ALIEN (1979) | Girlfriends FIRST TIME WATCHING
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- My girlfriend reacts to my top 10 favourite movies of ALL TIME, starting with Alien (1979) for the FIRST TIME!! She gagged proper hard in this reaction and almost made me cry laughing...Hope you enjoy this Movie Reaction!!
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Directed By : Ridley Scott
Stars : Sigourney Weaver , Tom Skerritt , John Hurt
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Hannah needs to hit the comedy clubs, her humor is solid gold.
No doubt! 🤣
Just golden, -with a little red tinge! ;)
Please she needs to watch either Jackass or the hangover
It`s not humor, sounds like a 12 year old.
All the funny girls have real-lives and don't pursue that career.
The best part is, she's not even wrong about how all the alien stuff looks like genitals - the designer was a man named H.R. Giger, and he was famous for creating designs that evoked vaginas and penises in weird and creepy ways. And given how the aliens reproduce by basically violating and impregnating victims, the movie team felt like it was a fitting visual motif. :)
Just so you know, H.R. Giger didn't design the chestburster. Ridley Scott respectfully rejected Gigers original design concepts and Giger agreed, saying in an interview that he 'just couldn't find the right design inspiration' and stepped aside. Stephen Norrington built it (the actual puppet) based on a design concept from artist (cant remember his name at the moment but will comment later when I can). Also, Stan Winston is (although somewhat debated) credited with the idea of adding the two small "T-rex" arms.
I knew I don't need to scroll that far. Very good observation from Hannah. The great late H.R. Giger created so many iconic designs. I wish he had finished his works on Dune with Alejandro Jodorowski.
I think a lot of people don't know the influence Giger had on the Xenomorph species. I firmly believe that without him this franchise wouldn't exist. I think people connect to it on a visceral level for the reasons you allude to; there's a deeply primal response to the "internalized" threat, it's recognizably biological, which makes it both familiar and possible. You generally don't ever see the biological creation of the extraterrestrial in a movie, you're not given a chance to understand it, work out how it procreates, let alone see it as an animal. I think that's what made Alien (and the Xenomorph) so successful, the story really shows you how it's possible, how it's normal, how it could be like any parasite we know of on Earth, any disease which invades the Human body, and ultimately any predator - only worse.
Without Giger's "biomechanical" inspiration directly suggestive of human anatomy I don't think it would be so convincing.
The chestburster was designed by Roger Dicken.
It's crazy how dead on she was about that even though she was just making a joke. The themes of the facehugger and xenomorph resembling genetalia are totally on purpose.
OMG...23:00...Hannah...the single most epic one liner response to this scene of all time - PRICELESS!!!
Had to rewind a couple of times. Comedy gold.
Me too! 😂😂😂
Funny thing is the Xenomorph is all about sexual violence and assault. The egg, the Facehugger, the Chestburster, the final creature itself. This is all confirmed by writer Dan O'Bannon, director Sir Ridley Scott and creature designer H.R. Giger.
I love watching Hannah. You can always tell she’s comprehending and really paying attention to what’s going on. Unlike so many other reactors that are constantly looking to make jokes the entire time and then get frustrated when they’re confused during the movie.
She's quirky but very insightful at the same time.
There was ZERO cgi in the film. Its ALL practical. It actually won an Academy Award for best Visual Effects, and was also nominated for Best Art Design. Should have also bee recognized for the amazingly atmospheric score by Jerry Goldsmith. As cool as the Alien is, it's the tone and visuals of the film that make it what it is. It's like going into a dream world. This film was "lightning in a bottle", had the perfect score, perfect effects, and H.R. fricking Giger! James Cameron knew he couldn't really top this films perfection, but he did his best to make Aliens just as awesome, but in it's own style. Both 2 Alien films are masterpieces!
To be fair, MUTHRs computer screen (the "intro sequence" at least) was a bit of early CGI. Other than that, indeed all practical.
Watched it recently, it deserves the awards
Spot on Tiger. I saw Alien over a dozen times in 1979. The visuals where so mind blowing, that it still holds up 45 years later!
Ehhh, i love this film, but there were some effects stumbles. Ash's decapitated head was not great, so I'll never know why they did an edit where it cuts directly from the prop to Ian Holm's real head. It looks dreadful
Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor: the two indisputable queens of action fiction!
