@Itachi21x I also think it's a big mistake to reveal the story behind the space jockey and demystify its origin. Ridley is going to kill his masterpiece (alien 1). Speaking of the space jockey, I have always wondered why the crew of the Nostromo didn't seem much surprised or shocked to encounter an alien specie with highly intelligent capabilities (they found the SJ in a spaceship). They were quite nonchalant about that as if it was normal to stumble upon an extra terrestrial.
I think the biggest mistake of ridley is to make the SJ nothing more than a giant human in an alien suit..
I always liked the idea of the SJ being a race of biomechanical beings like some of fan artworks depict them (or like in the first concept arts of alien)
Yes, two of the best sci-fi movies ever made. I can't wait to see what Ridley Scott (with writers Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof) have cooked up. Exciting stuff for sci-fi fans.
late 70s and 80s are the best hand made graphic like movies the 60s mainly westerns nuf said 50 scyfi horror cheasy very sadly they shoulduv came in the 80s.
David Fincher did everything he could to make the movie less "shitty" which BTW he did !!!
The fact is the studio had their own take on Alien 3 .... Basically they just wanted to kill off Hicks and Newt and screw the whole damn thing up !!! So they putted an egg in the Sulaco !
here's your answer the studio put the egg in the ship and let the fans torture themselves with this question ........
Look at this !!!! Non CGI, classic Special effects godness. This is awesome !!!! The visuals are just amazing for 1979 !!! Better than most of This CGI horseshit. Anyways best Sci - Fy Horror EVER !!!
I think most of you will disagree but i'm badly afraid this fucking Prometheus-Movie will DESTROY or STEEL us the myths around this extraterrestrial spacecruiser and it's arcane crew..
Actually, the idea that the creature in the chair in this scene being the creator of the aliens, was a fan idea. It was popular fan fiction, and has been for over a decade. Ripley has simply taken what the majority of fans wanted to be the story, and made it the story.
the great things about alien is number one its believable. i dont believe aliens have been to earth. But if you know anything about astronomy, you know there are literally millions of alien life out there. number 2 ridley was smart enough to know that the less you see the more terrifying it is. number three it was a great story, and the alien creature and the life cycle was very thought out and original. When ripley is alone at the end you can actually feel the tension and fear of the moment.
@MsPcengineer We'll see. Its not supposed to be a prequel really, so im dying to know if this will explain or tie in something but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Maybe the origin of the Aliens will be revealed but personally I dont need to see a perfect transition into the original Alien...Cannot wait tho!!
always wanted to find out more about the space jocky.the guys part of the ship! geigers biomechanics hope the new films good.i dont think i seen a bad scott movie yet
The Thing was good and entertaining, but it was generic and pedestrian compared to Alien...it didn't have the atmoshere and mood of Scott's film, plus the effects of that movie are very dated. Alien ages like a fine wine - it was way before it's time and it still is in my opinion. Along with 2001 Space Odyssey these two movies define the ci-fi genre to me
@kimskis Yeah, Thing as sci-fi isn't very good, because it use many cliches, but as horror movie it still kick ass. That whole paranoia about which one of us is a monster from outer space is almost ultimate scare formula. Even The Thing from 2011 is still better than all modern "horror" movies.
Also speaking of sci-fi - dont' forget about Blade Runner.
BTW what other very good sci-fi movies you can suggest to watch?
@kimskis, IMO, neither do. First, the genre ALIEN did manage to redefine was actually the horror genre. Scott's masterpiece has no equal when it comes to creating an atmosphere of sheer terror. I still consider it his best film by far. As for 2001, count me as one of the few people on the planet that thinks this film is one of the most over-rated movies in history. A few spots of inspired genius surrounded by anything but. In no way would I ever put this film in the same league as ALIEN.
the pure cheesiness and 80's feel is too prevalent in that movie I think...not that I didn't like it, but it has dated pretty badly throughout the years. Whereas you watch Alien and feel like it was made yesterday - that's how groundbreaking and unique this gem is.
@kimskis, I tend to agree but there are a few scenes in ALIEN that do come across as datedas well. As for THE THING, I never felt there was anything remotely cheesy in it whatsoever. Sure, some of the effects were arguably overthetop but the acting was every bit as good as it was in ALIEN and Carpenter did a great job of creating a tense atmosphere. As far as dated, yeah, I see your point.
