The posture and hand placement of the Xeno bending over Parker definitely has a bit of Beaver Cleaver "Gee Whiz Mister ... are you all right?" Too much of a Good Samaritan pose, so it had to get cut.
Never has a character in a movie convinced me so much that they were genuinely terrified. Veronica Cartwright was completely convincing and kudos to her on her performance.
Just hearing the panting, hyperventilating, gasping for air, and scream is terrifying. Visually leaving to one’s imagination what happened to Lambert is genius horror method.
Ridley Scott was right to show less of the Alien. The most frightening thing about this movie is the fact that you never see the Alien running and chasing people, it knows it doesn't have to. It takes its time and toys with its victims.
It doesn't toy with its victims: that implies ideation of behalf of of the alien, which is directly in opposition to the purity of the animal's instincts and ferocity (Ash's words).
Alien was one of the first movies I remember that broke the rules about who survives. Many people were shocked when Dallas died early on, as it was assumed 'the Captain' would live (and probably be the one to kill the alien). Having the black guy and two women as the last survivors was as 'alien' a concept as the actual xenomorph!
@@thievingcthulhu8632 Oh yeah! At that ending, we're left wondering if the guy shot the black dude because he genuinely thought he was a zombie, or if he did it because he was black.
The Lambert Death Sounds & Screams are still one of the scariest things I'll ever remember.........and then to hear silence over the intercom is just as chilling
@@summer7034 i do not think it roared. apart from its pained screeched at the end its relatively silent. I Liked what i thought was a rattling sound it made as if excited but its part of the soundtrack score.
That's what always scared me about this scene, I remember in the 80's watching this as a child seeing Lamberts frozen petrified horror was just amazing the actress did a hell of a job showing her fear. And those sounds you heard when you saw Ripley running down the hall trying to find them really sent chills down your spine and that blood curdling screech at the end? They sounded incoherent and animalistic it's no wonder people asumed she was raped by the alien, I mean look at the how the cresture attacks, they don't kill they breed so, it makes a lot of sense, especially since Lambert's death was off screen
I loved how Lambert actually saw the Alien for the first time, but being extremely anxious and terrified by it, she went into denial for a few seconds, and only after she was completely overwhelmed by horror did she turn around.
Right? I think she saw the shadow of the alien but mustve assumed it was Parker because of the humanoid shape and so she briefly glanced at it but was in shock at what she was seeing. It wasnt until she fully turned around did she realize that she was cornered and looked like she was about to throw up.
I saw this in 1979 and have never realized that! You're right, she only saw the chestburster version but not the fully matured version until that moment. Horrific.
@@kirk1968 everyone has that response which I thought was a brilliant touch to the film. Brett thinks he's looking for a little scurrying creature and is overwhelmed when he sees it. Parker only knows "whatever it was it was big" Dallas has no idea what he's facing in the vent, Lambert is overwhelmed when she sees it, and so is Parker "oh my god" and even Ripley doesn't see the alien until the shuttle sequence. The element of the unknown amongst the crew was so well done
@@patriceaqa288 Excellent observations! Dallas...oh man. Parker said "it was big" as you said, but that's all he really had to go on. Turns around in the vent, sees a brief flash of silver teeth and gets a hearty welcome to getting cocooned.
It looks so goofy and off character..... is that the right word? Either way why would a Xenomorph do that? That doesn't make sense 😂 Was this just some random comic relief so we would forget how scary the Xenomorph is for a second?
I always hate how Parker sacrificed himself for nothing, trying to keep the xeno focused on killing him long enough for Lambert to run away. Even his last words implored her "Get out of the room!" and she just stands there frozen with fear.
That's because it's the natural reaction of terror or dread. She's absolutely petrified. If anything he ruined his chances by not just blasting the flame thrower.
sure you can.. the alien was moving his tail up her back side i belive he penitrated her pussy or asshole with it and shoved it all the way up to her mouth where it came out... a most horrible death meaning the alien enjoyed it
Absolutely true. People today dont seem to have the imagination or attention span, and need it all spelling out to them. It's what you don't see what scares you.