Arguably there's a few in for a crown:
Trinity (The Matrix)
Officer Anne Lewis (RoboCop)
Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)
Rita Vrataski, "the Angel of Verdun" (Edge of Tomorrow)
Naomi Nagata and a couple more in The Expanse
Julie Parrish (V)
Claire Dearing (Jurassic World)
nice selection!apparently we like similar movies. and for the heroines - I meant only the most famous ones that everyone has heard of.
@@boqndimitrov8693 Well... if you know Terminator _and_ Alien you probably know The Matrix, Jurassic World and RoboCop.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps Add Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max) to the list.
@@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps Charlie Baltimore (Long Kiss Goodnight)
Hannah: "It looks like an Angry Dick!" That was the laugh out loud I didn't know I needed! Still chuckling
with a face on it!
That is what H.R. Giger was going for essentially
@@daustin8888 Oh lots of his art is very erotic. In twisted ways.
To be fair, the face hugger has some vaginal elements to it. HR Geiger's work had a lot of disturbingly sexual themes. Beautiful, gross and horrific all at the same time.
No CGI in this, all practical effects. Miniatures and Matte paintings. Also love that Aunduril is just sitting chilling in the corner.
I have been watching this movie since the 80's, and I have NEVER, EVER heard ANYONE describe the baby Alien as an "angry dick." Just about fell out of my chair laughing at that!! Love the channel and the reactions!!
"Where's the pussy?" I'm dead.
She's not really wrong though. HR Giger was the designer, his creations are described as biomechanical. A lot of his work was very sexual. I think it works perfectly with the origins of the Xenomorph and the world that was built during and after Aliens. Without his focus on the biological would we have ever had the potential for the world that was built after? There would have been so many opportunities to get it wrong, but the writers of everything else (even the bad stuff) mostly remained faithful to Geiger's vision for the "perfect species".
Also, there are a lot of other "biologically inspired" aspects in the franchise, you really start to notice them more when you get a feel for Giger's work.
There's a very intentional sexual imagery to the xenomorph AND facehugger designs.
Legit killed me as well..thank you for watching mate ❤️
I just said this too! Hilarious reaction!
CGI in 1979? lol
It's all practical, so was ALIENS. That's one of the reasons both films hold up, practical effects will always look good to the human eye while CGI has a shelf life of about 5-10 years before it potentially looks obviously outdated.
This film is more important than that because it put Weaver on the map and she was unknown while most of the other cast were already known names. If you were going to see this in the cinema at that time you would NEVER have thought she would be the only survivor. She was basically the first female lead for an action/sci-fi film and Weaver was ultimately a massive inspiration for characters like Sarah Connor, GI Jane and even Lara Croft.
@TJP 81 The OP is wrong, only BAD CGI doesn't hold up. But a lot of it falls into that category for many reasons.
"practical effects will always look good to the human eye while CGI has a shelf life of about 5-10 years before it potentially looks obviously outdated"
Effects age in proportion to how well they are designed, planned, and used. There are plenty of old school practical FX that looked cheesy and unconvincing and we just let it slide because we had no choice, as well as effects that blew our minds back then but look like crap now. On the other hand the CG in "The Abyss" "Terminator 2" and the original "Jurassic Park" still hold up. (Part of the secret was not overusing it. The CG was sparse in those movies and most of their FX were still practical)
Yup all practical, no CGI yet.
@@chrisleebowers Mix of practical effects and smart use CGI would result best looking films. Now everything is done computer. That's why some older movies look so good.
@@chrisleebowers spot on
I think this is the first time I ever laughed during this movie lol Hannah is pure gold!! Never let her go bro, she’s def a keeper!!
Hannah trying to say "skeleton" is just as hilarious as watching Benedict Cumberbatch trying to say "penguins" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hannah seems like such a good person.
plus she's a cutie
A patient person, certainly
She’s the greatest ❤️
@Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫ᴀɴ what?
@Pᴀᴡɴ S𝜏ᴀʀ𝕤 ✯🇫ᴀɴ Someone like who? you? a trash talker? Ash looks like a good & genuine lad; who’s funny & charismatic. Take a piss troll..
I’ve never laughed so much at this movie. Hannah is hilarious
Same. I had to stop after that chest bursting scene and wipe the tears from laughing bro. You could see Ash was losing it, too.
"The Levvery Eggs will come after you..."
i ve seen almost a dozen reaction to THIS movie cause it s my number one I think... i m in the middle of this react an d I m laughing my ass off , LLp
@@maciejswierczewwski2901 Was it Hannah's reaction to chest burster?