@SuperTowlie1, I disagree. That honor definitely belongs to ALIEN. While I do consider ALIENS a better film overall, it's an entirely different animal.
I think there's going to be (in the sense of having a philosophical subtext that one can chew on forever) more 'Blade Runner' in Prometheus then 'Alien', but I think RS is also going to pull out all the tops on a "it must be scary" level. I think big hints of the setup for this can already be seen in the viral video with Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland. Woo this is gonna be good!
You haven't seen Blade Runner? Oooh, you must watch Ridley Scott's definitive 2007 Final Cut then.
Alien hints at a back story that the sequels have never explored (perhaps everyone looks at the 'space jockey' scene and thinks the idea looks too hard). Ridley Scott himself has said he's surprised that no one ever has. If Alien, Blade Runner, and the Peter Weyland TED viral teaser are anything to go by, Prometheus promises much.
When they made the set, Scott wasn't totally pleased with the size, so in all the shots where you can't see the people in the space suits, it was Scott's kids and someone else's kid in tiny suits. Win.
i think we're gonna find out that the aliens are biological weapons created by the "space jokeys", if you look at their architechture vs the alien's form, it is very similar in design
(From the novel "Aliens") Ripley telling the inqury board, "We saw the pilot, dead in his chair...with a hole in his chest the size of a welder's tank!"
@Crazcompart That's unusual, since Ripley was back at the Nostromo during this scene and never set foot on the alien spaceship or saw the space jockey. She must have been repeating to the inquiry board what Dallas told her.
wait so can someone answer this please? I am so confused from reading stuff online. Is Prometheus going to be about space jockey? Or is it going to be something entirely different.
@angerbell3 basically it will be about technology and the ability to manipulate and engineer life, like the space jockey is actually a humanoid being in a bio mechanical suit that was grown by manipulating dna, the spaceship is also conspicuously organic in nature. i imagine humans find that technology on lv 426 and it spirals out of control and the jockeys are seen and involved whether they are protagonists or antagonists or maybe the technology itself is the antagonist
I love the atmosphere in the first film, i hope they have stayed true to Gigers work in Prometheus. Im sure that Ridley Scott will do an amazing job on it.
Someone needs to make a movie to explain how the ship crashed, how there came to be so many eggs and the most important question, what happened to all the aliens?
@Rukia4194 The Behind the Scenes material states that this ship may have served as a "bomber", seeding Alien eggs on enemy worlds, and that the pilot accidentally was infected due to a failure of the containment system (that blue mist that reacted when broken). Another theory is that this was a science vessel that picked up the eggs from the Alien's original homeworld, the Pilot became infected because he didn't know what he was dealing with.
@Fbueller129 i am willing to bet the humans created the aliens by accident while experimenting on the "ampules" they found in the head room, and by the time the space jockeys arrive its too late so they just broadcast a warning feeling confident anyone coming to the planet to learn their secrets will die from the aliens
@Rukia4194 As to what happened to the Alien that was birthed from the Pilot, I'd imagine that if the ship had crashed decades or even centuries prior to the Nostromo finding it that the Alien would have died of old age or starvation.
Q!: What happened to the actual Alien that exploded from this space jockeys chest? It was never shown in the film at all. The only alien shown was the one that came out of Kane.
@THX11003 It died after years of isolation and no food source or was on another part of the massive ship and/or planet when the Nostromo arrives and thus does not make an appearance or maybe another ship has landed their before and accidentally taken it on board or...
@THX11003 Probably long since blown away by the storms shown to frequent the planet or fallen behind the massive chair, or into the creatures body cavity or rotted away (like the creature itself is now only bones) or in plain sight but blending in with its alien surroundings so that the 3 people with steamed up space helmets and a lack of peripheral vision don't notice it or....
This is what makes a good writer/director. A fool would have just had the nasty aliens attack the human ship, but here the writer adds a 2nd alien species that many of us forgot about on first viewing. If you think about it its pure class, because it added so much intrigue that its spawning a new set of movies. When I see Robin Hood I start thinking Scott is overrated... When I think of things like this I know hes not.
@ROSST1011 -- In all fairness, both "Alien" and "Blade Runner" are a tiny bit dated because when they were made, Japan's economy was still growing to such an extent that some people thought Japanese companies might take over American ones (hence the subtle hint that the Weyland-Yutani corporation of the "Alien" franchise might have partly originated in Japan, as well as the significant use of Japanese images and language in "Blade Runner"). Many young people wouldn't pick that up.
