

[@douglasostrander5072]

My opinion stop after aliens. This was the first rated R movie I saw. My brother took me in 1979, I had to read the book first.

[@Centane]

Been reading so many different thoughts, some people say stop after aliens, others say stop after resurrection 🥺

[@DeltasArbiter]

For me the first two are the best, you can skip alien 3, and the rest are varying quality but all watchable. Alien 3 is really the only one I would say skip, it’s just downright depressing and has some pretty bad early CGI effects. There’s some great acting and cinematography in it but that’s about it. Even the guy who directed it doesn’t like it.

[@abstractnonsense3253]

- Why do people never listen to the women? _a few moments later_ - Erm... I was saying she was a badass but this girl is psychotic _a few more moments later_ - She's so badass

[@Centane]

movie made my emotions.... questionable

[@SaRENRampaiger]

Aliens is the best sequel.. Now do Starship Troopers, Predator and Terminator franchises.. This one's just warm up.

[@Cegidius]

Also "The Thing"!

[@Centane]

The Terminator sounds like a good idea to do ✨

[@SaRENRampaiger]

@@Centane yeah, T2 plus the sarah connor cancelled TV series from 2008 are the only canon stuff.

[@jesselester9722]

@@Centane please react to A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) Halloween (1978) Child's Play (1988) Friday The 13th (1980) Scream(1996) Candyman (1992) The Lost Boys (1987) Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Interview With The Vampire (1994) The Last House On The Left (1972) Jaws(1975) The Omen(1976) Carrie(1976) Phantasm (1979) An American Werewolf In London (1981) The Howling(1981) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) Poltergeist (1982) RoboCop (1987) Total Recall (1990) Tremors (1990) The Last Starfighter (1984) The Matrix (1999) Batman(1989) Batman Returns (1992) El Mariachi (1992) Desperado (1995) Twelve Monkeys (1995) Ronin(1998) Blade(1998) The Crow(1994) The Legend Of The Drunken Master (1994) Face/Off(1997) The Rock(1996) Lethal Weapon (1987) The Last Boy Scout (1991) The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Die Hard (1988) Tango & Cash(1989) The Sixth Sense (1999) First Blood (1982) Rambo First Blood Part 2 (1985) Rambo 3(1988) True Lies (1994) Speed(1994) Point Break (1991) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) The Blues Brothers (1980) Coming To America (1988) Oops🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think I went overboard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oxhine]

Hey, Camilla! This is one of the greatest horror films of all time! You saw the original Theatrical Cut which I prefer because I feel it's paced better and lacks an unnecessary cocooning scene that contradicts the sequel. Despite preferring the Theatrical Cut for the first movie, there is ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION that you must watch the SPECIAL EDITION of "Aliens"!!!!!!! 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! Squeamish 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. 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. You do not want your leader freaking out in an emergency! It was also a defense mechanism. By minimizing the situation, it prevents both him and the crew from panicking. It's a 'steady does it' philosophy. 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. The plan was to block off passages as he went in order to flush it out into the airlock with fire so it could be ejected into space. 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. Drones incapacitate victims for hosting embryos or for food. 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. The prequels attempted to unsatisfyingly answer the question claiming his species designed the alien. It is revealed in the prequel "Prometheus" that the elephant head is just a helmet and you get to see the giant space jockey's actual appearance. You also see a functioning version of the derelict craft in "Prometheus". 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 single man I know who wouldn't follow Ripley into hell. "ALIEN 3" is a DIVISIVE film but it's an EXCELLENT entry in the series. It's directed by David Fincher and features Charles Dance and Charles Dutton. It's brutal, fast-paced, has some extraordinary scares and concludes the story elegantly. Please DON'T SKIP IT! Make sure you see the ASSEMBLY CUT (Special Edition with longer runtime). "Alien Resurrection" is the optional one because it's a hot mess except for one cool aquatic sequence. The ambitious prequels, "Prometheus" and "Covenant", mark Ridley Scott's return to the series but they are mostly good JUST for Michael Fassbender's performances. Scott demystifies the creature and unsatisfyingly attempts to address who the elephant-headed pilot of the derelict spacecraft was. If you're going to see the "AvP" films, then you need to acquaint yourself with the PREDATOR. The first is an action classic with Schwarzenegger. Danny Glover stars in "Predator 2" in which a link between franchises appears! Dark Horse comics ran with 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, "AvP: REQUIEM", being particularly lean and mean. There is also a "PREDATORS" film by Robert Rodriguez that is definitely worth a look. The "Predator" (2018) REBOOT, however, should be avoided at all costs; it's a franchise-killer! 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: VIEWING ORDER: Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] Predator (1987) Predator 2 Predators Alien vs Predator Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: Predator (1987) Predator 2 Alien vs Predator Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Predators Predator (2018) [SKIP THIS AWFUL FRANCHISE-KILLING REBOOT] Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]

