Category: Science Fiction
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Episode 10 – Alien: Isolation
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7msjx-fbd755 Dave, Michael, and Ryan arrive on Sevastopol Station to examine 2014’s much lauded Alien: Isolation, quite arguably the best video game ever made based on the Alien franchise. The crew discuss what they loved the most about the game, including it’s atmosphere and aesthetic, the thoroughly effective survival horror gameplay, the characters and high…
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Alien in 2021: What’s Next? By David Gogel
We made it everyone! 2021 is here, a new outlook for everyone, and this especially goes for the Alien franchise. It is now officially under the Disney banner and everything we think we know is out of the window. Now is a good time as any to take a look at what we know, what…
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Episode 9 – AVP: Requiem
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v27ki-f7ee9d Dave, Michael, and Ryan head over to Smalltown, USA to talk about the almost universally panned Alien vs. Predator sequel, AVP: Requiem. There, the guys meet up with our first very special guest, Trent Shumway! Trent is a freelance compositing artist who did uncredited post-production visual effects work on Requiem. Trent talks to the…
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Episode 8 – AVP: Alien vs. Predator
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u69ba-f4b20a The Hive Mind crew set sail to an abandoned whaling station in Antarctica to discuss the much maligned crossover of two iconic franchises: 2004’s AVP: Alien vs. Predator. Dave, Michael, Mykal, and Ryan talk about our first impressions of Paul Anderson’s film, what we enjoyed, what we felt went very wrong, and what, if…
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Weyland Archives – The Horror Genre
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zhuu8-f0f3e5 Happy Halloween!! In our first side episode, where we explore other topics that may not be directly related to the Alien series, Dave, Michael, and Ryan dig deep into the Weyland Archives to talk about the horror genre. We discuss when we first got introduced to the genre, what our favorite (and scariest) horror…
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Episode 7 – Alien 40th Anniversary Short Films
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3bc2d-eeefd6 Dave, Michael, and Ryan board the Sulaco to discuss the Alien short fan films that were released in the Spring of 2019 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original release of Alien. The crew discuss each of the six films (“Harvest,” “Alone,” “Night Shift,” “Ore,” “Specimen,” and “Containment’), which ones we enjoyed the…
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Tenet (7.5 out of 10)
I don’t know if it’s true for everyone, but sometimes when I’m watching a film in a movie theater, there are moments where I wish I could get out a remote control, pause and rewind the film, and replay a scene either because I couldn’t quite follow what was going on, I was amazed by…
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Episode 6 – Alien: Covenant
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4dmhb-eb65bb Before entering our stasis pods on our way to Origae-6, the whole crew sits down to discuss the latest and arguably the most divisive film in the entire Alien franchise: 2017’s Alien: Covenant. Dave, Mykal, Michael, and Ryan talk about when we first saw Covenant and our initial thoughts on the film. We then…
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Episode 5 – Prometheus
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5xg2s-e8932c Dave, Michael, and Ryan land on LV-223 to discuss the first of Ridley Scott’s divisive prequels: 2012’s Prometheus. We talk about our first impressions of the film and what we enjoyed most about it, including the astonishing visuals, the Engineers, and some of the performances by the A-level cast. We also talk about the…
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