10 THINGS - ALIEN: The Version You've Never Seen

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

0:24 Hello my baby, hello my honey

[@latingeek867]

if you refuse me, honey you loose me....... lol

[@JR-zp3nw]

Check please!

[@Samaritan38]

🎶 Hello, my right time gal 🎶

[@Sacrengard]

oh not again!

[@mountbuckekreative4044]

@@Sacrengard Brilliant Cameo from John Hurt.

[@wstine79]

"Oh no! Not again!"

[@juliustherenaissanceman1900]

Space Balls

[@mattsparling9843]

"I wonder if it will be friends with me?"

[@Sqoou_Too]

​@@mattsparling9843Hello Ground!!

[@Sqoou_Too]

​😂@@juliustherenaissanceman1900 #HHGttG

[@HammerOn-bu7gx]

No petunias were hurt in the making of this film.

[@modernretrorenaissance2520]

Alien is such a gem.

[@micahrutland9021]

Greatest film ever made.

[@charlesyoung7436]

I agree that it is a gem, but cannot help but believe it is derivative of the 1958 film "It, the Terror from Beyond Space." It's a low budget film with cheesy special effects, but the plot is remarkably similar, down to the demise of the creature. BTW, another film may have used "Alien" outtakes, including the giant pyramid and a scene showing how Captain Dallas may have been unable to see the creature that was being tracked to his location (it was sliding along under a catwalk). Look for "Galaxy of Terror" (1981).

[@johnnymoraes23]

It is. It was amazing to see this movie when i was a kid, teenager, then, in my 20's, 30's, and it still is an incredible movie well into my 40's. Better than most science fiction movies released today. It's the movie that you want to see and re-see, and that first time you saw it... ah, the first time was just out of this world, of feeling amazed by it. Talk about a well made movie... with such and incredible, perfect, production design, script, casting, the soundtrack is extraordinary and remarkable; but there's more, the editing, cinematography, photography... every professional that worked on Alien was a master at it's craft. It's a perfect movie in every level.

[@darknagaadventures7884]

Being 9 when this was released, seeing it on the big screen for the 45th anniversary was a treat!

[@tibedog5629]

I was the only person in my showing. I was so sad. I couldn't believe that nobody else in my entire city wanted to see the movie on the big screen. I was a kid when Aliens 4 came out and saw that in theaters and boy... what a rip off that was lol. I hope they put Aliens back in theaters soon before the new one in August. That'd be great to see on the big screen.

[@jayabramson6702]

We went also. Was maybe 5 people in the theatre. At least no cell phones going off!

[@Datan0de]

I'm jealous! I was also 9 when Alien came out, and have still never seen it in a theater.

[@saintelmo5590]

Same here. I was ten, at the time, and never got to see it on the big screen until its 45th anniversary showing. I was hoping it was the Director's Cut, but was happy nonetheless to finally get to see it where it belonged after waiting 45 years. (Even though I knew the film shot for shot, having watched it on everything from HBO to ABC to VHS to blu-ray, my eyes darted all over the screen, taking in as much detail as I could. The Nostromo and the Alien looked gorgeous on the big screen) Only about 5 people at the showing I caught, but, it was the first showing of the first day of its rerelease. Kinda glad, in a way. because it seems that movie theaters, lately, play their movies at a much lower volume. Glad I knew most of the dialogue by heart, because if this had been the very first time ever seeing the film at all, I wouldn't have heard three quarters of what they were saying.

[@Mouritogaia]

The 2003 Director's Cut version of Alien (1979) is the best cut. I recommend watching. With the cut parts inserted, the film becomes more complete and more fluid. I loved.

[@godinacape]

Alien's Nest and fate of Dallas and Brett - new scenes that deepens the drama (slapped Ripley!) - hearing the signal - Ash being one of the crew instead of a couple of weeks

[@mnomadvfx]

#1. It isn't the best edit - it breaks the tensions COMPLETELY near the end when she is supposed to be literally running to avoid being blown up by the reactor explosion, and she stops to stare at cocooned Dallas and burn him as if she has all the time in the world rather than literally less than 10 minutes before kablooey. This part was cut from the film BECAUSE it's not necessary, and breaks the flow the of the film. People only gush over it because it fits into Aliens which was only plagiarising that unused scene of Alien anyway. #2. It's not even the directors cut - the theatrical cut released in 1979 is the only directors cut. The film was not squeezed for runtime by the studio, Ridley Scott cut the edit exactly how he wanted it to be, right down to throwing out a significant amount of Jerry Goldsmith's original score.