[@littlepeach2010]

I always think when Right gets dragged in to the rafters by the Alien , Jones is thinking 'Yes my minion, remove my human oppressors' Rioley only survived cos the Xenomorph can't open tins

[@jeffthompson9622]

It's time for you to watch one of the best sequels ever made.

[@tonymoyer2817]

Loved the editing commentary. It's like you are reacting to your own reaction along with the rest of us. Clever and funny.

[@bowlining]

He was trying to put the spoon in his mouth, so that Kane didn't bite his own tongue

[@Buskieboy]

"At least she's got the cat to eat in case she doesn't have any other food." 😱 WTF? Centane: 😋

[@jamesharper3933]

One of the best sci-fi movies ever. The deal with the spoon was to put it cross ways in his mouth so he wouldn't bite his tongue off.

[@MrHws5mp]

They did the Space Jockey (huge skeleton) set by only building one wall, then putting the Space Jockey and the floor on a turntable. By carefully choosing the angles, and keeping track of what would be behind the actors, they managed to give the impression that it was this huge bowl-shaped room without having to actually build it. The Nostromo interior sets were full 360 deg sets, that is to say they didn't have one wall missing like normal movie sets, and the crew had to film inside them with relatively small cameras. The carpenters had to re-build the bridge set mutliple times because Ridley Scott kept saying "make it lower, make it lower..." I think this was the first time a movie set was made that way. It's been done since of course, notably on the Firefly TV show. Another fun fact: the lasers used to make the blue light over the eggs in the alien spacecraft were borrowed from the rock band The Who, who were filming a live concert on another stage at Shepperton Studios at the same time that Alien was filming there. If you watch this video, you'll see them being used at about 6:35 in the instrumental of Won't Get Fooled Again: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3XJcpd-d9l-lbM

[@Al_NERi]

"Maybe it's very nice where they landed" LMAO. Firm grasp of sci fi/horror movie dynamics there. Thanks I needed a good belly laugh today.

[@Grahf0]

Fun fact about the part where they are exploring the alien ship and they see the giant alien corpse. The suits the actors were wearing were extremely hot, the point that the cast was regularly passing out, as they had no ventilation. For the scene with the giant deceased alien pilot, often called the "space jockey" at the time, they use smaller suits and had the director cinematographer's children in them, they were smaller and it would make the set look bigger. It was only after they started passing out as well, that changes were made to the suit. The alien suit also posed its own problem, as the creatures tail meant that the actor couldn't sit down. They had to make a swing to accommodate him so he could rest.

[@tsguejay9928]

Wanted to see this so bad when it came out. But didn't get the chance to. In 5th grade I bought the paperback and started reading it. The descriptions on the ship was so creepy I would not go in the house alone. The hallway was lit up and I went out and sat on the car within sight on my dad tilling the garden. Then read the chestburster scene and I put the book down and ended up giving it to a classmate. Missing it in theaters might have been a good thing. Did see Aliens in theaters. One of the best theater experience I had. People were gasping, cheering and hooting. The 2 movies are my favorites.

[@Bruce-Wayne79]

Now you have to watch the next movies. Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. There's also Alien Vs Predator.

[@Centane]

Heard so many good things about Aliens so thinking to have that one up already this sunday 😄

[@mikefoster6018]

Its sequel Aliens is equally superb.

[@shainewhite2781]

Saw this film with my parents on the UPN network in 1999 as a Friday night movie premiere. Scared the hell out of us! We couldn't sleep for a week. I had nightmares where the Alien chased me down a dark hallway and killed me. I kid you not, this is what happened.

[@cinnamonshiva]

21:05 "atleast she has the cat to eat in case she doesn't have any other food" ????!!?????? what XD hahahaha

[@Centane]

I MEAN WAS I WRONG HAHAHA

[@tunage8354]

@@Centane Yes. I'm disturbed that people find this funny. But then again, most people are assholes.

