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The casting is so good here. I love how everyone looks like people instead of former models or Disney channel tweens turned actor. There is something very grounding about humans looking like average humans.

When they landed, they didn't detach from "the main ship". The smaller ship IS The Nostromo. The larger part is the cargo. Think of the Nostromo as the cab of a semi-trailer with the back part as the cargo it's hauling. The cargo in this case is a huge mobile mineral refinery. The Nostrono is a long-range faster then light tug boat. The crew are basically interstellar truckers.

I loved how they did not name the sequel Alien 2, but just slapped a “s” on the end of the word Alien. I thought that was brilliant. The making of this movie truly changed the direction of sci-fi horror movies.

Dudes, Ash was trying to shove a magazine down Ripley's throat to block off the air to her lungs. He was trying to suffocate her. The white milky stuff was his hydraulics. He was all soft, malleable material with no mechanical internal support. He needed all that tubing for movement. He started leaking because Ripley pushed him against the wall and caused a lesion.

About the character decisions: bear in mind that these are basically "truckers in space" - they aren't trained scientists or explorers. They do a job and they go home; Parker is worried about his pay and his bonus because he needs it to live - they're years away from home shipping stuff they have no interest in. They're doing it for pay, naturally Parker wants the most he can get out of the time he's lost (he may very well have been screwed over before). They're probably tired out emotionally, as seems to be the case as you watch them at the start. They just want to go home, and are not in a position to make intelligent decisions, not by training and not by current inclination ... and don't think the Company wouldn't have taken that into consideration.

One insane ending they almost used: The Alien kills Ripley in the final scene in the shuttle. You then somehow hear Ripley making her final report. The camera pans over to show the Alien having the ability to perfectly mimic her voice as it makes the final report. It suggests that the "perfect life form" would make it to Earth after all. THANK GOD they dismissed that ending!!!

The Thing (1982) that's the alien+horror movie you're looking for.

A theater in Montréal showed the first four films in a row on the 40th anniversary of this one, and I will never forget being in a room with diehard fans wanting to experience this again...

I'm 75 and I saw 'Alien' the day it came out in the theaters . It was like a 50's 'B' monster movie that was made as an 'A' movie , A LOT of work went into it , especially by Ridley Scott . We were mesmerized by how good it was, and it holds up well today . Ridley took a lot of shots of the 'Alien' out of the movie before it's release- which really worked in it's favor . Don't try to over-analyse this movie . A lot of aspects were used for effect , it does not all make 'complete' sense . In my opinion 'Alien' was an 'art' movie compared to the more popular 2nd movie - 'Aliens' Which was a well done 'popcorn ' movie adventure . ALIEN was the original --- and the monster was designed by the artist H.R. Giger . Audiences these days definitely have shorter attention spans . ( unfortunately )

"Does Predator have its own movie series" cracked me up😂 definitely should be on your watch schedule

There's a deleted scene in this movie that reveals what happened to Dallas's body after he was attacked in the vent. Let's just say, if the alien were to catch you, you'd best hope it decides to kill you then and there because the alternative is far, far worse...

In the book the alien got so big so quickly because it was eating the raw food packages in the storage lockers. At one point they could have blown the alien out of the air lock, but Ash set off an alarm scaring it away from the area. In the extended version of the movie Ripley and Parker see the alien drag Brett into the tunnels, you also get to see what happen to Dallas and if you look closely the alien was fixing the walls of the ship to look like where Kane originally found the egg form of the alien. Oh, and by the way I think other than Ripley, Jones was the smartest of the crew he knows when to get the hell out when there was trouble. 😂😂

Saw this in theaters when I was 16. Blew my mind. The big screen makes it even better.

1:15:56 The actress playing Ripley came up with the idea of quietly singing to herself while attempting to defeat the Alien once and for all. Ripley was using it as a coping device while trying to defeat the Alien once and for all. The song is "you are my lucky star" from the movie "SINGING IN THE RAIN." The studio gave her grief for this. They couldn't do any reshoots (IDK why) and they feared they'd have to pay expensive royalties for the use of the song.

All the dripping water and moisture when Brett is looking for the cat is because he went into the landing gear bay, and the moisture is form the condensation accumulate4d on the landing gear that is retraced up into the bay ceiling, and that is also why there is all the chains in the bay was well. Similar to the safety chains on trailer hitch assemblies, etc. The reason Ripley ran back to try and shut off the sea-destruct system is because the alien was in the corridor blocking her way to the shuttle.