[@Smenkhaare]

@@godinacape I loved the director's cut. To know of Dallas' and Bret's fate was pure gold.

[@MurderMostFowl]

When James Cameron wrote Aliens, he absolutely must have read the cocoon scene or seen the deleted scene because what he does with the colonists is so perfectly complimentary to it, it just can’t be a coincidence

[@jimcameron1234]

Wrote in 1984 during waiting for Arnold S. from Conan 2

[@kickballjedi]

Sort of. The original book and the scene filmed (and added into the special edition) actually shows Dallas cocooned and his body beginning to mold into an egg shape, and an egg just like the ones from the Alien ship (supposedly Brett having transformed into an egg). This would allow an alien to reproduce without needing another alien or another egg from the derelict ship. It also shows why the alien captured Dallas and Brett instead of just killing them.

[@BruceStephan]

Well , he lost his lawsuit from Harlan Ellison .

[@thundercron77]

I don't know. To me, the deleted scene contradicts the life cycle James Cameron came up with for the sequel. Clearly Cameron ignored the deleted scene and didn't consider it canon. ​@kickballjedi

[@mnomadvfx]

Oh 1000% he did. Point of fact (and this is going to blow your mind) he actually used ALL of Alien to write Aliens. People love to gush over Aliens, but in reality it's just a soft remake that changes the major genre to action instead of horror. Just like with Terminator he switches from a slasher in the first film to an action trip for the second. Seriously guys - break down the plot of Aliens into its bare essentials and you will find that most of the major plot points are just Alien rejigged with different characters. A quick rundown I posted on another video: Aliens = Alien #1. Newt = Jones the cat. #1a. Initial Newt scene is like an alien on the movement sensor = Initial movement sensor sweep of alien finds Jones. #1b. Ripley endangers Hicks and Bishop to go look for Newt = Ripley endangers Lambert and Parker to go look for Jones. #2. Hudson = Lambert. #3. Burke = Ash. #4. Atmosphere processor reactor = Nostromo engine reactor. #5. Derelict space ship in Aliens special edition cut = derelict space ship in Alien. #6. Message from Burke to LV-426 = Message from The Company to Ash. #7. Stowaway alien queen on drop ship 2 = stowaway alien on Nostromo life pod. #8. Final fight with alien queen ending with ejecting into space = final fight with alien ending with ejecting into space. #9. Hicks basically = Parker without passive aggressiveness masking his attraction to Ripley. #10. Team commander Gorman dies in an air duct = Nostromo captain Dallas dies in an air duct (in the theatrical cut). There is a scene which is even more egregious than those above, because it not only lifts the same visual/plot elements, but also lifts Jerry Goldsmith's score cue titled "The Recovery" wholesale from the Alien soundtrack as the background music for this scene in both cuts of Aliens. The scene in question is when Ripley and Newt are making their way out of the atmosphere processor waiting for the elevator to arrive just prior to its explosion, and the xenomorph queen pokes its head around the corner. At the exact moment the xenomorph queen appears the Goldsmith score cue plays. In Alien the score cue plays when Ripley is on the way to the life pod/shuttle with Jones in tow before the Nostromo engine explodes, and the xenomorph appears causing Ripley to drop Jones and run back to the engine control room. For time reference (H:M:S) the scenes in question happen at '01:37:24' in Alien Theatrical Cut, and at '02:18:35' in the Aliens Directors/Extended/Special Edition Cut.

[@georgeheilman885]

It's a pity they had to drop the scene before Ripley discovers the truth, where they almost trap the Alien in the airlock only to be thwarted by Ash. Still, the pacing of the final film and the balance of build-up and tension is masterful.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

At least we have the DLC *"ALIEN* *Isolation: Crew Expendable"* where Ellen Ripley, Dennis Parker, or Captain Arthur Dallas try to lure "Kane's Son" into a airlock, but something goes wrong and the lone alien gets away, knocking out the playable character. And after the character regains conciousness, we see Science Officer Ash apologized for the plan not working.