@@TedBrogan i think that everybody on the suface of this planet even without seeing the movie before should know that scene come o
Hannah: "Angry dick saying where's the pussy", funniest thing I've heard in a long time. Great reactions🤣🤣🤣
22:50 Hannah turns a historically iconic horror scene into a comedy... "really angry dick... coming out of his tummy... where's the pussy!?" it was so innocent too ha ha... you made my day ha ha love you two, such a laugh. Thank you
I wonder if Geiger was going for that
@@merkaba0635Hell yes, he was. Just look at the alien in his concept painting. It's literally got a penis for a head.
Paused the video and shot the fuck down here to say I laughed hard at "skellington" followed immediately by "skenton"
Man y'all are fast becoming my favorite channel for reactions. Two of the goofiest intelligent people to watch movies together AND they found each other. It really is amazing.
You legend! This means everything to us ❤️
@@justtrustash Show & Have Hannah React To Full Metal Jacket 😆
Hannah almost had me on the floor suffocating. I could barely stop laughing long enough to inhale. I'm going to be laughing at that till next month.
Hannahs reaction and commentary is pure comedy gold, Ash just dying laughing is priceless
I both hope Ash has never seen hotshots, and these two share it on the channel. 👍🤭
Another interesting bit that I've heard about the Alien sets is that they were all interconnected. So the cast and crew would enter the set and then have to navigate the "ship" through all of the corridors. The Director wanted to give his actors a real feeling of claustrophobia and isolation. I wish there was some way this could have been preserved because how cool would it have been to just be able to walk around the Nostromo.
Her reactions were so good, it reminded me of how people reacted in the theater. You guys are so cool together.
The Xenomorph's design is the creation of the artist H. R. Giger, that is known to take inspiration in sexual themes.
So, the "angry dick" comparison was spot on!
"Can we put it in a box?"
Hannah had me rolling on this one!
Ash tells Hannah during the chest-burster scene: "Stop, nothing's happening." 😆😆
Ian Holm, the actor who played the evil robot, was also Bilbo Baggins in the LOTR series. I saw this movie in the theater when I was a kid. It was my first "R" rated movie. I had to grovel for a month to see it.
If you would like to see what CGI made in 1979 looked like... well, you can look at the computer screens. That was the limit.
The two earliest movies to use CGI that I can think of are TRON (1982) and The Last Starfighter (1984). Most of the "CGI" in TRON is actually hand-drawn animation, but The Last Starfighter has a lengthy sequence with quite a bit of CGI.
The first use was in original "Westworld" (1974) to represent Yul Brynner's robot vision. In original 1977 pre-special edition Star Wars, the Death Star schematics during the pilot briefing scene was CGI.
Tron was the first movie to use CG as part of a VFX process and Last Starfighter was the first movie that tried to pass off fully CG rendered images as real-world objects like spaceships. The first CG morphing shots were in "Willow" (1988) and the first CG character was the water tentacle in "The Abyss." (1989) CG was expensive and time consuming and only used for things that were impossible to do with old-school practical VFX until the early 2000's. The Star Wars prequels and The LOTR trilogy represented the first movies where more FX were CG than not, and just barely, there was still a heavy amount of practical FX in those movies.
@@chrisleebowers Don't forget about Jurassic Park that came out in 1993. That was the movie that really put CGI in the lime light.
Let's not forget the stained glass knight in '85's Young Sherlock Holmes.
@@chrisleebowers I'd say that the first use of CGI that tried to pass it off as real-world stuff was in Star Trek 2 (1982) during the Genesis sequence. Yes, I know it's supposed to be a simulation for Kirk & co. in the movie, but as far as we the audience is concerned it's CGI that's supposed to look real.
And in the case of the computer scenes it's prob a real computer screen with real vector graphics :)
Hannah screaming at jump scares: Pure gold. I'm here for it.
The way Ash's eyes were lit up during the chest burster scene is just fucking hilarious hahaha. Knowing what's coming. What a classic film.
just trust Ash ? :-)
I'm curious, Ash.
Have you ever heard of, seen, or played *Alien: Isolation* before?
It's like a love letter to the Alien films in video-game form, the attention to detail, the way they capture the essence of the movie, the eerie atmosphere, the build up of the tension, the music, the sound design... it's all there.
