The Satire Hidden in ALIEN's Production Design | Making Alien
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In this video, we take an in-depth look at the dark satire injected by Ron Cobb into the production design of Alien’s Nostromo spaceship that highlights the fact that the true monster of Alien is not the creature but the Weyland-Yutani corporation itself.
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(Speculative Identities) Weylan-Yutani Logo - bit.ly/3Nb3yNI
(alienfilmspedia) bit.ly/3N6OGjh
(Rinzler 132) The Making of Alien by J.W. Rinzler
(The Beast Within) bit.ly/3f6ri87
(Nathan) Alien Vault: The Definitive Story Behind the Film by Ian Nathan
(Cinefantastique V09) Making Alien - Cinefantastique V09
(Alien Commentary) Alien Blu-ray Commentary
(ASC Scott) American Cinematographer - The Filming of Alien - bit.ly/39jUhTu
(Space Truckin’) Space Truckin’ - the Nostromo - Alien Series - bit.ly/3Qb6XfU
(Mediascene #35) Mediascene Issue #35
(Martin for Starlog) Starlog Magazine Issue 026
(ASC Vanlint) American Cinematographer - Alien and Its Photographic Challenges - bit.ly/3tw6nj0
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@Alex-cw3rz Жыл бұрын
God imagine being stuck in a space ship built by British Layland that's the true horror of the movie.
@RRRRRRP Жыл бұрын
gottem
@repletereplete8002 Жыл бұрын
At least the Nostromo is unlikely to rust in a vacuum unlike a Rover.
@oldunclemick Жыл бұрын
The Leyland Sherpa is the worst vehicle I have ever driven!
@MrOtistetrax Жыл бұрын
In space no one can see you shit your pants, because the lights were all made by Lucas.
@davidgifford8112 11 ай бұрын
@@MrOtistetraxThe Lucas lights on the Discovery’s pods (2001 a space odyssey) seemed to work fine!
@_The_Archive_ Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: The blue laser lights that were used in the alien ship's egg chamber were borrowed from The Who. The band was testing out the lasers for their stage show in the soundstage next door.
@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 Жыл бұрын
Probly where they got the lsd too.
@HumanHamCube 11 ай бұрын
Thought it was Pink Floyd
@HumanHamCube 11 ай бұрын
@@thetvbaby83c'mon lighten up
@jamesmeppler6375 11 ай бұрын
Not really fun
@robanderson473 11 ай бұрын
I never knew that, cool. I do enjoy wee tid bits like this.
@southpakrules Жыл бұрын
Pretty ironic how I watch a video about mocking corporations in the youtube mega-corporation and having to watch a ton of commercials before it starts.
@KittyBoom360 Жыл бұрын
There is also irony that I never saw a single commercial because I pay for premium membership which actually is less profitable for YT.
@southpakrules Жыл бұрын
@@KittyBoom360Pretty ironic you could have the same results with ad blocker for free and inflict more financial damage to the evil mega corporations.
@kennethpetersen8818 11 ай бұрын
@@KittyBoom360 I also didn't see a single commercial, because my browser blocks them, which is even less profitable for KZfaq.
@xmaniaccc1 11 ай бұрын
Use adblock for your sanity
@KittyBoom360 11 ай бұрын
@@kennethpetersen8818 Thumbs up! Yeah, I used to use an ad blocker too back before I started watching YT mostly on my Roku TV. Basically, I pay for premium so I can watch on my big screen with a remote, chilling on my couch while still avoiding ads. I'm willing to pay for this luxury because I watch more YT than any other platform on my TV.
@gwenerator7288 9 ай бұрын
production design is such a criminally underrated aspect of online movie discussion. the examples you shared were really interesting. it seems obvious to me now, but you made me consider the role of the designer and the impact of production design on cinema analysis. and of course, seeing the low-tech graphic design and concept art was really cool!
@gwenerator7288 9 ай бұрын
cobbs' work is just so cool :D
@Bobognargnar 10 ай бұрын
The egyptian theme also suggests me a parallel with the classic evil mummy trope: explorers desecrate the pharaoh tomp, the incur in the curse of the mummy that slowly kills them all. Kinda the plot of the movie, if you think about it.
