281 // Building Fear With Legacy Effects Artist Adam Milicevic
In this episode, Patrick, Andie and Jaime talk with Legacy Effects artist Adam Milicevic about his work on Alien Romulus, the challenge of creature design, the ever-changing film industry and so much more. This episode was meant to drop on Alien Day 2025 but fell through the cracks. We are so excited to present it to you now. If you'd like to follow Adam and his work, he's on Instagram @civicdilemma.
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280 // A Predator In An Alien Film
In this episode, Patrick and Jaime welcome AvP Galaxy’s Adam Zeller for a bold and timely conversation about a major development: the possible return of the Predator—this time, in a sequel to Alien: Romulus. What could this mean for the future of the Alien franchise? Is it a bold evolution, or a risky crossover just as Alien is rediscovering its creative core?
Together, we explore the legacy of both creatures, the pitfalls of merging iconic IPs, and the essential question at the heart of it all: what makes Alien worth preserving?
This is one of our most passionate, provocative, and essential episodes to date.
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279 // Alien: Earth Trailer Live Reaction Roundtable!
It's here—a real trailer for FX's Alien: Earth! On this massive roundtable, the entire PO Team breaks down every frame of this amazing new look into the world of Noah Hawley's soon-to-be-released series. This was recorded live, on YouTube. Subscribe to us there so you don't miss any future live episodes (we have quite a few of them planned!): https://www.youtube.com/@PerfectOrganismPodcast
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278 // What If Ripley Hadn't Survived the Nostromo ... But Someone Else Had?
Listener Peter Wright wrote to us back in January with a killer episode idea: what if Ripley never made it off the ship, but someone (or something) else had?
In today's show—a loose continuation of our ongoing "What If" series—Perry, Andie, Ross, and Patrick tease through all the various ways that question could play out. What if Dallas had survived? Would he have known to check on Special Order 937? What if Lambert had survived? Would she have jumped ship, overwhelmed by fear, and come back with reinforcements for a potential sequel?
What if Parker had survived? Would we have an entire guns blazin' '80s action fest franchise by this point?
And along the way, we realize just how lucky we are that Ripley was, indeed, Last Survivor of the Nostromo.
This conversation was a ton of fun, and we look forward to hearing your OWN "What If" scenarios!
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277 // Interviewing Matt Savage, Alien: Romulus Concept Artist
On today's show we welcome back Matt Savage (IG: mattasav.concept) to talk about his amazing work as a concept artist on Alien: Romulus. Matt's work on numerous design elements of the film—most famous being the Corbelan IV (interior as well as exterior!)—lent a tremendous amount of realism and believability to Fede Alvarez's film.
Join Jaime and Patrick as they chat with Matt about bringing this amazing universe to life!
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