[@extremeconcepts1]

In space...no one can hear you scream..while doing the spicy tango!

[@thedoneeye]

Minty, all those toys in the background remind me of that episode of 'Seinfeld' where the only reason he was dating one woman was because she had LOADS of classic toys in her apartment. He'd bring over boxes of wine and a turkey meal so she'd fall asleep so he could play with them!!

[@SupaRush]

Alien 1979 to this day is still one of the best horror sci-fi movies to this day . highly recomend picking up the 4K UHD disc and watching it in all its glory, its beautiful

[@mnomadvfx]

It's a good 4K, but not the best - it crushes detail towards white in some scenes with bright lighting visible. The Aliens 4K is just dramatically worse.

[@thedarkknight7287]

This is one of the best sci-fi horror movies of all time. I still have in my possession the original Alien action figure that came out during that year. I have one in its unopened original box, and one out of box in my collection museum I call it. The figures were very cool, they were big and had the second set of teeth that popped out when you pressed the button, it was a very well-done replica of the alien. Cool video Minty.

[@Lordrixson5489]

I also still have the Kenner Alien figure which I got for Christmas in 1980, when I was 8 years old. I wish I'd have kept the box!

[@necrotoaster94]

One of my favorite movies of all time. I was lucky enough to see it in the theater last week for the 45th Anniversary release. Was amazing on the big screen.

[@Kingnome]

I just saw this in the theater 🥰

[@derkeheath5172]

I loved Ridley Scott's original Blu-Ray intro to the so-called Director's Cut of Alien, in which Ridley confessed that it isn't a Director's Cut at all but rather a cash grab by the studio that he agreed to take part in because "it sounded interesting". He finished it up by saying that the theatrical cut is the Director's Cut.

[@adriel88_]

Lmao 🤣 so funny Ridley

[@Redmenace96]

Ridley has, "f**k you money". He can do and say whatever he desires.

[@johnnymoraes23]

He was being very honest, hehe. Lucky him, he got to put what he considered as the best version of the film on theaters, back in 79.

[@liamnevilleviolist1809]

3:09 is still quite terrifying...! I wouldn't want a foreign lifeforms approaching me like that.... or AT ALL!

[@frederickpotthoff8893]

Great one. Thank you once again.

[@orlandoclark8062]

A all time classic!

[@beckyowens2586]

This is one of those "core memory" movies for me. There were a few movies, including Highlander and A New Hope where my Dad said "Sit down, watch this, you'll like it." and those movies transformed me into the nerd I am today. The odd thing about Alien is that Dad wasn't ever into horror movies, that was Mom, whom we can blame for the macabre little goth I turned into later. It was late Saturday night, about 11pm I think. They're going to bed, I'm probably 11 and they're letting me stay up till almost 2 when we had church the next morning. "Did you like it?" "Yeah that was great." "Was it scary?" "No, not really." Mom had me watching horror movies with her since I was 8, so of course I was used to jump scares and things. Unless it's Kathy Bates with a sledge hammer, I was cool. I've always loved the franchise, with Aliens being my favorite. Though I still think Resurrection was great.

[@blackamerican40]

Meryl's partner was Fredo from Godfather. Also, can you imagine Meryl in two hit movies back in 1979: Alien and Kramer VS. Kramer. She would have really been a phenomenal star then. 😮😅

[@shellyirby9828]

Yeah! I think shemight have been goid in Alien too.

[@michaelpipkin9942]

DAMNIT!!!! I didn't know it could almost mimic voices!!!!!! That would have changed everything.

[@windsonma8209]

It’s Kind Of Cool that they added the Cocoon Scene Back in the Special Edition/Director’s Cut of this Film which is why I Usually Choose that Version over the Regular Theatrical Cut.

[@fr1day2]

Alan Dean Foster's novelisation is a must read for any fan of this great movie.

[@HandleHandled]

“Lambert gets killed… unceremoniously… off screen”. Yeah. That’s ah, a good way to put it. lol.