I think it was the best moment! I really hated her as a character! As long as she was alive she was just such a annoying bitch! Just crying and complaining all the time. I haven't actually seen the movie in a while but I'm pretty sure she was this annoying so I did not and I mean did NOT feel bad for her, in fact I was happy when she died! I understand she was scared but the bitch got to have some basic survival skills and understand that she would have a better chance of survival if she had just grown a pair of balls and shut the fuck up!
So much of this movie's horror is derived from how the xenomorph often just appears in a scene. No abrupt jumpscare, no loud music stinger, just the thing existing and doing the only thing it knows to do. Sure, there is loud music, and there are jumpscares, but they're few and far between. Often the xenomorph just silently appears or blends into the background, like how it was hanging from the chains on the ceiling when it's first revealed.
@@TheLambdaTeam For all the jumpscares in the film, the xenomorph is only involved in two of them. The one with it catching Dallas, and then on the shuttle as Ripley is getting ready to go into cryosleep for the journey home. Every other time the xenomorph was revealed it was done slowly and with none of its prey aware until it was too late. Jonesy had more jumpscares than the xenomorph.
@scarsun; @offmarket: I totally agree. I wish I didn't see it! It really looks so hokey. Imagine if they had left this rubbish in--the movie would not be considered the masterpiece it is deservedly known as now.
Veronica Cartwright talked about how the person in the Alien suit took ballet, yoga&tai~chai(hope I spelled it right) in order to move so gracefully on the behind the scenes DVD. I recommend getting the Alien Quadriligy because it's got two versions of each movie plus behind the scenes
Some of these wides really dissipate any tension: far too much shown and far too slowly. The late, great Terry Rawlings did a magnificent job with Scott's coverage and really ratcheted up the tension in the Theatrical cut, and it's in no small part down to him that ALIEN remains such a terrific experience after four decades.
RS isn't all that his movies are full of mistakes I feel for TR has to finish these movies into something half decent .. god-awful Prometheus and the recent Covenant lol
@@chasam1234 Every film ever made has mistakes, that's just the nature of the art. You make it sound like Ridley Scott has a corner on the market, which is really disengenuous. BTW, Terry Rawlings didn't edit 'Prometheus' or 'Covenant'.
The scream she makes at the end..... if that didn't terrify you. The (classic) Xenomorph is literally one of the most terrifying creatures in horror history.
I know a lot of this footage wouldn't have worked if it was used in final cut, but it's good to see Bolaji Badejo in the costume! One of the greatest villain performances ever!
Per the final edit, though visible in this one, I always thought the strange 'embracing' gesture he does in front of Lambert (2:39) was very odd and creepy. Almost like it has a sort of physical ritual before killing, as if it's taking its time to go through the performance 'steps' before attacking her -- unlike how it killed Parker quickly and brutally. Agreed: Lambert's broadcast screams of terror that are horrifically cut off remains terrifying to hear even after all these years. Such a great film. Still one of the best movie monsters ever created.
@Andrew Wolf it's even more disturbing as in the full screenplay it actually rapes her before killing her and although this scene was left out of the final cut it kinda indicates that's what it's gonna do!!
@tomheaney2135 yup. It was said that the man who originally hosted the alien had a thing for Lambert and that's why the alien raped her because part of his DNA was in the alien.
This scene never did play out with the tension of Brett getting knocked off, which is one of the best scenes in cinema history. It did however show how physically superior the alien was and good editing. Unless you saw the film in its theatrical release in 79' you can never understand how unnerving it was.
