History Awesome / Alien

** Tom Skerritt tells a story about a theater owner who mentioned to him that ''Alien'' really did a number on their bathrooms, due to aforementioned vomiting. The theater owner's solution? ''[[DisproportionateRetribution Cut the chestburster out of the film,]]'' and the bathrooms were fine.

* The Xenomorph itself epitomizes CreepyAwesome. Stone-cold super-killer? Check. Full to the brim with creepy designs and gruesome powers? Check. One of the most fascinating and iconic movie monsters ever? Check, check, check.
** Even more awesome when you know the work that went into creating it. A full-body plaster cast was taken of slim, 6'10" Bolaji Badejo, who took t'ai chi and mime classes to master the slow, deadly, but graceful movements required for his performance as the creature. The massive headpiece, designed by Creator/CarloRambaldi, had 900 moving parts and points of articulation, using a system of hinges and cables to control the extendable tongue [[NestedMouths with its own operational mouth]], and incorporated part of a ''real human skull'' into the creature's "face". The result of all this work? The most iconic creature in sci-fi/horror history. To this very day Giger's groundbreaking work for ''Alien'' still gets [[XenomorphXerox copied to death]] for being so timeless and spot-on to depict [[EldritchAbomination eldritch beings]], imagine how people in 1979 must've felt seeing these designs for the first time ever.

** On a meta level this first impression of the movie can be seen as a foreshadowing of the actions of the film's characters, who know that there's an incoming alien, but don't understand its appearance and are taken by surprise once it's fully formed.

* Ripley throwing the fully-grown Alien out of the airlock into space, shooting at it with the harpoon gun to make it lose its grip when it tries to hold on, and then ''punching down'' the activation of the ship's propellers to blow it away while incinerating it. It becomes almost dreamy and surreal with the way the engines seem to be casting strong floodlights through the dark mist of space, while once again [[https://youtu.be/rBeOmzbh18c Goldsmith's score]] beautifully complements the moment as the thrill of the catharsis slowly becomes a bittersweet peace.

* Ripley throwing the fully-grown Alien out of the airlock into space, shooting at it with the harpoon gun to make it lose its grip when it tries to hold on, and then ''punching down'' the activation of the ship's propellers to blow it away while incinerating it. It becomes almost dreamy and surreal with the way the propellers seem to be casting strong floodlights through the dark mist of space, while once again [[https://youtu.be/rBeOmzbh18c Goldsmith's score]] beautifully complements the moment as the thrill of the catharsis slowly becomes a bittersweet peace.

* Sci-Fi media such as ''Franchise/StarWars'' (and even ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', which still made it into a fun bumpy ride) have spoiled us with space travelers simply driving their ship towards an alien world and then softly descending on its surface with no issues. This movie instead opts to show the ''Nostromo'' crew having to carefully calculate and follow the landing trajectory in order to safely arrive on LV-426, and even that's not enough as it reveals to be a hostile planet with an uneven surface that ends up causing some damage the crew must fix. It may not be as quick as most spaceship landings, but it does help the immersion and make the ''Nostromo'' feel like a real, tangible and complex craft that in turn makes Ripley's crew look awesome for manning like real plane pilots and seafarers at work. The [[https://youtu.be/AcTK6YruZ2w wondrous Jerry Goldsmith score]] that goes along with the landing scene also helps selling its epic scale.

* Even with all the BadassDecay the Xenomorphs suffered in following ''Alien'' media, Kane's Son (or "The Big Chap") is still one of the most formidable specimen in the series for its efficiency when hunting down the ''Nostromo'' crew, peaking when it effortlessly holds down Parker, TheBigGuy who can decapitate androids with a strong enough strike, before killing him. One wouldn't be too erroneous for assuming that Kane's Son would be able to do the same to Vasquez and maybe even [[Film/{{Predator}} Dutch]] with its sheer strength and mercilessly quick way it likes to claim its prey. Then there's the ''Extended Cut'' where we learn that Kane's Son made a nest in which new Xenomorph eggs were being formed out of Brett and Dallas' bodies, proving to be even more dangerous for being able to spawn more horrors way before the Xenomorph Queen was even conceived.