[@HighSierra1500]

Originally, Lambert was to get raped by Xenomorph. I imagine that didn't show that because it would require the movie to have the NC-17 rating. Also know as Certificate X.

[@mnomadvfx]

To be fair she was a complete wet rag that basically got Parker killed and then didn't even bother to try and make his sacrifice worth something by sticking around for the xenomorph to kill when it was finished with Parker. Though I don't know about calling it unceremonious - the sound was enough ceremony to go around.

[@HandleHandled]

@@mnomadvfx I was referencing what was inferred in her manner of death. Watch her death scene more carefully with a … um … more juvenile mindset and you might pick up on something that I believe was an intentional inference. LMK if u want me to be more specific.

[@kamenrangerzeo8251]

Without the Xenomorph we probably would never have gotten the famous fight between two of the most deadliest space monsters of horror the predator and alien

[@mirthenary]

I enjoyed the scene where the alien did a little song and dance number after the chest bursting....what? That's not from this movie? Oh.

[@jasonjones7461]

It also happens in the videogame colonial Marines lol

[@prpwnage9296]

no

[@GromMolotok]

I had the comic (Walt Simonson art!) and the novelization. I remember that the conversation between Ripley and Lambert was presented specifically to show that something was odd about Ash.

[@WretchinWilson]

In the movie ALIENS, Ripley's reaction to the marines finding colonists in those cocoons calls back to the idea that the character had seen it before and she was remembering Dallas.

[@YogBaal]

The best film of all time, and also The Thing

[@Redmenace96]

OOOOooooo. Which is better? I gotta think about that. Watch them side-by-side in an evening.

[@nicholasgordon4999]

In some parallel universe, Minty is speaking about Alien 3 - where the director nearly killed off iconic heroes of the franchise Hicks and Newt.

[@dominicabbs2439]

James Cameron is good at killing off main characters he killed john conner in terminator dark fate but the less about that film the better

[@shainewhite2781]

Oh, yeah, the 4 hour darker scarier version. I've heard about this. Producer Alan Ladd Jr showed his wife this uncut Version which scares her so much, she wouldn't sleep, and so he had the editor remove some of the graphic violence.

[@slake9727]

That would be Cheryl Ladd?

[@shainewhite2781]

@@slake9727 no Patricia Ann Beasley

[@krs4976]

I watched a good vid from Alien Theory on it a few days back it looked to be a lot gorier with comedic lines in the script really detracting away from the suspenseful feel of the version we all know and love

[@HighSierra1500]

@@slake9727 Alan Ladd Jr is the brother of David Ladd. David Ladd was Cheryl Ladd's husband.

[@rodneylove8027]

ALIEN was the second movie I saw in a theater (the first being Star Wars). It was great to see it in theaters again for the 45th anniversary release.

[@seth8877]

"anyway I'm minty" You sure are buddy ❤

[@ascensionindustries9631]

I made a short scifi film in school. I spent $100 of my own money. Despite any budget constrictions, I would never, ever think of having a painted beach ball as an alien.

[@67kemo]

I’m glad they kept it the way it was. I could see a few places they could have tweaked it, but that would just be nitpicking to satisfy my own biases. I wouldn’t change a thing. Fun to see some of the inspiration for the movie, though. Great stuff, Minty!

[@Samaritan38]

Parker (in voice while Ripley runs in the dark corridor) " They got us!!...(Parker makes horrific snickering sounds, then hear Lambert's high pitch shriek). That chills me to the bone when Ripley runs alone into that dark corridor defenseless. 😱

[@mmogaddict]

Hi Minty! I recently watched Priest (2011) - personally think it was judged a little harshly back in its day. How about a video about that movie.

[@puffinman1138]

Great video, Minty. I'm a huge Alien fan as far back as collecting all the Kenner action figures in the early 90s and as recent as seeing Alien on the big screen this week for Alien Day. But I don't remember hearing many of these facts on the various dvd supplementals and bonus features. Great job and totally agree the movie is perfect with "less is more." All those added ideas would have been a detriment to the story especially considering how epically Cameron followed up with the next one. 👍

[@Redmenace96]

Have commented before that you are a goof, Minty. The final 90 seconds is insightful and original. Thank you! (Don't change! You are funny 90% of the time, and say something good 10%. You have a gift.)

