Aliens is now live! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n7p-hseQmNO1fXk.html I hope you enjoyed Alien as much as we did!! I had an awesome time streaming Alien: Isolation on my twitch at www.Twitch.tv/tbr_schmitt. I want to thank everyone so much for the support and all the great comments so I can interact and chat about this awesome movie! Always feel free to suggest movies for a reaction, we keep a long list of every movie commented if we haven't seen it yet! Who else was completely blindsided by the evil robot lol?!

"Ripley was a badass and everyone should have listened to her..." The whole Alien saga summed up in one sentence.

Alien, 40+ years later & still a masterpiece.

Ships actually often have cats as official crew members. It's a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. And they weren't just pets - they actually kept the rodent population on those ships in check, so the rations wouldn't be spoiled. That's why Jonesy is on the Nostromo.

“They should have listened to Ripley” is basically the unofficial motto of the whole damn series.

What makes Alien so great is we only see glimpses of the alien. Alien is arguably one of the best sci-fi/horror movies ever made. Well done Ridley Scott.

From the Alien’s perspective, this movie is “Die Hard.”

It's seriously hard to believe that this film came out in _1979!_ The first _Star Wars_ film had dropped only 2 years earlier. It's just _incredible_ how well this masterpiece holds up today, on every single level.

"Oh my god they should have listened to Riply" Is basically the plot of the first four movies in this franchise...

Most people don't realize that 95% of the bulk of their ship is actually their cargo. The Nostromo is basically a semi truck in space, they're towing a huge automated refinery. None of the movie takes place on the refinery, everything is confined to the three decks of the Nostromo itself. When they land on the planet they disconnected from the cargo and left it in orbit.

“So far, it’s been like... eerily silent.” The tag line for this movie was “in space, no one can hear you scream.” Silence is often scarier than anything else. It’s unnerving,

When it comes to the titular character, props to H.R. Giger for the masterfully grotesque design of the creature, Carlo Rambaldi for designing and supervising the puppetry work on its jaws, Bolaji Badejo for being such a trooper wearing the outfit on set, Ridley Scott for storyboarding the shots of its appearance to perfectly generate that Lovecraftian sense of mystery as to what it even fully looks like, and for DP Derek Vanlint for bringing those shot compositions to life.

It's incredible how well this movie has aged since 1979. Sure, some effects here and there might seem a bit outdated, but for the most part it's a timeless classic that still works for the most part. The cinematography, acting, script. atmosphere - absolutely amazing!

When this movie came out I walked to the theater near my apt complex to see it. When I got out it was dark. That was fun

This movie is timeless. A strong female lead, a black guy who doesn't die first and is super likeable, an incredible twist with Ash being a robot, the eerie, suspenseful, cosmic-like horror and design of the creature itself, this movie has it all. And this was in 1979! Still scaring people all these years later. Incredible.

Parker: "What I think we should do is just freeze him, I mean he's got a disease why don't we stop it where it is? He can always get to a doctor when we get back home." Brett: "Right" Ripley: "Whenever he says anything you say right Brett, you know that?" Brett: "Right"

My father always said he loved horror movies, but this was the only horror movie he ever saw where he actually considered walking out of the theater because it was too intense. I mean, before this movie there had been *nothing* like it before. At least we have a frame of reference heading into it. All he had was basically Night of the Living Dead, Psycho, and a million shitty B horror movies.

H.R. Giger, the artist who designed the alien said he didn't give it eyes because it would be scarier if you couldn't tell where it was looking.

this film is a masters class in suspense.

I always found Ash's description about the Alien to be the most compelling scene. The delivery, the silence, the writing...it is both chilling and fascinating. "I admire its purity. A survivor, unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality." I think that Ash, as and android,, feels connected to the Alien in some way. It goes beyond mere fascination.

Fun Fact: If you notice, when the alien is in the escape shuttle, it moves a lot slower than it had before. That's because the life span of that species is very short (something that gets retconed to hell and back in later movies). Technically, the thing is in the final stages of it's life cycle.

