Alien (1979) | Movie REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING |

[@stormywaters1565]

Facehugger* is the perferred nomenclature Fun fact. The man in spaceballs who has the cheatburster says "not again" after it happens. This is because the actor is in fact John Hurt, the very same actor!

[@RamblersInc]

Oh yeeaaaahhh it IS the same guy. Good catch.

[@omega311888]

Gents, this movie is from 1979. Except for the tactical plot on the computer screen, there are no CGI effects in this movie.

[@RamblersInc]

Is it me or are practical effects scarier?

[@GatBlackistan]

It's not just you! ​@@RamblersInc

[@miller-joel]

@@RamblersInc Practical effects are much more effective. The brain knows it's something real. 99% of the time, cgi looks fake and doesn't age well.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

Star Wars was the first movie to use actual computer generated graphics on screen as the wire frame technical readout of the Death Star we see during the Battle of Yavin briefing scene. Interesting side note. In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the computer HAL features a wire frame graphic of the AE-35 antenna that turns and rotates during a pivotal scene. That "computer graphic" is actually hand drawn cell animation that was created by building an actual model of the antenna out of wire, painted white and filmed in front of a black cloth while it was turned and rotated. This was then used to rotoscope the animated cells with the blue background that we see in the finished film.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

@@Lethgar_Smith they did something similar in "Escape from New York". The computer wireframe of flying over the city was a practical model, painted black, with florescent tape on the edges. 🤟😎

[@PepeCGal]

30:49 she was almost at the shuttle but the alien was blocking her way, it was the only way in, that’s why she went back, try and make more time.

[@MisoSilly]

A lot of people miss that.

[@feelingpaulie3943]

Yeah, was just about to post, but thought I'd check if someone else had first! Indeed... @MisoSilly , a lot of people really do miss that! I remember seeing this movie at the Drive-In Theatre back in '79.........I was 7 and with my family (my dad got family vouchers so we went to the old "double feature" that was showing at the time). My mum tried to cover my eyes in some scenes, but I could still see through her fingers..............hahahahaha!

[@Ed82101]

Aliens definitely a must watch.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

..longer cut, right - IF just seen Alien?

[@miller-joel]

Special edition.

[@bcsr4ever]

@@miller-joel I always toss up which version. There are pros and cons to each. But the original is certainly cut badly in comparison. Needs an in between edit.

[@miller-joel]

@@bcsr4ever There's no question. It's the version Cameron prefers. It's the original story he wrote and filmed. It's the version preferred by fans. By far. It's not even close.

[@tonyf6837]

The theatrical version is better. More suspenseful. You don’t see the colony until Ripley gets there.

[@georgeowain]

Actually the small ship that they use to fly down to the planet, is the Nostromo. The larger part is the Ore Refinery, the Nostromo is towing through space.

[@RamblersInc]

Oooooooooohh. Do we know the name of that refinery or is that not important?

[@bridgethaines7127]

@@RamblersInc It's owned by Weyland-Yutani, who also contracted the Nostromo to retrieve it.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

@@RamblersInc the refinery was not named. It might have had some serial or registration number but it wasn't shown on screen. Humans tend to only name habitable ships.

[@Markus117d]

She went back to disable the auto destruct, Because the alien was blocking the way to the escape shuttle..

[@gennytun]

12 minutes into this and I'm already appreciating your visceral jump-scare reactions!

[@dq405]

1979. The ships were years away from CGI; instead, they were huge models.

[@johnglue1744]

And they are still brilliant .

[@notadri11]

This was years before CGI.

[@trazzlotinkerboltz5684]

Exactly!

[@TheKonkaman]

Alien and aliens are the only ones worth seeing

[@watts18269]

Nah, alien3 is an under appreciated masterpiece imo. Just because people didn’t like you know what doesn’t take away from the awesome cinematography, editing, soundtrack etc.

[@dlf4542]

You are another fu.cking idiot. Watch Alien 3, but the speciel edition and turn on your brain when you watch it. Ripley is in a completely different environment. She cant have eny friends in that movie.

[@Iymarra]

Agreed, 3 gets shat on a bit unjustly. Totally recommend doing Aliens and Alien 3

[@paratus04]

3, especially the assembly cut isn’t a bad movie. Its problem was studio interference put the movie in a deep hole with the fans in the first 5 minutes. I absolutely hated it because of that when I saw it in theaters. Over the last 30 years I’ve grown to appreciate it for what it is.

[@MrCzerillo]

Two words in support of Alien 3 - Charles Dance.