[@hiddentruth1982]

I think the movie we got was the best one we could have. It did set up aliens quite well and it was the best of the alien movies.

[@cpl.barbarusc4814]

The "flatline" sound effect from your awesome intro really reminded me Dead Space (Of course he game not the Roger Corman produced film) when you get wrecked by the Necromorphs. Note: the "Egg Silo" was actually used in the comic book as the main form of the Xenomorph hive and the original fight outside the ship at the end was used on the comic book Aliens Nightmare Asylum.

[@Fugazity]

i saw this movie with my dad, i was like 8 or 9, my hands was sweating and i was visibly disturbed and my dad saw me and then said something like "you are a afraid of a bunch of props and makeup?" and he laugh on my face, he did had a couple of beers on, i saw the movie to the very end to show my dad i was not afraid. Darn! i love this movie.

[@mkvv5687]

My wife, a nurse, watches all of the doctor shows, where there are various operations and emergencies with varying amounts of blood and guts. And she watches all the Vet shows, with sometimes very graphic scenes, where you don't want to be eating dinner at the same time. But she doesn't want to watch a war movie because "too much gore".

[@NGMonocrom]

Epic Space Adventure one, Minty. 😉

[@W9HJBill]

I snuck into the theaters when I was 13 to see this movie. MAN was it a shock to the system! Awesome!

[@franticj67]

Same here (I was 12 though). Snuck in a 2nd time a week later and was just as stunned.

[@RandomTChance]

I thought YOU were going to burst from his chest Minty! HA! ✌️🤠

[@digitaldosage1979]

Love Alien and its sequel so much... Thanks for making these, but at the expense of sounding like the internet know-it-all...NC-17 wasn't around back then. Anyhow, these are great, thanks!

[@villain5873]

Funny side note: I originally didn't realize that the reenactment of the chest bust scene in spaceballs, that it was actually John Hurt.

[@forcewielder2000]

Interesting thing that I've heard is that the cast (except for John Hurt) weren't told how "big" (for lack of a better word) the special effects were going to be for the chestbursting scene were going to be because director Ridley Scott wanted to get as natural a reaction from them as possible (so the scene was filmed one time, and when the xenomorph bursts out, their shocked and horrified reactions were indeed natural). Also, in the U.S. the NC-17 and X ratings are essentially the same thing (X came first, then got a little bit of tweaking to become NC-17 in September 1990; neither one is "higher" than the other)

[@RichFoster-zk3jo]

The "pyramid" has been suggested to resemble a human breast in many of the books and articles I have read. The "Director's Cut" restores the "cocoon" scene which also shows Kane in a much more advanced state of "cocooning". Scott allegedly removed the scene originally for pacing issues. One article I read around the time Alien released had the life cycle of the Xenomorph (as it has come to be know) was based somewhat on that of the spider wasp and had a complete life cycle of it's own - no queen was yet concieved. The Xenomorph getting more slimey as time progresses was supposed to convey the idea that it was continuing to age/morph with time. I just saw the recent short run theatrical cut release - still looks great on the big "silver" screen. I had seen it back in 1979 with a friend on opening day and loved it so much we sat through it twice. Some other friends told us that some of the props including the "Space Jockey" were in front of the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. We went there later but no "Space Jockey", just some garbage. We later learned that some religious freak set fire to the prop because it was the "work of the Devil". For many years the "Mother" set and some props like the Narcissus were on display at the Aerospace Musem in Exposition Park Los Angeles. I wonder what happened to them.

[@Baysidemom2]

looking sharp today Minty!

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

He still has stale humour.

[@Baysidemom2]

@@jean-lucpicard5510 why did you feel the need to comment that? you must have a sad life

[@jean-lucpicard5510]

@Baysidemom2 Who are you, Donald Trump? A pathetic reply. "Sad, sad saaad"

[@khartog01]

The idea that the captain and Ripley were together is hinted when it shows him being very protective of her.

[@PieterPatrick]

Alien and Aliens... let's forget the rest.