Story to the game fits in nicely as well. Also Nostromo DLC
@@Tokerific1976 Didn't want to give in anything about the story so as to keep it all a nice surprise for him in case he doesn't know, or never played.
@@LJMiho Oh never any new story spoilers...would ruin the experience.
The movie producers handed over more than 3TB of data and footage to the game studio to adapt the game. IMHO the best adaptation of any movie into a computer game.
Yesssss!!! One of my faiv games of all time 👊🏽
It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, it made $200 million dollars against an $11 million dollar budget, it put Sigourney Weaver on the map, it spawned 3 Sequels, 2 spinoff films, 2 crossover films, video games, comics, novels, toys, board games, novelizations and an upcoming live action TV series based on the movie, it's now considered to be one of the scariest motion pictures ever made.
Before Sigourney Weaver was cast as Ripley, Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Katherine Ross, and Genevieve Bujold were considered.
Harrison Ford was considered to play the role of Capt Dallas, but was too busy working on a different kind of SCI FI movie, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
Jon Finch was cast as Kane, but had a serious bronchial attack and John Hurt was brought in at the last minute.
Robert Aldrich, Robert Altman, Jack Clayton and Peter Yates were considered for Directing.
Dan O'Bannon also had his heart on directing his script (which, in the commentary, explains why the script doesn't particularly characterize any of the people, and it was left up to the actors to do it. He had intended to flesh them out as a director.). There was a big feud between O'Bannon and the producers over writing credit. They tried to take his name off the script at one point even though virtually all of the dialogue, and scenes, were his with only a few very tiny tweaks. Lucky for O'Bannon the screenwriters guild sided with him.
Hannah's reaction to the chestburster scene was epic in a hilarious manner!
Just FYI, the novelization explains that when landing the ship's intake vales clogged with sand causing it to drop the last few meters. Cleaning out the sand, and replacing the parts that overloaded from the heat, was the repair that was going to take so long. It was the atmosphere, not the rock. The movie never really makes that clear, my guess is there was a line somewhere cut for pacing.
“I wonder if it cries..” everyone asks where the alien, but nobody asks HOW is the alien?? Lmaooo 💀💀😂
I swear Hannah, you make my day. I was crying with laughter along with Ash. 🤣
I love his suppressed smirk he was holding in as the chest burst scene approached.
I think, “Mother,” is a reference to the computer’s “motherboard.” But also, the symbolic relationship of the ship’s AI towards the crew. She cares for them, she controls the life support systems, the cryo-sleep, and navigation and engines.
Think about it, the Nostromo is a massive spacecraft, sparsely crewed, and the crew spend most of their time asleep-They’re there more or less on board for emergencies, paperwork, and basically to fix the systems if they glitch.
The Nostromo’s only purpose it pick up massive shipments of mineral and metallic ore, likely already in orbit of a planet, ready to go, to bring to Earth.
They’re basically truck drivers in Space. Not scientists, specialists, or marines/air force. Just transport, engineers, and navigators.
The computer designation is MU-TH-UR hence the name Mother.
This was my first R rated movie as a child in the theatre..the scope, the loneliness of the crew, how they were so isolated was so exaggerated in the theatre, the quietness made the audience get sucked completely in to the situation and the way the tension builds was so unmatched by anything else. A real experience..!
Fun fact: during the Chestburster scene, the only one in the cast who knew what was going on was John Hurt. Everyone else's reactions were genuine.
Wrong.
Partially true. They knew what the scene was, but only in general. But the machine that was supposed to have the chest burster break through failed on the first attempt. So they just kept hitting the button. You can even see everyone sort of freeze not knowing what to do next. When it did break through there was way more blood than expected. Lambert's reaction at being sprayed with it IS genuine surprise and disgust. Which is how the rumor that 'no one knew' came about.
Kubrick called Ridley that ask how he did this scene
Generally speaking, if you're wondering whether or not a pre 90's movie used CGI. Look at the graphics on the computer screens used in the movie, if there are any.
That's where they were at, roughly, for CGI quality.
And sometimes, not even that is very helpful.
Escape From New York has "computer screens" showing a "wire frame" of the city, that are actually a practical effect filmed and then played back on a monitor. Anything before 1980 is pretty much guaranteed not to have any CGI as we would understand it today. Wrath of Khan was the first film to have a fully rendered CGI sequence used as part of the films story telling (the Genesis flyover.) there may have been one or two very brief effects prior to that, like young sherlock holmes (?), and of course Tron, which came out the same year as TWOk was chock full of CGI. I don't entirely count Tron though as it is not trying to convince you that the CGI is a real thing. The CGI is built into that films premise.