[@paratus04]

I’ll disagree with Ash. Jonsey is actually the “perfect organism” apex predator on the ship. Even the Alien didn’t mess with Jonesy when Ripley dropped the cage in front of him. Heck you can see Jonesy being unimpressed with the Aliens slow take down of Brett.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Hush! "We" don't like♂cats nowadays WAIT! Jones vs Facehugger = Naah! I don't give shit...?

[@RamblersInc]

I would've have thought we have lots of apex predators that are great at survival and able to adapt that have no ethics or morals?

[@zammmerjammer]

I don't think the alien is an apex predator. It's a parasite.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@zammmerjammer Naah! It's a PERFECT organism ;-)

[@penoyer79]

ALIENS, the sequel is really the only other movie in this franchise that is a must watch. the others are all optional.

[@Markus117d]

The ship is in space, The crew are inside the ship, where there's air to breathe and conduct sound. Technically in space, no one could hear a scream lol

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@127Foxtrot]

It's so pioneering for 1979; nothing like this had ever been done before in this genre with such incredible craft, realism, horror and suspense. And 45 years later, it still stands the test of time. As everyone comments below, Aliens is a must for you guys; when the Aliens trailer appeared in the cinema 7 years later, the entire audience went wild... "This time its War" !!! (PS: Please appreciate there was no CGI around at the time. All the effects were practical, with makeup, sets, models etc. there might have been some computer control of cameras, but zero CGI in the way we know CGI today).

[@randalthor741]

So the company they work for, Weyland-Yutani, is a megacorporation with interests in a lot of things, including mining, manufacturing, and all kinds of technology. The whole clause in their contracts about having to investigate any possible signs of intelligent life wasn't because they were planning on having the Nostromo go find this alien, it's a standard clause in the contracts of everyone serving on one of their ships. If a Weyland-Yutani ship finds intelligent alien life and brings it back, odds are extremely good that the corporation would stand to make a ton of money from the discovery: enough that they'd consider the crew expendable if it means they can get their hands on it.

[@RamblersInc]

Ahh ok. I got to say, it's such a messed up contract. As an employee you don't know what you could be doing.

[@randalthor741]

@@RamblersInc a messed up contract for an extremely messed up company lol

[@technofilejr3401]

From what I gathered this film takes place a little less than 100 years in the future from now. That said Weyland-Yutani Corporation has known about this alien species for a long long time. But they had to wait until human technology had reached the point that some poor schlubs (e.g. the Nostromo crew) could be sent out into the depths of space to run into a specimen.

[@trevorlangston4219]

Sadly they only made one sequel to Alien. Watch Aliens and call it done.

[@qa1327]

17:22 lol yeah definitely different than Space Balls Great movie. Enjoyed the reaction. Looking forward to seeing your reaction to Aliens.

[@RamblersInc]

I thought it was going to be just as funny...................it was not.

[@Stogie2112]

21:23 "How did it get so big?" The question that everyone asks! In my opinion, the most plausible explanation is that the xenomorph got into the food storage. As it is a "perfect organism", it grew quite quickly and efficiently.

[@Iymarra]

Fantastic film, sci fi slasher. At the time, Sigourney Weaver was the unknown in the cast compared to the other big names. Still holds up, so much use of practical effects.

[@jamesm654]

Because Sigourney Weaver improved the singing of that song at the end before opening the air lock..they had to either reshoot the scene or buy the music rights. The music rights cost them a shit ton of money. The producers were pissed. lol

[@RamblersInc]

They had to pay just because of THAT?

[@stormywaters1565]

She was trying to abort the self deatruct because the alien was standing between her and the escape ship. She paniced and ran back trying to buy her more time. Keep going the sequal is regarded as even better by most and if you really fall in love with this franchise adte that move on to the other films. The first two are the real masterpieces tho.

[@cuyhater]

Both movies are brilliant: they represent two distinct horror genres. It's amazing how easy it is to miss why Ripley deactivates the self-destruct. On the big screen, the logistics were easier to track.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Next is arguably the greatest sequel and the greatest sci-fi monster movie ever made, Aliens. Watch the Special Edition

[@Garryck-1]

The company (a massive conglomerate named Weyland-Yutani) who sent the crew to investigate had already picked up and decoded the warning beacon. That's why they replaced the regular science officer with Ash, and why Ash's orders were to "return lifeform" to the company labs, and why the crew were considered expendable. They knew there was a creature, and they knew it was dangerous. So naturally, they wanted it for their bio-weapons division. Solution: send a crew of low-level space truckers to investigate, along with a non-living robot who the creature would most likely not regard as useful.