* Ripley throwing the fully-grown Alien out of the airlock into space, shooting at it with the harpoon gun to make it lose its grip when it tries to hold on, and then ''punching down'' the activation of the ship's propellers to blow it away while incinerating it. It becomes almost dreamy and surreal with the way the propellers seem to be casting strong floodlights though the dark mist of space, while once again [[https://youtu.be/rBeOmzbh18c Goldsmith's score]] beautifully complements the moment as the thrill of the catharsis slowly becomes a bittersweet peace.

* The derelict Space Jockey ship. Sure, it's not the Lovecraftian alien pyramid the makers originally considered for the place where the ''Nostromo'' crew finds the eggs, but one could argue that it manages to be an even more utterly otherworldly, immense CreepyAwesome setting thanks to the Creator/HRGiger's biomechanical aesthetics, excellent miniatures and huge set design for the Space Jockey's chamber and fossilized corpse.

* Ripley blowing the fully-grown Alien out into space, and then incinerating it.

** Even more awesome when you know the work that went into creating it. A full-body plaster cast was taken of slim, 6'10" Bolaji Badejo, who took t'ai chi and mime classes to master the slow, deadly, but graceful movements required for his performance as the creature. The massive headpiece, designed by Creator/CarloRambaldi, had 900 moving parts and points of articulation, using a system of hinges and cables to control the extendable tongue [[NestedMouths with its own operational mouth]], and incorporated part of a ''real human skull'' into the creature's "face". The result of all this work? The most iconic creature in sci-fi/horror history.

** Even more awesome when you know the work that went into creating it. A full-body plaster cast was taken of slim, 6'10" Bolaji Badejo, who took t'ai chi and mime classes to master the slow, deadly, but graceful movements required for his performance as the creature. The massive headpiece had 900 moving parts and points of articulation, using a system of hinges and cables to control the extendable tongue [[NestedMouths with its own operational mouth]], and incorporated part of a ''real human skull'' into the creature's "face". The result of all this work? The most iconic creature in sci-fi/horror history.

* In 2019, North Bergen High School in UsefulNotes/NewJersey put on ''FanWorks/AlienThePlay'', a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went viral for its amazing costumes and props. It soon received ApprovalOfGod from Creator/RidleyScott and Creator/SigourneyWeaver themselves, with the latter also saying Creator/JamesCameron likes it too. Scott even shelled out $5,000 for an encore performance on Alien Day, which was introduced by Weaver and filmed so everyone could see it after hearing so much about it. All of the students involved in making it got scholarships to the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts for their effort.

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* In 2019, North Bergen High School in UsefulNotes/NewJersey put on ''FanWorks/AlienThePlay''
a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went viral for its amazing costumes and props. It soon received ApprovalOfGod from Creator/RidleyScott and Creator/SigourneyWeaver themselves, with the latter also saying Creator/JamesCameron likes it too. Scott even shelled out $5,000 for an encore performance on Alien Day, which was introduced by Weaver and filmed so everyone could see it after hearing so much about it. All of the students involved in making it got scholarships to the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts for their effort.

* In 2019, North Bergen High School in UsefulNotes/NewJersey put on a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went viral for its amazing costumes and props. It soon received ApprovalOfGod from Creator/RidleyScott and Creator/SigourneyWeaver themselves, with the latter also saying Creator/JamesCameron likes it too. Scott even shelled out $5,000 for an encore performance on Alien Day, which was introduced by Weaver and filmed so everyone could see it after hearing so much about it. All of the students involved in making it got scholarships to the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts for their effort.

