If the Xenomorph gave Giger nightmares, I can just imagine what the rest of the images his mind conjured up did to him. I remember him stating that he used heroin to deal with the anxiety his images game him.

yep, about 2 weeks ago I had a nightmare in which I was having to escape a space station with facehuggers, and headcrabs from half life all trying to get me. Thanks HR Giger, I didn't need to sleep anyways XD.

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I was 14, saw with brother, 16. I remember physically shaking coming out of the theater into the daylight. I could not hold my hands still.

Obviously you haven't seen Hunt for the Skinwalker

plus the background music

@@duckhive the background music is epic. I think he uses just free license stuff. Which is crazy considering how much it has grown on me over the years.

Same, the voice and the speech cadence come together perfectly for this topic, imo. It somehow reminds me of listening to old government recordings, or perhaps corporate recordings if we're sticking to the lore.

In the context of Alien lore, this guy's voice is literally perfect. Same for Mr Nightmare and his creepy stories.

yeah his deep knowledge on his yo pronounce Giger. lolololol geee grrr lololol.

it's a good touch. Even though it doesn't match what's in the film it's excellent marketing

Yeah its good to see him back in saddle.

Agreed 💯💯💯💯💯💯

More fun than a bug hunt 😂

Same here I thought it was the planet, it wasn't till about 3 years ago I realised it was an egg that looks nothing like the ones in the films

That's interesting. I never thought it was a planet because it looks like an egg.

I always assumed it was the head of the Xenomorph seen from the front

Yes I am still really cross we never got that last new Alien film where they were going to bring back her and Hicks and Newt etc and ignore Alien 3 and its events. But instead we got the dire Prometheus and the truly dreadful Covenant. Which I think did so much damage it will be hard for the new films on the way to step out from. I hope they get it right and do something that is truly from the first two films line of continuity and Universe and leave all the meeting God garbage out of it.....

I get what you're saying but as you've spoken about she's been a part of some pretty massive cinematic works. I just think she's a wonderful actor who seems to really appreciate the work she's been a part of, rather than the typical Marvel checkbook actor who's clearly just in it for the bag and doesn't really feel any connection to the work. She's also a very elegant older woman, the type Hollywood has historically only recognized very rarely, and generally only in regards to "important" films, in which the Science fiction genre she's had such a part in has no place.

I remember seeing it on tv as well and being excited about it, thinking that it was going to be something special.

Oh, yes! That commercial. The train whistle sound scared me so bad I don't think I saw the movie until years later. I was 12 in 1979 🎉

That is EXACTLY what happened to me. I am English, and I was at the cinema as a child back in 79 to see various films. I was ten years old and the Alien trailer was attached to stuff like Moon Raker. It was around in 78 as well, the teasers were great, we had no clue as to what they were for. I cant even remember what films I was there to see. I was way too young to see Alien at the time, but we saw the trailers and it scared my brother and I no end. We saw the teaser with one movie, and a while later the full trailer with the hatching egg and clips of the film. I can clearly remember thinking it looked incredible and I wanted to see it straight away, but I knew I was too young. I sat there thinking, one day I will get to see that film.....And I did, years later, which may explain why I collect so much Alien and Aliens stuff, because of the profound impact the trailer and then the films had.

I saw Alien in the cinema when it first came out. The only thing we knew about it was the egg and that no one could hear you scream. It really was frightening seeing the film, and everything was a surprise.

I was too young to see it on the big screen when it came out. But - I watched it with my father and older brother for the first time on the small screen. Still, far too young to officially be watching it - different times and all that....! Needless to say, it had a lasting effect on my young mind. It finished and then Dad said "OK, time for bed, where's your bed clothes?" It was at that point I realised that my clothes were upstairs, in my room. Dad looked at me and said "well, you going to have to go upstairs and get them!" Now, for some reason - my folks had this obsession with helping us to get dressed, even though we had both worked out how to do it ourselves 🤷‍♀️ Anyway; I was tasked with going upstairs - in the dark - on my own! With Alien fresh in my mind. It didn't take me long to retrieve my clothes. I got back to find both my father and brother in fits of laughter - all my "must keep it cool" attitude went out the window. From this experience came a fascination for this film. I wanted to work out why it had this effect on me, which grew into a fascination for film making and special effects. Does that mean I got the last laugh....?

"Without using a single frame from the film"? Are you sure?

@Desmond Dolan I'm pretty sure, the initial trailer was just closeups of the egg and the egg cracking at the end. There was a later one that had a few quick scene shots of the film, without audio. I'm going to have to go through the extras now to confirm this! Anyway, my point was that it's a big slap around the face to any unsuspecting cinema audience. A true "less is more!" Triumph, designed to make people stop and go WTF....!

Let's not over-egg (ha) that last connection. Twohy merely carried out a rewrite on Pitch Black that mirrored some of his Alien3 ideas. It's very different otherwise.

Gibsons script was more action than Cameron’s and they would have had to build more suits for gibsons second draft didn’t make any of those changes so they asked him do a third and he declined

@@skepticalbadger I’m saying his prison script for *Alien 3* was the impetus to *Pitch Black* being created. Things like the character of Riddick (who is a very Ripleyish sort of character: a stoic orphan who doesn’t take a lot of shit off of anyone) and the basic plot I’m sure were something created later as the idea progressed.

