The Last Survivors of Fury 161: ALIEN CUBED, End of History Bafflement, Postmodern Genre Mishmash, Rumor Control and Religion

Marooned! on Mars with Matt and Hilary

English - August 09, 2022 22:36 - 1 hour - 85.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
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We’re watching the Assembly Cut (an extra 30 minutes!) of Alien3 for our latest foray into the Alien franchise.

This one takes place on a forced-labor penal colony inhabited by a strange religious sect of hyper-violent, hyper-male murderers, rapists, and scoundrels. But Ripley’s not worried because Charles Dance, who’s not at all creepy, is there.

We struggle to make some kind of synthetic sense of this film, which has an extremely circuitous production history (which we discuss) making for a confusing but nevertheless fun viewing experience, and an even more fun talking experience.

Never mind the names of the characters: they all look alike except for Charles S. Dutton and Ripley. One probably smells like garlic but he can’t help it, and besides he’s crazy.

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