@0zzzzzzzz0zzzzzzzz0 10 ай бұрын
Something also I thought of while watching: the opening glass lids of the cryosleep chambers also visually reckons back to the extending wings of a scarab
@SmartCookie2022 Жыл бұрын
Don't stop. I absolutely love the first Alien movie and everything about it. If you can uncover more hidden gems and untold stories, I'm all in.
@maxmaxmaxmax647 Жыл бұрын
I second that
@robanderson473 11 ай бұрын
Yeah I enjoy all that sort of thing too.👍
@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart 10 ай бұрын
I agree. Almost feels as if the series has an infinite of Easter eggs.
@davidsummer8631 Жыл бұрын
I like the idea of the ship pulling up at a spaceport to refuel and while they are waiting they all go into the spaceport shop to buy stuff
@interstellarsurfer Жыл бұрын
It's just an American truck stop in space.
@davidsummer8631 Жыл бұрын
@@interstellarsurfer Now that could be a TV show.
@AnthonyFlack Жыл бұрын
And there's nothing but crap for sale so they buy a plastic bird.
@davidlean1060 Жыл бұрын
@@davidsummer8631 I'm sure the BBC show Red Dwarf did something like that at some point.
@mrdynamic8678 11 ай бұрын
And weird alien potato chip flavours, Regulas slug worm flavour, Talos 3 bat flavour, Alpha Omicron Prime desert rat flavour, Caledonia 5 sea salt with prawn flavour.
@martinharris5017 Жыл бұрын
13:35 Actually, they DID have weapons! They are shown and mentioned when the crew set out to explore the derelict. However, when they discover that the Alien has acid for blood, they realize they can't blow it to bits without melting a hole in the hull, hence the makeshift flame thrower and electric prod.
@mrgreensuit7379 11 ай бұрын
They should have just blown it to bits and sealed the holes with spray foam lolz.
@martinharris5017 11 ай бұрын
@@mrgreensuit7379 Yes, I'm sure that would have made a great movie. You should write a screenplay.
@mrgreensuit7379 11 ай бұрын
@@martinharris5017 Got my hands full already writing a documentary about sarcastic internet lack wits. You could have a starring role!
@martinharris5017 11 ай бұрын
@@mrgreensuit7379 Actually the comment was intended in good humor. However I'm more than happy to star in your documentary. I don't come cheap though;)
@mrgreensuit7379 11 ай бұрын
@@martinharris5017 Well if you're not cheap you won't get the part. Supply and demand you see, too much supply these days!
@markmarketing7365 10 ай бұрын
A lot of cobb's ideas also show up in the game Alien: Isolation, unsurprisingly as the team for that got access to all concept art during production. It's really cool to see how coherent that ended up! A lot of these design principles hold up very well there
@King-Kazma 11 ай бұрын
The satirical subtext in Alien should also be credited to the scriptwriter and visual supervisor, Dan O’Bannon. The story of Alien began as a comedic subplot (written by O’Bannon) in John Carpenter’s student film, Dark Star, which shares similar themes and aesthetics, with a roughneck crew working a thankless and dangerous job in space.
@atomichobbit7358 11 ай бұрын
The best detail regarding the self destruct is that there are pinch hazard warnings on the mechanism. It’s like some OSHA inspector looked at the means in which one could blow up a spaceship and was like, that’s good and all but what if the lid falls and crushed the fingers of the user.
@lewis7515 Жыл бұрын
"The food ain't _that_ bad, baby!.."
@davidlean1060 Жыл бұрын
Parker and Brett really are the comedic element of the film. I love how Harry Dean delivers the line 'back to the ole frezzerinos. Classic!
@lewis7515 10 ай бұрын
@@davidlean1060 Right.
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
@@lewis7515 Answer to everything! I love Harry Dean RIP
@dks13827 3 ай бұрын
@@lewis7515 Right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@dcanmore Жыл бұрын
With some of the points made in the video I think of interest would be Rollerball (1975): corporations own the world; and Outland (1981): continuing the grungy industrial aesthetic of sci-fi right after Alien.
@aldunlop4622 Жыл бұрын
Both great movies, I love Rollerball.
