Editing Alien (section)

==Alien==
The first film was met with resounding acclaim. If you wonder why, go ahead and watch it. The special effects stand up even today, and the acting from the cast was fantastic. The film itself took sci-fi in a unique direction: rather than having everything be a traditional sci-fi setting with computer gizmos and flashy lights, the setting of the film was a commercial freighter, designed to be dingy, dark, and grungy. Also should be complimented is the amount of work that went into the design of the model of the Nostromo, the aforementioned ship, which was gorgeous.

But the best part is by far the creature violence and design. The Xenomorph was fascinating to audiences at the time, not because it looked super scary, but because of its nightmarish form and characteristics, and the fact you could barely see it allowed your imagination to do the work that not even a team of designers could ever recreate. As for the creature violence? It's...dated, but still iconic, such as the Headbite, and the Chestburster scene(which was filmed only once and with no warning to the rest of the cast, with the intent of getting a genuine reaction of fear and terror.)

Additional celebration goes to the cast, in particular Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, the hot and awesome main hero of the film who takes no crap and shoots the alien out of her escape pod with a Grapple gun.