Alien (1979) | First Time Watching | REACTION - LiteWeight Reacting 

Another great alien creature horror film is The Thing.

Alien: the movie where everyone but the smart lady dies because no one listens to the smart lady. Aliens: Watch the Director's Cut if possible, it's definitely more complete than the cinema version which really misses those 18 mins.

cant wait maam

Hi, our beautiful friend. Cool, we can't wait for your reactions to all these awesome movies :) I hope you have a brill week too and yeah definitely - Alien is one of the GOAT scary movies, and another horror movie I highly recommend you react to is An American Werewolf In London (1981) Loads of terrifying scares, incredible special make up effects and plenty of funny moments too... It's essential react-to material :) You're one of my favourite reactors and you to a fantastic job :)

So an Alien Isolation game is up in coming??

I was 14 and saw the first trailer in the theatre. Which is amazing! When it ends on that tagline. That was it I knew this movie would change my life! Lol

I'm very excited to see ALIEN: Romulus ... it looks like they're taking it seriously again And guess what the tagline is? "In Space, Nobody can Hear You ..." (clever)

But apparently one can hear the thrusters of the engines going on. 😀

maybe

Yet it is completely false. Unless one is by themselves.

You forget in between those Classics were Close Encounters of the Third Kind Dec/77 & Superman Dec/78. Those blew everyone's minds as well. The glory days of gaming changing Sci-Fi! Then a year after Alien we got The Empire Strikes Back. In 3 years 5 Game-Changing Sci-Fi Classics!! Then the 80s OMG. 10 Classics every year.

And now Disney owns them.

@@charlesderosas5577 And graped the living sh-- out of them!

@@reesebn38 Kathleen Kennedy cough cough

Jaws 1975. The first blockbuster.

I would call them space sailors, not truckers.

@@rogeriopenna9014 "Sailors" doesn't really help people understand what they're doing out there, which I think is the purpose of the description.

That's why they don't work as a team, smoke, have a cat and even wear everyday underware

I'm not sure that's true. Kind of a mischaracterization there. in 1979 a lot of people smoked. More than now. It was legal in restaurants, bars, and on airplanes, at least in the U.S. Having this crew smoke was just normal for the times. While truckers are usually solo, or a pair, and have little need of teamwork, this is more like a tugboat. Those often have a crew between 3-10 people, and some have more, including a captain and XO, just like the Nostromo. I bet real tugboat crews usually work as a team or the misfits get fired quickly. Also, this crew does mostly work as a team. The 3-person team investigating the signal. The 3-person team using the tracker and the net to catch the runaway alien. The teamwork to seal the air vents and drive the alien into the airlock. They also worked as a team when they were landing on the planet, putting out fires, assessing the damage, and making plans to investigate the signal. The cat is likely there to deal with rats, something common on board earthbound ships and less common on trucks. It might also be a support animal so the crew can have a pet. As for their underwear, I have no idea what that means. I imagine most people wear underwear, including truckers, ship crews, and even astronauts.

And this is why turning Ripley into an action hero in subsequent movies was so silly.

@dannyropero4216 - not much to say, but respect for mentioning HR Giger. Not many people know it. And I find his drawings, albums, art - fascinating in a way.

@tannhauser5399 BIG fan of his! Even got to visit his museum in Switzerland a few years back and I saw the Oscar he won for Alien.

Could be that's why they are all DEAD.

I really like this breakdown. Cheers.

It's a movie of course the crew are going be a bunch of fuk ups except for one. In reality there would be a quarantine area to keep potential threats isolated from the rest of the ship. It's the captains duty to protect the crew and the ship, doesn't matter if Kane is his best buddy, and it was a complete dereliction of duty to allow him into the main body of the ship with an alien stuck on his face, putting all the crew in danger. Captains have to make hard decisions and follow protocol, not take risks with the crews lives because buddies.

Excellently put. Additionally, in spite of how the terminology might make some people think about it, it's important to remember that this is a glorified tugboat. It's not a high profile job, it's not an elite crew, these are truck drivers in space. They're blue collar workers who aren't usually expected to deal with these sorts of situations, and basically get forced into it by their corporate overlords. That context explains a lot of the decisions that characters make.