@@zariqueenMy mother took me and my brother to see this when we were kids. I think she regretted it to her grave, but I thought the original was great, the second even better
My brother and I went to see Alien at a local movie theater in 1979. I was 16 years old. Damn I'm old. I remember seeing the trailer on the tv for Alien and seeing the movie posters everywhere. "In space no one can hear you scream.” Just watching the trailer for the movie is horrifying. As for the uncut version, I always remembered that scene with Parker lasting longer. Good to know I'm not losing my mind.
The screams over the radio is so freaking cinematic its like the perfect way to keep it ambiguous as to whats happening to lambert, the fast paced breathing, her moans, then turned to screams, it really makes the alien or at least the death it gave her , that much more terrifying and weird. We just dont know what happened to her. "Death by blade, death by crushing, in the end you still die" -ainz ool goan
The CGI alien in Covenant, jumping around like a cartoon character, was awful. It really was just like a video game. They first did a full CGI alien in Alien Resurrection, it didn't look too bad but it's not threatening. Only the first film makes the alien seem really imposing and intimidating.
Its not the fact it was CGI that was the problem, it was the excessive movement. CG is amazing when used properly, just like model work and a man in a rubber suit. But, improper use makes it look stupid,... just like the crab walk. You have to use the tools available to you properly and effectively. That includes deciding what NOT to show on camera.
Veronica Cartwright makes the scene. Her acting and that grimace of pure terror is what makes the scene completely believable even when the creature is barely shown.
Rewatched this movie recently. Freakiest part of the whole thing for me (and in this clip) is when Ripley hears Lambert dying through the intercom. It sounds like it takes forever... what is the xenomorph doing to her...? [shudders]
He seemed like a real piece of crap at first but when it came down to it he was by far the most heroic and sensible of the crew. I mean he arguably could have ended it all right there. He just had to hold down a trigger. But his friend was in the line of fire and petrified so he literally charged a 7 foot tall perfect killing machine to try and buy her time. Absolute f***ing beast of a man. He was a hero through and through.
@@TheFirstCurse1 If Alien: Isolation taught us anything, the flamethrower would've only either pissed off the Alien more or scare it off for a bit before it returned with a vengeance.
@@SoldierOfFate That's why I said "arguably". It's obvious that it's unkillable in Isolation for gameplay reasons as it's seen killing Xenomorphs in other media and games (specifically Aliens inspired ones).
Definitely for the best that this was cut - although the scene right at the start where the xenomorph is perched watching Lambert is scary af and should’ve been used imo. The crab walk afterwards is just ridiculous though
Agreed, it just sitting there watching with an odd curiosity is creepy as hell. Like it WANTS to know she's seen it before it attacks so she dies frightened.
Agree 100%. They could have kept that scene where the Alien is first seen in shadow only, then the one where it is simply sitting there watching Lambert. And keep that scene when the Alien stands to it's full, menacing 2 meter height! The only part that should've been cut is that 'crab walk' scene.
I believe this whole footage is a combo of director-view and main cameras? The wide shot and the one showing what's behind Lambert are additional ones for the director? and that is why the alien suit actor is sitting there waiting and doing that crab walk towards Lambert while hiding from a main camera view and avoid creating a shadow when it wasn't the time yet? Notice also how she doesn't even seem to notice the creature sitting and moving right there!, while she's tossing the tanks??? Also when the tail extends (a guide for Lambert where to focus/face/look, maybe?), the scene cuts to a main camera and she acts like she just hears something at the beginning since she looks around left and right even though the alien creature is right in front, then it alternates from main to off-screen shots a couple of times when she notices the creature. Finally we see that off-screen part when the alien suit actor stands up in order to appear in the next "main shot". Think about it! I kinda believe that is the case, otherwise it is a very bad and goofy scene.