Damn you must be old
@@uekvowzkaebbzuvrgipqxhemmwbhe Your turn will come. :)
I remember thos new fangled computers with their glowing green or orange block letter text. The most advanced computer graphics of the day was space invaders, centipede and pac man..lolol.
The cast wasn’t told what was going to happen when it burst out of him. So those are genuine reactions when he is writhing and the blood bursts.
I've watched a lot of reactions to this movie, never once have I heard someone say, "It looks like a really angry dick." I honestly can't think of a better description.
And also you are right. He wants it back in the U. K. You can't trust that damned Bilbo Baggins for a second!
I saw this in the theatre when it came out, when I was 18. The chest bursting scene was sooooo shocking then. And yes Sigourney in her underwear was wonderful.
It was cool Hannah picked up on the falic nature of the alien. A strong female protagonist versus a pyscho-sexual body horror penis demon is a very deliberate theme. The 'conception' the 'pregnancy', Even the ship they found the eggs in looked like an ovary with a vaginal front door.
Wowwwwwww I’m gonna use this in the next reaction that is such a massive symbolism 😂😂
@@justtrustash actually symbolisms!
Imagine Hannah's reaction to that 'baby' scene at the end of Alien 4. Ughh, it made me fucking gag.
Except that the part was written gender neutral as were all the parts for the movie.
@@justtrustash *leans into mic* sssymbolizmz
Alien was such an iconic movie. It has a unique plot and stands apart from every other movie. The grotesque horror, badass female protagonist, wordbuilding, and the thought out design of the Xenomorph.
Are you just suggesting that Jennifer Lawrence was not the first badass female protagonist in movie history? Oh my! BTW, she's way more credible as a badass female character than the insipid one-punch-kill skinny fight-dancer heroines industry tries to sell us these days. And she wins not by being faultless, fearless or just invincible, but by being self-disciplined, resourceful, smart and resolute, all perfectly natural traits for a creditable strong woman.
👏👏👏 bravo. The editing of hanna's screams are nothing short of masterpieces. 😆😂
Ridley Scott said that he pitched the idea to the studio as Jaws in space which is pretty accurate. I’m also amazed that no one seems to notice the egg traveling downward in the X-ray scene when the face hugger was on Kanye’s face. I’ve watched so many reactions of this movie and no one has even noticed it. Also when Brett is looking up at the hanging chains before the condensation was hitting his face, you can see the Alien hanging there.
I wish there was a face hugger on Kanye’s face!
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 LOL!!!! I didn’t even notice that spellcheck got me with “Kane”. That’s hilarious and scary at the same time that “Kanye” is even programmed into spellcheck to be used as a correction.
the moving object in the egg are ridley scotts hands
Hannah is so funny without even trying
In Stephen King's novel, "Dreamcatcher", the enemies are called, "Ripleys".
In 1980, months after the success of Alien, Sigourney Weaver was on the set of a new film called Eyewitness. The film included William hurt James Woods and Christopher Plummer and in a small role as a police detective, a still in his 40s Morgan Freeman. In one of the lead roles Sigourney Weaver played a television news reporter. One of the major American magazines was there with the reporter doing a story on Weaver. This magazine may have been Newsweek may have been Time magazine I cannot remember. She was not chosen for the cover but still it was a lengthily story with a good sized picture of Sigourney. I will never forget the title of the story in very large print. " Next assignment for Sigourney Weaver : STARDOM "
OMG! All these younglings need a history lesson of the dominate creation that fuels their whole lives now. Are you telling me their history class doesn't include the computer and it's evolution!!! Meaningful remedially realistic CGI didn't even begin till almost the 90s! Much love to you two...you are Great!!!!!! :)
Fun facts time...Actress Nancy Cartwright was originally suppose to be Ripley,but Sigourney Weavers audition was so good,she got the part.Deleted scenes showed Dallas slowly being absorbed or turned into part of the Alien structure.Alternative ending that was in the script but not filmed showed the Alien killing Ripley and then mimicking Ripleys voice as it talks into the ships recorder heading towards Earth.
Okay that alternative ending is chilling.
In addition to Jerry Goldsmith's groundbreaking score for "Alien" in 1979, he also composed another groundbreaking score for "Star Trek-The Motion Picture" the same year. Oscar Winner and 18 nominations throughout his career, he elevated the status of this film from "great" to "classic". As usual.