@@4Kandlez - not as simple as that :) Fck ups in overall? Probably not. Not as simple as that. I like LiteWeight response in a way (more or less along the line of): "sometimes I don't know if they work together, or hate each other". From my personal experience: Welcome to the world of... contracting, and contracts :) I've done a lot, from some multiple corporations spanning the globe (not just US but also UK, Hong Kong, and pretty much most of the countries in EU at this point... bla, bla, bla), public sector corpos (large organizations, more than usual 15-20K employees and so on), and short term contracts. The mentality is simply different comparing to the perm employee. And those people in the Nostromo, yeah - I can see that kind of approach, talking to each other, in some cases not really liking each other. I would say that is to be expected. But at the end... the job will be done. The bottom line would be: I don't have to like the person as a contractor, but I will stil respect the person abilities, expertise, knowledge. No questions about it at some levels. Nothing personal, just the job. And personally, I can separate those approaches quite easily. Contracts? All about the job getting done, but there would be "consequences" of that appraoach (and I think anybody who has switched - or was trying to change the job from a "perm" to a contracts type of roles - would know it). Yeah, those people on Nostromo were actually a quite good representation of what can happen during the given "contract" :)

Accurate representation of HR in my opinion 😂

Well he is like H. R. in the sense that he's biomechanical.

Yup in the way that humans are a resource to him.

And the 'uncanny valley' quip earlier on, so accurate! 😂

By "HR", do you mean Giger? Lol

“Crew expendable “. That says it all.

well it was playing to the public awareness that was dawning in regards to mega corps, during the late 1970's and continued into the 80's as many 80's movies also continue the theme of giant evil companies. Such movies as Robocop

@@DenverStarkey Gee, I’m sooo glad we heeded their warnings 🙄

@@keefriff99 yeah , god forbid 90% of business gets controlled by 2-3 companies .. hell one bad depression could bring the whole system down if that were the case. (that was sarcasm ) no one listened and now we are at that point , when you do the homework you find out there's really like 4-5 food companies 2-3 oil companies 5-6 entertainment companies. it's congolmerization . the new form of monopoly. and it will be the ruin of our economy eventually . much like credit based stock trading ruined the economy of the 1930's.

Capitalism is the true enemy.

Love the breakdown. So true.

I've been watching reactions to this movie (this and 'The Thing' are the gifts that keep on giving) for a long time - and this is the first instance where Ash is spotted and practically named from the beginning. Amazing observation skills!

A testament to Sir Ian's acting ability.

@@shamblepants1450 Ariana from Diegesis basically had a seizure in The Thing lol. I've never seen a human being so affected by a movie. You're correct, it is probably the best reaction movie in the world IMHO.

Paris, Texas and Repo Man are 2 of my favourite HDS movies. Haven't seen Lucky yet.

@@SPAMDAGGER22 Yeah, 2 of my all time favourite movies right there..........along with Cool Hand Luke (although he only had a small part).

It should be empathy. Androids can't feel sympathy.

​@@lifewriter7455 I wouldnt know, havent met a lot of andriods lately.

@@-Markus- sympathy demands the ability to feel. Androids don't feel anything.

@@lifewriter7455 I think plenty of sci-fi androids would not agree with you on that. But whatever, its nitpicky and meaningless to argue about this.

@@-Markus- the difference between empathy and sympathy is important, especially today when it comes to working with AI. Androids and robotics with artificial intelligence are quite specific in these matters in contemporary science.

One of them was Ridley's son too.

@@nickshale6926 Two of them were Ridley's sons (Jake and Luke). Sorry to "ackshually" you.

That explains why the one on the right bends his body like he's Gumby. That's no 40 year old. 😆

Hey I'm in that boat too. I saw this in the theater in '79. Probably just before my 15th birthday.

It just feels so used and lived in, like a 'space truckers' ship would be after however many runs they've done. It really is an incredible set design for it all

"Get to the choppa!" "You son of a bitch!" The movie is full of great quotes.

@@johnsensebe3153 Absolute gems.

@@NickyByloo “Hopper…they did the same thing to Jim Hopper.”

@@johnsensebe3153 - 'I ain't got time to bleed".

"Stick around"

My favourite example of this is the John Carpenter movie “escape from New York”, there’s a scene where the protagonist flies into the city at night, and they wanted a computer wireframe of the city, but that would have been way too expensive for the computer time, so they literally built a practical actual wireframe model of the city with the edges paint with UV glow paint and panned the camera through it to simulate CGI…

I believe the first movie to have a fully CGI character was ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ (1985). A knight emerges from a stained glass window and attacks another character. As for ‘The Abyss’ (1989) the one scene to contain a CGI element was actually practice for a character in ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’ Cameron would later direct. If it failed to impress, the scene from ‘The Abyss’ could be removed from the final film and nothing story-wise would be lost.

As a USAF Major and Mission Crew Commander Air Battle Manager on AWACS, that controls all aircraft from all services from all allied nations, a vector is a direction.