@@Chocobear555 I believe that wide shot and the one showing what's behind Lambert are from a director-view camera? and that is why the alien suit actor is sitting there waiting and doing that crab walk towards Lambert while hiding from a main camera view? Notice also how she doesn't even seem to notice the creature sitting and moving right there!, while she's tossing the tanks??? Also when the tail extends (a guide for Lambert where to focus/face/look, maybe?), the scene cuts to a main camera and she acts like she just hears something at the beginning since she looks around left and right even though the alien creature is right in front, then it alternates from main to off-screen shots a couple of times when she notices the creature. Finally we see that off-screen part when the alien suit actor stands up in order to appear in the next "main shot". I kinda believe that is the case, otherwise it is a very bad and goofy scene.
What makes this particularly scary is knowing that Parker himself is a huge guy (6ft 4", bulky and brawny) and even he was overpowered easily by the alien. If a guy like him was no match for the alien, what chance did Ripley have? That's when this movie truly became terrifying.
yes definitely agreed with you, but as much as this movie is gold, this scene kind of like the least logical for them to do..Both Parker and Ripley knew how strong the Alien was when it carried Brett upward to the airshafts, so separating with only 3 of you left, seem very unreasonable to me knowing how it simply overpowered the others..though yes, the creators need to find a way to kill Lambert and Parker, and maybe this is the best they can think of, given also the cinematic effect required.
Alien is the greatest horror film ever made and one of the things that made it so great is the "less is more" concept Ridley Scott employed in the final editing for the theatrical release. Not seeing much of the alien made it seem more like a stealthy predator which you don't detect until it is too late. And Lambert's unseen death transmitted over the intercom is the stuff of nightmares.
Ridley Scott said that the reason he disliked horror films was "because in the end it’s always been a man in a rubber suit" and that his solution was to show only enough to drive the imagination. This extended scene does the opposite of that: it shows the man in the rubber suit.
When Ripley finds them dead Parker is sitting on the floor head busted open and lamberts foot is hanging at the left of screen did she get so scared her boots came off? please explain since the cocoon scene was cut from the theater version and wasn’t shown until the special edition way after Cameron made the sequel did he get to see the footage and still went ahead with his version of the queen or he never saw the cut footage and still did his own version
The part from 0:13 to0: 21 is really creepy, esp how its just sitting there almost drooling. Cut right after Lambert realizes what she is seeing and right before the xenomorph(excuse me sir, a what?) extends its tail.
I believe this whole footage is a combo of director-view and main cameras? The wide shot and the one showing what's behind Lambert are additional ones for the director? and that is why the alien suit actor is sitting there waiting and doing that crab walk towards Lambert while hiding from a main camera view and avoid creating a shadow when it wasn't the time yet? Notice also how she doesn't even seem to notice the creature sitting and moving right there!, while she's tossing the tanks??? Also when the tail extends (a guide for Lambert where to focus/face/look, maybe?), the scene cuts to a main camera and she acts like she just hears something at the beginning since she looks around left and right even though the alien creature is right in front, then it alternates from main to off-screen shots a couple of times when she notices the creature. Finally we see that off-screen part when the alien suit actor stands up in order to appear in the next "main shot". Think about it! I kinda believe that is the case, otherwise it is a very bad and goofy scene.
I'm glad they edited out a lot of that scene. For one the alien moved too much like a human. Reminded me of sitting on the floor watching tv as a kid too lazy to stand up and just scurrying to the tv!
Honestly I just loooove this xenomorph. It's so slow, smart. It knows how strong it is and just takes its time. It really feels like you could actually talk to the creature and it seems kind of fascinated with humans. Such a brilliant movie...
Dr. Peter Venkman : We've been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay Puft's okay! He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!
It’s a brilliant film, but not an easy watch. Ridley Scott brilliantly increases the claustrophobic tension with each scene. I’m always amazed how quickly the chest burster grows though! When it burst out of Kane it was tiny, by the end of the film, about 8 feet tall.
I honestly think they could've left some of this in with quick edits. Not the crab walk...but maybe a few more of those medium and close-up shots. It would've been nice to see more of the big chap in this scene than what's in the theatrical release.
A perfect example of less is more. I’m so glad that most of this was left out. It just proves that good editing is just as important as good writing, acting or directing.
