How many here saw Alien in 1979?

Hi here there is one. I first saw it in Barcelona in 1979 and up till now I am still in shock :-D. Best Sci-fi horror movie ever. After that it changed my view of what a Sci-fi movie is supposed to be and it set a new standard up, Amazing. 3 years later Scott gave us another gift, Blade Runner..... it has passed 30 years since then...I can´t believe it and also how updated those movies still are. only a genius could make them. And today, 30th May I am going to see the Belgian release of Prometheus. Yes in Belgium we will be the few fortunate country to watch the movie in theaters. I couldn't make it at 11.00am but I have the tickets for 1400. I will post my review ASAP.

I couldn´t see it on the big screen ´cause of my age, but my dad bought it on MCA video library, which came on the old Beta format in 1980. Huge impact on me. I was a fan of the magazines Famous Monsters of Filmland, and then Fangoria, so I knew about all the good stuff, hehe. :)

I was a graduate student at the time at the University of Virginia ... saw it opening weekend at Vinegar Hill Theater in Charlottesville Virginia with a bunch of fellow grad students. We spent hours afterward discussing the theme of the organic vs the inorganic in the film, and the perverse sexuality that runs all through it. Had the "making of" book at the time, wish I still did. EDIT: My earliest SF film memories by the way are seeing the original War Of The Worlds (1953) and Forbidden Planet (1956) with my grandmother, who was a big SF fan and turned me onto it. The monster in Forbidden Planet haunted my dreams for years. Both are real classics, with state-of-the-art effects for that time period. So I'm probably one of the older SF fans in this thread. :)

i was born then so didnt quite catch it in the cinema, and i hate to admit it watched Aliens as a kid back in late 80s and THEN alien...

I cant remember exactly when i saw the movie, i think it was about 1984-1985 but vaguely remembered it, then i saw it again about 1987 and Aliens just after. I would only had been a todler when Alien came out ;)

I remember hearing about it from a friend in school. He mentioned the xeno's mouth and how another set of teeth shot out. That weekend some fellow 13 year old friends and I stood on our toes (it was rated M here, meaning adults for those under 16 iirc) and got in. Blew my mind away. To this day, if I have a dream with monsters, xenos will usually be it.

I was a mere 4 years old in 1979, sadly the cinemas wouldn't have let me in lol!!! I think I first saw it about 10 as my friend smuggled in a vhs copy to school. & it rocked my world!!!! I do remember knowing of Alien earlier as a kid though, 6 or 7 maybe, because my parents had bought the Alien board game by Kenner (anyone else remember that????)

Yup! Saw it as soon as it opened and was blown away.

I had just graduated H.S. and my Physics teacher took me & one other student to see it as a "reward" for scoring 90 or better on the regents exam. Pretty cool guy.

I was too young (13), but read the novel during the summer of 79 and was completely hooked and utterly frustrated. I remember ITV (UK) showing a premiere programme and the clip of Kane looking at the egg. I was even more hooked, so bought up every single book I could find about the making of, Giger's artwork and the comic novel etc. I got to see it a few years later on VCR and was not disappointed. I'm seeing Prometheus this Friday at 6.30pm and it's like I'm back in 79 except I now get to see the film. I've not been this excited about a film in years (is that sad for a 45 year-old dad?)

Egyptian Theater opening weekend, Hollywood...thought it was simply the latest monster movie, a dime a dozen Wrong.

I was negative 8 years old in 1979 lol

I was 12 in 1979. My father and I saw it in Montreal. It made a HUGE impact on me. My parents were obviously OK with it, because I got the 12" Kenner figure the following Christmas. LOL.

Yep, I was there! Saw it when it first came out at the Odeon in Leicester, Uk. Back then it was quite a 'shocking' film too...That level of gore wasn't really commonplace and I can remember all the people fainting and throwing up at screenings of The Exorcist' and 'Jaws' too...!!! They had St John's ambulances outside on standby! lol!!! I was nineteen then, and the years have done nothing to diminish my admiration for Alien and the benchmark it set. It still works on every level for me to this very day, and has stood up better than anything else from that era in my opinion. @ Seven Dreams; Hey, I'm 51 and soon to be a (gasp...) a Grandad....and I'm [b]STOKED[/b][size=200][/size] about Prometheus!!!!. We're not sad, just enthusiastic.....(or something!)

So, does this make me one of the oldest members of this lovely forum then.....eeekkk! [img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mayHJK7HWOE/T2tlCkZ3SlI/AAAAAAAADjs/kArGKJImOfs/s1600/thedeadlyyearshd1177.jpg[/img]

I was 11 in 1979. I could only get in to see an R-rated film with an adult, so I talked my older sister into taking me. She nearly hurled during the chestburster scene! I was expecting something like Star Wars, but with a little bit of blood and a few 4-letter words thrown in for good measure. I was in for a rude awakening! The film was shockingly awesome. Loved it then, and I love it now.

Can't resist the temptation to answer... Yes I was 12 when I saw it. I will never forget it! A life-changing experience for me.

That's awesome, I was One, and i think that if my parents had brought be to that then i still would be peeing my bed today! and a great deal of my paycheck would be going to Psychologists lol

I was 10 when the movie come out but my Dad's a huge sci fi/horror buff (which I am now) and he had all the books and posters and went in to see it with my mum (she was not amused). I sat for hours enthralled with the stories he told about the film and talked me through the various books (which are all mine now). But when he managed to get a Super 8 copy and I sat totally mesmerised by the whole thing, the Derelict, The Space Jockey, The Facehugger...I was hooked from there on and the original is still one of my all time favourite films. I'm a dad now to two girls who have absolutely no interest in sci fi whatsoever, so I'm taking my dad into see Prometheus on Friday, It'll be like I'm 10 all over again (I don't know who's the more excited by this film, me or my dad??)

Hi, I saw Alien upon it's initial release. I was a senior in high school in the San Francisco bay area. I saw Aliens in 1986 when it was released. I saw it in San Antonio Texas as I had just enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. I will add Prometheus to this list when on June 8 I will take my family to see it.