the Cast of Alien 1979 Acted Colder than Prometheus

lots of sci-fi from 70s/early 80s had "cold" acting imo. So probably just a product of time

huh i dont agree .... PArker and brett .... LAmbert whining ... Dallas so emotive and scared ...

Yeah, i agree. Actually it was the first thing That i noticed when i watched Alien for the Very first time, that the dialogs were somehow different to standard hollywood movies in the First half of the movie. The dialogs became intense after the chestburst scene imo.

i think this is why the movie was so great ,,,just down to earth people ,waiting to get home ,,,,

I believe they didn't have a clue about what to say. There may have been a standart script, but I have the feeling they were all improvising with what was going on [under strict supervision of Sir Ridley]. If that was the case, it makes it not only a great performance from the actors but also a realistic one.

Are you saying the cast of Alien were acting colder, as in their performance in the movie, or colder when they discussed acting in interviews?

What @paulr said + 1.

It's all relative to the times I guess...and i am trying to remember back and I do recall there was some secrecy but I think on this one there was a lot lot more. The secrecy back then centered more around What The Alien was actually going to look like. But for this one several cast members actually mentioned they were under specific RS Gag Orders not to Chirp, and then someone in the Prometheus cast got accused of chirping, saying they're all gonna die getting eaten by a creature(s) that chase them all around in the ship in the first half of the film...forget her name , we talked about I made a post about it I think...

There is quite a simple explanation really: Alien: Freight-Truckers/Haulers - Cold Prometheus: Scientific-Explorers - Not as Cold

@abordoli ..should be the exact opposite ! ... are the scientists that are supposed to act cold not the truckers ... anyway its impossible to derive that from trailers .

ncc1701, right. In ´79 the crew was just pissed, getting waken up still far away from home, the bonus situation discussions for some, the huge truck ship with empty corridors..not a very shiny place...really fine acting. the acting in Pro, we really dont know how it will come out..

I think "naturalistic" might be a better way. Yes, they were improvising much of the dialogue. Different era. Yaphet Kotto was so into the improvisation, he was actually convinced he was going to change the end of the movie and have Parker kill the alien. Now that is acting!

@Frantz, Yeah, you may have a point there. I was gonna say that the Alien crew didn't really know each other as evidenced in the [url=http://time.absoluteavp.com/time1.html]timeline[/url]*, thus they were cold like strangers, but the same could be said about the Prometheus crew. But here is, I think, a better explanation. Humans, as the years have passed, have grown more and more "distant" from each other (look at the typical family today with parents and children eating separatly - It ain't like the "Leave it to Beaver" days where the family was close (read - "warm") ) becoming emotionally distant (read - "cold"). But back to the Truckers-Cold/Explorer:Scientists-Warm explanation....Have you met any truckers? They live a hard life. They're not "warm" by and large (although obviously there are exceptions). But explorers CAN be quite "warm". Shaw and Holloway are obviously anthropologist/paleontologist schooled. Those two schools are relatively "warm" as compared to many of the other schools. @Kane77 and @Dallas!Dallas!: Great points! *-Ripped-off by Fox, btw.

yea that story in the Vault and in the commentary for the Quadrilogy package about it is awesome.

@Sparty: Off-topic> Did they make bubble-gum trading cards for Alien? (looking at your avatar image as it reminds me of the Star Wars/Superman ones I owned/some-still-own)

Yes Hold, I'll get you an entire set.... [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1aliencards.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/LT.HIGHTIMES/1a1cards2.jpg[/img] I have to find it but I have the link to the entire thing somewhere and will post it as soon as I do

To me Alien approached the concept of the film as if it were utterly real and that included the dialogue and acting..Like documentary horror... I consider the first 40 minutes pretty much movie perfection in it's entirety... Everything was so well considered in super fine detail.... I havn't really seen that attention in the adds for Prometheus alltho it looks fanastic still... Time will tell...definately cannot wait...

Here ya go...and big thanks to [b]Gem]n[[/b] for sticking that in my original post about them... [url=http://www.mediafire.com/?gb6hbgx6hf2pdkz]AlienSetZip[/url]

@Sparty/Gem]n[, Thanks, I may be printing me a home-made set (which I've been doing lately). Does this set have backs that make puzzle-picture of is it just writing (factoids) on the back? (OK, I've got the set downloaded and notice some have text on certain backs 1,5,6,8, etc.... What do the ones in between have on the back? And did where there any sticker cards in the set? BTW, I own the complete set of 1982 Tron cards in mint condition. PM me there you're a Tron fan and interested in me scanning them.) Sparty, Where is the thread on this? Maybe we can expand it to include sets from other movies. @tachito, My apologies for going off-topic here for a second.

[i]I consider the first 40 minutes pretty much movie perfection in it's entirety...[/i] I'm the same way. I am obsessed with the first half of the movie, and rarely watch the whole movie these days. I usually watch right up to where Dallas is killed. I love from the opening credits until the Nostromo leaves LV-426. Beautiful. Oh, and the soundtrack from that part of the movie is something I listen to over and over.