Came to look for this comment! Yes, that's what made the reactions to the chestburster genuine! the screams and all!

However, Goldsmith was very unhappy with how his music was used. He hated temp-tracking, and here they temp-tracked the workprint with some of his older scores and fell in love with a bit where they used music from his score for the movie Freud. He composed something else, but if memory serves, they still used the Freud bit in the final version. Other bits were shifted around. For instance, Goldsmith composed a main title with a big lush romantic segment, but it wasn't used (as main title). He had the idea of making the beginning of the movie very romantic and positive to make the turn to horror even more shocking (I guess Poltergeist could be a good example of this). Jerry was so unhappy with the whole affair that he refused to a score album with the recordings made for the movie. Instead, he got his friend Lionel Newman to re-record his arrangements which ended up being the only released version outside of the movie. There was a Director's Cut DVD where you could listen to the Jerry's score in tandem with the movie's footage (albeit not without any other sound). I don't know the details of later releases on Blu-Ray. Just for the record, temp-tracking with older scores from the composer hired was/is not uncommon. But Goldsmith preferred to get the movie raw and get his own ideas, and usually the composer is also involved in what music gets used where, but here he got shut out.

@@MartinBeerbom I know Goldsmith was unhappy with how the film was scored, but to me, it's pitch-perfect. I wouldn't change a note.

@@keefriff99 I'm a big Goldsmith fan and I hate that he was so unhappy working on this film, but it's hard to argue with the results. Alien is just legendary, one of my favorite merging of music and visuals ever.

They do have his restored score on blu ray.

Yep, he had a build like Kevin Durant....very tall and very slim.

I respect your profile pic.

@@nthdgree5078 Mend and defend, fam. ❤️

Always preferred 'Alien' to 'Aliens' because of the music , the silences , etc . 'Aliens' will always be more popular in the public's minds , because it was non stop thrills , and credit to Cameron for making a different kind of movie , but my heart will always be with the original and Ridley Scott's direction .

Watching people watch these out of order is painful.

Vector means pathway. or a planned route.

Yeah it's a different moon than Prometheus but orbiting the same gas giant in the same solar system

Whats your vector, Victor

@@system0fadowner251 That's Clarence Oveur. Over.

That could have been either really terrifying or really cheesy. It all depends on the execution, but if it had been done well, WOW.

@@keefriff99 Indeed- but the studio never went for it as it would have ended the franchise. Well at least as far as the main character of Ripley... The distress call ending could have left it open for a sequel where the Alien is found by the rescue ship.

That wasn't the "original ending". It was an idea that Ridley Scott threw during production and was shot down. The original ending is what was written in the original script by the writer. In that, once Roby (the proto Ripley character) goes to sleep in the shuttle, there's an egg stuck to the outside of the shuttle. DUN DUN DUN.

It really is. For 1979, this is outrageously good and holds up (minus like 2 shots lol). The sets alone give it a top tier status

Very true, unfortunately internet is full of trolls who relish in tormenting others and giving mean comments.

She knows 31:37, she doesn't need the whole movie explaining to her

It almost would have been cool if she was able to turn it off then hide and be stalked which she hadn’t been in the entire movie.

@@cje2035 Yeah, that could have been a cool ending too. The real question is could she beat it without killing herself? Her flamer might work. Guns would not work. But Dallas had a flamer and it didn't save him. Also, a fact not established that I know of: if you burn a xenomorph to death, does any acid escape is or sat all burned up too? I have never seen the answer. But if burning it causes it to pop like a cockroach in the microwave, the Ripley dies too. I suspect that is what happens, based on Ash telling them there is no way they can kill it. He might be lying, but also maybe not. Ultimately, Ripley's airlock solution is the safest and surest way to kill it without being killed by its acid. In space. Fighting them on solid ground is a million times easier. So what if they bleed and make a little hole in the dirt. No big deal.

I contend that Dallas in the airshaft is the greatest jump scare in cinema history.

You're correct, that's the story I heard as well. The fear reaction to the infamous chest burst was 100% legit

The actress who played Lambert literally fainted.

Yes you're 100% correct, this a famous scene for the actors being completely unaware of the what was going to happen.

That's 1 of those fake or misconstrued stories that's been doing the rounds for years. Of course the actors were aware of what was going to happen. It was in the script. They just weren't prepared for how graphic and violent it was going to be and they had not seen the alien puppet yet. Several of them had the fake blood splashed into their faces. Veronica Cartright who played Lambert didn't faint either. She fell over backwards from the shock of having the blood splash into her face.