So glad she liked it and she appreciated the craft that went into making this Iconic film! Good for her!
Hey Hannah, my favorite part of the movie is when they are in the lab trying to figure out the face-hugger. Fun fact Hannah: The acid blood concept was added on set by the producers and design team. They wanted to add a reason why the Ash couldn't dare take the face-hugger off or outright kill the Alien creature. The molecular acid blood takes the Alien Xenomorph to a whole nother level.
True, great defense mechanism.💯
@@robertarodecker2558 Acid can't stop a bullet from rupturing the polymer exoskeleton. Also, fire can burn away the Xenomorph shell, plus there's not enough acid to douse the fire before they get burnt.
Yes, they could have shown more of the alien, if they wanted. The costume was great. And they found a very thin and tall actor for the role. They just bumped in to him in a bar, and asked him to join the film. He was perfect. The alien was shown so little by purpose. They knew it would be more scary and suggestive if we just saw small pieces of it.
Love how Hannah is worried about the baby Alien.... lmao
I always like the scene where the Alien pops out because Ridley Scott didn't tell the Cast what would happen so all there suprise and fear reactions where genuine XD
This is such a classic movie, and a great reaction guys! Hilarious banter and chemistry, as usual. The format of Hannah watching for the first time and Ash sharing his favourite movies works really well. This top 10 list series is gonna be awesome.
Appreciate you, you legend ❤️
The ship having a turbulent landing could be explained away by the Nostomo being the equivalent to a bin-lorry in our time. Alien was one of the first Sci-Fi films to portray futuristic technologies that weren't super clean and idealistic, but instead grimy and dirty.
BTW, love the series idea Ash!
And a "bin-lorry" is like a trash truck, correct? I've listened to enough Ricky Gervais Show XFM show to be pretty sure about that.
@@TedBrogan yeah, just how we say things o're in ol potato land Ireland, mb
Ridley Scott had/has an impeccable sense of style. He would put so much effort into the tiniest details. The lighting in Alien, Blade Runner and the gloss of Rachel's lipstick are great examples
I read how magazines in the background of Blade Runner had realistic articles you could read if you walked on the set.
He also set up the electricals in the bridge of the Nostromo such that an actor would throw a switch and lights would come on somewhere else in response.
Ridley Scott is one of a kind.
15:31 Hannah was like: "Is it in is it is it in his hea is it in his, IS IT IN HIS HEAD?!" HAHAHA we love u Hannah!
The Alien's design was based on the drawings of H. R. Geiger, which has extremely 'phallic' and organic combinations. Published under the book title "Necronomicon", I'd suggest looking at a few to see where the inspiration came from. It'll help you understand why the Alien has that unsettling, gross feeling.
Ssssssssssymbolismssssss
I look forward to Hannah reacting to Aliens the film that cemented Ellen Ripley as The most badass female protagonist of all time and Sigourny Weaver as a true Legend.
Um, "Ellen" as Ripley's first name wasn't revealed in 1986. I came across the "Dwayne and Ellen" exchange on the Special Edition Laserdisc(!), along with "Amanda Ripley," The Hamsters, and the Sentry Guns sometime later.;)
There's a deleted scene that was cut for pacing reasons, which explains the Alien's life cycle and also what it was doing with the people it takes. Ripley climbs down a ladder and finds the captain and Brett (the engineer) encased in cocoons. The captain is just barely conscious and begs Ripley to kill him. Brett hardly even looks human and is about halfway through being transformed into an egg. She torches the entire room.
That was going to be the alien's life cycle: The face hugger hatches from an egg, impregnates a host and then die. The chest burster rips its way out of the host, grows to adulthood, then kidnaps suitable beings, cocoons them, and mutates them into new eggs to start the cycle all over again.
Personally, I wish they'd left it in as I think it makes the alien even scarier. The alien killing you is bad enough, but being slowly transformed into a new egg that will then infect someone else, is even worse. It also means that all of the aliens would have the ability to reproduce and an alien infestation would spread exponentially.
Agree, while you think being killed by the alien is bad, being turned into egg, especially if the alien doesn't kill you first, is way worse. It's clear the alien can turn living being into egg if it's either alive or just freshly killed. James Cameron dissed the original life cycle as stupid, so he made the queen to make it familiar and understandable to himself and audience from his point of view apparently. Top of that, original script of the alien hints the species was highly intelligent and cultured to an extend. Not necessarily anymore benevolent to other species but still.
ya its a shame they cut that scene as it was in the book and made the Alien even more haunting.