@pgknippel Жыл бұрын
…Outland may arguably be considered part of the Alien universe, like Soldier (Kurt Russell) and Blade Runner…artists and concepts were shared, mostly from Jodorowsky’s Dune ‘Bible’…
@mitrooper Жыл бұрын
Fan headcanon places Alien and Outland in the same universe... I support that idea, since most of the crew worked on both movies and because of that both movies have a very similar. artistic design.
@Paul_1971 Жыл бұрын
Love both of those - Outland defo got the look & vibe of the Alien universe.
@reptomicus 11 ай бұрын
@@pgknippel When playing the Alien Isolation game, many areas look more like the station in Outland than the Nostromo in Alien. The game makers clearly looked at Outland when extending the environments.
@darklink539 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Cobb was an unsung genius. I saw Alien when I was much too young, and the only reason I kept watching was I thought the whole "human technology" absolutely convincing and believable. The Alien stuff scared me, the Nostromo pulled me back, then the alien would scare me, then the ship would pull me back. It was a tug of war between my poor 8 year old brain wanting it to be star wars and my 8 year old brain screaming IT'S FRIDAY THE 13th!!
@donny_doyle 11 ай бұрын
I saw Alien on its release, R rated, in the movie theater- with my parents. I was 9... scared me almost to death. The suspense was palpable... great movie- Masterpiece.
@emmanuelcolon397 10 ай бұрын
I had the same experience. My dad rented this when I was around 7-8 and It both terrified and fascinated me and this movie set a very high standard for storytelling and movie making IMHO.
@Lagrangeify 10 ай бұрын
Same. I slept with the edge of my 70s bed spread pressed up to my mouth for weeks. My plan was that the face hugger hiding in the air vent would be thwarted by that thin layer of highly flammable polyester. And I was right.
@adamgorelick3714 6 ай бұрын
I was aged 13 when I saw Alien in 1979 and as far as Star Wars and it's ilk was concerned, I lost all interest by the time I walked out of the theatre. Ever since, dystopian sci fi has been the only kind that interests me - and now, in many respects, we are living in one.
@OpusBuddly 11 ай бұрын
I saw Alien on opening day 1979 and about 50 more times in the intervening years. One of my top 5 favorite films.
@wellyep790 11 ай бұрын
That's awesome! I bet it was an unparalleled experience back in the day. If you don't mind me asking, what was the general reaction from the audience during/after the film? I feel seeing alien in 1979 had to have left some people utterly stunned.
@-onyx2626 9 ай бұрын
@@wellyep790 It was the kind of movie you had to see again with a newbie, just to see the look on their face. Also, I think it has the best trailer of All Time.
@dks13827 3 ай бұрын
@@wellyep790 Everyone walked out, stunned disbelief. All thought it was a fantastic movie !!!!
@davidsummer8631 Жыл бұрын
The interiors resemble a Frank Lloyd Wright Mayan Revival house one of which The Ennis house featured in Bladerunner which was Ridleys next film after Alien
@ldeming Жыл бұрын
Funny I never thought about the Egyptian influence of the Nostromo, but the block-like pattern reminded me of Frank Lloyd Wright's "Ennis Brown House" (incidentally used for some shots of Deckard's apartment in Blade Runner), which is constructed almost like a Lego set from many individual molded concrete blocks of similar geometric patterns. It does kind-of make sense that a ship of this nature might have been fitted together from individual self-contained components for bulkheads and etc.
@frenchyroastify Жыл бұрын
The alien was supposed to be in a pyramid tomb as well in early scripts.
@G1NZOU 11 ай бұрын
I agree, it feels like a whole set of modular rooms that can be assembled together, I think the concept art for Star Wars' Millenium Falcon had a similar concept where the interior of the freighter could have different interior modules for cargo or passengers, or a mix of both, around that circular frame.
@Joel-brody Жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work, Tyler. Love this content. Would love a Weyland-Yutani deep dive.
@gepmrk Жыл бұрын
"a corporation so big that it could be more powerful than a government"... that ain't sci fi ... that's yesterday.
