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Ep 4 - Muther Knows Best: Unpacking Aliens’ Influence on Sci-Fi and Horror

Garrett

Oct 31, 2024 • 4 min read

Original Air Date: 10/31/2024
Episode Number: 4

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Summary

The Alien series has been a pivotal series for both horror movies and Hollywood in general for movie the industry forward. With the release of the excellent Alien: Romulus, we discuss the craziness of that movie as well as the ups and downs of the story, the effects, and the writing throughout the series. If you want Garrett's personal scoring and review scores, go to the Alien Movie Anthology page.

In the podcast we say that the last video of the year will be our Awards show. However, we have decided that they Award show will be the first episode in the new year, and we will do a calendar year award show just to make it easy to remember what came out. So the last episode of the year? It will be a surprise!

## Show Time Stamps (YouTube Video)

(00:00) Zombies till 2am
(01:15) Carter gave Garrett a dirty look
(01:39) Podcast Start
(02:30) What are we excited about
(05:00) Garrett: Starfield DLC
(07:13) Sam: The Penguin, Metaphor: ReFantazio
(09:59) The Serum
(10:42) Alien series synopsis
(13:16) Alien 3 and Resurrection
(15:51) Alien Romulus (HEAVY SPOILERS!!)
(47:01) No more heavy spoilers
(47:20) Prometheus and Covenant
(51:35) By the numbers
(55:59) Do the scores match?
(57:02) Garrett: Alien is boring
(59:11) Rain vs. Ripley
(01:05:23) Sam: The voice of reason
(01:07:00) Scariest scene in all the movies
(01:14:23) Most important scene in the series
(01:16:12) Carter: Question about Romulus alien
(01:18:18) Favorite director
(01:20:04) Sam: Tangent Question
(01:29:07) Female lead movies today
(01:34:05) Who is Ripley today?
(01:40:14) A24 Films
(01:41:54) Reviews, Pirates
(01:45:22) Lightning Questions
(01:57:20) Outro
(02:00:00) More Zombies

Show Time Stamps (Spotify Audio)

(00:00) Podcast Start
(00:51) What are we excited about
(03:21) Garrett: Starfield DLC
(05:34) Sam: The Penguin, Metaphor: ReFantazio
(08:20) The Serum
(09:03) Alien series synopsis
(11:37) Alien 3 and Resurrection
(14:12) Alien Romulus (HEAVY SPOILERS!!)
(45:22) No more heavy spoilers
(45:41) Prometheus and Covenant
(50:56) By the numbers
(55:20) Do the scores match?
(56:23) Garrett: Alien is boring
(58:32) Rain vs. Ripley
(01:04:44) Sam: The voice of reason
(01:06:21) Scariest scene in all the movies
(01:13:44) Most important scene in the series
(01:15:33) Carter: Question about Romulus alien
(01:17:39) Favorite director
(01:19:25) Sam: Tangent Question
(01:28:28) Female lead movies today
(01:33:26) Who is Ripley today?
(01:39:35) A24 Films
(01:41:15) Reviews, Pirates
(01:44:43) Lightning Questions
(01:56:41) Outro

The Serum and Acidic Alien Blood

The Serum Ingredients

3/4 oz Black Vodka (see recipe below)
3/4 oz Triple Sec
1 1/2 oz organic pomegranate cranberry juice
1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/4 oz Chambord

The Serum Instructions

Add ice to a cocktail shaker, add all liquid ingredients and shake until a frost forms on the outside of the shaker.
Strain pour into a chilled Coupe.
Serve Immediately

I kept talking about a Lime Sherbet drink. I saved the recipe, but the original link no longer works as of the time of this writing and I did see a note it was moving to WordPress, but I am now getting a 504 error.
https://feastinthyme.com/alien-blood-punch/

Acidic Alien Blood Ingredients

2 cups pineapple juice
2 cups (1/2 quart) lime sherbet
¼ cup orange liquor (Triple Sec, Cointreau, etc.)
6 dashes Angostura bitters
1 cup ginger ale
1 cup prosecco

Acidic Alien Blood Instructions

Combine the pineapple juice, lime sherbet, orange liquor, and bitters in a bowl or pitcher and stir to mix. Sherbet should stay a little lumpy. Top with ginger ale and prosecco, and give a quick final stir. Ladle into individual cups to serve.