Got to watch ‘Aliens’, the greatest sequel ever made for any franchise. Will answer all your questions and nail you to your chair! Fantastic reaction, thanks.

The insides of the alien egg looks real because it IS real. If i recall correctly from the Behind-the-scenes, stomach linings and intestines of pigs or cows were used.

Always save the cat: Jonesy knew when the Alien was around: that's why he was growling in the shuttle. You need to pay attention when an animal you know behaves weirdly: they're telling you things. Always save the cat.

H. R. Giger was a dark genius of the 1970s. His "biomechanical" art was everywhere. Album covers, magazines, and - this movie.

Ash wasn’t trying to infect her, he was just trying to choke her to death in a weird way. The white stuff is Androids’ artificial blood

Great reaction!! This was Sigourney Weaver's first major role in a movie, but all the actors were accomplished actors. Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Ian Holm, and Tom Skerritt were all movie and television actors from the 50s and 60s. John Hurt, who played Kane, also received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor for Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, respectively. Veronica Cartwright as a child actor came out in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Her sister, Angela, was part of the regular cast of the 60s series Lost in Space. I do recommend Aliens, but also more recent movies associated with the original such as Prometheus (also directed by Ridley Scott), and Alien: Covenant. Those are really good!

1. Tagline "In space no one can hear you scream" 2. Best explosion EVER 😱🏆💯(including Star Wars) 3. Dallas/Tom Skerritt also played Viper in "Top Gun" and Strawberry in "Up in Smoke". 4. Brett/Harry Dean Stanton had a very healthy resume. We lost him recently.😇 5. Ridley Scott is also known for directing the original "Bladerunner". 6. "Don't worry Parker, you'll get whatever's coming to you". Turns out to be prophetic. 7. Add me to the "Aliens" watch list.

What makes this, and other older movies good, is the reliance on story, character development, and cinematography. Today, you can bang out any old scifi movie with some CGI and big explosions. There's no heart to most of them. In the 70s and 80s, almost every effect was practical. Difficult to create and work with. Even dangerous to work with. Alien was, and remains today, a masterpiece in direction and story telling. A horror film without character development and story telling, is just a cookie-cutter monster flick.

Parker did not panic. He did not shoot the flame thrower because Lambert wouldn't move out of the way. I want to believe that I would restrain myself and not flame up everything and everybody.

There is a director's cut that answers the question about how Parker and Ripley know about Brett's whereabouts and caught a glimpse of the alien.

I saw this in the theater, and it was scary as fk. The whole audience was squirming and screaming in shock. You have to remember how good this looked then.... try to stop looking at it with today's eyes and imagine..... I know it's hard for you. Shit, this film still holds up today it was done so well.

They're all from earth: "That's not our system" meant that they realize they woke up too soon, and they're all in the wrong system: not home.

They don't, "answer to Mother," Mother is just the ship's computer. They just consult Mother for possible answers. However, Mother can not give full answer without enough data. It is of course possible that Mother has been programmed to withhold information on a need to know basis. To answer one of your other questions: after Ash is destroyed, Ripley speculates, "The Company wanted the Alien for the weapons division." This theme is expanded upon in later films.

In retrospect, knowing that Ash was a robot i understand that everything he said was suspect, but still when he said "don't touch it" when the alien came out of Kane's torso made sense. Remember, harming it would have spilled acid all over the floor and could have killed them all.

The alien was in the staging area leading to the shuttle. It was blocking the way. That's why Ripley tried to turn the self-destruct off.

Flickering lights? Dripping water? Yep, that’s definitely Ridley Scott in the director’s chair. 😄

Everyone is always so sus of the cat, and the cat still to this day is the only survivor of the Nostromo. 😂

The diatant shots of the crew walking up to the ship was actually kids in suits against a small mock up.

Guys, I'm 40 mins in and this is a GREAT movie reaction. Cojo, of the hundreds of movie reactions I've seen, you're the first to mention and appreciate the orchestral score performed by a real orchestra. Very cool!

They make a lot of decisions we think are foolish because we've seen a million horror movies they haven't :D Also, this is basically the crew of a tugboat. They are towing a finished refinery unit back to earth. They aren't really equipped for this sort of thing or trained to deal with it. :D Ash wasn't trying to infect her, he was trying to suffocate her. Ripley had to try to turn the self destruct back off because the Alien was between her and the shuttle. The Alien wasn't sleeping in the shuttle, it was injured by Parker and trying to recuperate.