@atlantasailor1 3 ай бұрын
Dutch VOC. Had its own army. So did Crassus in Rome and many more…
@bobbressi5414 11 ай бұрын
This is not only my favorite science fiction/horror film of all time, it is one of my favorite films in general. It is one of those movies that impacts you on a visceral level.
@trorisk 10 ай бұрын
It's amazing how Moebius and the cartoonists of Métal Hurlant (Heavy Metal) had a major influence in art. We don't even realize it today because we have seen their influence everywhere.
@MsZeeZed Жыл бұрын
I’d always noticed the hazard symbol in Alien, probably because it coincides with the (much older) Purina animal food logo. Its just a coincidence of graphic design but obviously familiar designs are more visually recognisable and I don’t remember the less familiar other corridor symbols in the movie. I might now having spent a few minutes looking at their meaning.
@TheRealNormanBates 10 ай бұрын
is the hidden implication that the crew is dog food?
@swifty1969 10 ай бұрын
that symbol was also used in Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. One of the Rebellion leaders on Hoth was wearing one.
@PitstainHobbies 11 ай бұрын
anyone else notice the same coffee grinder used to make the DeLorean time machine's Mr. Fusion?
@Umilenya 3 ай бұрын
Vintage Mr Coffee!
@ianschwartz3580 3 ай бұрын
@@Umilenyait's actually Cuisinart.
@darviniusb 10 ай бұрын
Imho, Alien set design, costumes, suits quality was decades before it's time, way above anything that was made until then, and even for today's standards is top level and one of the best, beautiful, realistic, sci-fi set's ever made and is still a massive inspiration and benchmark for many artists and directors even today.
@peter-ji2nl 4 ай бұрын
Today's movies are made by lazy producers who rely heavily on CGI and blurry background. Nothing tangible no details to see. The movie alien is a masterpiece of creativity that keeps on giving even after 40 years I keep discovering more and more interesting aspects about it.
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the suits! Back then most times they were jumpsuit/overalls with a motorcycle helmet
@Scodiddly Жыл бұрын
The thing about the crew having toys is pretty true, actually. Touring crews for music acts do the same thing, often you'll find action figures on the consoles and such. When you're setting up in a different city every night it's nice to have some friendly tchochkes in your bag.
@robanderson473 11 ай бұрын
I remember seeing a photograph of a British Paratrooper, from the Falklands war and he had a wee Snoopy figurine mounted on his GPMG! I've even seen old discarded dolls mounted on the grill of refuse trucks. I s'pose it's just one of those little quirks that we humans have in common, I like that.
@furiousapplesack 11 ай бұрын
@@robanderson473 You just reminded me of a few-second long bit of video I kept seeing over the last week of a Russian soldier with a little stuffed bear attached to his tactical vest. I immediately wanted to know the story behind it. It looked like he was actually explaining exactly that, but there was no audio so I don't know.
@robanderson473 11 ай бұрын
@@furiousapplesack Ha, fancy that. It could possibly be a gift from his daughter or something like that, prior to him leaving for the front. Cool, another example of us humans sharing similar quirks and we've been doing those sorts of things for ages.
@nezhaulcoyotl85 Жыл бұрын
Amy Yutani was the womens first name that inspired cobb. must say cobbs cartoons seem to be right on for todays world wich is scary.
@TheScottishMutt Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you put this out there! In all my years being a fan of this franchise, I never caught onto the corporate-mocking satire. You just made me fall in love with this movie all over again.
@annwilliams6438 11 ай бұрын
The Captain STANDING in Prometheus was just ridiculous!
@jneilson7568 Жыл бұрын
I've watched this movie so many times and never spotted the beer 😂 great video, nice to learn more.
@kirk1968 3 ай бұрын
The details in the Nostromo sets are truly astounding. For example, pause at 1:38 and check out the coffee and snack station. Many bags and containers for different snacks, even separate cabinets for crackers and cookies. The table surface is littered with crushed beer cans and all kinds of crumbly bits. Also 11:04, there's coffee and a cigarette box, along with small bits of tape around the monitor with notes written on them. They didn't have Post-It Notes at that time, but the idea was already there. I could look at this stuff all day, this is a terrific history and background series!
@roberth9814 10 ай бұрын
You did such a fantastic job editing this and sourcing the material. Well done.