@TheManFromSokoto "Let's get the hell out of here." Yeh thats the line that always got me in this film, as soon as she says that, I knew they were getting in2 sumthin serious lol.
@2013doom my words exactly! however i'm not sure i wanna know it, cause than it all maybe lost that kind of secret, which makes the story so extraordinary...
It's my hope that although Prometheus isn't a direct prequel, that it ties up some of the loose ends of Alien and posesses some relevence to the franchise. I want to see how that space jockey dies, it would also be interesting to see if the space jockey is the main antagonist of the film itself or if a bio weapon like the alien is involved. Either way i have high hopes.
@BOSIE321 Prometheus will not take place on the same planet LV426 which was the planet in Alien and Aliens. The story is set 30 years prior to Alien on another planet with a totally different story unrelated to the events of Alien. I guess you can say Prometheus is a spiritual prequel but not a direct prequel to Alien. Think of Prometheus as a totally different movie about some people who encounter the Space Jockey.
@Xienis I know it's not set on the planet but i thought that the ship might actually crash there and we might get some indication as to how that space jockey died. In this scene it has obviously been dead a hell of a long time. I read somewhere too that the last 8 minutes of the film are related to Alien, so i'm hoping the fate of this space jockey will be explored.
@BOSIE321 Where did you read that? Ridley Scott specifically said Prometheus wont explain what happened to the Space Jockey or the crashed ship in Alien sadly. There will be no physical connection between the 2 films at all, Google it.
@Xienis well i did just type in 'are the last 8 minutes of Prometheus related to alien' and it came up with Ridley saying something to that effect BUT on the whole all evidence does suggest that Promethus will only distantly reference the original ALIEN. So youre right in saying it's not a true prequel which is a shame. Still looking forward to it though.
Nephilims were giants. To understand this movie, one requires a good understanding of the occult.
FreakAlert2008 14 hours ago
I still can't believe this film was made in 1979.
1986wumpscut 1 day ago
@1986wumpscut i cant believe its not butter
jradriandejesus 13 hours ago
its the space jockey i looked it up
napkinlad 1 day ago
We are gonna see this guy alive pretty soon :)
SonicSonedit 2 days ago
It's a nephilim, as written in the Bible, Genesis chapter 6
FreakAlert2008 3 days ago
@FreakAlert2008 A nephilim, sitting in a giant space cannon?
Gustoff27 17 hours ago
Isnt this the thingy in the Prometheus?
godzillavsthedude 3 days ago
Soon we will finally gets some answers to what this is. I cant wait for Prometheus its gonna kick ass...
anorexianervosa75 3 days ago
Good old blu ray
stevenJEDI3 4 days ago
New Blade Runner movie now in the works with Ridley Scott directing
MAHDLO1956 5 days ago
the space jockey should have remained a mystery...
Itachi21x 1 week ago
@Itachi21x I also think it's a big mistake to reveal the story behind the space jockey and demystify its origin. Ridley is going to kill his masterpiece (alien 1). Speaking of the space jockey, I have always wondered why the crew of the Nostromo didn't seem much surprised or shocked to encounter an alien specie with highly intelligent capabilities (they found the SJ in a spaceship). They were quite nonchalant about that as if it was normal to stumble upon an extra terrestrial.
betraktare1 4 days ago
@betraktare1
I think the biggest mistake of ridley is to make the SJ nothing more than a giant human in an alien suit..
I always liked the idea of the SJ being a race of biomechanical beings like some of fan artworks depict them (or like in the first concept arts of alien)
Itachi21x 4 days ago
There are many great movies, but only one Alien. This one. Amazing stuff.
rodrigoraulsuarez 1 week ago
@rodrigoraulsuarez
Yes, there's only one 'Alien'. And only one of the Alien sequels was forgivable (because it was just so kickass), and that is 'Aliens'.
Keruaran 4 days ago
this is my fav scene when they go into the ship
schapman235 1 week ago
@schapman235
Mine too!
Keruaran 4 days ago
Blade Runner and Alien both are amazing, the very very very best of all futuristic idea we could ever imagine
SuperJorgegaleano 1 week ago
@SuperJorgegaleano
Yes, two of the best sci-fi movies ever made. I can't wait to see what Ridley Scott (with writers Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof) have cooked up. Exciting stuff for sci-fi fans.