Great reaction. Can't wait for y'all too watch the sequel, Aliens. Subscribed!

So excited for you guys to watch the sequel Aliens next.

In the extended version, as Ripley is leaving for the shuttle, she passed Captain Dallas being cocooned in a nest the alien made on the ship. He asks her to kill him.

1:30:47 Yes! Thank you. So many don't know that actual film is already HD. 35mm film: close to 4k 70mm film (Alien): close to 8k

You've never had an employer mislead you about their intentions ("We need employees in the office all five days a week: it promotes teamwork.")? The situation with MUTHUR and Ash manipulating the crew is fairly normal (and in a science fiction movie can be traced at least as far back as "Metropolis").

Also: This movie looked and sounded like nothing we'd seen before. It broke the mold of what to expect for scifi/horror and set the look and feel for everything that followed. An absolutely revolutionary film in those terms. It borrowed a lot from older films for the story and plot, but the level of craft set a new standard.

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1979 - smoking was allowed everywhere! So them smoking period is pretty normal, let alone in a workplace.

(4) (movie facts) (1) the inside of the egg and the face hugger were made with real cow and pig guts to make it look more more realistic (2) none of the actors knew about the chest burster which they used real pigs, blood for (3) the actors that played the xenomorph had to wear ice shirts inside the suit so they wouldn’t overheat and pass out (4) xenomorph intentionally scare humans and then let facehuggers get them

Parker felt he was underpaid and was dissatisfied, but he fought courageously and fearlessly against the Alien. He cared about more than just his check.

Predator (HUGE film starting Arnold) was one of the MOST successful sci-fi films of All Time. Predator DOES NOT “have cables” in the back of its head. It COLLECTS PRIZES/trophies from its victims. From the guy with dreadlocks…yep, it stole his dreads. I guess it liked the look.

By the way, when you asked what happened to Dallas was right at the moment when you would have seen his fate (but unfortunetly you didn't get those scenes since you were watching the theatrical version). And yes, Ripley tried to cancel the autodestruction because the alien was blocking the way. And you can be save with the cat because he's too small to be infected with a facehugger (that's why the alien let him be). I can't wait for Aliens since it's one of the best sequel of all time (with empire strikes back and terminator 2) and for me, I find it even more scary and stressful than the first one

Lambert was played by Veronica Cartwright, she also played Cathy Brenner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

“Maybe it’s good” - Predator is an absolute classic & 100% needs to be on your watch list guys.

Great reaction! Another excellent sci-fi horror film from the late 70's is Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Similarly, it's got incredible sound engineering and the building up of the paranoia ambiance that few films have.

"There's too many chains in this room for you not to die" lol

Deleted scenes (SPOILERS) Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) while trying to get to the shuttle to escape stumbles into the alien nest that the creature was creating in the Nostromo. Capt. Dallas was cocooned and morphing into an alien egg. Brett was already far gone was already turning into an egg. Dallas begged Ripley to kill him. Ripley killed Dallas with the flamethrower. Blowing up the Nostromo was the right thing to do! This scene was removed because Ridley Scott felt it interrupted the flow of the suspenseful ending. In the book and pre-production art Lambert died in a gruesome manner, impaled by the alien’s tail in her a.., as you guessed. Parker and Lambert were then torn to pieces and their body parts crammed into the air vents. The rolled up magazine was to be jammed into Ripley’s throat, intentionally meant to appear as a violent oral sexual assault. The overt sexual imagery and suggestions throughout the film was intentional. The ‘orifice’ entrance to the alien ship, the phallic shape of the alien’s head, the ‘inner mouth’ sliding in and out of the alien’s mouth, the milk gushing out of Ash’s severed head. Kane being ‘impregnated, by a tube down his throat. Oh, my! As far as I can tell you guys saw the theatrical version. The alien full body costume was so well done that actor Yaphet Kotto (Parker) hated it and wanted to actually fight the actor in it. Ripley was venting steam to flush the alien out of the pipes and ducts. The alien skeleton was called ‘the navigator’. It and the alien ship are of the same world, different from the eggs below and suffered the same fate as the Nostromo. None of the information above are spoilers for other movies, but are details for this first film, taken from books and interviews.

