ALIEN (1979) Movie Reaction ☾ FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Update: I JUST finished watching Aliens and read about the Alien Isolation game. NOT UNDERSTANDING WHO AMANDA IS. note to self there is a directors cut where Ripley clearly has a daughter????? ok sorry need to get my feelings out, hope you'll enjoy next movie 💓 💓

It's good that you noticed how well made this movie was. It was made with no CGI. Made in 1979, it is still better than a lot of movies made today.

I love watching people see this film for the first time.

Imagine having seen Alien in 1979 and that cliffhanger, and then having to wait 7 years for the sequel to release in 1986. So yeah, watch Aliens, its worth the wait.

The cat has his own sleeping pod. The book begins with a description of all the crew member's dreams while they are in hypersleep ... including the cat's. :-)

I saw an interview with Ridley Scott when this came out. He pointed out that, at the time, the people who encountered aliens in science fiction movies tender to be either scientist/explorers or soldiers. He wanted to make a movie where ordinary people were the concerned parties - those whose experience with other living beings were thoroughly domesticated animals. His description was "truck drivers in space" - which I think fits the bill admirably.

The Thing (1982) is another sci-fi/horror masterpiece with a similar atmosphere to Alien. You could watch that one, and also Aliens (1986), the sequel to Alien and one of the best sequels ever

Yaphet Kotto, may his memory be a blessing

Thank you all for 1K subs! 🥺💓 Next movie reaction: ALIENS!! I will still be posting my Ratchet & Clank gameplay in the meanwhile for those interested, but will try to get Aliens up this weekend 🥰

Ripley is one of the greatest characters in scifi movie history. She's always right, she's a god damn badass and she has a clear moral compass. 10/10

You're the first reactor who guessed the Alien's head hiding. That was impressive. Very nice reaction, dear! I adore this movie

I remember watching this the first time when I was 12. It was absolutely magical. Horrifyingly magical.

"At least she has the cat to eat in case there isn't any other food...." You owe me for a new TV, keyboard and mouse! I legitimately sprayed a mouth full of drink over my entire desk when you said that, funniest reaction to Jones ever! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

My mom took me to see this in the theater when it released in 79 and I was 11 or 12. She wanted to see it but she was too scared to go alone. She said she was going to cover my eyes during the scary parts but she was so scared she forgot and covered her own eyes and I watched the whole movie. Still to this day if I ever have a nightmare it always the xenomorphs I dream about. I still love Alien and Aliens. The Xenomorphs are among the coolest, most creative and scariest aliens I've ever seen only matched by a few others like the titular Thing in John Carpenter's movie.

It seems that in every reaction video, when the alien bursts out of John Hurt's chest the person doing the reacting is like, "just kill it!" They all apparently forget about the already established fact that these things have acid for blood. You don't wanna end up with a big hole in your ship's hull.

There is a wonderful book written from the perspective of Jones the cat. You might get a kick out of it. It's called "Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo."

When you looked at the cat and said "at least we have something cute" I said wait til you see the cute little baby Alien. Aww.

"Is the Alien a shapeshifter?" Well, that a "Thing"!!!

"Inside the ship it's safe." *Alien fans give each other a knowing look then burst out laughing*

"Alien" and the next movie made Sigourney Weaver into a major movie star, and the very definition of a Strong Female Character.

You want to find out what happens to Ripley? You've got to watch the sequel, _Aliens._

This was made when it was more about building the suspense rather than fast, jump scenes of horror shots.

15:44 “So far I like it, giving me the creeps without jump-scares.” 16:44 “OMG, my heart just jumped out of my chest!”

"So, that's how they do funerals in space?" Yep, that can't have that "dead" weight on the ship!

"This is so well made." I believe that's actually Ridley Scott's motto. Best. Leo.

"Let's get the hell outta here". Best advice ever!

Very nice reactions indeed. Such fun to see these old classic movies still being appreciated. 🖤

You think Ripley's a badass in this film? Watch the sequel, _Aliens._

Just remember - SPOLIERS - The only survivor from the original crew is the cat. Don’t mess with cats! One of the coolest aspects of the Directors cut is that shortly before Brett’s death they CLEARLY show the Alien hanging from the chains. It’s a quick shot that’s easily overlooked because you’re so tense, but it’s plain as day swinging in the chains slowly.

