Redshirt Cinema Club

This week - excitement at the return of Ridley Scott as our Alien adventure takes us up to 2012’s origin story, Prometheus. Can it live up to Scott’s spectacular original? Or is it actually quite a lot like Alien Vs Predator? To paraphrase Lawrence of Arabia, "Certainly it's bad... the trick is not minding that it's bad".Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected] schedule for the Alien series is as follows!Alien - 14/10/24The shared history of Dune, Alien, and Blade Runner - 16/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Aliens - 21/10/24Alien 3 - 28/10/24Alien Versus Predator - 30/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Resurrection - 4/11/24Prometheus - 11/11/24Blade Runner - 13/11/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Covenant - 18/11/24Alien Romulus - 25/11/24 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Having struggled through the mirk of Alien 3 we find ourselves in the confusing jauntiness of Alien Resurrection, 200 years after Ellen Ripley seemingly - definitely - died. So how did she come back, and was it a bad idea? Listen to find out!. Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected] schedule for the Alien series is as follows!Alien - 14/10/24The shared history of Dune, Alien, and Blade Runner - 16/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Aliens - 21/10/24Alien 3 - 28/10/24Alien Versus Predator - 30/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Resurrection - 4/11/24Prometheus - 11/11/24Blade Runner - 13/11/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Covenant - 18/11/24Alien Romulus - 25/11/24 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us as we continue our journey through the Alien series with Alien 3. David Fincher's 1992 film is dark and divisive. Following a difficult production, the film reviewed badly and disappointed fans of the more cohesive Alien and Aliens. Over time the film has developed a sympathetic cult following of ardent supporters - but will Nath, Rob, and Dave be among them? Listen to find out!Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected] schedule for the Alien series is as follows!Alien - 14/10/24The shared history of Dune, Alien, and Blade Runner - 16/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Aliens - 21/10/24Alien 3 - 28/10/24Alien Versus Predator - 30/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Resurrection - 4/11/24Prometheus - 11/11/24Blade Runner - 13/11/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Covenant - 18/11/24Alien Romulus - 25/11/24 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the meticulous horror of Ridley Scott's Alien comes the muscular genre perfection of James Cameron's Aliens. Have we had two better films in a row yet on Redshirt Cinema Club? Ahaha, no, we have not. Join us as we battle past simply enjoying the heck out of this movie and try to say something meaningful and worthwhile. How does Aliens expand the horizons of Alien while remaining consistent to its core ideas? What gives the film its slick momentum and intensity? And look - LOOK - at how cool everything is! Just look at it! Are we still Alien fans? Yes we are, but join us anyway!Join the Redshirt Cinema Club! Support us at patreon.com/redshirtcinemaclub to receive two bonus episodes every month as well as our newsletter, The Civilian Observer.You can also follow us at x.com/redshirtcinema, and get in touch at [email protected] schedule for the next few weeks is as follows!Alien - 14/10/24The shared history of Dune, Alien, and Blade Runner - 16/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Aliens - 21/10/24Alien 3 - 28/10/24Alien Versus Predator - 30/10/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Resurrection - 4/11/24Prometheus - 11/11/24Blade Runner - 13/11/24 (Commander tier exclusive)Alien Covenant - 18/11/24Alien Romulus - 25/11/24 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.