Covenant Minute

Covenant Minute

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Covenant Minute episodes

  • Prometheus-by-Minute 107

    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/pbm107.mp3

    In which I am joined by Simon Haynes of Fanboy Crossing to discuss RoboCop, the secret hidden in the Space Jockey helmet, and the problem with modern action movie third acts.

    Citations

    You can find Simon at Fanboy Crossing on YouTube to follow the Kung Pow Minute: https://www.youtube.com/user/fanboycrossing

    Boston Marathon Bombing conspiracy (look for the old man in a red t-shirt and a woman in a green one.) I couldn’t find the enhanced version, sorry:

    https://youtu.be/rkZ1rigXknk

    30 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 106
    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pbm106.mp3
    In which I discuss those unnamed crew members some more, spaceship physics, and finish the scripts.

    Shoebill Storks. Too goofy to live:

    15 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 105

    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pbm105.mp3

    In which I talk about the last song one hears before death, figure out what Ravel and Chance bet on, and send off Vickers in my own way by writing fan fiction.

    Citations

    Benedict Ravel. (n.d.). Alien Anthology Wiki. Retrieved July 21, 2020, from https://alienanthology.fandom.com/wiki/Benedict_Ravel

    Organization for Transformative Works. (2020, July 21). Farewell, Miss Vickers – JacksonVelour – Prometheus – Fandom [Archive of our own]. Home | Archive of Our Own. https://archiveofourown.org/works/25422250

    13 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 104

    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pbm104.mp3

    In which I discuss locations, lighting, and convenient movie deaths.

    *Note: This theme is also heard in the track Space Jockey, wasn’t sure which one to pick. Also I meant to say eight notes, not six.

    13 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 103
    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pbm103.mp3
    In which I discuss con-langs, scriptwriting, and deleted scenes.

    Citations
    I Love Languages!. (2017, October 3). The Sound of the Proto Indo–European Language (The King & the God) [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/S7kxmcz971E
    Science Plus. (2015, August 11). How Does Language Change Your Brain? [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/aGITqiG-Ips
    Sideways. (2020, March 31). Why Avatar has the Most Ironic Soundtrack of All Time [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/tL5sX8VmvB8
    An unlikely superpower. (2020, March 20). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/818645842/an-unlikely-superpower
    Vanity Fair. (2019, April 30). Hollywood Screenwriter Attempts To Write A Scene in 7 Minutes [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/zoM-tQOOcPw
    27 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 102

    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pbm102-1.mp3

    In which I discuss the pilot’s seat, anaesthesia, and language.

    Citations

    Adams, C. (2015, July 24). How do we know how to pronounce Ancient Egyptian? The Straight Dope. https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3239/how-do-we-know-how-to-pronounce-ancient-egyptian/

    Century-old scientific debate settled: Anesthesia’s effect on consciousness solved. (2020, June 4). SciTechDaily. https://scitechdaily.com/century-old-scientific-debate-settled-anesthesias-effect-on-consciousness-solved/

    Quiles, C., & López-Menchero, F. (2012). A grammar of modern Indo-European. Indo-European Association.

    11 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 101

    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pbm101.mp3

    In which I am joined for the last time by Eric Nash of Almost Famous Minute to discuss Weyland’s death, the Prometheus script, and speculate on the Engineer’s place in the cosmos.

    Citations

    Cinema Box. (2018, May 25). The Engineer Speaks [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/KV9Zze2xE5c

    Nash, E. (n.d.). Almost Famous Minute. Megaphone.fm. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/almostfamous

    Nash, E., & Bow, T. (n.d.). Watchmen Minute. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/watchmen-minute

    26 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 100
    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pbm100.mp3
    In which I am joined again by Eric Nash of Almost Famous Minute, still talking Engineers, as well as alternate versions of this scene, and meeting your maker.

    Citations
    Cinema Box. (2018, May 25). The Engineer Speaks [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/KV9Zze2xE5c
    Nash, E. (n.d.). Almost Famous Minute. Megaphone.fm. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/almostfamous
    Nash, E., & Bow, T. (n.d.). Watchmen Minute. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/watchmen-minute
    27 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 99

    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pbm99.mp3

    I got 99 problems and a space jockey ain’t one.

    In which I am joined by Eric Nash of Almost Famous Minute, and we talk Engineers!

    Citations

    Cinema Box. (2018, May 25). The Engineer Speaks [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/KV9Zze2xE5c

    Nash, E. (n.d.). Almost Famous Minute. Megaphone.fm. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/almostfamous

    Nash, E., & Bow, T. (n.d.). Watchmen Minute. https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/watchmen-minute

    17 min
  • Prometheus-by-Minute 98
    https://traviandesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/pbm98-1.mp3
    In which I discuss tropes, cultural context, and villains.

    Citations
    Basics Explained, H3Vtux. (2019, December 17). Why can’t computers use base 3 instead of binary? Voltage states explained [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/fXwSFhUVFmE
    Captured on purpose. (n.d.). TV Tropes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CapturedOnPurpose
    15 min

About Covenant Minute

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Part of the MxM (movies by minutes) network. This series analyses the Alien prequels Prometheus and Alien:Covenant, one minute at a time.