Keruaran 1 week ago
Go watch the trailer for Prometheus after you watch this. Something might look familiar at the 0:44 mark.
Tried to link it but it wont let me
LiamSteineck 1 week ago
the alien from this movie is directly from the necronomicon
TheMightyGORT 1 week ago
@TheMightyGORT
GORT! Klaatu barada nikto!
Keruaran 1 week ago
watch the thin not the shitty new one the 2nd one
Joetaco13 1 week ago
late 70s and 80s are the best hand made graphic like movies the 60s mainly westerns nuf said 50 scyfi horror cheasy very sadly they shoulduv came in the 80s.
Joetaco13 1 week ago
David Fincher did everything he could to make the movie less "shitty" which BTW he did !!!
The fact is the studio had their own take on Alien 3 .... Basically they just wanted to kill off Hicks and Newt and screw the whole damn thing up !!! So they putted an egg in the Sulaco !
here's your answer the studio put the egg in the ship and let the fans torture themselves with this question ........
McBain5858 1 week ago
Look at this !!!! Non CGI, classic Special effects godness. This is awesome !!!! The visuals are just amazing for 1979 !!! Better than most of This CGI horseshit. Anyways best Sci - Fy Horror EVER !!!
MrSunnyboy1999 1 week ago
The score is great.A lesser director or composer would of put scary music all the way through this scene.
jimllfaxit 2 weeks ago
Was this a deleted scene from the original?
zachflame123 2 weeks ago
@zachflame123 no part of original.
Danster82 2 weeks ago
Love it.
marioriospinot 2 weeks ago
I think most of you will disagree but i'm badly afraid this fucking Prometheus-Movie will DESTROY or STEEL us the myths around this extraterrestrial spacecruiser and it's arcane crew..
Ridley, you shouldn't..
JeverHuelse 2 weeks ago
@JeverHuelse
Actually, the idea that the creature in the chair in this scene being the creator of the aliens, was a fan idea. It was popular fan fiction, and has been for over a decade. Ripley has simply taken what the majority of fans wanted to be the story, and made it the story.
TZ421 20 hours ago
O_O I just go like this, wann saw this first time
MatiZneedSpeed 2 weeks ago
PROMETHEUS will reveal who is that AlienNerd?
TouristTrophyRecord 2 weeks ago
That Jockey alien is a Nerd
TouristTrophyRecord 2 weeks ago
I didn't sleep for months after watching this movie as a child...
plasticparticle 2 weeks ago
@plasticparticle
Mine was Poltergeist. It's still stuck in my mind...
antibigbrother3000 2 weeks ago
i hope they dont fuck up the prequel
XKDUBSTEP 2 weeks ago
@XKDUBSTEP
have abit trust in Ridley Scott he will make a great piece with respect to the original :)
minox321 2 weeks ago
@minox321
i agree, i have about 80% certainty the new one will be incredible.
i just get a feeling that without xenos it won't be the same...
but he will find something to make it epic i'm sure.
XKDUBSTEP 2 weeks ago
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the great things about alien is number one its believable. i dont believe aliens have been to earth. But if you know anything about astronomy, you know there are literally millions of alien life out there. number 2 ridley was smart enough to know that the less you see the more terrifying it is. number three it was a great story, and the alien creature and the life cycle was very thought out and original. When ripley is alone at the end you can actually feel the tension and fear of the moment.
ryankody1 3 weeks ago
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im 34 years old. still the only movie that ever really scared me. Great series of movies.
ryankody1 3 weeks ago
this must be set decades after prometheus
MsPcengineer 3 weeks ago
@MsPcengineer We'll see. Its not supposed to be a prequel really, so im dying to know if this will explain or tie in something but I wouldn't get my hopes up. Maybe the origin of the Aliens will be revealed but personally I dont need to see a perfect transition into the original Alien...Cannot wait tho!!
buzzfunk 3 weeks ago
wow....amazing in HD.....better than hollowman
ultravioletgaia 3 weeks ago
The art of movie set and prop design!!
mattj81uk 3 weeks ago
Prometheus will reveal all!
TheDeadlyAvenger 1 month ago
Giger rules!!!!!!!
jzama85 1 month ago
Ridley Scott is from the future.
Defender78 1 month ago
the music is amazing and perfect here too. this whole scene is art. so eerie.