@kevinkerwin4118 10 ай бұрын
In the Alien videogame from 2014, Cobb's works such as from the bridge and planetary view were used aboard the ship that the game took place upon: The Sevastopol. I didn't don't know that until I saw the concept art of tye bridge and instantly recognized it.
@davidlean1060 Жыл бұрын
Great shout out for Frank in you ad break. I love Abrahamson's work. I'm a grown man, but Room had me in tears more than once. What a great movie! His debut is very good too. It's based on a real event. One pupil from a very exclusive Dublin school accidentally kills another boy during a fight. It happened outside a night club in the mid to late 90s I think. Another great video too. As Rob Ager pointed out, the brow beaten Dallas, a guy who must have 100s of missions under his belt is speaking figurativly as well as literally (although he is speaking about Ash, who isn't a man but a robot, but I digress) when he tells the complaining Brett and Parker to '..listen to the man!'. My bad, What Harry did was not Lenny's debut, that was a film called Adam and Paul, a film following a pair of Dublin junkies over the course of a day. That's a great movie too.
@OfficialAndies Жыл бұрын
Yes, a new CinemaTyler Alien video!
@hendrsb33 11 ай бұрын
ALIEN is one of my absolute favorite movies, largely due to the genius of Ron Cobb and H.R. Giger (RIP). The artist in me loved the attention to design and detail and it made the fantastic setting of the Nostromo feel so lived-in and so believable and the alien environments so weird. The funny thing is, I don't even like horror as a genre but I do like science fiction and I was hooked onto Alien production through fanzines before the movie came out. Well-crafted movies like this bring out the OCD in me, wanting to know more about the implied ALIEN world and characters.
@emmanuelcolon397 10 ай бұрын
This movie keeps getting better and better the more I learn about it and it's creation
@duffmangames6997 10 ай бұрын
This movie taught me that a corporation is not a person!! Awesome video, so cool to see all the creativity that goes into some of the best movies :)
@KokoRicky 11 ай бұрын
Love the button designs! They have that soulless corporate look you see in modern apps. Quite ahead of its time.
@twisterwiper 11 ай бұрын
This conceptual and set design has yet to be matched. Such attention to detail.
@GCenghis. 4 ай бұрын
tank you for sharing us with this kind of rare edited and narrative masterpiece , there are a lot of works every second of your video, subscribed and liked .
@johnscanlon8467 11 ай бұрын
Everyone talks about Giger, but it's great to see Ron Cobb getting more of a mention. My brother got a book of his cartoons back around the time Alien came out which had some drawings for the movie as well (unless that was two different books?), but I've only just seen a list of other movies he worked on - most of my all-time favourites!
@johnsimcoe2081 10 ай бұрын
That was really interesting. Thanks for pointing out all these great details!
@lmaololroflcopter 11 ай бұрын
Alien is my favourite film of all time. I have seen it dozens and dozens of times, and it never occurred to me that Dallas foreshadowed the revelation of the film’s true villain by placing the beer-can’s label towards the camera as Kane was dying.
@robertdouble559 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say the "company is the real monster" is hidden at all. It's very much on front street.
@mikewebsdale4777 10 ай бұрын
I love your work, your analysis and your presentation. I’m always so glad to come across your videos but I try not to watch too many at once so I can save some for later when future me needs to watch something intelligent and interesting.
@CarnorJast1138 11 ай бұрын
Still, to this day, the greatest Sci-Fi Horror film ever made. Greatest "alien" ever conceived, with undoubtedly the most claustrophobic environments put on film! And not to mention how amazing the acting from this ensemble cast was! I will always love the original Alien more than anything that came out after it as a sequel or prequel. None of those films capture the sheer terror that Alien did. Second only, for me, to 1971's The Andromeda Strain (which is my all-time favorite film), Alien will never be topped by anything done in this fictional universe!
@Jay_Johnson 10 ай бұрын
I'll have to watch The Andromeda Strain then as Alien is my favourite.
@-onyx2626 9 ай бұрын
Nice to see another AS fan.