"Maybe it's nice where they landed." Ridley Scott: "Hold my beer."

you met Ellen Ripley, one of the best characters in the history of cinema and all your questions will be answered when you watch the 1986 movie "aliens"

14; 37 The water comes from condensation of the engine coolers, in addition that compartment is the 'primary heat exchanger' for the life support system. The drips were condensation from the cooling oxygen.

This was the first horror movie I ever saw. I was only six at the time, but this film filled me with a love for horror that has never died. I'm glad to see people discovering this movie for the first time and loving it.

Aliens will give you a continuation of this story….. But if you want some more classic SciFi horror, you definitely need to watch “The Thing” the 1982 version

The only scary movie I know where a cat causes more jump-scares than the monster. We still all root for Jones. This is one of my top favorites (like many) so it's always great see people getting into it fresh, even after so many years. Good job!

Loved the editing commentary. It's like you are reacting to your own reaction along with the rest of us. Clever and funny.

The scene where they enter the alien ship and that big alien skeleton is seated at that instrument cost $400,000 alone. When they were making the sets one of the producers walked through and asked why they were spending $400k on one set that wouldn't be on screen very long. Ridley Scott told him it would be the Cecil B Demille shot. (Look that director up to learn what that means). In the end this film is one of the best sci-fi films ever made.

i'm really looking forward to your Aliens reaction now. I love both movies but Aliens is my favourite and i'm sure you will enjoy it

Fun fact, they did not tell the other actors about the creature bursting out,so the shock and horror are real!!

- Why do people never listen to the women? _a few moments later_ - Erm... I was saying she was a badass but this girl is psychotic _a few more moments later_ - She's so badass

21:05 "atleast she has the cat to eat in case she doesn't have any other food" ????!!?????? what XD hahahaha

The scene that explains Ripley's nosebleed was cut during production because they were behind schedule and running out of time, but the scene of her with the nosebleed had already been shot, and there wasn't time or budget to re-shoot her without a nosebleed.

I was six years when I watched it.Now I am 19 years old and it’s my favorite movie,very well made and thinking it was made like 42 years ago.You’ll enjoy the sequel too,maybe even the 3rd and 4th movie and the prequels,Prometheus and Alien Covenant.

"At least she's got the cat to eat in case she doesn't have any other food." 😱 WTF? Centane: 😋

Wanted to see this so bad when it came out. But didn't get the chance to. In 5th grade I bought the paperback and started reading it. The descriptions on the ship was so creepy I would not go in the house alone. The hallway was lit up and I went out and sat on the car within sight on my dad tilling the garden. Then read the chestburster scene and I put the book down and ended up giving it to a classmate. Missing it in theaters might have been a good thing. Did see Aliens in theaters. One of the best theater experience I had. People were gasping, cheering and hooting. The 2 movies are my favorites.

Aliens is the best sequel.. Now do Starship Troopers, Predator and Terminator franchises.. This one's just warm up.

Ridley Scott made another movie about robots - Blade Runner. It's about an ex-cop called back to duty to hunt down renegade robots.

Alien is one of those movies for which I'd let my memories be erased so I could watch it again for the first time... Best sci-fi horror movie ever. The sequel (Aliens) is an excellent action movie, everything else in the franchise is more or less crap.

The giant skeleton was one of the advanced beings (known to us as The Engineers) who created humans. He got infected by one of those ALIENS and it burst out of his chest just like what happened to Kane.

As you can see, ALIEN is not a movie... it's an experience! Don't worry about the end you can now watch the next movie ALIENS that continues right where this one leaves off.

You need to watch John Carpenter's 1982 horror movie "The Thing", which indirectly involves a Norwegian base in Antarctica. But the Norwegians dug up something that really should have stayed in the ice, and after their whole base has been wiped out, the menace spreads to a near-by American base. The movie takes it from there.