In all the Alien movies I don't think I've seen it look more menacing than it did starting at 1:23. I've seen maybe all of the special features and deleted scenes before but I'm really curious where you got that footage from?
Almost unbelievable, how fortunate Veronica Cartwright (Lambert) has been in her acting career! Honing her craft alongside Tippi Hedren, under the watchful eye of Alfred Hitchcock in the early 1960's (The Birds)
Yeah, I see why the original cut didn’t extend this scene…what isn’t seen is way more terrifying. Whatever sound effect they had on Lamberts muffled screams is haunting beyond belief
A lot of this is pretty wonderful but the way Badejo moves from 0:46-0:59 is just *way* too controlled and it just feels like a stuntman in a rubber suit. The short sequence from 1:24-1:29 looks incredible, I don't remember that being in the theatrical cut.
He was no stuntman...he had the right build but they would have needed someone more athletic to move properply. Just thinking about how inhuman they managed to get Samara from the Ring by clever jerky movements and editing.
+RazzleDazzle I thought the same thing about 1:24 to 1:29! I think it would've almost been an acceptable substitute shot for the over-Lambert's-shoulder-alien-menacingly-standing-up-shot that they ended up using in the theatrical cut.
Woah. As much as I’m glad they did this scene without all this extended stuff I really love that mix at 1:49. The way Lambert’s cries are so far back and quiet in the mix makes it horrifying to me!
It is rather fascinating and also depressing seeing this superb special effects surpassing by far those of the latest film (Covenant) I mean, come on, xenomorphs must be brought to life only by practical effects.
A clunky ,obvious as Hell costume is not good sorry not sorry. I could never fear the Xeno in the original since it was so obviously a costume, it was laughably bad
Alien is the only film in the franchise where the Xenomorph takes it's time killing, not only takes it's times, but seems to ENJOY killing. It has a weird perverted fascination with it's victims, as though it wants to fuck them before it kills them. Unfortunately in films afterwards it's just a superficial monster. Alien covenant has ruined any mystic we once had about it's origins and the Xeno itself was badly delivered.
I agree, and i think that element of sexuality increases the overall mystery of this creature. Before they became hive minded bugs in ALIENS, they remained truly mysterious because nothing was really explained in terms of why the creature kills, how it exactly kills and whether it possessed real intelligence. I also think that it has a child like curiosity especially in the first movie, how it slowly walks towards Lambert and later how it watches Ripley in the shuttle at the end of the movie. I think at the end in ALIEN the creature is in the stage of dying and it just wants to be left alone after its rampage through the ship, but is awakened by Ripley. And Covenant....dear god, i can't believe how this awful movie is even made by the same director who gave us this masterpiece.....
In my mind the two prequels aren't canon and doesn't ruin my enjoyment or facination of the mysterious horrors of their origin. For me, if something isn't by the original creator or was never planned that time, it's all retcon.
I hate to admit it but the story is so unclear and screwed up I thought we were going to get an explanation of how they were created but it turns out an Android with an attitude created them fs again hate to admit it but AVP has a better reason for the Xenomorphs creation
fanboys always come up with the dumbest shit. I'm so glad the glorification of rape was removed from the symbolism of alien. it's a biological weapon. not a mystic being.
As much as I'd like to say she wasn't, we knew her well enough, she was a fraidy cat. She wanted to stay away from the derelict, and she was all in favour of abandoning the Nostromo; in her mind, nothing could be gained by confronting the creature head-on, and they had already lost three people to it, so the only sensible option was to run, and to trust to hope that the creature wouldn't find its way onto the shuttle before they did.