A masterclass in cinematography, sound design and art direction. I just love how believable and feasible the _Nostromo_ looks, inside and out.

I got to see this in 1979 in a big old-fashioned single screen theater that was packed with people who were extremely excited to see it after all the build-up. It was one of the most intense and wonderful movie-going experiences I've ever had in my life. Enjoyed your reactions to it.

It's amazing when younger people finally see for the first time what a properly done movie looks like.

"I've barely seen the Alien." Yup. One of the things that makes it so scary. Off to watch your reaction to "Aliens - this time it's War..."

rule 1 of a good horror movie: the less you show the monster, the scarier it is rule 2 of a good horror movie: keep the audience guessing where it will come from

You said you were stressed for 2 hours. I saw it in the theatre when new. The movie poster showed an egg and said “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream “. The stress started before we got in.

That alien popping out of the chest is an iconic scene - you’ll see others duplicate or parody it!

I was stationed at an RAF base in Britain back in the 80s and took a weekend trip to London. I went to a shopping center called the Trocadero. The interior was like a giant missile silo with shops around the circular walls. On the lower level was access to a disused section of the metro system called the Underground. A company had purchased those tunnels and licensed props from the Aliens franchise and turned it into a tourist themed tour of a space facility that was studying the aliens to weaponize them. Half way through the tour, sirens went off, red lights started strobing, it went dark, and emergency lighting kicked on with an automated evacuation warning. A scientist in a white lab coat was snatched around a corner behind a hissing steam vent, and a Space Marine ran past firing a weapon. More of them herded us into an escape shuttle that wouldn't lauch and the shadow of a Xenomorph slithered across the opaque windscreen. We were hustled out the door, and down a hallway. We ran through a fog filled corridor over an egg infested grated walkway. As he shoved us into an elevator, the last person in had two Xenomorph hands wrap around his face and it dragged him back out as the doors closed. The other side of the door opened and we burst through a door yelling and stumbling and found ourselves back out in the shopping area with startled shoppers looking at us. It was the best theme ride I have ever experienced.

I can't believe this movie was made in 1979........it looks so damn good!!

the chest bursting scene: only John Hurt (Kane) and the director knew how the Alien was going to make its appearance. none of the other cast members knew, all they did know was that it was going to appear, just not how. everyone's reaction on camera was genuine.

Ridley Scott is the best director out there. He said the he watched horror films which were OK until the 'man in the rubber suit' appeared, so he set out to make a really scary monster. And he did. He also said that John Hurt (R.I.P) was the only actor there who knew about the alien bursting out of his stomach. So the reaction of the other actors was real.

This film is a cinematic masterpiece, the environment, the lighting and the music score worked perfectly. The best horror films make you afraid of the monster you dont see.

The actor playing Ash is awesome. Ian Holm also was in Fifth Element and played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings movies.

It is always the best to watch reactions of people whom not only haven't seen the films but aren't even aware of the lore or have seen the scenes somewhere else, the genuine surprises are the best, always adds a little extra

The strength of this film is the realistic, non-melodramatic acting.

A perfect film, brilliant script, on point casting, such natural, realistic performances, phenomenal designs all over, masterfly done set pieces.

The sets were designed to give you the feeling of infinity and claustrophobia at the same time. The Alien was designed by the great H R Giger.

Fun fact: the cast, apart from John Hurt, didn't know what was going to happen in the chestburster scene. Their reactions are all genuine.

It's amazing how after 40 years this movie can still scare the living shit out of people. It goes to show you the Ridley is one of the masters.

Imagine going to the theater when it premiered. This movie was in a different class altogether. No one had ever seen anything like this. Most terrifying thing I have ever seen. And one of the best movies, EVER.

Ash revealed as a robot was the best plot twist of the movie!

Oh man, thanks for being such an engaged and awesome audience! This is as close as I'll ever be able to get to experiencing the film for the first time again :-)

First time someone speaks throughout the movie I love and I don't want to kill them

Another detail about Ash that you may have missed is right before the stomach scene. When the crew is eating, Ash is watching Kane as if he's waiting for him to burst.