Hey, Camilla! This is one of the greatest horror films of all time! You saw the original Theatrical Cut which I prefer because I feel it's paced better and lacks an unnecessary cocooning scene that contradicts the sequel. Despite preferring the Theatrical Cut for the first movie, there is ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION that you must watch the SPECIAL EDITION of "Aliens"!!!!!!! Director Ridley Scott kept the entire cast in the dark about the famous CHESTBURSTING scene except for John Hurt. Their reactions were absolutely genuine and mirrored the audience's response! Squeamish Veronica Cartwright got sprayed by fake blood and fell over backward. They only filmed the scene twice. It remains one of the most ICONIC IN CINEMA HISTORY! The PACING is deliberately slow at the beginning to acquaint the audience with the ship's geography, to demonstrate authentic-looking space travel and maneuvers, to familiarize the audience with the crew, to establish the threat posed by the creature and to generate suspense with the mystery of the derelict craft. There's a lot of rich character humor and foreshadowing in those crew interaction scenes as well as a subtext about this future society being a corporate dystopia. "Alien" is set in the year 2122. The Swiss artist, H.R. Giger, who designed the xenomorph tapped into insectoid and reptilian features that evoke primal fear. His artwork is very bizarre, erotic and has a distinctive look called Giger-esque. The final product is an iconic movie monster that is pure NIGHTMARE FUEL! The creature's life-cycle and biology is explored throughout the series. By the way, the alien's retractable inner jaw is found in nature in a deep-sea fish! THE WEYLAND-YUTANI COMPANY is an international conglomerate involved in robotics, interstellar travel and terra-forming. They have a stake in every colony world and are basically the 22nd-century version of the British East India Company of the 17th- to 19th-centuries. They are a ruthless corporation looking to exploit or weaponize the xenomorph for profit regardless of the negative consequences. The Company is the TRUE VILLAIN of all the Alien movies. In the "AvP" films, you actually meet the company founders before their merger, Mr. Weyland and Ms. Yutani. This crew is not a group of explorers, scientists or colonists. They're just SPACE TRUCKERS hauling rocks. This was a First Contact situation they were wholly unqualified for. Hence, all the bumbling and bad judgment calls. Their chief concerns were company policy and pay inequity. Ripley was the only one with the willingness to make difficult command decisions that would have saved all their lives except for Kane's had she not been undermined by Ash. Of course, Ash was privy to a secret corporate mandate. Like most Captains, Dallas had an inherently CALM DEMEANOR. You do not want your leader freaking out in an emergency! It was also a defense mechanism. By minimizing the situation, it prevents both him and the crew from panicking. It's a 'steady does it' philosophy. You can tell he's very worried because he seeks counsel from Mother. He also acknowledges his culpability for the predicament by preventing Ripley from volunteering to go into the shafts and by shouldering that burden himself. The plan was to block off passages as he went in order to flush it out into the airlock with fire so it could be ejected into space. He accepted this task not even knowing if fire would be effective! His last act is a rather valiant gesture and I always feel bad for him despite his initial missteps. Parker is MY FAVORITE supporting character! Yaphet Kotto played him to the hilt! He's the blue collar EVERYMAN who just cares about payday and who enjoys deliberately antagonizing his superiors but ends up sacrificing himself for a fellow employee. He's also the only one who made a move on the chestburster before being stopped by Ash! Some viewers strongly believe the alien raped Lambert! This is nonsense. The PREHENSILE TAIL probably drew her closer to itself so it could mouth-punch her with the retractable jaw. Drones incapacitate victims for hosting embryos or for food. Those viewers aren't mistaken for perceiving phallic eroticism, though, as that was Scott's intent. The giant elephant-headed alien pilot of the derelict spacecraft is one of the GREAT MYSTERIES of the franchise. Was he a zoologist, a bio-warfare specialist, an exterminator, a trader in exotic organisms, a waste disposal tech or a trucker like Ripley's crew? No one knows. The prequels attempted to unsatisfyingly answer the question claiming his species designed the alien. It is revealed in the prequel "Prometheus" that the elephant head is just a helmet and you get to see the giant space jockey's actual appearance. You also see a functioning version of the derelict craft in "Prometheus". Sigourney Weaver became a FEMINIST ICON because of this movie. Ripley is one in a long line of strong female characters that have been showcased in sci-fi and fantasy dating back to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars, in 1911! There's not a single man I know who wouldn't follow Ripley into hell. "ALIEN 3" is a DIVISIVE film but it's an EXCELLENT entry in the series. It's directed by David Fincher and features Charles Dance and Charles Dutton. It's brutal, fast-paced, has some extraordinary scares and concludes the story elegantly. Please DON'T SKIP IT! Make sure you see the ASSEMBLY CUT (Special Edition with longer runtime). "Alien Resurrection" is the optional one because it's a hot mess except for one cool aquatic sequence. The ambitious prequels, "Prometheus" and "Covenant", mark Ridley Scott's return to the series but they are mostly good JUST for Michael Fassbender's performances. Scott demystifies the creature and unsatisfyingly attempts to address who the elephant-headed pilot of the derelict spacecraft was. If you're going to see the "AvP" films, then you need to acquaint yourself with the PREDATOR. The first is an action classic with Schwarzenegger. Danny Glover stars in "Predator 2" in which a link between franchises appears! Dark Horse comics ran with the crossover concept inspiring Hollywood to make two crossover films with moderately successful to excellent results. They're fun and exciting guilty pleasures with the second one, "AvP: REQUIEM", being particularly lean and mean. There is also a "PREDATORS" film by Robert Rodriguez that is definitely worth a look. The "Predator" (2018) REBOOT, however, should be avoided at all costs; it's a franchise-killer! The Alien films have a RICHER SUBTEXT while the Predator films are more ACTION FARE but they're both fun sci-fi thrillers. Below is a VIEWING ORDER and an INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: VIEWING ORDER: Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL] Predator (1987) Predator 2 Predators Alien vs Predator Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] INTERNAL CHRONOLOGY: Predator (1987) Predator 2 Alien vs Predator Alien vs Predator: Requiem (Unrated) Predators Predator (2018) [SKIP THIS AWFUL FRANCHISE-KILLING REBOOT] Prometheus [OPTIONAL] Covenant [OPTIONAL] Alien Aliens (Special Edition) Alien 3 (Assembly Cut) Alien Resurrection (Director's Cut) [OPTIONAL]

