Alien Minute

Today, Lindsey Romain returns to talk with John and Scott about Shake'n Bake Colonies and the pros and cons of the Hadley's Hope addition to the Director's Cut

After a wobbly start, John, Scott, and Lindsey have a lively discussion about the scope of Aliens as compared to Alien, what it's like to be a so-called hysterical female in the workplace, and whether IQs had actually dropped while Ripley was away.

This week John is accompanied by guest host Scott Carelli from the Back to the Future Minute who helps him welcome film critic Lindsey Romain to talk about the lack of physical evidence aboard the Narcissus, the gaslighting of Ripley, and whether James Cameron was de-feminizing characters in Aliens.

Jason Heck finishes the week by talking with us about how useless of a friend Burke is to Ripley, why Ripley doesn't accuse the company of murdering her crew, and to talk about the dubious value of the dollar in 2179. (Note: We did have some sound issues toward the end of the show. Sorry for the inconvenience.)

Jason Heck returns to further lament the theft of his beloved Pulse Rifle, to discuss the legitimacy of exposition given in dreams, and to wonder about what other parts of the body the Alien might burst from.  (Note: We did have some sound issues toward the end of the show. Sorry for the inconvenience.)

Mr. Jason Heck is back to help us figure out the odds of the Company finding Ripley, whether or not there was consistent subspace communication from the Nostromo, and discuss Cameron's innovative use of slow-motion.

Jason Heck returns to say a lot of very inaccurate things about Beverly Hills Cop, talk with us about possibly sedated cats, and have his mind melted by some strange discussion of the detrimental aspects of retcon prequels.

Today Mitch and John are joined by film critic Jason Heck to talk about cynical salvagers, what went into creating the Gateway Station effect, and to argue about who has the worse bad theory about Jones' relationship ​​​​​​​with the Nostromo crew.

On this particularly perfunctory episode, we discuss the effectiveness of the salvager's suits, talk about a bunch of boring DVD rip related stuff, and John is baffled by how Mitch counts using "chimpanzee" instead of "Mississippi".