[@xenofett7008]

"They've really screwed up the franchise!" James Cameron referring to 20th Century Fox executives. I agree! IMO there hasn't been a decent ALIEN film since 1986.

[@Just4Fun-Zocker]

I seem to be the only one who likes Alien 3, even though they killed off Newt and Hicks, but the special edition cut. I agree the theatrical version is lacking in some parts.

[@PieterPatrick]

@@Just4Fun-Zocker I watches that one long ago in Theatre. Not a bad movie but it was boring compared with the first 2 movies. But I might want to watch the special edition before judging to hard.

[@skylined5534]

​@@Just4Fun-Zocker On balance the third film was bleak... But good!

[@dominicabbs2439]

Alien Aliens are the best alien movies alien 3 was decent alien recitation was cool until that alien human hybrid showed up the avp movies the first avp movie was ok avp requiam was dumb and to dark to see anything the other two alien movies less said about them the better

[@bigmick3978]

The alien franchise is perfection from an era when movies just had you're full attention 😎

[@bassman8144]

I watched Alien because of how awesome the toys looked.

[@derkeheath5172]

I wanted those toys SO BAD and then they got pulled from stores as being inappropriate. I managed to get one of the large Xenomorphs at a garage sale a year later for a dollar.

[@HighSierra1500]

I had some of those toys! Around the mid 90s there was to be an animated Aliens series, but the plan fell through.

[@peterconlon8234]

Another great vid ! I'm really enjoying these deep dive, what might've been exposes: as a fan of weird & wild cinema...some of these I knew...but even more I didn't !! Thanks, again !!

[@Datan0de]

The scene where Ripley finds Dallas cocooned to the wall is in the novelization. I was too young to see Alien when it was in the theater, and I think I read the novelization before I actually saw it. I don't think of myself as a hardcore Alien fan, but realized that my Alienware laptop is named "Xenomorph", I have several Alien-related t-shirts (including the one I'm wearing right now), and there's an Alien coloring book on my living room table right now. Maybe i should reevaluate...

[@saturnargentavis1901]

Ive seen Alien at least 30 times or more and wow you always impress me with the knowledge you find on these movies. Never knew they were all sleeping together in original script

[@charlesshadid1890]

Happy 45th Anniversary, Alien

[@jonnowds]

You’re missing several details: the original notion of the alien cocooning Dallas and Brett is that they’re being transformed into new eggs. Also NC-17 didn’t exist when Alien was released.

[@docgrey3826]

Yeah, that bugged me too. When I was listening to it I think it started 1990.

[@jetsons101]

Alien and Aliens were both GREAT, after that they went downhill like all the Jaws sequels.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

1:14 I like the look on Jonesy's face. Also, was Ripley supposed to look like George Washington?

[@Theggman83]

A crew that sleeps together is a crew that... Has a lot of drama. 🙄

[@HighSierra1500]

True. I've worked seasonal jobs with staff accommodations. There was a mix of drama and hooking up!

[@adriel88_]

⁠@@HighSierra1500yes it happened to me I fell in love with my co worker my best friend Sophia but I had to quit the job cuz a Mexican took her from me and I felt horrible and heartbroken I learned that if you love a person yall can’t both work in the same workplace because she will get bored of you fast you have to separate yourself from her for a long but short season and dedicate self love to yourself etc and let that person miss you and let it build up and if it’s meant to be let it go and it will eventually come back to you if it’s meant to be

[@Pyyhekumi]

loves Bishop's stamina

[@chefzilla314]

I did always love that scene when Ripley finds Dallas but after watching Alien last month for the 45th Anniversary. I came to realize how much that scene drags down the pacing in that climax.

[@godinacape]

Nah, it's mere minutes... I love the complete storyline... Also the drama where Lambert slap Ripley that's one hell of a dedication from Weaver. Also the better dialogue where Ash is always part of the crew instead of just arrived a couple of week or something in the TC.

[@samfrito]

I think seeing Dallas cocoon is too revealing, motives we don't understand. I like it without this. It's also in the Alan Dean Foster tie-in, but I feel like Dallas begs her to kill him.