"Maybe it's very nice where they landed" LMAO. Firm grasp of sci fi/horror movie dynamics there. Thanks I needed a good belly laugh today.

“Maybe it’s very nice, where they landed”. Uh, no, that would be a movie called “Nice safe landing on a strange planet”.

It's time for you to watch one of the best sequels ever made.

i’m so obsessed with every one of these reactions you do it makes me want to film some so bad

"...they were having such a lovely time and now one of them is dead..." lol - yeah, I guess you could say that's life.

"Why do people never listen to the ladies?" Well, one lady insisted that Kane be allowed into the ship, and the other lady insisted he stay outside.

I always think when Right gets dragged in to the rafters by the Alien , Jones is thinking 'Yes my minion, remove my human oppressors' Rioley only survived cos the Xenomorph can't open tins

When the late actor Ian Holm who played Ash the robot had to do the scene where his severed head is on the table he said he hated it. This is because they put a big cup of milk in his mouth and Ian Holm hated milk.

Saw this film with my parents on the UPN network in 1999 as a Friday night movie premiere. Scared the hell out of us! We couldn't sleep for a week. I had nightmares where the Alien chased me down a dark hallway and killed me. I kid you not, this is what happened.

"Why do they never listen to the women" Actually, the script writer wrote Ripley as a male character initially, so sexism wasn't a factor.

You can play Alien Isolation, it's a survival horror taking place between Alien and Aliens movies. You play as a Ripleys daughter.

They did the Space Jockey (huge skeleton) set by only building one wall, then putting the Space Jockey and the floor on a turntable. By carefully choosing the angles, and keeping track of what would be behind the actors, they managed to give the impression that it was this huge bowl-shaped room without having to actually build it. The Nostromo interior sets were full 360 deg sets, that is to say they didn't have one wall missing like normal movie sets, and the crew had to film inside them with relatively small cameras. The carpenters had to re-build the bridge set mutliple times because Ridley Scott kept saying "make it lower, make it lower..." I think this was the first time a movie set was made that way. It's been done since of course, notably on the Firefly TV show. Another fun fact: the lasers used to make the blue light over the eggs in the alien spacecraft were borrowed from the rock band The Who, who were filming a live concert on another stage at Shepperton Studios at the same time that Alien was filming there. If you watch this video, you'll see them being used at about 6:35 in the instrumental of Won't Get Fooled Again: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UDfAdHBtK_Q.html

So great to watch a reaction from someone who's never seen this. Ridley Scott is an amazing director. This is my second favorite film. The first is another Ridley Scott film called Blade Runner.