[@heavyvacation]

I watched this with my mom in 1979. (They mostly didn't care what movies kids saw then) I just thought it was cool. Then I saw it in the theater earlier this year, all alone, with the big screen and darkness, loud sound and: It made me cry, panic and gave me trauma. That's how effective the film is.

[@luvmaika]

They are the equivalent of Truckers. The Nostromo is a commerical towing vehicle. What the Nostromo was towing was an automated refinery.

[@politicallycorrectredskin796]

The xenos were originally based on the way wasps behave. The original design had composite eyes and everything, but they changed it after Giger submitted his designs. The resin on the walls and incubating inside living hosts came from that original wasp idea.

[@JOSEANTONIO-oy2fl]

the scene of the alien being born is the most traumatizing

[@Centane]

i truly did not see it coming

[@TRU_Lunchy]

Reason the Alien was weak and tired at the end, was like some insects, when separated by themselves, can morph into a queen and start to reproduce. It's touched upon in the directors cut a little.

[@my-maine-role6839]

Loved your reaction to this classic.

[@MrFarnanonical]

5:50 All the alien stuff, inside the spaceship and I believe the alien itself was all made by H.R Giger. If you've never heard of him just google "H.R Giger Art" and look at images. He had such a distinctive style.

[@brianowens8198]

Even the actors knew they were making a classic during filming. Nothing else quite like it.

[@cajunsushi]

One of the funniest lines from a reaction,” at least she has a cat to eat.” 🤣

[@alainvachon6255]

Loved the comments. 😆 If you ever travel to Switzerland, there is the HR Giger Museum in Gruyeres. Giger is the artist who designed the alien monster and some set decoration.

[@martinstallard2742]

The water is from the ship's nuclear reactor cooling system

[@markweiss9178]

The two maintenance engineers, Brett & Parker, are plaued by Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) and Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021). The chemistry between them is wonderful. Yaphet Kotto was amazing in Homicide: Life in the Street (1993-1999). Harry Dean Stanton is best known for Repo Man (1994) and the cult classic Escape From New York (1991). You are perfect for reacting to Eacape. Fantastic movie. Kurt Russell stars as Snake Plissken.

[@mwflanagan1]

“Maybe it’s very nice, where they landed”. Uh, no, that would be a movie called “Nice safe landing on a strange planet”.

[@flexydex8754]

moon not planet

[@franciscojavierp.7162]

Hi Kamilla, this is, for me, a work of art, revolutionary in every way. You have to put it in context, it's a film from 40 years ago, when SF was changing from the way it was seen in the 60s/70s, very bright to something more in line with what interstellar travel could really be. It only had as precedents Kubrik's 2001, trying to be very, on the one hand true to what life in space can be and on the other hand with a very interesting message; and on the other hand Star Wars, which chose to follow in the wake of space adventures, Flash Gordon style. One should mention the influence of the comics on this film, and how this in turn influenced the comics and subsequent cinema; one can say that there is a before and an after of this film and Blade Runner. I won't go any further, I send you a big hug and lots of encouragement for your channel to continue growing.

[@packetcreeper]

So great to watch a reaction from someone who's never seen this. Ridley Scott is an amazing director. This is my second favorite film. The first is another Ridley Scott film called Blade Runner.

[@joeschwartz8162]

Stir of Echoes, Hand that Rocks the Cradle, What Lies Beneath, The Abyss. And the movie based on true events The Ghost and the Darkness (those lions are stuffed and in a museum in Chicago

[@babyfry4775]

Alien is a classic horror movie, full of suspense. You need to watch the sequel Aliens to see what happens next. Ripley was one of the first female heroes in the movies at that time. She was a badass. It was unusual to have the Captain of a ship die in the middle of a movie. It was made well, stands the test of time. Good reaction.

[@NoriMori1992]

I didn't see _Alien_ until a couple years ago. I knew I would enjoy it, but I assumed there would be no real surprises or plot twists, because _Alien_ is like _Star Wars,_ everyone goes in knowing what it's about and roughly what happens, including most of the spoilers, because they get referenced and discussed so much in other media. So 17:15 completely blew my mind. I had already seen _Alien: Covenant_ and _Prometheus,_ so I knew what the white blood meant, but until that moment I had _no_ clue there was a secret android in _Alien._ I had assumed androids were introduced in later films. I was so, so happy that I'd somehow never learned that spoiler, that _Alien_ was able to have a big surprise waiting for me after all.