@Jay_Johnson 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for recommending the Andromeda strain film. As a biochemist whose just finished a summer placement in a microbiology laboratory and it’s quite funny how scientifically accurate and relevant their methods are even today (at least the microbiological and structural ones, no clue when it comes to medicine and animal welfare though) it may not be the most realistic organism but it’s an incredibly cool concept came up with before we had even set foot on the moon.. The cinematography and set design was amazing. Andromeda strain is definitely up there with my favourite films now. I shall have to read the book next.
@CarnorJast1138 9 ай бұрын
@@Jay_Johnson You're very welcome! I have always been fascinated with how this movie achieved such amazing visuals as it did, and for the most part, it did so using real world images to make the visuals look even more impressive. The movie has been criticized as being "slow", but for me, that's what makes it so incredible! Crichton always had a knack for "realism" when he both wrote his books as well and worked with the production crew to make the look of the film more believable. 1971's The Andromeda Strain will always be my most beloved movie of all-time. Bar none!
@orancarroll5234 11 ай бұрын
Awesome, man! Great photos. And amazing video as usual! Being a movie prop nerd, I had to share that the coffee grinder on the wall that John Hurt is using is a real "Krups" coffee grinder from the 70s. If you look closely it is the same item as the "Mr Fusion" from Back to the Future. I may be the only person that gets excited by these things...
@AbbeySnooks 4 ай бұрын
Your videos are essential viewing for film enthusiasts Tyler. Thank you.
@empatheticrambo4890 11 ай бұрын
I’ve never noticed those little signs before - as someone who’s worked in a factory myself that’s got me cracking up! In real life those symbols can be quite expressive
@Jay_Johnson 10 ай бұрын
I love the upside down person for no gravity, and am kicking myself for not realising that was what it was meant to be before
@pawelkapica5363 10 ай бұрын
This was one of my favorite movies growing up. I would read all movie program magazines in advance and mark the date when alien was coing on my calender, so I could record each episode on VHS tape back then. I was soooo exited for each one.
@joshuahebert7972 Жыл бұрын
More alien content pleeeeease
@Anarchy303 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't there a joke in Galaxy Quest about a needlessly complicated way of initiating the self destruct sequence?
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
Yes and Sigourney Weaver's character says it!
@pootmcphoot Жыл бұрын
Always a pleasant surprise to login to find a new Cinema Tyler
@-xirx- 7 ай бұрын
"Frank" (and the artist who created) the character from that Micheal Fassbender movie in the Mubi advert is a fascinating rabbithole
@anthonychapman7614 8 ай бұрын
Kudos to this creator - I learned quite a few new facts - and I’ve seen alot of bts on Alien and its development and genesis.
@mcolville Жыл бұрын
Yay! Best movie channel on KZfaq!
@CinemaTyler 11 ай бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@Jamesmwebb Жыл бұрын
Your work is Double Plus good! More Alien please !!
@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb Жыл бұрын
You made me think about the nest time I watch one of these films - concentrate on the setting vs the characters (which is our default). Nicely done!
@SF-fb6lv 3 ай бұрын
Alien has always been my favorite movie. I remember going with friends to the theater to see a different movie. We arrived early enough to see the last parts of Alien, we were petrified, and my girl and I were holding each other tight; sitting together in the aisle of the Century theater!
@Beateau 10 ай бұрын
I love that the sparking sound effect is lifted straight from Star Wars.
@uninstaller2860 Жыл бұрын
That concept art is so beautiful!
@TheloniusMUnk-DrUnkPhD- Жыл бұрын
Subscribed some time ago. Came up in my feed. Adjuster settings to all updates based on the exceptional quality. Look forward to going through your past and future stuff!
@CinemaTyler 11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@chrisbalfour466 10 ай бұрын
Neat. This means Bishop in the sequel should've turned against them. It implies he's malfunctioning, and cutting himself during the knife trick further backs that up.
@marekstanek112 Ай бұрын
That would interfere with his mission: to bring the xenomorph back. IT would take the form of him collecting the facehugger sample And infecting them during hypersleep.
@vincentgoupil180 9 ай бұрын
Enjoyed all six Thanks CT for a great series
@topoulos Жыл бұрын
Great video sir! I thought I knew everything about my favorite film, but love this analysis, it gave me some new info!