The most famous old sci-fi film is 2001 Space Odyssey from 1969. It's very slow (Stanley Kubrick) but it has lots to talk about and looks very good and realistic. It has a sequel.The most beautiful sci-fi film ever is Blade Runner from 1982 (Ridley Scott) but the final cut version from 2007 is the one to watch. It has a recent sequel too called Blade Runner 2049.

One of my favourite Alien reactions, genuine and going with the flow. Very watchable, so glad you loved it.

Nice, thorough reaction. When you watch the sequel, MAKE SURE you watch the directors cut / extended version!!! More world building, more character background, and it is totally worth it! In the extended version of this movie, Parker manages to catch a glimpse of the Alien pulling Brett away into the airducts, explaining how he could tell it was huge. Ripley was letting out gasses (assumingly environmental gasses in liquid form, hurting the alien) into the pod in the end. Partly to get the alien out from its hiding, but also to create higher pressure inside the pod, so when she opened the door, the expulsion into space would be with greater force. The explanation and connection between Mother, Ash and getting the Alien, is not all that complex, and you have pretty much touched it already. But as it is also touched upon in the sequel (particularly in the extended version), let's just keep you in the dark here, and let you figure it out yourself.

1:08:51 Ripley is trying to turn the destruct system off because the Alien was between her and the shuttle entrance bay; so there was now way for her to escape. The reason she doesn't see the Alien when she goes back is becuase it's entered the shuttle.

Director Ridley Scott followed this up with Blade Runner. This was followed by three sequels, two prequels, two crossover films, comics, graphic novels and videogames. The first person survival horror Alien: Isolation serves as a direct sequel to this film

I saw this in a cinema in 1979. In the cinema the screen is so large you can't look at everything at once like you can on a TV screen. It made it much more intense. Not seeing what the alien was, except in brief flashes made your imagination run wild, less is more. You spent the whole movie trying to figure out what the hell this thing is. It was being gassed with Dichloromethane. That is a refrigerant and it is the active component in paint stripper. If you get it on your skin your skin will peal off. The big alien was a man in a suit, made by H. R. Gieger. No cgi back then. Everything was real.

The facehugger is basically a caterpillar that can't make a cocoon, so it uses people.

Just adding to the exposition that others have been providing, the original screenplay also explained why there's hardly any lighting on the giant craft used for these types of expeditions: it's way more cost-efficient to rely on the human eye's ability to adapt to dim lighting, than to power the implausibly bright lighting you typically see in sci-fi movies. They need all their power for their propulsion systems, atmosphere control etc. It's way more realistic this way.

Random meme: *"'Alien' is a film where no one listens to the smart woman, and then they all die, except for the smart woman and her cat. Four stars."*

What made the sets so superb was this was the first movie where a spaceship was a piece of shit held together with duct tape, not some shiny futuristic environment. They were commercial truckers and the ship reflected that.

You can experience this exact movie and its atmosphere through the "Alien Isolation" videogame. The main story in that game also connects "Alien" and "Aliens", it's the story of Ripley's daughter xD

Great reaction and discussion throughout fellas(also quite funny 😂). Ps. I take offense for Parker with your "just looking for a check" comment. Who was the only one to grab a weapon(fork/knife?) when the Xeno first burst out on the dining table and began to approach it with intent and was stopped by Ash? 🤔🤔🤔 Parker deserved more respect but besides that, always enjoy you guys 🤙🏾 hopefully more horror or scary stuff to come. Predator?😬

“Truckers In Space”

Don't forget to get the "special edition/director's cut" for Aliens (1986) ;)

Alien was full of suspense. Aliens is more action but I loved this one. Ripley was one of the first female badasses. Great movie and still excellent today

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The alien was between her and the shuttle so that's why she tried to stop the countdown (too late) - that was the scene when it was coming around the corner. The housecat is the 4th top feline predator in the world - the alien wasn't trying to kill it, it was fascinated with it. Also, the second set of jaws/teeth was based on the moray eel, which has a set of pharyngeal jaws, a second set of jaws located down the esophagus to grab prey after it's initially grabbed by the primary jaws and then quickly drawn down into the pharynx. The facehugger was based on parasitic wasps, which inject their eggs into the host, which will eventually die after it has been consumed by the baby wasps. This is part of the genius of the film - the most horrific characteristics of the Alien are based on characterists of actual earth species.

The alien wrapped his tail around Lambert so she couldn't run away. She couldn't move anyway she was so petrified by fear. That last scream of hers right before dying.....haunting.

