Welcome back Eric Leith (@biggergooseegg) for another episode!

Whatever ALIEN (1979) added to cinema (including a treatise on aiming pop media at the powerful), ALIENS (1986) undid in favor of marketability and bloodshed. In the former, we found ourselves tightly wound aboard the Nostromo, trusting only in each other as Ellen Ripley faced the terrors of interplanetary capitalism. In ALIENS, we get dick jokes, incongruous themes of motherhood, and – gasp – lore.

Though it’s an inoffensive action ride, the fact that it’s often paired with (and compared to) its predecessor is an element of ALIENS’ legacy that deserves to be scrutinized.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.