Gotta love that self destruct device. There's NO WAY you set it off by accident. lol

"The doctor is just way too fascinated by the Alien." yeah about that

Ripley: "Listen to me, if we break quarantine, we could all die!” Smart girl, everybody should listen to her... in the movie and in real life... specially real life.

Fun fact: To show the scale of the Nostromo and the alien ship, they had the children of the crew suit up into the same space suits. Also, the kids and actual actors for those scene were constantly having overheating problems, so they had to be careful with filming and film in intervals.

"It's structural perfection is matched only by it's hostility."

This won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects at the 1980 academy awards.

This movie came out when I was 9. My brother and sister (5-6 years older than me) both saw it, and they had these trading cards they got somewhere. They gave me the cards, and I would look at them all the time wondering what I was looking at, and some of them scared me. Three years later, a record store going out of business was giving away free albums. I got the soundtrack for this movie, and it terrified me to listen to. After Aliens was announced I finally watched this movie... all the fear in previous years was warranted, but damn did I love this. I watched it right before going to see Aliens. Great, great movies!

The actress that played Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and the rest of the crew didn't know about the chest-burster scene so when most of the blood got on her, her scream was genuine. Also, the parts of the ship that were melted through were styrofoam so the melt effect is genuine too. There was a deleted scene that showed Dallas and Brett captured and being transformed into eggs to hold more facehuggers. Since there wasn't a queen the alien had to make do.

I remember seeing Alien for the first time. I was so scared afterward, that I laid in bed, staring at my closet door, expecting to see the door slide open and the alien come out to eat me.

The jump scare in the vent is probably like my favorite one ever. The tension building up to it is so well done, and just like Dallas we as the audience just have no idea what direction the xenomorph is coming from

This movie is permanently ingrained into my childhood. I was about ten years old when this movie came out. While backpacking with my parents and some of their friends in Yosemite, one of them had brought Alan Dean Foster's book with them and my Mom would read it out loud after we set up camp. I was completely riveted by the story. A year or two later I kind of tricked my grandfather into taking me to see it while we were on a summer road trip around the country. He didn't really understand how graphic modern movies were and didn't really pay attention to the R rating. They were playing it in a tent theater in the Grand Canyon of all places. Scared the bejesus out of me! To this day, I think it is the scariest movie ever made, with the exception of The Shining.

I love it when the chest burster scene scares people. I think it's the one thing about this movie that a lot of people know even if they're never seen it, similar to the revelation of Luke's parentage in Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back. Since I feel it is so well known, it's great when a reactor has not been spoiled and gets the full effect of the scene.

Now go watch Aliens, best sequel ever. But stop there.

I would recommend the next one Aliens don't bother with the rest.

The second or third time I saw this in a theatre, we took a buddy who had never seen it. When Dallas went into the ducts looking for the alien, and everyone is freaking out because of the merging dots on the scanner, and Dallas suddenly turns and the alien is right there, this guy let out a scream like a little girl and the entire theatre broke out laughing. I'll remember that forever.

I've watched several reaction videos for this movie, and everyone jumps/reacts to the same scenes: 1) chestburster scene (enough said) 2) chest burster jumping onto Kane from the egg 3) the alien dropping down behind Brett 4) Dallas in the vent when the alien jumps out 5) Parker hitting Ash and his head breaks off, revealing he's a robot 6) the alien is in the shuttle with Ripley Not to mention nearly everyone believes the crew should have listened to Ripley.

Make sure you do "Aliens" next for sure. The other Alien movies are OK but just not up to the first two.

Terrific reaction...it's fun and a little strange to see this movie, that I've known so well most of my life, be something unknown and new to someone else. Nice seeing you both jump...Alien's still got it! An unsung hero of Alien is its lighting cameraman, Derek Vanlint. This was his first feature film, and his lighting here is just peerless. I really do think Alien is one of the most beautiful films ever made thanks to his work. Amazingly, he only made three feature films...Alien in '79, the underrated Dragonslayer in '81, and his directorial debut The Spreading Ground in 2000. The rest of his career was in commercial work. A shame he didn't do more films!