[@chefzilla314]

@@samfrito I don't believe we should understand the Xenomorph's motives. It is alien after all. I enjoyed the scene but I do understand why Ridley cut it.

[@Redmenace96]

I know it is modern, but I put Alien possibly in the top ten All Time films. Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Bicycle Thieves, City Lights... and Alien. It is full of action and horror, but also amazing humanity.

[@jeffreysmith694]

John Cazale was Streep's boyfriend who died. He only acted in 5 movies but all were up for Best Picture with 3 winning. Godfather 1 and 2 and The Deer Hunter won as well as The Conversation and Dog Day Afternoon. I just don't think Streep could've pulled off what Weaver was able to accomplish. Saw this with my Mom in 1979 when I was 12 and it scared us shitless. I remember the trailer with the egg cracking. Just saw the 45th Anniversary release and it still holds up.

[@forcewielder2000]

To a large extent I agree, Both Streep and Weaver are amazing actresses, but I just can't picture Streep being the sci-fi horror type.

[@GSXK4]

My mom took me to see Alien in the theatre in 1979 when I was five years old. FIVE! Thanks for the trauma, mom. I just remember being upset for the cat.

[@radish6691]

But Jones lived…

[@shellyirby9828]

Your mom rocks!!

[@HighSierra1500]

I watched Alien when I was nine. You are not alone in your childhood trauma.

[@Random_Blip]

Mom: "Honey I'm taking our five-year-old to watch a new movie. It's a bit like Star Wars. Is that okay?" Dad: "Star Wars? I'm fine with that."

[@sammylane21]

Finch's chances weren't crushed by soda...it would not be crushed by soda but by his lack of common sense and didn't take his diabetic meds. My father did this and he slipped into a diabetic shock, nearly killed him.

[@krisius1]

Gotta watch a minty video to show support. Funny story, i mentioned minty videos to my brother, and he had independently found the channel and was watching them as well. Keep up the good work

[@noelhernandez363]

Thank goodness Ripley didn't get killed, then we wouldn't have had "Aliens" the best one of the franchise!!

[@alisterfolson]

Lambert to Ash: "you won't "have Relief" with me. You must be gay or an Android." Ash: 😐

[@RustyX2010]

Minty forgot to mention that Lambert was Transgender.

[@ragingjaguarknight86]

Elgyn from Aliens: Resurrection got the death scene @ 15:10. He falls and catches himself before he falls completely under the floor, but a xenomorph kills him by punching through his chest with the inner jaw.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

It's amazing how different movies could have been. This and the original Terminator script.

[@yw1971]

11:18 - This scene was also in the Novelization of the movie. Yet the 'relief' concept itself wasn't there (as far as I remember)

[@kimrice394]

When I heard of the 3-4hr brutal bloody cut I was 🤯. Always referred to Alien as a Master Class in Suspense…. and it is, just not in the OG version.

[@michaelcurtin524]

A talking Xenomorph, sounds like it would fit more in Spaceballs

[@randybarnett2308]

It would work on The Three Stooges, I even could picture The Three Stooges fighting Xenomorphs and Predators, and winning !! 'Nyuk ' 'Nyuk 'Nyuk !!!😂 Poor Xenos they have no idea what's in store for them!😂😂

[@figmojustfigmo3820]

Two words: “Ripley’s Panties” To a teen boy this was a scene worthy of an Oscar! Oh and the rest of the movie was real cool, too

[@RandyWilliams-mo3ov]

I’m pretty sure if anything popped out of somebody’s chest in the middle of dinner even a golden retriever puppy… Would be horrifying.

[@jayluck8047]

John Hurt...?! He’s the guy from Spaceballs! It all makes sense now.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Also Professor Broom from Hellboy.

[@skylined5534]

No no, he was in that Indiana Jones film they definitely never made.

[@forcewielder2000]

Yep, he actually reprised the role in Spaceballs (hence his one line in the latter movie of "Oh no, not again!")

[@jayluck8047]

I know, I know... I’m a huge fan of his work. Sorry, I guess I was expressing my inner, “Pitch Meeting”, there.