@Toca_waffle843 10 ай бұрын
There's also the use of "gaffer tape" or "duct tape" in one scene, good to see a product with such longevity.
@mahatmarandy5977 11 ай бұрын
When I saw the movie as a kid, I noticed that the Infirmary and the Hypersleep chambers were the only places that were genuinely *clean* on the ship, whereas everything else was dingy and used and run down. I remember thinking, “Well, it makes sense you’d want to keep those two areas in tip-top shape, otherwise you’ll die.” As for the impersonal prefab nature of the inside of the Nostromo…if you’ve ever been on a real freighter, you’d think, “That’s pretty nice, honestly.” I mean, they don’t have to share a bunk room, there’s a reasonable degree of privacy, it’s not crazy loud… Something I always wondered about was John Hurt, who is wearing a corset or something when they wake up. He’s physically the most frail, and I’ve always wondered if he had surgery or something prior to the mission, and if so, what/why?
@dogwarjones2503 Жыл бұрын
Great work as always! I just filled out the form.. I chose Blade Runner, Fifth Element and Mad Max 1979 (or all 4) as these are some of my favorites and I'd like to see how you'd approach them in a series. Keep up the great work!
@ProfessD Жыл бұрын
Tyler, you're the master of Alien minutia. It's how you hooked me. Beautiful work as always. You're doing the lord's work...and by "lord" i mean Space Jockey
@anonamouse9198 10 ай бұрын
“Wherever you go, even Space… there’s bound to be a gift shop” haha, that’s my favourite quote of any of your documentaries 👌🏻 But maybe the Nostromo is the gift shop? The crew gift their lives to the company? Antiwork began here, they just didn’t realise it.
@joeysplats3209 3 ай бұрын
Cobb's illustration at 10:09 looks like the inspiration for The Bridge in the original HALO game.
@nukeredsen Жыл бұрын
Great video, as ever. One thing - the notion of corporations that have become more powerful than governments was also also explored four years earlier in the 1975 'Rollerball', a subtext that was confirmed as intentional by director Norman Jewison and screenwriter William Harrison on the Blu-ray commentary track.
@brettsalter3300 4 ай бұрын
That HAL one removed from IBM was such a revelation, even after all theses years.
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
Arthur C Clarke denied it and said it was purely a coincidence
@funkykoval2099 11 ай бұрын
Groovy documentary! I always had problems watching alien because of slow pace, but maybe now I can see it different?
@basfinnis 11 ай бұрын
Interesting stuff. I liked the design inside the spacecraft.
@WompodReviews 10 ай бұрын
I love how u just used your script for the CC. (Space Truckin')
@domhuckle 10 ай бұрын
Fantastic video dude
@SpamMouse Жыл бұрын
Great work Tyler, please keep going.
@LordMondegrene 11 ай бұрын
Wonderful analysis... I'd had no idea British Leyland and Toyota inspired Leyland-Yutani, or that their logos appeared all over the Nostromo.
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
Driving a British Leyland vehicle from the 1970's is true horror
@LordMondegrene 4 ай бұрын
@@Thenogomogo-zo3un I've heard similar remarks about ALL British vehicles, since childhood. Jokes about how in Hell, the cars are designed by the British.
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
@@LordMondegrene I had a Marina. The gear lever came off while driving. Had an Allegro, wheel got wobbly almost fell off
@LordMondegrene 4 ай бұрын
@@Thenogomogo-zo3un EVERY DAY'S AN ADVENTURE! SEE THE AUTO SHOP *AND* THE EMERGENCY WARD! WHEEE!
@randywatson8347 7 ай бұрын
The level of detail is amazing.
@daz4627 Жыл бұрын
Arthur C. Clarke stated that HAL stood for "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer" and wasn't a dig at IBM... it was pure coincidence.