My opinion stop after aliens. This was the first rated R movie I saw. My brother took me in 1979, I had to read the book first.

Loved the comments. 😆 If you ever travel to Switzerland, there is the HR Giger Museum in Gruyeres. Giger is the artist who designed the alien monster and some set decoration.

Hello there! Been watching this channel of yours for a while now. It's fascinating how, despite of the poor equipment back then, your reactions felt kind of more real, dunno why lol. I like the new contents pretty much as well tho.

The way they did the sets was pretty cool- The planet and the alien ship are built at 2/3 scale, so for all the long shots, they had kids in the space suits.

the scene of the alien being born is the most traumatizing

Fun fact about the part where they are exploring the alien ship and they see the giant alien corpse. The suits the actors were wearing were extremely hot, the point that the cast was regularly passing out, as they had no ventilation. For the scene with the giant deceased alien pilot, often called the "space jockey" at the time, they use smaller suits and had the director cinematographer's children in them, they were smaller and it would make the set look bigger. It was only after they started passing out as well, that changes were made to the suit. The alien suit also posed its own problem, as the creatures tail meant that the actor couldn't sit down. They had to make a swing to accommodate him so he could rest.

The "chestbuster" scene was done in such a way that the actors didn't know what was going to happen. As a result, the actors were sprayed with fake blood making the reaction on Lambert's and Parker's faces more realistic.

One of the best sci-fi movies ever. The deal with the spoon was to put it cross ways in his mouth so he wouldn't bite his tongue off.

Hi Kamilla, this is, for me, a work of art, revolutionary in every way. You have to put it in context, it's a film from 40 years ago, when SF was changing from the way it was seen in the 60s/70s, very bright to something more in line with what interstellar travel could really be. It only had as precedents Kubrik's 2001, trying to be very, on the one hand true to what life in space can be and on the other hand with a very interesting message; and on the other hand Star Wars, which chose to follow in the wake of space adventures, Flash Gordon style. One should mention the influence of the comics on this film, and how this in turn influenced the comics and subsequent cinema; one can say that there is a before and an after of this film and Blade Runner. I won't go any further, I send you a big hug and lots of encouragement for your channel to continue growing.

He was trying to put the spoon in his mouth, so that Kane didn't bite his own tongue

Yes!! You just made my day with this one, LETS GOOOO

They are the equivalent of Truckers. The Nostromo is a commerical towing vehicle. What the Nostromo was towing was an automated refinery.

I watched this with my mom in 1979. (They mostly didn't care what movies kids saw then) I just thought it was cool. Then I saw it in the theater earlier this year, all alone, with the big screen and darkness, loud sound and: It made me cry, panic and gave me trauma. That's how effective the film is.

5:50 All the alien stuff, inside the spaceship and I believe the alien itself was all made by H.R Giger. If you've never heard of him just google "H.R Giger Art" and look at images. He had such a distinctive style.

The xenos were originally based on the way wasps behave. The original design had composite eyes and everything, but they changed it after Giger submitted his designs. The resin on the walls and incubating inside living hosts came from that original wasp idea.

As you probably saw this movie have been the inspiration for a lot of video games and movies that came after it. The ship Nostromo's interiour was made on an actual ship that they got to act inside in. The alien was created by a "mad genious" artist by the name Giger. There is an sequel called Aliens, its a more fun filled action move ride but it also got some scares. I never seen anyone worry about Ripley getting home before, I and everyone I knew always assumed she would. Atleast she had a chance now. But the sequel explains it. Many people think the sequel is better, for me its very close but this one is better. Nice reaction video and hope to see you do aliens as well.