[@RamblersInc]

Time for Ripley to sue Weyland-Yutani

[@technofilejr3401]

@@RamblersIncSue the W-Y Corporation…LOL

[@L77045]

Definitely recommend watching Aliens as well no matter what. Incredible sequel. Personally, I also think Prometheus and Alien:Covenant are fun and worth watching. The others take too much away from the series for me.

[@miller-joel]

Special edition.

[@michaelnemo7629]

You've no idea what this experience was like in the theater 45 years ago.

[@RamblersInc]

I would've slowly sunk into my seat

[@michaelnemo7629]

@@RamblersInc lol and I was 11yo!

[@faithhoneybeesetley77]

Great reaction guys. Lovely to see a real reaction from people who are being real. Hope you continue the franchise as you have a new subscriber. Aliens is even better as well. Can't wait to see more from you two. Cheers.

[@Stogie2112]

Ramblers, I highly recommend "The Fly" (1986). It is one of the best horror films ever made. It's quite gory and disturbing in parts, but the story, the acting and the drama are GREAT. Starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis. Like "Alien", it addresses the "purity" of the predator and how conscience or remorse are non-factors.

[@RamblersInc]

Will add it to the list. Don't think I've seen a Goldblum movie other than Jurassic Park.

[@allisterfiend_2112]

If I remember correctly, the original trailer for this movie won some awards. No words were spoken in it. Check it out on youtube.

[@robertcartier5088]

If you mean the quasi-static image of the egg with the slow buildup of the title and final tagline reveal, that was a 'teaser' that was shown in theaters almost a year before the movie release... I saw it, it was chilling! The full trailer that was shown on TV is much like other trailers in that it shows way too much. Both are on YT.

[@RamblersInc]

Epic trailer. They don't make them like that anymore.

[@chrisfraser5088]

One of my favourite movies of all time, ngl. I was definitely too young to be watching this at the time 😂 But I remember watching it as a kid and being equal parts terrified and amazed. It instantly hooked me into genres like SciFi and Horror. Haven’t looked back since. Glad this was the one that won the poll. Even if you don’t intend to watch the whole franchise, you MUST watch the second movie, Aliens. Genuinely one of the best SciFi/Action movies of all time. Oh, and the “Amazon delivery guy” bit absolutely killed me 😂

[@RamblersInc]

We'll definitely get to the second one. Maybe we shouldn't limit horror to October and watch it sooner. 😂I'm right, right? What the hell is this company?

[@chrisfraser5088]

@@RamblersInc definitely, watch it as soon as possible! Oh, and…yes, you’re most certainly right 😂

[@trulybtd5396]

Space travel is very comparable to ship travel, as in, You are alone. If anyone is in distress, everyone helps.

[@cuyhater]

Actually, I can totally imagine Amazon subjecting some poor delivery driver to EXACTLY what happened here.

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@roskoeec]

Man, I’ve been really looking forward to this since I saw the update! Alien is one of my favorite movies of all time! Following only closely behind the second one. I personally don’t think any of the rest of the movies are quite as good (to be fair I haven’t seen Romulus yet) but the first two are aces and I’d love to see you guys do at least the second one. If I can start leaving a “regularly scheduled Alien” comments on your channel I’ll be a happy lad despite the lower quality of the other films lol (I just love the universe too much to truly dislike even the worst of them)

[@RamblersInc]

None of the rest are as good? That's a shame as there's so many movies in this franchise

[@roskoeec]

@@RamblersInc Not as good as one or two yeah but that doesn’t mean they are all trash. I’ve heard Romulus is quite good and the other newer ones like Prometheus are quite interesting at least though definitely lower quality in the writing department and being prequels I don’t think they offer very satisfying explanations. Three is… fine I think, and four is actually hilariously bad, like just completely wrong in tone and sci-fi tech. It’s like someone watched the Fifth Element and went “let’s make an Aliens movie but like that!” And failed horribly lol

[@omega311888]

The instructions to bring back, the Lifeform were for Ash only. He was capable of performing the mission by himself. That’s why he open the door and let the infected guy in.

[@manueldeabreu1980]

H.R. Giger did the concept art. Before this his most famous work might be the cover of the Emerson, Lake and Palmer album Brain Salad Surgery. It was a two layered cover that opened up. If you look at the woman's dreadlocks you can see the world of Alien. What almost was is he also did concept art for Dune but it wasn't considered. If you search the net you can find it. What gets lost is this is one of the movies inspired to be tackled due to Star Wars.

[@RamblersInc]

I just looked up the original cover. I've never been more scared of an album cover in my life 😂

[@Muckylittleme]

Ripley tries to cancel the self destruct because the alien was blocking her way to the shuttle. Nice reaction and this holds up remarkably well given it is 50 years old.