I love how they made the Xenomorph like almost depend on the darkness of the ship to attack people. Very animalistic in a way. And also how the Xenomorph kinda act like a hive as well.

Some of the best writing ever. RIP Dan O'bannon.

"Dark City" 1998 is an underrated sci-fi movie you might enjoy.

I love that this movie still freaks people out after 40 years! My friends and I always refer to Alien as an outer space haunted house movie.

Great reaction and you did a great job of not talking over the movie as other people sometimes do on other reaction videos. You nailed it when you noticed the build up of tension and suspense with the tracking shots that take their time and sound effects/music, to name a few. Such an epic movie and so well done! The practical effects actually give the film an organic and realistic feel to it. I'm actually glad CGI had not been invented yet! It was great to see you both really appreciate and enjoy this first (and BEST, in my opinion) of the Alien series!

"I thought they were doing perfect" If you notice, the landing gear lands partway on a rock, which gives way under their weight. That uneven touchdown is what shook them up so badly.

I went and saw this one with a high school girlfriend in 1979. She had very sharp fingernails. Needless to say my forearm had multiple puncture holes from her grabbing my arm. :)

For the record, if you guys watch Aliens, which you really should, I recommend going for the extended edition. It adds some details that I personally think improves an already great movie.

You guys are both great reactors, I’ve only watched one vid and your quickly becoming one of my favorite reactors😁 thanks for putting in so much effort👌🏼

Watched Alien for the first time on cable, almost 40 years ago exactly. I was 10 years old; my folks and three of my friends watched it together. Everyone was terrified, and the relief in the room when it was over was palpable. It's one of my all-time favorites, probably #2 on my list (behind an obvious #1 if you look at my username, lol...). Fun video--very well done, y'all.

I saw this in 1979. The movie poster for Alien said. "It will scare the nuts out of you M&M's"

Aliens is basically a great Haunted House movie that solves the haunted house problem, namely why don't the people just leave the house? But with the crew being in space you can't just leave. You're trapped.

When I watched Alien the second time, I appreciated Kane's first breath from the freezers.

Funfact: Yaphet Kotto was asked to play the role of Jean Luc Picard in Star Trek The Next Generation (even before Patrick Stewart was asked to play it) - he turned it down to focus on his movie career, and years later he said it was the worst decision of his acting career to turn down that role. Before anyone remarks, that he was stupid to turn this role down, please note: TV was not in high regards back in the mid 80's; it was almost frowned upon and if a movie actor was going into TV back then, it was a sure sign of a declining acting career. So, refusing such a role was out of fear of being perceived as a movie actor falling from grace. Today this is very different, but back in the 80's and 90's that was kind of a rule: Don't accept TV roles if you have other options especially in actual movies.

The scene with Dallas in the air duct is one of the most tense sequences ever put to film. No matter how many times I've seen it, now matter how aware I am of what's around the corner, I still hold my breath 'til I'm purple. Top shelf filmmaking at it's absolute finest.

Gotta watch Aliens now. Like the Terminator franchise, first two movies are considered the best. First movie is horror suspense thriller, second movie is horror action thriller, then the franchise goes down from there.

Sam's reaction starting at 11:39 is hilarious. I watched it three times and laughed out loud each time.

Alien is a masterpiece and the music is fantastic.

Very entertaining! Comments and reaction are on point! Good channel to follow & great suggestions from your followers.

Ash reached for the container of white liquid/milk at their meal. Little touches like that throughout the movie. For instance, John Hurt was the first to wake from cryo sleep & the first to die. Ridley Scott didn’t tell them where the Alien was as they ran around the corridors, or that the chest burster would happen. Sigourney Weaver showed up to audition for Ripley, even though Ripley was originally a man. Scott thought it’d be a cool twist for a woman to be the sole survivor.

It was fun watching you guys watch this film for the first time. Still holds up after 40+ years. Thanks for the upload!

I love the fact that when they were filming the chestburster scene, none of the actors knew it was going to happen, which made their reactions real. Also when Ripley starts the self destruct mechanism, it REALLY takes 5 minutes for it to explode!