LaLaGrunge 1 month ago
The spacejokey,
sENoZ93 1 month ago
he is the ''jockey'' the pilot of the ship, ridley scott explains this on the quadrology pack extramaterial
PhuckingPhreakAble 1 month ago
wonder what the alien coming from tht thing wouldve looked like
jazzas90000 1 month ago
i would like to see what happen to that huge race of aliens
420Highttimes 1 month ago
Look at the architecture. It's fuckin impressive... and the movie is from the 70s!!!
Rambo4President 1 month ago
always wanted to find out more about the space jocky.the guys part of the ship! geigers biomechanics hope the new films good.i dont think i seen a bad scott movie yet
assinomen 1 month ago
still the best horror movie ever made...amazing and captivating visuals + the simplistic and claustrophobic atmosphere. No movie can match this gem
kimskis 1 month ago 58
@kimskis I agree, even though Aliens is my favorite movie of all time, Alien really got me into SciFi and since then I've never looked back!
90CRXGSR 1 month ago
@kimskis What about John Carpenter's The Thing?
GameBoyPL1991 1 month ago
@GameBoyPL1991
The Thing was good and entertaining, but it was generic and pedestrian compared to Alien...it didn't have the atmoshere and mood of Scott's film, plus the effects of that movie are very dated. Alien ages like a fine wine - it was way before it's time and it still is in my opinion. Along with 2001 Space Odyssey these two movies define the ci-fi genre to me
kimskis 1 month ago
@kimskis Yeah, Thing as sci-fi isn't very good, because it use many cliches, but as horror movie it still kick ass. That whole paranoia about which one of us is a monster from outer space is almost ultimate scare formula. Even The Thing from 2011 is still better than all modern "horror" movies.
Also speaking of sci-fi - dont' forget about Blade Runner.
BTW what other very good sci-fi movies you can suggest to watch?
GameBoyPL1991 1 month ago
@kimskis, IMO, neither do. First, the genre ALIEN did manage to redefine was actually the horror genre. Scott's masterpiece has no equal when it comes to creating an atmosphere of sheer terror. I still consider it his best film by far. As for 2001, count me as one of the few people on the planet that thinks this film is one of the most over-rated movies in history. A few spots of inspired genius surrounded by anything but. In no way would I ever put this film in the same league as ALIEN.
vaxxon1 4 weeks ago
@kimskis, what exactly generic or pedestrian about Carpenter's The Thing?
vaxxon1 4 weeks ago
@vaxxon1
the pure cheesiness and 80's feel is too prevalent in that movie I think...not that I didn't like it, but it has dated pretty badly throughout the years. Whereas you watch Alien and feel like it was made yesterday - that's how groundbreaking and unique this gem is.
kimskis 3 weeks ago
@kimskis, I tend to agree but there are a few scenes in ALIEN that do come across as datedas well. As for THE THING, I never felt there was anything remotely cheesy in it whatsoever. Sure, some of the effects were arguably overthetop but the acting was every bit as good as it was in ALIEN and Carpenter did a great job of creating a tense atmosphere. As far as dated, yeah, I see your point.
vaxxon1 3 weeks ago
@kimskis until prometheus :P
TheOjkk 4 weeks ago
@kimskis Aliens (Alien 2) Is the best horror movie ever made.
SuperTowlie1 4 weeks ago
@SuperTowlie1, I disagree. That honor definitely belongs to ALIEN. While I do consider ALIENS a better film overall, it's an entirely different animal.
vaxxon1 3 weeks ago
@kimskis The Thing (1982) is right behind it. ;)
23WhiteFlag 2 weeks ago
@kimskis Well I believe The Shining to be the best Horror Movie, and Blade Runner to be Ridleys Masterpiece, but i still give Alien 5 out of 5 stars
3Axy10Est13 2 weeks ago
@3Axy10Est13 Alien beats Blade Runner in everyway.
steviegbcool 2 weeks ago
@steviegbcool Alien is great but Blade Runner is beautiful. both 5 out of 5 though
3Axy10Est13 2 weeks ago 6
@3Axy10Est13
I think there's going to be (in the sense of having a philosophical subtext that one can chew on forever) more 'Blade Runner' in Prometheus then 'Alien', but I think RS is also going to pull out all the tops on a "it must be scary" level. I think big hints of the setup for this can already be seen in the viral video with Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland. Woo this is gonna be good!
Keruaran 4 days ago
@steviegbcool
Are those two even worth comparing?