[@mrdavman13]

The alien was right in front of the entrance to the life shuttle. So she wanted to stop the self destruct of the nuclear reactor (she removed the cooling rods forcing it super critical) to potentially draw it away first (maybe lock it in a farther part of the ship) and then set off the reactor and leave the ship. But it went down and hid in the shuttle, because it figured out this is the only place that isn’t flashing sirens at me and steam isn’t being let off. Also they have very good heat sensing so he could probably tell the ship was overheating.

[@ferdnerkel]

Weyland-utani is essentially a mega monopoly. In the entire franchise i sont remember any other company being mentioned, leaving W-U as the sole corporation for the entire galactic society. Even the military answers to weyland.

[@johnmcternan4157]

I love that Ash wasn't spoiled for you.

[@Otokichi786]

Two not-exactly-spring-chickens are boarding the "Nostromo." What will they make of this "old, long, slow-moving, character-centered, no-DFX" movie? 6:35 The Company is sending the equivalent of a freighter crew to "do science" on an unexplored planet! 9:49 CGI/DFX is yet to arrive from computer labs. It's all models, set design and matte paintings. 10:19 The Space Jockey, a mystery for years. 11:50 Second Officer Kane = Zapp Brannigan. 12:15 The first jump scare. 12:47 This conversation has become iconic due to recent events. 13:10 The Face Hugger, grossing out audiences for decades. 13:45 Acid Blood! 15:43 A Props Dept. work of ART, made of sea animals. 16:51 Kane's last meal. 17:23 The Xenomorph, scaring audiences for over 40 years. 18:00 Burial at sea, an old maritime tradition that spares next-of-kin the grisly details. 19:53 Along came Jones. 21:00 Say hello to Bolaji Badejo. 23:00 You're in command, Ripley. 24:33 In 1979, this was my "WTF? Ash ISN'T Human!?" moment. 25:53 Not many saw this coming. 28:19 I've read that Lambert is standing in for us, the audience. 29:00 That's a Stinger. 30:00 Escape route cut off, stop Destruct to gain time for Plan B. 33:45 Tonight's entree on the shuttle "Narcissus" Is Steamed Xenomorph in Shell. 34:30 Correction, Char-Broiled Xenomorph. This and the next movie made newcomer Sigourney Weaver a major movie star. On to "Aliens" (1986)!

[@connorhalo]

I'd say do Alien, Aliens and then go back and watch Alien: Romulus. Skip the rest.

[@jeffmartin1026]

I took off from work to see this movie on opening day at the matinee showing. When we were leaving my friend wanted to ask the manager why they hadn't installed seat belts in the theatre. Everyone involved with the movie had to sign off to not reveal anything about the film. Before the film came out there was nothing revealed from after the first egg scene, no photos, no publicity. For the inside/outside scenes of the alien ship they used children in space suits to make the ship look larger. In the book it is explained that the alien finds the food storage compartment and that's how it got so large so fast. The rest of the cast did not know about the chest bursting scene, the reactions are real. A great movie, another great review from you two.

[@RamblersInc]

Ahh ok. Makes sense because I don't think we actually saw it eating. Amazing to get real reactions from the cast in the chest burster scene.

[@zammmerjammer]

Of course the cast knew about the chest bursting scene. How would it even be possible for them not to? They missed all the complicated rigging and multiple shots that had to be coordinated to put the scene together? They missed the puppeteer under the table?

[@jeffmartin1026]

@@zammmerjammer They knew something was going to happen, they had no idea what it was. Ridley Scott wanted the most authentic reactions from them.

[@levridge6601]

That jump scare with the alien and dallas gave me nightmares as a kid, good times! Aliens next plz, one of the best squeals ever.

[@thewheezingdead]

Wasn't expecting this, great reaction, especially the jump scares. I love this movie, easily my favourite of the franchise. I know a lot of people prefer the action movie sequel, Aliens but for me the pure horror of blue collar truckers facing off against the alien is perfect. As for the other sequels they're all sort of worth it but there is some rapid decline in quality.

[@johnmcternan4157]

Jesus, Sigourney's "ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME PARKER? SHUT UP!!" was more scary than any other scene in the film. It actually made me jump. The acting is too real, the way they're talking over each other.

[@RamblersInc]

💯. The acting was amazing, and we probably didn't applaud it enough over the actual horror aspect of the movie.

[@Stogie2112]

"Alien" had the best promotional movie poster! Ripley: "I can't find any milk for my coffee!." Ash: "In space, no one can. Here, use cream."

