Bloopers


These are listed in chronological order.


File 01: Hood Continuity

Under his pressure suit's helmet, Kane wears a pale hood, but when the helmet is cut off, revealing the Facehugger, the hood has magically disappeared.


File 02: Cigarette Continuity

During the scene where Ripley makes fun of Brett for being a parrot, the cigarette or match in his mouth noticeably changes size and appearance. Also, at the end of this scene, he puts the second cigarette in his mouth when it was already there in an earlier shot.


File 03: Shirt Continuity

Kane's shirt becomes untucked during his convulsions, but it's tucked in again when the Chestburster breaks free.


File 04: Equipment Continuity

When Dallas climbs down a ladder in the Nostromo's air ducts just before he's captured, he leaves the Flamethrower and flashlight behind, but at the bottom of the air duct, he has both of these again. It's possible that he reaches over and grabs them before traveling all the way down, but I don't think he'd stop to do that since he's panicking. In fact, I doubt he would've taken off the Flamethrower at all.


File 05: Doorway Light Continuity

One of the doorway lights outside Mother's control room doesn't turn on when Ripley walks up to the door, but in the next shot, the light is on. This happened earlier when Dallas walked up to the door, but the light started to turn on before the next shot.


File 06: Wrong Shoes

When the Alien's tail snakes between Lambert's shoes, it's not her shoes that are shown. Lambert wears cowboy boots, not joggers. These belong to Brett.


File 07: Incorrect Countdowns

Mother's two countdowns last for only 36 and 37 seconds. Movies always play with time though, compressing days into minutes, skipping over non-essential action, etc.