Did Prometheus leave you too scared and confused to leave your house? We dissect the movie and provide you with a plethora of other alien themed SF titles for you to check out. We end with what is tickling our fancy (besides tentacles).

ALIENS!

Noomi Rapace
Yes, she was the original girl with the dragon tattoo.

Swedish The Millennium Trilogy

Sean Harris

The Red Riding Trilogy (film version)

Red Riding Quartet (novels) by David Peace

The 4400

Total Recall

“We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick

Independence Day

Serenity

Alien Resurrection
Check out Joss Whedon’s original script here.

Communion starring Christopher Walken

Communion is based on the book by Whitley Strieber.

Fire In the Sky: The Walton Experience by Travis Walton

Tickling Our Fancy:

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art by Joshua Knelman

Cornbugs

Buckethead, Cornbugs’ guitarist, has many albums on Freegal.

Weyland Industries

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2 Responses to “Popmatic Podcast July 2012: The Girl with the Alien in Her Womb”

1. Ashley says:

   July 9, 2012 at 8:25 am

   What is space Jesus???

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   • Bryan says:

     July 9, 2012 at 9:41 am

     “Space Jesus” refers to the theory that Jesus was one of the Engineers (or at least partly alien) and the crucifixion of Jesus was the event that happened 2,000 years ago that made them decide to destroy us; as Dr. Shaw shouts at the end of the movie Q: “Why did you change your mind?!” A: Jesus was one of us and you killed him.

     The internet went whirling when scriptwriter Damon Lindelof tweeted that he liked the way blogger “Cavalorn” thought in a post that posited the so-called “space Jesus” theory. You can find it here:

     http://cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html

     Cavalorn’s review is long and touches on a lot more than just Space Jesus, and my is response too long for the comments section, but if you were fascinated by Prometheus check it out. For those with shorter attention spans, Youtube reviewer comicbookgirl19 does a pretty good job giving a fast and dirty version of the Space Jesus theory:

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4P2WKa1opY&w=560&h=315%5D

     The library owns a book, Prometheus: the Art of the Film, that actually clears up some of questions raised by Cavalorn. It also proves I wrong (what else is new) about the giant face hugger at the end being totally CGI.

     Since I’ve bothered to type this much, I’d feel remiss not to mention Rob Ager’s thought provoking analysis of the original Alien. Prometheus and Alien deal with so many of the same themes, his train thought sheds light on both films. Ager’s approach is academic but his discussing R-rated horror films so the subject matter might be a little heavy for kids.

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry4epUu67vc

     All of the provocative movies in the Alien franchise were produced by Walter Hill. Bill and Clint interviewed him a few months back. Check it out.

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