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Geek History Lesson

Alien

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In space no one can hear you pod! This week, we're battling through the horror scifi juggernaut of the Alien franchise. From its indie roots in the original 1979, to James Cameron's action reinvention of the 1980s, through the most recent installment that has nothing to do with Ripley whatsoever - Alien: Romulus. We'll discuss the creation of the xenomorph and the woman who takes them down, the erasure of Space Intern cat, Jonesy, from the ongoing Alien film franchise, with a spoiler free look at modern day Alien movies. Whether you're a longtime devotee of the Alien Queen or wondering if Alien: Romulus is a good jumping-on point, this episode is filled with strong female leads, shape-shifting aliens, and more face huggers than you can shake a stick at!

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0:00.0

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0:28.1

See in store for T's and C's. Ashley when I say the word alien, I don't mean the aliens in the sky that live in

0:48.0

Roswell, New Mexico. I am talking about specifically the alien franchise or as some would be called

0:54.9

them these creatures the xenomorphs these the 20th I guess 20th century studios

0:59.7

now because you can't call it 20th century Fox anymore because weird thing

1:03.0

thing Disney owns the alien franchise now we were just talking about this

1:06.4

actually recently the alien queen character from aliens is now a

1:10.7

Disney queen. Well yes to quote Jason don't demote her to Princess, she's a Queen.

1:16.0

But you know, so we're talking about the alien franchise today, and I want to ask you, because there's

1:20.8

a lot of different opinions here. It's definitely a

1:22.9

sci-fi franchise because it involves aliens in outer space. Right, yes. But is it a

1:27.9

horror franchise or is it an action franchise?

1:32.8

Well, to you.

1:34.6

As with most things in the post-modern, meta-modern age,

1:41.2

we're so far beyond archetypes and tropes, particularly in the film and television medium,

1:47.0

that it's a mix of the two.

1:49.0

But for my money, the purest form of this franchise that I enjoy the most is the more horror element.

1:56.0

So like I ascribe, you know, to the O.G. Ridley Scott, alien.

2:01.7

This is the vibe,

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