[@RamblersInc]

😂😂😂 Genius

[@Stogie2112]

@@RamblersInc ... I cannot take credit for this one. I stole it from somewhere a while ago....LOL

[@lauradawson7964]

The face-hugger absolutely should have been called the the ‘hand-face-thing’ 😂 The sequel, Aliens, is also excellent BTW.

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@ag4871]

Great reaction, as ever. The ship wasn't transporting eggs. The original alien lifecycle as scripted in Alien was that the adult alien would cocoon and genetically infect its victims who would be transformed into eggs. So the eggs in the hold were what's left of the rest of the crew of the alien ship. There is a scene which Ridley cut from the theatrical where Ripley stumbles across the alien's lair as she is running through the ship and finds Dallas in a cocoon who begs her to kill him. The top of the cocoon is reminiscent of the shape of the top of an alien egg. Also in the lair is something which looks far more like an egg which used to be Brett. This scene was restored in the extended cut but to be honest the sculpture of the lair doesn't get the message across unless you know what you're looking for. In Alan Dean Foster's novelisation Dallas explicitly tells Ripley that the egg like thing used to be Brett before asking her to kill him. This whole idea would be retconned in Aliens as it fitted the action narrative better to have the eggs created in a different way but I'm not going to say any more to avoid spoilers. The first alien movie to use much in the way of CGI was Alien³ but sadly the technology wasn't quite up to what they wanted to achieve with it which damaged the overall result. Personally I'm one of the few who quite enjoyed Alien³ as it dared to, again, change genre in the same universe and I don't mind bleak, nihilistic prison drama and have a soft spot for David Fincher. You've actually got a still from Alien³ in your title sequence. Keep up the good work, guys.

[@RamblersInc]

Ooohh it cocoons. I would have liked to see that bit. It's weird. We were deciding between the theatrical and the directors cut, but the directors cut was shorter so we went with the theatrical. If he added the cocoon bit, what did he take out?

[@technofilejr3401]

In the original script, Ripley doesn’t survive. The Xenomorph dodges her harpoon and gets back onto the shuttle. It then ends Ripley in a horribly graphic manner. In the final scene, the Xenomorph was supposed to sit down and sends a distress message in Captain Dallas’s voice. This was meant to show that the alien can actually take on aspects of creatures it encounters. However, this movie was released by 20th Century Fox the same company that distributed Star Wars 2 years prior. Some of the executives at 20th probably realized this was the beginning of a new lucrative franchise. So they met with Ridley Scott and persuade him to change the ending. So now 45 years later we are still watching Alien movies.

[@RamblersInc]

You know what? Whilst it wouldn't have led to a big franchise....it would have been scarier. Imagine the alien having the ability to mimic 😭

[@penoyer79]

i love how they bombard you with noise and sound and then set up the face hugger jump scare by dropping everything into silence.

[@RamblersInc]

Genius sound design.

[@dlf4542]

Do yourself a favor and watch the second alien-movie, its called Aliens, but you have to watch the speciel edition.

[@RamblersInc]

Like the directors cut?

[@dlf4542]

@@RamblersInc yes.

[@Keyboardje]

Nope, no CGI in 1979. And why do so many reactors don't get that the alien was blocking her way to the escape shuttle, so she tries to stop the ship AND HER from blowing up? And almost everybody forgets about the acid for blood, so she can't just shoot it. And... that it's a "tough son of a bitch"...

[@RamblersInc]

Oh yeaaahhh. She can't shoot it at that point. I wonder what her plan was if detonation was cancelled?

[@ebenmoore1631]

@@RamblersIncwait until the alien leaves that area and restart the detonation. A shot that never gets enough praise is when she’s boarding the shuttle and the blast of fire behind her.

[@JAYWALKER1000]

Watch Aliens - you'll get some answers.

[@vincegamer]

Your faces during the fight with Ash are the best

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@thomashiggins9320]

The first two films are worth watching -- and the second film is one of the best sequels ever lensed. You can skip the rest all the way to Prometheus. This film initiated the "spam in a can" subgenre of horror, and John Carpenter liked it so much he wanted to do something similar. A few years later, he directed one of the *other* best horror films of all time, "The Thing."

[@RamblersInc]

What's "spam in a can" genre?

[@Markus117d]

If Ripley wasn't in front, The leafblower would only be reading the movement of the other two with her..

[@RamblersInc]

Oh yeh. Good point.

[@miller-joel]

45:24 The ship crashed on the planet. It was not from there. Leaving so many questions unanswered is one of the best things about Alien. Ridley Scott tried to answer those questions literally in Prometheus and Covenant, and it was sh1t.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Agreed. Don't even bother with them.