I haven't seen Blade Runner, but I'm planning to do it some time. Alien is fantastic, though.
v1lle3 1 week ago
@v1lle3
You haven't seen Blade Runner? Oooh, you must watch Ridley Scott's definitive 2007 Final Cut then.
Alien hints at a back story that the sequels have never explored (perhaps everyone looks at the 'space jockey' scene and thinks the idea looks too hard). Ridley Scott himself has said he's surprised that no one ever has. If Alien, Blade Runner, and the Peter Weyland TED viral teaser are anything to go by, Prometheus promises much.
Keruaran 1 week ago
@v1lle3 you really need to see Blade Runner. Soon.
arwurth 4 days ago
@arwurth
I will!
v1lle3 3 days ago
@kimskis best thriller :)
dirtyhotyoung 1 week ago
@kimskis YES!!!!
holmsatlarge 1 week ago
nice shaky crane move @ :18
xpez 1 month ago
what a brilliant brilliant film!
eatthisvr6 1 month ago
u kaputt
idiaminmitpropeller 1 month ago
monsieur lapadite ob ich bevor ich gehe noch ein glas ihrer kostbaren milch haben durfte
idiaminmitpropeller 1 month ago
Its a penis that's coming out of the guy who's sitting down.
The artist, Giger, has a thing for cocks.
CrocoDuck420 1 month ago
I had an orgasm...
SniffSnaffSnugg 1 month ago
great now I want to watch the rest again haha.
Nindojo 1 month ago
When they made the set, Scott wasn't totally pleased with the size, so in all the shots where you can't see the people in the space suits, it was Scott's kids and someone else's kid in tiny suits. Win.
loshanagan 1 month ago
skull scale ratio comparison to alien skull in prometheus lab scene in trailer hints dead baby space jockey !!!
okuma0kuma 1 month ago
i think we're gonna find out that the aliens are biological weapons created by the "space jokeys", if you look at their architechture vs the alien's form, it is very similar in design
Kickasss119 1 month ago
I loved the scale of this, just made the rest of the picture seem alien.
trevgoodchild 1 month ago
PROMETHUS MAKE SURE YOU GO SEE IT IN JUNE , SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SCENE MEANS!!!!
TeflonSheikh1987 1 month ago
H.R. Giger
acidjesuz 1 month ago
Ey Jockey ! R U Okey !?
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PaladinOfDarkTemple 1 month ago
(From the novel "Aliens") Ripley telling the inqury board, "We saw the pilot, dead in his chair...with a hole in his chest the size of a welder's tank!"
Crazcompart 1 month ago
@Crazcompart That's unusual, since Ripley was back at the Nostromo during this scene and never set foot on the alien spaceship or saw the space jockey. She must have been repeating to the inquiry board what Dallas told her.
44excalibur 1 month ago
Prometheus is coming... and he took Bob and that monkey with him
Goji73 1 month ago
wait so can someone answer this please? I am so confused from reading stuff online. Is Prometheus going to be about space jockey? Or is it going to be something entirely different.
angerbell3 1 month ago
@angerbell3 basically it will be about technology and the ability to manipulate and engineer life, like the space jockey is actually a humanoid being in a bio mechanical suit that was grown by manipulating dna, the spaceship is also conspicuously organic in nature. i imagine humans find that technology on lv 426 and it spirals out of control and the jockeys are seen and involved whether they are protagonists or antagonists or maybe the technology itself is the antagonist
UniteForgetLeftRight 1 month ago
@UniteForgetLeftRight ohhh okay!!! thank you so much for taking the time to answer. =)
angerbell3 1 month ago
how did it get so HD at 1979?
keverinkarama 1 month ago
@keverinkarama Film is/was very high resolution..
phexus82 1 month ago
@keverinkarama it was shot in film, that's how.
EPICT0ASTER 1 month ago
@EPICT0ASTER and compared to other films at that time?
keverinkarama 1 month ago
@keverinkarama all films shot with film can be easily digitized into an HD format.
EPICT0ASTER 1 month ago
@EPICT0ASTER is there other ways it could be shot besides "film"? or is that all movies?
D1983r 1 month ago
I can't wait to see how Prometheus turns out.
dave55811 1 month ago
Apparently according to the aliens, the space jockey tasted like chicken................but it wasnt halaal so I guess they never went back?
SonofThunder120 1 month ago
After Promrtheus
TheFenixFallen 1 month ago
@TheFenixFallen i mean "Prometheus"!