[@dooglebee]

I think it was a good move that they didn't give the alien a sentient intelligence. That way, in the sequel, they were able to reveal that, while they do indeed possess intelligence, they're also part of a greater hivemind, so their wills are not really their own. They're like ants or bees, a natural hierarchy that the audiences could understand and accept. It made it more creepy knowing that they were basically workers with one purpose, and that was the preservation and expansion of their species at any cost, whereas humans are more about self-preservation. A fact that gave the aliens a bit of an edge at times. The first two movies were brilliant, but the franchise started to go downhill after the third installment, in my opinion anyway. Thanks for showing us what could've been, Minty! It definitely wasn't as good as the final product.

[@KevyNova]

Great video as always, Minty!

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

In 2002, Alien was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh best film in the science fiction genre, and as the 33rd-greatest film of all time by Empire.

[@Impuritan1]

I’m guessing 2001 is number one?

[@James-Foster]

Minty please do Muppet Treasure Island.

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

They should have put him in stasis like Ripley said. The crew would still be alive and the Weyland Yutani company would have got their alien.

[@MurderMostFowl]

I think that Ridley Scott brought back those flying mice in Prometheus didn’t he? It’s been so long since I watched the film, but I thought they had a flying camera drone.

[@skylined5534]

Ahhh from memory yes I believe he did!

[@ciscodeer9094]

I'm glad we got what we got.

[@1updaddySAS]

Excellent as per usual mR Mintastic

[@skylined5534]

Mr Mintastic... A new character for the Marvel Universe and the saviour of said universe!

[@drphot6050]

Minty with the great extra details again!

[@csedman-n5q]

It's not Dallas in a cocoon, he and Bret are being transformed into face hugger eggs.

[@shellyirby9828]

Nice job Minty! I love this movie so much!!!❤

[@jasongradyphstiger6179]

Also there was a deleted scene that was cut from the film but you can find it from magazine pictures And the novelization of alien Where after parker head to refill the flamethrowers Where he sees the alien In the shadows he contacts both Ripley and Lambert He has the xenomorph They're about to open the airlock Until somebody hit the claxton alarm Who is actually ash who did it.

[@ventiankraus777]

Didn't they end up using that "alien reproduction" mural in Prometheus? It's been a minute, but I know I've seen that somewhere

[@martincolvill5453]

The problem with Ash was that he was not "fully functional"

[@baulan511]

'Alien', un subtil mélange entre 'Star Wars' et 'Les Dents de la Mer'.

[@shaggycan]

The whole 'relief' subplot makes no sense, since it's pretty clear the crew spends most of the trip in hibernation.

[@ianbubble1378]

Best scary movie ever. Forever the film that got me into sci-fi horror.

[@christhompson2006]

The NC-17 rating didn't exist until 1990. At least in the US.

[@markfrancis1369]

I love the alternate ending. The beheading then the terror of the mimic and what could happen next. Kinda like the fight sequence in space too. And the corpse getting tangled snd rapping against the nostromo's windshield!!!!

[@jrodart6298]

One of the most influential movies as a kid for me. I remember seeing it at the classic RKO Keith Theater in Flushing, NY. I was 8 years old at the time. I remember finding the view master film camera. I would go frame by frame and marveled at the action and look. I dived into the production design of the film. I credit Alien and Star Wars as the start of my love of art , illustration and comics. I eventual also was taught graphic novel art by the legendary Walt Simonson who also did the Comic Adaptation of Alien for Heavy Metal Magazine. I still draw comics and those films especially Alien made love drawing detail in my own work.

[@77gmcnut]

My understanding was the actors reaction to the chest burst were genuine because they were so shocked

[@forcewielder2000]

Yeah, I heard that too. Apparently Ridley Scott deliberately toned down by a very large amount what they were told was going to actually happen in the scene to make it seem like it would be a lot tamer than it turned out to be because he wanted their reactions to be as natural as possible (John Hurt would have probably been the one exception among the actors, since there was probably no way to fit him with the necessary special effects gear without him having a pretty good idea of just what was going to transpire during filming), so when they seemed like the characters were shocked and horrified by what was happening on-screen, it's because they actually were!

[@jpendowski7503]

Excellent comments and great scenes shown.

[@jamesflanagan7693]

In space.........no one can hear Minty scream! 😂😂😂