James b about as close as fox would let him but fincher has said to get his true directors cut it would have to be refilmed

You are right Jim. Too bad Fincher was handcuffed and the studio screwed it up.

Well prepare for more disappointment with Disney taking over.

@@Stuart267 Anti Disney I see. I totally get it. Me not so much since Bob Iger took back the reigns over good old Bobby “Cheapek.” I think Romulus will give us a good indication though on where the series is going. I’d like Ridley Scott to just be a consultant and not have so much creative say over the next films.

@@adamzielinski2001 I am hardly anti-Disney I have just seen what they have done with their franchises I paid a ridiculous amount of money for 37 of the MCU movies on 4k steelbook but can still take my fanboy glasses off. I think its a little late for Iger to change things. Look at Star Wars & MCU, Since Endgame the MCU has struggled to break even with every passing instalment, that is because Disney have fell into the habit of lecturing the audience instead of entertaining them Black Widow, Shang Chi & The Eternals were awful films & considering they were supposed to kick off phase 4, yet bombed in box office. be it franchise fatigue or the fact Disney hire hack writers who jam their own agendas into films its not surprising to me. As for Scott I feel he's passed his prime as a film maker Prometheus & Covenant both sucked

@@Stuart267 Give Iger sometime. But Star Wars is better now since Kevin Feige took over and Kathleen Kennedy now longer has much say in Star Wars. Andor was a great series. Yes Marvel is struggling and I’m not sure there’s much hope for phase 5 either. I think X-men 97 and Deadpool 3 have some promise. The rest of Marvel though is looking pretty bad. However I think I’ll give Disney a chance with Alien depending on this Romulus project. Look at Prey and how well that did. I’m cautiously optimistic when it comes to how Disney will handle the Alien Franchise

​@@adamzielinski2001 As long as they don't go PG13 with Alien or jam their tired & tested politics into it.

Good movie. Real bloody.

In 1991?

@@Chef_Alpo Good point. It must have been '92'. I was in Edinburgh twice, I guess it was the second time.

Her cat? Man, a cat based alien would have been evil.

​@@aquariandawn4750no it wouldn't. If anything it's more humane than a human based alien.

@@CosmicCustodian here is a verifiable fact you can look up online. The common house cat kills a larger variety of animals than any other animal on the planet. Not even for eating them just for killing. Don't get me wrong I'm not some cat hater I love all kinds of animals except for monkeys. Cats are killers and often cats love playing with their prey before they kill it. Surely you've seen this.

Heheeheh that would go over so well with the Kiddos.....Its Easter kids, and so enjoy your nightmares as you tuck into a chocolate Alien parasite! Hey parents! This Easter why not get your kids a chocolate themed Egg from a movie they are not legally allowed to see until they are 18!!!! Its a great idea though, but sadly it cant or wont happen because of those reasons. My local Marks and Spencers here in the Uk is still trying to sell off Harry Potter Hedwig themed eggs and Golden Snitches etc and its long past Easter now. I wonder what happens to all the ones that never sell? Do they go back to factory? Are they melted down and recycled? Or does someone in the store just take them off the shelves after the sell by date and eat them themselves? The greedy lot...heh......

The assembly cut is good but it kinda pisses me off not finchers fault it pisses me off because it shows that if they’d just trusted fincher it could have been 100 percent on par with the first 2 films

One of the reasons I'm excited for Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien series is the fact that he's one of the rare creators/writers/showrunners who prioritizes the story first and foremost over the other aspects that most executives care about. His work on Fargo and Legion (in addition to the books he's written), both of which are outstanding and better than most modern films, is clear proof of that. He's one of the only people currently working within the Hollywood system who has my complete and utter confidence in regards to whatever project he works on.

I remember covering it a long while ago when it was just a rumor, but now that it’s been confirmed as 100% true it might be worth revisiting.

I was 23 when Alien 3 came out. There was little hype at the time that I saw in the Uk. The whole thing here was trading off the back of Aliens. That film was so good, therefore the third one should also be awesome....right? Well myself and a couple of friends were eager to see it. I drove us all up to a huge shopping complex here in the Uk called the Metro Center, the first weekend it opened. We wanted the late night viewing experience, so we spent the day being what Americans used to call Mall Rats. Hanging out in the shops, buying the odd book or music cd, going in the arcade, mucking about, eating fast food etc, then into the cinema to be scared, thrilled and blown away by another great film in the Alien series. It was almost 1am Sunday morning when we got out and were on the road to drive home and we were all upset, depressed and disappointed by the film. It felt like a total cheat, such a direction shift after Aliens and so very depressing to see Ripley die, no matter how heroic or noble her motivations. We all hated that third film. Even the directors recut version with the new effects and plot that was put back in place did nothing much to change my opinion of it. Years later in todays world when I know how hard it was to get made, and all the problems, I can almost admire it for the effort, but its still the weakest of the three films, little was I to know that the next one would be even worse.....Its just sad that it all ended up becoming the tired mess it has become. We were all so lucky to get the first movie when it was fresh and unique and that Cameron was around to build on it as well as he did. Its been downhill ever since...In 2023 I remember more about my time with my friends, being young and having that fun day, than I do about the film we went to see, so I am glad I have those memories, its just a shame the film was such a let down.

I thought you were talking to me at first lol

Eggcactly.