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It’s finally here. After months of start stops, with interruptions of Beetlejuice and some vampires re-invading Salem’s Lot, we have finally come to the review the Alien retrospective was designed to end with. Welcome, to the Three Men and a Retrospective’s review of director Fede Alvarez’s Alien Romulus.

Listen in as the boys discuss their theatrical experiences, and then dive right in to a film that was seven years in the making. Despite major highlights for all, the three weren’t really looking forward to this new rendition of the ‘perfect organism’. So Alvarez had an uphill battle. But positive reviews were coming in, which made one look forward to the movie more than he initially thought.

So download and listen to Garrett, Adam, and Matt dive into their conclusion to Alien. And then reveal what they’re reviewing next. And, well, let’s just say we have a ton of corn to go through.

A little over two years ago, the boys reviewed three Salems Lot adaptations thinking they were leading up to a new version of it produced by James Wan. Well, they did get it, they just had to wait over two years.

Welcome to the review over two years in the making. With Garrett the huge fan of the novel and, to a lesser extent, the two miniseries, was he looking forward to this new one directed by Paul Dauberman? And will the new aesthetic help Adam and Matt give their endorsement of a series they really didn’t like to begin with?

Listen below to find out, as The Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast continue on with their look at the onscreen adaptations of author Stephen King

Prometheus was released in Summer of 2012 and sparked both box office revenue and feverous debate. What once was thought to be a single Alien prequel was then on the track to being a "trilogy" of installments. It took five years and almost as many screenwriters before we would return to the world established in 1979.

Ridley Scott was back in the director's chair for Alien: Covenant, but it was an underachiever with audiences and seemingly failed to bring in viewers the same way it's predecessor had. Some people, one of who appears on this podcast, even swore he'd never watch it again.

Has time fared any better to an installment that seemingly won't be followed upon? For those answers and our review of Alien: Romulus next week, stick around for our retrospective!

After taking a detour into Beetlejuice land, The Three Men And A Retrospective Podcast returns to the Alien franchise discussing a film that, well, needs to be discussed.

Director Ridley Scott had always wanted to return to the franchise that put him on the map. But after Fox decided to move forward with the Alien vs Predator films, it would seem he was permanently soured on it.

Five years after Aliens vs Predator Requiem, Scott’s desire was reinvigorated. Bringing together a cast that included Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, and Michael Fassbender, among others, Scott put Prometheus out in the summer of 2012. At least one member of this podcast was really looking forward to it, and while the film ended up making a lot of money, it seemed to be lost amongst a ton of mixed reviews and discussions of what Scott actually wanted to make.

Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they add to that discussion recording a review Garrett has wanted to do since they started this podcast. And be sure to return next week, as Adam returns to territory he swore he would never return to. That of Alien Covenant.

Also, keep a lookout for a special Halloween review that returns to territory the boys have covered before. What is it? Stay tuned

After 36 years of rumors and abandoned scripts about going to Hawaii, Tim Burton and company have returned with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel fans have been clamoring for. Or is it?

Join the original three of the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast as they dissect the brand new entry in the Beetlejuice series. What were their expectations going on? How were their theatrical experiences? What are their final verdicts? Finally, what will come next, as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has exceeded box office expectations and we can lovably expect a new one soon.

Come back next week, as we dive right back into Alien with a review of Ridley Scott’s return to the franchise, 2012’s Prometheus.

Before moving on with the Alien franchise, the boys decided to take a little detour into a world that not only beautifully sets the Halloween table, but also miraculously has a new film 35 years after the original! That’s right, it’s time for the Three Men and a Retrospective Beetlejuice retrospective!

Before getting to the new one, we have to talk about the Tim Burton 1988 original. Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam talk about how they were introduced to the original, what they thought of it, and if Garrett welcomed talking about Winona Ryder three weeks in a row. And of course, they include a ton of casting notes, as well as delve into a movie many call a classic. Do they agree?

Come back next week when we review the brand new Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!

After the hellacious shoot that was Alien 3, not to mention disappointing box office returns, it would seem that Brandywine and 20th Century Fox were done with the Alien franchise, and were willing to call it dead in space. But by 1997, Fox still thought it could get more acid blood from the Alien stone. And in order to help with this feat, they would pull from the one region where Alien 3 was successful, Europe, to get director Jean Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen).

Fox also had someone who created their show Buffy The Vampire Slayer by the name of Joss Whedon to pen a script that would somehow bring back Ellen Ripley from the dead in order to once again fight the xenomorphs. With Sigourney Weaver once again coming aboard, it would seem the pieces were all in place to make 1997’s Alien Resurrection a return to form. But can admitted non Alien fan Jeunet and a pre Avengers Whedon bring the Alien franchise back to glory?

Listen in as Garrett is once again joined by Matt and Adam to answer that question. And come back next week, as the boys take a break from the Alien franchise to start a special Halloween themed series. What can it be?

Making a 3rd Alien film seemed to be an inevitability. Following the success of Hames Cameron’s Aliens, 20th Century Fox knew it had a flat out franchise on their hands, and wanted to capitalize on that fact quicker than before. But, seeming as the previous film had a seven year ago gap, you’d think it’d be an easy feat to accomplish.

You would be wrong. As not only was Alien 3 an even bigger chore to make. It was also one of the most contentious and difficult film shoots of all time. New feature director David Fincher was given new script pages to shoot every day, with scenes that were prepared almost all the previous day being completely scrapped. Fights amongst the cast, and a director who didn’t know where or what his next scene would be were just two of the obstacles in an Alien 3 that was, to put it lightly, a difficult shoot.

Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they shift through the huge list of scripts and failed attempts at marketing, and find out if Fincher’s distancing of himself from the finished product really as warranted as he’d make it out to be in the 32 years since.

After Alien came out and was a certified success for 20th Century Fox in 2979, Fox executives immediately looked to do with that movie like they’d already done with their other film that took place in space, Star Wars. That is to make a sequel and franchise it.

But it would take SEVEN years, and a hell of a lot of wrangling from both Fox executives and their newly minted from The Terminator director James Cameron to make it happen. After a struggle to get original heroine Sigourney Weaver, as well as fights about tea breaks, Cameron’s Aliens was finally released in 1986 to raves from both audiences and critics.

Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam review the first Alien sequel, and one of them calls it one of their top ten films of all time. After last week’s 10 rating, will it be Garrett? Listen in to find out!

Even though Garrett had previously covered this franchise, which happens to be an all-time favorite of his, at the old place, who's to say we can't redo it? Adam and Matt have never been involved outside of being dragged into reviewing the AVP spinoff flicks. Perhaps this is their reward for being good sports or it's just because Alien: Romulus is upon us.

Before we get there though, we have to go back to where the Xenomorph began. Behind Ridley Scott and a game cast, Alien broke onto the scene in 1979 and changed a lot. How does it hold up 45 years later as the originator?

Tune in and be sure to come back until we review 2024's newest installment of the series.