10k Film Club: Alien (1979) ft Aaron Thorpe
Added 2024-09-06 09:38:18 +0000 UTCAaron Thorpe, co-host of The Trilbillies podcast comes back on the show to talk about Ridley Scott’s ALIEN (1979).
Hussein and Aaron talk about the impact the film had on sci fi horror and monster movies, the darkness and wetness that sets it apart from the more recent sequels, and why the film is actually about bureaucracies and how nobody wants to work in space. Plus, Aaron theorises how the Xenomorph and the cat may have been in cahoots.
Check out the Trilbillies here!
-------
PALESTINE AID LINKS
As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Gaza, we encourage anyone who can to donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians. You can donate using the links below. Please also donate to the gofundmes of people trying to escape Rafah, or purchase ESIMs. These links are for if you need a well-respected name attached to a fund to feel comfortable sending money.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
--------
PHOEBE ALERT
Can't get enough Phoebe? Check out her Substack Here!
--------
This show is supported by Patreon. Sign up for as little as $5 a month to gain access to a new bonus episode every week, and our entire backlog of bonus episodes! Thats https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast
--------
Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy)
Comments
the best parts are definitely when it does its own thing, with some extremely cool scenes. I thought the good bits were much better than The Force Awakens, but that just makes it even more frustrating that it gets so weighed down by all the tie-ins and callbacks
Nemo
2024-09-12 12:38:39 +0000 UTClove the 10k Film Club, great to hear Aaron on again! I grew up with the Dark Horse Aliens comics from the 90s, which I feel like the lorehead in Hussein would really enjoy
Nemo
2024-09-12 12:36:36 +0000 UTCThank you HK for fueling my current Alien hyperfixation. I can listen to this while dying repeatedly in Alien: Isolation! Edit: Just a note about Romulus. It's a great watch, but it's absolutely Alien: The Force Awakens. It's basically a pastiche of Alien and Aliens...but in fairness, there are a couple of more original sequences that really do stand out, and those are where the movie shines imo.
Leo Curtis
2024-09-06 09:52:27 +0000 UTC