"ugh, quarantine this bitch" with the hand wave. Hannah is comedy gold.
Can’t wait to see y’all’s reaction to Alien’s 2 this reaction was great 👍🤣😎
I know that a lot of people likes the second film even more. Not me. This is the perfect film. As horror poetry mixed with special effects made by intelligence, skill and passion. And though the characters in the second one are more like clichés for action movies, the characters in this movie is just like ordinary people. The second one is okey. This is magic.
Great reaction! You realy understood the underlying erotic messages that was the film maker's, and the art designer's intention, even the robot's "rape" with the magazine.
Ya two different types of movies - both perfect
Thank God! Someone else who prefers the first over the second. I feel there's not many of us. I just prefer the horror element.
@@FLQueerLiberal1982 That has not been my experience. I've seen a great many defending the first one over the second. Including within comments found on reaction videos to both films.
Tbh, a large number will also echo *Zonzilla's* point, that we're essentially comparing sweet to salty.¹ . .I tend to agree.
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¹ ─ Sure, it's usually _apples and oranges,_ but I think _sweet and salty_ is far more appropriate.
I like Aliens better than Alien but that is only because I saw it first. Went to the drive ins when I was 11 or 12 to see Predator and Aliens was showing also. My parents just explained the plot of the first film to me and to a boy that age it was the most incredible thing I had seen. The queen alien was the most amazing creature I'd ever seen. Later I would see the first on our tv back home and I loved it almost as much. The fact that I already knew she was going to be the only survivor took a lot of the impact out of it. If I'd seen the first on first then it would have been my favourite.
Great! And - of course - I saw nr 1 first. I had never seen a horror or scary movie before in my life. My school rented it and showed it in the school library. I was 14 years old and it was fear and love at first sight. 😅
My son and I watches it every year and breakes it down a million times in endless coversations.
Hannah touched briefly on a detail in this film that they couldn't do anything about , namely that they should all be floating around in that ship , so far from any source of gravity . But the part in the film that transported me to that place with those people is the scene where the critter bursts out of Cain's chest . From then on you got a real sense of the absolute terror being experienced by those poor people , and that they , being so far from home , with a hostile , deadly little bugger scurrying about somewhere in there with them , are screwed .
Dude, her reactions and comments are priceless...
You two are awesome. I'm telling you, the movie True Romance is made for a reaction from you guys. There's going to be bantz, there's going to be "symbolisms," there's going to be arguments, there's going to be make-up kisses, there's going to be a couple of moments of Hannah gagging, there's going to be instances of Ash marvelling over Brad Pitt's hairline - I'm telling you - that film is your channel's Rosetta Stone.
YES!!!!! That's one of my all time fave movies ever! They would love it I'm sure!
I'm reading and see 'Brad Pitt' and start thinking WTF? Then I realize you didn't type True Lies . . . . . .
They need to watch this ASAP and also Ichi The Killer (a Hannah special) lol.
This has been the best reaction vid I'v seen! She is hilarious and he plays off of her perfectly. Thanks for the fun kids!!
I find it funny how naturally intuitive Hannah is.
You two are bloody hilarious together...Hannah's face when the chest buster came out of kane🤣🤣..
Omg I've wanted you guys to see this so bad! Thank you for listening! I absolutely loved your reaction!😊🌟
I hope you can watch the Jason Bourne series as well if you schedule it if not that's ok:)
Fun fact: I went to see this opening night on 42nd street with my family at 11 years old. Lol horror buff family lol. Sold out show. The comments people were shouting during certain parts of the movie were hysterical!
Also, there's a great documentary you and Hannah would enjoy privately about the making of the film, I don't remember the date it was made though.
I will say in the documentary Ridley Scott explains during the chest burster scene was not only practical but all of their reactions are authentic. They never explained what was going to happen lol They walked in for the scene and couldn't understand why the camera was partially covered in plastic lol
Love you mate! Thank you for the generosity and we will get around to it I promise ❤️
Thank you Hannah for watching these films! We LOVE it. Cant wait for Predator.
"Levery Eggs" was the name of my band in college!
and a band called "Really Angry Dick" was our opening act once!
"Thass wha it's doing...to your mouf" Lol. This was a good one.