[@RamblersInc]

"...and it was sh1t." - 🤣 I didn't expect you to end it like that

[@miller-joel]

@@RamblersInc I was being diplomatic.

[@rodentnolastname6612]

The showrunners of The Expanse admit that they stole the tone and aesthetics for the show from this film. 🤟😎

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Why wouldn't They? Even FIREFLY had an episode/nod😛

[@johnmcternan4157]

The reimagined Battlestar too.

[@thomashiggins9320]

@@johnmcternan4157 The scene at the end of Season 2, Episode 13 of "The Expanse" is a straight-up homage to the end of this film.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@johnmcternan4157 Come on! Just say the Best Battlestar Galactica!?

[@RamblersInc]

I'm glad they did.

[@randalthor741]

You should definitely watch the 2nd movie in the franchise (Aliens), because it's just as good as the 1st (although it's a very different movie, so it can be kind of hard to compare them). After that, the movies get really inconsistent in terms of quality, so whether you should continue after the first 2 movies is more questionable.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

At the end Ripley is trying to get the alien to come out of its sleeping spot so she can blast it out of the ship when she opens the hatch. That's why she begins releasing different gases. She's trying different things to nudge it out. Finally she finds the right gas that the creature responds to so it slithers out and begins to approach her. When it reaches the center of the cabin she then opens the hatch and the alien is expelled.

[@RamblersInc]

Oh it really was sleeping? Risky plan. Good it just about worked.

[@technofilejr3401]

10:59 This being is known as the Space Jockey. The elephant like structure is actually a helmet. Underneath it looks like a giant pale human.

[@fireidar]

After the movie released, the 'Space Jockey' was stolen and has yet to be found. The ORIGINAL I mean. It must be worth a fortune by now.

[@AddSerious]

Oh, to go back and see this movie for the 1st time again.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

That's part of the reason I LOVE watching Alien reaction videos - It's the closest I'll have to seeing it again for the first time.

[@jamess885]

Having them investigate possible life is not at all like having an Amazon driver investigate a fire. It is basic maritime law. If you are at sea and there is a distress call, it doesnt matter if you are a freighter, you are supposed to investigate. If you were lost in space (or sea), would you not want ANY passing ship to rescue you?

[@thehorrorfanx]

Please react to the second movie “Aliens”.

[@TheOriginalSpooniesWorld]

Basically, it's space truckers sent to investigate an alien species, unbeknownst to them due to corporate greed, and quickly die except for one who was making the best/wisest choices from THE BEGINNING. I say, "Listen to the Cat Lady" is the real lesson of the movie!😅😅 I really do love this movie and Aliens too. Many have their opinions of the others that follow. Personally, I'm a fan of the franchise whether some are better than others.

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@slithery9291]

The sequel 'Aliens' is one of the best films ever made. Please make sure to watch the directors cut though.

[@tonymayren9776]

Yes, you must see Aliens. One of the few sequels that is better than the original, which is saying something! Plus there are many classic one liners, you may have heard but not known that they came from " Aliens". Something I missed when I first watched it in the late Seventies. When Sigourney went to stop the countdown, the Film switched to a distant view of the shuttle front and you can just make out the alien going across the window.

[@lynetteoliva1256]

Hello gentleman! Congrats on getting thru this OG sci-fi horror/slasher flick.😊 ALIEN & ALIENS are my favorites of the franchise. I like your name for the creature that latches onto Caine, "hand-face thing".😄 I always thought it looked like a spider, or a cross between a spider & a scorpion. So, I used to call it "spider thing" until I learned it's called a "face-hugger". The face-hugger's only purpose is to transfer a xenomorph (alien) egg/embryo into a living host. Once it has done its job, it dies. I do think u should watch PROMETHEUS. I liked it a lot. It's a prequel to ALIEN. It'll explain some stuff that u were questioning in your commentary at the end of your reaction.😊 Ripley is a badass final girl.😊 Anyway, enjoyed the reaction fellas. Waiting to see, what u have for us next.

[@RamblersInc]

face hugger makes more sense 😂

[@benvandermerwe4934]

Just rolled a blueberry and poured a bourbon. Yahoo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻⚡⚡⚡🥃

[@katmorris4392]

My favourite review of Alien says 'Alien is a movie where nobody listens to the smart woman, and then they all die except for the smart woman and her cat.'

[@RamblersInc]

Jonesy had the right idea in the first place. Get in a locker and close it behind you.

