Today, The Kicking the Seat Podcast and Cole Rush of ColeTries.com and The Quill to Live return with another installment of "Late Screening"! In the 40 years since Alien's release, Cole has somehow managed to avoid all the face-hugging, airlock-blowing excitement (yet he saw Prometheus;* go figure).
In this spoilerific, trivia-packed conversation, the guys talk about what makes Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror masterpiece so endearing and enduring, and why it succeeds where many of its imitators and sequels failed.
Also, Ian has controversial thoughts on a controversial issue, as portrayed in Saint Frances, which took home the Audience Award at this year's Chicago Critics Film Festial.
Episode 412 can hear you scream!
Show Guide:
Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:15
Intro: 0:15 - 3:07
Alien Trailer: 3:07 - 3:57
Alien Discussion: 3:57 - 49:39
Transition Music: 49:39 - 49:54
A Tale of Two Franceses (Essay): 49:54 - 1:04:47
Outro Music: 1:04:47 - 1:05:19
*Luckily, he forgot just enough about it to enjoy Alien--a psychic defense mechanism employed by many people who saw Prometheus, from my understanding.
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