You Two are so great together- laugh my ass off. Hannah is amazing. Greets from south germany 🥰
I'm 9 minutes in, Hannah is a star. Best reaction ever.😅
The slow mo's of Hannah are the best part of this video. 🤣
Hannah’s reaction to the chest burst is HILARIOUS. TEARS 😂😂
"Is like Dick with a face on!!""" - Ich sterbe vor lachen.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Danke an alle!🤣🤣🤣
Love you guys.
If you want more old sci-fi classics, watch 2001 a Space Odyssey, there's lots of symbolisms in that
fun fact: the actors that played the xenomorph (alien) had to have ice packs in the costume with them to stop them from overheating during filming. also the costume they wore made them 9 feet tall
I love watching your reaction to the alien and face hugger! Especially with the "Space Hugs" poster behind you. 😁
Nice reactions to the original Alien film, Ash & Hannah!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I presume they had to land their ship in rugged terrain, to be within the vicinity of the derelict ship. In the future, they would probably have no problem creating artificial gravity for the ship.
Got to love the chemistry between the two of you. You could just do a 2 hour random conversation video, and I would enjoy it. 😀
For a moment, I thought Hannah's brain broke, when she was trying to figure out if "It's in his head?!?"
Glad to see she survived. Great reaction video you two =)
It’s great that Hannah didn’t know anything about this movie. I first saw this, alone, 14 years old, 1981, on a stormy winters night, in a new house we just moved into (packing crates everywhere in unfamiliar house with wind and thunder outside) and my folks back at our old home.
So the athmosphere was already perfect to watch this fabulous movie and that in a time when Star Wars was the best special effects film ever.
To say that I shat my pants is an understatement and left me terrified, having locked and shoved a chest of draws in front of the bedroom door, holding a broom stick whilst a thunderstorm fueled my nighttime terrors
Sounds like quite the night 🤣🤣
5:38 Hannah..... This is the future. We already know how to simulate gravity in space. I'm sure by this time it has been perfected. 🤣
The only CGI in this movie was on the computers screens. The rest was sets and models and costumes. I have seen comments by modern actors about how much easier it would be in real sets rather than green rooms since they would be able to see what the place was like and not have to imagine it.
Sigourney Weaver did not like that scene in the shuttle. Apparently she hated that underwear and doing the scene in it.
Lastly, the original design of the alien was that the acid was in pockets inside the "shell" parts armoring the body rather than acid blood. Damage the shell and acid sprays out. This made a lot more sense but it was harder to explain than just saying "acid for blood", so, thinking audiences couldn't keep up it was dropped.
"The cat's now got a headache" I couldn't stop laughing after that line, you guys are hilarious
These two are golden.
Hey Hannah, welcome to the nightmares of revolutionary artist H.R. Giger. The design of the alien creature came from his nightmares. He turned it into art. I love his Mech Organic art book.
This was a great reaction video! You HAVE to do Aliens! Love you both!
The funny thing about Hannah comparing the Alien to is, it’s actually the intention H.R. Giger had 😂
Great job guys! Fun fact: the "Chest Burster" scene was totally improvised by the cast with the exception of "Kane" who had the prosthetic around his chest. It did not go over too well with the actors 🤣
practical fx has a superiority that's hard to duplicate. for example, if you look at the star wars series b4 lucas was able to put all of his cgi into it, it's far more realistic and superior. the miniature models had details like rust, wear marks, and leant to the environment. like jaws, the limitations of the practical fx actually created the need to limit the sharks physical onscreen appearance and imply it's size/scope w fins, music, etc which was far more scary. i'm not 100, but aside from shots of space and perhaps some explosions, there might not have been much cgi at all, if any.
I wish they would've kept the Nostromo set in tact. They could've charged people to tour the ship, or make it like a haunted house setup at a theme park with the Alien popping out at you.
Hahahaha!!! The descriptive react to the baby alien, haven’t laugh-cried that hard in awhile, thank you! Unfortunately I will never be able to watch this movie the same way again, teehee, oh well.🤣🤣🤣❣️🤗
I do the same thing with my wife is she has a little speech impediment so it she’ll say things wrong sometimes and I will take my time to take her through the word so that she can see it correctly so she doesn’t feel stupid in public. Because she knows if she uses the word wrong or says it wrong she’s going to get embarrassed. And I have made sure she does appreciate when I do this
You guys are awesome! haha Appreciate the laughs!