That's kind of the point. The movie gives you next to no details about these people or the world they live in. The company has no name in this film. It's just called "the company." The characters are only given one name, and then it's only their last names. You never learn what the first names of these characters are, because they never refer to each other by their first names, almost as if none of them know each other well enough to be on a first name basis. And we're not given much, if any, backstory for them. We know they're essentially tow truck drivers, that they're towing a mine/ore refinery, and that's pretty much it. We're thrown into the middle of their lives and their universe with no context, and all we really learn about them over the course of the movie is how they deal with having this alien onboard. That's part of the beauty of the film. It's simple and clean, stripped of all but the important details. As Ash might say, you can admire its purity.
Its funny but throughout the film Parker was an jerk but he went up against that thing to defend another person. No promise of glory, no chance of survival and Dubious odds of success. Its quite an interesting moment since it shows while he's hot blooded and obnoxious he's a fundemently decent person and very very brave.
Lost all sinister credibility and sexual menace when they moved the position of the tail ...its tail was a penis location...Cameron lost his bottle in the next movie.
Same here Ben. I saw it when I was 9 in 1979 and my 8 year old brother and I kept running out of the theatre! It's in my all time top 5 films for sure.
Slow movement of alien is absolutely fascinating. It's much more scare than fast moving aliens from following movies. It's really creepy to be cornered by that beast that is taking time to kill you. Slow moving creature that can be anywhere stalking you through dark narrow corridors is the real horror.
In the cut footage the Alien looks to be studying Lambert as if it was curious about her. Perhaps it was the fact she was a female and it had only encountered male humans at that point.
I kind of like the concept. It's easy to forget because of how overexposed the xenomorph's iconic design has become since all the spinoffs and sequels, but in the original movie it's never even clear whether the alien has legs until you see it sucked into space. And it was Aliens that established that the thing even moves with its head in front and tail in back like a regular-ass animal (though to its credit, it did still manage to make that look weird). This early in the game, no one knew anything. This would've been the third scene in a pattern. First, with Brett, you see its size and its weird mouth. Then with Dallas, you see its head and pipe-y, bony body. And finally, here, you'd see that even the way it stands still is fuckin weird, all folded up with the head just throbbingly erect like that. It moves like it lives in bursts, like a camouflaged insect, spending most of its time inert in a way that mammals like us always find really unrelatable. Still, the crabwalk doesn't look that good. I'm guessing that what they wanted was for a really smooth, lightweight sliding motion, but the suit's weight made it impossible to do without doddering back and forth. Still, it's a shame, because that tail thing at the beginning is just sublimely awful, like a flasher or something.
That insect aspect would be a really cool creepy behaviour indeed. There are some scenes in other movies and comics where the Xenos are just standing there but they never really take advantage of how disturbing that behaviour is.
I think you're right that the tail unfold was awesome & creepy. If they'd just reshot the crab walk as a head first crawl the whole thing might have worked.
The original 4:3 ratio format is the best, you don't see any part of its body other than its face and the tail stinger until the very end scene, it has folk thinking Jeeso!!! So that's what it looks like!!!
Think you see its hands in the scene it ambushes Dallas, but you see only fleet glances of its body, it is assumed that it looks lik a grown up version of the chest burster, limbless like a snake, only in the very end when it gets sucked out the airlock is it finally revealed what it actually looks like
Scariest film ever when I first watched it. Scott's notion that the future could be 'old and grubby' was surprisingly new. Now we all know it likely will be.
1:24 This moment right here is as if the xenomorph is displaying some sort of arrogance combined with dominance. This shot should have been put in the film.
I believe this whole footage is a combo of director-view and main cameras? The wide shot and the one showing what's behind Lambert are additional ones for the director? and that is why the alien suit actor is sitting there waiting and doing that crab walk towards Lambert while hiding from a main camera view and avoid creating a shadow when it wasn't the time yet? Notice also how she doesn't even seem to notice the creature sitting and moving right there!, while she's tossing the tanks??? Also when the tail extends (a guide for Lambert where to focus/face/look, maybe?), the scene cuts to a main camera and she acts like she just hears something at the beginning since she looks around left and right even though the alien creature is right in front, then it alternates from main to off-screen shots a couple of times when she notices the creature. Finally we see that off-screen part when the alien suit actor stands up in order to appear in the next "main shot". Think about it! I kinda believe that is the case, otherwise it is a very bad and goofy scene.
