Alien vs Predator Duel 30th Anniversary Retrospective (Fanbase Feature Crossover)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Arts, Tv & Film, Visual Arts, Film History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Explore the comic book origins behind the AVP franchise in the wake of Predator: Badlands playing in cinemas as Ashley Victoria Robinson joins the fine folks of the Fanbase Weekly podcast for a special episode of Fanbase Features! Together they discuss the glories and pitfalls of 1990s comic books, the design language of both Xenomorphs and Predators, and ask if they can remember the name of any character in this story?

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0:00.0	Game over, man.
0:15.4	Hello, and welcome to Geek History Lesson.
0:18.1	I'm Ashley Victoria Robinson, and you may have noticed it's just me
0:22.6	this week, but don't worry, I got a ton of fun guests joining us to cover Professor Jason
0:27.7	Edmintz, continued absence working on U-Hop with Doc Hective John Watson himself. This week,
0:35.7	we are diving into another fan base feature.
0:38.6	You heard our Godzilla-1985 retrospective a couple of weeks ago, and I was so grateful to be invited back by president of fan-based press and writer of something animal and identity thief, Bryant-Dillan, to discuss a comic book this time on Geek History Lesson. Can you believe? That is right. We are going back to our comic book roots time on geek history lesson. Can you believe that is right?
0:55.8	We are going back to our comic book roots here, friends. As we take a look at the 30th anniversary
1:00.7	of aliens versus predator colon duel. So if you love the alien Earth and if you love
1:07.7	Predator Badlands, is this the episode for you? Let me tell you. So not only do I join
1:12.7	Bryant-Dillan in chatting about this really interesting duology of comic books. We are also joined by
1:19.1	podcaster and writer Philip Kelly. The three of us make the ultimate podcasting machine
1:27.3	that can evolve to take on any podcast
1:29.5	votes.
1:30.3	It was really, really fun to get to explore 1980s comic book style, the expansion of the alien
1:37.8	and the predator franchises for the first time, and to get to sit down with such incredible
1:42.4	talent as these guys.
1:44.2	So without further ado, take it away for this fan base feature on Aliens versus Predator
1:49.6	dual 30th anniversary retrospective.
1:53.5	I'm Josh Trujillo of Death Saves and you are entering the fan base.
2:02.5	Hello and welcome to a new episode of the Fanbase Weekly podcast.
2:06.2	This is a special edition of our show as we are conducting a panel of discussion on the 30th
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