1) It is implied in this movie (but expanded on in the comics etc) that the "host" is not just an incubator for the species. It uses the host's genetic information in order to create a hybrid of itself that is already highly adapted to the host's environment. So in the case of a human host, while it retains its exoskeleton, acid blood and basic features... it is "shaped" similar to the host it was born from. But it takes "the best of the best" genetic information of the host and discards the junk DNA (which is why it was bigger than the human it came from). However, if the host was like a "cat" it would have feline attributes, if it was a snake, it would have snake attributes, if it was a dinosaur, it would have the attributes of that dinosaur etc etc etc 2) In a cut scene in this movie, it showed a scene where the Alien had raided the ships food storage room... with numerous "cast off skins" (like a snake). This explains how it got so big so fast. They deleted the scene because they wanted to surprise the audience by how big it had gotten after the chestburster scene. Apparently, even if there is no food available, its acidic blood allows it to digest other less nutritious things, like wood, rubber and even metal. Although it likely prefers meat. 3) During the "chestburster scene" they didn't tell the rest of the cast about the actual "bursting or blood squirting" part happening in that moment. So the actors reactions are half /acting half/genuine surprise and disgust. 4) The xenomorph tail can be used as a spear if facing something that is putting up a good fight, or to pull victims towards them. Also a lot of the "fleshy" scenes (like the facehugger autopsy etc) they used actual meat cuts and real animal organs to make it look more realistic. Apparently it smelled terrible after long shoots. Aliens do not show up on heat sensors or infrared at all (which is why you need to use motion sensors). 5) In another deleted scene it showed Ripley finding the captain (Dallas) alive and attached to the wall begging her to kill him. It appeared that he was kind of "melting" and starting to form an Alien egg out of his flesh. This concept was altered as the lore evolved in later stories (as seen in Aliens). 6) This is one of the movies where "characters sticking together" would not help. Kind of like 10 humans trying to take on a Terminator with their bare hands... it does not improve your chances at all. A xenomorph in a room vs 50 unarmed humans... the Alien is going to easily win. So "splitting up" actually increases your chances of survival because it can only be in 1 place at 1 time (unless you plan on sacrificing others by throwing them in front of the alien to make your escape or something). There is no such thing as "strength in numbers" when an Alien (or a Terminator, or a Predator) is involved, unless you are armed with some crazy powerful ranged weapons and you get them before they manage to get close. 7) Also "running" is pretty much pointless unless you have somewhere you can get to really fast and are able to close a door quick. Xenomorphs can outrun any human easy in a straight line or if there are no barriers in the way. They are far too quick. 8) Ripley was trying to turn off the self-destruct because the Alien was between her and the shuttle, so she had no choice. But since she was unable to turn it off she had no choice but to risk it and try for the shuttle again. 9) The Aliens don't technically "sleep" it is more that they kind of hibernate while waiting for something to do (when there is no obvious prey, or hosts to gather etc). 10) The vacuum and freezing temperature of space doesn't kill an Alien, (but it will freeze and be unable to move or function). But it wouldn't be able to survive re-entry into a planetary atmosphere (or likely the impact from height).

I love how complicated the self-destruct system is.

45: 53 so my favorite thing to explain for the ship about the "Wet Area" is that is likely the Cooling tower section for the ship's core. the sudden expansion allows for a sudden decrease in pressure and temperature, thus allowing the loop to return to a liquid state. but this system underestimates that heat can buildup within a ship, so there has to be large radiators outside the ship to deal with that. problem is I never saw that sort of thing. Side note: xenomorphs grow absurdly fast, and yes, it has a pharyngal jaw that actually does the eating, sort of like a probiscis, but has enough power behind it to punch through roughly 1/8" of stainless steel. for anyone who doesn't know, that's generally considered to get to high commercial to industrial strength

The 'Director's' cut, expands a few scenes, so you get to see how Parker and Ripley see what happens to Brett, and you get to find out what happened to Dallas and Brett after they were taken. It trims a few shots to squeeze in some alternate takes and additions- the alien 'distress' signal is heard and Kane draws a gun when the egg starts to react.

It took forever for Scott to admit it, but this was nothing more then a remake of the 1958 film "It! The Terror from Beyond Space". A film that was just as creepy at times. A definite must watch!!