Admittedly, this is the classic Lambert/Parker death scene spliced in with a heavy dose of the original Lambert ending that was scrapped. Sneaky, dishonest (a tad) but I like it. Late 70's creature horror liked to incorporate a kill scene with a dose of absolutely mind bending frustration into the death toll and Parker's death ranks right up there with the captain's death in the original jaws. He's the only character in the whole movie who had a clear shot at the xeno, yet Parker can't take that shot. Somehow Lambert is "in the way". As usual in horror flicks of the period, this happens to characters who've scored enough audience sympathy that we want them to survive. This well made re-edit lessens the frustration by making it shorter, but I kind of wonder if that was the editor's intent?
Very interesting to see these extended scenes. They did a great job of editing this down to what the release ended up being. The crazy suspense would have been dampened by see too much of this thing. The ending with the strobes giving you an idea of the monster and Ripley fighting for her life is unforgettable. One of the all time classics
The part wheres hes sitting there, head down so that the dome-like shape kind of points up and his legs, and the bit with the tail extending was pretty cool. But the guy when he starts to walk on his pegs and feet, in some kind of weird african tribal-dance way of something, just didnt suit. But i do appreciate this was early, and Ridley is experimenting with this totally original, out of this world creature he has. Props to Yaphet and Cartwright though, absolute sheer terror in their faces, when Parkers trying to yell at Lambert to get the fuck out of there, when you see a guy like Yaphet in trouble like that, you fuckin believe it. Funny enough Ridley re-used that shot, with the creature crunched up, then getting up, rising and its really tall. He tried that same effect with Fifield's entrance when he returned after being exposed and transformed by the black goo.
Thank God this was out of the theatrical film...It's bad. Ver very bad...The alien looked like a man in an outfit. You can also see the wire attached to Parker's waist when the alien pushes him to the wall...
Ridley Scott had Terry Rawlings meticulously edit the film to prevent the alien from looking like an actor in a rubber suit to the audience. The original theatrical version was excellent but releasing extra bits of footage is nice for the fans.
I don't think they would have even bothered to put most of this into editing knowing that it needed to be cut from the film, the full uncut version really detracts from the scene.
What an ALIEN enthusiast like me notices is how the close ups of Carlo Rambaldi’s alien head is constructed, lit and operated in such a chillingly effective way to portray it’s organic bio-mechanical aspects. It’s stunning. It’s like an alien cobra when strikes in the original! The way they used condoms as those face tendons, copious amount of water and KY jelly, and with superb lighting by Derek Vanlint and Ridley Scott, makes it really escape looking like rubber skin or fake. No other alien film after gave the kills the unique grace, power and sheer horror Ridley Scott was able to convey! BRAVO!
The crab walk was such a weird decision.. Makes the Alien feel like a child playing a game. Definitely right to edit it out, it's arrival being the out of focus creep in from the left side of Lambert is much more effective.
I think the editing should've been halfway between this and the theatrical version. The original has always been too jumpy in this scene and it feels rushed, just like Brett's kill scene. The frontal shots of the alien once it crawls over are good, and that teeth-baring sneer at 1:00 with the sound effects and music were very eery. The back shots are what look like a man in a suit.
The only part I wish they would've found a way to work in is that image of the xeno curled up and the tail extending, minus the crawling. That tail extended just looked creepy. But the crawling and standing up just looked horrible... Though I'm sure had it made the final cut, that scene would've been so dark it would've worked a little
All of these deleted kill scenes, including Brett's, should have been left in! The originals always seemed like they were jumpy and I've always felt there were things missing.
Tired of hearing comments from non-aficionados. The crab walk ABSOLUTELY should’ve been included in the film. It clued us into the creature and it’s intelligence and learning curve.