@@mojojojo6292 As though you were there. You weren't. You probably weren't even born yet, so spare us the know-it-all attitude.

...and models, explosions and anything else that's in front of the camera with the actors, as opposed to added later on in post production (usually with computers).

😊 made my day! Thank you!!!

@@LiteWeightReacting its the truth. you are very smart, but you know that already :D

I don't know if that story is apocryphal or not, but I can totally see Cameron doing that. He's backed up his hubris for 40 years.

Welcome to the hurt 😂

Embrace it. It doesnt get any easier...

If your feeling old about when AVP came out..... Imagine how I feel when this one came out when I was is 6th grade.....

@@CoastalNomad Well, at least I was only one year old when Alien came out. I remember having a bad day at work and bailing early to go see AVP. I actually went to Best Buy first and bought a special edition DVD of Predator that came packaged with a free ticket to see AVP.

"People who were alive in the last century, what was it like to watch movies like the original Jurassic Park and The Matrix in the theaters?" "Why did you have to phrase it like THAT?!"

Ripley's priorities were only half right. What she SHOULD have done is ignored the food and supplies, grabbed Jones, gone to the lifeboat and bailed on the rest of the useless crew. Furkid is the ONLY priority

I second this!

At least movies, if not series.

@@thejamppa Maybe do what Cassie is doing and pick X number of episodes. Because going in blind can make you feel really left out. I am still disappointed Cassie didn't watch Balance of Terror as I feel its a must see for the Trek universe.

Technically, Jonesy is the only survivor of the Nostromo

Nah, theatrical cut ftw! That scene with Newt and her family in the tractor spoils too much imho :(

@@dimanemchenko1047 Ripley gets more of a backstory which is really good giving depth and meaning to her actions. That extra stuff is very important to her character. Hell we even get her first name. The Colony working adds more depth to their story. More Hicks and Hudson is a big yes!! Those Robot Guns! So cool!! The long cut is a perfect film.

As a Fan who saw Aliens 10x in IMAX in 1986. The long is cut a must! It adds so much more to the story wise & action making a perfect film!! Who doesn't want more Hicks, Hudson and Vasquez! Stay Frosty.

@@reesebn38 Really? Where did Aliens play on IMAX in 1986? That would have been wild.

@@keefriff99 In Toronto. At the Ontario Place Cinesphere IMAX. Also in the 70s & 80s The Park Theatre in London,Ontario had a huge wrap around 70mm Screen. You had to turn your head from side to side to see it all. I saw Empire, Raiders, The Road Warrior, Blade Runner, Top Gun, Aliens at this theatre, all 70mm prints.

Thank you for fighting the good fight against this misinformation. I also don't know if they had actually seen the chestburster prop either beforehand.

Thank you!! I was going to type all of that, but you've saved me the finger-wear...

One of the most prevalent movie myths of all time, together with all misconceptions about the Monty Python Biggus Dickus scene.

Sorry but you're wrong. The cast had no idea what was going to emerge, how violent it would be or how messy. The cast read the script yes and knew something was going to happen but their knowledge literally only consisted of, "This thing emerges". That's it. From an interview shortly after the film released: Yaphet Kotto (Parker): We were all wondering what the hell was going on. Why is the crew looking at us the way they're looking at us right now? Why are they wearing plastic shields? Cartwright:"We all start leaning forward again and all of a sudden it comes out. I tell you, none of us expected it. It came out and twisted round." The cast had no idea what was going to emerge, how violent it would be or how messy. It's not a myth and their reactions are legitimate.

I rest my case.

I loved it! Can’t wait to watch the sequel!!

It's fascinating and sometimes frustrating to see translations of movie titles. One I remember from when I was in Costa Rica for a few months was "Lost in Translation" Which was translated in spanish to "Lost in Tokyo" which I found Ironic lol Especially since it could've easily been translated literally.

@@bassmunk Yeah, Lost in Tokyo was also how it is called in Hebrew. I think it's because Lost in translation in English could refer to any pronoun in English so it works on all levels, but in Hebrew (and Spanish) you have to choose and something is lost (ironically - in translation).

Couldn't they have called it נכרי or חייזר? Or did they think that because Israel is a land of many immigrants, a lot of people would be turned off by those words? 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@deepermind4884 I guess they could have used חייזר but its meaning way more specific than 'alien' since it refers only to extraterrestrial beings (also why no one in Israel would ever be offended by it). Plus, in Hebrew it's only a noun and not both an adjective and a noun like in English, and it doesn't have the same ominous vibe. The word נכרי is very archaic and refers to people only so no really an option.