[@katmorris4392]

@@RamblersInc defo lol

[@Margot4454]

1) Mother is short for mothership, a computer rulling all (think of motherboard in a computer - the same way of creating a name) 2) the main ship is Nostromo and this is what detached from the big one which is not a ship but their space mine and cargo carrier 3) actually many times we think they're not wise enough is orchestrated by Ash misleading them giving false info plus counting on (what you said) natural curiosity of a 4year old 4) not listening to Ripley - it is a movie dated 1979, women in power, commanding, authority was only a sci-fi thing :) Creating Ripley as such a wise, capable, brave and reliable officer was a novelty, a thing completely invisible for people today - the crew didn't listen to her b/c that was the undercurrent in the story - they triffle with her b/c she's a woman (and are prooved wrong). Today not noticable at all (thankfully!). 5) why isn't it dying ? Well, the idea is the alien is a "perfect creature" - indestructible, indeed. Probably, you could disintegrate it by a solid nuke. If you choose to watch the frachise, you might meet her (!) again.

[@RamblersInc]

Yeh Ripley was a perfect lead . Said all the correct things right from the start and made all the right choices. If everyone listened, this would have been the shortest movie ever lol

[@danielpeckham5520]

It's curious to think that these days you could watch either Aliens or Alien Romulus next as both are direct sequels to this movie.

[@DL2133]

The chest burst scene is iconic in that the cast were not told it was coming. Their shocked faces are genuine. Also, Ridley Scott told Yaphet Kotto to annoy Sigourney Weaver for an entire day of shooting. When Ripley yells at Parker, that's Weaver genuinely annoyed at Kotto.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Fun fact - In every "Alien" reaction video, at least one person will repeat the fallacy that the cast didn't know what was going to happen during the chestburster scene. This is nonsense. They had all read the script and of course KNEW what was going to happen. It was the ferocity of the effect and the amount of blood and gore that shot out that surprised them. Veronica Cartwright's horrified reaction at the stream of blood was real.

[@RamblersInc]

That's some crazy directing 😂

[@zammmerjammer]

​@@tulinfirenze1990 Yeah, I guess people really have zero idea how movies are made to think a complicated rig with multiple set-ups and shots, including special effects and puppetry, could be a surprise to the actors in the scene.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

@@zammmerjammer Thank you! Someone who not only has a concept of how movies are made but also just understands reality.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

@@RamblersInc And also not true.

[@thor-cj9dh]

Watch Aliens. It's a differnt kind of movie, but a worthy successor.

[@Northbravo]

Now that’s how you write a strong female protagonist! Less talk and more show!

[@technofilejr3401]

Fun fact, it was later inserted into the sequel that Lambert(Veronica Cartwright) is a transwoman. It’s a tidbit of information that is shown on screen in Lambert’s character very briefly. Due to budgetary constraints, Lambert’s death scene was cobbled together from spare footage of Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) death scene. Her eventual demise is heard not seen. But curiously enough it is briefly shown that Lambert’s body is undressed. Which has lead some to believe the Xenomorph was trying to mate with her. But then discovered they weren’t compatible and ended her.

[@RamblersInc]

It was trying to WHAT ? !

[@technofilejr3401]

@@RamblersInc Hey even Xenomorphs wanna get freaky sometimes

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@technofilejr3401]

@@RamblersInc In the original post, I meant to say "Its a tidbit of information that is shown on screen in Lambert's personnel file very briefly"

[@minkalampinen9519]

Hand Face Thing! XD

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@cyrilmauras4247]

Mother is the ship's master computer.

[@flashycat1]

No CGI, this was all practical effects.

[@johnmcternan4157]

21:16 Most realistic cat reaction video was already made 45 years ago.

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@zammmerjammer]

I'd love to see you guys react to "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" -- it's a great thriller, fantastic performances, and certainly less scary than "The Exorcist" but *so much tension* throughout. It's one of my favourites. :)

[@RamblersInc]

I'm guessing most movies are less scary than the exorcist 😂

[@zammmerjammer]

​@@RamblersInc Personally, I found The Exorcist really silly and not scary but I know I'm in the minority (the book is terrifying).

[@RamblersInc]

Oh that's good to know. At least we'll be able to handle it better than we handled this 😂

[@thepodbaydoorshal]

Holy moly. Dude on the left looks and sounds just like Imran from Evolve. 😂

[@RamblersInc]

I just looked him up. Nailed it 🤣

[@thepodbaydoorshal]

@@RamblersInc 🤣🤣🤣 glad you saw the humour in it! All you need is some gigantic specs and a cap and I wouldn’t be able to tell you apart! 😂😂

[@slithery9291]

Bilbo is awesome in this.

[@RamblersInc]

He was looking at the Alien as if it was the ring.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

It's the first in a lot of movies but in reality, only the first two are really worth watching.