The use of the spoon in the chestburster scene was an attempt to gets something between Kane's teeth. When someone is having a really severe seizure, there is a chance they might either swallow their own tongue and choke, or they might spasm violently in such a way they bite through their own tongue entirely, severing a portion of the tongue and causing serious blood loss. In such cases, objects are sometimes used to hold the teeth apart and hold the tongue down to prevent either possibility. Though modern advice is to leave a seizure victim be unless you are a trained medical professional in all but the most extreme cases, this movie was made back in 1979 when the medical consensus was different. Apparently, the cast were not warned ahead of time exactly what was going to happen in this scene, which is why their reactions are so believable. They didn't expect any of this, and apparently some of them actually thought the actor who played Kane, John Hurt, was legitimately suffering some sort of fit.

One of the funniest lines from a reaction,” at least she has a cat to eat.” 🤣

The water at 14:30 is condensation. The room Brett's in is, where the retracted landing gear is stored. So now the condensation is dripping off of the landing gear.

Fun watching reactions to people watching the Alien series for the first time. My best friend in middle school got me to watch Aliens first. There was a scene that he had missed it the first time watching it, and he refused to watch it every time he watched the movie again. Would close the cabinet door they had their TV in. I watched the scene from the side, looking in, when he couldn't. I didn't know it was a sequel, until we watched Alien 3 in the theaters not long after. Then watched the first Alien movie. Alien and Aliens are the best of the series, but I have to build myself up to watch Alien, but I'll watch Aliens director's cut and Alien 3 director's cut at the drop of a hat. If you do get to Alien 3, definitely go with director's cut, it is a lot better.

I didn't see _Alien_ until a couple years ago. I knew I would enjoy it, but I assumed there would be no real surprises or plot twists, because _Alien_ is like _Star Wars,_ everyone goes in knowing what it's about and roughly what happens, including most of the spoilers, because they get referenced and discussed so much in other media. So 17:15 completely blew my mind. I had already seen _Alien: Covenant_ and _Prometheus,_ so I knew what the white blood meant, but until that moment I had _no_ clue there was a secret android in _Alien._ I had assumed androids were introduced in later films. I was so, so happy that I'd somehow never learned that spoiler, that _Alien_ was able to have a big surprise waiting for me after all.

The best little known horror movie I can suggest is Session 9 (2001). It's amazing at filling you with dread about what is going on in the film. There’s this terrifying spooky inevitability in the film.

The two maintenance engineers, Brett & Parker, are plaued by Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) and Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021). The chemistry between them is wonderful. Yaphet Kotto was amazing in Homicide: Life in the Street (1993-1999). Harry Dean Stanton is best known for Repo Man (1994) and the cult classic Escape From New York (1991). You are perfect for reacting to Eacape. Fantastic movie. Kurt Russell stars as Snake Plissken.

This is one of the best reactions to this movie I have seen. You have a new subscriber.

Loved your reaction to this classic.

Stir of Echoes, Hand that Rocks the Cradle, What Lies Beneath, The Abyss. And the movie based on true events The Ghost and the Darkness (those lions are stuffed and in a museum in Chicago

Don't forget to watch the "extented cut" for ALIENS ^^

Even the actors knew they were making a classic during filming. Nothing else quite like it.

the actors didnt know that was going to bust out of his chest at the table.

Love the way you say "Don't leave the ship / Don't go in there /Don't touch it". Number one they were told to go and investigate, but more importantly if they didn't do those things (and others) there wouldn't be a Movies would there?

Big shoutout from Australia mate. Yeah I dig the Alien franchise for sure. As a toy collector I managed to get hold of some 1/4 scale Neca Alien figs. Love’em. Great reaction by the way. More please. Stay safe.🇦🇺👍🤪

Its sequel Aliens is equally superb.

So sweet to watch you with your baby bottle. Great reactions to a movie almost as scary as The Exorcist. I was 18 when this came out and I almost puked and I thought my heart was going to jump out of my chest. I just discovered your channel so I have some catching up to do. :)

Great reaction, new sub here. This film and aliens are absolute classics. FYI the cutlery on board has hard plastic handles he was trying to put it in his mouth because he thought Kane was having a fit or seizure of some kind and it would stop him potentially biting his tongue of mid seizure. Well done for spotting it though , I have seen this about 12 times and never noticed that, nor have I ever seen any other reactors mention it 👍. Good job

Google H.R Giger. He's the artist that designed the Alien and the ship.