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Alien

Published: April 18, 2022, 3 p.m.

On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are running for our freaking lives in the 1979 film from Ridley Scott, Alien.

Can we all assume that the evil corporation that dooms these poor cargo transporters is clearly Amazon or Facebook (sorry, Meta)? At least in this film, the corporation isn\u2019t explicitly revealed, just that the crew communicates with a computer called \u201cMother.\u201d So what else could it be?

What other company devalues human life to this extent? Also, there are robots all over the place, and you can\u2019t convince me that Zuckerberg isn\u2019t one.

It\u2019s a shame that the poor crew of the Nostromo is being used as fodder to get this murderous creature back to the corporation. They\u2019re merely sacrifices for weapon advancement. Human beings seen as nothing but cattle!

And to what end? There\u2019s no controlling this titular creature. Does the corporation think they\u2019re going to give it some small treats and train it into submission like a little puppy? Nah, man, everyone\u2019s going to die! To borrow a phrase from the sequel, \u201cGame over, man!\u201d

That\u2019s a lot, I know. I\u2019m still just bummed about John Hurt. He didn\u2019t have to go out that way.

(Recorded on March 04, 2022)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Alien - IMDb

Alien trailer - YouTube

Ridley Scott - IMDb

Sigourney Weaver - IMDb

Tom Skerritt - IMDb

John Hurt - IMDb

Veronica Cartwright - IMDb

Harry Dean Stanton - IMDb

Ian Holm - IMDb