29:56 These older movies stand the test of time _because_ of the lack of CGI. Basically, CGI effects tend to age far more quickly than practical effects. With CGI, what seems impressive now will often look horribly dated in 5 years time. Not so with practical effects. I'm not saying CGI doesn't have its place though, and the best filmmakers know when to use one or the other. There is a ton of CGI in a ton of movies that nobody notices, because it is used "right".

Oh yeah - here we go! For the outside scene of the alien ship and for the space jocky in the chair they used children in space suits to make the sets look larger.

I appreciate everyone who takes the time to watch the classics. It's awesome that the new generation sees what we saw, to keep the traditions going.

I remember (many years ago) when i read in a magazine, that a movie, based on the works of HR Giger, was going to be made. Being a Giger fan, i couldn't wait to see it. Being poor, i couldn't see it at a cinema & had to wait until it came out on video (tape) lol. I was amazed by the movie & remember at the time, thinking this movie is special, a movie like never seen before! .. Giger's dark & sinister art, brought to life, worked so well & made the movie. After time, a second & then more movies.. All thanks to Giger's genius. Look at it all now, huge multi-million dollar series of movies, even bringing in the Predator movies & recently Prometheus & Covenant! .. The greatest alien/monster movies of all time, in my opinion! This movie started it all & was pure genius, in suspense, horror & design! A BIG Thank You Mr. H.R Giger!

"Will it be suspense, will it be jump scares?" YES

Classic & iconic. Groundbreaking film. They don't make them like this anymore. Still holds up in 2020 So effective. Aliens too, which is 2 in the series.

10k likes, not a single dislike. A testament to a 40 year old film and the reactions were priceless. A dated film survives into a new generation and still terrorizing. Alien is the micheal Myers to the science fiction genre.

I have never seen the movie just an accidental glimpse of the alien from the time I was 6 years old zapping through channels trying to find cartoons at 11 o'clock in the evening while everyone was asleep. Just one glimpse, but the creature terrorized me in my nightmares the entire following decade. I'm a grown man now, so I think its time I had another encounter with my most iconic nightmare monster. Here goes another decade.

When I saw Alien in the cinema when it came out in '79, Ripley instantly turned into my favorite badass female actor! Your reactions were priceless! :)

This is one of the most terrifying movies ever. I watched it by accident when I was little and it almost traumatized me. The scene in the hallways with the flashing yellow-blue light, the scene in the ventilation shafts, Ripley being distracted with the self-destruction device WHILE THE DOOR WAS OPEN THE ENTIRE TIME and you expected the Alien arrive at any second.......... This movie is ...uberdreadful to watch and I have never watched a movie inducing more tension.

I like how Ridley Scott used his kids for xtras wearing spacesuits for scale, for the space jockey scene.

The thing I appreciate the most about older films is that actors are more calm, dialogue creates a certain atmosphere performance allows for relaxed conversation, mumbling and lines that sometimes goes unheard unless you pay attention. Today everything is so over the top theatrical and amplified, everything that is said is of "importance" and even whispers are loud, feels like every line is force and in center as to not be missed by the audience. So much more genuine human expression from older works than there is in todays films. Perhaps because actors nowadays lack true emotional depth. Actors from the past came from post war families and had trauma and hardships they were somehow closer to missery and pain and understood range of expression and timing. Actors today are school trained shallow immitators. Just my opinion ofc, but I just find it hard to believe the performance actors try to convey in todays movies.

Now you have to see ALIENS ''special edition''!

What is often overlooked is that in the final stages of the film as Ripley is desperately trying to reach the escape shuttle for the second time; she is sweaty; the heat from the reactors is already affecting her; Ripley's peril is palpable. This detail is small but imparts so much information.

19:36 The Emergency Destruct System is literally just a hatch that lets the crew destabilize the reactor by turning off the cooling system. More secure and simple than a button. The cancellation failed because even though the cooling system was reactivated, it wasn't enough re-stabilize the core. Not even slow it down.