[@TheOriginalSpooniesWorld]

Just started, I'm stoked 👏👏 for this one guys!😊💚

[@michaelnemo7629]

Alien3 Assembly Cut is a solid film.

[@neilfleming2787]

lol, and imagine seeing this on the big screen in the dark...you should have turned your lights off to get the full effect

[@RamblersInc]

😨

[@evanirvana500]

It's hard to explain how important Ripley's character was to a lot of girls. There just wasn't that many role models in the seventies. Are the 80s for that matter or the 90s or on. She is definitely one of a kind. As I understand it she was originally supposed to be a man, but they took a chance and let her read for the part and they loved her and they decided to go ahead and try it as a girl. Thank goodness they did. In most movies if a woman is an action hero she either acts like a man, is a b****are goes crazy. Paging game of thrones. Ripley was still a woman and still emotional but she still kept it together and saved herself. And Jones who by the way is the real goat. Keep watching and you'll get it. I also always wondered how did Lambert managed to make it into space? She comes to pieces when anything happens. They must not really do any major training or personality testing to let them go out into space, because she probably would have failed.

[@RamblersInc]

Was she the first "final girl" to beat the "bad guy"?

[@bcsr4ever]

So... You guys will have to watch the sequel Aliens to finds out more. A lot more.

[@ryanje8147]

the second one is even better.

[@dionysiacosmos]

James Cameron directed the sequel Aliens. He changed the genre to action adventure, but kept and even expanded the horror elements. It's a little easier if you take the first four movies as different genre types. And there are interesting perspectives in all of them. And different Stokes for different folks. For instance, I love Alien Resurrection. Joss Weadon wrote the screenplay, and you can see components that were later developed into Firefly. So the aliens are loosely part of the Buffyverse. The actors and performances are great and there are reworkings of old twists, so there's some fun, some horror, and surprises. That's more than you get out of most movies.

[@antipodean1233]

Masterpiece, now for the excellent sequel Aliens ..maybe skip the ones after that until Promtheus when Scott is back directing..

[@timothysamara915]

1979. no CGI. all practical.

[@mikecarew8329]

Oh please please please do The Exorcist!!! (Director’s Cut a/k/a “The Version You’ve Never Seen”) It’s a masterpiece.

[@RamblersInc]

That's going to be our Everest.

[@mikecarew8329]

@@RamblersInc it’s far more intelligent and character development heavy than you probably assume.

[@cherylsims5636]

Hi Guys. Alien is my favorite movie series. I know a lot about it. I saw this movie in theatres in '79. it scared everyone. I'd say the only other Most scary movie is Exorcist '73. HA HA. Well you know Signory Weaver was originally cast to play Lambert and Veronica Cartwright was cast for Ripley. The last day before filming Ridley Scott switched their roles. I often wonder what the series would have been like if he haven't. Oh you guys are skipping a lot of the key scenes with key character interactions, I have given ""Dislikes" before for this😡 Remember these guys are just truck drivers.. Well I will tell you to do the movie ""PROMETHEUS" next. it's the prequel to Alien. Be sure you get the ten min cut scene between David and the Engineer and play it at end of movie. U can find it here on KZbin. Then watch the sequel to this movie "ALIENS". Then the sequel to Prometheus , which is "ALIEN COVENANT" as far as the other movies in the series they are junk. Ask me any questions you like I will reply

[@RamblersInc]

We want to get to Exorcist eventually. I'm glad they switched the roles. I wish we could have kept more scenes in this cut. Sorry 🙂 Wouldn't it make sense to do it according to release date?

[@cherylsims5636]

@@RamblersInc Well thats how it was watched by fans, but if you do it in the order I just told yo, you will understand the series much better. In Prometheus you see who is Weyland and how the LV systems was found and the the first generation of the robot Ash, which is David. in Aliens you will see third generation of robot which is Bishop, just as an example. If you play that cut conversation between David and the Engineer it tells you loads of things about the whole series

[@sandpiperr]

The company is a diversified megacorporation...and the have a bioweapons division. That's what they wanted the alien for.

[@RamblersInc]

They knew beforehand, didn't they?

[@sandpiperr]

@@RamblersInc Based on the orders, it certainly seems like it!

[@iKvetch558]

When you guys react to the 2nd film Aliens, make sure you watch the extended edition...please.💯😎

[@scaramoochscaramooch]

See Aliens !!!!!!!

[@JonnyRUOK]

omg YESSS

[@OroborusFMA]

No CGI in the late 1970s lol.

[@gorramdarthkhal5615]

I didn't know Riz Ahmed did reaction videos.😉

[@RamblersInc]

🤣🤣🤣