If it’s wind inside, it’s from the ventilation supply & return air registers.

fun fact: Angela Cartwright was on the "Sound of Music", the 3rd daughter... gorgeous eyes also on TV show "Lost in Space"

One of the best things that this movie did was use H. R. Giger's designs for the alien stuff. He was one of a kind.

Yes, the reason she tried to turn off the self-destruct was because the alien was blocking the path to the shuttle.

Find it fascinating that you guys didn't figure out that the room with the chains was filled with air ducts, and cooling systems...all that water was for cooling the engines. The master minds behind the computer, the protocol of the main order to bring back an alien, and the robot Ash actions was the company who owned the Nostromo...they wanted the Alien for a possible weapon.

If you are interested the directors commentary for this movie is probably the best one I've ever heard/watched. Genuinely interesting insight into the craft of filmmaking.

Idk why every reactor to this always asks "why is it so wet? Where's the water coming from?". It's a portable space ore refinery. So big machines that presumably can run a bit hot. But the space they're in is both enclosed and not designed for crue comfort, so any moisture from the factory processes and the crew just gets stuck there condensed

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Great Rreacton Guys!!!! I'm now 63 years old, so you can believe me when I tell you I saw this movie on opening day. I was about to turn 19. And get this: The only advertisement I saw was what was in the newspaper - I don't recall seeing any trailer before opening day. So I had absolutely NO idea of what I was getting myself into. I saw it at the Plitt Theater in Orange, California, last showing - and I would find out years later that an unknown person named James Cameron was in the same audience as he said he had seen it at an Orange County theater on opening day, last showing. And in my entire Movie Geek life I never felt more lucky to have been one of the first to see it - because NOBODY in that audience knew what was coming 55 minutes into the film. I don't recall any screaming other than a few yelps, but for me, I KNOW my eyes had to be as wide as saucers and my mouth was probably hitting the ground, and to this day this ranks as one of the biggest screen shocks I ever experienced. I was only anticipating that he would blow up from the inside (remember that line earlier in the film?), but was not anticipating a live creature to come out. As for the robot, blush, cough, cough, I never suspected until the head was knocked off - another great shock. When the scene started with the "sweating", I just didn't know what was going on, the previous victim didn't "sweat" before the creature popped out. But honestly, I think that got a bigger scream than the chest buster scene. But let's skip to the ending. The camera does that very slow pan to a sleeping Ripley, fade out, then the first credit. When the first credit came up, you would never hear such an exhale come from an audience. Hehe. Yes, it was the last showing so it near midnight when we left the theater, but we were all wide awake. By the time Sunday had arrived, it seemed like EVERYBODY knew about "the big scene", so that is why I consider myself lucky to have seen it on opening day. Me and the audience got the shock of our lives - and something we would never forget. Even through my shock, I knew in the seconds after the scene ended we saw something that was going to rank right up there with the Shower Scene from "Psycho" as one of the big iconic moments in cinema history. So sorry you guys weren't born yet. You really missed out on something.

I’m so amazed you haven’t seen this movie before. To me it’s a huge surprise that you’ve never watched movies that were and are still today important for the cinema, for different genre. No judgement at all. And for your information, the xenomorph and it’s aesthetic is inspired and realized by H.R.Giger, he had a twisted mind and his works were a mix between machines and humans/organic, you should check it out. And the character of Ripley was a man, but they loved how Sigourney played so they gave the role to her.

Like you guys, many viewers of the first Alien movie complain about the dumb decisions many of the crew make. People should remember, this crew was just a bunch of blue collar space truckers. With the exception of Ash, none of them were scientists, explorers or military. They had been doing this same job for years, if not decades. They had never seen or heard of an alien (in real life). So they were not prepared. And this movie was made in the 70s. So understanding of medical technology (quarantine, germ protection, infection, etc) was nothing like it is today. Also, "Mother" was not AI. It was only the ship's computer. There was no AI in the 70s. And Ash was not a robot, even though the crew called him that out of ignorance. He was an Android. Which is an artificial, man made machine made to look like a human.

