nickboldrini The look of the Nostromo in this film is mainly like a huge refinery, or oil platform in space, with dirt, steam and pipework everywhere.. The only exception is the crew areas, which has some softening comforts. So this is space as an industrial project. The alien horror is iconic, and the film captures well the claustrophobia and fear of the untrained crew as they battle a hunter which out classes them in all but technology. A Classic.

Tecnicinismo The next time you see a good modern sci-fi or horror movie think that it exist thanks to this film.Altough it has been rehearsaled, crossed over, parodied, and even ripped off with some fairly decent results, none of those will match the shivering atmosphere that's present within the clueless crew of the Nostromo ship against a force that's unknown, unstoppable and mercyless.This is the strain of nearly all modern creature horror and skipping it would be an insult to the genre, wether you like the movie or not.

B.J. Rice This movie is truly awesome. One of the best films ever made and would make my top ten list for both best Sci-Fi and best Horror movies ever. Amazing direction and Sigourney Weaver's best performance and best movie ever. The sequels are also good and worth watching (the crossovers with Predator aren't quite so good) but this is the real jewel of the franchise.

pabloxmarcel The hiring manager for the Nostromo Project should be shot. What I see is a crew with no apparent training whatsoever in important interplanetary mission aboard 19th century spacecraft. The spacecraft uses medieval technology such as incandescent light bulbs, a robot filled with milk, and harpoon guns. Ok, it was 1979, but they should have invented a different kind of lighting, a different kind of robot, and a different kind of gun. A Spaceship is supposed to be advanced, not to mimic Steam-Powered machinery draped in flexible steel conduit. On the positive side, I kind of dig the vintage buttons, controls and gages. In addition, the headsets are cool. I would wear one of those at work. What kind of Law applies in outer space? I assume that US Law applies aboard US Spacecraft. The crew made sure that every single safety standard was violated. I don't know the details of the contracts but I suspect there was a breach at some point and the crew member families should not be compensated or at best, partially compensated. For example, 'Professor' Dallas go on to inspect a suspected acid leak without wearing safety glasses. The test procedure consist of using a probe (pen) touch the acid with the probe, and then, give back the probe to his purported owner. It seems to me that everybody acted on their instincts and under some perspective they behaved like primitive creatures. Wearing a headbands doesn't make you tougher, and smoking does not make you cool. Humans should be an example of civilized behavior and I think the Alien got a very bad first impression about us. Lastly, the movie title is wrong or is missing something. The Alien should take the name of the planet she was born in.