* ''Alien:Echo'' has Olivia Shipp, a girl stranded on a planet being rapidly overtaken by Xenomorphs. Unlike the other protagonists, she has no weapons that can significantly harm a Xenomorph (no pulse rifle, no flamethrower, not even the vacuum of space), just a rudimentary knowledge of [[AwesomenessByAnalysis xenobiology]] and sheer determination to survive. She not only escapes the Xenomorphs, she manages to rescue her sister from their hive, save her girlfriend, and even kill one by luring it onto a catwalk, shooting it out, and dropping it onto spikes. If Ripley had been there, she'd be beaming in pride.

* ''Alien:Echo'' has Olivia Shipp, a girl stranded on a planet being rapidly overtaken by Xenomorphs. Unlike the other protagonists, she has no weapons that can significantly harm a Xenomorph (no pulse rifle, no flamethrower, not even the vacuum of space), just a rudimentary knowledge of [[AwesomenessByAnalysis xenobiology]] and sheer determination to survive. [[spoiler:She not only escapes the Xenomorphs, she manages to rescue her sister from their hive, save her girlfriend, and even kill one by luring it onto a catwalk, shooting it out, and dropping it onto spikes. If Ripley had been there, she'd be beaming in pride.]]

* ''Alien:Echo'' has Olivia Shipp, a girl stranded on a planet being rapidly overtaken by Xenomorphs. Unlike the other protagonists, she has no weapons that can significantly harm a Xenomorph (no pulse rifle, no flamethrower, not even the vacuum of space), just a rudimentary knowledge of [[AwesomenessByAnalysis xenobiology]] and sheer determination to survive. [[spoiler:She not only escapes the Xenomorphs, she manages to rescue her sister from their hive, save her girlfriend, and even kill one by luring it onto a catwalk, shooting it out, and dropping it onto spikes.]]

* In 2019, North Bergen High School in New Jersey put on a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went viral for its amazing costumes and props. It soon even received ApprovalOfGod from Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, with the latter also saying James Cameron likes it too. Then Scott shelled out $5,000 for an encore performance on Alien Day which was filmed so everyone could see it after hearing so much about it, and introduced by Weaver.

** Tom Skerritt tells a story about a theater owner who mentioned to him that ''Alien'' really did a number on their bathrooms, due to afforementioned vomitting. The theater owner's solution? ''[[DisproportionateRetribution Cut the chestburster out of the film,]]'' and the bathrooms were fine.

* In 2019, North Bergen High School in New Jersey put on a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went viral for its amazing costumes and props. It soon even received ApprovalOfGod from Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, with the latter also saying James Cameron likes it too. Then Scott shelled out $5,000 for an encore performance on Alien Day which was filmed so everyone could see it after hearing so much about it, and introduced by Weaver.

* ''Awesome/AliensStevePerryTrilogy

* In 2019, North Bergen High School in New Jersey put on a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went viral for its amazing costumes and props. It soon even received ApprovalOfGod from Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, with the latter also saying James Cameron likes it too.

* In 2019, North Bergen High School in New Jersey put on a stage production of the film, which despite its low budget went vital for its amazing costumes and props. It soon even received ApprovalOfGod from Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, with the latter also saying James Cameron likes it too.

** Even more awesome when you know the work that went into creating it. A full-body plaster cast was taken of slim, 6'10" Bolaji Badejo, who took t'ai chi and mime classes to master the slow, deadly, but graceful movements required for his performance as the creature. The massive headpiece had 900 moving parts and points of articulation, using a system of hinges and cables to control the extendable tongue [[NestedMouths with its own operational mouth]], and incorporated part of a ''real human skull'' into the creature's "face". The result of all this work? The most iconic creature in sci-fi/horror history.

* The Xenomorph itself epitomizes CreepyAwesome. Stone-cold super-killer? Check. Full to the brim with creepy designs and gruesome powers? Check. One of the most fascinating and iconic movie monsters ever? Check, check, check.