This footage would’ve made the film even more iconic than it already is. The idea that the alien did not quite understand standing versus crawling but adapted quickly after watching lambert displays its rapid intellect. Ridley Scott made the impossible possible by creating a realistic ALIEN movie. Guaranteed the government uses this film as way to train, observe, react, and adapt to the unknown in space travel.
@@PsychologicalApparition That’s the real question, and what you believe to be the truth versus what you know is fact. Our Apollo moon landings were being observed by saucers on nearby craters so what would you call their occupants?
@@libsrlosers2113 Saucers lol. I'd call them creatures of 1950s horrible practical cinema effects. That's when the saucer trend was great. There is nothing faster than the speed of light. Thre is no planet that harbours life within our galaxy that we can observe. Any planet with life will undergo evolution, probably. There's no telling what kind of creatures could form in a different celestial environment. "Saucers" LOL
@@PsychologicalApparition Sorry, but you’re incorrect. In 1989, Bob Lazar came forth with the revelation that we have a base that is 20 miles south of area 51 called S4. This base is within an installation in the surrounding mountain of Papoose Lake and has multiple doors (disguised). Inside these doors, they house at least nine different alien craft that operate on the same reactor and are powered by an element identified by Lazar.
The crab walk is weird, but isn't that the whole point, it's an alien, it's supposed to be weird and do things we can't predict. I think it's actually creepy how it just sits there without her noticing it, then crab walks up to her, as if its playing a game, before smiling at her. And the tail pointing upwards at her surely represents an erection, the alien is horny that it gets to terrify and kill her With the final edit you don't even understand what happens, other than that they die a gruesome death. The alien itself never had enough screen time
Like as if it was a child always thought it had dark sense of humor when Ripley was in the closet putting on the suit it opened it's mouth slowly then bites down the air like showing Ripley " this what's going to happen, I'm gonna get you"
I believe this whole footage is a combo of director-view and main cameras? The wide shot and the one showing what's behind Lambert are additional ones for the director? and that is why the alien suit actor is sitting there waiting and doing that crab walk towards Lambert while hiding from a main camera view and avoid creating a shadow when it wasn't the time yet? Notice also how she doesn't even seem to notice the creature sitting and moving right there!, while she's tossing the tanks??? Also when the tail extends (a guide for Lambert where to focus/face/look, maybe?), the scene cuts to a main camera and she acts like she just hears something at the beginning since she looks around left and right even though the alien creature is right in front, then it alternates from main to off-screen shots a couple of times when she notices the creature. Finally we see that off-screen part when the alien suit actor stands up in order to appear in the next "main shot". Think about it! I kinda believe that is the case, otherwise it is a very bad and goofy scene.
Everybody talks about how movies aren’t scary. However, you have to remember, if you were in the situation is what makes it really scary. Sitting on a couch with a drink and nervously eating candy you’re gonna be judgmental about “the guy in the suit” the “stupid crab walk” etc. The term In film school is “suspending your disbelief”. Meaning stop thinking about the stunt actors and bad wigs and poor acting. You have to immerse yourself in a film in order to get the full experience. Drop the know it all gig and just enjoy it for what it’s meant to be. Not because you know all the ins and outs of EVERYTHING.
Wow this is way better than the final cut, it's so creepy. Why does the alien walk backwards and point its tail at her like that? Truly bizarre. I get that the final cut was good because it left things to your imagination but I always thought they needed more Alien scenes. This is great!
I can recommend you to look up for xenomorph violation theory. There is one video on RU-vid and I think it makes perfectly sense. This is the reason why the first movie was on my opinion much darker and grotesque, than the sequels.
There's an Easter egg mentioned somewhere that Lambery was a post-op transsexual and part of me imagines that the alien can sense that about her and maybr finds it oddly fascinating to the point that maybe it's performing some kind of surgery on her itself to find out how it works