Three youngsters are boarding the "Nostromo." What will these fellows make of this "old, long, slow-moving, character-centered, no-DFX" movie? 8:16 Roll film. The Company is sending the equivalent of a freighter crew to "do science" on an unexplored planet! 17:34 Canny observers saw Ash's "calisthenics" as suspect. 22:15 The Space Jockey, a mystery for decades. 25:20 Second Officer Kane = Zapp Brannigan. 26:44 How's THAT for a jump scare? 27:12 This conversation has become iconic due to recent events. 28:07 The Face Hugger, grossing out audiences for decades. 30:00 Acid Blood solved the "why don't they just cut if off him?" question. 35:43 A Props dept. work of Art, made of sea animals. 39:39 Kane's last meal. 40:55 The Xenomorph, scaring audiences for over 40 years. 42:04 Burial at sea, an old maritime tradition that spares next-of-kin the gruesome details. 44:14 Along came Jones. 46:58 Say hello to Bolaji Badejo. 49:20 How's that for a "syntax error"? 52:17 You're in command, Ripley. 55:49 In 1979, this was my "WTF? Ash ISN'T Human!?" moment. 57:53 Most didn't see this coming. 1:04:38 I've read that Lambert is standing in for us, the audience. 1:05:38 That's a STINGER, you reprobates! 1:07:45 Escape route cut off, stop Destruct to gain time for Plan B. 1:16:06 Tonight's entree on the shuttle "Narcissus" is Steamed Xenomorph in Shell. 1:16:59 Correction, Char-Broiled Xenomorph. This and the next movie made newcomer Sigourney Weaver a major movie star. Sigourney Weaver, along with Linda Hamilton of "Terminator," became Badass movie characters. "Jennifer Lawrence"? Who is that?

Ash was not tryimg to infect Ripley...He was trying to shove a folded magazine down her throat!!!

Don't know if anyone mentioned it but the scene where the alien burst from Kane's chest, the only people who knew what would happen were Ridley Scott and John Hurt. The rest of the cat saw it for the first time when it happened so the reaction was real. When the xenomorph killed Parker, the second mouth punctured his chest and ate his heart.

In my opinion, by shoving hard a rolled-up magazine on Ripley's closed mouth she won't be able to scream for help while being suffocated by the android medical doctor. That was my thought the first time I watched that scene. More Power to your channel guys. Keep the reaction rolling for us viewers. You earned another subscriber here. Can't wait to watch you guys watch the other iconic Alien franchises.

I’m late so this may have been explained already, but near the end Ripley was trying to deactivate the self-destruct. The reason she wanted to override it is because when she tried to get to the shuttle the first time, the alien was in the hallway leading to the shuttle and blocking her path. And she couldn’t risk torching it from that position because a fire in that corridor would have blocked her only escape route. The only option to ensure that she would not be caught in the detonation would be to override and reset the self destruct to give her more time, but she missed the cutoff window by a few seconds. At that point, she has no choice but to go back down the corridor where the alien was and try to get on the shuttle. When she goes back, it’s gone (cause it’s on the shuttle).

Yall are quickly becoming one of my favorite reaction channels. Loving GoT, AoT, Star Wars, Breaking Bad, and now my favorite sci-fi series of all time. Keep it up guys!

What is often missed today is this is the very first monster movie where the woman is not saved by the leader guy. First ever. It was amazing for that.

56:19 “Is that nut?” 🤣 So many questions and possibilities. 💀

I know it sounds petty, but I’m actually serious: I recommend watching Aliens…and then literally pretending that Aliens was the last one to ever exist in the franchise. I’m actually serious. And DEFINITELY watch the Director Cut.(40 minutes extra, whole cast that’s not in the theatrical). ALSO The DIRECTOR CUT of Abyss (45 minutes extra and the theatrical doesn’t even make sense).

Aliens (the sequel) is thee best sci fi action movie ever made. I can’t wait to see your react! Well done boys!

The girl's reaction, Oh my God, was her real reaction to the blood. They knew that there would be blood, but not so much that it would spray on their faces and the walls.

Yes, I saw it in the theater in 1979 and no one in my party questioned that Ash was a robot or android once we saw him convulsing and especially when we saw the wires. It made perfect sense. I was laughing at what you guys were coming up. Like WTF? Btw the chest explosion scene was a total shock and absolutely disgusting. It’s hard to believe, but back then those kinds of things were kept secret among people that had already seen it. Also, you had to wait in a line wrapping around the theater hoping to get a ticket and if it sold out, you’d have to buy for the next show and wait. Big movies played in very few theaters even in a big metro area. However they were much bigger in size. Totally different experience than today. This was the first movie where a space ship was dark, dirty, and industrial looking. Prior to this, they were bright, clean and pristine.

The epitome of sci-fi horror and one of the finest works of cinema created.