TheFenixFallen 1 month ago
H.R. Giger, true master of strange
DathanielTDK 1 month ago
8.06.2012
1981dariusz 1 month ago
this is why alien is better than aliens, the sense of mystery behind it
walter0bz 1 month ago
I love the atmosphere in the first film, i hope they have stayed true to Gigers work in Prometheus. Im sure that Ridley Scott will do an amazing job on it.
mashup30 1 month ago
long lives to the space jockey, fathers of the mankins
Pleague666 1 month ago
Alien perfect sci fi film cannot fault it in any way classic
Ke1ithLemon 1 month ago
Someone needs to make a movie to explain how the ship crashed, how there came to be so many eggs and the most important question, what happened to all the aliens?
Rukia4194 1 month ago
@Rukia4194 We might find out this year. Check out the trailer for PROMETHEUS.
14ALL41OK 1 month ago
@14ALL41OK Thanks for the tip, I believe your right and I can't wait til it comes out
Rukia4194 1 month ago
@Rukia4194 The Behind the Scenes material states that this ship may have served as a "bomber", seeding Alien eggs on enemy worlds, and that the pilot accidentally was infected due to a failure of the containment system (that blue mist that reacted when broken). Another theory is that this was a science vessel that picked up the eggs from the Alien's original homeworld, the Pilot became infected because he didn't know what he was dealing with.
Fbueller129 1 month ago
@Fbueller129 i am willing to bet the humans created the aliens by accident while experimenting on the "ampules" they found in the head room, and by the time the space jockeys arrive its too late so they just broadcast a warning feeling confident anyone coming to the planet to learn their secrets will die from the aliens
UniteForgetLeftRight 1 month ago
@Rukia4194 As to what happened to the Alien that was birthed from the Pilot, I'd imagine that if the ship had crashed decades or even centuries prior to the Nostromo finding it that the Alien would have died of old age or starvation.
Fbueller129 1 month ago
Q!: What happened to the actual Alien that exploded from this space jockeys chest? It was never shown in the film at all. The only alien shown was the one that came out of Kane.
THX11003 1 month ago
@THX11003 It died after years of isolation and no food source or was on another part of the massive ship and/or planet when the Nostromo arrives and thus does not make an appearance or maybe another ship has landed their before and accidentally taken it on board or...
Caesarslegion1 1 month ago
@THX11003 they actually touch on this in the awesome Metroidvania-style shoot 'em up Aliens: Infestation (on the DS).
one of the bosses is a giant, chestburster-colored alien with a Space Jockey trunk that vomits acid.
lost two marines fighting that thing.
SonicSnail95 1 month ago
@SonicSnail95 Oh shit. Thats cool. I never knew that. Im gonna look it up.
THX11003 1 month ago
@THX11003 It proberby got bord of watching jeremy kyle and cooking programs
Ke1ithLemon 1 month ago
@Ke1ithLemon Ok.
THX11003 1 month ago
Can someone tell me please where is the carcass of the facehugger that impregnated this space jockey??
THX11003 1 month ago
@THX11003 Probably long since blown away by the storms shown to frequent the planet or fallen behind the massive chair, or into the creatures body cavity or rotted away (like the creature itself is now only bones) or in plain sight but blending in with its alien surroundings so that the 3 people with steamed up space helmets and a lack of peripheral vision don't notice it or....
Caesarslegion1 1 month ago
@Caesarslegion1 Good point.
THX11003 1 month ago
that is one of the leaked set photos from prometheus. creppy...
samwellard7 1 month ago
@samwellard7 this is from alin 1979, watch the movie again and know what your talking about
mn2movies 1 month ago
that's just a space suit, not the actual Space Jockey
MorliHolect 1 month ago
what is a space jockey?
wirthquake 1 month ago
@wirthquake The dead alien sitting on the chair.
k1ngdragon411 1 month ago
Yes Lambert lets get the hell out of here !
hessdx1 1 month ago
this is really good quality
PedalToTheWood 1 month ago
...i want my room to look like that!...
SteveSabbai 1 month ago
Did anybody else notice the space jockey appearing in the Promethus trailer?