[@wsp233]

You can play Alien Isolation, it's a survival horror taking place between Alien and Aliens movies. You play as a Ripleys daughter.

[@Centane]

yeahhh I have it but I'm TERRIFIED. said I might stream it on twitch but not sure if I'll post any of that on YT ✨

[@joecal2360]

Yes!! You just made my day with this one, LETS GOOOO

[@Centane]

THANK YOU for making my day with this comment!! LETS GOOOO

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

Love the way you say "Don't leave the ship / Don't go in there /Don't touch it". Number one they were told to go and investigate, but more importantly if they didn't do those things (and others) there wouldn't be a Movies would there?

[@marievjing]

Don't forget to watch the "extented cut" for ALIENS ^^

[@douglascampbell9809]

Yes this.

[@Centane]

Hii, heard that it's better to watch the extended cut after you've seen the movie. Is this something others also recommend? 💓

[@TheRiehlThing42]

@@Centane They're both good, but the extended is better. It isn't necessary either way. I think it would be only for one scene in the extended cut that is early on, but that would be if you haven't seen this movie. First movie I saw in the series was Aliens theatrical cut, so I didn't know about the facehugger at all. That surprised me later in Aliens. The director's cut reveals a facehugger earlier in the movie than the theatrical cut does. I think that would be the only reason why.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

It would be best to just watch the extended cut to begin with. Vital information is included. James Cameron himself considers it the official version.

[@marievjing]

@@Centane In fact, as the others subscribers said, there is one particular primary scene in the extented cut which is too important for ripley's development. If this scene where in the theatrical release I would say go for it but infortunetly ... If you want to watch this scene you need to get the director's cut. And honestly, the director's cut is only fifteen minutes more so ... The original version is already long ^^

[@benjaminluttrell3673]

“At least she has the cat to eat in case she has no other food.” 😂🤣😂

[@bdoeden64]

"That's how they do funerals in space...", and on many ships of the 'seas'.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

19:20 "Mother _truck."_ Yeah. Clucking _bell!_

[@83shadow3]

For this movie I like to mention a deleted scene. In it when they scan Kane with the alien on . His face Ripley notices a small mass . Next to his long she ask Ash what is that. He says i don't know so it was cut for a . Good reason because people would know that he was implemented with something.

[@michaelproctor8100]

The inspiration for Alien was a 1958 movie called It! The Terror From Beyond Space.

[@dallasyap3064]

It's hilarious how she refers herself as "moron" and later on "still a moron"

[@lazyperfectionist1]

A couple things that have occurred to me about this movie. First, the _Nostromo_ is a _mining_ ship, being sent on an _investigation._ This doesn't seem proper to me. Mining ships are properly sent to places that are already well _investigated_ and _explored._ You find a place that has a valuable resource, you investigate it and explore it (with _scout_ ships), you identify every probable threat and _then_ you send mining ships. Then those mining ships fill their holds _to capacity_ with that resource, _whatever_ it is. Then those mining ships focus on getting that resource straight to wherever it's needed with all available _haste._ Second, if they had the foresight to put in place the protocol to keep someone out of the ship for at least 24 hours after probable exposure lest they risk exposing anyone else, it seems to me they ought to have _likewise_ had the foresight to have designed the _Nostromo_ with two _separate_ medical facilities; one you access from _inside_ the ship and one you access from _outside;_ so anyone who's been exposed can undergo treatment without exposing anyone _else._

[@tzuyd]

"Why do they never listen to the women" Actually, the script writer wrote Ripley as a male character initially, so sexism wasn't a factor.

[@djwille88]

I really miss this style of movie these days...

[@9thSapper]

Hello everyone, I'm subscriber 882. Glad to be here.

[@Cegidius]

Welcome! :D

[@Centane]

Thank you so much 😭💓

[@eddhardy1054]

11:59...they put a spoon in his mouth because he's having a fit and they don't want him to bite his tongue. ☺

[@Centane]

Yesss several has explained that to me and I appreciate that! Something people don't teach us in regular schools here in Norway sadly

[@eddhardy1054]

@@Centane no worries. 😊

[@Lonely_Goat]

the actors didnt know that was going to bust out of his chest at the table.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I've never seen a reacter get mad at how this ended: Ripley defeated the alien and was safe in her spaceship with her cat. We can assume that she set the autopilot to take her back to Earth like she would have done on the Nostromo. Of course, the second movie takes off right after this one (with a bit of a time gap...) so we can know for sure what happened to her.