@davidlean1060 11 ай бұрын
Clarke may have written the initial short story, but he was a hired hand (hired by Kubrick) when it came to writing the novel, which was merch, more or less. Clarke was also intellectually vain and never refused a chance to show off how smart he thought he was. The movie, story aside, had NOTHING to do with Clarke, so anything he says about it is opinion, nothing more. Kubrick was far too smart to share all his intentions with a dinner party intellectual (and suspected pedarist) like Clarke. Just assume that when it comes to Kubrick movies, there are no mistakes or conincidences. He meant it all
@Ugly_German_Truths 11 ай бұрын
Not sure if you did not know it or ignored it, but WEYLAND (or Wieland or half a dozen different spellings) itself is a mythical figure, a famous smith from Germanic legends, who amongst other things is caught by a king he works for by cutting the sinews in his legs and to escape makes a fully functional birdsuit ala Daedalus. His weapons that he makes as Smith gain legendary status, which is kind of a very symbolical thing for a transstellar manufacturing company.
@jameskent9759 11 ай бұрын
Great video. It's always interesting to see the background details that they put into films. One time when I was watching Alien on dvd I paused it when Ripley was pushing the self destruct buttons and it blew my mind a little bit to see the different words and symbols that they chose to put on the buttons. Ones that stick in my mind were, "Fly Agaric" (the classic "fairytale" mushrooms with the red cap with white spots), and "Yoni" which is a stylised representation of female genitalia of the Goddess Shakti in Hinduism.
@HAL-xy3om Жыл бұрын
Keep going with your videos friend, they're great, also where did you get the behind the scene/bloopers footages from?
@cruzinUSA_ 10 ай бұрын
What a killer video! Thank you for sharing!
@tobyesterhase7296 Жыл бұрын
Content of the highest quality again - merci
@szinyk Жыл бұрын
Always a great day when CinemaTyler uploads a new video! Love the Alien and Apocalypse Now videos; so good.
@distantearth Жыл бұрын
Just so you know - according to Arthur C Clarke's own biography 'Greetings Carbon-Based Bipeds', the reason for the name HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, is it's an acronym of Heuristic ALgorithm. It has nothing to do with "IBM". The fact the letters HAL are 1-letter removed from IBM in the alphabet, is a pure coincidence. And it is an urban myth that this is the reason for the name.
@Thenogomogo-zo3un 4 ай бұрын
True
@DavidFromOuterSpace Жыл бұрын
14:37 notice how these are car seats but without the headrest? probably from a two door car because it looks like they even still got the reclining handle left which makes it look somewhat futuristic.
@housbous1096 10 ай бұрын
Cant believe The Parallax View accurately predicted New York in 2022/23.
@stephentucker7717 4 ай бұрын
So much of the concept art is featured in the game Alien Isolation. It had me grinning from ear-to-ear. Definitely play it if you haven't!
@cornfield755 3 ай бұрын
So, you're saying my home town helped to inspire the lore for one of my favourite films? Amazing!
@jasonshirrillmusic 10 ай бұрын
Love this movie, still with all the effects we now have in movies like Avatar, Alien 1979 is still more thrilling than anything half assed baked today.
@Araanor 10 ай бұрын
Great video! Keep it up
@wowbaggertheinfinitelyprol6262 3 ай бұрын
The idea about companies ruling the World had already been explored in Rollerball (1975), with a number of references in the script to the "Corporate Wars" which had led to the company-run society depicted in the film.
@fmpentertainmentmedley3338 10 ай бұрын
Yes please! More Alien stuff! As a new subscriber im going back and watching your other Xeno-content and i cant get enough!! More please!!!❤
@PeranMe Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, thanks a lot for this video!
@mahatmarandy5977 11 ай бұрын
I remember watching the movie around age 13 or 14 and noticing that they mentioned “The Company” a bunch of times, but never any kind of government or regulatory agency or whatever. I eventually concluded that there *was* no government, just the company. A corporatocracy, though I didn’t know that word at the time, and I totally missed all the WY logos Anyway, compare that to Outland, which is equally oppressive and corporate, but there are “Federal Marshals” who are a higher authority that are supposed to make sure the megacorps don’t take andvantage (Though clearly this is ineffectual, and most of them are corrupt as hell), but, anyway, there clearly *is* some kind of government at that point, not just a megacorp, or a series of megacorps
@abstuli1490 10 ай бұрын
Berge Emperor was a Norwegian supertanker owned by Bergesen d.y. & Co. It was built in Japan, by Mitsui.
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