ZUI991 1 month ago
@ZUI991 NO FUCKING WAY
itzoverninethousand 1 month ago
@ZUI991
He didn't appear just his chair.... and during that scene you see the engineer standing next to it
xMandalorex 1 month ago
this movie is still the shit even after 33 years...years ahead of its time
mrHyperspook 1 month ago 7
so this is a giant alien space jockey?
goldensolder44 1 month ago
This is what makes a good writer/director. A fool would have just had the nasty aliens attack the human ship, but here the writer adds a 2nd alien species that many of us forgot about on first viewing. If you think about it its pure class, because it added so much intrigue that its spawning a new set of movies. When I see Robin Hood I start thinking Scott is overrated... When I think of things like this I know hes not.
Pentdad 1 month ago 10
@Pentdad Scotts up their with the greatest ever. Bladerunner and Alien are movies that will never seem dated even though they were made years ago.
ROSST1011 1 month ago
@ROSST1011 -- In all fairness, both "Alien" and "Blade Runner" are a tiny bit dated because when they were made, Japan's economy was still growing to such an extent that some people thought Japanese companies might take over American ones (hence the subtle hint that the Weyland-Yutani corporation of the "Alien" franchise might have partly originated in Japan, as well as the significant use of Japanese images and language in "Blade Runner"). Many young people wouldn't pick that up.
OreadNYC 1 month ago
Prometheus is coming...
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macdaddylorenzo 1 month ago
this makes me wanna watch the whole series again
westside159 1 month ago 3
no computer generated crap here.just lots of fibreglass
fritzkat 2 months ago 85
@fritzkat lmfao!
DrunkinCatFish 1 month ago
@fritzkat and children in really hot spacesuits lol
UniteForgetLeftRight 1 month ago
"Let's get the hell out of here."
Yeah, just walk away from the most powerful archaeological find of human history, finding intelligent alien life. No biggie.
TheManFromSokoto 2 months ago
@TheManFromSokoto "Let's get the hell out of here." Yeh thats the line that always got me in this film, as soon as she says that, I knew they were getting in2 sumthin serious lol.
RaikenXion 2 months ago
@TheManFromSokoto she was right all the time
Xpl0dable 1 month ago
I always wanted them to show more about the alien & the ship they seamed so a costumed to the hole event
WatchmenDrManhattan 2 months ago
what the hell was that thing anyway ?
2013doom 2 months ago
@2013doom you are going to know.... if you watch prometheus.
MrJodete23 2 months ago
@2013doom my words exactly! however i'm not sure i wanna know it, cause than it all maybe lost that kind of secret, which makes the story so extraordinary...
suopiskelija 2 months ago
@2013doom space jockey
riseup274 1 month ago
that control thing it's in the Prometheus trailer!
MrShapiroman 2 months ago
That poor alien: it died of a facehugger infection before it could use its Super Death Ray.
TaimaDjinn 2 months ago
Great great movie !
rodrigoraulsuarez 2 months ago
It's my hope that although Prometheus isn't a direct prequel, that it ties up some of the loose ends of Alien and posesses some relevence to the franchise. I want to see how that space jockey dies, it would also be interesting to see if the space jockey is the main antagonist of the film itself or if a bio weapon like the alien is involved. Either way i have high hopes.
BOSIE321 2 months ago
@BOSIE321 Prometheus will not take place on the same planet LV426 which was the planet in Alien and Aliens. The story is set 30 years prior to Alien on another planet with a totally different story unrelated to the events of Alien. I guess you can say Prometheus is a spiritual prequel but not a direct prequel to Alien. Think of Prometheus as a totally different movie about some people who encounter the Space Jockey.
Xienis 2 months ago
@Xienis I know it's not set on the planet but i thought that the ship might actually crash there and we might get some indication as to how that space jockey died. In this scene it has obviously been dead a hell of a long time. I read somewhere too that the last 8 minutes of the film are related to Alien, so i'm hoping the fate of this space jockey will be explored.
BOSIE321 2 months ago
@BOSIE321 Where did you read that? Ridley Scott specifically said Prometheus wont explain what happened to the Space Jockey or the crashed ship in Alien sadly. There will be no physical connection between the 2 films at all, Google it.
Xienis 2 months ago
@Xienis you're joking? Watch the Prometheus trailer and you can see the ship rolling and being damaged by an explosion.
bengacris 2 months ago
@Xienis well i did just type in 'are the last 8 minutes of Prometheus related to alien' and it came up with Ridley saying something to that effect BUT on the whole all evidence does suggest that Promethus will only distantly reference the original ALIEN. So youre right in saying it's not a true prequel which is a shame. Still looking forward to it though.
BOSIE321 2 months ago